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DEVILS DO WHAT IT TAKES

LISBON, OH- Lisbon hosted Valley Christian Thursday night looking to get back in the win column and for their first conference win. The Blue Devils went on an offensive tear and swept the Eagles in 3. Lisbon took the first set 25-11, the second set 25-12, and the third set 25-16.

For the Blue Devils, Izzy Lannon had 15 points. Eliza Baker put up 10 points and 17 digs. Cami Freeland added 7 digs, and Maddie Marshalek had 6 kills. Stefanee Stacey contributed 19 assists for Lisbon.

Lisbon moves to 2-6 overall, and 1-5 in the EOAC. Valley Christian moves to 0-8 overall, and 0-6 in the EOAC. The Blue Devils will travel to Leetonia on Tuesday. The Eagles will also be back in action and travel to Columbiana. 

*Contributed By YSN’s Brendan Miller.

EAGLES PUT THE HURT ON MCDONALD

MCDONALD OH- The Valley Christian Eagles traveled to McDonald to face the Blue Devils. The Eagles came away with the victory. Scoring 5 touchdowns by 4 different players. Running Back Ja’Sean Lindsey scored twice and went over 100 yards rushing. Valley Christian wins 35-0.

The Eagles would score first with a 10 yard touchdown run by Lindsey making this game 7-0 in the first quarter. In the second quarter,  a pass by Blue Devil Zach Shobel found the hands of Valley Christian Tyree Washington for a pick-six interception to increase the eagle lead to 13. First half was mauled by interceptions by both teams. Both defenses able to take the ball away twice in passing game. They go into the locker room with Valley Christian ahead 13-0.
Valley took over in the second half. First play after haltime Lindsey found the endzone again. Two plays later Marquize Gibbs recovered a fumble and headed into the endzone to seal the victory. Eagles win 35-0. Valley Christian will host United next week while McDonald will host Mineral Ridge. Catch both games next week on YSNLIVE.com.
*Contributed By YSN’s Anthony Melone.

SOUTHERN BRUSHES AWAY VALLEY

SALINEVILLE OH- The Southern Local Indians are out to prove their 18 wins in 2021 was no fluke.  Valley Christian learned that lesson emphatically as Southern reeled off their 3rd straight win in straight sets 25-7, 25-8, 25-12.

The Indians dominated the Eagles behind an impressive offensive attack. Rylee Mellott set up that attack for her teammates all night long recording 52 sets and 20 assists to go along with 21 points and 10 aces. Ashley Shroades was a huge benefactor of Mellott’s effort putting away 10 kills on the night.  Aleah Bach contributed 9 points and 5 kills, while Esther Forbes provided 14 points, 5 aces, and 3 kills. Kya McCulley also recorded 10 points in victory for the Indians.

Southern (3-0, 2-0) looks to stay hot on the young season as they travel to Conotton Valley on Monday.

*Contributed By YSN’s Chris Sigler

VALLEY CHRISTIAN FOOTBALL COACH’S CORNER (EP 1) WITH ANDY HAKE

YOUNGSTOWN OH-  Valley Christian Head Coach Andy Hake joined Alek Koberna this week after taking down his in-stadium rival Campbell Memorial 47-7 to discuss his teams performance. Andy Hake is going into his second season at Valley Christian after a 7-3 start last season finishing third in the EOAC behind United and Southern. This season the War Eagles shocked their own coach with a dominant victory.

Andy Hake sets the stage for the matchup next week with LaBrae and discusses the young studs of his Valley Christian crew.

*Contributed By YSN’s Alek Koberna

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NOTHING STOPS RED DEVILS IN SEASON OPENER

CAMPBELL OH- Excitement is building in Campbell for their volleyball program. The Red Devils return a lot of experience from last season. They got started on the right foot as they easily swept Valley Christian (25-8 25-9 25-13)

Kendall Brunn finished with double digit kills to lead the Red Devils.  She collected 14 kills.  Angeliz Diaz contributed 6 kills.  Diaz also served up 8 aces on the day.  Brunn added a block to her stat line.

