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CARDINALS STOP HOBAN RALLY

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CANFIELD OH-

Despite seeing its five-run lead whittled down by the end, the Canfield Cardinals still held off Archbishop Hoban for a 6-4 victory on Monday. Archbishop Hoban scored three runs in the failed comeback on a sacrifice fly, and a single.

Archbishop Hoban scored three runs in the sixth inning, but Canfield still managed to pull out the victory. The big inning for Archbishop Hoban came thanks to a single, and a sac fly.

Canfield fired up the offense in the second inning. Dom Magliocca drew a walk, scoring one run.

Landon Beidelchies led things off on the hill for the Cardinals. The southpaw went five innings, allowing one run on four hits, striking out 11 and walking one.

Ben Slanker, Chris Sammarone, AJ Havrilla, and Ryan Petro each managed one hit to lead Canfield Cardinals Varsity.

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COWBOYS RIDE COMES TO A STOP

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BARBERTON, Ohio –

After dominating their way through the Northeast 2 district, the Chaney Cowboys (12-7) traveled to Barberton for a neutral site matchup with the surprise winner of the Northeast 4 district, Gilmour Academy (11-9).

The #10 seeded Gilmour Academy upset the district favorite, Warrensville Heights, in the district semi-finals then defeated fellow cinderella story, #11 seeded Padua Franciscan, for the district title.

Chaney, the clear favorite in this matchup, jump started the night thanks to a pair of three pointers from senior guard Sharrod Taylor. By the end of the first quarter of play, the Cowboys were up 15-5.

Trailing by 10, the Gilmour Academy Lancers came out inspired in the second quarter of play. Led by Ben DeMell’s 11 second quarter points, the Lancers were able to close the Cowboy’s lead to just 3 point with 2 minutes to play. Thanks to an offensive rebound and put back score from Quincy Jones, the Cowboys got their lead back out to 5 to end the half.

Coming out of the locker room, Gilmour’s Ben DeMell continued his stellar play. The 6-foot-5 senior scored 9 straight points for the Lancers, playing a key role in tying the game up with just 30 seconds to play in the 3rd.

Usually dominant on the offensive glass, the Cowboys had no answer for Gilmour Academy’s size. Taking their first lead of the game with 7 minutes remaining, the Lancers packed in the paint and forced the Cowboy’s to shoot.

Unfortunately for Chaney, they went cold just as the Lancers got hot. Scoring 22-points in the final quarter of play, Gilmour Academy completed another upset on their postseason run, defeating Chaney 59-52.

LEADING SCORERS:

Chaney

Sharrod Taylor – 18 points

Quincy Jones – 11 points

Cam Lawrence – 8 points

Gilmour Academy

Ben DeMell – 26 points

Ryan Mueller – 11 points

UP NEXT:

In a regional matchup that could have held two valley teams, will now see zero. With their win, Gilmour Academy will move on to compete for the Regional championship, where they must faceoff with Saint Vincent Saint Mary. Saint V’s defeated Struthers 76-37 in the regional semi-finals.

*Contributed By YSN’s Jamie Thomson

RAIDERS GET NABBED BY NORDONIA

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CANFIELD OH- South Range faces off with their second division 1 team in as many nights on Tuesday as they ended the Holiday Hoops Classic by dropping a tight contest to Nordonia 45-40. The Knights went on a 7-0 run late in the fourth while the game was tied 35-35 to seal away the lead.

Gabby Lamparty, and Lexi Giles both led South Range with 11 a piece. Izzy Lamparty was also in double figures with 10. Gabby added 6 rebounds to her 11 points.

The Raiders now look ahead to continue NE8 play on Monday as the host reigning champion Poland.

RAIDERS FALL JUST SHORT IN OVERTIME

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CANFIELD OH- South Range did not shy away from a big challenge on Saturday as they welcomed in Division 1 powerhouse Akron Hoban. It was a battle to the end with the Knights outlasting the Raiders in an overtime thriller 92-83.

The Raiders grabbed a lead out of the gates, but it was clear from the tip that the game was going to be high tempo and high scoring. Both teams used their athleticism to trade transition buckets. After one quarter of play Hoban led 21-16.

