SEBRING OH- The Jackson-Milton Blue Jays traveled to Sebring Friday night and took home a 48-43 win over the Trojans.
Each team hit 7 shots from behind the arc. The Blue Jays were led by a 23 point performance from Aaren Romigh. The Trojans were paced by 13 points from Kade Leasure and Dustin Black added 12 markers.
Sebring will play at home next Tuesday against Waterloo.
*Contributed By YSN’S Gary Leininger
NEW MIDDLETOWN OH- Springfield got their second win inside the MVAC on Monday night with a thumping of Sebring 72-9. The win keeps them tied at the top with Jackson Milton early in the conference season.
Tigers were led by Jacey Mullen and Mariana Tuscano with 16 each, Kaila Lamorticella with 12 and Madison Lesnak with 10.
Up next for Springfield is a road trip to Mineral Ridge. Sebring will play host to Jackson Milton on Thursday.
COLUMBUS, OH- Warren JFK’s Eddie Kiernan was honored on Monday by being selected as First-Team All-State as a defensive lineman.
The 6’1, 235 pound senior was the only first-teamer in the YSN family, but didn’t have to look far for another all-state selection- in fact, he didn’t even have to leave the locker room.
JFK kicker, John Dragos was tabbed as the All-Ohio second-team honoree, and Antwan Brown, Sammy Hindi, Michael Mauro, Ambrose Hoso, Alex DeSalvo, and Patrick Valent were honorable mention selections
Sebring’s Noah Frederick was selected as a second-team All-Ohio in the offensive backfield after a successful campaign with the Trojans, while his brother Elijah made the team as the third-team special teamer.
Vinny and Mike Ballone and Vinny Layko of Lowellville, Wellsville’s Tyler Stanley, Camdyn Hoskin of Windham, Mike Miller of Leetonia all represented The Valley as All-Ohio Honorable Mention’s as well.
Congratulations to all these young men on successful seasons, and best of luck in all their future endeavors. You’ve represented your family, communities, and the area at the highest level.
*Contributed By YSN’s Ty Bartell
SEBRING OH-
n a matchup that was out of conference, Leetonia and Sebring still know each other all too well.
As The Lady Bears went on the road Monday night to do battle with The Lady Trojans of Sebring.
As the game started off as a stalemate. Both teams exchanged turnovers and defensively locked down. Keeping the game scoreless for the first few minutes.
Leetonia’s Ella Gregorino was The Baird Brothers Player of the Game. Scoring 28 points and leading her team to a 54-33 victory over Sebring.
The win gets Leetonia off to a hot 2-0 start on the season, setting a pair of non-conference wins, before EOAC play begins.
Sebring falls to 0-2 on the season, with their next game coming Thursday, December 2nd at Kingsway Christian.
The Lady Bears will host The Lady Golden Bears as East will visit Leetonia Monday, November 29th.
Postgame Interview With John Hritz:
Postgame Interview With Ella Gregorino:
CAMPBELL OH- The basketball season got tipped off on Friday night, and Campbell christened their brand new floor with an opening day win. The Devils only led for 3.8 seconds of game time, but it was the final 3.8 seconds. Junior Maddison Shuger drained her first three of the game to pull the Devils ahead to victory over Sebring 51-50.
Sebring had control early, they took the 7-1 lead out of the jump, and led 15-8 after a quarter of play. They would push their lead to 25-15 just before half, but as the clock winded down Shawj Sims hit a three to give the Devils momentum into the locker room.
Campbell came out of the break with fire. they would eventually cut the Trojan lead down to two. However, the Trojans pushed back as the second half went on. Thanks in part to Devyn Reggi who had a phenomenal second half. The Trojans led 48-38 with 2:40 left. Campbell proceeded to go on a 13-2 run to cap off their comeback win.
Campbell’s lone senior Cayla Marshall willed her team to victory and scored a game-high 25 points for the Devils. Shuger also finished in double figures with 15 points. Sims added an important 7 points to the cause.
For Sebring, Reggi finished a great night with 20 points. Blake Thomas was also in double figures for the Trojans with 14 points.
Campbell opens the season with a win and is 1-0. They only got 2 wins last year, but this looks like a different Campbell team. They’ll look to keep things going Monday as they travel to Hubbard. Sebring will try to bounce back on Monday with their home opener against Leetonia.
Postgame Interview with John Childers:
Postgame Interview With Cayla Marshall:
SEBRING OH- It’s a new era in Sebring for the boys basketball program. As the 2021-2022 season approaches, Lee Knepp takes the reigns as head coach. While it is true that the Trojans will have a lot of new faces this season, they’ll also have a group of extremely coachable athletes. It is a roster full of different skill sets, and after seeing what they have to offer in the summer, coach Knepp is confident they’ll be able to play multiple styles of basketball. Sebring begins their season on November 26th at Leetonia.
