GIRARD OH- Girard kept their streak in the NE8 going on Thursday as they swept Poland in straight sets. (25-11 25-21 25-21)
Lauren Pallone led the Indians with 17 kills on the night. She also had 9 digs. Bree Latell finished with a double double compiling 13 kills, and 11 digs. Bailey Walters led in the assist category with 18 helpers. Ali Durkin got herself a double double with 13 digs, and 13 assists.
Girard hits the road over the weekend to meet up with Boardman on Saturday. Poland will travel to United on Monday.
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POLAND OH- Lakeview got another win inside the NE8 on Tuesday as they took the sweep of Poland on the road. (25-17 25-16 25-6)
Leading Lakeview was Tara Lytle who finished with 12 kills. Maggie Pavlansky had a great night setting the offense finishing the night with 16 assists. She also had 6 digs. Brooke Schneider had 6 digs, and 3 aces.
Poland’s offense was led by Lexi Kalicatzaros who had 6 kills. Sarah Forsyth led in assists with 8. Katie McDonald had a nice night at the net with 4 blocks. Kalicatzaros also led the back row with 10 digs.
Lakeview returns home on Thursday to host South Range. Poland will travel to Girard on Thursday.
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AUSTINTOWN OH- On a brisk Saturday morning, a quad-match was set to take place at Austintown Fitch Highschool.
The four teams represented in the match were The Austintown Falcons, The Cardinal Huskies, The Poland Bulldogs, and The Strongsville Mustangs.
In what was a day of sheer dominance by Coach Jody Bartlett’s Falcons. Fitch faced off against all three teams in 3-set matches.
The Falcons did not play three sets the whole day. Winning in straight sets in all 3 matchups.
Scores can be seen below:
S1: Fitch 25 vs. Cardinal 21
S2: Fitch 25 vs. Cardinal 15
S1: Fitch 25 vs. Poland 13
S2: Fitch 25 vs. Poland 17
S1: Fitch 25 vs. Strongsville 18
S2: Fitch 25 vs. Strongsville 19
The Falcons looked as complete as ever, with senior libero Ella Sahli starting the team into their offense with an abundance of digs throughout all three matchups.
Complemented with sophomore Afton Roby playing superb net defense and emerging as one of The Falcons new up and coming weapons.
As Fitch (10-1) will now look to travel in matchup number two with The Howland Tigers (5-9) on Tuesday night.
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POLAND, OH- South Range traveled to Poland on Homecoming night for the Bulldogs. The Homecoming crowd witnessed a scoring clinic. South Range running back Dominic Dominguez scored 4 touchdowns for the Raiders and was only outdone by quarterback Jack Fulton of Poland who contributed 5 touchdowns in the contest. South Range would outlast Poland in the end and come away with the conference win 42-34.
The Raiders got on the board first with two consecutive touchdown runs by Dominguez which gave South Range the early 14-0 lead. The Bulldogs would answer late in the second quarter with Jack Fulton going into the endzone from 1 yard out to cut the Raider lead in half to 14-7. South Range would retaliate before halftime when quarterback Billy Skirpac rushed his way to paydirt with a 2 yard touchdown run. Raiders lead 21-7 going into the locker room.
The Bulldogs and the Raiders traded touchdowns in the third quarter but in the closing minute of the third, Fulton scored another rushing touchdown from 20 yards. Then, after a sucessful onside kick, Fulton would tie the game at 28 with an 8 yard touchdown run. Raiders Skirpac would retake the lead in the next possession with a 4th down touchdown pass from 42 yard to Dominguez to give the Raiders the deciding score. South Range wins 42-34. South Range (5-0) will host Girard next week while Poland (2-3) will travel to Niles. Watch all games here on YSNLive.com.
*Contributed By YSN’s Anthony Melone
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POLAND OH- After a tough start to the season, Poland has now rattled off three wins in a row with a sweep of Champion on Monday night. (25-7 25-9 25-13)
Morgan Kluchar led the attack on the night for the Bulldogs finishing with 8 kills. Sophia Dedo also had a strong offensive night finishing with 7 kills. Sarah Forsyth finished with 5 kills. Both Maddie Tonus, and Morgan Bailey both finished with 7 assists.
Poland will look to continue their win streak on Tuesday as they travel to Struthers. Champion returns home to host Liberty.
HUBBARD, Ohio –
Heading into the locker room behind 23-6 to the rival Poland Bulldogs (2-2), Coach Hoffman and company were composed, and ready to adjust.
“We were pretty focused at halftime” Coach Hoffman said. “I mean we came in they were focused… listened to what we had to say. Defensively we had made some adjustments for the second half and offensively there were some plays that were able to be made that we were able to talk them through… I don’t think anyone came into the locker room not believing that we could come out and get it done in the second half.”
And my oh my did the Eagles get it done. Receiving to start the final stanza, Hoffman’s unit needed just five plays to get into the endzone when T.C. Caffey would tally his first score of the night form thirty yards out. Nick Hendrix’s hard count would draw Poland offsides on the PAT, prompting the Eagle’s offensive unit to come out and go for two, which they would convert.
Over six minutes and thirteen snaps later, Poland would be face with fourth and five at the Hubbard nineteen. With a chance to possibly suppress the Hubbard comeback, the Bulldogs opted to keep the offense on the field up 23-14. Dropping senior quarterback, Jack Fulton, back to pass, the Poland signal caller would overthrow his receiver in the back of the endzone to turn it over on downs.
