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RIDGE FIGHTS OFF CLIPPERS FOR A DISTRICT TITLE

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MINERAL RIDGE OH- Mineral Ridge Volleyball has gone a long time without a district championship. They’ve had several teams over the years with promise who have gotten to the title game, but came up short. Their 2020 squad was determined to put an end to the drought. They’d have to battle their way past a very scrappy Columbiana team in order to do it. The Rams came away with a hard fought four set victory to finally be crowned district champions (25-22 25-16 14-25 25-23).

Leading the Rams offense was Katelyn Lesko who finished with 19 kills on the day. She also completed a double double tallying the team lead in digs with 20. Morgan Sigley had a strong outing finishing with 19 digs, and 9 kills. She had the title clinching kill as well. Danielle Aulet ran the offense to perfection collecting 37 assists.

Columbiana was led by Tori Long who finished with a double double. She tallied 10 kills, and 10 digs. Maddie Witherow put together a strong performance with 7 kills, and 15 digs. Maci Linhart led the Clipper offense with 16 digs. Grace Witmer set up 19 assists. She also compiled 8 digs, and 4 kills.

(Chris Giovannone)

Mineral Ridge advances to the regional semifinals where they’ll travel to Uniontown Lake on Thursday to take on Dalton. That match is set to begin at approximately 7:30.

Columbiana ends the season with a 20-6 record.

(Chris Giovannone)

*Postgame interview with Katelyn Lesko, and Head Coach Ron Lesko

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CLIPPERS WIN A WILD MATCH TO ADVANCE TO TITLE

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COLUMBIANA OH- Newton Falls came to the hanger in Columbiana on Wednesday night in the district semifinals. The Tigers brought everything they had and it made for a wild match. The Clippers were able to do enough to win in four sets, but none of the sets had a team below 20, and two of the sets went to extra points (27-25 30-32 25-20 25-20).

Tori Long was impressive earning a double double with 29 digs, and 18 kills. Maddie Witherow also contributed a double double with 12 kills, and 12 digs. Not to be outdone, Grace Witmer was able to notch a triple double with 29 assists, 10 kills, and 10 digs. Maci Linhart made incredible defense and gathered 44 digs.

Columbiana advances to the district championship where they’ll travel to top seeded Mineral Ridge on Saturday. That game is set to start at 1:00.

COLUMBIANA GETS REVENGE ON EAGLES

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COLUMBIANA OH- Earlier in the season, United got the best of the Clippers in five sets down in Hanoverton. It left a bad taste in Columbiana’s mouth the rest of the season, that is until the Clippers got revenge over United with a sweep on Thursday night (25-18 25-10 25-22).

Maddie Witherow, and Tori Long both led the Clippers offense with 7 kills a piece. Witherow tallied 5 digs, and 3 aces while Long finished with 5 digs, and 2 aces. Maci Linhart led Columbiana’s defense with 16 digs. Grace Witmer put together a strong night with 11 assists, 6 kills, 4 digs, and 2 aces.

Tori Tschappatt led the Eagles finishing with 9 kills. Brooke Smith had double digit digs with 11. Haley Dees has a great day setting up 33 assists.

Columbiana has a big test on Saturday as they host Howland. United will try to bounce back against Valley Christian on Monday.

CLIPPERS SURVIVE SCARE IN MCDONALD

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MCDONALD OH- In the first match of the season, Columbiana has no problem with McDonald as they swept the Blue Devils at home. On Saturday they faced a much improved Blue Devil team, and got a much harder fight. The scrappy Blue Devils rallied to force a fifth set but eventually fell to the Clippers in 5 (25-21 24-26 25-10 24-26 15-7).

Tori Long has a great day for the Clippers, totaling 17 kills over the five sets. She also completed a double double with 10 digs. Maci Linhart recorded 20 digs to lead the Clippers defense, but was helped out a ton by Maddie Witherow who finished with 17 digs. Grace Witmer set up 20 assists for Columbiana.

Megan Klockner the freshman setter did a tremendous job not just setting,  but also serving. Klockner had 5 aces, and also recorded 14 service points. Molly Howard led the Devils in kills with 12. Maria Rasile got in to double digit digs with 14. Olivia Booth had 6 kills, and 13 digs.

Columbiana will get ready for another big test on Tuesday as they travel to Heartland. McDonald will also hit the road and travel to Jackson Milton.

CLIPPERS STAY SOLID AGAINST SPRINGFIELD

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NEW MIDDLETOWN OH- The Clippers continued their 5 match road trip on Monday as they met a non conference challenge in Springfield. Columbiana didn’t miss a beat and swept the Tigers (25-16 25-17 25-21).

Maddie Witherow had a standout night swinging leading the team with 9 kills. She also played good defense with 8 digs. Maci Linhart led the team in digs with 12 and also collected 2 kills, and 3 aces. Grace Witmer set up 12 assists, and also finished with 8 digs, and 5 kills.

Columbiana returns to league play on Tuesday as they finish their road stretch at Lisbon.

COLUMBIANA PUTS DOWN BULLDOGS

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COLUMBIANA OH- Columbiana continued a dominant stretch through the EOAC on Tuesday with a sweep of East Palestine to improve their record to 12-2 (25-21 25-23 25-12).

Tori Long led the Clippers with 6 kills, and 6 digs. Grace Witmer had a great day all over the stat sheet. She finished with 13 assists, 10 digs, and 5 kills. Julia Rapp totaled 7 digs, 5 kills, and 4 aces. Maddie Witherow had 12 digs, 4 kills, and 3 aces.

Columbiana has some time off before they travel to Springfield on Monday. East Palestine will try to bounce back on Thursday as they travel to Lisbon.

LINHART GETS 1,000 IN CLIPPERS WIN

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COLUMBIANA OH- Maci Linhart reaches a career milestone on Monday as she picked up her 1,000th career dig. Her team also picked up a big three set win over Lowellville (25-9 25-14 25-18).

Maddie Witherow led the Clippers in kills with 5, she also finished with 5 digs. Maci Linhart finished the night with 8 digs, and 2 kills. Grace Witmer set up 13 assists. Tori Long had3 kills, 3 aces, and 5 digs.

Columbiana travels to United on Tuesday in a big conference clash.

CLIPPERS KEEP ON WINNING

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YOUNGSTOWN OH- The season could not be off to a better start for Columbiana Volleyball. They’re 5-0 after a sweep of Valley Christian (25-17 25-21 25-9).

Tori Long continued her solid season sharing the team lead in kills with 8. Long also had 7 digs. Maddie Witherow also has 8 kills, she served well with 5 aces and added 2 digs. Grace Witmer set nicely with 17 assists. Maci Linhart played good defense picking up double digit digs with 12.

Columbiana will return to action on Tuesday as they travel to Southern.

CLIPPERS BROOM JFK

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WARREN OH- Columbiana got out the brooms for a quick sweeping of Warren JFK on Wednesday (25-15 25-15 25-15).

Tori Long and Maddie Witherow both led the Clippers in kills with 7 a piece. Witherow also added 3 aces, Julia Rapp led in that category with 4. Maci Linhart collected 10 digs to lead the Clippers defense. Grace Witmer set nicely for 18 assists.

The Clippers are 3-0 now on the season and will host East Palestine on Thursday.

Warren JFK falls to 0-1 and they’ll travel to Campbell on Thursday.