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TIGERS UNCAGED, WELLSVILLE ICES DEVILS

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LISBON, OH – In Columbiana County high school football history, only two teams have played for an OHSAA state championship – the Lisbon Blue Devils and Wellsville Tigers. Tonight, those teams faced off in Week 2 of EOAC conference play, with the Tigers coming away with a convincing 31-0 victory. 

The Tigers got things started off quickly on their first drive of the night. After holding the Blue Devils to a punt on their opening drive, the Tigers went right down the field and capped things off with a 6 yard touchdown run by senior tailback Jason Tice just 5:03 into the opening frame.  Tice would finish the day with 75 yards and a touchdown on just 9 carries. 

It was all Tigers in the first half as Troy Carter hooked up with his favorite target in the 2nd quarter – senior do-it-all wide receiver Darien Suggs – for an 11-yard touchdown pass. Suggs made a nice move to get free and increase the Tigers lead to 14-0 just 2:13 into the 2nd quarter. 

Senior fullback Justin Sarge capped off the first-half scoring with a nine-yard touchdown run with 7:22 remaining in the first half. Junior kicker Casey Lemasters kicked a 31-yard field goal at the end of the first half to put the Tigers up 24-0. Lemasters would finish the evening as the YSN player of the game, going 4/4 on extra-point attempts, 1/1 on field goals, and notching a touchdown-saving tackle on the Blue Devils first kickoff return of the second half. Lemasters is also a starter on the Tigers soccer team. 

The second half saw just one score – a 10-yard touchdown run by freshman running-back/defensive back Isaiah Greathouse. Greathouse hit pay-dirt with 5:16 left in the game. The Freshman Phenom led the Tigers in rushing with 99 yards on just 11 carries. Tice was second on the team for the evening with 75 yards and a touchdown on 9 carries. 

The Tigers had a touchdown was taken off the board on their opening drive of the 3rd quarter – a 20-yard touchdown pass from Carter to Suggsn – because of a block in the back penalty. It was the 3rd touchdown pass of the year that has been dropped or called back because of penalty for Carter.

The Tigers host East Palestine next week for homecoming night, while the Blue Devils travel to undefeated Southern Local. Southern defeated Crestview 41-24, while the Bulldogs took one on the chin from the United Eagles, 43-14.

 

*Story contributed by YSN’s voice of Wellsville, Gary Althiser.

LISBON FOOTBALL COACH’S CORNER (EP. 2) WITH ALAN MIKOVICH

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Week four was the start of conference play for the EOAC, as Coach Alan Mikovich and the Blue Devils started off strong with a 26-7 home victory over the East Palestine Bulldogs. Week five will provide another tough match up as they look to start off 2-0 in conference play and 2-3 overall, as they welcome the Tigers of Wellsville to town.

YSN’s Rick Dailey sat down with Coach Mikovich to discuss last week’s victory and what the Blue Devils need to do to get a second straight win this week against a talented Wellsville Tigers team.

 

Episode Two of Lisbon Football Coach’s Corner with head coach Alan Mikovich is LIVE!

 

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LISBON RALLIES TO WRAP COLUMBIANA

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COLUMBIANA, OH- Lisbon was slow to start on Tuesday night, but after dropping the first set, the Blue Devils were seeing red.

Literally.

The Lady Devils were able to pick themselves up after set one and walk away victorious, 15-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-13.

Setting the tone for Lisbon was Sophomore, Justyce Vrable with 13 points, 4 kills, and 8 blocks.  Maddie Liberati had 11 points, 6 aces along with 14 kills.  Callie Steed led the offensive attack with 23 kills.

For Columbiana Grace Witmer had a triple-double with 10 kills, 16 assists, and 10 points while contributing 7 digs as well.  Tori Long had 19 digs and 11 kills while teammates Maci Linhart had 31 digs, and a pair of kills and Marissa Makosky had 17 assists, 12 points, with a pair of aces and kills.

Columbiana travels to Wellsville on Thursday, that match can be seen LIVE on YSN.

WEEK 3 BAIRD BROTHERS BIG DOGS OF THE VALLEY ANNOUNCED

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EAST PALESTINE, OH- In one of the closest votes in recent history, the final tallies were counted- and counted again for this week’s announcement.  With over 16,000 votes cast in Week 3, we have your winners!  Both student-athletes now qualify for the Big-Dog of the Year title handed out this November, congratulations to both athletes and their schools.

 

VOLLEYBALL:

PHOTO CREDIT: GARY LEININGER

MADDIE LIBERATI – LISBON

20 Kills/8 Points/40 Digs/2 Assists vs. Wellsville

 

 

FOOTBALL:

PHOTO CREDIT: GARY LEININGER

MARCO FERRY – LEETONIA

9 Rushes/303 Yards/5 Touchdowns vs. Chalker

 

 

NOT BLUE ANY LONGER, DEVILS NOTCH FIRST VICTORY

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LISBON, OH- In a battle of teams looking to right the ship in the 2019 campaign, Lisbon knew they had to do more than average to beat a gritty East Palestine team.  They needed a budding star to emerge and take the reigns on the future, and they got that in RJ Schreffler on Friday when they rushed past the Bulldogs 26-7.

