Ursuline managed through a push by Waterloo in the seventh inning where they coughed up three runs, but the Irish still won 8-4 on Wednesday to win the sectional final, and advance to districts. Kyle Werbeck and Noah Hughes each drove in runs in the frame for Waterloo.
Ursuline notched three runs in the sixth inning. The offensive onslaught was led by Brady Shannon, Tom Groner, and Andrew Kirila, all sending runners across the plate with RBIs in the inning.
Kirila earned the victory on the hill for Ursuline. The lefthander lasted six and two-thirds innings, allowing three hits and four runs while striking out 12. Danny Smith threw one-third of an inning in relief out of the bullpen.
Mason Hakin took the loss for the Vikings. The pitcher allowed two hits and two runs over three innings, striking out one.
Ursuline tallied eight hits. Luca Ricchiuti and Nick Bako each collected multiple hits. Bako and Ricchiuti each managed two hits to lead.
Luke Simons led Waterloo with two hits in four at bats.
Ursuline moves on to the Struthers district semifinal on Monday. They are awaiting an opponent as the sectional final between LaBrae and Cardinal got delayed in the 2nd inning tied at 1. The Irish will play the winner of that game at Cene Park on Monday at 6:30.
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ATWATER OH- Waterloo jumped out to an early lead over Newton Falls and took home an 8-5 victory on Monday to advance in the sectional tournaments. Waterloo scored on a groundout by Noah Hughes in the first inning, a single by Drew Flarida in the first inning, a single by Aric May in the first inning, and a single by Hughes in the second inning.
Waterloo earned the victory despite allowing Newton Falls to score four runs in the second inning. The offensive onslaught was led by Cameron Huff and Jordan Dowling, each driving in runs in the frame.
The Vikings pulled away for good with two runs in the second inning. In the second Hughes singled on a 0-1 count, scoring two runs.
Hughes took the win for Waterloo. The lefthander went five innings, allowing four runs on seven hits and striking out seven. Mason Sweitzer threw two innings in relief out of the bullpen. Sweitzer recorded the last six outs to earn the save for Waterloo Vikings Varsity.
Trevor Ruscoe took the loss for Newton Falls. Ruscoe lasted one inning, allowing eight hits and six runs while striking out one and walking zero.
Waterloo totaled 13 hits in the game. Luke Simons, May, and Hughes each collected multiple hits. Simons led with four hits in five at bats. Waterloo didn’t commit a single error in the field. Mason Duncan had the most chances in the field with 12.
Dowling went 2-for-4 at the plate to lead Newton Falls in hits.
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BOARDMAN OH- Cardinal Mooney’s two pitchers didn’t allow a single hit, as the Cardinals defeated Waterloo 4-0 on Thursday. Alaina Scavina induced a strike out to get the last out of the game.
Alaina Francis led the Cardinals to victory in the pitcher’s circle. The righthander went five innings, allowing zero runs on zero hits, striking out six and walking one. Scavina threw two innings in relief out of the bullpen.
Mackenzie Kehrer was in the pitcher’s circle for Waterloo. The bulldog surrendered four runs on 12 hits over six innings, striking out seven and walking one.
Cardinal Mooney hit two home runs on the day. Scavina put one out in the third inning. Francis went for the long ball in the third inning.
The Cardinals totaled 12 hits in the game. Sam Rotunno, Francis, Delaney Savaet, and Scavina all had multiple hits. Rotunno led with three hits in four at bats.
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NORTH JACKSON OH- The Lady Jays celebrated Senior Night tonight in a league game against Waterloo where they danced their way to a win.The Lady Jays were ready to get to the plate and had three up three down in the top of the first. The girls continued their hot bats from last night scoring three in the first inning. Waterloo answered with one of their own in the second. Grace Johns hit a shot to center earning herself a spot on third. Paige Grope grounded out scoring Grace and getting the RBI. Waterloo scored two runs with two hits but the Lady Jays had a perfect double play by Chelsea Williams, Mia Greco and Alena Len to end the inning.
The Lady Jays tried to keep the offense going when Chelsea Williams hit a laser homerun over the centerfield fence earning herself a solo homerun, her second of the season. Kylie Wilson and Emily Fultz followed it up with two singles but the Lady Jays couldn’t score. In the top of the seventh,
Waterloo tried to start something on one out when the two spot singled but the Lady Jays, yet again, turned a double play to end the game and get the win 5-3. Kylie Wilson led the way tonight going 3-4 with three singles.