New head coach Lee Knepp joined YSN’s Running Point this week to help preview the Trojans season. He talks with Anthony Hartwig, and Ty Bartell about what they are returning, what he is enjoying about coaching Sebring, and so much more. Get ready for Sebring boys basketball with Episode 1 of Coach’s Corner with Lee Knepp
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SEBRING OH- Another season has come and gone with the Springfield Tigers still dominating the MVAC. The Tigers completed a season sweep of their conference Friday night with a 49-0 rout of Sebring.
The Tigers had this one put away at the break. They jumped out to a 42-0 lead as they went to the locker room. Bo Snyder set the tone for the Tigers with a 20 yard scoop and score for a touchdown to put the Tigers on the board. Aaron Groner would also add a defensive score with an interception return.
Springfield finished the season at 7-0 in the conference and 9-1 overall. They will await their pairing in the OHSAA state playoffs. Stay tuned to YSN for the latest coverage of the postseason.
BERLIN CENTER OH- On senior night and homecoming night for Western Reserve, David Altiere set a record for most rushing yards in a game with 337 on 15 carries and 6 touchdowns!! The Blue Devils won 56-22.
Reserve started out fast first play of the game 63 yard touchdown by Altiere (6-0). Noah Fredrick responded with a 2 yard TD him self (6-6). After that Altiere scored on runs of 90, 39, and 25 (28-6).
Luke Henning threw a 55 yard pass to Jack Darney (36-6) before half. After halftime Noah Fredrick took the ball 65 yards to the house!! (36-14) Altiere responded with a TD of his own.
Henning threw his second to Burgy from 35 yards out. Altiere ran in his 6th from 21 out (56-14) Noah responded again with a 47 yard TD. (56-22)
*Contributed By YSN’s Aaron Moser
BERLIN CENTER OH- Western Reserve clinched the MVAC Scarlett Teir championship on Tuesday night with a sweep of Sebring. (25-11 25-10 25-20)
Alyvia Hughes led the way with 13 kills, and 5 digs. Lisa Eichert was also a big contributor with 8 kills, and 7 digs. Angelina Cappabianca was right behind her with 7 kills, 7 digs, 7 aces.
Western Reserve will have a major test before tournament play begins. They finish their season on Thursday hosting undefeated Wellsville. Sebring will close the season on Thursday hosting Springfield.
*Contributed By YSN’s Noah Ricks
MINERAL RIDGE, OH – Both Sebring and Mineral Ridge faced weeks where COVID cancelled their games, but Mineral Ridge came off the bye firing on all cylinders as they routed Sebring in a 40-6 victory on Veterans’ Night from E.Z. Whittaker Field.
The Rams got things going in the first quarter as Mark Bunch would pick up a pair of scores on two quarterback keepers from inside the 10 to give Mineral Ridge momentum and a 12-0 first quarter edge. A long 67-yard rushing touchdown from Bunch on 2nd & 43 late in the first half would make it three touchdowns on the night for the senior.
It was Nathan Rohrman, however, who would break out for the Rams as the 6’3’’ 230 pound running back/linebacker led the charge sandwiching Trojan players in the backfield and got two rushing touchdowns, one from 25 and 21. His power and prowess running the football kept the Sebring defense on their toes as he dodged tackles. His powerful play on both sides of the ball was able to get him our YSN Player of the Game.
Although senior Elijah Fredericks did not play on offense in the first half, there were times when the Trojans had some good bursts on the ground as Elijah’s twin brother Noah was able to help Sebring move the chains with his work ethic and athletic speed. Quarterback Cade Leasure also showed promise for Sebring as he threw some clean passes to his wide receivers, including a long 28-yard touchdown bomb to Melvin Cruz in the endzone to give the Trojans their only score of the night.
With the win, Mineral Ridge improves to 3-4 as they move up to 15th place in the 16-seed playoff standings of the Division 6, Region 21 state playoffs. They will be playing a game with major playoff implications next week as they will travel to Lowellville to take on a 6-2 Rockets team fighting for a top seed in Division 7, Region 25 and coming off a convincing 40-20 rout of McDonald. The Rams will be prepared to stop the likes of quarterback Vinny Ballone and wide receiver Brady Bunofsky. The Trojans will stay on the road next week as they travel to a tough Western Reserve team, despite the Devils coming up short in a 42-0 loss to perennial state powerhouse and MVAC Scarlet Tier leader in Springfield. Sebring will have three more games as they will play a make-up game with Leetonia on October 29th to make up for their COVID-cancellation.
YSN’s Noah Ricks talked with winning coach Brian Shaner following tonight’s contest. Watch below for the post-game interview.
Postgame Interview with Brian Shaner: