CANFIELD OH- A tough one point loss to league leading Poland would be enough to discourage a lot of teams, but there was no signs of that on Thursday in South Range. The Raiders got right back to work winning a defensive struggle with Hubbard 33-16. The Raiders held the Eagles to just 6 second half points.
Lexi Giles led the way for the Raiders scoring 13 points. Emma Cunningham added an important 7 points as well.
Peytyn Slovesko led the Eagles with 8 points. She hit the only three pointer of the night for the Eagles.
South Range will look ahead to their holiday tournament starting on Tuesday December 28th. The Raiders will play Tallmadge in the night cap on Tuesday. Hubbard will travel to Valley Christian on Monday.
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CANFIELD OH- Jefferson came in to Tuesday night’s game at South Range looking to start their league season with a bang. They did just that as they shot the lights out in the Raiders gym. Before you could blink, the Falcons had already hit six three pointers as a team. Led by Bobby Ray who was hit from the start, the Falcons shooting overwhelmed the Raiders zone defense.
However, South Range was not without fight. They would turn a 48-30 deficit in the third quarter to a 50-42 Jefferson lead heading into the fourth quarter. The Raiders ran out of gas though as Jefferson ran away with 4th Quarter, winning the frame 19-8, and winning the game 69-48.
Bobby Ray was electric all night for the Falcons and led them with 32 points. Grant Hitchcock also was a strong contributor while Brock Bean did hard work down low against a physical Raider defense. He even had to exit the game with a nasty cut. He had it taken care of, and seemed to come back even stronger.
The Raiders were led by Landon Moore with 16 points. Ayden Leon added a solid 8 points to the effort.
Jefferson returns to action on Friday as they will host Girard. South Range will stay at home as well as they look to get on track hosting Lakeview on Friday.
Postgame Interview with Rob Pisano:
Postgame Interview With Bobby Ray:
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CANFIELD OH- First place was on the line on Monday night as it always seems to be when South Range meets with Poland. The Bulldogs escaped a fourth quarter rally to win 35-34.
The Raiders jumped out in front early, going up 4-0 in their first couple of possessions. Katie McDonald stemmed the tide for Poland though scoring their first six points. McDonald would finish with 8. The 2nd quarter was an offensive stand still as the two teams combined for 6 points. Poland went into halftime with a 16-12 lead. They’d balloon that lead to as much as 27-17 in the 3rd quarter. The Raiders weren’t done yet though, they came storming back in the fourth quarter to make a game of it. Lexi Giles hit a pair of free throws to make it a 35-34 Poland lead with 5.5 to go. Poland would miss the following free throw, but the Raiders couldn’t get a look at the game winning shot.
Mary Brant led the Bulldogs with 12 points. Abby Farber contributed 7, including an important three pointer in the 3rd frame that seemed to give Poland’s offense some flow.
Lexi Giles finished with a game-high 18 points to lead the Raiders. Hannah Heikkinen was very important in the Raiders comeback scoring all 6 of her points in the final frame. Emma Cunningham hit the only three of the game for the Raiders.
The two teams will meet again on January 24th in Poland. They both hope that their spots in the league will stay where they are now. There’s a lot of basketball before then though, Poland will stay on the road to face Girard on Thursday and South Range will stay at home to host Hubbard.
Postgame Interview With Nick Blanch:
Postgame Interview With Abby Farber:
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GIRARD, OH – The gym at Girard High School was almost packed as the host Girard Indians and the visiting South Range Raiders squared off in a heated Northeast 8 matchup. Coach Craig Hannon and the Indians would have the upper edge as they held off the Raiders in a nail-biting 58-56 victory on Friday in the conference opener for both teams.
“I thought we played a pretty good basketball game,” Hannon told YSN’s Noah Ricks. “We need to do a better job late in the game, take care of business. I thought we gave up a big lead, but credit to South Range. They played hard for the whole 32 minutes, and I feel good for a Northeast 8 win. They are always hard to come by.”
