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QUAKERS DROP HOME OPENER TO MINERVA

SALEM OH-

A large well scattered crowd (including alumni players-thanks) attended Salem’s 2021 home softball debut. Thanks to a great job by our maintenance crew the field was in great shape and so was the weather.

Rylie Troy pitched well in the loss striking out 8 and allowing just 2 earned runs. The defensive highlight of the game was a diving catch down the right field line by freshmen Lauryn Barton. Hannah Kelm was involved in 5 defensive chances with 0 errors. Jenna McClish made a nice catch on a screaming line drive to center.

Rylie Troy and Dorothy Moore each had two hits and an RBI to lead the Quakers offense. Chase Toy, Madalynn Workman and Bella Brant each singled. Leadoff hitter Hannah Kelm scored in the third straight game.

*Contributed By Michael Thorpe at salemathletics.org

QUAKERS BOUNCE BACK IN OVERTIME WIN

SALEM OH- Down by 9 points entering the 4th quarter,  the Salem Quakers   outscored the Minerva Lions 14-5 to knot the contest up and send it into overtime with the Quakers coming out on top 46-45.

The victory helped the Quakers claim a share of the EBC title, their 1st since 2006. Salem had a balanced scoring attack with junior Drew Weir topping them out with 13 points and Hunter Griffith added 9 points. Junior Jon Null scored all of Salem points in the extra session dropping in 5 points.

The Quakers climbed to 12-7 on the year snapping a 3 game losing streak. They are 8-4 in the EBC.

*Contributed by YSN’s Gary Leininger

QUAKERS CONTINUE EBC DOMINANCE

SALEM OH- The Salem Lady Quakers  jumped out to a big 1st quarter advantage and held on to defeat the Minerva Lions 54-46 in Monday night action. Salem held a 22-5 lead after 1 period and with the victory the Quakers improved to 11-2 for the season and a perfect 7-0 in league action.

Casey Johnson dropped in 5 3-pointers to lead  Salem with 21 points. Alivia Davidson and Kyla Jamison each scored 9 points.

Next up for the Quakers is a home match-up with Alliance on Wednesday.

*Contributed by YSN’s Gary Leininger

WEST BRANCH TAMES LIONS

BELOIT OH- The West Branch Lady Warriors held the visiting Minerva Lions to just 8 1st half points on their way to a 58-36 victory.

West Branch improves to 13-4 for the season.

Jillian Pidgeon led the way for West Branch scoring a game high 21 points as 8 different Warriors reached the scoring column

The Warriors have a big non conference matchup coming up on Monday as they travel to McDonald.

*Contributed by YSN’s Gary Leininger

 

SALEM BLOWS OUT LIONS IN EBC OPENER

SALEM OH- After a much deserved week of rest for the Lady Quakers, Salem was able to dismantle Minerva 63-34 on Wednesday night in their EBC opener.

Kyla Jamison led the balanced Quakers offense with 14 points on the night. Casey Johnson also put together a strong performance scoring 13.  The Quakers got six players to score at least six points. Their defense was also up for the task, holding Minerva to just 11 first half points.

Salem moves on to another challenge traveling to Canfield on Saturday. That game will be available on YSN.

 

QUAKERS OPEN EBC PLAY WITH WIN OVER MINERVA

SALEM OH- The Salem Boys opened up conference play on Friday night hosting Minerva. The Quakers used a big third quarter to dispatch the Lions 56-40.  Salem outscored Minerva 17-10 in that third quarter, and then added 15 more points to finish off the Lions in the fourth.

The Quakers has a balanced offense with two players in double figures. Jon Null led Salem with 15 points. Drew Weir also had a solid night picking up 14 points.

Brayden Costea led the Lions with 12 points. Kale Mayle was also in double figures with 10.

Salem will move on to travel to Alliance on Friday.

UNITED FINISHES STRONG

MINERVA OH- United couldn’t have asked for a better way to close their season. They traveled up to Minerva to play a division 2 team and walked out with a sweep of the Lions (26-24 25-20-25-22).

Tori Tschappatt finished with 9 kills which took her above the 500 kill threshold in her career. Brooke Smith led the Eagles in kills with 10. Smith also finished with 7 digs. Savannah Burton also collected 10 kills. Madison Boyle led the defense with 10 digs. Haley Dees set up 28 assists.

