Canfield Sports Briefs

On Sept. 22, the Canfield Middle School boys and girls cross country teams places 14th and fourth, respectively, at the Suburban League Championship Meet in Canfield. Running for the boys were Stephen Pacheco (12:20.8), Bobby Smallwood (12:25.7), Trent Childers (12:37.5), Nick Colonna (14:03.3), Connor Cutrer (14:06.1), Michael Halchuck (14:13.5), Zach Russo (14:37.9), Tyler Cole (14:44.7), Ethan Scalzo (15:28.7), Aaron Ferguson (15:35.8) and Chris Smith (22:00.3). Running for the girls were Ellie Accordino (12:36.5), Camryn Kohout (12:38.9), Kami Childers (13:17.1), Steffie Marciniak (13:38.5), Marissa Ieraci (13:43.6), Shaylea Plant (14:00.9), Christine Bennett (14:01.9), Jordan Helmick (14:03.7), Morgan Carey (15:14.4), Morgan Hoover (15:44.3), Lexsi Hawkes (15:54.7), Maddie Ritter (15:57.7), Brianna Dunlap (17:20.9), Gia Martin (17:40.7), Erin Bell (17:43.7), Ella Mitchell (17:47.7), Cameron Hoover (18:37.2), Anna Kerensky (19:25.1) and Hannah Edwards (19:45.5).

Middle school girls cross country places second at Mahoning County Championship

On Sept. 29 the Canfield Middle School girls cross country team places second at the Mahoning County Championship meet in Austintown. The boys team also ran. Running for the boys were Trent Childers (12:44.3), Stephen Pacheco (12:45.8), Bobby Smallwood (12:48.9), Tyler Cole (13:32.3), Michael Halchuck (14:30.8), Zach Russo (14:35.3), Ethan Scalzo (15:05.3), Aaron Ferguson (15:24.7), Connor Cutrer (15:32.2), Nate Hlaudy (17:20.5) and Chris Smith. Running for the girls were Ellie Accordino (12:49.9), Camryn Kohout (12:56.7), Steffie Marciniak (13:46.5), Kami Childers (14:02.0), Shaylea Plant (14:05.7), Christine Bennett (14:06.4), Marissa Ieraci (14:22.8), Jordan Helmick (14:24.7), Morgan Carey (15:18.8), Morgan Hoover (15:24.2), Lexsi Hawkes (15:35.6), Maddie Ritter (16:28.7), Cameron Hoover (17:16.4), Erin Bell (17:17.1), Gia Martin (17:38.6), Brianna Dunlap (17:49.9), Anna Kerensky (19:21.2), Hannah Edwards (20:37.3) and Ella Mitchell.

Boys soccer wins against Lakeside

The Canfield boys varsity soccer team won 8-0 against Ashtabula Lakeside on Oct. 1. Sophomore Justin Montazeri had four goals, sophomore Sam Accordino had two goals, sophomore RJ Thomas and Junior Tanor English had one goal each. Christian Hume had two assists, and Trevor Wilson, Alex Petrallo and Will Files had one assist each. Jeff Joseph and Nick Piersante each had one save against Lakeside. Canfield is now 8-1-1 for the season and 5-1-1 in the AAC Red.

Canfield volleyball aces Hubbard

On Sept. 29, the Canfield volleyball team beat Hubbard in three straight sets, 25-17, 25-13 and 25-21. For Canfield, Morgan Leonard 11 kills and 13 points; Emma Hartshorn had 30 assists; Jessica Meissner had 20 digs and 11 points; Maddy Johns had eight blocks.

Canfield soccer defeats Warren Harding

On Sept. 29, the Canfield boys varsity soccer team beat Warren Harding 3-0. Scoring goals for Canfield were RJ Thomas, Tanor English and Ben Feuer. Christian Hume and Jowad Atway both had assists. Jeff Joseph had seven saves for Canfield. Canfield’s record now stands at 7-1-1 and 4-1-1 in the AAC Red.

Canfield Local Schools announces youth basketball skill academy

The Canfield High School boys’ basketball program will be hosting the annual Cardinals’ Basketball Youth Skills Academy in preparation for the 2015-2016 basketball season. All current Canfield fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade boys are eligible participants. The first night of The Academy will be on Nov. 3 from 7-8:30 p.m. at Canfield Village Middle School. For more information or to register, visit www.mmuck7.weebly.com and click on Youth Basketball. The cost will be $20 per participant and can be paid on the first evening of The Academy.

Hall of Fame nominations being accepted

Canfield High School is now actively seeking nominations for selection to its athletic Hall Of Fame in a ceremony set to take place early next year. For more information and/or nomination forms, contact the Canfield Athletic Department at 330-533-5341 or email gcooper@canfieldschools.net.

Send Neighbors your news

If you’re a fall sports coach or the parent of an athlete, we need your help. In order to get teams and players the recognition they deserve, we want to showcase them in our pages. You can email us at neighbors@vindy.com.

You don’t have to be a writer — just send us the information and we’ll put it all together. When emailing pictures, send them as JPEG files as large as possible. Provide caption information and where people are located from left to right, front row to back.

Neighbors wants fall sports news

Fall sports have begun and Neighbors wants to be there every step of the way. If you’re a fall sports coach or the parent of an athlete, we need you help. In order to get teams and players the recognition they deserve, we want to showcase them in our pages. We can only do that if you commit to sending us game reports and photos each week. If you send it, it will get in.

You can email us at neighbors@vindy.com. You don’t have to be a writer — just send us the information and we’ll put it all together. When emailing pictures, send them as JPEG files as large as possible. Provide caption information and where people are located from left to right, front row to back. The sports news we’re looking for ranges from varsity high school teams down to middle school and even elementary and recreational leagues.

We look forward to hearing about your teams successes.