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RESERVE RAKES WARRIORS TO GO TO DISTRICTS

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BERLIN CENTER OH- Western Reserve got their feet wet in tournament play on Saturday with a sectional final against Brookfield. The Blue Devils swept the Warriors to advance to the district semifinals (25-21 25-9 25-12).

Gianna Paris collected an impressive double double with 16 assists, and 11 digs. She also served up 5 aces. Dani Vuletich led the offense in kills with 13. Vuletich also finished with 5 digs. Kayla Owen led the defense with 16 digs.

Western Reserve now advances to the district semifinals where they’ll host the four seed Badger on Wednesday. That match is slated to start at 6:00.

URSULINE WITHSTANDS LATE WARRIOR RALLY

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BELOIT, OH- Perhaps one of the most looked at games this week had to have been the third seeded West Branch Warriors, hosting the sixth seeded Ursuline Irish in a dramafield quarterfinal matchup in Division IV region 13.  The first scoring drive started out when the Irish did their take on the Philly special as Brady Shannon pitched it to Dante Walker who then pitched it back to Matthew Reardon who found Luke Campbell making it 8-0 after converting the two point conversion.  

 

Ursuline’s next touchdown came during the second when Terrell “TG” Dilworth turned into Barry Allen aka the flash going 70-yards to the house with nobody stopping the Air Force commit.  His take off was like a fighter jet putting the Irish up 16-0.  But those Warriors, you should never count them out as Brock Hillyer who has been having a good season found Dru DeShields two-yards out cutting the Ursuline lead to 10.  The Irish got one more score on the board to make it 24-6 at the half and now the Warriors needed a plan.

 

That’s when they knew that being aggressive and forcing Trevor Lawrence aka Brady Shannon would come into their favor as Shannon was picked off by Alec Wilson and guess what, he could go all the way and that he did, a 37-yard pick six making it now 24-12.  

 

However, Shannon was not finished yet, as he put that last pass he had behind him and now it was a new set of downs.  He would trust Dante Walker to make a spectacular 38-yard over-the-shoulder touchdown making it 32-12.  Once again, those Warriors would not go away as Hillyer found DeShields yet again two-yards out, cutting the lead to 13.  But then, it was Emmitt Smith, aka DeMarcus McElroy who smelled the end zone and man it was smelling good as he took it in five-yards out extending it 38-19.  

 

West Branch did what they usually do on offense and that is score during crunch time with two touchdowns late in the game.  The first was when Hillyer found Nick Wilson for an 11-yard touchdown and then the man would sneak it in himself putting the game to only seven with 2:45 to go and they were back in this.  These Warriors were not giving up without a fight, they would not let their winning record be ruined.  They would try for the onside kick, but Matthew Reardon would recover, ending the game with a final of 38-31 in a hard fought nearly come from behind win.  But, the Irish pulled it off even through the fourth quarter struggle that they had.  

 

Dan Reardon and the Ursuline Irish (6-2) are heading to the regional semifinals to take on the two seeded Poland Bulldogs (7-1) who got a big win Saturday against Chagrin Falls 34-9.  A program that seemed to be the laughing stock of Youngstown GRIT football is now back on top, but man those Bulldogs still need to be fed and they are hungry for some Lucky Charms. The game will be played on a spooky Saturday night, October 31st at 7pm on YSN Live. 

 

  West Branch (7-1) may have lost in the playoffs, but can still schedule a regular season opponent until week 10 with their choice.  The Warriors should pick their heads up after a tremendous season and prepare for another 2021 playoff run. 

 

*Contributed by YSN’s Ian O’Brien*

QUAKERS UPSET WEST BRANCH

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SALEM OH- Salem couldn’t have asked for a better way to end the regular season with a huge upset win over West Branch in straight sets (25-13 25-18 25-23).

Kaley Davis led the Quakers offense with 9 kills, and she served up 6 aces. Jenna McClish rocked in the back row leading the team with 31 digs. Morgan McGaffick ran the offense well for the Quakers setting up 16 assists, and she completed a double double with 14 digs. Kaelyn Helmick has a solid night as well with 8 kills and 2 blocks.

Salem will kick off their tournament run on Tuesday as they host Ravenna. West Branch will also host a first round match up against Chaney on Tuesday.

WARRIORS CLINCH 7TH STRAIGHT EBC CROWN

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SALEM OH-

The Lady Warriors clinched their 7th straight EBC title, beating Salem 3-0 at Sebo Stadium. Addy Jones opened the scoring in the first half off an assist from Jillian Pidgeon. Pidgeon would find the back of the net twice in the second half to seal the win. Sophia Gregory provided an assist to Pidgeon’s first goal. Amanda Davidson recorded the shutout, making 7 saves on the evening. Davidson was aided by strong play from her defenders – Maria Manley, Alexis Gregory, Bri Thomas and Sarah Bungard.

They improve to 13-1-2 on the season.

The Lady Warriors will host the winner of Notre Dame Cathedral Latin and Crestwood in tournament action on Thursday, 10/22.

