CANFIELD OH- Every year programs have to say goodbye to seniors that are about to graduate. It always makes senior nights an emotional experience. For the Raiders class of 2022, it has been a roller coaster of a high school career. From missing the district championship their freshman season, to going to back to back regional finals the last two years, to now fighting and clawing to keep the winning culture in the program. They deserved their recognition on Monday night, and the Raiders honored them with a big win against a streaking Struthers team 45-33.
The Raiders jumped out in front early and never looked back. The third quarter was the big difference, the Raiders watched their 9 point lead balloon to as much as 19. It made even the Wildcats best punch not enough to mount a comeback.
Lexi Giles led the Raiders with 17 points on her senior night. Emma Cunningham was big adding 16 points to the Raiders cause. All three seniors got into the stat sheet on the night they were honored. Giles, Hannah Heikkinen, and Mallory Vidman all showed up big in the win.
Chloe Neider led Struthers with 12 points. The Wildcats struggled from behind the arc. They went the entire game without a three.
South Range kept their spot at the top of the NE8. They’re currently tied with Poland, who they’ll meet up with Wednesday at Poland. Struthers will return to action Thursday as they travel to Girard.
Postgamd Interview With Jeff Fishel:
Postgame Interview with Lexi Giles:
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WARREN, OH – The Warren Harding Raiders hosted the Ursuline Fighting Irish on Tuesday night in a scoring affair. Ursuline’s Terrance Pankey started the game hot in the first half, putting up 17 points in the first half. With Tyirq Ivory in early foul trouble for Harding, it gave the Irish some life to get some momentum going into the second half. But, it was not long as Ivory was unstoppable for Harding in the second half. Ursuline would find themselves down by 9 going into the fourth quarter, and would score 24 points in the fourth to cut the lead down. That wasn’t enough as Ivory would put up 10 of his 20 second- half points up in the fourth to seal the victory for Warren Harding, 55-52.
For Harding, Tyriq Ivory led the way with 22 points.
For Ursuline, Terrance Pankey led the way with 23 points. Vinny Flauto contributed 10 on the night.
Harding will be back in action on Friday, as they will travel to East. Ursuline will also be back in action on Friday as they are set to host Benedictine. Don’t miss it on YSN!
*Contributed By YSN’s Brendan Miller
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CANFIELD OH- In what coach Fishel called the most balanced offense his team had this season, the Raiders escaped a furious effort from Lakeview Thursday night with a 35-33 win. A 7-0 fourth quarter Lakeview run made things interesting, but the Raiders made enough plays. The Raiders found eight players in their stat sheet.
Leading the right scorers for the Raiders was Emma Cunningham who finished in double figures with 11. Lexi Giles was able to contribute a well earned 8 points. Mallory Vidman added 6, while collecting 7 boards.
Maggue Pavlansky scored a game-high 14 points for Lakeview. Gianna Caruso contributed 9 points, and 7 rebounds.
The win sets up a huge opportunity for South Range. Monday they will travel to Poland. Both teams have 1 loss in the league, so the top spot is on the line. Lakeview will host Struthers, who knocked off Poland Thursday night.
BOARDMAN, OH – The Warren Harding Raiders came into Boardman looking to not only get a huge win over a conference opponent in the Spartans after not play many games to begin 2022, but to also get a win against Boardman on the road. Harding has not beaten Boardman on the road since 2018. Going into half, Harding had a 15 point lead, but Boardman clawed their way back to make it a one point deficit in the fourth. But Harding would eventually get a little run of their own to secure the victory over Boardman, 56-47.
For Harding, Tyriq Ivory led the way with a game-high 21 points. Behind him was both Duncan Moy and Khalil Williams who added 9 on the night.
For Boardman, Brady DePietro led the way with 8 points. Luke Ryan, Carter Mraz and Tommy Newrocki each added seven on the night.
Harding will be back in action on Friday, as they will host Austintown-Fitch. Boardman will also be back in action on Friday on the road, as they travel to East. Don’t miss it on YSN!
*Contributed By YSN’s Brendan Miller
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CANFIELD OH- A game that was originally scheduled to be both team’s final match of the regular season, close neighbors South Range and Canfield came together to do battle Wednesday night. Raiders senior Lexi Giles came in to the night needing just 3 points to get 1000 in her career. The Cardinals made it harder as ever, as Giles had to wait until the 4th quarter to get her milestone point on the foul line. Canfield would run away with the win however, as their defense dominated the entire night.
