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CALL THEM THE TITLE TIGERS

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NEW MIDDLETOWN OH- Springfield had one goal this season that was first on their list before any of the rest. Win the MVAC.  That’s what was starring at them on Monday night as they welcomed in Western Reserve. The task was simple, win and get a trophy.  The Tigers had their eyes on that prize all night and pushed past a scrappy Blue Devil team to win 34-19 and claim a MVAC conference crown on the Scarlet side.

Jacey Mullen once again led the Tigers as the brand new all time leading scorer at Springfield dropped 18 points.  Mariana Tuscano was just a point off of double figures finishing the night with 9 points.  Jameka Brungard contributed 5 points to the Tigers.

Brooke Schantz led the Blue Devils with 8 points on the night.  Alyvia Hughes added 5 points and Lisa Eichert scored 4.

Springfield will now look to go complete an unbeaten league season. Up next for them though is a non conference test on Saturday at West Branch.  Western Reserve returns to action on Thursday as they play at McDonald.

WESTERN RESERVE GETS SIDELINED BY THE RAMS

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MINERAL RIDGE OH- The Lady Rams defended home court on Thursday night and defeated the Western Reserve Blue Devils 50-48. The Lady Rams were lead by Ava Hulett with 18 points and Olivia Booth with 14. The Lady Rams played tough defense the whole night and are playing their best basketball down the stretch.

Also contributing in the victory was:

Gianna Gilbert with 9 points

Gianna Paris 3 points

Sam Aulet 3 points

Neri Benitez 3 points

Senior Night for the Lady Rams is this Monday against Sebring. Western Reserve will travel to Springfield on Monday to try and give the Tigers their first loss in the conference.

*Story Contributed by Amy Harrison at ramsathletics.org

LOWELLVILLE WAKES UP AND THEN TAKES OFF

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BERLIN CENTER OH- It wasn’t the start that Lowellville imagined to the game on Tuesday, but they definitely finished it the right way.  In Western Reserve a slightly short handed Blue Devils team was geared up for an upset. Their initial game plan to keep Lowellville out of the paint was working to perfection. The Rockets high powered offense was kept quiet for a big chunk of the first half. They only had 9 points in the first quarter.  Their defense held strong though and didn’t let Reserve take advantage of their slow start.  After leading 9-8 after one, Reserve opened the second on a 7-3 run taking a 15-12 lead with a Luke Henning three.  Unfortunately for the Blue Devils, that three served as smelling salts for the Rockets. They went on a tear almost immediately ending the half on a 12-0 run to lead 24-15 at the break.  The Rockets would continue that run into the second half as it extended to 28-2 to make their lead as big as 40-17.  They’d go on to get a comfortable road win 58-29.

Anthony Lucente led the Rockets rampage with double figures getting 13 points.  Alex Modelski was able to grab an impressive 9 points on the way to the win.  Ryan Hvisdak also worked his way to a 9 point evening.  Vinny Ballone did solid work inside as he scored 8 points. Henning led the Blue Devils with 8 points.

Lowellville will return home on Friday as they host Springfield.  Western Reserve hits the road as they go to Ram’s country to take on Mineral Ridge.

 

 

BLUE DEVILS WINNING STREAK MOVES TO 6

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BERLIN CENTER, OH- The Western Reserve Blue Devils hosted the Lowellville Rockets in MVAC play on Monday night. The Blue Devils got off to a slow start, but a second half push increased the winning streak to 6 games.

The Lowellville defense came up big time with a 3-2 zone in the first quarter. The Rockets held the Blue Devils to just 5 points after one quarter, leading 9-5. WR made an adjustment out of the timeout, outscoring the Rockets 18-3 in the second quarter to lead 23-12 at the break.

The Blue Devils came out of the locker room and outscored Lowellville 19-6, taking a 42-18 lead after three quarters. The Blue Devils glided to victory by a final of 54-25. The Blue Devils are now 12-4, keeping the winning streak alive at 6 in a row. Lowellville is now 7-9 on the season.