Minutes now looks to tournaments as they’ll play the winner of South Range vs Campbell. If South Range Wins, they’ll travel to the Raiders, if Campbell wins, United will host.

MERCER SHINES IN WARRIORS VICTORY

BELOIT OH- Sydney Mercer showed her power on Tuesday night as West Branch made quick work of conference for Minerva with a sweep (25-16 25-16 25-16).

In the first set, the opening points told a story of a back and forth match. Although Minerva never led in the set, they also didn’t trail by more than 2. That was until West Branch went on a 5-0 run to push a lead to 20-14. They coasted their way through the rest of the set, scoring 5 of the next 7 points to win 25-16. Sydney Mercer has 6 kills in the set.

The second set was much of the same as the two teams traded points back and forth in the start of the set. Minerva was actually able to grab a couple of one point leads. With the set tied at 14-14 Minerva took a timeout. This plan backfired as the Warriors rattled off seven straight points out of the time out with Bailey Campbell serving. The Warriors used the momentum to win 25-16. Sydney Mercer had another 6 kill set.

The third set belonged to West Branch from the get go. Their middle blockers started to get involved on both the offensive, and defensive sides of the net. Alexa Gusset also contributed a handful of kills from the right side position. West Branch ran away with set three 25-16.

West Branch served extremely well, totaling 11 service aces as a team. Mercer led the team with 13 kills on the night. Mikalyn Fitts finished with 5 kills.

West Branch will travel to Canton South on Thursday to continue conference play.

SALEM ESCAPES LIONS DEN

MINERVA OH- After a scoreless first quarter, the Quakers would come out firing in the 2nd scoring twice in the first 4 minutes of the quarter on a pair of touchdown passes from Johnson to Exline and Booth.

Salem looked primed to score again but a fumble gave the ball back to the lions who marched down and scored, cutting the lead to 14-7 at the half.
In the second half, the Quakers set the tempo scoring first to go up 21-7 and never looked back, scoring 28 second half points to hold off the pesky Lions 42-26.
Jackson Johnson led the charge accounting for 5 touchdowns (4 passing, 1 rushing), including 3 to Blaize Exline.
Salem (2-3) returns home next week to host Alliance at Sebo Stadium. Kick-off is at 7.
*Contributed by YSN’s Jarrod Niederhiser

BEAVERS REMAIN DOMINANT

BEAVER OH- The Beavers continued their trail of dominance, as they picked up their second straight 49 point win and their 3rd straight W with a home win over the Minerva Lions at Pastore Field 56-7.

 

The scoring got started right out of the gate, literally. Senior Dylan Moore returned the opening kickoff for Beaver Local 82 yards to the house to open up the game. Things once again only got better for the Beavers. The following drive was capped off by a 33 yard TD pass to Sophomore QB Zane Kinsey. Minerva, after suffering 2 consecutive three and outs, had to start their next drive at their own 3 yard line. The Beavers capitalized big time, as on the first play Wyatt Loy made a tackle that resulted in a safety for the Beavers. 

 

This made up for the failed 2 point conversion for the Beavers on the previous TD, and they would get the ball right back. Caleb White decided to get in on the kick return TD committee, as he took one to the house himself from 65 yards out. That made it 22-0. The Beavers then got the ball back with less that a 30 seconds to go in the opening quarter, and Tanner Johnston decided to hit the jets and outrun everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, on the Minerva defense as he took it 39 yards for the score.

 

From that point on, the Beavers got an interception from Dorian Jackson, which resulted in a 29 yard TD pass to Dylan Moore. They also got another 29 yard TD pass, this time to Caleb White to close out the first half at a 43-0 Beaver lead. They got two more rushing scores from the second string guys, one from Joe Monte and the other from Logan Blissenbach.

 

The Beavers allowed Minerva to score once in the second half, and won the game 56-7 to improve to 3-1 on the season, as Dylan Moore took home our G. Burbick Farms Player of the Game honors.

 

Beaver Local will travel to Edison to take on the Wildcats next week at 7:00 on Your Sports Network

*Contributed By YSN’s Mike McKenzie