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THE FLYING V’S LAST FLIGHT

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BERLIN CENTER OH- Western Reserve senior middle blocker Dani Vuletich has been a big name in valley sports for the last four years. She has dominated her competition consistently over her career. Now in what seems like a blink of an eye, Vuletich enters her last go around on the volleyball court. In her senior season Dani looks to be the best leader she can be. On a team with a solid mix of seniors and underclassmen, Dani knows that there are younger players looking to her for an example.

In her career at Western Reserve Dani has played 217 sets, and racked up 728 kills. That comes out to an outstanding average of 3.4 kills per set. She’s also an efficient attacker, with a career hitting percentage of .351. Dani is a force in the front row, she has totaled 368 career blocks. She has served up 74 career aces. Dani is not a liability in the back row either, she has only made 28 serve receive errors on 221 receptions.

YSN’s Anthony Hartwig caught up with Dani to chat about her senior year. They discuss how she has grown over the years, how she leads her team, and much more. Hear from our first Blue Devil volleyball player profile “The Flying V’s Last Flight”.

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BLUE DEVILS LAY SIEGE TO SEBRING

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BERLIN CENTER OH- Western Reserve list a tough match on Monday night to Girard in five sets. On Tuesday, they let out all their frustrations out on Sebring winning a decisive sweep (25-10 25-7 25-7).

Dani Vuletich and Alyvia Hughes both led Reserve with 7 kills. Vuletich added 5 blocks, and Hughes captures 15 digs. Gianna Paris set up 17 assists, and also finished with 4 aces.

For Sebring, Blake Thomas led with 6 kills. Devyn Reggi finished with 9 digs. Mallory Harshman had 6 assists, and an ace.

Western Reserve moves on to their second matchup against Mineral Ridge at home on Thursday. Sebring moves on to host Jackson Milton.

MCDONALD MUSCLES THROUGH RESERVE

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BERLIN CENTER, OH- Western Reserve will come into tonights matchup (2-2) against McDonald (3-1). McDonald would show their defense early as they would force a safety to go up 2-0. After the kick return, McDonald’s Nathan Gilligan would rush for a 37-yard touchdown to extend their lead 9-0 after the extra-point. To start the second quarter, Reserve would answer back with a Russ Adair 2-yard rush to get their first score and David Altiers would convert the 2-point to make the score 8-9. McDonald would then answer back late in the half with Dom Schadl rushing into the end zone to end the half 16-8.

To start the second half no team would get into the end zone as both defenses came up big stopping the other teams offense. But, to start the 4th, Gilligan would run for another touchdown to extend their lead 23-8. Reserve would try a late 4th quarter comeback as freshman Luke Henning would throw a 65-yard touchdown to David Ashburn on the trick play. David Altiere would convert the 2-point to make the score 16-23. McDonald would run out the clock with 4 crucial minutes left on the game with Schadl running down the field and eventually taking a knee to advance to (4-1) on the season as Reserve falls to (2-3).

*Contributed By YSN’s Derrick Grossen

RESERVE CAUSES BLUE JAYS PROBLEMS

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BERLIN CENTER OH- In the first of two meetings between Western Reserve and Jackson Milton, it was the Blue Devils who came out on top with a sweep of the Blue Jays (25-16 25-18 25-22).

Dani Vuletich continued to be dominant in the front row with 16 kills and 3 blocks. Alyvia Hughes had a strong performance with 12 digs, 7 kills, and 2 aces. Gianna Paris clocked in a double double with 27 assists and 11 digs.

For Jackson Milton, Kelsie Taylor led the way in kills with 9. Camryn Mitchell Player fantastix defense and had a match-high 30 digs.

These two teams will play again on Thursday night this time at Jackson Milton.

RESERVE THE LAST DEVILS STANDING

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MCDONALD OH- Western Reserve and McDonald clashed on Tuesday night in a battle of the Blue Devils. This night was all about Reserve though as they swept McDonald on the road (25-13 25-18 25-14).

Dani Vuletich led the Blue Devils offense with 12 kills, and 3 blocks. She also finished with 2 digs and 2 assists. Lisa Eichert was also in double digits with 10 kills. Eichert also collected 6 digs, 3 aces, and a block. Gianna Paris and Kayla Owen both led Reserve in digs with 9 each. Paris also set up 23 assists.

Western Reserve will now host 8-2 Jackson Milton on Wednesday. McDonald drops their record to 6-6 and they’ll travel to Lowellville on Thursday.

BLUE DEVILS DON‘T MISS A STEP

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YOUNGSTOWN OH- After stopping a match in five sets to Crestview over the weekend, Western Reserve has plenty of frustrations to let out on Mooney Monday night. They did just that, as they quickly swept the Cardinals (25-16 25-13 25-9).

Dani Vuletich has a big night finishing with 20 kills on the night. Gianna Paris  was on point setting up 28 assists and collecting 7 digs. Alyvia Hughes has 11 digs, and swung for 5 kills.

For Mooney, Katie Hough has 7 kills, and 7 digs. Leanne Chandler has 9 digs. Raegan Filipowicz finished with 4 kills.

Western Reserve will build on the win and travel to McDonald on Tuesday. Mooney has a couple of days off before they host Boardman on Thursday.

