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POLAND STAYS UNBEATEN; CAGES LAKEVIEW

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CORTLAND, OH- At Lakeview High School on Tuesday, Aiden Thompson was unstoppable, going a perfect three-for-three at the plate to help Poland Seminary Varsity Bulldogs secure a commanding 9-4 win over Lakeview.

The game started with Lakeview edging into an early lead after Nathan Paolucci knocked a single to drive in a run in the first inning. However, the Bulldogs didn’t let that lead last long. They came roaring back in the second inning, unleashing a six-run barrage highlighted by Carmine Tukalo’s three-RBI double following a gritty 7-pitch at-bat.

Thompson continued his hot streak in the third, adding another RBI single to extend the Bulldogs’ lead to a comfortable 7-1. His consistent batting was a key part of the Bulldogs’ strategy, keeping the pressure on Lakeview throughout the game.

On the mound, Matt Paparodis handled his business effectively, grabbing the win with a solid four-inning outing where he gave up three runs (two earned) and struck out five, despite handing out five walks. Lakeview’s Paolucci, who started, found it rough going against the Bulldogs’ active bats, yielding eight runs over nearly six innings.

The Bulldogs’ lineup showed depth and versatility, racking up a total of 11 hits. Tukalo and Thompson were not the only ones swinging well; Ryan Dilullo and Jacob Hayes also had multiple hits. The Bulldogs were also aggressive on the base paths, stealing six bases, with Thompson and Paparodis each snagging more than one.

Lakeview tried to keep pace, with Paolucci, Isaiah Lantz, and others contributing hits, and Eli Gough working the count for three walks, showing great plate discipline. Despite their efforts and a total of seven walks drawn, the early deficit was just too much to overcome.

Looking ahead, the Bulldogs are set to face LaBrae on Wednesday, riding high from their solid team performance and likely looking to keep their momentum going.

WERNER WALKS IT OFF FOR LAKEVIEW

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CORTLAND OH A walk-off led the Poland to an 8-7 loss in extra innings to Northeast 8 rival Lakeview.  Kaylsaa Werner singled in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the 8th inning giving Lakeview their second conference win over Poland Seminary.

Although Poland out-hit Lakeview, Kaylsaa Werner and Mackenzie Stowe drove in 5 RBIs for Lakeview at the top of their lineup card.  Izzy Isenberg and Linnea Kovac at the bottom of the order accounted for the 3 other RBIs.  Stowe, Werner and Isenberg each accounted for two hits with Kovac and Isenberg recording doubles.
Poland’s offense was led by middle infielders Elliana Thompson and Kylie Hudran who each had 3 hits.  Leanne Williams, Olivia Horn and Lilian McDonald had 2 hits with McDonald hitting a double for 2 RBIs.  Cassie Blanch had the other double for the Lady Bulldogs.
Ava Bacon earned the win in the circle for Lakeview throwing the last 2.2 innings and giving up 2 earned runs on 4 hits.  Isenberg got the start and went 5.1 innings. She gave up 3 earned runs and struck out 6.  Olivia Horn took the loss in the circle. She went 7.0 and gave up 6 earned runs.  She struck out 3 hitters on the day.

HITS KEEP COMING FOR LAKEVIEW

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POLAND OH- Izzy Haines drove in four runs on three hits to lead Lakeview past Poland 15-4 on Monday in a crucial NE8 matchup. Haines singled in the third scoring two, doubled in the second scoring one, and doubled in the fifth scoring one.

Lakeview  opened the scoring in the top of the first thanks to two singles. They first got on the board when Kennedy Bartlett singled, scoring one run. They added to their early lead in the top of the second inning after Kalyssa Werner singled, Bartlett grounded out, Haines doubled, Paige Schwartz singled, Makenna Werner singled, Isabella Isenberg grounded out, and Linnea Kovac singled, each scoring one run. A single by Haines extended the Bulldog’s lead to 11-0 in the top of the third inning.

Mary Brant hit an inside the park home run, scoring three runs in the bottom of the fifth for the Poland to keep the Bulldogs alive in the game.

Ava Bacon earned the win for Lakeview. The right-handed pitcher surrendered eight hits and four runs (three earned) over six innings, striking out three and walking one. Olivia Horn took the loss for Poland. The southpaw went one and one-third innings, allowing six runs (five earned) on seven hits, striking out one and walking one.

Lakeview piled up 18 hits in the game. Haines and Werner each collected three hits for Lakeview Varsity Bulldogs. Mackenzie Stowe, Schwartz, Kovac, and Hallie Capan each collected multiple hits.

Brant provided pop in the middle of the lineup, and led Poland with three runs batted in. The right-handed hitter went 1-for-3 on the day. Leadoff hitter Elliana Thompson led with two hits in three at bats.

POLAND GETS RIGHT BACK TO WINNING

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GIRARD OH – Poland picked up their fourth win of the season by defeating Northeast 8 rival Girard on Tuesday night by a score of 14-2.

