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LIONS GRAB VICTORY, MCULLOUGH REACHES MILESTONE

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COLUMBIANA OH- Heartland Christian Lions improved their season record to 8-3 with a 66-54 win over the Blue Devils of Lisbon.

A bright spot for  Lisbon was senior Ryan McCullough who recorded his 1000 career point.

Heartland was led by junior Jonathan Bertovich, a recent 1000 point scorer, with 17 points.Steven Baker had 17 points and Joey Donofrio added 16 points for the Lions.

For Lisbon it was a 2 man show with Blayne Brownfield with 30 points and McCullough dropped in 22 points. Heartlands next contest is Saturday against Warren JFK at home while Lisbon plays host to East Palestine Tuesday evening.

*Contributed by YSN’s Gary Leininger

LIONS CELEBRATE BERTOVICH’S MILESTONE WITH WIN

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COLUMBIANA OH- John Bertovich got to 1,000 points in Heartland’s last game against Crestview, but Heartland waited to celebrate it at home Tuesday night, and even better his team got a tightly contested win over Jackson Milton 61-58.

The Lions were led by Joey Donofrio who finished the night with 18 points. Bertovich finished with 17. Nate Garzanich collected 9 points.

The Blue Jays got an impressive performance from Mason Robinson who scored a game-high 27 points. AJ Bouch contributed 9 points to the Blue Jays offense.

SALEM BLOWS OUT LIONS IN EBC OPENER

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SALEM OH- After a much deserved week of rest for the Lady Quakers, Salem was able to dismantle Minerva 63-34 on Wednesday night in their EBC opener.

Kyla Jamison led the balanced Quakers offense with 14 points on the night. Casey Johnson also put together a strong performance scoring 13.  The Quakers got six players to score at least six points. Their defense was also up for the task, holding Minerva to just 11 first half points.

Salem moves on to another challenge traveling to Canfield on Saturday. That game will be available on YSN.

 

LIONS SHOW THEIR TEETH IN BLOWOUT OF CAMPBELL

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COLUMBIANA OH- Going In to Friday night’s matchup between Heartland, and Campbell you knew both offenses were capable of some fireworks. But it was Heartland that would put on a show. Exploding for 42 2nd half points Heartland Christian defeated Campbell Memorial 71-47.

The 3-1 Lions placed 9 players in the scoring  column led by a 15 point performance by Steven Baker. Campbell 0-3 was led by Skevos Kouros with 9 points.

 

HEARTLAND HANDLES EAGLES

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Columbiana, OH– The Heartland Christian Lions raced to a 25-16 lead over the visiting United Eagles in the first quarter here Friday night and never looked back en route to a convincing 83-56 victory.  Fueled by Joey Donofrio’s energy in the paint and sharp shooting by Stephen Barnes and Nate Garzanich, the Lions took a 46-34 lead at intermission.  Leading four Lions in double figures was Donofrio with 16.  Garzanich and Jonathan Bertovich each had 14, while Barnes netted 13, including a team-high four threes.  Heartland drained 14 treys overall.  Coach Josh Scott had to be pleased with the very balanced attack in the home opener.
United, plagued by turnovers, had an uphill battle from the jump.  They did have three players reach double digits in scoring.  Keaton Baker had 14 while Nate Miller and Ward Kiko had 13 and 11, respectively.
Heartland (1-1) will host Grand Valley Tuesday night.  United (0-2) will welcome Southern to kickoff their Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference schedule next Friday.
*Contributed By YSN’s Mark Franken

QUAKERS OPEN EBC PLAY WITH WIN OVER MINERVA

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SALEM OH- The Salem Boys opened up conference play on Friday night hosting Minerva. The Quakers used a big third quarter to dispatch the Lions 56-40.  Salem outscored Minerva 17-10 in that third quarter, and then added 15 more points to finish off the Lions in the fourth.

The Quakers has a balanced offense with two players in double figures. Jon Null led Salem with 15 points. Drew Weir also had a solid night picking up 14 points.

Brayden Costea led the Lions with 12 points. Kale Mayle was also in double figures with 10.

Salem will move on to travel to Alliance on Friday.

HEARTLAND DISPATCHES BLUE JAYS AND MOVES ON

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COLUMBIANA OH- On paper the matchup between Jackson Milton and Heartland seemed like an even one. The Lions left no doubt on the court on Thursday who was the better team as they swept the Blue Jays to move on to the District Championship (25-16 25-9 25-19).

Makayla Osborn shined as per usual as she finished with a double double. Her totals were 22 kills, 13 aces, and she added 3 aces. Emma Hall also has a nice day with 14 kills, 7 digs, and 5 aces. Lydia Wilson set up 37 assists. Jessica Brunk led the team in digs with 15.

Heartland advances to the district semifinals on Wednesday traveling to Wellsville. That match is set for 6:00.

UNITED FINISHES STRONG

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MINERVA OH- United couldn’t have asked for a better way to close their season. They traveled up to Minerva to play a division 2 team and walked out with a sweep of the Lions (26-24 25-20-25-22).

Tori Tschappatt finished with 9 kills which took her above the 500 kill threshold in her career. Brooke Smith led the Eagles in kills with 10. Smith also finished with 7 digs. Savannah Burton also collected 10 kills. Madison Boyle led the defense with 10 digs. Haley Dees set up 28 assists.

Minutes now looks to tournaments as they’ll play the winner of South Range vs Campbell. If South Range Wins, they’ll travel to the Raiders, if Campbell wins, United will host.

LEOPARDS BOW OUT AGAINST NDCL

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LOUISVILLE OH- Louisville played their 12th home playoff game last night in their program’s first matchup with NDCL. In a defensive struggle a late score propelled the Lions over Louisville 14-7.

Tyler Jackson went 13/29 with 118 yards and a touchdown. Zach Seaman caught 3 passes for 53 yards. Brock Pickens caught 3 for 22 yards and a touchdown. Louisville ran the ball 35 times for 77 yards.

The Leopards finish the season at 2-5. There is still available dates for the Leopards to play non playoff games up until Week 10. Stay tuned for matchups.

MERCER SHINES IN WARRIORS VICTORY

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BELOIT OH- Sydney Mercer showed her power on Tuesday night as West Branch made quick work of conference for Minerva with a sweep (25-16 25-16 25-16).

In the first set, the opening points told a story of a back and forth match. Although Minerva never led in the set, they also didn’t trail by more than 2. That was until West Branch went on a 5-0 run to push a lead to 20-14. They coasted their way through the rest of the set, scoring 5 of the next 7 points to win 25-16. Sydney Mercer has 6 kills in the set.

The second set was much of the same as the two teams traded points back and forth in the start of the set. Minerva was actually able to grab a couple of one point leads. With the set tied at 14-14 Minerva took a timeout. This plan backfired as the Warriors rattled off seven straight points out of the time out with Bailey Campbell serving. The Warriors used the momentum to win 25-16. Sydney Mercer had another 6 kill set.

The third set belonged to West Branch from the get go. Their middle blockers started to get involved on both the offensive, and defensive sides of the net. Alexa Gusset also contributed a handful of kills from the right side position. West Branch ran away with set three 25-16.

West Branch served extremely well, totaling 11 service aces as a team. Mercer led the team with 13 kills on the night. Mikalyn Fitts finished with 5 kills.

West Branch will travel to Canton South on Thursday to continue conference play.