*Contributed by Cheryl Ficco at wbathletics.org

COLE SECURES 1,000 KILLS IN LEOPARDS WIN

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BELOIT OH-

The Louisville Lady Leopards traveled to West Branch and defeated the Warriors in 3 sets:
25-18, 25-16, 25-21

Senior Paige Cole led the Leps offense with 19 kills and hit a career milestone of 1,000 kills!! Congrats to Paige on this incredible accomplishment.

Senior Lauren Siegfried also added in 9 kills and led the Leps with 21 assists.
Defensively Senior Sydney Bast led with 12 digs.
Freshman Addison Burick had a team high of 16 service points.

Leps advance to 11-8.

Louisville returns to action Wednesday as they host Barberton.

*Contributed by Alicia Mihelic at leopardathletics.org

MERCER SHINES IN WARRIORS VICTORY

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BELOIT OH- Sydney Mercer showed her power on Tuesday night as West Branch made quick work of conference for Minerva with a sweep (25-16 25-16 25-16).

In the first set, the opening points told a story of a back and forth match. Although Minerva never led in the set, they also didn’t trail by more than 2. That was until West Branch went on a 5-0 run to push a lead to 20-14. They coasted their way through the rest of the set, scoring 5 of the next 7 points to win 25-16. Sydney Mercer has 6 kills in the set.

The second set was much of the same as the two teams traded points back and forth in the start of the set. Minerva was actually able to grab a couple of one point leads. With the set tied at 14-14 Minerva took a timeout. This plan backfired as the Warriors rattled off seven straight points out of the time out with Bailey Campbell serving. The Warriors used the momentum to win 25-16. Sydney Mercer had another 6 kill set.

The third set belonged to West Branch from the get go. Their middle blockers started to get involved on both the offensive, and defensive sides of the net. Alexa Gusset also contributed a handful of kills from the right side position. West Branch ran away with set three 25-16.

West Branch served extremely well, totaling 11 service aces as a team. Mercer led the team with 13 kills on the night. Mikalyn Fitts finished with 5 kills.

West Branch will travel to Canton South on Thursday to continue conference play.

WARRIORS CROWNED EBC CHAMPS

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BELOIT OH- Even though both teams came in to week 6 undefeated, there was no question who the better team was on Friday between West Branch and Canton South. With the EBC on the line, the Warriors routed their way to a 44-14 victory.

Brock Hillyer went 18 of 24 with 247 yards and 5 touchdowns. Nick Wilson tied the school record for receptions in a game with 7 catches for 109 yards and 4 touchdowns. Dru DeShields intercepted the Wildcats twice.

West Branch is the 3 seed in Division IV Region 13. They await the winner of East Liverpool against Gilmour Academy.

LABRAE SILENCES WARRIORS

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LEAVITTSBURG OH- LaBrae came up with a big victory over a tough Brookfield team on Thursday in sweeping fashion (25-16 25-16 25-22).

Jenna Reppart led the Vikings offense with 7 kills on the night. She was also a force on the net with 6 blocks on the night. Reppart also finished with 6 digs. Summer Pumphry led the Vikings in digs with 10. Ashley Monroe  put together a strong night with a team high 11 assists, 6 kills, and 3 aces.

The Vikings push above .500 at 7-6 and will host Cardinal on Saturday. Brookfield will try to bounce back Tuesday as they host Campbell.

REBELS BREAK DOWN BROOKFIELD

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BROOKFIELD OH- Crestview continues to roll through their MVAC schedule. The Rebels have yet to be beaten within the conference. Their latest victim was Brookfield. Crestview rolled in a sweep of the Warriors (25-12 25-9 25-14).

Grace Auer was all over the stat sheet for the Rebels. She finished with 17 digs, 10 kills, 8 assists, and 5 aces. Lucy Montgomery collected another double double with a team high 11 kills, and 12 assists. She also had 3 aces and 4 digs. Kendra Greaves was in double digit digs with 10.

Crestview will stay in conference on Thursday as they host Liberty. Brookfield falls to 5-7 and will travel to LaBrae on Thursday.

WARRIORS STAY UNDEFEATED

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BELOIT OH- West Branch was flying high into week 5 with a record of 4-0. This coming off a 2019 season where the Warriors won only 2 games. Calling it a turn around would be an understatement as the Warriors faced down their next challenge against East Liverpool. The Warriors traded blows with the Potters back and forth, but eventually found enough plays to win 34-28.

Brock Hillyer returned to the lineup going 16-25 with 208 yards and 3 TDs. Alek Wilson barreled in to the end zone to score what ended up being the game winner with just over 10 minutes remaining in the game. The Warriors ran for a total of 117 yards.

The Potters outgained the Warriors 331-313, but it wasn’t enough to prevail. The ground game was working for East Liverpool as they gained 275 yards on the ground on 40 carries. Howie Williams has 23 of those carries with 188 yards. He scored twice, once on the ground and once through the air.

West Branch now sets their sights on Canton South Friday in a game that will decide the EBC title. The Potters will close out their season next Friday at Edison.