The Bulldogs erupted for 16 hits and helped deliver another conference win to Junior hurler Olivia Horn.  Horn scattered 5 hits over 7 innings and collected 5 strikeouts.  Her offense led the team with 4 hits including 2 doubles with 3 RBIs.  Both sophomores Elliana Thompson and Leanna Boccieri had 3 hits and a double apiece, with Boccieri collecting 2 RBIs.  Sophomore center fielder Avery Jakubovic had 2 hits including a double while senior first baseman Leanne Williams plated 3 RBIs.
For Girard, Kyra Bell had a double and a triple with an RBI, and Destiny Flaherty had the other RBI off a single.  Sophomore Myleigh Broll took the loss in the circle over 5 innings allowing 12 hits.
The conference rivals resume play at Poland Wednesday, April 10th at 5pm.
*Contributed By John Boccieri

MCDONALD SWEEPS THEIR SUNDAY SLATE

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By Matt Maher


POLAND, OH – The Blue Devils showed off their skill Sunday night when they took down the mighty Bulldogs 7-1. Both teams showed some stellar pitching early but it would be O’Brien for McDonald who would stand the test of time and throw the impressive complete game win!

 

Poland went with Olivia Horn in the circle for this one and through the first 3 she threw a shutout, racking up 4 Ks in the process but things changed in the 4th and she gave up 4 runs off of 3 hits, 3 walks and a sac fly and allowed the entire order to go through once. Horn would calm down come the 5th with only 2 runs given up with another strikeout earned and the 5th would only see 1 more run come in. Addison Draa finished the game with 1 hit and 1K in 1IP. The Bulldogs offense couldn’t score until the 5th when Mary Brant brought home Leanna Boccieri. 

 

The Blue Devils started O’Brien who threw a gem of a game. Only 1 run allowed off of just 5 hits and 14Ks were the highlights for her evening. Her offense scored an impressive 7 runs with 4 coming in the 4th off of an RBI double, sac fly, and a 2-run RBI single. The 5th came from a beautiful blast from Evan’s who brought in 2 with a double and the 7th came in the 6th thanks to an O’Leary RBI single. 

 

The Blue Devils showed everyone that they shouldn’t be taken lightly and can do damage in and out of the MVAC. Poland played well but their pitching just couldn’t keep up with the McDonald bats in the end. McDonald (2-0) will stay on the road when they travel to Springfield on April 9th at 5:00PM while Poland (3-2) will be in Girard on April 9th to take on the Indians at 5:00PM. 

POLAND HEATS UP AFTER LENGTHY LAY OFF

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By Matt Maher 


POLAND, OH – After almost a week off, the Bulldogs and the Leopards took to the diamond to finally play some softball! While the feeling of being out on the field must have been great, the feelings in both dugouts weren’t the same. The Leopards, who were 2-0 going into this game, dropped this one 13-0 against the extremely happy Bulldogs who took out some frustrations after a disappointing 11-1 loss the other day.

 

Liberty struggled to get runners on base with their first hit coming late in the 2nd inning with a single to left by Meadow Smith. The Leopards managed to muster another hit against the Bulldogs as well as a walk. On the mound Chloe Fleps went 2 Innings with 2 fly outs, 3 groundouts and a line out but struggled giving up 8 runs off of 5 hits. Rachael Stromeyer came in for relief in the 3rd inning and finished out the game with 1 K and 5 runs off of 7 Hits.

 

The Bulldogs, on the other hand, looked ready to roll. With 6 runs off 11 batters who collectively found 3 hits in the 1st. The Bulldogs found their next 2 in the 2nd off of 2 hits with 3 more runs coming in the 3rd off of 3 hits and finally 2 more runs in the 4th with the 3 more hits. Olivia Horn started in the circle and struck out 4, walked 1 and gave up 1 hit and 0 runs in 2IP. Addison Draa came in for relief in the 3rd and shined. Striking out 4, and only giving up 1 hit in 3IP, she had no problem taking control of this game.

 

The Leopards (2-1)  play again at 3PM on Sunday April 7th when they take on MVAC opponent the McDonald Blue Devils (0-0). 

MOHAWK BRINGS DOWN THE BULLDOGS

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Lydia Cole drove in four runs on two hits to lead Mohawk past Poland 11-1 on Wednesday. Cole doubled in the second inning, scoring two runs, and hit a home run to center field in the fifth inning, scoring two.

Mohawk jumped out to the lead in the bottom of the second inning after Cole doubled, scoring two runs, Reagan Magno singled, scoring one run, and Mylie Pistorius homered to right field, scoring two runs. They then scored two runs in the bottom of the third on a home run to center field by GiGi Cowher. Cole homered to center field, scoring two runs in the bottom of the fifth. Leanne Williams hit a solo home run to right field in the top of the sixth for the Poland.

Cowher earned the win for Mohawk.  She surrendered two hits and zero runs over five innings, striking out seven and walking three. Olivia Horn took the loss for Poland. The starting pitcher went four innings, giving up nine runs on 12 hits, striking out two and walking none. Maddie Behlke appeared in relief for Mohawk.

The Warriors accumulated 16 hits in the game. Cole, Magno, Alivia Hare, Pistorius, Cowher, and Gianna Pezzuolo each collected two hits. Mohawk was were sure-handed and didn’t commit a single error. Pistorius made the most plays with 10. Williams went 2-for-3 at the plate for Poland as the first baseman led the team with one run batted in.

