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JOURDAN’S DOUBLE DOUBLE HIGHLIGHTS FALCONS IMPRESSIVE START

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AUSTINTOWN OH-

In one of many volleyball games to kick off the high school season, Austintown Fitch opened up their season on Saturday morning. Their opponents? A Federal League Foe in The Massillon Perry Panthers! These two teams last met in 2021 as a part of a tri-match in which Austintown won two sets to none. 

In their rematch from a year ago, both teams had different looks teamwise, as both teams graduated a fair number of players a season ago. One constant that returned from last year was senior superstar Jocelyn Jourdan, who had 14 Kills in the win against Perry in 2021. 

She would end up being a huge contributor again the second time around, as Set 1 was back and forth all the way down to the end. Neither team was able to capture a lead larger than 4 points throughout the first set. But it was the play of freshman Rylie Simons, securing two aces to score the final two points in Set 1, winning it for Fitch 25-22!

In Set 2, The Falcons used that momentum from the prior set and forced Perry into a lot of mistakes early on. At one point, Austintown led by as much as eight points 17-9; however, Perry battled back! With the play of Sarah Mohr and Emma Weirich, Perry scored nine consecutive points to take an 18-17 lead. But Fitch showed composure, exchanging points but ultimately coming out on top 25-23 over The Panthers in Set 2. 

By Set 3, Jocelyn Jourdan was on a different level! Finishing multiple kills emphatically, totaling 17 on the night, as Austintwon put the finishing touches on a 25-22 Set 3 win! A victory that lead to the overall match win that put Fitch at 1-0 on the season!

The Falcons will hit the road for the next three games, as the first game will be against a great program in Hathaway Brown. Stats for the match can be found below!

 

Sets

S1: Fitch 25 – Perry 22

S2: Fitch 25 – Perry 23

S3: Fitch 25 – Perry 22

Player Stats

Jocelyn Jourdan: 17 Kills. 14 Digs.

Jordan Smith: 8 Kills. 10 Digs. 

Julia Jordan: 6 Kills. 1 Block.

Afton Roby: 2 Blocks.

Rylie Simons: 36 Assists. 8 Digs. 6 Aces. 11 Service PTS. 

Lillie Dilts: 7 Digs. 

*Contributed By YSN’s Ty Bartell.

Postgame Interview With Jody Bartlett:

IRISH GRAB IMPRESSIVE VICTORY

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YOUNGSTOWN OH- The Ursuline girls soccer team got the year off on the right foot on Friday by earning an impressive 2-0 win over Perry.

Goals for the Irish were scored by Olivia Puhalla and Lilly Scott.  Ursuline will return to action on Saturday August 20th as they host Canfield.

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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PERRY HELPS YSU TRACK WIN HORIZON LEAGUE

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YOUNGSTOWN, OH- Crestview alum, Dominic Perry helpel Youngstown State win the 2022 Indoor Horizon league championship.
Perry registered as the Horizon League champion in the weight throw (60′ 1 3/4), and runner up in the shot put (57′ 5 3/4).

Congratulations to Dom, and his success at the next level.

 

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WARRIORS MAKE THE RIGHT ADJUSTMENTS

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BOARDMAN OH- West Branch trailed 19-6 midway through the third quarter and then scored 20 points to defeat Perry 26-19 in front of a large Warrior crowd.

West Branch will get a rematch with Youngstown Ursuline next Friday at a site TBA in the Regional Finals.

West Branch was lead on offense by Dru DeShields who rushed 17 times for 98 yards and passed for 218 yards. He had a rushing and passing touchdown. Steven Marra had 62 yards rushing on 19 carries with 1 touchdown. Jaxon Hendershott had 5 catches for 72 yards and a touchdown. Nick Wilson had 8 catches for 73 yards while Christian Martig had 4 catches for 55 yards.

The defense came up with some big stops in the second half and were lead by Michael Kanagy with 12 tackles, Ryan Irwin had 6 tackles and Greg Rockwell with a sack. Dru DeShields and Jaxon Hendershott had key interceptions stopping Perry drives on our side of the field.

 

*Contributed by John Hancock at wbathletics.org

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.

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

POLAND RUNS OUT OF MAGIC IN BARBERTON

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BARBERTON OH- The journey to get to this point for Poland could be described as nothing other than magical. Poland won two straight games that literally came down to the last shot. One game, a buzzer went their way, and in another a buzzer beater didn’t go their opponents way. Their regional semifinal opponent was no stranger to magical finishes either. Perry secured a spot in this game with a wild buzzer beater from 35 feet to beat Salem. It’s no coincidence that these two teams were set to meet at Barberton, the home of the Magic. It was Perry that left the Bulldogs looking for more magic, and never finding it. The Pirates defense was too much, and they defeated Poland 43-23.

Mary Brant led the Bulldogs with 6 points. Although seven Bulldogs scored, no one else got above 4 points.

Perry had three players in double figures being led by their program’s leading scorer Madyson Hacking who scored 15. Elle Infalvi and Marcela Rodriguez both out in 10 for the Pirates.

Perry will play Laurel in the regional championship on Friday night at 7:00. Poland ends their season at 22-3.

PIRATES STEAL ONE FROM SALEM AT THE BUZZER

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A once in a lift-time shot sunk the Salem Lady Quakers Saturday night as the Perry Pirates defeated the Quakers  41-40 in the Division II finals match-up.

Salem’s Krista Barley drained her 3 point shot to give Salem a 40-38 lead with just over 4 seconds remaining, then Perrys Marcella Rodriguez  threw up a 40 foot prayer that found the bottom of the net to snatch the victory from the Quakers.

The Quakers started out the contest very slow as the Pirates grabbed a 14 zip 1st quarter lead and led at the midway mark 21-12, but Salem had a huge 3rd period   out scoring Perry 18-5 to take a 30-26 advantage heading into the last quarter. The final frame was a back and forth affair that set up the wild finish.

The Lady Quakers wrap up their season with a 16-6 mark and a share of the EBC title.

Nine players scored for Salem with Abbie Davidson leading the way with 11 points. Perry  now is 21-4 and will face off in a regional semi-final battle with the Poland Bulldogs on Tuesday evening.

*Contributed by YSN’s Gary Leininger

FITCH NEVER STOPS FIGHTING IN FIVE SET VICTORY

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AUSTINTOWN OH- Austintown Fitch found themselves in a district semifinal Tuesday against a Massillon Perry team that swept them in the regular season. They were determined to have a different outcome, and they did. It took every ounce of what the Falcons had, and some new faces stepping up for the Falcons to overcome Perry in five sets (26-24 16-25 23-25 28-26 15-13).

The first set established the tone the whole match would carry. Two evenly matched teams trading blows. Perry’s strength was through the middle of their offense, so right away Cate Maguire and Jocelyn Jourdan the two middle blockers for the Falcons stepped up with plays. Fitch was able to secure clutch points down the stretch, which would also continue to be a theme on the night to win set 1 26-24.

The second set is where the Falcons started to stumble a bit. Perry made adjustments, and the Falcons could not get good serve receive, their defense against Perry’s opposite side hitter faltered, and their net defense weren’t getting hands on swings. Perry dominated set 2 25-16.

Perry took that momentum into set 3 opening up a big lead early. Things started to turn when the Falcons erased a 12-5 deficit to get back into the set. Jourdan served up the rally to get the Falcons back in it. During the third set, another change came. With senior setter Emma Bartlett struggling a bit, Coach Bartlett went to her bench and put in junior Erin Burke who brought a huge spark to the defense, and offense. Even though Fitch found a rhythm, they couldn’t pull out set 3 and fell behind 2-1 in the match.

With their backs against the wall the Falcons once again fell behind early in set 4. Perry jumped out to a 10-2 lead. But it was Burke once again who brought a flow to the Fitch offense. Senior Samira McWreath also came in and sured up Fitch’s defense, and serve receive. Making some serious effort plays down the stretch to fend off a couple Perry match points the Falcons were able to win set 4 28-26 and force a set 5.

3 of Perry’s first four points in set five were off of service errors. When you took those away it was clear to see Fitch was playing better at that moment. They were the team consistently in system, and consistently getting good swings on the ball. Perry fought their way to a 13-13 tie. Fitch got the next point, and then with match point a Perry net violation ended it.

Jourdan dazzled with 30 kills on night. Burke led the team and set up 28 assists. Alyssa Leskovac led the defense with 15 digs.

The Falcons now advance to the district championship as they will hit the road to Nordonia on Saturday. That match is set for 1:00.