Sarah Rader had her first varsity win in the circle where she pitched all seven innings giving up six hits, striking out one and walking two.
Congratulations to our three seniors Sarah Rader, Kylie Wilson and Chelsea Williams on a successful season so far. We loved celebrating you tonight.
The Lady Jays are now 8-5 overall and 6-2 in the league. They will travel to Lowellville tomorrow for their fifth double header of the season with the first game starting at 11:00.
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ATWATER OH- The Vikings defeated Mineral Ridge in five innings. Leading the hitters for the Vikings were Mackensi Kehrer who smashed a homerun (2) and a double, 4 RBI’s. Jenny Cieplinski added a double and 2 singles. Other multiple hitters were Morgan Switzer, Savannah Francis and Miranda Long with 2 single a piece.
The Vikings are at home to continue the season on Thursday against Jackson Milton.
Battery: Waterloo: Lilley (3-1) and Cieplinski
Record: Waterloo (5-5, 4-3).
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The Lady Vikings beat Lowellville 12-2 in 5 innings on Tuesday night in an MVAC Scarlett tier bout.
Leading hitters for the Vikings were Mackensi Kehrer with a 4 for 4 day, a triple, 3 RBI’s and also striking out 11 batters in the circle. Logan Lynn belted out 3 singles and 2 RBI’s. Jewel Lilley and Jenny Cieplinski added 2 singles a piece.
Waterloo moves their league record is 3-3, while their overall record is now 4-5.
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STRUTHERS, OH- The Waterloo Vikings needed extra baseball but stole the lead late in the game in a 5-4 victory over McDonald on Wednesday. The game was tied at four after the Blue Devils stormed back with 4 runs in the bottom of the seventh.
Waterloo built a four-run lead in the seventh inning and then held off McDonald’s charge. McDonald scored four runs in the seventh on a single by A Mayle, an error, and a single by Nolan Aglen.
Waterloo got things started in the first inning. Evan Kugler singled on the first pitch of the at-bat, scoring one run.
McDonald evened things up at four in the bottom of the seventh inning when Aglen singled on a 2-1 count, scoring two runs.
Aric May got the win for Waterloo Vikings Varsity. May allowed zero hits and zero runs over one-third of an inning, striking out one and walking zero. Mason Hakin threw one inning in relief out of the bullpen to earn the save.
Drew Cupone took the loss for McDonald. The hurler allowed one hit and one run over one inning, striking out one and walking zero.
Logan Presco started the game for McDonald. Presco lasted four and a third innings, allowing six hits and two runs while striking out two. Noah Hughes started the game for Waterloo. The lefty lasted six and two-thirds innings, allowing four hits and four runs while striking out four
The Vikings totaled nine hits. Hughes, Luke Simons, and Drew Flarida all had multiple hits for Waterloo. Hughes led Waterloo Vikings Varsity with three hits in four at-bats.
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NEW MIDDLETOWN OH- The Tiger softball team rallied from a 9-3 deficit and posted a 10-9 win over Waterloo on Tuesday.
The winning pitcher was Madi Lesnak. She struck out 10, she also contributed a single and 2 RBI’s. Emily Gerthung had 3 hits, Gabby Nalevanko and Rachel Malatok each had 3 hits and drove in a run. Sami McKim had a single and 3 RBI’s.
Harley Shoemaker had 2 hits and drove in Gerthung with the winning run in the sixth. Mariah Jones had an outstanding defense play in the sixth that kept the game tied. Tigers are now 1-1.
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ATWATER OH- The Waterloo Lady Vikings have been a team of adversity all season. From early on, it was a team not many outside of Atwater believed in.
With a group of eight girls on the roster, the questions of longevity arose for The Lady Vikings, especially competing in The MVAC Scarlet with Springfield
On November 22nd, 2021 Waterloo opened up with Alliance, a game in which they lost 58-46 to start the season 0-1. That night The Lady Vikings walked off the court in defeat, a feeling in which they have not felt since.
Rattling off nineteen consecutive victories leading up to the tournament, The Lady Vikings accomplished everything they set out for and then some.
Winning The MVAC Scarlet Division outright, having a perfect 14-0 conference record to do so. It led Waterloo to a 19-1 record in the regular season, a #5 seed in The Division 3 (Struthers District) and a chance to host a sectional final.
