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ROCKETS CLEARED FOR LAUNCH IN WELLSVILLE

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Wellsville, OH- Lowellville traveled to Wellsville in what was the Tigers first game of the season. The Rockets took advantage of the situation. Lowellville forced 4 turnovers on defense and only gave up 147 yards of offense by the Tigers. The Rocket offense was led by Vinny Ballone who had 4 combined touchdowns and 221 yards passing. The Rockets beat the Tigers 33-6.

Lowellville took the lead first when Ballone found Brady Bunofsky for a 38 yard touchdown pass to give them the lead 7-0 in the first quarter. Vinny Ballone would find Michael Ballone on the next possession for a 1 yard touchdown pass to extend their lead to 13-0 going into the locker room. The Rockets would continue their scoring clinic in the third quarter taking a commanding 27-0 lead.

Wellsville would get on the scoreboard in the third quarter however when Jaden Allen rushed into the endzone from 2 yards out to give the Tigers their first touchdown of the season. Lowellville (3-0) will host Springfield (2-1) in a highly anticipated matchup next week. Wellsville (0-1) will travel to Columbiana (2-1). Catch both games here on YSNLive.com.

*Contributed by YSN’s Anthony Melone

ROCKETS OFFENSE NOT SLOWING DOWN

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LOWELLVILLE OH- The Rockets moved to 2-0 on the season with another impressive offensive performance beating Campbell 35-14. The Rockets have scored 85 points in 2 games.

To start the first quarter Vinny Ballone would start off hot with two passing touchdowns to Braylen Dabney and Matthew Lucido to end the first quarter with a 14-0 lead. In the second quarter, it was the same motion of the ocean as Ballone would throw another touchdown pass to Brady Bunofsky to end the half with a 21-0 lead over the Red Devils.

To start the second half the Red Devils would come out the gates scoring two touchdowns as one of them would be a QB keeper as Kayvon Moore would score and cut the lead to 21-14. The Rockets would answer back with two straight touchdowns as well. Vinny Ballone would throw one of the two to Anthony Lucente and rush for one to make the lead 35-14. The Red Devils would add one more score to end the game to make the final score 35-14.

Lowellville (2-0) will play Wellsville next week as Memorial (0-2) will play East Palestine.

*Contributed by YSN’s Derrick Grossen

ROCKETS CANT OVERCOME MCDONALD

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MCDONALD OH- McDonald struck all the right chords on Thursday night with a dominating 3-0 win over Lowellville.

Gianna Constantino dropped a double double with 13 kills and 11 digs. Megan Klockner also had a great day with 17 assists, 7 kills, and 6 digs. Megan Zajack also played great defense for her team with 8 digs.

Sammie Kelly had a great night for the Rockets finishing with a double double totaling 26 assists, and 13 kills. She also collected 7 digs. Sam Moore was all over the place on defense finishing with 28 digs. Savannah Procick had 6 kills, and 6 digs.

McDonald returns to action against Waterloo on Tuesday. Lowellville hosts JFK on Saturday.

TIGERS TAKE FIVE SET THRILLER FROM LOWELLVILLE

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NEW MIDDLETOWN OH- Springfield bounced back from a tough loss on Monday against Girard by winning a thrilling five set win over Lowellville (25-17 22-25 21-25 25-16 15-8)

Madi Lesnak put up a great game gathering 14 kills, and 7 aces. She was joined by Jameka Brungard who also had 14 kills. Sarah Pontius was right behind them with 13 kills. Gianna Piccuta finished with an eye popping 43 assists setting up the Tigers offense. Brooke Cunningham led the team in digs with 11.

Haley Cutter led Lowellville’s offense with 6 kills. Sam Moore played solid defense getting 27 digs. Sammie Kelly served well putting up 4 aces.

BLUE JAYS CONTINUE TO LOOK STRONG

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NORTH JACKSON OH- The Blue Jays faced off against Lowellville at Olde Dutch Mill Thursday afternoon. The Blue Jays picked up their 5th win of the season to move their record to 5-1 on the season by beating Lowellville. Scoring in the match was Aaren Romigh 44, Nicolai Scandy 53, Dom Zitello 55, and Ryen Romigh 55. The Blue Jays will be back in action on Tuesday, August 24th against Southeast at Olde Dutch Mill. The match is set to tee off at 4:30 pm. Complete scores are listed below.

Nicolai Scandy 53
Aaren Romigh 44
Ryen Romigh 55
Dom Zitello 55
Drew Sloan 62
Dylan Hovanec 69
Faith Sullivan 65
Eric Aliff 63

*Contributed by Daniel Crish at jacksonmiltonathletics.org

RAMS DRIVE HOME WIN OVER LOWELLVILLE

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LOWELLVULLE OH- Mineral Ridge took a big win on Monday over Lowellville 190-202. The Rams rebounded from dropping their invitational to McDonald on Thursday. They travel to the Brookfield invitational on Wednesday at Yankee Run Golf Course.

Individual scores:
At Bedford Trails(front 9)

Mineral Ridge (1-0,1-0) Trey Rigley 43, Blaine Spitler 47, Chas Colantone 48, AJ Sandy 52

Lowellville – Dylan Oklur 41, Kevin Johnson 51, Ryan Neider 55, Bradon Simmons 55

*Contributed by Shawn Brown at ramsathletics.org

JFK IS JUST TOO MUCH FOR ROCKETS

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WARREN OH- There was a lot of talk coming into this game between the fourth seeded Warren JFK Eagles with a record of 14-8 led by head coach Jim Ciambotti and the Lowellville Rockets led by Dan Dougherty with a record of 4-15 here in the regional semis to take on either the winner of Fairport Harding or Lisbon.  Would JFK continue their hot streak or would Lowellville, the David against the Goliath come in and shock the valley with a win. 

