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CARTER CARVES OUT RECORD; TIGERS ROLL

October 17, 2020/in Uncategorized/by YSN Staff

WELLSVILLE, OH- After close losses in the opening round of the playoffs for both Valley Christian and Wellsville, the Tigers had no trouble taking down the Eagles in Week 8 to even up their record at 4-4. In doing so, senior quarterback Troy Carter became Wellsville’s all-time passing leader.

The Eagles got on the board first at the 7:30 mark of the first quarter after Jon’Tae Pabellon ran in a touchdown on a short field provided by the Eagles special teams unit. The Tigers responded with their own touchdown with just eight seconds remaining in the first quarter when Carter found his favorite big-play target, Jr. Valen Krzyston, for a 31-yard touchdown pass. Kicker Casey Lemasters added the extra point to tie things up. From there, it was all Tigers.

Wellsville added another Carter to Krzyston touchdown pass, but this time it was Garrett Krzyston for an eight-yard score. After a bad snap on the extra point attempt, Carter took things into his own hands by finding his way into the end-zone for a 15-7 lead. Lemasters added in a 29-yard field goal on the last play of the first half, while sophomore fullback Gavin Koontz took a three-yard plunge into the end zone in the third quarter to round out the scoring for both teams.

Carter threw for 152 yards on the night, giving him 1,386 total yards for the season, and 3,863 yards for his career. That number breaks his uncle – and Wellsville Offensive Coordinator – Shawn Carter’s 25-year-old record of 3,765 yards. Carter has 14 touchdown passes, 3 total two-point conversions, and three touchdown runs on the season.

Next week, Wellsville is at Edison and will finish up 2020 with a home game versus rival Toronto in two weeks.

The Wellsville defense was a different team this week. After allowing 396 yards to Buckeye Central, the Tigers held Valley Christian to 139 total yards and holding the Eagles to just 2/10 on third & 4th down conversions.
Because of injuries and an ejection, Valley Christian was down to its third-string quarterback for the second half.
Two Valley Christian players were ejected.
The Tigers were flagged five times for 55 yards, while the Eagles were flagged 10 times for 110 yards.
The Tigers held the ball for almost 30 minutes on offense and held a 20-8 first down edge.
Lemaster is on a tear the last three games, going 11/11 on extra points and field goal attempts combined.

*Story Contributed by YSN’s Gary Althiser

UNITED WINS BATTLE OF THE EAGLES

October 13, 2020/in Volleyball/by Anthony Hartwig

HUBBARD OH- On Monday United made a trip to Valley Christian to sharpen their skills before tournament play starts. They came out with a sweep of the Eagles (25-22 25-20 25-16).

Tori Tschappatt led the Eagles in kills 17. Brooke Smith finished with 8 kills, 9 digs. Haley Dees captured another double double with 30 assists and 11 digs. Hannah Congo finished in double digit digs with 11.

United closes out the season with one more non conference game as they travel to Minerva on Tuesday.

LOWELLVILLE BLASTS OFF INTO ROUND 2

October 10, 2020/in Football/by Anthony Hartwig

STRUTHERS OH- The matchup between 16th seeded Lowellville, and 17th seeded Valley Christian proved to be the most competitive game on Friday night. Lowellville fought off a late Valley surge to prevail 30-26.

Vinny Ballone continued to impress as he threw for 274 yards on 22-48 passes. He found the endzone 3 times through the air as well. He also ran for 104 yards with a touchdown. Anthony Sanchez, Alex Modelski, and Brady Bunofsky all caught touchdowns for the Rockets.

The Eagles got the first score of the game from Vershawn Gurley. After trailing 16-6, they got a score on the ground from Jon’Tae Panbellon. Jon’Trell Mixon had a big day on both sides of the ball. He brought the Eagles back in the game with a pick six in the fourth quarter.

Lowelville wikl advance to travel to Warren JFK next Friday. That game will be played at Liberty due to the Warren Harding playoff game being played at the time. Valley Christian has a regular season game scheduled against Wellsville.

SOUTHERN WINS EOAC FOR THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR

October 4, 2020/in Football/by Anthony Hartwig

CAMPBELL OH- Southern Local has been atop the EOAC for a good amount of time. On Saturday they had the chance to at least share the EOAC crown for the third straight season. They earned a share of the league with United, and Leetonia with a 37-19 victory over Valley Christian.

The Indians ground game set the tone for the game early as Hunter Morris led Southern down the field with his legs, and capped off the drive with a 2 yard touchdown to put the Indians up 8-0 after the completed two point conversion.

After a crazy play saw the Eagles score a touchdown, the Indians punched back with 21 unanswered points. Brad Sloan had the big play in the scoring run, catching a 58 yard touchdown.

Jon’Tae Pabellon ran well for the Eagles gaining 99 yards on 13 carries. The Eagles never stopped fighting in the game, and he was a big reason why.

