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PANTHERS PROVE TO BE TOO MUCH FOR MOONEY

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BOARDMAN OH-

Cardinal Mooney watched the game slip away early and couldn’t recover in a 12-6 loss to Perry on Tuesday. Perry scored on a home run by Shayla Turner, an error, and a double by Olivia Irwin in the first inning.

Cardinal Mooney collected ten hits and Perry had 15 in the high-scoring affair.

The Cardinals notched four runs in the sixth inning. The offensive onslaught came from a home run by Alaina Scavina, a groundout by Delaney Savaet, and by Delanie Olesh.

Perry scored four runs in the seventh inning. Perry’s big inning was driven by singles by Turner and Kelsie Bragg.

Paige Day toed the rubber for Perry. The hurler surrendered four runs on eight hits over six innings, striking out four.

Scavina led things off in the pitcher’s circle for Cardinal Mooney. Scavina lasted three innings, allowing seven hits and five runs while striking out four and walking zero. Alaina Francis threw four innings out of the bullpen.

The Cardinals smacked one home run on the day. Scavina had a long ball in the sixth inning.

Cardinal Mooney racked up ten hits in the game. Parker Sheehan, Scavina, and Marissa Bowman each managed multiple hits for the Cardinals. Bowman, Scavina, and Sheehan each collected two hits to lead the team.

Perry scattered 15 hits in the game. Turner, Bragg, and Irwin all had multiple hits for Perry. Turner led Perry with four hits in five at bats.

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WARRIORS CANT OVERCOME SLOW START

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BARBERTON OH- West Branch made their sixth trip to regionals in the last 10 seasons on Tuesday night. The Warriors were coming off a big district championship win over conference rival Marlington. Norton stood in their way of making a trip to the regional final.

The Panthers came out of the gates and hit a three before you could blink. That set the tone for the whole first frame, as Norton had the energy, and the Warriors were fighting against momentum. Morton’s 13-2 lead after one frame was really all they needed. The game stayed pretty even after that point. West Branch won the second quarter, but only by a point taking a 18-8 deficit into the locker room.

In the second half, even though the Warriors came out firing cutting the lead to 18-13 in their first two possessions, the Panthers kept their patient offense in cruise control. Norton would hang on to win 36-31.

Sophie Gregory and Anna Lippiatt both held the team lead in points for West Branch with 8 a piece.

MCDONALD MAKES IT TWO IN A ROW

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MCDONALD OH- McDonald now has two wins in a row to open the 2021 volleyball season. The Blue Devils were able to beat Bristol in 4 sets (25-9 25-11 24-26 25-14).

Megan Klockner shined getting 18 assists, 7 aces, and 7 kills. She also collected 9 digs. Maria Rasile led the offense with 8 kills. She also had 11 assists, and 4 aces. Gianna Constantino had 7 digs, and 7 kills.

McDonald continues the season on Tuesday in a big MVAC matchup traveling to Western Reserve.

CALLOW’S NO-NO PUTS MCDONALD IN TITLE GAME

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MCDONALD OH- McDonald had to wait a bit longer for their first tournament game. They advanced to Monday night’s district semifinals game against Bristol thanks to a no contest. A fresh Bri Callie was bad news for the visiting Panthers of Bristol. Callow hurled a no hitter in McDonald’s 3-0 win to advance to the District Championship game.

Neither offense got a ton of rhythm. McDonald only got two hits on the day. They both came from Lucia Wolford. Wolford also stole 4 bases and scored two runs. Riley Matig scored a run after reaching on a error.

Callow struck out 17 in her complete game shut out. She didn’t allow a single hit. Bri also did not walk anyone.

McDonald advances to play East Canton in the North Jackson District Championship game on Wednesday. The game will take place at Jackson Milton. First pitch is slated for 5:00.

WARRIORS DO ENOUGH TO MOVE ON

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BELOIT OH- It was a low scoring affair on Thursday night in the Division II sectional championship between West Branch and Perry. In the end, 2 runs was more than enough for Jordan Anderson who threw a shutout to lead the Warriors to a 2-0 win.

Anderson struck out 17 Panthers on her way to a shutout victory. She scattered 4 hits in the 7 innings of work. She walked 3 hitters.

Sydney Mercer was the only player of the game to have multiple hits. Mercer went 2-3 with a double. Ashley Blake went 1-3 with a RBI. Jordan Anderson also went 1-3.  Jaci Thomas also picked up a RBI sac bunt.

West Branch advances to the Jefferson district semifinals. They will play Aurora on Tuesday at the Jefferson Little League Complex. First pitch is slated for 4:30.

RIDGE SENDS PANTHERS PACKING

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BRISTOL OH-

Mineral Ridge cruised to an easy victory over Bristol 15-1 on Thursday

Mineral Ridge got things started in the first inning when an error scored two runs.

The Rams put up six runs in the third inning.

Payton Zupko pitched Mineral Ridge to victory. The righty allowed three hits and one run over three innings, striking out six.

Mineral Ridge totaled nine hits in the game. Kyle Bickerstaff, Shakir Perkins, Mark Bunch, and Zupko all managed multiple hits. Zupko, Bunch, Perkins, and Bickerstaff each managed two hits to lead.

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HUBBARD HANDLES THE PANTHERS

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HUBBARD, Ohio –

Two innings into the game the Hubbard Eagles(8-10) were trailing the visiting Bristol Panthers (4-5) 4-1. Mistakes and walks had dug the hole the Eagles currently found themselves in. With a lot of game left, the feeling was in the air that the Hubbard sticks would come alive, and boy did they ever to start their bottom half of the third.

