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UNITED FORCES THREE WAY TIE ATOP EOAC

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HANOVERTON OH- United has to regroup quickly this week coming off of a tough loss to Southern in Week 5. They had no time to feel sorry for themselves as an undefeated Leetonia Bears team came to town wanting to win the outright EOAC championship. United has other plans however as they dominated Leetonia 41-8 to earn a share of the EOAC title. With Southern winning against Valley Christian, there is a three way tie at the top of the conference.

The United offense dropped 41 points and over 400 yards of offense on a Leetonia team that had allowed under 10 points a game in the season. Brutus Ogilvie went 15-26 for 252 yards and 4 touchdowns.

Leetonia ran for 148 yards on the night. The yards came from the tandem runners of Dylan Durick and Jacob McCool.

United has a bye in round 1 of the OHSAA playoffs and awaits the winner of Canton Central Catholic vs Tusky Valley. Leetonia will also have a bye in the playoffs in await the winner of Wellsville vs Buckeye Central.

EAGLES RESPOND AGAINST LEETONIA

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HANOVERTON OH- United was coming off a tough five set loss to Poland when they stepped into the gym on Tuesday night to face Leetonia. The Eagles regrouped and got back to winning with a four set victory over the Bears (25-15 25-19 18-25 25-7).

Tori Tschappatt led the Eagles with 12 kills, and 9 digs. Brooke Smith hit the ball well too with 7 kills. She also finished with 10 digs. Haley Dees had a strong double double with 24 assists, and 17 digs. Madison Boyle led the Eagles defense with 20 digs, she served up 4 aces.

United will return to action Thursday as they travel to Southern.

BEARS SHINE IN STAMBAUGH

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YOUNGSTOWN, OH- Leetonia comes into tonights matchup (4-0) to take on East Palestine (0-4). The Bears would start off the half strong as Marco Ferry woud score for three touchdowns with a 35,55, and 30-yard rushing touchdowns. Dylan Lennon would also help the Bears by throwing for two touchdowns to Jordan Baker (55-yard) and Jaedon Finely (6-yard). Leetonia would go into half up 37-0. Leetonia would keep up the scoring going into the second half with a Hayden Cibula 10-yard rushing touchdown with a Katelyn Todd extra-point extended their lead to 44-0. A couple of drives later Leetonia would score again with a Noah Riffee 2-yard touchdown and a Todd extra-point to make the score 51-0. East Palestine would get on the board during the game as late in the 4th with Thomas Shasteen getting the bulldogs their first score and to make the final 51-7.

Leetonia will advance to (5-0) on the season and stay undefeated as East Palestine will fall to (0-5).

*Contributed By YSN’s Derrick Grossen

LEETONIA FOOTBALL COACH’S CORNER (EP 1) WITH PAUL HULEA

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LEETONIA OH- The Bears couldnt have asked for a better start to their 2020 season. They come in to week 4 with a record of 3-0. In week 4 the Bears travel to Wellsville to take on the 1-2 Tigers.

The Bears are coming off a win against their rivals Lisbon in the Spaghetti Bowl. It’s all sunshine in Bear Country as now Leetonia is rolling along. Marco Ferry has been as dominant as always. Wellsville comes into the game this week off a 45-21 loss to United.

Coach Paul Hulea called in to Running Point to chat with YSN’s Ron Potesta. They talk about the success the Bears have seen this season, what to expect from this week’s match up, and much more. Journey into the Bear’s den and get the inside scoop on Leetonia football with Episode 1 of Coach’s Corner with Paul Hulea.

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CLIPPERS GAIN ALTITUDE AGAINST LEETONIA

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LEETONIA OH- Columbiana was coming off a tough loss to United on Thursday night, but it didn’t take them long to stabilize against Leetonia with a sweep of the Bears (25-7 25-14 25-11).

Julia Rapp and Grace Witmer both led the offense with 5 kills. Maci Linhart finished with 16 digs, and 5 aces. Tori Long was all over the stat sheet with 4 kills, 6 digs, and 2 aces.

Columbiana will host Warren JFK on Monday. Leetonia will stay in conference and play against Southern on Tuesday.

BEARS FEAST ON LISBON IN SPAGHETTI BOWL

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Leetonia OH- Leetonia comes into tonight’s contest (2-0) facing off against Lisbon (0-2) for the annual Spaghetti Bowl. Lisbon and Leetonia will have their 107thmatchup against each other with Lisbon holding the all-time record of 54-49-3.

Leetonia on their first drive would let senior runningback Marco Ferry carry them down the field for their first touchdown and two-point conversion to start the game 8-0. Lisbon would not let that affect their moral as they drove right down the field on their first drive with QB Tyler Welsh and RB Ryan McCullough taking them down into the redzone. Welsh would then throw a touchdown pass to McCullough and a two-point conversion to tie the game 8-8. Ferry and the Bears would answer right back for the rest of the half with Marco Ferry scoring two more touchdowns to end the half 22-8.

