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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.

CALLING COLOSIMO

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POLAND, OH- The Poland Pocket Knife, Christian Colosimo has been called every name in the book.  His last name alone has garnered 34 different renditions.

(It’s pronounced CALL-IS-SEE-MO, by the way.)

The point is, the one name he’s never been called, or will ever be called- is an underachiever.  Colosimo busts his tail and knows every position on the field because he has to.  All of that as well as being a multi-sport athlete that carries a 3.85 GPA in the classroom makes him a tough out for any opponent, and at the top of every coach’s wishlist.

Fresh off one of the biggest comebacks in Poland Playoff history, we sat down with the Junior to discuss the year, as well as the closeness of the Poland team.

This week’s Poland Player Profile is: Calling Colosimo

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POLAND COMES BACK AND ESCAPES QUAKERS UPSET BID

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POLAND, Ohio –

Sophomore quarterback, Jackson Johnson, and the Salem offense needed no time at all to get going against what has been regarded as one of the top defenses in the area. In less than 4 minutes, Johnson had his first touchdown pass of the game to junior receiver, Blaize Exline.

The offense showed it was alive and the defense fed off their enthusiasm, forcing the Bulldogs to go three and out on their first drive of the game. Following a pair of drives that would stall out, Salem would get the ball back on their own 3-yard line.

Despite having their backs against the wall, the Quakers still looked to be aggressive. In under 3 minutes, Salem was able to go 97 yards and extend their lead to 14, thanks to a great catch and run from junior receiver, Austin Sinkovich.

Up two scores on the defending Region 13 winner, Salem reached into their bag of tricks and pulled out an onside kick. The Quakes would recover, and had the Bulldogs on the ropes, and just 39 seconds later, Salem was holding a 21-0 lead, curtesy of Johnson’s third touchdown pass of the half.

Dazed and confused from the Quakers right hook, Coach Ryan Williams threw a wrinkle in hisBulldogs offense. Taking over at quarterback would be 6 foot 1, 220-pound fullback, Christian Colosimo. With Colosimo at the helm in their wildcat formation, Poland was methodically marching down the field until Colosimo took the air out of the stadium with a 57-yard bomb to senior Andrew Centofani, closing the Salem lead to just 15.

After a pair of stops from both defenses, Salem would take over in their own territory with a little over a minute remaining in the half. Trying to keep their aggressiveness, Salem took Johnson on a designed quarterback run on the first play of the drive, but a great tackle by Poland’s Peyton Mrakovich knocked the ball loose and allowed the Bulldogs to take over in Salem territory.

Looking to take all the momentum into the locker room, Poland would go for it on 4th and goal from the Salem 2-yard line, but Colosimo would lose control of the ball diving across the goal line, leaving the score at 21-6 going into the half.

Although their attempt to close the lead to one score heading into the locker room was unsuccessful, Poland picked up right where they had left off in the second half of work. The Bulldogs took 4 minutes and 50 seconds off the clock with their first drive of the second half. Great runs by junior quarterback, Jack Fulton,highlighted the Poland drive that was eventually capped by a 7-yard touchdown run from Mrakovich, a failed two-point conversion left the score at 21-12.

With the offense coming into its own, the Bulldog defense made sure they wouldn’t be left behind, keeping the Quakers out of the endzone and giving their offense the ball back. After a huge run by Fulton into Quaker territory, the Bulldogs would close the gap even more with Colosimo’s second touchdown of the night, this time from 11 yards out on the ground.

After another failed Quaker drive, Poland would get the ball back in their own territory with under 8 minutes remaining. Trailing by a field goal, the Poland offense went to work. An end around run by Andrew Centofanti got the Bulldogs into Salem territory, then impressive runs by Colosimo and Fulton had the Bulldogs into the endzone for their 24th unanswered point of the night.

Salem’s final drive of the night spelt more of the same for the Quakes. Poland had weathered the Quaker storm early, and made some key adjustments coming out of the half to get in the face of and contain the Salem dual-threat quarterback.

UP NEXT

Poland: The Bulldogs will play host to the Chagrin Falls Tigers (5-2), who were automatically advanced into the next round following a forced cancellation from Field.

