LAKE MILTON OH- Mineral Ridge Boys Golf team looked strong on Tuesday with a 184-231 win over Springfield at Old Dutch Mill.
Jake Sylak led the Rams shooting a 39. Christopher McMahan shot a 45. Nick Allen shot a 50, and Trey Rigley also shot a 50.
For the Tigers, Justin Melemore had their best round shooting a 47. Justin Brungard shot a 58. Donovan Mitque shot a 59, and Kara Swasinger shot a 67.
SALEM OH- Columbiana’s impressive season came screeching to a holt Tuesday night with a 70-41 loss to Springfield.
The Tigers used a big second quarter to pull away from the Clippers, who kept it close to start the game. They trailed just 14-9 after one quarter, but that quickly ballooned to 36-14 at the half. The Tigers slammed the door shut on any comeback hopes in the second half. Drew Clark led them with a game-High 20.
Sean Whitehead led the Clippers with 10 points. Columbiana ends their season at a mark of 19-5.
WELLSVILLE, OH- It’s not something we talk about much, quite frankly, because we don’t know enough about the sport to be experts in it- and announce to educate across our network. However, we have friends, and our friends know just about everything.
A big-time contributor to YSN, and Head Wrestling Coach in Wellsville- Gary Althiser sits down with DJ to talk about the area’s best, as well as what the walk has been like in Wellsville over the last 4 years on the mat.
Editor’s Note: We apologize for the technical difficulties with the video. Audio seems to be unaffected.
WELLSVILLE, OH- In a regular-season EOAC finale, the Wellsville Tigers were able to flex their muscles collectively over their league rival, East Palestine, 89-56.
The Tigers had a spread attack with Luke Green leading the way with 29 points, which also stacked as the game-high for either team. Not far behind was Darien Suggs with 28 tallies, and Jaxson Brewer with 17.
For East Palestine, Zion Figley was the leading scorer with a dozen. Brandon Turcola chipped in 11, and the all-time single-season leading scorer in East Palestine history, Jonathan Bertovich had 10.
Next up for both teams is the OHSAA Tournament on Tuesday. Wellsville will take on future EOAC member Valley Christian, while East Palestine will battle Cardinal Mooney.
POLAND OH- The Poland Lady Bulldogs Player their final regular season home game Monday night, and they didn’t disappoint their fans. They dominated a good Howland team 59-28.
It was all Poland from the tip as their defense dominated the Tigers. They held Howland to just 8 first half points. A huge part to the Bulldogs success was their gritty rebounding. Howland has the clear height advantage. Five girls on Howland’s roster were taller than Poland’s tallest. None of that mattered though as the Bulldogs put rebounded Howland by a ton. Howland could never get easy buckets off of offensive rebounds.
The third quarter was probably the Bulldogs best on offense. They nearly doubled their halftime total. Kailyn Brown was a big reason as she started to hit a stride out of the gates in the second half. She scored 11 of her 19 in the third.
Jackie Grisdale led the Bulldogs in scoring with 20, Brown finished with 19.
Poland plays their regular season finale Thursday night as they travel to Canfield. The Cardinals best Poland 46-42 in December.
LEETONIA OH- Leetonia used two big quarters in the middle of the game to run past Wellsville 55-41. The Bears outscored the Tigers 30-11 in the second and third quarters.
Anna Buffone led the Bears with a game-high 17 points. Tarah Ferry was also in double figures with 14.
Leetonia improves to 10-8 and moves on to host Lowellville on Monday.
Wellsville will host Oak Glen in their regular season finale on Thursday.
WELLSVILLE, OH – As playoff seeding draws closer, the Wellsville Tigers and the Lisbon Blue Devils are both fighting for better positioning when voting begins in a few weeks. Last night’s game had a significant impact on those seedings as both teams are right in the middle of the pack, looking to emerge into one of those top four positions to receive a first game bye.
