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FITCH PICKS UP THEIR FIRST TOURNAMENT WIN

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AUSTINTOWN OH- After some time off Fitch took care of business in their first tournament game sweeping Stow  in straight sets (25-12 25-18 25-14).

Chelsie Wheeler led the Falcons offense with 11 kills. Jocelyn Jourdan had a solid day too finishing with 7 kills, and 8 digs. Emma Bartlett set well and finished with 26 assists, she was one dig away from a double double with 9.

Fitch will host Perry on Tuesday night in the district semifinals. That match will start at 6:00.

RAIDERS PREVAIL OVER UNITED TO WIN SECTIONALS

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CANFIELD OH- South Range found themselves hosting an old foe on Thursday as they played United with a sectional title on the line. With one win separating the two team’s records it promised to be a tight competitive match. It definitely lived up to the hype as the Raiders came out on top in a  close four set victory (23-25 28-26 25-9 25-21).

The first two sets of the night were decided by two points. They traded blows back and forth as Tori Tschappatt and Izzy Lamparty both were able to find rhythm for their respective sides. United came out on top of set 1 25-23, while the Raiders finally ended a long set 2 28-26.

The third set is when things turned, and dramatically. The Raiders turned up the aggressiveness from the serve line and gave the Eagles fits. Julia Blasko served for 11 points in a row as the Raiders rolled through set 3 25-9.

Credit to the Eagles for bringing back their toughness in set 4, it would have been easy to pack it in. That’s not what United is about. They fought like crazy to stay in set 4. Lamparty and Ally Sauerwein both proved to be too much for the Eagles to handle out of the middle. The Raiders pulled out the 25-21 win to seal the match.

Lamparty has a tremendous night with 19 kills and 5 blocks. Ally Sauerwein finished with 8 blocks. Julia Blasko served well for the Raiders finishing with 5 aces. Reagan Irons led the defense with 23 digs. Sarah Kuhns ran the offense and set up 14 assists.

Tschappatt led the Eagles with 11 kills on the night. Senior Brooke Smith went out on a high note leading the team with 15 digs. Haley Dees finished with a match high 28 assists.

The Raiders advance to the district semifinals where they will travel to Cardinal the second seed in the bracket. That match will start at 6:00

 

 

REBELS WRECK EAST CANTON

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COLUMBIANA OH- Crestview made quick work of their first round matchup against East Canton on Tuesday night. They advanced to the sectional final with a sweep (25-15 25-11 25-10).

Molly Emch led the offense out of the middle with 8 kills. She also blocked a pair. Lucy Montgomery had 7 kills, and 10 assists. Grace Auer also finished with 7 kills, and she collected 14 assists. Grace also played great defense with 8 digs, and she served 5 aces.

Crestview advances to the sectional final on Thursday where they’ll host 19th seeded Osborne.

GIRARD WINS SEASON SERIES WITH BULLDOGS AND ADVANCES

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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.

CLIPPERS GLIDE OVER LEETONIA TO ADVANCE

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COLUMBIANA OH- The Clippers got their tournament journey started on Wednesday night with a dominating sweep of EOAC rival Leetonia (25-7 25-13 25-18).

Tori Long did what she does best and led the offense with 8 kills. She also dug up 6 digs. Julia Rapp had a very productive day with 7 kills, and 5 blocks. She served 2 aces. Grace Witmer finished with a double double totaling 12 assists, and 13 digs. Maci Linhart also collected 13 digs to share the team lead.

Columbiana moves on to the sectional final where they’ll host twelve seeded Sebring. First serve is slated for 4:00.

QUAKERS CUT THROUGH RAVENNA

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SALEM- In what is most likely Salem’s last home game of the season, the Quakers made quick work of Ravenna to advance in the OHSAA tournament. The Quakers won in sweeping fashion in head coach Kacey Costal’s first tournament win (25-5 25-6 25-7).