The next three snaps were all put into the arms of T.C. Caffey, each one of them resulting in a Hubbard first down and placing the ball exactly at the midfield marker. The Eagles had no plans on turning away from their bell cow now, as the resulting twelve snaps would amount in carries for Caffey, the final one coming from three yards out and in to the endzone, for his second score of the night.
Forcing a three and out and a bad punt by the Poland special teams unit, Caffey and Co. would take over at the Bulldog thirty-six yard line. Trailing by four, Hubbard would put the game on the back of T.C. and their offensive line.
Touts of ten, eight, and nine had Hubbard in a goal to go situation. Then, from four yards out, Caffey would fight his way into the endzone for his third touchdown of the night and give the Eagles their first lead.
With just under four minutes to go, Poland’s kickoff return team set up their offense with good field position, getting it out to their own forty-seven. Fulton was able to move his unit down to the Hubbard nineteen before the drive would stall, and the Bulldogs would run out of time, giving the Eagles the win, 27-23.
BIG PERFORMERS
HUBBARD:
TC Caffey: 29 carries, 193 rushing yards, 3 TDs
The Hubbard Offensive Line: Obviously
Poland:
Jack Fulton: 13-27, 114 passing yards, 2 passing TDs, 14 carries, 51 rushing yards
Ross Dedo: 6 catches, 46 yards, 1 TD
Cole Fulton: 5 catches, 46 yards, 2 total TD
UP NEXT
Hubbard: Following their fourth straight home victory to start the season, T.C. Caffey and the Hubbard Eagles will travel to Struthers (2-2) for their first matchup on the road. 14-7 22-16 The previous two matchups of these teams have been decided by a single score.
Poland: Suffering a gut-wrenching loss, the Poland Bulldogs will head home and play host to another top tier NE8 opponent, the South Range Raiders (4-0). There is light at the end of the tunnel for the Bulldogs. A top-heavy schedule will have Pavlansky’s ball club ready for a very favorable second half of the season.
Postgame Interview with TC Caffey
Postgame Interview With Brian Hoffman
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POLAND OH- The Bulldogs we’re riding the momentum of a big five set victory over South Range on Thursday as they cruised past Niles in straight sets. (25-12 25-8 25-16)
Lexi Kalicatzaros continues to lead the Bulldogs offense. She finished the night with 10 kills. Morgan Kluchar was right behind her finishing with 9 kills. Kluchar added 3 blocks as well. Morgan Bailey and Maddie Tonus split the setting evenly both finishing with 10 assists.
Poland will continue their season Monday as they venture out of the NE8 to host Champion. Niles will try to bounce back Tuesday as they travel to South Range.
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POLAND OH- Poland controlled Tuesday night’s matchup with South Range from the first kick. They led 3-0 at half, and continued to pile on to win 6-1 as a final.
Scoring goals for the Bulldogs in the first half were Wyatt Bobbey, Joey Iberis, and Noah Huda. Bobbey also added a first half assist. Huda added a second goal in the 2nd half, joining Aiden Davis who found the back of the net twice. Tyler Antil had a 2nd half assist.
South Range scored their lone goal on a penalty kick.
Poland will continue their season Thursday as they travel to Girard. South Range also hits the road Thursday going to Lakeview.
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CANFIELD OH- It was a thriller inside the NE8 on Tuesday night in South Range as Poland came to town and stole a five set victory over the Raiders. (25-18 13-25 25-23 19-25 15-13)
Lexi Kalicatzaros was able to collect a double double on the night for Poland finishing with 13 kills, and 15 digs. She also served up 4 aces. Morgan Kluchar was in double figures for kills as well with 11. Kluchar also blocked well, she totaled 5 rejections at the net. Madelyn Ray led the back row with 16 digs. Maddie Tonus finished with 8 assists.
For South Range, Maria Primavera secured another double double in the losing effort. She finished with 17 kills, and 17 digs. She also finished with 4 blocks. Jamie Feren also got a double double finishing with 24 assists, and 14 digs. Reagan Irons continues to shine in the back row, she collected an eye popping 42 digs.
Poland will look to stay hot as they return home to host Niles on Thursday. South Range will look to bounce back as they travel to Hubbard on Thursday.
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HOWLAND, OH- The Poland Bulldogs traveled to Howland to face the Tigers with both teams trying to increase their record to 2-1. The last time the Bulldogs traveled to Howland, it was Jack Fulton’s first career start and resulted in a loss. The Bulldogs would come away with the victory this time. Poland rushed for a combined 204 rushing yards and 4 rushing touchdowns. Poland Quarterback Jack Fulton would finish the night with 133 rushing yards and two touchdowns in the winning effort. Howland Running Back Matt Woomer rushed for 138 yards for the Tigers. Poland rushes past the Tigers 27-14.
The Bulldogs struck first with a 23 yard touchdown run by Quarterback Jack Fulton that gave them the early lead. The Tigers would answer on the next drive when Matt Woomer found the end zone from 7 yards out to tie the game at 7. The Bulldogs would take control in the second quarter when Cole Fulton and Jack Fulton both scored rushing touchdowns to give Poland a 21-7 lead going into the locker room. Poland would get on the board one more time to seal their victory in the third quarter when Dillon Smith scored the teams fourth rushing touchdown of the game to increase their lead 27-7.
Tigers quarterback John Perry would get Howland on the scoreboard one more time in the fourth quarter with a 52 yard touchdown pass to Carter Mock. The Bulldogs would prove too much by the end of the game. Poland’s defense contributed 3 sacks, two interceptions in the contest. Poland (2-1) will travel to Hubbard next week while Howland (1-2) will travel to Boardman. Catch both games on YSNLive.com.
*Contributed By YSN’s Anthony Melone
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