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POLAND USES BALANCE TO WIN OVER BULLDOGS

POLAND OH- There may not have been any eye popping stats for Poland in their 49-27 win over Lakeview on Thursday night, but six players scored at least 5 points to balance their offense.

Leading the way for Poland was Mary Brant, Morgan Kluchar, and Ella Harrell all with 8 points. Jackie Grisdale finished with 7.

Melanie Wolffe had a game-high 11 points to pace the Lakeview offense. Maggie Pavlansky added 7 for the Bulldogs.

Poland will stay at home on Saturday to host Boardman.

POLAND STOMPS INDIAN CREEK

WINTERSVILLE OH- Poland was able to add another tough team to their schedule as they traveled to undefeated Indian Creek. The Bulldogs brought their suffocating defense to Wintersville, and held Indian Creek down in a 43-36 victory.

Jackie Grisdale led the Bulldogs with 19 points. Morgan Kluchar and Abby Farber both contributed 6 to the Poland cause. Senior Lizzy Herdman has 5.

Poland will move on to host Fitch on Monday.

POLAND MAKES IT 30 IN A ROW IN NE8

POLAND OH- The NE8 conference was established in the 2018-2019 season for girls basketball, and it has belonged to Poland since that time. The Bulldogs have not lost a game inside the conference. Thursday’s 43-32 win over Struthers made their overall conference mark 30-0.

Jackie Grisdale led the Bulldogs with a game-high 23 points. Morgan Kluchar was also in double figures with 11.

Chloe Neider led the Wildcats with 10. No other player managed to get in to double figures against Poland’s tough defense.

Poland has a little break in the action as they are scheduled to take on Austintown Fitch on December 28th.

BULLDOGS BOUNCE BACK AT NORTON

NORTON OH- Poland had a game at Waterloo on Saturday canceled at the last minute and scrambled to schedule a game against a very talented Norton team. The Panthers came in to the game with a perfect 2-0 record, but the Bulldogs snuck out a close one 51-48.

Freshman Mary Brant took a step into the spotlight leading the Bulldogs offensively with 17 points. She buried three 3’s. Jackie Grisdale was also in double figures with 13. Morgan Kluchar contributed 9.

Poland returns home on Monday to host Jefferson. This will be Poland’s senior night.

GIRARD WINS SEASON SERIES WITH BULLDOGS AND ADVANCES

GIRARD OH- This first round volleyball match up on Wednesday saw the third meeting this season between Girard and Poland. The two teams split the regular season matches, but it was Girard who came out on top to advance in the tournament. The Indians took the match in four sets (25-14 22-25 25-14 25-17).

Bree Latell was on fire tonight for the Indians. The freshman finished with a season-high 24 kills. She completed a double double with 10 digs to go along with her season high kill total. Lauren Pallone also recorded a double double with 18 kills, and 22 digs. Ali Durkin set up 27 assists to lead the team.

Poland was led by Morgan Kluchar with 9 kills. She also played good net defense with 3 blocks. Alyssa Glaros had a wonderful defensive day with 32 digs. Maddie Wess set up 9 assists.

Girard moves on to the sectional finals on Saturday where they’ll host Streetsboro, the eleven seed in the bracket. That match is set to start at 4:00.

POLAND CHASES AWAY WILDCATS

POLAND OH- Poland is trying to work their record back to .500. They got one step closer Thursday night with a sweep of Struthers (25-21 25-14 25-17).

Leading the Bulldogs on offense was Morgan Kluchar with 5 kills, and 2 blocks. Sophia Dedo also added 4 kills, and 3 aces. Alyssa Glaros collected 19 digs on the night. Madison Wess set up 10 assists.

Poland looks to keep their momentum rolling as they host Boardman on Monday. Struthers will look to get some traction as they travel to Beaver Local on Saturday.

LAKEVIEW TAKES THE BATTLE OF THE BULLDOGS

POLAND OH- Lakeview just keeps on keeping on in the NE8 with a four set victory over Poland on Tuesday (22-25 25-13 25-21 25-14). Lakeview remains undefeated at 5-0, and still hasn’t lost a NE8 match in over a year.

Anna Peterson led Lakeview in kills with 13. Maggie Pavlansky has a monster night setting the ball with 37 assists. Maddie Bayus played great defense finishing with 31 digs.

Poland was led by Morgan Kluchar with 6 kills, she also had 4 blocks. Madison Wess led the team in assists with 14. Alyssa Glaros patrolled the Poland back row with 22 digs.

Lakeview will host Mooney on Wednesday. Poland is now 3-2 and will host Struthers on Thursday.

POLAND EXTENDS WIN STREAK SMOTHERS EAGLES

HUBBARD OH- Poland kept their eleven game winning streak going on Monday night with a 60-20 win over Hubbard.

It was another balanced night for Poland’s offense as they had eleven different players score. Jackie Grisdale led the Bulldogs with 19 points. Katie McDonald picked up a career high 8 points, Morgan Kluchar also finished with 8.

The win is the Bulldog’s 27th straight inside the NE8. Poland will look to complete their second straight season sweep of the league on Thursday as they host Niles. With no JV game on Thursday, Poland’s senior parent night will start at 6:30, and tip off for the game will be at 7:00.

POLAND CAGES FALCONS

Poland,OH- The Poland Bulldogs continie their streak with a 64-37 win over a young Jefferson Falcons team. Jackie Grisdale led Poland with 20 points while Megan Jacobs had 10 points for the Falcons.

Poland took a commanding lead in the first quarter and never let up finishing the quarter with a 21-10 lead. Grisdale had 10 points in the first quarter alone. Jefferson’s Ava Contenza had 5 points in the quarter. Morgan Kluchar and Kailyn Brown both paced the Bulldogs in the second quarter to a 38-19 lead going into halftime. Both Kluchar and Brown had 8 points going into the half.

Poland added to their lead in the second half by taking advantage of turnovers and creating points. Grisdale finished the night with 20 points in a 64-37 win to continue their winning streak. Poland will face Hubbard Monday on YSNLIVE.COM.

* Story Contributed by YSN’s Anthony Melone

POLAND ALL OVER LAKEVIEW

Poland continued their NE8 dominance on Monday night with a 59-16 win over Lakeview.

Despite the margin of victory, it was not a flashy offensive performance from Poland. It took them several minutes to get their first points from the field. The Bulldogs led Lakeview 7-4 in the first quarter, and through the next two frames, they went on a 25-0 run to be up 32-4. Lakeview did put together a positive fourth quarter to get themselves in double figures. Lakeview actually did stay away from a ton of live-ball turnovers caused by Poland’s pressure. They moved the ball well, but just couldn’t get shots to fall. Poland got a lot of solid minutes from their reserves towards the closing of the game. The Bulldogs had 12 different players score for them.

Leading the offense tonight for Poland was Morgan Kluchar and Connie Cougras who both finished with 8. Kailyn Brown and Katie Masucci had 7 apiece.

Poland continues to play on Thursday as they host Jefferson.