Campbell returns to action Tuesday as they open up league play with a tough Brookfield team at home.  Start time is set for 7:00.

VALLEY SOARS HIGH IN WEEK ONE

CAMPBELL OH- Andy Hake and the Valley Christian Eagles came out victorious in their first game of the season in the battle of John KnapickField. They took down their in-stadium rival Campbell Memorial 47-7. Andy Hake now moves to 8-3 as head man of the Eagles while Andrew King falls to 1-10 with Campbell.

 

The game started out well for Campbell as David Moore was finding his receivers well going 3/6 on the first drive before stalling out after they crossed the 50. Valley Christian would then get the ball on the Campbell side of the 50 thanks to a low snap forcing the Campbell punter Anthony Kindinis to accidentally place his knee on the ground prior to the punt. Valley capitalized off of the momentum driving it 44 yards on the ground and scoring the first touchdown of the season.

 

Campbell’s defense kept Valley Christian in check for the entirety of the first half allowing only 14 points, forcing Valley to be 1/9 on third down, and holding the V.C. passing game to 2/6. One of the two completions came on a 50-yard touchdown pass from Jhordan Peete to VeShun Gurley with less than a minute to go in the half after Campbell turned the ball over on downs at midfield.

 

The second half is where Valley took control of the game posting 26 of their 47 points. A 1-yard TD run by Ja’SeanLindsey setup by back-to-back Gurley receptions to put them in the redzone would open the scoring in the second half. Campbell answered right back with a 27-yard touchdown pass from David Moore which would end up as their only score of the night. V.C. got the ball at their own ten and immediately struck big as the 6’4 beast Jon’Trell Mixon took the entire defense with him as he took the ball 78 yards on one play out of the wildcat. Penalties backed Valley up before Jhordan Peete wheeled out to his left and found Gurley in the endzone for another touchdown. Valley’s defense then got their name called on one of the biggest plays of the game as Jon’Trell Mixon out of his defensive end spot would jump into the air and steal a bullet pass from David Moore out of the air and return it for a pick-six which would just about seal the game in the third quarter.

 

Campbell Memorial looked sound on both sides of the ball in the first half, but they were unable to keep pace with the incredible athletes on the side of Valley Christian. A great effort from both teams created a lopsided, but entertaining game to watch. Valley Christian will hit the road next Friday to take on the (0-1) Vikings of LaBrae. Meanwhile Campbell will play host again next week as the (1-0) Rockets of Lowellville come to town.

 

Stats provided by Valley Christian Athletics and HUDL

Campbell Memorial Red Devils Stats:

Passing:

David Moore: 12/33, 149 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT, Longest Pass – 27 yards
Adyn Vazquez: 1/3, 7 yards

Rushing:

David Moore: 4 car, -9 yards, Longest Run – 5 yards
Rest of Team: 18 carries, 70 yards, Longest Run – Jamal Henderson – 15 yards

Receiving:

Michael Koullias: 1 rec, 11 yards
Christos Davis: 1 rec, 7 yards
Rest of Team: 11 rec, 136 yards, 1 TD

 

Valley Christian Stats:

Passing:

Jhordan Peete: 5/9, 130 yards, 2 TD, Longest Pass – 50 yards
Jon’Trell Mixon: 2/4, 21 yards, Longest Pass –  13 yards

Rushing:

Jon’Trell Mixon: 6 car, 118 yards, Longest Run – 74 yards
Ja’Sean Lindsey: 10 car, 73 yards, 2 TD, Longest Run – 32 yards
Jon’Qual Pabellon: 4 car, 14 yards, 1 TD, Longest Run – 7 yards

Receiving:

VeShun Gurley: 3 rec, 111 yards, 2 TD, Longest Rec – 50 yards
Jon’Trell Mizon: 1 rec, 23 yards
Tyree Washington: 1 rec, 8 yards