Salem: Though there is no game scheduled for next week as of now, the Quakers still have matchups against East Liverpool (4-4) and United (5-2) in the coming weeks.

*Contributed By YSN’s Jamie Thomson

POLAND FOOTBALL COACH’S CORNER (EP. 2) WITH RYAN WILLIAMS

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POLAND, OH – Playoff time is finally here in Bulldog Country and no one is more excited for it than head coach, Ryan Williams and the Poland Bulldogs! Coach Williams and the Dogs will look to start their playoff run with a home game against the Salem Quakers on Saturday.

YSN’s own, Steve Leslie, was able to catch up with Coach Williams this week to discuss what his thoughts were about the season so far, what the Bulldogs need to do this weekend to win and advance, how Poland handled the bye week as not many high school teams have ever had to deal with something like that in a season, and much much more!

This week’s episode of Poland Bulldogs football coach’s corner with head coach, Ryan Williams, is LIVE!

 

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RAIDERS CLOSE OUT NE8 PLAY WITH A WIN

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POLAND OH- After almost a week off, The Raiders finished their conference  season strong with a hard fought four set victory over Poland (25-12 25-22 22-25 25-22).

Izzy Lamparty led the Raiders with 14 kills on the night and 5 blocks. Julia Blasko served phenomenally collecting 9 aces. Reagan Irons notched her season high in digs with 38. Jamie Feren set up 19 assists.

Poland was led by Alexia Kalicatzaros who finished with 9 kills. Alyssa Glaros put together a great defensive night with 37 digs. Madison Wess set up 10 assists for the Bulldogs.

South Range will host Campbell in round one of the OHSAA tournament on Tuesday, Poland will travel to Girard in their first tournament game on Wednesday.

BULLDOGS BREEZE THROUGH NILES

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POLAND OH- The Bulldogs are starting to figure a lot of things out as we get closer to the end of the regular season. They flexed their muscles on Wednesday with a quick sweep of Niles (25-23 25-10 25-19).

Leading the way for Poland was Sarah Forsyth who finished in double digits with 10 kills. Alyssa Glaros has 16 digs, and 3 aces. Madelyn Tonas led in assists with 9. Sophia Dedo had 2 blocks.

Niles was led by Halle Snyder with 6 kills. Lauren Reed, and Logan Lewis each had 11 digs to lead the Dragons defense. Tacina Kester set up 11 assists.

Poland finishes out the regular season next Wednesday hosting South Range. Niles will close out their regular season next Wednesday traveling to Jackson Milton.

POLAND PUTS THE CLAMPS ON THE WILDCATS

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STRUTHERS, OH – In the final game of the 2020 season, the Poland Bulldogs rushed their way to victory against their cross town rival Struthers Wildcats. 6 Poland players found the endzone in the winning affair highlighted by Running Back Peyton Mrakovich scoring 2 rushing touchdowns. Poland wins 47-7 against Struthers.

Poland kicked off scoring with a 17 yard touchdown run by Running Back Bryce Barringer made the game 6-0 early in the first quarter. Struthers would answer with their own rushing touchdown from Quarterback Dylan Greenwood from 5 yards out to take the lead 7-6 at the end of the first quarter. Fullback Christian Colosimo and the Bulldogs would find the endzone from 5 yards out to reclaim the lead, 12-7. Poland would increase their lead going into halftime thanks to a 1 yard touchdown run by Quarterback Jack Fulton and a last second touchdown pass by Fulton to Wide Receiver Andrew Centofanti from 43 yards to make the score 26-7 in favor of the Bulldogs.
Poland would secure their lead with a pair of rushing touchdowns from Mrakovich and a fourth quarter touchdown from Running Back Jacob Caudle. Poland beats rival Struthers 47-7. Struthers(2-4) will play Salem next week in the first round of the playoffs. Poland(5-1) will play the winner of Salem/Struthers in week 2 of the playoffs. Catch both games on YSNLIVE.com
Contributed by YSN’s Anthony Melone

POLAND TAKES BIG STEP AGAINST UNITED

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POLAND OH- If you looked at the records coming in to Monday night in the match between United and Poland, you’d think it might be a mismatch. Then, if you also knew Poland was down two starters, you might not give the Bulldogs a shot. Well, Poland took a huge step in the growth of their program with a gritty five set victory (25-15 23-25 25-16 18-25 15-13). 

