LISBON OH- Lisbon got their second win in a row on Tuesday night as they took care of Leetonia in straight sets. (25-23 25-16 25-7)
Eliza Baker had a great offensive showing for the Blue Devils finishing with 8 kills. She also contributed 5 digs. McKenna Dailey led the back row with 11 digs.
Lisbon will look to make it three in a row on Thursday as they travel to Southern. Leetonia returns home and they will host Sebring on Wednesday.
LISBON OH- Columbiana got a big win in the EOAC on Tuesday with a sweep of Lisbon. (25-18 26-24 25-9)
Julia Rapp lit up the stat sheet finishing with 12 kills, 4 aces, 3 blocks, and 2 digs. Tori Long put together a nice night as well with 7 kills, and 12 digs. Cameron Perkins earned a double double for the Clippers finishing with 16 assists, and 10 digs.
Columbiana is now 4-2 (4-1) on the season and will look ahead to a matchup with Wellsville on Thursday in Columbiana. Lisbon will also be back in action Thursday traveling to Valley Christian.
TORNTO OH- Some things as they say are bigger than football. No program understands that right now more than Lisbon. Friday night was the first time Lisbon was able to get back on the field after losing one of their own. Being on the field meant wonders for the Blue Devils, and so did the support of their opponent. Both teams met at midfield before the start of the game for a moment of prayer. When the action started Toronto took control of the game early and never looked back. They beat Lisbon 41-26.
Giovanni Estrada ran hard for Lisbon gaining 134 yards on the ground and scoring two touchdowns. Both scores came in the second half. Logan Stauffer threw for 67 yards, and ran for 34 and a touchdown.
Lisbon ventures in to the EOAC next week as they travel to Southern.
LISBON OH- Football season brings all kinds of reasons to be excited. Whether you are watching a family member play, watching your old high school team, or just enjoy the experience of Friday night lights, football stadiums are the place to be in the fall. Before you go, YSN’s Running Point has previewed every team in the YSN family. Join Anthony Hartwig and Ty Bartell as they preview the 2021 Lisbon football team.
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WINDHAM OH- The Windham Bombers opened the season in a strong way with a dominating 27-13 victory over Lisbon on Friday night.
The Bombers ground game was nearly unstoppable as they gained 306 yards on the ground on 46 carries as a team. They held the ball for 31 minutes. Bert Jones led their ground attack with 93 yards on 8 carries. He found the endzone once. Miku Jones ran 78 yards on 12 carries and scored twice.
Lisbon was only able to muster 54 yards on the ground. Haiden Calvin gained the bulk with 46 yards on 10 carries. He made a house call. Trevor Siefke went 11-17 with 84 yards. He also punched one in for a touchdown.
Windham will look to stay undefeated in week 2 as they travel to East Palestine. Lisbon will look to bounce back in their home opener as they host Mineral Ridge.
STRUTHERS, OH- Cam Hollobaugh was bad news for opposing pitchers on Tuesday, driving in five on three hits to lead Warren JFK past Lisbon 14-1 on Tuesday. Hollobaugh drove in runs on a triple in the first, a single in the third, and a double in the fourth.
The Eagles got things moving in the first inning, when Hollobaugh tripled on a 3-1 count, scoring two runs, and giving JFK a 2-0 lead.
Jaden Rishel pitched JFK to victory. The righty lasted four and two-thirds innings, allowing two hits and one run while striking out seven.
Tyler Graham took the loss for Lisbon. Graham allowed eight hits and nine runs over one inning, walking zero.
Kennedy totaled 14 hits. Hollobaugh, Gavin Shrum, Alex DeSalvo, and Michael Mauro each racked up multiple hits for JFK. Shrum and Hollobaugh each managed three hits to lead the team.
The Eagles will now set their sights on Heartland Christian on Thursday in the District Final. The game is set for 5pm as of now, stay up to date on schedule changes at ysnlive.com/live.