Alyssa Dill led the Cardinals offense with 15 points on the night. She set the tone early scoring the first five points for the Cardinals. Gianna DeLucia was also in double figures with 10 points. Abby Muckleroy would stack up 8.
Lexi joins Izzy Lamparty, and Morgan Czopur in being the third Raider in the current decade to get to 1,000 points. In that ten year span, the Raiders have won 6 district championships.
Canfield will look to carry their momentum back into league play as they host Fitch on Saturday. South Range returns to their league slate on Thursday hosting Lakeview.
Postgame Interview With Matt Reel:
Postgame Interview With Alyssa Dill:
Postgame Interview With Lexi Giles:
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CANFIELD OH- South Range was coming off a game where they had to watch Struthers come back from a 13 point deficit to win the game. On Friday night, the Raiders took a page out of the Struthers playbook and secured a comeback victory. The Raiders were down 9 points to Niles at halftime before coming back to win 44-38.
The Raiders were led by Mark Naples who scored 13 points for the night. The Raiders had another player in double figures as Dylan Turvey added 10. Landon Moore’s 9 points were also crucial to the Raiders win.
Sam Perrone was able to lead the Dragons with 13 points.
South Range will have 7 days to get ready as they host Girard on Friday. Niles will venture outside the conference on Tuesday as they host Campbell.
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BOARDMAN OH- Boardman came in to Wednesday’s game against Warren Harding knowing they needed momentum for the rest of the season. A well timed win can be a perfect springboard. The timing was right for the Spartans, as they ran away from the Raiders to a 50-35 win.
Mackenzie Riccitelli led the way for the Spartans with 12 points on the night. The Spartans got off to an 11-2 start, and Emma Mills was a big reason why. She also finished in double figures with 11. Sarah Bero came off the bench and added a solid 7.
Boardman will look to capitalize on the momentum as they travel to East on Saturday for a non conference matchup.
Postgame Interview With Mackenzie Riccitelli:
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HOWLAND CENTER, OH – It was a highly anticipated rivalry that both teams needed to win to stay on track in the AAC, but it was Warren Harding who held the edge, holding off their fierce rival in the Howland Tigers by a final score of 61-59 on Friday night. This was considering the fact that the Raiders did not even play a game in three weeks due to rising COVID-19 cases amid the ongoing pandemic. Coach Keelyn Franklin was excited that they came off the hiatus with the nail biting victory over their big rival.
“It’s huge, it’s huge. I mean anytime you’re out for that amount of time, you know, to come out and get a win, that first game back is huge, especially a conference game for one, and against Howland, who is, you know, our rival, so it’s huge for us moving forward.”
Harding had a strong start to the contest with an 11-6 lead, but Howland came storming back and ended the first quarter on a 9-4 run to be locked at 15-15 at the end of the period. In the second period, Howland continued a big stretch to go on top 24-17 with the help of guys like Alex Henry, who would end up leading the Tigers with 19 as a young sophomore. Harding used a strong transition game and aggressive running towards the ball to help end the first half strong. They went on a 15-5 run, which included a Jacob Lawrence buzzer beater from downtown, to end the half with a 32-29 lead.
The Raiders used the second half to make Howland work from behind. A key goal for the Raiders was to lock down Howland’s best scorer Anthony Massucci, who was held to single-digits until the fourth quarter. It was an even third-quarter with 13 points by each side as it was 45-42 at the end of three. As Howland came back to tie the game up at 52-52, Harding would use a mid-range jumper from Lawrence and a putback to go on top 56-52. There was still a ton of fight left in the Tigers as Henry hit a crucial three-pointer and Massucci connected on two important free throws to put Howland up by one. Coach Franklin paid attention to the amount of adversity that his team had to endure.
“I just told them we’ve got to stay locked in. I mean a lot of times when adversity hits, we kind of go in the opposite direction that we should and we kind of strayed away from each other and come apart instead of together, and I think that’s what we did tonight, is we kind of just banded together when adversity hit and understood that we had to continue to get stops and try to take care of the ball on the other end and get as many good looks as possible. Staying together was key.”