STATS

Jenna McClish: 10 digs
Kaley Davis: 11 kills
Autumn Little: 4 kills
Morgan McGaffick: 8 aces, 14 assists
Emma Hochadel: 9 aces, 14 assists

*Contributed By Kacey Costal at salemathletics.org

LOWELLVILLE DROPS EAGLES IN ROUND ONE

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LOWELLVILLE OH- The Rockets got a big tournament win under their belts on Tuesday night with a sweep of Warren JFK (25-19 25-15 25-21). The win gives the six seniors at least one more game for their season.

KC Kelly led the Rockets offense with 7 kills. She also dropped for 9 digs, and played great front row defense with 3 blocks. Sammie Kelly served extremely well and finished with 6 aces. She ran the offense well and set up 30 assists.  Alexis Mesaros has 5 service points, and 2 aces.

Lowellville advances to travel to one seeded Mineral Ridge on Thursday.

RAIDERS TAKE CARE OF CAMPBELL

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CANFIELD OH- South Range took their first step towards their fourth district championship in eight seasons on Tuesday with a quick sweep of Campbell (25-11 25-12 25-5).

Izzy Lamparty led the Raiders offense with 8 kills.  Julia Blasko led the defense with 9 digs. Sarah Kuhns set well and collected 8 assists. Jamie Feren served well and racked up 6 aces.

South Range advances to the sectional championship on Thursday where they’ll host six seeded United at 6:00.

SPARTANS SURVIVE AND ADVANCE

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BOARDMAN OH- It took everything they had, but the Spartans came back from the brink to beat Aurora in five sets, and give head coach Alyssa Birch her first career tournament win.

Aurora came out swinging. They definitely looked better than a 20 seed. They won back to back tight sets using clutch serving, and a spread out attack. Boardman helped them out with a few errors here and there, but all in all it was a pretty clean two sets of volleyball. The Lady Greenmen were just getting the big plays.

Boardman seems to become a different team with their backs against the wall. After losing two sets to the score of 23-25, the Spartans came out with even more energy. They dominated sets three and four to force a decisive set five.

That set five was much like the first two sets, back and forth each team grabbing some momentum. Aurora jumped out to a 6-3 lead, to which the Spartans responded with a 7-0 run to go up 10-6. The Spartans then saw that lead dwindle as Aurora tied the set up at 10. Boardman had the last laugh as they finished off a nail biter 15-13 with a Maria Torres kill.

Boardman was led by Torres who had an impressive 18 kills. Katie Stamp added 16 kills to the Boardman attack. Kathryn O’Horo stepped into the libero position tonight and led the defense with 24 digs. Torres completed a double double with 15, Stamp did the same collecting 14 digs. Raegan Burkey ran the offense to perfection. She set up 44 assists on the night.

Boardman advances and will now travel to face 10 seeded Lakeside for the sectional championship on Thursday at 6:00.

YSN VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT BREAKDOWN

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EAST PALESTINE OH- It’s finally postseason time on the volleyball courts across YSN nation! There are plenty of teams in the YSN family that have legitimate shots at long tournament runs. There are four number 1 seeds across the coverage area.

The tournaments look a little different this season, and yes it can be a bit confusing but don’t worry! We are here to clear things up. This season the regions were split into two, and each side of each region voted on seeding. In years past teams would only vote on their district, but this season they are effectively voting on two districts for seeding. Once seeded each team had the opportunity to choose between two district brackets to go into. 1 seed chose first, 2 seed second, and so on. That is why you will see a lot of these brackets have a 1 seed, and the next highest seed a 5. The brackets are separated and now area teams that would normally have to duel for a district championship might not see each other until regionals. Heres a breakdown of how each division looks about teams in the YSN family.

DIVISION IV:

Mineral Ridge was voted the one seed in their half of the region. The back to back MVAC Scarlet Champions finished the regular season at 19-2. They will play in the Northeast 2 bracket. Other teams joining them include 5 seed Columbiana, who finished the season 17-5. The Clippers are the next highest seed Ridge will have to deal with in their district. Wellsville is the 2 seed in Division IV, and they will play in the Northeast 1 bracket. Wellsville is 17-5 and owners of the EOAC crown. Joining Wellsville is Western Reserve the three seed with a record of 17-5.