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WARREN OH- Both teams had winning records on the season, but only one was able to come out on top, as it was the Semi finals at Candlelite Knolls Banquet Facility between the lady Brookfield Warriors with a record of 12 and six against the Lady Blue Devils of Lisbon with a record of 14-5. Not only that, but this game would decide who would take on the Lady Braves of Badger and the Lady Mustangs of Matthew.
The first few innings saw it close with it being two to nothing Warriors after an error by McKenna Dailey which sent Izzy Shingledecker home. The next run was in the bottom third when Autumn Sirochman singled on a line drive with Grace Shultz scoring.
Lisbon would get their first and only run of the game in the top of the fourth when Mallory Gallo singled on a line drive to center field with Dailey getting the run, cutting it to a one run lead. The Lady Warriors had two more runs in the bottom of the fourth with Schultz singling on a hard grounder with Katie Logan scoring and then Sophia Hook scoring on a Sirochman single.
After a scoreless fifth inning where both teams showed tremendous pitching by both Mya Emmerling and Miranda Nicholson who both came into the game with winning records, the bottom of the sixth happened which made the game turn a complete 180, going from a close semi final game to a home run contest.
The first home run was when Hook homered on a fly ball to right field sending her and Cadence Huffman home. The next one would be Abby DeJoy homering to center with her and Schultz scoring. Shingledecker would then homer which would then be it for Emmerling who was then replaced by Morgan Lively. That would have a little impact at first, but was not fully effective as Huffman would earn a three run homer with Jenae Pugh and Arianna Jones scoring ending the game with a mercy rule of 12 to one after nearly a full game.
Emmerling surrendered 12 runs on 16 hits over five and two-thirds innings, striking out four and walking zero before she was replaced late into the game. Nicholas pitched a near full game only giving up one run on three hits over six innings, striking out nine and walking zero.
Brookfield (16-8) will take on Matthews (22-4) who got a big 13-0 shutout victory against the Lady Braves of Badger. This will be the finals Wednesday at Candlelite Knolls at 5pm. Lisbon finishes their season at 14-6.
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LISBON, OH- This isn’t Mya Emmerling’s first rodeo. The Lisbon Ace cut through the Chalker hitters on Wednesday en route to an 8-1 Sectional Championship for the Lady Blue Devils.
Emmerling was brilliant in the pitcher’s circle on Wednesday, as she threw a no-hitter, and was in a jam only in the first inning before taking over for the rest of the game. Emmerling allowed zero hits and one run over seven innings, striking out five.
Southington Chalker’s only offense came from a ground out, scoring one run.
Lisbon tallied nine hits in the game. Kaity Clark and Morgan Lively all managed multiple hits for Coach Crismon’s squad. Clark led Lisbon with three hits in four at-bats. Justyce Vrable would also score twice for Lisbon
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Lisbon sailed to an easy victory over Southern 19-2 on Tuesday
The Blue Devils opened up scoring in the first inning. Mallory Gallo was hit by a pitch, driving in a run.
The Blue Devils scored eight runs in the fourth inning. Justyce Vrable, Kaity Clark, Mya Emmerling, McKenna Dailey, Gallo, and Taylor Deland each had RBIs in the frame.
Deland was the winning pitcher for Lisbon. The righty surrendered two runs on four hits over three and two-thirds innings, striking out three and walking one. Emmerling threw one and one-third innings in relief out of the bullpen.
The Blue Devils totaled 15 hits in the game. Deland, Dailey, Clark, and Emmerling all managed multiple hits. Clark, Dailey, and Deland each collected three hits to lead. Emmerling led David Anderson Blue Devils Varsity with two stolen bases, as they ran wild on the base paths with seven stolen bases.
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It’s already week 5 in high school softball. It’s crazy to think how fast the season has gone, we are just a couple weeks away from the postseason and teams are trying to jockey for position. Cold and snow put a damper on the week and postponed two days of games. But there is still plenty of softball to talk about.
