PREP ROUNDUP

FOOTBALL

Alliance 34, West Branch 24

WEST BRANCH

Alliance (3-3) outscored West Branch (3-3) 20-0 in the second half. The Warriors’ Rob Lozier rushed for 189 yards and three touchdowns and T.J. DeShields passed for 244 yards and a pick. Alliance returned a kickoff and an interception for a touchdown in the third quarter.

Cleveland Central Catholic 28, Valley Christian 15

POLAND

Valley Christian (2-3) quarterback Milan Square went 8-fo-13 for 186 yards, two touchdowns and two picks in defeat. Jaymk Jackson caught six of those passes for 129 yards and two TDs. Fred Hicks rushed for 30 yards and Logan Schnabel kicked a 23-yard field goal. No stats were reported for Cleveland Central Catholic (2-4).

Late Friday

Southington 32, Pymatuning Valley 22

ANDOVER

Southington (3-3) brought its record back to .500. The Wildcats got two rushing touchdowns each from Christian Romigh and Cody Helmuth and rushed for 311 yards as a team. Gaige Willis rushed for 111 yards and a touchdown for Pymatuning Valley (2-4).

CROSS COUNTRY

2016 Clipper Invitational

COLUMBIANA

Western Reserve’s Ashleigh Rowley set a meet record while taking first at the 2016 Clipper Invitational. The senior’s time of 20:25.3 beat out the old record set by Austintown Fitch’s Carissa Jenkins (20:32.8) set in 2010. Beaver Local won the team competition with a score of 34.

On the boys’ side, Cuyahoga Falls recorded a perfect score of 15. Runners in first through eight place were all Black Tigers. The highest finish for a local runner was Columbiana’s Jacob Conner (19:16.3) who took ninth.

VOLLEYBALL

Cardinal Mooney 25-25-25, Warren Harding 8-8-10

YOUNGSTOWN

Autumn DeSantis made 14 kills and Haylie Sapp 15 digs for the Cardinals (8-8). Maria Pelini made 15 assists. For the Raiders (1-14), Lexie Plaguer made five kills and Arayla Patterson made 10 digs.

Lordstown 25-25, LaBrae 23-11

LEAVITTSBURG

Kellee Applegate made 10 kills and Josie Topercer made 16 digs for the Red Devils. Morgan Meyer and Haylie Kiser each made 10 digs. Meyer made five kills. JV: Lordstown, 2-1.

Lordstown 25-25, Niles 9-12

LEAVITTSBURG

Applegate made 16 kills and two blocks while Topercer made 11 digs.

LaBrae 26-25, Niles 24-22

LEAVITTSBURG

Kiser made 19 digs and Danielle Douce made eight kills for the Vikings.

Brookfield 25-25, Pymatuning Valley 19-23

CONNEAUT

Bailey Drapola made eight kills and two blocks and scored nine points for the Warriors. Kenzie Drapola made seven digs and 21 assists, and scored eight points with six aces.

Brookfield 28-25, Conneaut 26-16

CONNEAUT

Bailey Drapola contributed 10 kills, 15 digs and four blocks for the Warriors (10-6). Olivia Vogel made eight kills and scored seven points.

BOYS SOCCER

Austintown Fitch 3, Ursuline 2

AUSTINTOWN

Blake Baker, Josh Egolf and Hunter Klaus scored the goals for the Falcons. Baker, Klaus and Brandon Morton made assists while Trevor Hykes, Klaus and Cameron Ashley combined for 11 saves. For the Irish, Bryce Blazek made eight saves while Patrick Conway scored both goals. Guy Keho and Alex Frease each had an assist.

Mineral Ridge 10, Campbell 3

MINERAL RIDGE

Garret Smith and Trey Richards had hat tricks as the Rams (8-2-1) blew out the Red Devils. Braedynn Porter, Dylan Henning, Danny Linebaugh and T.J. Gaydosh also scored for Mineral Ridge. Fernando Berrios, Giovani Lisi and James Burley-Jackson scored goals for Campbell. Rams goalie Will Cupan made six saves. Red Devils goalie Tristan Kendall had six saves. JV: Campbell, 2-1.

GIRLS SOCCER

Austintown Fitch 3, North Canton Hoover 2

NORTH CANTON

Jordan Evans, Lauren Dolak and Brittany McFall scored for the Falcons (10-2). Dolak, McFall and Jordan Evans made assists. For the Vikings, Lesley Kiesling and Emma Harris scored goals while Lesley Kiesling and Rachel Somody made assists. Goalkeeper Madison Smith made two saves. JV: Fitch, 2-0.

Lakeview 3, Howland 0

HOWLAND

Halley Raines scored two goals and Rachel Braunegg one for the Bulldogs. Maddy Clark made two assists and Sam Yanci one. Goalkeeper Miranda Meffe made five saves. For the Tigers, Kamryn Buckley made one save. JV: Howland, 2-1.

Staff report