Division IV first-round matchups are as follow (High Seed Hosts)

NE Bracket 1:

10/20: (6:00)

Springfield (16) vs Chalker (19)

Heartland (6) vs Valley Christian (26)

Jackson Milton (7) vs Windham (23)

10/22: (6:00)

Wellsville (2) vs Springfield/Chalker

Jackson Milton/Windham vs Heartland/Valley Christian

10/24 (4:00)

Western Reserve (3) vs Lordstown/Brookfield.

NE Bracket 2:

10/20 (6:00)

Lowellville (17) vs Warren JFK (22)

10/21 (6:00)

Columbiana (5) vs Leetonia (24)

10/22 (6:00)

Mineral Ridge (1) vs Lowellville/Warren JFK

10/24 (4:00)

Sebring (12) vs Columbiana/Leetonia

Lisbon (20) vs Newton Falls (8)/ Bloomfield.

DIVISION III

Crestview was voted the 1 seed in their side of the region. They have a record of 19-2. If you’re hoping for a rematch of last seasons district championship between Crestview and South Range, think again. South Range was voted the 5 seed and is on the opposite side of the region bracket. The Raiders and Rebels would not meet until regional finals. United is another team to watch in the tournament. Voted the 6 seed, and a bye in the first round. They come in with a record of 14-8.

Division III first-round matchups (High seed hosts)

NE Bracket 1:

10/20 (6:00)

Liberty (12) vs Conneaut (17)

South Range (5) vs Campbell (22)

10/21 (6:00)

Ursuline (10) vs Waterloo (21)

10/22 (6:00)

United (6) vs South Range/Campbell

NE Bracket 2:

10/20 (6:00)

Crestview (1) vs East Canton (23)

10/21 (6:00)

LaBrae (11) vs Mooney (16)

10/22 (6:00)

Osborne (19) vs Crestview/East Canton

10/24 (4:00)

East Palestine (7) vs LaBrae/Mooney

DIVISION II

Lakeview was voted the one seed in their side of the region in division 2. They have a record of 15-4. They are the only team in YSN coverage that’s in their bracket. Another team to watch in their region is Girard who was voted the 4 seed and is in the second district bracket. They have a record of 16-6. In a superstructure region, Beaver Local was voted the 1 seed with a record of 21-1. They will not have to deal with East Liverpool for a while, as they are on the other side of their region. The Potters were voted the 6 seed. They have a record of 13-6

District II First Round matchups (high seed hosts)

REGION 5

NE Bracket 1:

10/22 (6:00)

Lakeview (1) vs Southeast (14)/ Mogadore Field (18)

NE Bracket 2:

10/20 (6:00)

Salem (13) vs Ravenna (25)

West Branch (7) vs Chaney (26)

10/21 (6:00)

Girard (4) vs Poland (17)

REGION 6

East Bracket 1:

10/21 (6:00)

Beaver Local (1) vs Duncan Falls (14)

East Bracket 2:

10/22 (6:00)

East Liverpool (6) vs Indian Creek (5)

DIVISION I

Austintown Fitch is the highest-seeded team in the YSN family looking in division 1. They were voted as the 4 seed and have a record of 16-4. Keep an eye on Canfield who beat Fitch late in the season voted as the six seed. Their record is 17-4. Boardman is a dangerous team as well as a 15 seed and a record of 14-8.

District I First Round Matchups (High Seed Hosts)

NE Bracket 1:

10/24 (4:00)

Canfield (6) vs Uniontown Lake/Eastlake North

NE Bracket 2:

10/20 (6:00)

Boardman (15) vs Aurora (20)

NE Bracket 3:

10/22 (6:00)

Fitch (4) vs Ellet (29)/Stow (30)

Complete brackets can be found on OHSAA’s website. Stay tuned to YSN, the only place to give you extensive volleyball coverage throughout the season.