United took some time to find a rhythm. The first set was full of out of system points, and attack errors. Poland took advantage of the unsteady Eagles and dominated set 1.

The Eagles regrouped however, it was a much cleaner set two, but the Bulldogs has momentum. Kenzie Szolek had a great set swinging from the left side, and the back row. Sarah Forsyth also took some points from the right. United was up to the test as they started to get their big hitter Tori Tschappatt involved in the offense. They scrapped to a two point victory in set two.

The story of the third set was front row adjustments by Poland. Their blocks started to consistently get their hands on the Eagles swings. They either blocked the ball, or got enough of it to make life easier on their back row. When United tried to adjust to the big blocking, more attack errors followed. Poland would take another lopsided set 25-16.

United finally rolled on all cylinders in the fourth set when they needed it to keep the match alive. The started to get consistent contributions from multiple spots on the floor, making it much harder for the Bulldogs block to anticipate the United offense. United won their best played set of the night 25-18.

By the fifth set both teams had adjusted multiple times in the match. Both teams looked sharp, and it made for a thrilling finale. Down 11-8, Poland rattled off four in a row to take a 12-11 lead. Both teams traded points back and forth, until Poland finally made the push to clinch the match 15-13.

Lexi Kalicatzaros was a problem for the Eagles totaling 17 kills on the night. Maddie Wess led the way setting up 9 assists. Alyssa Glaros patrolled the back row leading the Bulldogs with 26 digs. Katie McDonald was big stepping up with 5 blocks. Sophia Dedo served 4 aces.

United was led by Tschappatt who finished with a double double with 11 kills, 12 digs, and 2 blocks. Taylor Cope was also strong in the middle, collecting 10 kills. Haley Dees also grabbed a double double with 33 assists, and 12 digs. Madison Boyle led the defense with 23 digs.

Poland will try to use this momentum and carry it to Girard on Tuesday. United will get back to league play on Tuesday as they host Leetonia.

POLAND ENDS EAGLES UNBEATEN SEASON

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POLAND OH- Poland looking to increase their ranking in the Northeast 8 took on the undefeated Hubbard Eagles on Senior night for the Poland Marching band. Poland would score often in a shutout victory. Poland would score 4 unanswered touchdowns by 4 different players. The beat goes on for Poland with a 28-0 victory.
First quarter was a defensive battle with neither team making the scoreboard until the second quarter. Running Back Peyton Mrakovich would score the only touchdown of the first half with a 22 yard touchdown run making the game 7-0 Bulldogs going into halftime. Mrakovich would also intercept a pass in the final minute of the second quarter to ensure the Bulldog victory.
The second half was all Poland with two rushing touchdowns in the third quarter by Running Back Bryce Barringer from 60 yards as well as a 2 yard touchdown run by Running Back Jacob Caudle. Linebacker Christian Colosimo would score in the fourth quarter to secure the Poland Bulldog victory when he intercepted a pass and ran 66 yards to the endzone. Poland wins 28-0. Poland(4-1) will travel to Struthers in week 6 while Hubbard(4-1) will face South Range at home. Catch both matchups on YSNLive.com.
*Contributed By YSN’s Anthony Malone.

POLAND FOOTBALL COACH’S CORNER (EP 1) WITH RYAN WILLIAMS

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POLAND OH- The Bulldogs are one the hottest team’s in the area. After dropping their game in Week 1 to South Range, Poland has been making quick work of their opponents. They bring a three game winning streak into Week 5 to take on the 4-0 Hubbard Eagles. TC Caffee and the Eagles ground game poses a big challenge, but the Bulldogs have always been a program that gets better as the season goes along.

Bulldog Head Coach Ryan Williams stopped by Running Point to talk to Ron Potesta about his team. They discuss the strength of the conference, the current state of the Bulldogs, and much more. Don’t find yourself in the dog house, and check out Episode 1 of Coach’s Corner with Ryan Williams.

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