COLUMBIANA, OHIO – A shutout in the pitchers circle and solid offense was the recipe to victory for McDonald as they beat Crestview 11-0 on Thursday.
McDonald got after it in the top of the first inning, bringing home three runs on singles by Gianna Mancini and Kylie Koma as well as a double by Jenna Helco. Miley Titus, Alicia Morrison, and Addison Edwards each had multi-hit games for McDonald. The Blue Devils scored six more runs in the top of the third inning and two more in the top of the seventh inning.
Isabella O’Brien came out as the winning pitcher, going the full seven innings allowing no runs, two hits allowed, three walks, and sitting down 14 Crestview batters via the strikeout.
McDonald has the weekend off before they travel to North Jackson on Monday to play Jackson-Milton at 5:00 p.m.
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ROOTSTOWN, OHIO- Mcdonald improves to 4-0 on the season as they ran away early against Rootstown, defeating them 11-0.
Avery Malley went 3 for 3 including hitting a three run homerun in the top of the third inning that put Mcdonald up 10-0. Chayse Hickox also had a productive day at the plate as he went 2 for 3, scoring 1 run.
Carson Klase was the winning pitcher as shut down Rootstown on the mound. Klase only allowed 1 hit and had 10 strikeouts through five innings of work on the mound.
McDonald will look to remain unbeaten when they take on Lowellville on the road on Wednesday.
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KINSMAN OH- Isabella O’Brien was perfect in the circle on Tuesday to lead McDonald past Badger 13-0. O’Brien struck out Kennedy Karr to end the game.
McDonald opened up scoring in the first inning, when an error scored one run.
The Blue Devils notched five runs in the sixth inning. Their offense in the inning was led by Jenna Helco, Kayla Helco, Alivia Morrison, and O’Brien, all driving in runs in the inning.
O’Brien led things off on the rubber for McDonald. The pitcher lasted six innings, allowing zero hits and zero runs while striking out 15 and walking zero.
Molly O’Brien was in the circle for the Braves. The righthander surrendered six runs on six hits over three innings. Jessica Lovesee threw three innings in relief out of the bullpen.
The Blue Devils racked up 14 hits on the day. Kylie Koma, Helco, and Morrison each managed multiple hits. Helco and Koma each mananged three hits to lead. McDonald didn’t commit a single error in the field. Koma had the most chances in the field with 14.
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The Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference (MVAC) has plenty of premier programs that make for a number of incredible conference matchups throughout the course of the regular season. The Scarlet Division side of the conference had another night of boys conference matchups on Tuesday night. Inside The Scarlet Division, The McDonald Blue Devils made the trip up to Atwater in their second bout of the year with Waterloo. Playing in plenty of nail-biters in recent seasons, three of the last five meetings between The Blue Devils and the Vikings have been decided by a single bucket prior to Tuesday.
The first quarter looked to set the makings of another instant classic between the two programs. With guys like Wyatt Wolford from McDonald and Navarre Alhassan of Waterloo exchanging buckets in the early going. Wolford would score 7 points in the quarter while Alhassan would contribute 5 points; however, three shots from distance found the mark in the first for McDonald, allowing them to take a slim 17-16 lead into the second eight minutes of play. By the second quarter, The Blue Devils Greg Costantino started to heat up after a quiet first. With Costantino hitting a pair of triples in the second quarter alone, he would chip in 8 points before the half, which happened to be all of the offense McDonald could muster in the second quarter. The Blue Devil defense did enough to pump the brakes on The Vikings while allowing McDonald to hold a 25-24 lead at halftime.
The third quarter saw The Vikings regain momentum, capturing a lead a few times throughout the quarter. Initially taking the lead to start the quarter, before the efforts of Costantino and Kyle Crown from McDonald prying the advantage right back. Ryan Wise put on a show for Waterloo, scoring 8 of his team’s 15 third quarter points to propel The Vikings ahead 39-37 with the final quarter in sight. In an eight minute race to the finish, the final quarter of the conference battle ensued! Like two heavyweights in a championship slugfest, the two squads exchanged critical blows to one another down the stretch. Ryan Wise had a phenomenal game for Waterloo, scoring 5 more points in the fourth and finishing with 21 on the night. But it was The Blue Devils that would not be denied! Hitting three more triples in the fourth as a part of ten total distance shots that connected on Tuesday night for McDonald. Greg Costantino earned player of the game honors, finishing with 22 points total and scoring 9 in the final quarter, including a three pointer and two free throws that ended up sealing the slim 54-51 win for The Blue Devils over Waterloo!
Waterloo (10-5)(5-4) will now set their sights on Sebring (10-7)(4-5) where they will have a date with The Trojans on Friday January 27th. Also on Friday, McDonald (5-10)(3-6) will also be on the road, heading to North Jackson next as Jackson-Milton (5-10)(3-6) will entertain their conference foe in a battle of Blue Devils versus Blue Jays on Friday! Interviews with winning Head Coach Jimmy Francechelli and Player of The Game Greg Costantino can be found below!
Scoring (McDonald)
Greg Costantino: 22 PTS. (Player of The Game)
Wyatt Wolford: 13 PTS.
Drew Zajack: 6 PTS.
Shane Stoops: 6 PTS.
Nolan Agler: 4 PTS.
Kyle Crown: 3 PTS.
Scoring (Waterloo)
Ryan Wise: 21 PTS.
Navarre Alhassan: 12 PTS.
Anthony Podojil: 10 PTS.
Jackson Eichler: 4 PTS.
Kai Warren: 2 PTS.
Drew Flarida: 2 PTS.
