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YOUNGSTOWN OH- Key players can make the difference in a team, and that is exactly what senior Matthew Reardon is doing after him and his family left Canton McKinley to move back to help Ursuline win again. With him at Ursuline, there seems to be much greater leadership, something that the Irish were struggling with for a few years. In 2019, Reardon caught 28 passes for 448 yards and seven touchdowns. He also threw for 642 yards passing and five touchdowns on the season. That same year, he broke Paul Kempe’s record against Bishop Watterson in week seven throwing for 351 yards and three touchdowns. At season’s end, Matthew would be named third team All-Ohio and All NEO-Inland District.

In March after taking time to decide on where he wanted to play college football. He announced that he would commit to the Miami (OH) RedHawks, because of how it fits him as a receiver. He chose Miami over schools like Toledo, Princeton, Bowling Green, Army, Air Force and the hometown Youngstown State Penguins.

On this episode of the player profile, Matthew talks about what the team has to do better in week three against Boardman that they struggled with against Austintown Fitch, what his major wants to be when he gets to Miami along with why he wanted to play for them, the meaning behind his jersey number being eight, and how much it means to him to play under his dad and three-time state champion coach Dan Reardon, plus more.

Ursuline (1-1) heads to Boardman stadium on Friday to face off against the Boardman Spartans (1-1) this Friday at 7pm. It can be streamed on YSN Live.

*Contributed By YSN’s Ian O’Brien.

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YOUNGSTOWN OH- The last time Ursuline won a season opener, they had to wait it out two hours in a double overtime win. Tonight was a similar situation minus the overtime, as the Irish took on the Chaney Cowboys.

Ursuline’s first big play came when Dante Walker recovered a Chaney fumble on the opening possession. Few plays after, running back Trenton Hill burst into the end-zone six yards out making it 6-0 Irish after a failed two point conversion.

The Irish extended the score later on in the quarter as junior quarterback Brady Shannon found his favorite target in Miami Red-hawk commit Matthew Reardon making it 14-0. Shannon got his second TD of the night, lobbing it up to Dean Boyd making it 22-0, which was the last score until the weather delay.

After the delay, it was as if nothing changed. Ursuline stopped the Cowboys offense and scored one more time and added one with a Dylan Peplowski extra point.

It was not all bad for Chaney as they did end on a good note getting a touchdown, but it was too late as the Irish got their first season opener win since 2016, 29-6.

Ursuline (1-0) will host Austintown Fitch next Friday, while Chaney (0-1) will head to Howland (0-1) to try to pounce on the Tigers.

*Contributed by Ian O’Brien