Defensive:

Jon’Trell Mixon: 1 INT, 1 TD, 1 Solo, 4 AST
Tyree Washington: 1 INT
Phillip Spradley: 3 TK, 1 TFL
*Contributed By YSN’s Alek Koberna

 

ROCKETS ARE LOCKED AND LOADED FOR DISTRICTS

LOWELLVILLE OH- On a night where a lot of high seeds found themselves in knock down drag outs battles with their lower seeded opponents, Lowellville was not entertaining that thought. The Rockets made quick work of Valley Christian on Friday with domination on both sides of the ball. Lowellville rolled with a 54-29 win.

Vinny Ballone put his stamp on the game with a massive 21 point game. He scored 13 of those points in the third frame alone. Anthony Lucente was also in double figures chipping in 11.

For Valley Christian Jon’Trell Mixon had a great game scoring 18 points for the Eagles. However the Rockets locked down the rest of the Eagles offense.

Lowellville now advances to the Struthers district semifinal on Monday. They’ll be paired with the third seeded Lions from Heartland Christian. The game is slated to start at 7:00 at Struthers high school.

ALL PEAKS FOR VALLEY IN ROUND ONE


LEETONIA OH- Wednesday, February 16th saw the opening night of sectional semi final matchups for Divisions 2 through 4.

Division 4, in particular, had round 3 between The Valley Christian Lady Eagles and The Leetonia Lady Bears.

With The Lady Bears taking the first two regular season matchups, including a 43-32 win at Valley Christian this past Saturday, February 12th. 

How you start is often super important for road teams, especially once the tournament starts. Head Coach Aaron Agresta and The Lady Eagles found that out on Wednesday night. 

Going on an incredible 16-3 run to both start and end the first quarter, Valley Christian found themselves leading by a baker’s dozen after a quarter.

The offense got their points; however, it was the superb defense and rebounding of Valley that left Leetonia with just one converted field goal in the first eight minutes. 

Leetonia drew even the next quarter 14-14, allowing Valley Christian to hold onto the 16 point lead at halftime. 

The second half was dominated by two scorers on The Lady Eagles who put up a combined 34 points of offense! As juniors DiAndra Tensley (19) and Savannah Kitchen (15) lead the way on the night. 

It was Tensley’s scoring, paired with fantastic defense and ball handling, the point guard was the sectional semi-final Player of The Game!

Scoring Superstar, Ella Gregorino still managed to get loose for 13 points. However, for Valley, it was Gregorino’s lowest mark versus The Lady Eagles this season. 

#16 Valley Christian was able to do enough on the rest of #10 Leetonia’s offense to close out the road victory 54-39 over The Lady Bears. 

The first quarter proves to be ever so important. Following the 16-3 first quarter by Valley, The Lady Eagles only outscored Leetonia by 2 points the following three quarters (38-36).

With the win, The Lady Bears season unfortunately meets its end. Including the tournament, Leetonia played 22 games this season, sporting an 11-11 record overall. With only one senior on the squad this season in Allison Francosky, The Lady Bears look to be back with a bite! 

For Division 4 Region 13 (Mineral Ridge District) things have gotten a lot more clear. With #16 Valley Christian looking to answer another road test against #9 Lisbon, scheduled for Saturday, February 19th at 1 p.m.

*Contributed By YSN’s Ty Bartell.

Postgame Interview With Aaron Agresta:

 

Postgame Interview With DiAndra Tensley

WELLSVILLE TAKES FIRST PLACE IN THE EOAC

YOUNGSTOWN, OH – When at least a share of a championship is on the line, you have to be locked in. That is how it was in the matchup between Wellsville and Valley Christian Tuesday night. It seemed like the Tigers would easily run away with a victory early in the first half, thanks to junior Isaiah Greathouse who pushed Wellsville to a 31-17 lead at half. But the Eagles found life in the second half to make it an intense 39-31 game with the Tigers still leading. Valley’s Joey Battista lit up the court with three’s late in the game to cut the Tigers lead down to just 3, making it 44-41. It was not enough for the Eagles as Wellsville pushed back to extend their lead further to get the victory and the share of the EOAC championship, 52-46.