In the second frame with a couple of players in foul trouble, it was the Raiders bench that came in and kept the pace for their offense. Emma Cunningham, and Hannah Crouse Player well in the quarter to keep it close. Crouse got a bucket at the end of the half to bring the Raiders within 3 at the break 40-37.

The Raiders opened the second half on a 8-0 run. Like most of the night though, moderate leads went away fast. Before a blink of an eye Hoban took a lead back and led 63-59 after 3. Izzy Lamparty had a great third quarter scoring 13 points in the frame with 5 rebounds.

The final frame was the lowest scoring quarter of the game, as the Raiders held Hoban to 13 points. With a break out layup by Izzy Lamparty the Raiders took a 76-74 lead with around 26 seconds left. Hoban’s Abby Stephens who didn’t score much in the game went to the free throw line and tied the game at 76 with 12 seconds left. Bree Kohler drove straight down the court but couldn’t finish a game winning shot, the Knights brought down the rebound and had 4 seconds to get down the floor. They very nearly did, but Hoban couldn’t get a shot off and the teams headed to overtime tied at 76.

The Knights outlasted a tired Raiders team in overtime, outscoring then 16-7 to win 92-83. The combined score of 175 points is the highest scoring game in South Range Girls Basketball history. The previous record was 147 in a 75-72 South Range win over Jackson Milton on February 8th, 2000.

For the Knights, they had an unbelievable performance from junior Lanae Riley who dropped 47 points in the game.

South Range was led by Izzy Lamparty who finished with 28 points. 21 of her points came in the second half. Lexi Giles had a strong night right behind her with 26. Bree Kohler was also in double figures with 10 points.

KNIGHTS SNAP BEAVER LOCAL STREAK

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EAST LIVERPOOL, OH- The Beaver Local Beavers had a 4 game win streak snapped at home as they fell 51-40 to the St. Thomas Aquinas Knights.

The first quarter was filled with fireworks offensively, as the Knights took a 15-10 lead into the second quarter. From there, defenses dominated. The Knights created separation in the second quarter, as they took a 27-14 lead into the locker room. The second half wasn’t much different. It was an eleven point game heading into the 4th.

The Beavers finally found some offense and tried to pull closer to the Knights, but couldn’t finish the job, as late fouls cost the Beavers a comeback opportunity as they fall to 7-4 on the season.

They are back in action tonight, as they travel to Columbiana to face the Clippers at 7:00 on YSN Columbiana. 

 

*Story contributed by YSN’s Michael McKenzie

NORDONIA HAS NO PROBLEMS AGAINST RANGE

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HOWLAND OH- The South Range Lady Raiders opened their season at the Toni Ross Foundation Tournament at Howland on Friday night. They fell to Nordonia 48-22.

The Raiders struggled from the tip to get anything going against the Knights. Nordonia’s athleticism and pressure defense caused fits for the Raiders ball handlers. To add to their bad fortune, the Raiders couldn’t seem to buy a bucket from the field. They did however get some very tough shots to fall, showing flashes of their ability to complete tough finishes. On defense the Raiders held the Knights to their lowest offensive output in their young season. The other opponents for Nordonia were Hoover, and Buchtel. Two teams that went far in the tournament a season ago.

Izzy Lamparty led the offense with 8 points and 6 rebounds. Lexi Giles has 6 points and 5 rebounds.

The Raiders will look to bounce back Saturday night as they’ll play the loser of Howland vs Cleveland Shaw in the varsity consolation game. Tip off will be at 6:00 at Howland High School.

ST. THOMAS SINKS WARREN JFK

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St Thomas Aquinas and Warren JFK met up for an important Divison 7 Region 25 matchup tonight. Warren JFK at the start of the game was number 3 in the region while St. Thomas was 6th. St. Thomas used a lot of big plays and 5 touchdown passes by Senior Quarterback Alex Hawkins throws 5 touchdowns to win the showdown 34-9.