 

JFK got their first two run lead in the bottom of the second after a scoreless first inning. Junior Michael Mauro doubled on a hard ground ball to left fielder Luke Vanca, sending Caleb Hadley home along with Mauro after a Jaden Rishel single.  

 

Lowellville fielding and pitching would keep them in the game only giving up another run in the bottom of the third when Hadley scored off of an error by Beeson.  The Rockets would be up next to bat again but nothing prevailed, but with how decent the fielding was, they could still have a defensive chance.  

 

However, it was the Eagles who scored four and three more runs by Gavin Shrum, Santino Ciambotti, Cam Hollobaugh, Aiden Rossi and Michael Condoleon in the last bottom innings to force a mercy rule shut out 10-0 victory.  

 

Dylan Okular took the loss for the Rockets allowing nine hits, and seven runs over four innings.  Evan Alfano led the team with one hit and two at bats.  

 

Cam Hollobaugh took the win for the Eagles, getting a near no hitter with only one hit on five innings, striking out eight and walking one.  

 

UP NEXT 

 

Warren JFK (15-8) as the fourth seed will play the 10th seeded David Anderson Lisbon Blue Devils (14-11) in the Semis.  Lisbon is coming off of a nine to one victory against Fairport Harbor Harding.  

 

Lowellville finishes their season with a record of four and 16 and will look to get ready for a big run next season, especially with most of their players coming back.  

 

*Contributed by YSN’s Ian O’Brien*

 

ROCKETS BLAST OFF TO NEXT ROUND

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LOWELLVILLE OH-

Cole Bunofsky drove in four on three hits to lead Lowellville past Windham 15-1 on Tuesday. Bunofsky drove in runs on a double in the first, a triple in the third, and a single in the fourth.

Lowellville fired up the offense in the first inning, when Bunofsky doubled on a 0-1 count, scoring one run.

The Rockets scored five runs in the third inning. Justin Beeson, Brady Bunofsky, Bunofsky, and Tino Rivera-Ocasio powered the big inning with RBIs.

Dylan Okular led things off on the pitcher’s mound for Lowellville. The bulldog lasted two and a third innings, allowing two hits and zero runs while striking out four and walking one.

Lowellville tallied eight hits. Bunofsky and Beeson each managed multiple hits. Bunofsky led with three hits in four at bats.

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ROCKETS WIN PITCHER’S DUEL AND MOVE ON

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LOWELLVILLE OH-

Sammie Kelly threw a gem on Tuesday for Lowellville, allowing zero runs and besting John F. Kennedy Catholic by a score of 1-0

The pitching was strong on both sides. Kelly struck out ten, while Faith Hollobaugh sat down six.

One bright spot for John F. Kennedy Catholic was a single by Hollobaugh in the fourth inning.

Kelly was on the rubber for the Rockets. The righty allowed two hits and zero runs over seven innings, striking out ten and walking zero.

Hollobaugh started the game for John F. Kennedy Catholic. The pitcher surrendered one run on five hits over six innings, striking out six.

Kelly led Lady Rockets with two hits in four at bats. Lowellville tore up the base paths, as two players stole at least two bases. KC Kelly led the way with two.

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VIKINGS LOOM LARGE OVER LOWELLVILLE

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STRUTHERS OH- Sometimes the season is going your way and other times it can be hard.  For the Lowellville Rockets under head coach Dan Dougherty, they came into this game with a record of 3 and 12, but a win could get them some momentum for their last two games of the season against Western Reserve and the Division IV Tournament and senior night.

 

Meanwhile for Waterloo under head coach Joe Perretta they were up and down all season long, either winning big or losing big.  They would also have some of their games moved for cancelled as someone in the facility tested positive for COVID, shutting them down.  This time, they were in need of a win and moving to .500 but it wouldn’t be easy as it was conference Rivalry Matchup time with both team needing momentum.

 

The Vikings got off to a quick start against the Rockets as Noah Huges singled on a 1-1 count with Luke Simons and Tucker Brown heading home making it two runs to nothing.  They would score three more runs in the top of the second as Bobby Makin tripled in a fly ball with Simons getting his second run and Mason Duncan scoring.  Makin would go home then off a single from Brown. 

 

The Rockets would not give up however as Brady Bunofsky singled with Justin Beeson heading home.  After that, there would be some family love when Cole Bunofsky hit a grounder which was an error with his brother Brady scoring, cutting it to a three run game.  

 

However, that was it as the Vikings was just too tough to tame getting three runs in the sixth led by Kyle Werbeck the freshman who did a bunt sending Duncan home, a Werbeck score with an error and then a ground out by Makin which sent Simons home making it 13-4.  

 

The Rockets had one more chance and looked to blast off with a big comeback walk off, but it was too late as Waterloo got everyone out within minutes into the bottom of the second, giving them the 13-4 win.  

 

Devon Beans led the Vikings to the win, surrendering four runs on six hits and striking out three.  

 

Dylan Okular started on the mound for the Rockets, allowing eight runs on seven hits and striking out four Vikings.  He would be pulled later on for Brandon Simmons who then was replaced by Justin Beeson.  

 

Up Next 

Lowellville (3-13) will look to bounce back Wednesday and finish the season off before tournament time as they face another Mahoning Valley Scarlet Division conference rival in Western Reserve (9-6).  Game times are Wednesday at 5pm and Saturday at Cene 2 around 10AM.  

 

Waterloo (6-5) will figure out their schedule but by the looks of it will face the SouthEast Pirates (3-18) Tuesday at 5pm.  

 

*Contributed by YSN’s Ian O’Brien*