The Raiders were not able to finish off without the heroics of Tyriq Ivory. He was called on to shoot free throws for Harding in the final minute of the contest. He would make clutch shots, which was vital in the two-point victory. Franklin really appreciated how he stepped up down the stretch.
“Tyriq, he was great tonight. He’s one of those athletes, when he gets going, he’s tough to deal with. He’s a dynamic type of athlete, so to see him have that success wasn’t a surprise to me. It’s something that we expect from him, but I was glad to see him have that success for sure.”
The Raiders with the win will improve to 3-4 on the year as they start off their conference slate with a 1-0 mark. They will play another pivotal conference game on Tuesday as they will head back home to take on another fierce rival in the Austintown Fitch Falcons. Coach Franklin is aware of the intensity that will show up in the Harding gym on Tuesday night and will prepare heavily.
“We’ll watch some film tomorrow. We’ll get up in the morning, watch some film, get some shots up. We’re familiar with each other, we played each other, I don’t know, maybe seven or eight times in the summer, so I think they know us well, we know them well, so it’s going to come down to who’s the tougher team and who executes better.”
The Tigers will drop to 6-5 overall, having dropped their third straight after a 6-2 start. They will start their grueling conference schedule with an 0-2 start. They will stay home on Tuesday as they will look to snap their losing skid in a non-conference outing with Louisville.
YSN’s Noah Ricks got a chance to talk to winning coach Keelyn Franklin following tonight’s contest. You can watch the full interview below.
Postgame Interview With Keelyn Franklin:
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NILES, OH – The South Range Lady Raiders inch closer to the top of the NE8 with their eighth victory of the season Thursday night, as they took on the Niles Lady Red Dragons. South Range put on another dominating performance, leading 20-7 at half and 36-9 after three quarters of play. The Lady Raiders defensive play, and Lexi Giles scoring helped the Raiders come out on top over Niles, 40-21
For South Range, Giles led the team with 16 points on the night. Devin Sauerwein contributed 6 for the Lady Raiders.
For Niles, Kennedy Barrell led the way with 7 points on the night.
South Range will be back in action on Monday, as they travel to Girard to take on the Lady Indians. Niles will also be back in action on Monday, as they host Struthers. Don’t miss it on YSN!
*Contributed By YSN’s Brendan Miller
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AUSTINTOWN OH- The Austintown Fitch Lady Falcons (7-5) went into their first matchup of the new year with an in-conference matchup against The Warren Harding Lady Raiders (2-3)!
Fitch brought a 3-game winning streak into Wednesday’s game, looking to carry that success over to AAC play.
The Lady Falcons, who were 0-7 in the tough AAC last year, were now looking to be the wildcard competitive team.
The first quarter played like most AAC matchups do, hard-nosed on defense, with active hands to create steals that teams hope translates to buckets.
Both Fitch and Harding brough that energy early one, as they were jockeying for position on one another, ending the first in a 12-12 tie.
Leaving Coach Jeff Wilson no choice, needing a defensive spark, he called to The Enforcers! The Group of Liz Spalding, Jordan Binion and Lannie Henning all brought a defensive energy and physicality that helped turn the whole game on its head.
Ayla Ray and Rachel Spalding were a couple of thieves on the night! Generating a boatload of steals that stopped countless Lady Raiders transition opportunities.
Destanie Mccullough had the hardwood frozen, putting Warren on ice with her driving moves throughout the night.
Austintown and Coach Jeff Wilson reached deep into his bench, and had contributions from all over the floor. With nine different Lady Falcons putting up numbers in the box score!
However, when the offense is locked up, you need a key. Thankful Fitch has one in Zayda ’The Key’ Creque, who had another masterful performance on the night! Scoring 28 for her team, the same night she was featured as a BIG DOG Candidate for a second time! Averaging 23.5 points per game in her last four, Creque has been on a different level!
The good team effort led Fitch to their fourth straight victory 62-36, pushing Fitch’s record to 8-5.
Both The Lady Falcons and Lady Raiders continue conference play with a couple of Saturday afternoon matchups.
Canfield and The Lady Cardinals will welcome in Harding January 8th at 2:30 p.m.
Likewise, Fitch also plays at 2:30 p.m. as they hit the road to take on Coach Pounds and The Howland Lady Tigers Saturday!
*Contributed by YSN’s Ty Bartell
Postgame interview With Jeff Wilson:
Postgame Interview With Zayda Creque:
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