Schreffler ran for a trio of touchdowns on the night during his 21 rush, 108-yard performance.  Tyler Welsh also had a big night with a pair of scores, both on the ground.  Joey Fisher was the leading receiver with a catch for 25 yards.

For East Palestine, Dominick Cathers racked up 142 yards on 29 rushes while scoring the second touchdown of the season for the Brown and White.  Tyler Bistarkey was 2/3 from behind center and also had a reception on the night.

Lisbon improves to 1-3 while East Palestine still searches for their first win of the season.

BULLDOGS BITE BACK, EP BUMPS LISBON

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EAST PALESTINE, OH- In a three-match in a three-day stretch, East Palestine was able to fight through fatigue, and come out with a big victory against EOAC rival Lisbon on Thursday 3-1.  The Lady Dogs were looking to bounce back from a loss to Heartland in which they had control but just couldn’t hold on.  Thursday, the Lady Dogs showed grit winning 25-19, 25-15, 24-26, 25-20.

East Palestine (9-5,7-2) were paced by junior, Emily Berger, who had 13 points, 5 aces, 1 block, 14 kills, and 7 digs.  Morgan Cheurco led the way in helpers with 31, 14 points, 5 aces, and 7 digs.  Olivia Figley was a front-line assassin with 14 kills and 5 blocks while Jade McBride had 10 points, an ace, and 15 digs.

Lisbon (10-6, 5-4) spread the credit with Maddie Liberati dialing up 7 points, 7 aces, 4 blocks, 18 kills and 32 digs.  Callie Steed had 10 points, 20 kills, and 28 digs while Jaidynn Entrinkin had 33 assists and 8 points.

East Palestine will meet up with Warren JFK on Monday in non-conference play.

LISBON FOOTBALL COACH’S CORNER (EP1 WITH ALAN MIKOVICH)

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The Blue Devils are looking to get into the win column after two tough losses to start the season. At the helm for his second season as the head coach, Alan Mikovich sat down with our own Rick Daly to preview this week’s matchup against Valley Christian.

LISBON BATTLES, TIGERS JUST TOO MUCH

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WELLSVILLE, OH- The Lisbon Lady Blue Devils had upset on the mind going into Thursday’s match against Wellsville, and they almost pulled it off.  The Lady Tigers dropped their first set of the season in the conference but were able to bounce back to finish the match 3-1 (25-15, 25-20, 23-25, 25-22.)

Emma Smith led Wellsville with 16 kills and 4 blocks while Alana Amato brought home Player of the Game honors with 14 kills and 3 aces.  Greta Cartwright had 23 assists and three aces, Emily McNicol had 26 helpers while Meaghan Nixon had 5 kills.  Aubri Ramsey also had a fantastic outing with 13 kills, 4 aces, and a pair of blocks.

Maddie Liberati paced Lisbon with 20 kills, 8 points, and 40 digs.  Callie Steed was jumping out of the gym on her way to 13 kills, while defensively had 21 digs.

The 9-1 Lady Tigers are now 7-0 in EOAC play, while Lisbon falls to 6-5 and 4-3.

LIBERATI LEADS AS LADY BLUE DEVILS HURDLE SOUTHERN

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LISBON, OH- It wasn’t easy, but it was worth it as the Lisbon Lady Blue Devils bounced Southern in 4 sets (25-11, 22-25, 25-15, 25-22) on Tuesday.

Maddie Liberati paced the Blue Devils with 11 points, 22 kills, and 15 digs.  Callie Steed had 19 kills, and 20 digs while Justyce Vrable tallied 16 points on the night.

Lisbon is 6-4 overall and 4-2 in the EOAC.

Lisbon is at Wellsville on Thursday, and we will have the game on YSN.

 

*Contributed by Dana Blackburn

 

RIDGE RIDES HIGH OVER LISBON

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LISBON, OH- The Lisbon Blue Devils looked to bounce back against Mineral Ridge on Friday, but it just wasn’t in the cards as the Devils couldn’t get the engine started and came up on the wrong end of a 33-0 shutout.

Dakota Edwards led the Rams passing attack with a 6-12, 147-yard passing performance that produced a pair of touchdowns through the air.  Shakir Perkins rushed 10 times for 59 yards and a score as well.

RJ Schreffler was the stat leader for the Blue Devils, rushing for 63 yards on 10 carries.  Chase McCoy led on defense for Lisbon with a pair of tackles and a sack.

Lisbon (0-2) will take on Valley Christian this week to wrap up non-conference play.

 

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