LEADERS:

Western Reserve-

Angelina Cappabianca: 12 points

Brooke Schantz, Linny Jones: 9 points

Lowellville

Serinna Tych- 10 points

BIG DUB FOR THE DEVILS

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BERLIN CENTER OH- Thursday night on the network saw various girls basketball conference matchups take place, primarily occurring in The Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference (MVAC). The Scarlet Division of The MVAC had a premier matchup happening in Berlin Center when The Western Reserve Blue Devils hosted The Waterloo Vikings. In the last meeting in Atwater, The Viking were able to claim the 6 point victory. After losing three consecutive matchups to The Vikings, this one was of high importance to The Blue Devils.

The first quarter saw teams exchange buckets with Brook Schantz nailing down a three pointer for Western Reserve, while Rose Couts hit a mid ranger for Waterloo. The two teams played with the lead early on in the quarter before Reserve started to pull away late in the first. Impressively, The blue Devils did not relinquish the lead from that point on!

Alyvia Hughes and Lisa Eichert did a great job establishing a paint presence, both offensively and crashing the glass in the rebounding department. While seeing Lindsay Jones back on a basketball court is a great sight and an example of hardwork and accomplishing a long journey back! Kaira English and Rose Couts were scoring in bunches for Waterloo and several times helped cut the Western Reserve lead down to a single possession. But for every run Waterloo would muster up, The Blue Devils had a response and kept them at bay. 

A lot of great performances attributed to a 40-36 win for The Blue Devils, allowing them to split the regular season series with Waterloo! The Player of The Game performance went to Brooke Schantz who controlled the tempo throughout all four quarters, while contributing offensively, consistently, throughout. All while shouldering a ton of pressure down the stretch when both Hughes and Eichert were in foul trouble. Schantz hit a game-sealing free throw that stretched the lead to four and clinched the victory for Western Reserve! 

Both teams will be in-action again on Monday, January 23rd. Following the loss, Waterloo (10-6)(6-2) will be back home to host McDonald (5-9)(1-6). While Western Reserve (11-4)(5-2) will stay home to host Lowellville (7-8)(2-5). Interviews with winning Head Coach Steve Miller and Player of The Game Brooke Schantz can be found below!

*Contributed By YSN’s Ty Bartell

RESERVE RUNS AWAY FROM THE CLIPPERS

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BERLIN CENTER OH- Non conference matchups place in the middle of conference play can be difficult.  Teams are so focused in on their conference opponents and what it’s going to take to come away in first place, an unfamiliar team coming in the middle can throw a team off. Western Reserve refused to fall in to that trap on Monday night as they hosted Columbiana.  Although it wasn’t a great start.  Columbiana caught fire in the first half. They ran up to a 25-21 lead late in the 2nd quarter.  That was the last time the Clippers had any control of the game. The Blue Devils ended the half on a 8-0 run, and kept their grasp on the game in the second half.  Reserve ran away from the Clippers to a 54-41 victory.

Leading the way for the Blue Devils was Alyvia Hughes who put in 15 points.  Brooke Schantz was also in double figures for the Devils as she brought in 12 points.  Reserve had one last player in double digits with Maddie Leone scoring 11.

Columbiana had a good offensive day despite the loss. They were paced by Ellie Venezia with 12 points.  Caitlyn Pleska was also in double figures scoring 10 points.  Alaina Johnston hit three shots from beyond the arc and finished with 9.

Western Reserve has a huge matchup on the horizon as they welcome in Waterloo on Thursday.  Columbiana has a rare Friday matchup as they host Lisbon.

LATE SURGE PUSHES BLUE DEVILS AHEAD

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BERLIN CENTER OH- In a game where Western Reserve was spending most of their time playing catch up to Jackson Milton, a late push was enough to give them a hard fought 59-52 win.  The Blue Jays led at the end of the first three quarters, and although their lead never ballooned into a big problem, Reserve couldn’t seem to find a way to crack through. In the fourth quarter however it was a mix of timely shooting, and a few easy transition buckets that propelled the Blue Devils to win the frame 24-14.

It was a hard nose effort from Hayden Fellows that paved the way for Reserve. He was able to finish with a game-high 21 points.  Dominick Ricciardi also finished in double figure for the Devils with 10.  Luke Henning hit a pair of late threes on his way to 8 points.