The Blue Devils jumped out to an early lead and maintained it for much of the night, but a few three pointers by Lucas Green and a few layups by Darien Suggs, made the Blue Devils have to earn a victory from the free throw line. Lisbon’s, Ryan McCullough, hit two free throws with just under 10 seconds to push the lead to seven as Lisbon escaped Wellsville with a 56-49 victory.
Wellsville was led by Darien Suggs with 19 points and Isiah Greathouse with 13 points.
The Lisbon Blue Devils were led by Ryan McCullough with 19 points and 7 assists. Blayne Brownfield added in 17 points and 8 rebounds. Nick Mundy was also all over the glass, as he finished the night with a team high, 10 rebounds.
Up next for Lisbon (7-9) is a home match up against the United Golden Eagles on Friday night.
EAST PALESTINE, OH- Fresh off a 30-point career-high mark against Southern, East Palestine Junior sharpshooter, Joclyn Fristik was at it again on Monday against Wellsville. The Bulldogs were able to put away their EOAC foes to the tune of 70-36.
Fristik led all scorers with 30 points which ties her career-high that she posted just the game before against the Lady Indians. Also, big contributors to the victory from the Bulldogs were Payton Sherry with 10 rebounds and 8 assists to go with 6 points, as well as Paige Snyder who scored 8 with 4 takeaways and 7 boards. Kenzee Johnston had 15 points to supplement the scoring while Morgan Rutledge had 6.
Wellsville was led by Cameron Carlevale’s 17 points, followed up by Hunter Weekley’s 9 tallies.
East Palestine hits the road to take on United on Thursday, while Wellsville hosts Lisbon. You can catch the Bulldogs on YSN-East Palestine as well as YSN-United’ simulcast at 6:30 Thursday night.
EAST LIVERPOOL, OH- The Beavers picked up a nice home victory over the Wellsville Tigers by the final score of 59-54 in a back and forth affair.
Beaver Local jumped out to an early 10 point lead, but a late bucket by Darrion Suggs and a three pointer from Luke Green cut the deficit to 5 to end the first. Wellsville found a groove after that, taking the lead for the majority of the second quarter, as Justin Wright and Troy Carter found a couple buckets each in the post to find a 26-23 lead at the half.
The Beavers came out of the locker room swinging and took the lead right back and stretched it to 8 entering the 4th. Wellsville went on a couple of runs and pulled to within one possession multiple times in the final quarter, but couldn’t finish the job as the Beavers took home the dub. They improve to 9-6 on the campaign.
Luke Chetock and Nathan Barber each had 16 points to lead Beaver Local. Logan Reed would chip in 9 points.
Darien Suggs led the Tigers with 18 points while Luke Green finished with 14.
Beaver Local will look to get revenge on Linsly this upcoming Tuesday as YSN Beaver Local will have coverage of the 7:00 tip.
*Story contributed by YSN’s Michael McKenzie
LISBON, OH- If you’re a fan of motivational coaches, you don’t have to look very far to find one in Lisbon. Chris Huckshold is renowned for firing up his team, and in turn, his team fires off victories that raise eyebrows county-wide.
Friday was no different.
The Blue Devils have had struggles in the early going after losing their all-time leading scorer Justin Sweeney to graduation. However, if you ask any of the current players, they don’t buy into that excuse anymore, and on Friday a true TEAM victory propelled Lisbon back into the EOAC spotlight after a convincing 60-34 victory over rival Wellsville.
Ryan “Peanut” McCullough played inspired with 22 points and four assists, while the big man, Blayne Brownfield chipped in 14 points. Adam Spencer cleaned the glass all night on his way to 11 boards. Michael Davis had 6 rebounds, while Joey Fisher had 4 helpers and 4 steals for the Devils.
For Wellsville, Justin Wright had 10 points.
Wellsville (2-4) will return to action today on the road in Oak Glen, while Lisbon (3-7) will host Heartland Christian on Tuesday.