That Sectional draw? A team all too familiar with district championships, The #7 South Range Lady Raiders. Even with The Lady Vikings being the higher seed, South Range having won back-to-back district championships made this a tough matchup for Waterloo.
Both programs being defensively sound, had this one looking like it was going to be a defensive grudge match. As both teams sure made it seem so in the first quarter. Holding Waterloo to just 4 points of offense to take a 9-4 lead after one.
Lexi Giles got it going early, hitting back-to-back three pointers to make it 6-0 from the jump and help South Range take the first quarter.
However, The Lady Vikings and Coach Longanecker had a response. With a strong defensive second quarter, Waterloo held The Lady Raiders to just 5 points, helping trim their deficit. South Range led 14-13 by halftime, Lexi Giles led the way with 8 points.
Kaira English was Waterloo’s offense in the first half, scoring 12 of the 13 points before the half. Both teams looked to make halftime adjustments to stop the leading scorers, and drew even in the third quarter 11-11. Making it a slim Raider lead 25-24 going into the final eight minutes.
Basketball is a game of runs, and in a game where both teams were so even, it was a late run by Waterloo that booked The Lady Vikings a ticket to districts! Winning 45-37 over South Range.
The adjustments made by Coach Fishel and The Lady Raiders were effective, holding Kaira English to just 4 points in the second half. But it was Rose Couts that scored 19 points in the second half, totaling 20 on the day. Couts hit some clutch game-clinching free throws in the final minute, part of 13 made free throws in the game, to seal it with a kiss from a Rose.
The other side saw Lexi Giles still score 10 points in the second half, bringing her total to 18; however, Waterloo halted Giles at the arc, 0-5 from three point range after the first.
The win is twenty consecutive now for The Lady Vikings, as they head to The District Semi-Finals in Stuthers to take on another one loss team in the #1 seeded Liberty Lady Leopards.
That game will take place on Wednesday, February 23rd and can be found on YSN!
The Waterloo Lady Vikings have been a team with an interesting story to the season. Facing pre-season adversity, that saw The Lady Vikings drop their opening game 58-46 to Alliance.
That loss was back on November 22nd, 2021. Since Waterloo stepped off that court suffering an opening game loss, they never looked back.
The journey to The Lady Vikings first conference title in fifteen years was met with questions and doubts. Could Waterloo contend with the powerhouses of The MVAC Scarlet Tier?
From McDonald, to Western Reserve, to Jackson Milton and Springfield; The Lady Viking answered all those questions, gaining at least one victory from each of the conference teams.
On Monday night, the latest challenge for Waterloo? A second matchup with the ever-talented Springfield Lady Tigers.
The first game with Springfield back on January 10th saw The Lady Vikings come out of New Middletown victorious 48-42.
Springfield came in with a phenomenal defensive gameplan, one that centered around shutting down driving lanes.
It was a defensive chess match between Coach Matisi and Coach Longanecker, as both teams forced plenty of turnovers. Enough to make every offensive possession feel much more valuable for both teams.
Waterloo took the lead in the first quarter and held it throughout a defensive grudge match in the first half, as Springfield closed the Waterloo lead down to 4 points at the half.
Springfield’s Jacey Mullen led The Lady Tigers throughout the game, scoring a team high 14 points on the night to make up over a third of the team’s offense.
Kaira English locked things down defensively for Waterloo. Coming up with 6 steals to go along with 9 points on the night.
However, in the second half, it was the play of Rose Couts that shined brightest. Coming up with some big offensive buckets down the stretch. She scored 12 points and secured 9 rebounds, with a majority of both happening after halftime. Her clutch play earned her the nights Player of the Game.
Both teams exchanged buckets in the final seconds of the fourth quarter, and with Waterloo leading it 34-31, Springfield had the ball for the last possession and a chance to tie it up.
Maddie Lesnak was tasked with taking that shot, and with ice in her veins she knocked it down; however, basketball is a game of inches, and Lesnaks foot was a mere inches inside the three-point arc on Monday night.
#7 Lady Vikings get the win 34-33 over #9 Springfield, earning them a share of The MVAC Scarlet Championship, leaving Waterloo needing just one more win to have the crown outright.
The 15 year drought is over in Atwater, and it was done with eight girls and a goal.
Springfield (16-4) will now look to host LaBrae (10-10) on Thursday, February 10th.
Waterloo (16-1) looks to secure the outright title on the road against Jackson Milton (10-8) on Wednesday, February 9th.