POLAND UNLOADS ON THE DRAGONS

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By Matt Maher


POLAND, OH – If you wanted to watch baseball on Friday night you certainly would’ve seen a game in Poland but if you wanted to see a good game well you probably went elsewhere on YSN (unless your a Bulldogs super fan of course) because Poland absolutely obliterated their competition, routing Niles 31-2 after 5 innings to complete the season series sweep against the Red Dragons.

 

Poland showed poise on the mound from the onset. With Matt Paparodis on the bump to start he sat down the first 3 Red Dragons with a groundout and then back to back swinging K’s. The Bottom of the inning proved to be even better with a 7 run outburst that would make anyone’s jaw drop. Starting off with a single and a double Paparodis was able to get on via a fielding error and bring in the first run, from there it was an RBI double from Hayes, an RBI single from Elia, 2 Wild Pitches that brought home 2 more runs and an RBI double from Livosky. 

 

Niles would get 1 of those runs back in the 2nd with Landon Turner getting a leadoff double and then Brady Court batting him home with an RBI single. Paparodis struck out 3 more batters with 2 of them coming between the leadoff hit and the RBI and the third coming after a batter hit. 

 

Poland kept their foot on the gas and casually tacked on 8 more runs with an RBI single from Thompson, an RBI walk from Chambers, an RBI single from Jenkins, an RBI double from Boccieri, a 2-run RBI double from Paparodis and another RBI single from Thompson. Niles starting pitcher was able to strikeout Zach Livosky in the middle of the free for all Poland found themselves basking in. 

 

Niles found their 2nd and final run of the evening in the 3rd. After Hrosar led things off with a double, AJ Yost would hit a single that would prove to be difficult to field by the right fielder Livosky who would end up throwing the ball away and allowing Hrosar to score on the error. Another 2 K’s were earned by Paparodis in this half of the inning as well. 

 

Poland added another 6 runs to the board thanks in part to an RBI double from Boccieri, 2 runs scoring off of an error on the infield, a groundout from Elia that allowed a run to score and a 2-run RBI single from Livosky. The Bulldogs were swinging at everything within eyesite of the strike zone and couldn’t seem to miss and that continued to be the case in the 4th. 

 

Joseph Zuccaro came in for relief of Paparodis who finished the evening with 3 IP, 2 ER, 4 H and 7 Ks. Zuccaro would 1-up his teammate by striking out the side all with looking strikes to Finish off each batter. 

 

Some say lightning doesn’t strike twice but for Poland, it strikes 4 times with monsterous booms of thunder to follow and this inning brought the biggest boom because the Bulldogs capped off this game with 10 more runs! With the bases loaded, ELia brought in the first run with a single, Kopkash, in for THompson, earned his first RBI of the evening with a single, Malochi Sweeney, in for Livosky, got aboard via a fielding error that allowed 2 more to score, a wild pitch brought in the next run, a Zuccaro single brought in a run, a Hayes double score 2 more and finally an Elia double brought in run number ten. 

 

Poland has made a very convincing case for first place in the Northeast 8 this season, outscoring Niles 44-5 over 2 games. With numbers like that, it’s going to be very tough to beat Poland this season. Niles (0-3, 0-2) will be back home on Friday April 5th when they host Newton Falls at 5:00PM and Poland (3-0, 2-0) will hit the road and take on Edgewood on Tuesday April 2nd at 4:30PM. 

POLAND GETS THINGS GOING EARLY

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NILES OH – Poland opened the 2024 season with a conference win against Northeast 8 rival Niles McKinley with a 16-1 win.

Junior Olivia Horn earned the mound win over 5 innings in the circle hurling a no-hitter and adding 10 strikeouts.
The Lady Bulldogs pounded 13 hits with Sophomore shortstop Eliana Thompson adding 3 hits with 2 RBI’s including a double. Leanna Boccieri, Kyle Hudran, Leanne Williams and Olivia Horn each tallied 2 hits. Boccieri doubled with 2 RBIs, Horn tripled with 2 RBIs and both stayed perfect at the plate.  Williams doubled while Hudran and Freshman Cassie Blance each tripled.
The Lady Red Dragons and Lady Bulldogs return to NE8 action tomorrow at Poland.

CARDINALS BRAVE THE COLD

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POLAND OH- Mooney improved to 2-0 after defeating Poland 19-7 on Thursday night. Ella Szalay led offense with 9 goals, 2 assists, and 9 draw controls. Angelee Blasko had 3 goals and 4 ground balls. Natalie Blasko had 2 goals and an assist, while Maria Pecchia also added 2 goals.

Sophia Rotunno was again a force on defense with 6 caused turnovers, 8 ground balls, 2 goals, and 1 assist. Frankie Cassese rounded out scoring with 1 goal. Alyssa Ray had 7 saves in goal.

Mooney returns to play on Tuesday, March 26 for their home opener against Canfield at 6:30pm.

*Contributed by Toni Chahine

Game Photos HERE: https://ysn.smugmug.com/3-21-LAX-mooney-poland