Scoring by Quarter
Q1: McDonald 17 – 16 Waterloo
Q2: McDonald 8 – 8 Waterloo
Q3: McDonald 12 – 15 Waterloo
Q4: McDonald 17 – 12 Waterloo
Final: McDonald 54 – 51 Waterloo
*Contributed By YSN’s Ty Bartell
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MCDONALD, OH- The Mineral Ridge Rams girls basketball team has been battle tested for close contests after picking up their second one point victory of the week. On Monday, the Rams got past LaBrae by one point and last night they defeated the Blue Devils 40-39.
Mineral Ridge had a small lead to 11-8 after the first quarter, until the Blue Devils defense clamped down to hold Mineral Ridge to just four points in the second quarter, taking a 21-15 lead at the half. McDonald led 33-29 at the end of third quarter, but the Rams made three clutch free-throws down the stretch to win a tight one by a final of 40-39.
Mineral Ridge is 8-8 on the season, while the heart-breaker puts McDonald at 6-9. Olivia Booth led Mineral Ridge with 15 points, while McDonald was paced by Alivia Morrison who scored 14 points with 7 points coming from the charity stripe.
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MCDONALD OH- Springfield started their second stretch in MVAC play on Thursday night as they traveled to McDonald. The Tigers made quick work of the Blue Devils to earn their season sweep of the conference rival. The Tigers turned a 28-16 lead at the half into 52-36 win.
Eight different Tigers scored on the night for the balanced offense. Jacey Mullen led the way with 23 points. Ava Vecchione had a nice night contributing 7 points to the cause. Mariana Tuscano chipped in 6 points for Springfield.
Alyvia Morrison paced the Blue Devils scoring in double figures with 14 points. Juliana Krumpak also got in the stat book with 6 points. Gracie Callow was able to add 5.
Springfield has a big test from the other end of the MVAC on Saturday as they welcome in Garfield to the jungle. McDonald gets back at it Monday as they host Heartland Christian.
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BERLIN CENTER OH- It’s always a fun time when Western Reserve and McDonald match up with each other in the battle of the Blue Devils. Both teams came in to Friday nights game hoping a win would turn them in the right direction. They both fought like their year was on the line as well. Im a night that saw both teams trade runs that were greater than ten points, Western Reserve pulled last and hung on 42-38.
Western Reserve was led by Hayden Fellows who scored 11 points including a pair of free throws that iced the game for the Blue Devils with 3 seconds left on the clock. Luke Henning was also in double figures for Western Reserve with 10 points. Joe Serensky contributed 7 points to the cause.
McDonald was led by Greg Costantino who finished with a game-high 13 points. Wyatt Wolford gave everything he had down the stretch and pulled McDonald back in the game. He finished in double figures with 11 points.
Western Reserve stays home on Tuesday as they host bitter rival Jackson Milton. McDonald will try to bounce back on Tuesday as they stay on the road at Sebring.
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BERLIN CENTER OH- In the first half of the season Western Reserve had been leaning on their defense while their offense struggled to find consistent scoring. That went out the window during the opening minutes of their game against McDonald on Friday night. As part of a girls/boys double header, Reserve set the tone in a hurry jumping ahead 21-0 before you could blink. A lot of those points came from behind the arc as well. That would be all the Blue Devils would need to roll to a 60-37 win.
Brooke Schantz had a fantastic day leading the Reserve scoring with 21 points. She wasn’t alone though, Kylee Ramsey burned McDonald’s defense with 5 three pointers on her way to 16 points. Madi Leone contributed 9 points to the offense with a three of her own. The Blue Devils hit 13 perimeter shots as a team.
McDonald was led by Julianna Krumpak, and Gracie Callow with 9 points each. Alivia Morrison worked her way to 7 points to help out the Blue Devils.
Western Reserve gets right back at it on Saturday night as they host Mineral Ridge. A 2 quarter JV game will begin at 6:00. The varsity will follow. McDonald is back in action on Monday as they travel to Sebring.
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GIRARD OH- It was a big night in Girard for one of their standouts Thomas Cardiero. He came in to the game needed 7 points to reach a career milestone of 1000. It might have been a slow night by his standards, but 7 points was exactly what he finished with to reach that goal of 1k. More important than that his teammates came together to grab their seventh win of the season beating McDonald 48-32.
The offense was led by Gus Johnson who put together another strong night with 20 points. Bobby Alejars also got himself in to double figures by collecting 11 points. Jordan Johnson also contributed 7 points.
McDonald was paced by Greg Costantino who impressed with 15 points. Joey Cappuzzello also threw in 7 points to the Blue Devils cause.
Girard will be off until the new year as they await a matchup at home against Salem on January 3rd. McDonald is back at it on Thursday as they travel Heartland Christian to play Columbiana.
MINERAL RIDGE OH- Mineral Ridge came in to Monday night already with as many wins on the season as they’d had a year ago. But there are much larger goals in mind for the Rams. They were hungry to make waves in the MVAC, and McDonald was the first team standing in their way. In a game that was back and forth almost the entire night, Ridge found themselves down 39-38 with the clock winding down. However, the Rams slammed their foot on the gas and ended the game on a 11-0 run to win 49-39.
Ava Hulett led the way for Mineral Ridge with 15 points, including a dagger three in the fourth to put the Rams up by two possessions. Freshman Gianna Gilbert put in a great effort as well scoring 14 for Ridge. Olivia Booth played well despite some early foul trouble and finished with 9 points.
McDonald was paced by Juliana Krumpak who finished with a game-high 17 points. Gracie Callow earned a hard fought 9 points for the Blue Devils. Adding to their offense was Alyvia Morrison with 7 points.
Mineral Ridge has a big test ahead as they will take on Springfield on the road on Thursday. McDonald will try to bounce back on Thursday as they return home to host Waterloo.
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