 

For Wellsville, Isaiah Greathouse led the way with a game-high 27 points. Edward Stock and Jaxon Brewer both added 8 on the night respectively.

 

For Valley Christian, Joey Battista led the way with 21 points. Jhordan Peete and  Jon’Trell Mixon both contributed 8 respectively for the Eagles.

 

Wellsville will look for the outright EOAC Championship win Saturday as they will host Leetonia. Valley Christian will be back in action on Thursday as they are set to host Academy for Urban Scholars. Don’t miss it on YSN!

 

* Contributed By YSN’s Brendan Miller

 

Postgame Interview With Bug Thompson:

EAGLES TAKE FLIGHT

YOUNGSTOWN OH- Last time these two EOAC Rivals met, it came down to a couple buckets by the Valley Christian Eagles getting the victory over the East Palestine Bulldogs 37 to 31. Fast forward nearly two months later, Jason Rays Bulldogs were looking to fetch themselves their third win of the season and what better way than revenge on coach Dolph Carrolls Eagles who were looking to get back to .500.

1st Half
Valley Christian got off to a six to 0 run to start off the game with a free throw from Joey Battista, a two point shot by Ra’Shaun Bell and a putback lay up by Jon’Trell Mixon. The Bulldogs stormed right back with a three by Tyler Bistarkey and Ryan Rosen making it 10 to five at the end of one.

The second quarter had more offensive action between the two Conference rivals. Owen JurJavcic hit a three along with Payton Elliott but Jhordan Peete came right back at them with a three for Valley along with Kaydin Brown coming into the picture from downtown. What was the success was the box out and put back layups by Jon’Trell Mixon who had 14 in the first half alone.

At the end of two going into the half, it was now 25 to 18. East Palestine and coach Ray had the Eagles just like before and with some players out, they looked to comeback from a seven point deficit and finish. Meanwhile coach Dolph wanted his players to play more aggressively in that second half.

2nd Half
Looks like coach Carroll’s halftime speech paid off after a close first half as out of nowhere, the Eagles would score 29 unanswered points in the third with back to back threes by Battista and put back layups and free throws by Mixon in the third and fourth quarter. Alijah Gibson scored a two point jumper on his side of the ball with really good defensive play.

Rosen and Elliott scored threes later on in the third and fourth quarter alike. However in the end, that would be all she wrote as Valley Christian had now won four in a row against the East Palestine Bulldogs (Beat them in 2020-21 1/15 54-26, 2/12/21 66-27), and early on in the 21-22 season 37-31.

Stats
Valley Christian:

1 Jhordan Peete: 12pts

2 Kaydin Brown: 6pts

3 Alijah Gibson: 2pts

4 Ra’Shaun Bell: 9pts

5 VeShun Gurley: 5pts

12: Jon’Quall Pabellon: 2pts

13: Jon’Trell Mixon: 26pts

22: Joey Battista: 14pts

East Palestine:

1 Tyler Bistarkey: 9pts

2 Ryan Rosen: 7pts

3 Westin Jones: 4pts

5 Owen JurJavcic: 8pts

11 Payton Elliott 9pts

12 Owen Elliott: 2pts

24 Shane Richardson: 2pts

Up Next
Valley Christian (7-7 6-2 EOAC) will head to Lisbon to take on the Blue Devils (8-4, 4-4 in EOAC). Tip off is Tuesday 7pm.

East Palestine (2-12, 1-7 in EOAC) will host the Leetonia Bears (2-12, 1-7 in EOAC). Tip off is 7pm. You can catch both games on YSN LIVE!!

*Contributed by YSNs Ian O’Brien*