Liberty spikers beat Niles in 4

Staff report

NILES

Vakeyla Merriweather had 17 kills, 19 assists and six aces, and Jenna Sewell had 38 assists and six aces, leading Liberty High to its first volleyball win of the season, over Niles on Tuesday night.

The scores were 25-16, 20-25, 25-20, 25-17.

Keasia Bell had nine aces and Mackenzie Stanley had five blocks for Liberty (1-5).

For Niles (1-6), Ashley Ganyard had eight kills, four aces, five points and 12 digs; Amber Bellews had five kills, three aces, nine points and three blocks; Shayla Barnes had three kills and five blocks and Danielle Lee had 20 assists.

JVs: Liberty 25-13, 25-18.

Springfield 25-21-25-25, Crestview 13-25-10-15

NEW MIDDLETOWN

Larissa Santangelo had 10 kills, four blocks, eight points, five aces and 13 passes to lead Springfield (5-3, 3-2 ITCL).

Katie Kennedy had 13 points and 15 passes; Jessica Evan had 13 points and 25 assists; Brooke Schrieber had seven kills and 12 points, and Carly Cunningham had three aces and 17 passes for Springfield.

For Crestview (2-7, 1-5), Shanelle Davner had 14 kills, two blocks, two points and six digs; Emma Merrill had seven kills, two blocks, four points and eight digs; Kayleigh Miller had eight points and 12 digs and Morgan Newbauer had two points, two aces, 26 assists and nine digs.

Mathews 25-25-25, Bristol 4-9-8

VIENNA

Sarah McCulley had 16 points, six aces and three blocks; Steffany Armstrong had 12 points and nine digs; Jessie Gearhart had four aces and 12 kills; Julie Spadafora had 24 assists, Jonna Omerzo had five digs and Megan Turek had three blocks for Mathews (4-3, 3-2 NAC).

For Bristol (3-4, 3-2), Lindsay Keller had eight points and two aces; Kasey Jones had four blocks and one kill; Steff Markowitz had five digs and Amber White had one assist.

JVs: Mathews 25-12, 17-25, 25-6.

Canfield 25-25-25, Howland 8-13-23

CANFIELD

Ellie Rafoth had 15 assists, nine points and four aces; Sarah McGraw had 16 points, 13 assists and two aces; Mary Kate Andrews had nine kills and Abby Malsch had eight kills for Canfield (4-1, 2-1 AAC Red Tier).

JVs: Canfield 25-14, 21-25, 25-22.

Boardman 25-28-25, Mass. Perry 21-26-18

BOARDMAN

Stephanie Sfara had seven points, 15 kills and 15 digs; Kristy Lake had 15 points, 12 kills and 14 digs; Amanda Volosin had two aces, five points, 15 digs and 23 assists and Jenna Powell had 22 digs for the Spartans (4-3, 2-3 Federal League).

For Perry (4-3, 3-2), Meghan Vodopich had three aces, seven points and 18 assists and Kim Gabel had 21 digs.

JVs: Boardman, 2-1.

Jackson-Milton 25-22-25-25, Western Reserve 16-25-19-16

NORTH JACKSON

Paige Kiraly had 21 points and six aces, Maddie Griffiths had 21 points, 20 kills, 31 attacks and three aces; Erica Hughes had nine kills and 27 attacks; Rachael Obradovich had 43 sets and 15 assists; Zaina Sahli had 20 digs and Colleen Maskarinec had three blocks for J-M (4-4, 3-1 ITCL).

For Western Reserve (6-4, 3-1), Casey Stevens had 12 points, 15 assists, nine digs and two aces; Sissy Stubbs had eight kills and Hannah Shrader had seven blocks.

JVs: J-M 25-21, 25-19.

Champion 19-22-25-26-15, Newton Falls 25-25-15-24-10

NEWTON FALLS

Rachel Horton had nine kills and six blocks and Cierra Seyer had 10 digs and four aces for Champion (2-4).

For Newton Falls (5-3, 3-2 AAC), Destiny Prusky had 20 kills, 13 digs, seven blocks and 16 points; and Tori Milani had 14 kills, 18 digs, three aces and 15 points.

Mineral Ridge 26-16-25-23-15, East Palestine 24-25-15-25-13

MINERAL RIDGE

Megan Ben had 16 points, 23 kills and six aces; Brittney Bevilacqua had 16 points and 24 assists; Katie Fife had 26 kills and 10 blocks; Abby Riffee had 54 digs; Chasity Digman had 10 blocks and Lea Whitmer had 19 assists for Mineral Ridge (8-0, 5-0 ITCL).

For East Palestine (5-4, 2-3), Paige Peterson had 18 points, Carly Blair had 29 digs, Ashley Morris had 18 kills and 17 blocks, Brooke Gedeon had eight kills, Emily Noel had 11 blocks and Megan Brown had 26 assists.

Southern 25-25-25, Lowellville 16-16-9

SALINEVILLE

Maddy Dowling had 10 points, five kills and two aces; Brittany Madison had six points and six kills and Taylor Kelm had 11 points, five aces and 10 assists for Southern (7-3, 3-1 ITCL).

For Lowellville (1-6, 0-4), Jill Cholensky had 13 digs, 12 attacks, three points, two kills and one ace, while Kayla Maszczak had four assists.

JVs: Southern 25-15, 25-21.

canton mckinley 25-29-23-25, Fitch 13-27-25-19

CANTON

Julie Martinelli led the Falcons with nine kills in the Federal League match.

Britney Weidenthal added 22 assists, while Amanda Callahan had 25 digs and Colleen Hurdley had three blocks.