The Eagles took the opening kickoff down the field all the way down to the Knights 17-yard line, the Eagles had to settle for 34-yard  field goal by senior kicker Armand Nannicola to give the Eagles the 3-0 lead with 9:25 left in the first quarter. The rest of the quarter was a back and forth battle to end the first quarter, the Eagles failed on a 4th down and 5 on the Knights 30-yard line to end the quarter. The Knights opened the second quarter with the ball after the Eagles turned the ball over on downs. Hawkins completed a short slant to Junior Vinny Zeren to the Eagles 49-yard line on 3rd and 4. On the next play, Hawkins threw a long 49-yard pass to Senior Elijah Chungo who beat his defender by a step in the left side of the end zone, to give the Knights a 7-3 lead after the extra point was added.

Kennedy blocked a field goal attempt by the Knights with 1:25 left in the first half and tried to pick it up inside their own 5-yard line and took over on their own 3-yard line. On the first play after the blocked field goal Sophmore Michael Mauro took a handoff right up the middle to the Eagles 46-yard line. Coach Bayuk ran 2 more plays not taking a timeout content on going into half time trailing 7-3 to the Knights.
The Knights blew the game open in the 3rd quarter when they took the opening kickoff of the 3rd quarter and with 11:14 left in the quarter, Hawkins threw a slant pass to Junior Asia Burk who outran the secondary for a 49-yard touchdown to make the score 14-3. On the kickoff, JFK Junior Gabe Green picked it up around the 15-yard line and got stripped of the ball the Knights fell on the ball at the 17 to get the ball back. After an incomplete pass and a holding penalty, Hawkins threw a ball over the middle to Junior RaySean Owens who the Eagles lost in coverage and were wide open at the goal line for the 26-yard touchdown pass to make the score 21-7. The Knights scored 14 points in the first 2 minutes and 43 seconds of the 2nd half. Right before the end of the 3rd quarter JFK drove the ball down to the 13-yard line and turned the ball over on downs after an incomplete pass by Senior quarterback Christan Marantis threw the ball a little to far to the outside to Junior Cameron Hollobaugh. Aquinas took over and a couple plays later Hawkins hit Burk again on a short pass to the left side and Burk broke 2 tackles and just was touched the rest of the 81 yards to the end zone, the extra point was blocked which made the score 27-3 with 5 seconds left in the 3rd quarter.

The Eagles tried to gain momentum in the 4th quarter and with 9:02 left in the 4th quarter, Marantis threw a beautiful 28-yard fade to the back of the end zone. Junior wideout Sejjan Couto ran under the pass to cut the lead to 27 to 9 after the Knights blocked the extra point. After an exchange of punts, Hawkins threw his 5th touchdown pass of the night to Vinny Zeren for 15 yards to cap the scoring at 34- 9.
Alex Hawkins finished the night with 336 yards passing and 5 touchdown passes 2 of those to Asia Burks. St Thomas outgained Kennedy for the game 447 total yards to 364 yards for Warren JFK. St Thomas improves to (5-2) they take on the North Vikings (1-6) at home next week. Warren JFK (4-3) get to come back home next week to take on Gilmour Academy (3-3)

KNIGHTS OVERPOWER BEARS

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Leetonia fell behind early and couldn’t come back in a 12-0 loss to Toronto on Wednesday.  Toronto scored on a single by Karaffa, a walk by Snibchak, a single by Thomas, a single by Clegg, and a double by Berger in the first inning.

The Bears struggled to contain the high-powered offense of Toronto, giving up 12 runs.

Toronto opened up scoring in the first inning, when Karaffa singled on a 1-1 count, scoring one run.

A single by Brayden Duko in the second inning was a positive for Leetonia.

Clegg earned the win for Toronto. He surrendered zero runs on one hit over three innings, striking out four and walking one.  Gulczynski threw two innings in relief out of the bullpen.

Dylan Lennon took the loss for Leetonia.  He lasted five innings, allowing seven hits and 12 runs while striking out four.

 Brock Simpson started the game for the Bears.

Duko went 1-for-2 at the plate to lead Leetonia in hits.

Karaffa led Toronto with three hits in three at bats.  Toronto didn’t commit a single error in the field. Thomas had the most chances in the field with five.

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