High School Recap
Austintown Fitch continues to impress over this season. For the last several weeks the Falcons had been dominating so much that Lydia Spalding and Kayla Schubert were able to split time in the circle. However in their second game against Canfield the Cardinals kept the high powered Fitch offense in check, and for the first time in a while Spalding had to throw in high leverage situations. She dazzled. She threw six innings of shutout softball in the Falcons 3-0 win to sweep the Cardinals and remain undefeated in the AAC.
South Range got a season sweep of Hubbard to bounce back from getting swept by Poland the week before. Both teams were tied for second in the NE8 and if they had any chance to catch up with Poland, they needed to win this series. South Range did not mess around a whopped Hubbard 13-0 and 8-5. Kelly Szolek is really starting to become a staple in the Raiders lineup. Szolek tore up the Eagles pitching staff. She has been put in the clean up spot in the Raiders lineup. Even though they got swept, Hubbard did not let the losses bring them down. They went on in their next two games to push Ursuline and Marlington to the absolute brink. Both teams used walk off hits to beat the Eagles. Their record might not show it, but Hubbard will be impressive in the tournament. Freshman Isabella O’Brien is showing off what kind of future she will have. In 59.1 IP she has an ERA of 2.94. She has also knocked in 13 RBI with a batting average of .304. Hubbard is a sleeper in Division II.
Ursuline finally got pushed in to pressure situations over the weekend. They were tested. And they passed with flying colors. Hubbard hit well against the Irish and tied the game at 7 in the 7th but Emily Holland came up with a walk off triple to bring away the 8-7 win. Later in the weekend it was Alyssa Sheely who capped off a 3 run seventh with a go ahead sac fly to give the Irish a 4-3 lead, and eventual win over Bishop Watterson. Ursuline not only came through in multiple pressure situations, but it was consistently different players who came through for them. The Irish sit at number 2 in the latest Ohio Coaches Poll.
Lisbon’s head coach Dave Crismon earned a wonderful career milestone winning his 300th game of his career when the Blue Devils beat Salem 11-0 over the weekend. Mya Emmerling is really stepping up for the Devils in the circle with Emma Thompson out with an injury. Emmerling also pitched Lisbon to a season split with Columbiana. Justyce Vrable hit a game tying 3 run HR in the bottom of the seventh to tie the Clippers, and then Lisbon walked it off with back to back doubles.
YSN Alums
Kennedy Vrable, Conchetta Rinaldi, and Sophie Howell took the trip with YSU to Robert Morris where the Penguins split on the road. Rinaldi went 3-3 in Game 1 where the Penguins won. She continues to masterfully call the pitches for YSU, and manage a phenomenal pitching staff. Howell did not get any innings this weekend. Vrable got a couple of at bats off the bench. Caragyn Yanek from South Range celebrated her senior day at Findlay with her seventh win of the year in the circle over Tiffin. Yanek went 6 innings striking out 3 and giving up 3 earned runs. Her ERA is now 2.50 with 70 K and 15 BB.
Special Guest: Amanda Scarborough
Im very honored and blessed to have the opportunity to bring on Amanda Scarborough as this week’s special guest on the Hot Corner. Amanda is one of ESPN’s premiere softball analysts. She began her ESPN career in 2009 calling the Super Regionals. In 2015 she started working the WCWS for ESPN. Scarborough can also be heard across the ESPN family of networks during the regular season. Amanda played softball at Texas A&M from 2005-2008. She was the first student athlete in Big 12 history to earn Freshman of the Year and Player of the Year award in the same season (2005). Amanda now runs a training service called Pitching Angel where Ananda not only develops the physical side of pitching but works with athletes on their mental game inside the circle. You can start training with Amanda by visiting pitching-angel.com. You can also follow Amanda on all her social media platforms for free content and information in her archives.
-Anthony Hartwig
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