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MCDONALD COACH’S CORNER (EP 1) WITH DAN WILLIAMS

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MCDONALD OH- McDonald rolls into the regional quarterfinals this week high off a big win over Jackson Milton in the previous round. Things are looking up for the Blue Devils. No one has been able to solve the puzzle of trying to stop their run game. McDonald will look to keep it that way this week as they face a formidable defense in Leetonia. The Blue Devils will have to be road warriors as they travel to the Bears den. It is shaping up to be a physical knock down drag out battle between two teams that love to run the ball, and head coach Dan Williams would not have it any other way.

Coach Williams got on the phone with Ron Potesta this week on Running Point. They discuss the Blue Devils mentality, what to expect this week, and much more. Buckle up Blue Devils fans and don’t miss this exclusive interview with episode 1 of Coach’s Corner with Dan Williams.

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MCDONALD SHINES IN FINAL HOME GAME

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MCDONALD OH- A.A Burkey Memorial Stadium has been the home of the Blue Devils since 1953. This was the last season McDonald will play in its friendly confines. They said goodbye to their loyal stadium with a big playoff win over Jackson Milton 26-14.

It was the Dom Schadl show as it usually is, he rushed for 280 yards on the ground and four touchdowns. That included a 62 yard touchdown burst on the Blue Devils first play from scrimmage.

The Blue Jays fought back as long as they could. Down 14-0 they had a big drive capped off by a Frankie Prozy touchdown run to cut the lead to 14-6. The Blue Jays drove out of the halftime break, but a lost fumble in McDonald’s territory ended the momentum. Prozy gained 45 yards on the ground and 98 through the air.

McDonald advances in the playoffs to play at Leetonia next Friday night.

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.

MCDONALD MUSCLES THROUGH RESERVE

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BERLIN CENTER, OH- Western Reserve will come into tonights matchup (2-2) against McDonald (3-1). McDonald would show their defense early as they would force a safety to go up 2-0. After the kick return, McDonald’s Nathan Gilligan would rush for a 37-yard touchdown to extend their lead 9-0 after the extra-point. To start the second quarter, Reserve would answer back with a Russ Adair 2-yard rush to get their first score and David Altiers would convert the 2-point to make the score 8-9. McDonald would then answer back late in the half with Dom Schadl rushing into the end zone to end the half 16-8.

To start the second half no team would get into the end zone as both defenses came up big stopping the other teams offense. But, to start the 4th, Gilligan would run for another touchdown to extend their lead 23-8. Reserve would try a late 4th quarter comeback as freshman Luke Henning would throw a 65-yard touchdown to David Ashburn on the trick play. David Altiere would convert the 2-point to make the score 16-23. McDonald would run out the clock with 4 crucial minutes left on the game with Schadl running down the field and eventually taking a knee to advance to (4-1) on the season as Reserve falls to (2-3).

*Contributed By YSN’s Derrick Grossen

RESERVE THE LAST DEVILS STANDING

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MCDONALD OH- Western Reserve and McDonald clashed on Tuesday night in a battle of the Blue Devils. This night was all about Reserve though as they swept McDonald on the road (25-13 25-18 25-14).

Dani Vuletich led the Blue Devils offense with 12 kills, and 3 blocks. She also finished with 2 digs and 2 assists. Lisa Eichert was also in double digits with 10 kills. Eichert also collected 6 digs, 3 aces, and a block. Gianna Paris and Kayla Owen both led Reserve in digs with 9 each. Paris also set up 23 assists.

Western Reserve will now host 8-2 Jackson Milton on Wednesday. McDonald drops their record to 6-6 and they’ll travel to Lowellville on Thursday.

SIGLEY SERVES RAMS TO VICTORY

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MINERAL RIDGE OH- With the conference victory over McDonald the Lady Rams improved to a record of 8-1 on the season and 5-0 in the conference. (25-7 25-13 25-19) The Lady Rams were led by Morgan Sigley with 13 aces, 12 digs and 27 points, Katelyn Lesko with 16 kills, 9 digs and 3 aces and Danielle Aulet with 22 assists and 3 aces. The Lady Blue Devils were led by Maria Rasile with 13 service points, and 3 aces, Grace Bundy with 9 digs and 2 kills and Olivia Booth with 4 digs.

*Contributed by Ron Lesko at rams athletics.org

MCDONALD PASSES EARLY TEST WITH FLYING COLORS

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SEBRING, OH- McDonald looked to score the second their cleats hit the grass on Thursday night, as they took care of Sebring to the tune of 40-6 to open the season.

Blue Devil standout, Dom Schadl stole the show with a three-touchdown performance and 120 yards on the ground, while throwing a touchdown as well.

Sebring had trouble getting the bus started on their offense, the Trojans only racked up 145 yards and turned over the ball on five occasions.

The Trojans now gear up for Southington, while McDonald turns their attention to Lowellville.

RESERVE WINS CLASH OF DEVILS

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BERLIN CENTER OH- Western Reserve Volleyball Opener their home schedule with a 3-0 sweep of McDonald (25-8 27-25 25-16).

The first set was total domination by Reserve. McDonald just couldn’t get their swings to stay in play. However, they were passing and setting pretty well. McDonald seemed to be in system quite a bit and just couldn’t avoid the errors in set one.

McDonald really straightened things up in set number two as they rushed out to a 24-15 lead. Then with Alyvia Hughes serving Reserve went on a 10-0 run to take a 25-24 lead, and eventually win set two 27-25.

McDonald tried to fight off the huge momentum swing Reserve took after coming back from down 9, but they just couldn’t do enough to hold back the powerful Reserve front line.

Lisa Eichert led Reserve with 7 kills, she also had 7 digs, and 3 aces. Dani Vuletich had 5 kills and 6 blocks. Hughes has 17 digs and 5 aces, she also added four kills.

Olivia Booth led McDonald with 3 kills and 4 aces. Sophia Constantino has 5 digs.

Western Reserve is now 1-1 and will return to action Thursday at Southeast.  McDonald is now 0-2 and gets back on the floor Monday the 31st at LaBrae.

CLIPPERS SWEEP AWAY MCDONALD

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COLUMBIANA OH- The Clippers opened up the 2020 campaign with a 3-0 sweep of McDonald (25-16 25-23 25-18).

Tori Long led the Clippers with 9 kills, Grace Witmer had 7, and also 3 blocks. Maci led the Clipper defense with 13 digs. Witmer did a great job setting up the Clippers offense, gathering 16 assists.

The Clippers return to the court on Tuesday as they host Leetonia.

INTERVIEW WITH JAMES FRANCESCHELLI

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EAST PALESTINE OH-  McDonald has a new head coach for their boys basketball program, and his name is James Franceschelli.  He has some big shoes to fill as the program had tremendous success under Jeff Rasile.  However, James is confident that despite the regime change, and the talent graduating that the Blue Devils still have a real chance at surprising a lot of people. No one knows more than him, he spent last season as an assistant coach on the bench. He knows exactly what he has, and how much his team can do.  A lot of talent on the team, was kept in the dark with the unbelievable run Zach Rasile had in the program.  Now people are going to find out how much depth the McDonald team has.  James still has plenty of talent to work with, and a strong group of young players ready to step up.  If things go according to plan, the Blue Devils wont miss a beat.

 

Coach Franceschelli came on Running Point on Friday to talk about his new job, the talent he has returning, and much more.

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