To start the second half Leetonia would keep on the pressure to end the 3rdquarter with a Ferry touchdown and a Dylan Durick to extend their lead to 38-8. As the continuous clock ran down the 4th in which no team would score. Making the final score 38-8 as Leetonia extend their record to (3-0) beating Lisbon which would fall to (0-3).  All-time record for Spaghetti Bowl will get closer as Leetonia closes the gap still behind Lisbon 54-50-3.

*Contributed By YSN’s Derrick Grossen

LADY BLUE DEVILS SWEEP PAST LEETONIA

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LEETONIA, OH- The Lisbon Lady Blue Devils team could be nicknamed “Stella” because they’re getting their groove back this week.  Lisbon, fresh from a win over Valley Christian on Tuesday, took on another EOAC foe in Leetonia- and swept the Lady Bears away 25-13, 25-19, 25-11.

For Lisbon, Eliza Baker had 19 points and 16 assists while Brooke VanGiesen had 10 points and 8 kills.

Lisbon improves their record to 2-5 overall (2-4 in EOAC) and will host Southern on September 15th.

BEARS OVERCOME EARLY DEFICIT AND PREVAIL

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CAMPBELL OH – Valley Christian Eagles have a home game at Campbell Memorial high school as they take on the Leetonia Bears. As both teams come into tonight’s contest (1-0).

 Both defenses started off strong as the Eagles would force a fumble and recover it inside Leetonia’s 15-yard line. Eagles running back, Cameron Davenport would take advantage of the Bears turnover and rush for his first touchdown of the night to take the lead 7-0. Leetonia’s next drive they would fumble once again inside the 20-yard line. Davenport would rush into the endzone for his second touchdown to extend their lead 14-0. Leetonia would then answer back later in the 2nd quarter with a Jacob McCool 1-yard rush touchdown and a Marco Ferry 2-point conversion to cut the deficit to 14-8 to end the half.

Coming out of halftime Leetonia would get an onside kick and drive down the field as McCool would score his second touchdown and Ferry with his second 2-point conversion to take their first lead 16-14. Leetonia would kickoff to the Eagles after the score and would strip the ball out and force a turnover. With great field position, the Bears would run the ball down into the red zone as Marco Ferry would rush for his first touchdown and then converting a 2-point conversion to give Leetonia a lead of 24-14. Valley Christian would not be able to get past Leetonia’s strong defense the rest of the game as Leetonia’s Dylan Durick would have two sacks and a fumble recovery to during the game is a key factor in stopping the Eagles offense. As the 4th quarter started Leetonia would get into the endzone for the final time with McCool’s third rushing touchdown and giving Leetonia a victory in a 32-14 game.

Leetonia would advance to (2-0) and take on Lisbon at home next week. Valley Christian will fall to (1-1) as they will travel to Columbiana to take on the Clippers.

*Contributed by YSN’s Derrick Grossen

EAGLES LOCK DOWN LEETONIA

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LEETONIA OH- United Volleyball remained undefeated Thursday night with a sweep of Leetonia (25-19 25-15 25-14).

Tori Tschappatt led the Eagles attack with 11 kills. Haley Dees kept serving well with 21 assists. Savannah Burton served up 5 aces, and also swung well with 5 kills. Madison Boyle led the defense with 14 digs.

United will try to keep their unbeaten record in tact as they host Heartland Christian on Saturday.

BEARS HANG ON AGAINST SOUTHERN

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Leetonia comes into Friday’s matchup looking for revenge from last years game that Southern won 50-7 in week 10. Leetonia and Southern both started off slow in the first half as both teams scored zero points. The third quarter was a different story for both teams though. Leetonia came out strong as Jaedon Finley’s 42 yard run set up a Marco Ferry 5-yard touchdown run. Leetonia missed their 2-point conversion bringing their lead to 6-0. Southern bounced back two plays after the Leetonia touchdown with a Josh Pratt pass to Brad Sloan for a 49-yard touchdown. Southern’s Garret Brewer would convert their extra-point to take the lead 7-6 to end the 4th. After a couple of 4 and outs for both teams, Leetonia had a 58-yard rushing touchdown by Marco Ferry and a 2-point conversion by Ferry to take back the lead 14-7. Southern with only 5 minutes left to go in the fourth scored another passing touchdown to Timmy West to bring their score to 14-13. Southern attempted a 2-point conversion and got stuffed by Leetonia’s defense. Leetonia would get the onside kick recovery and run out the clock to secure the victory for the Bears.

 Leetonia will head to Valley Christian to take on the (1-0) Eagles, and Southern will have a matchup against (1-0) Wellsville Tigers.

*Contributed by YSN’s Derrick Grossen