Southern will hit the road in round 2 of OHSAA playoffs to face Newark St Paul. Valley Christian has a round 1 matchup with Lowellville on Friday night at Struthers.

VALLEY VICTORIOUS IN DEFENSIVE STRUGGLE

September 29, 2020/in Football/by Anthony Hartwig

LISBON OH- Neither offense on Friday night between Lisbon and Valley and Christian was flashy. The game was scoreless heading into halftime, and two Valley touchdowns were enough to win it in the second half 12-7.

Joey Batista found TrayVonne Clark for a 23 yard touchdown pass to put the Eagles on the board. Lisbon blocked the extra point to keep the Eagles at 6. Malachi Gibbs added a three run power run into the promise line for Valley’s next touchdown. The PAT was missed to keep Lisbon in the game.

Tyler Welsh Gabe Lisbon the hope they needed with a late 16 yard touchdown run to bring the score to 12-7. Lisbon couldn’t manage to get the ball back though, and that would be the final score.

Valley will try to build on the victory as they host a tough Southern team next week. Lisbon will host Columbiana to close out the regular season.

EAGLES SOAR AGAINST THE WIND

September 19, 2020/in Football/by Anthony Hartwig

HANOVERTON OH- United has to fight some strong winds on Friday night. It slowed down their vaunted pass attack, especially in the first half. But the Eagles defense picked up the slack and shut down Valley’s offense to help United glide to a 21-0 victory.

Brutus Ogilvie went 22/34 with 248 yards and 1 TD. Lincoln Urmson ran 12 times and gained 74 yards. Keaton Baker had 9 catches for 100 yards.

United will now test their undefeated record in week 5 as they travel to Southern to take on the 3-1 Indians.

Valley Christian will look to get back on track as they travel to Lisbon.

CLIPPERS GLIDE PAST VALLEY CHRISTIAN

September 12, 2020/in Volleyball/by Anthony Hartwig

COLUMBIANA OH- Columbiana has no trouble with an early Saturday game as they swept Valley Christian (25-10 25-20 25-15).

Tori Long has another strong outing leading the Clippers offense with a double double with 14 kills, and 10 digs. She also served 4 aces. Maci Linhart didn’t miss a beat and finished her day with 15 digs to lead the defense. Grace Witmer had 19 assists, 6 digs, 3 kills, and an ace. Julia Rapp has a nice day with 8 kills, 5 aces, and 3 digs.

Columbiana moves on to host Lowellville Monday at home.

BEARS OVERCOME EARLY DEFICIT AND PREVAIL

September 6, 2020/in Football/by Anthony Hartwig

CAMPBELL OH – Valley Christian Eagles have a home game at Campbell Memorial high school as they take on the Leetonia Bears. As both teams come into tonight’s contest (1-0).

Both defenses started off strong as the Eagles would force a fumble and recover it inside Leetonia’s 15-yard line. Eagles running back, Cameron Davenport would take advantage of the Bears turnover and rush for his first touchdown of the night to take the lead 7-0. Leetonia’s next drive they would fumble once again inside the 20-yard line. Davenport would rush into the endzone for his second touchdown to extend their lead 14-0. Leetonia would then answer back later in the 2^nd quarter with a Jacob McCool 1-yard rush touchdown and a Marco Ferry 2-point conversion to cut the deficit to 14-8 to end the half.

Coming out of halftime Leetonia would get an onside kick and drive down the field as McCool would score his second touchdown and Ferry with his second 2-point conversion to take their first lead 16-14. Leetonia would kickoff to the Eagles after the score and would strip the ball out and force a turnover. With great field position, the Bears would run the ball down into the red zone as Marco Ferry would rush for his first touchdown and then converting a 2-point conversion to give Leetonia a lead of 24-14. Valley Christian would not be able to get past Leetonia’s strong defense the rest of the game as Leetonia’s Dylan Durick would have two sacks and a fumble recovery to during the game is a key factor in stopping the Eagles offense. As the 4^th quarter started Leetonia would get into the endzone for the final time with McCool’s third rushing touchdown and giving Leetonia a victory in a 32-14 game.

Leetonia would advance to (2-0) and take on Lisbon at home next week. Valley Christian will fall to (1-1) as they will travel to Columbiana to take on the Clippers.

*Contributed by YSN’s Derrick Grossen

PALESTINE STEAMROLLS EAGLES

September 4, 2020/in Volleyball/by Anthony Hartwig

YOUNGSTOWN OH- East Palestine Volleyball dominates Valley Christian on Thursday in a three set sweep. (25-12 25-12 25-4).

Mia Lee and Emily Berger both led the Bulldogs offense with 7 kills. Morgan Cheurco set up the offense nicely racking up 22 assists. McKenna Griffith served up 8 aces.

East Palestine will host Leetonia on Tuesday. Valley Christian will travel to Columbiana on Tuesday.