Aaren Romigh was his same old self for the Blue Jays leading the scoring with 20 points. Ryan Romigh wasn’t too far behind him as he finished in double figures with 13 points.  Ezekiel Brock chipped in 8 points for the Jays.

Western Reserve hits the road on Friday as they travel to Sebring.  Jackson Milton returns home to face off with Mineral Ridge.

WESTERN RESERVE WINS A TUG OF WAR

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BERLIN CENTER OH- It’s always a fun time when Western Reserve and McDonald match up with each other in the battle of the Blue Devils. Both teams came in to Friday nights game hoping a win would turn them in the right direction.  They both fought like their year was on the line as well. Im a night that saw both teams trade runs that were greater than ten points, Western Reserve pulled last and hung on 42-38.

Western Reserve was led by Hayden Fellows who scored 11 points including a pair of free throws that iced the game for the Blue Devils with 3 seconds left on the clock.  Luke Henning was also in double figures for Western Reserve with 10 points.  Joe Serensky contributed 7 points to the cause.

McDonald was led by Greg Costantino who finished with a game-high 13 points.  Wyatt Wolford gave everything he had down the stretch and pulled McDonald back in the game. He finished in double figures with 11 points.

Western Reserve stays home on Tuesday as they host bitter rival Jackson Milton.  McDonald will try to bounce back on Tuesday as they stay on the road at Sebring.

 

BLUE DEVILS FIND THEIR SHOT

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BERLIN CENTER OH- In the first half of the season Western Reserve had been leaning on their defense while their offense struggled to find consistent scoring. That went out the window during the opening minutes of their game against McDonald on Friday night. As part of a girls/boys double header, Reserve set the tone in a hurry jumping ahead 21-0 before you could blink.  A lot of those points came from behind the arc as well.  That would be all the Blue Devils would need to roll to a 60-37 win.

Brooke Schantz had a fantastic day leading the Reserve scoring with 21 points.  She wasn’t alone though, Kylee Ramsey burned McDonald’s defense with 5 three pointers on her way to 16 points.  Madi Leone contributed 9 points to the offense with a three of her own. The Blue Devils hit 13 perimeter shots as a team.

McDonald was led by Julianna Krumpak, and Gracie Callow with 9 points each.  Alivia Morrison worked her way to 7 points to help out the Blue Devils.

Western Reserve gets right back at it on Saturday night as they host Mineral Ridge. A 2 quarter JV game will begin at 6:00. The varsity will follow. McDonald is back in action on Monday as they travel to Sebring.

 

 

 

SPRINGFIELD BATTLES TO VICTORY

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BERLIN CENTER, Ohio –

Conner Hudran and Seandelle Gardner combined for forty points in Springfield’s 66-53 road victory over Western Reserve.

The two conference foes trailed blows in a first quarter highlighted by eight made three pointers between the two teams. Seandelle Gardner for Springfield led the team for the quarter with two as did Western Reserve’s Dominic Ricciardi.

Scoring would slow for both teams in the second quarter, as the two sides combined for just 20 points. Western Reserve’s Joey Serensky led quarter with six.

Trailing coming out of the break by seven, Western Reserve was only able to trim the gap by one heading into the final stanza. Explosive fourth quarter performances from Springfield’s Connor Hudran and Seandelle Gardner put the game on ice, both scoring eight points apiece, giving the Tigers the win, 66–53.

LEADING SCORERS –

WESTERN RESERVE:

Joey Serensky – 15 points

Hayden Fellows – 11 points

Luke Henning – 11 points

Luke Ramsey – 10 points

SPRINGFIELD:

Conner Hudran – 21 points, 9/9 FT

Seandelle Gardner – 19 points

Western Reserve – After having their three-gamewinning streak snapped, the Blue Devils will be back in MVAC conference action this Friday, January 6th against the McDonald Blue Devils (3-7).

Springfield – Following their three-game road trip, the Springfield Tigers will return home to take on the Jackson-Milton Blue Jays (4-6), this Friday, January 6th. Milton comes into the game on a three-game losing skid.

*Contributed By YSN’s Jamie Thomson