Andrew Frank kicked off the Dirty Birds half inning with a shot into the right field gap. Rounding second and heading to third it was apparent that both player and coach had no intentions on stopping, sending Frank home for a standup inside the park homerun.

Four straight balls to Andrew Kali gave the freshman a free pass then a double off the bat of Evan Jarvis accompanied by Jake Hettrick wearing one off the hip loaded the bases for the Eagles with none away.

Smelling blood in the water, Hayden Fox crushed one to left center field that would roll under the fence for a ground rule double, robbing the senior catcher of a possible 3 RBI triple.

Hubbard wouldn’t stop their scoring there. Aground out by Joe Langley did the job plating one and giving Hubbard their first lead, then Albert Gerlick would triple off the right field wall to bring across Fox and expand their lead to 2.

The bats would go dormant until the Eagles would emerge with victory on their mind in the bottom of the 5th. Starting the inning with back-to-back walks, Hubbard was again in striking position with one of their best hitters at the plate. Already with one triple to his name, Gerlick would strike again with his second triple of the game, bringing across both runners to score.

Doubles off the bats of Andrew Frank and Evan Jarvis would score the Eagles 11th and 12th runs of the game and left them just 2 away from a whitewash. With a pleather of quality swings put on the ball this season, sophomore Jake Hettrick headed to the plate just a long ball away from ending this one early.

Crushing one down the left field line foul on the first pitch of the at bat, it became clear what Hettrick was trying to do and on the second pitch he delivered. Hettrick obliterated one over the left field fence, walking this one off in the fifth inning giving the Dirty Birds the win, 14-4.

TOP PERFORMERS:

HUBBARD

Albert Gerlick – 3-for-3, 2 triples, 3 RBIs, 1 run scored

Andrew Frank – 2-for-4, 1 double, 1 inside-the-park HR, 3 RBIs, 2 runs scored

Evan Jarvis – 2-for-3, 2 doubles, 1 RBI, 2 runs scored

Jake Hettrick – 1-for-2, 1 HR, 3 RBIs, 2 runs scored

*Contributed By YSN’s Jamie Thomson

PERRY TOO MUCH POWER FOR EAGLES

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HUBBARD, Ohio –

Still sore from a walk-off defeat at the hands of the Boardman Spartans, the Hubbard Lady Eagles (4-3) played host to the Massillon Perry Panthers.

The Panthers got off the bus ready to play, hitting back-to-back doubles to kick off the game and plating 2 runs in the top of the first. The Lady Eagles took little time to respond. Leadoff hitter Lexi Najdusak started off the bottom half with a single and would later score on an Emily Filicky bunt.

Still ahead by a run, the Panthers picked up right where they had left off at the dish. After a ground out and a single to start the inning, freshman Marlee Pireu blasted one over the center field fence to expand the lead to 3.

After shutting the Lady Eagles out in the bottom half, Perry would score 3 runs in the third thanks to an RBI double off the bat of Kailee Wilson and a sacrifice fly from pitcher Grace Miller.

Scoring would go dormant from the bottom of the third to the top of the sixth before Hubbard would get themselves back into the game with an RBI triple from Grace Narkum that she’d turn into an inside the park homerun thanks to an error by the center fielder.

As quickly as the Eagles got themselves back in contention, the Perry Panther’s Grace Miller and Marlee Pireu were there to bring their club back out to a 6-run lead.

The Lady Eagles were unable to conjure up a miracle comeback in the bottom of the 7th, failing to plate a run and losing 10-3.

TOP PERFORMERS:

HUBBARD

Grace Narkum – 1-for-3, 1 triple, 1 RBI, 1 run scored

Haley Croyle – 2-for-3, 1 run scored

PERRY

Marlee Pireu – 2-for-3, 1 HR, 1 triple, 3 RBI’s, 1 run scored

Kailee Wilson – 3-for-4, 1 double, 2 RBI’s, 2 runs scored

*Contributed By YSN’s Jamie Thomson

BULLDOGS BOUNCE BACK AT NORTON

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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.

RAIDERS HISTORIC RUN FALLS SHORT AGAINST ELYRIA

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CUYAHOGA FALLS OH- South Range was ready to go Saturday for their first regional championship in program history. They fell in a hard fought game to Elyria Catholic 51-37.

The Raiders jumped out to a impressive start, much like their semifinal win against Champion. They forced turnovers, and jumped out to an 11-4 lead in the first frame. Elyria calmed themselves down quick though and ended the quarter on a 5-0 run to only trail 11-9 after a quarter. The Panthers has 8 seniors on their roster, and this was their third straight regional championship. That experience helped them out a ton in moments where most teams would panic. Their defense, especially down low gave the Raiders problems in the second quarter. Lexi Giles hit a couple threes in the frame to save the Raiders from a disasterous halftime deficit. Instead, it was only three, 22-19.

Out of the half Elyria would create the separation they would need. The Panthers put together a 7-0 run out of the break to go up 29-18. With the way the Panthers were playing defense, 11 points felt like 20. However, the ever resilient Raiders scrapped back to close the quarter on a 10-4 run and make it 32-28 heading into the 4th. Elyria once again pushed forward to start the final frame. They got their lead back up to 9, but Izzy Lamparty gave the Raiders a four point swing grabbing an offensive rebound off a missed second free throw, putting in the bucket, and hitting the foul shot with it. It cut the Panther lead to 41-36. Unfortunately that was the Raiders last gasp as Elyria used a flurry of free throws towards the end of the game to go on a 10-1 run.

Izzy Lamparty led the Raiders with 13 points. Lexi Giles hit three treys and finished with 12. Bree Kohler was also in double figure with 10.

The Raiders end their season with a 21-7 record, and earn their first regional finalist trophy as a program.