The Indians opened up a good first half lead thanks to the effort of Thomas Cardiero. The 6’5’’ junior never missed a beat, attacking hard inside the paint and getting good looks and mid-range shots from the elbow. His big-time moment came at the end of the first half when he drained a three to beat the buzzer and build up a 31-25 lead at the intermission. He was dominant the entire night as he led all scorers with 26. Hannon commended Cardiero for his non-stop work ethic that played a huge factor in the close victory.
“Well, Thomas works hard, he puts a lot of time in. A little bit of everything went well for him tonight. He attacked the rim well, stuffed two big free throws for us, made a bunch of threes, so he’s a good player. He’s going to continue to get better and I’m excited to see his growth.
Girard used a slow, methodical offense to control the Raiders defense through a majority of the night. They would build up a 50-39 lead with under five minutes to play, but South Range came storming right back. Dylan Turvey would hit a three from the top of the key to pull within eight. They would then force another turnover and get Mark Naples open in transition from the right wing, who would hit another three to pull it within five at 50-45. Hannon then called a timeout with 4:17 to go to regroup his team.
“Well, part of that was my fault. We went into a zone when we should have stayed in man-to-man. South Range did a good job knocking a few down, but I just told them to stay with it, don’t turn the ball over, make free throws, and I thought we did a good job of that.”
The Indians with the win will improve to 2-1 overall as they start off their conference schedule with a 1-0 mark. They will play back-to-back games as they head to Poland tomorrow to take on Salem in the United Way Classic. Hannon knows that back-to-back games in high school basketball are always tough, but he is confident about his team as they are familiar with the Quakers.
“Just worry to come out and compete. That’s the thing we are going to try to do every game. As long as we come out and compete, we’ll be ok. We’re familiar with Salem. We played them every year in the last three, so I look forward to the opportunity.”
The Raiders with the close defeat will remain winless at 0-4 with an 0-1 record in Northeast 8 play. They will go back home on Tuesday as they will look to pick up their first victory of the year against Jefferson.
Thomas Cardiero with his dominant 26-point performance has been dubbed our YSN Player of the Game. You can watch his post-game interview with YSN’s Bryan Oatridge below. Coach Hannon’s interview with YSN’s Noah Ricks will also be below.
Postgame Interview With Craig Hannon:
Postgame Interview With Thomas Cardiero:
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CORTLAND OH- South Range took a three game win streak into Lakeview on Thursday night. They also took their impressive suffocating defense. The Raiders held Lakeview to under 20 points in a 35-16 win. The win keeps the Raiders undefeated inside the league.
Lexi Giles finished with her season high to this point with 20 points. She hit four three pointers. Devin Sauerwein contributed 5 points.
Maggie Pavlansky led the Bulldogs with 6 points on the night.
This sets up a battle for first place in the NE8 on Monday as Poland travels to South Range. Lakeview will try to bounce back Monday as they travel to Struthers.
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CANFIELD OH- West Branch rolled into their second game of the season on Tuesday night as they visited South Range. The Raiders hungry for their first win, gave the Warriors all they could handle. In a game where both teams traded big runs, the Warriors had the last laugh in a 53-47 win.
The Warriors were led by Jaxon Hendershott with a game-high 19 points. He hit 4 three pointers during the evening. Dru DeShields was also in double figures with 15 points. Nick Wilson added a solid 8 points.
The Raiders were paced by Ayden Leon who finished with 17 points. He was one of three Raiders in double figures. Dylan Turvey contributed 11 points, while Landon Moore chipped in 10.
The Warriors get back to action Friday as they host Carrollton. South Range will still look to get their first win on the road against Girard on Friday.
Postgame Interview With Michael Brown:
Postgame Interview With Jaxon Hendershott:
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On the heels of a gut wrenching one point defeat at the hands of the Boardman Spartans, Coach McGaughy and his Chaney Cowboys (3-1) played host to the Warren G Harding Raiders (1-2).