REBELS BATTLE BACK AGAINST RESERVE

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COLUMBIANA OH- It was an exciting Saturday matinee in Crestview as the Rebels took a five set thriller against Western Reserve (25-19 11-25 25-16 23-25 15-10).

The Rebels opened set one in a quick hole, down 4-0 before they could blink. That four point lead last until the 11-7 mark, then the Rebels turned it on. Lucy Montgomery got her foul kills in the set in a quick burst and just like that it was tied. The Rebels controller the set from that point. Outscoring the Devils 14-8 the rest of the way. They’d take set 1 25-19.

The Blue Devils didn’t crumble under the didsapointment though. In fact, they did the opposite and dominated set two. Mostly off the incredible serving of Alyvia Hughes, the Devils rolled to a 25-11 set two win.

The Rebels returned the favor and dominated set three. The match was the truest representation of back and forth. 25-16 was the score of set three.

Set four was the most competitive. The Devi’s took an early lead, and held it to 13-8. Then the Rebels responded with a 6-0 run and took a 14-13 lead. The set went completely back and forth after that. Reserve got the clutch points down the stretch and took a 25-23 victory to force a decisive set 5.

Crestview beat the odds to win set five, you don’t often see a team drop set four and respond to win set five. It’s hard to stifle the other team’s momentum and stop them from starting the shorter set fast. The Rebels were able to do that though as they answered each Reserve point to start. Tied up at 3, Crestview took a 7-0 run to grab control. It was 14-7 before Reserve avoided three match points in a row before falling 15-10.

Montgomery  collected a triple double for Crestview with 19 kills, 22 assists, and 19 digs. Grace Auer also had a triple double with 19 kills, 20 assists, and 14 digs. Molly Emch finished with 8 kills, and 4 blocks. Kendra Greaves finished with 16 digs.

Dani Vuletich had a match-high 20 kills for Reserve, and also 6 blocks. Lisa Eichert finished with 12 kills. Hannah Diaz put in a good day of work as well with 13 kills.

Crestview will try to keep their 9-2 record rolling as they travel to Champion. Western Reserve drops to 7-3 and will travel to Mooney on Monday.

RESERVE TAKES CARE OF LOWELLVILLE

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LOWELLVILLE OH- Western Reserve kept their good tunes rolling on Thursday with a sweep of Lowellville (25-12 25-6 25-8).

Dani Vuletich led a balanced offense gathering 11 kills. Vuletich also has 2 blocks and an ace. Lisa Eichert added  8 kills, 8 digs, and 3 aces. Alyvia Hughes has 11 digs, 7 kills, and 3 aces. Gianna Paris racked up 19 assists, 5 aces, and a kill.

Western Reserve will look to stay in the win column on Tuesday as they host Springfield. Lowellville will look to get back on track Saturday as they host Campbell.

DEVILS SHINE ON SENIOR NIGHT

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BERLIN CENTER OH- It was senior night in Western Reserve, and the Devils honored 4 seniors. The Devils had a great game plan and executed it to a tee to earn a sweep of a tough Heartland Christian team (25-15 25-16 25-22).

The first set started as everyone expected this match to go, it was a back and forth competitive set. Until Reserve led 11-8, no team had a lead bigger than 2. But at that point the Devils took off and quickly grasped control over the set. Heartland was struggling to get into system and couldn’t be as aggressive as they wanted to be. Those struggles for Heartland continued into set two as Reserve dominated both of the first two sets.

The Lions really showed some fight to come out in the third set and grab a lead. Makayla Osborn served well for the Lions, at one point serving up 3 aces in a row to tie the set up at 6-6. However late in the set Reserve dug out a lot of strong attacks and simply outlasted the Lions in long rally’s. The Devils completed the sweep with a 25-22 victory in set three.

Dani Vuletich led the Devil’s attack with 10 kills. She also played great defense at the net with 4 blocks. Lisa Eichert had a strong night as well with 9 kills. Alyvia Hughes finished with 7. Gianna Paris gathered 16 assists on the night. Reserve did a good job having other players ready to set when Paris was taken out of the play.

Western Reserve will play their third game in three days on Thursday when they travel to Lowellville. Heartland will need to bounce back quick as they travel to Columbiana on Thursday.

RESERVE GETS ALL THE CLUTCH POINTS AGAINST QUAKERS

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SALEM OH- A highly anticipated out of conference match up between two of the better teams in the area did not disappoint. The Devils beat Salem in four, but each set was competitive, and each set saw the Devils grab the clutch points down the stretch to win (28-26 21-25 26-24 28-26).

Dani Vuletich led the Devils attack with 14 kills, 6 blocks, and 4 aces. Lisa Eichert completed a double-double with 13 kills, and 17 digs. Kayla Owen was a dig machine finishing with 34. Grace Paris spread the ball around well finishing with 20 assists.

Kaley Davis led Salem with 13 kills and 5 aces. Rylie Troy led the Quakers defense with 7 digs. Morgan McGaffick finished the night with 18 assists.

Western Reserve moves on to host Heartland Christian on Wednesday. That game will be live on YSN. Salem travels to Marlington on Thursday.