Jumping out to an early 21-10 lead at the end of the first, the Raiders were giving Chaney flashbacks to last Friday night. Boardman’s recipe for success against the Cowboys was the ability to run their offense at the pace they wanted to play paired with the ability to limit turnovers. Since the Chaney basketball program was reborn in 2018, the Cowboys have boasted a brand of high-octaneoffense fueled by their smothering turnover driven defense.
Settling into their offense in the half court theCowboys were able to cut the Harding lead to single digits and would eventually tie the game before heading into the break. The Cowboys never held the lead in the first half.
Opening the third on a 10-3 run highlighted by Tyriq Ivory’s 6 early second half points, the Raiders were back out in front, but signs of exhaustion began to appear.
By the time the final stanza came around, the Cowboys trailed by 7, but Coach McGaughy’s depth on the bench was able to keep his young men fresh. Throughout the first 3 quarters,Harding’s senior leaders, Dom Foster and Tyriq Ivory, had hardly spent a minute combined off the floor.
The dynamic duo of Foster and Ivory combined for 23 first half points but only saw 15 go down in the second half of play.The Cowboys fast-pacedtempo had seemingly caught up to the Raiders, allowing Chaney to outscore their opponent by 8 in the fourth.
THE SHOT
Trailing by 5 with less than 15 seconds to goandthe score at 71-65, Harding’s Ivory pushed the ball up the court and banked a three pointer in to make it a one possession game.
Without any timeouts remaining, the Raiders were unable to stop the clock with less than 9 seconds to go but after the Chaney inbound pass would be stolen away by Duncan Moy, the Raiders were going to have a chance to tie. Moy backed the ball out beyond the arc before passing it off to Patien Stevenson. Stevenson would pump fake, side dribble, then bank home a shot to seemingly tie the game as time expired.
The Harding crowd erupted as this already incredible matchup was heading to overtime. The only problem? The officials caught Stevenson with his foot on the line, ruling his shot a two, and leaving the Raiders short by a single point, giving Chaney their third win of the season 71-70.
Chaney – Following their fourth straight game against a Division I opponent the Chaney Cowboys will finally take on someone their own size (at least in terms of enrollment) when they play host to the undefeated Howland Tigers (3-0), this Friday December 7th, at 7:00 pm.
Warren G Harding–Following their heartbreaking loss, the Warren G Harding Raiders will pack the buses and stay on the road for another away game, this time against the Massillon Washington Tigers (0-0).
*Contributed By YSN’s Jamie Thomson
Postgame Interview With Marlon McGaughy:
Postgame Interview With Davinci McDowell:
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The Lady Raiders return to action Thursday as they travel to Cortland to take on the Lakeview Bulldogs.
*Contributed By YSN’s Gary Leininger
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YOUNGSTOWN OH- South Range saw glimpses of everything that coach Fishel wants them to be on Saturday afternoon in Cardinal Mooney. The Raiders blew the doors off in the first half, scoring 36 points in two quarters. Five different Raiders scored in the first half as well, showing just how strong the team will be when theyre balanced. They would go on to hold off Mooney in the second half to win 51-37.
Lexi Giles led the way for the Raiders with 18 points. Grace McQuiston, and Hannah Heikkinen both chipped in with 9 points. Emma Cunningham scored 6 points to help the Raiders cause. Eight different Raiders showed up on the stat sheet.
Mooney was paced by Maria Fire Sho finished the game with 13 points. Alaina Scavina, and Olivia Rouser both finished with 8 points.
South Range will look to extend their win streak to three on Monday as they travel to Jefferson. Mooney will look to bounce back on Wednesday on the road against Warren Harding.
Postgame Interview With Jeff Fishel:
Postgame Interview With Lexi Giles:
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CANFIELD OH- It was the home opener for South Range on Friday night. The Louisville Leopards came in with bad intentions for the Raiders party. They wrecked the home opener with 61-39 domination of the Raiders.
The Leopards were led by Will Aljancic who finished with an impressive 24 points. Hayden Nigro also added a strong 22 points.
South Range was led by Landon Moore, and Dylan Turvey who both finished with 8 points.
Louisville will stay on the road Tuesday to take on Alliance.
