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Girls varsity softball beats Sherman High School
The Boardman High School girls varsity softball team beat Sherman High School with a score of 4-3 on April 16. Madison Lester pitched a complete game to earn the victory for the Lady Spartans over the Sherman Wildcats. Lester struck out seven and the Lady Spartans defense was huge in securing the win. The Spartans were led offensively by Jenna Olexa who went one for three with a double and two runs batted in and Dana Haus went one for three with a run batted in.
Boys varsity baseball falls to Inspiration Academy
The Boardman High School boys varsity baseball team fell to Inspiration Academy by a score of 7-3 on April 14. The Spartans were led by Mike Fetsko and Connor Miller who both had solo home runs.
Boys varsity baseball beats Bishop Thomas
The Boardman High School boys varsity baseball team beat Bishop Timon-St Jude High School by a score of 19-2 on April 15. The Spartans’ offensive exploded for 19 runs and 20 hits. Boardman was lead offensively by Mike Fetsko and Cam Kreps with four hits each and both had four runs batted in, while Luke Stuaffer and Dylan Gurski had multiple runs batted in.
Boys varsity baseball falls to IMG Silver
Boardman High School Varsity Baseball fell to IMG Silver by a score of 6-4 on April 16. Boardman was lead offensively by Cam Kreps with three hits and had a good pitching performance from both Travis Harvey and Jim Goske.
Girls junior varsity lacrosse beat by Poland
The Boardman High School girls junior varsity lacrosse was beat by Poland Seminary High School with a score of 7-3 on April 11. Shelbi Fernholz, Tori Coppola and Evelyn Fleet scored one goal each, with assists by Signe Renstrom and Emma Mills. Draw control by Signe Renstrom and Shelbi Fernholz and one caused turnover by Tyler Williams. Goalie Erin Jackson had five saves at goalie and Gillian Canacci had one save.
Boys track team competes at Elite Meet
The Boardman High School boys track team competed at the Second Sole Elite Meet at GlenOak High School in Canton on April 13, finishing tied for 12th overall out of a 23 teams. Highlighting the meet for the Spartans was junior David Merdich placing third in the shot put and senior Nikitas Missos placing sixth, Missos also placed fourth in the discus.The 4x400 relay team of junior Isaiah Suarez, sophomore Brennan Stratton, sophomore Cristian Ortiz and sophomore Jonah Bacho placed sixth. Junior Mitchel Dunham placed fifth in the 3200 meter run, junior Brian Yauger was seventh in the 300 hurdles and sophomore Micah Beckwith placed first in the seated 100, 400, 800 and shot put.
Girls varsity lacrosse falls to Conneaut
The Boardman High School Girls varsity lacrosse team fell to Conneaut Area Senior High School with a score of 6-5 on April 9. Paige Jankowksi, Priya Shah, Yasmin Musleh, Mckayla Bryan and Oliva Cmil had one goal each, with assists by Jankowski, Nora Habo and Mckayla Bryan. Draw control by Jankowski. Goalie Gia Ditullo had 11 saves in goal.
Gilrs varsity lacrosee beats Poland
The Boardman High School girls varsity lacrosse team beat Poland Seminary High School with a score of 19-2 on April 11. Seven girls were in on the scoring of 19 goals and three girls earned hat tricks. Paige Jankowski had a double hat trick scoring seven goals. Mckayla Bryan hat trick with four goals and Olivia Cmil hat trick with three goals. Nora Habo had two goals, and one goal each by Erinn Loney, Julia Yauger and Signe Renstrom. Assists by Jankowksi, Yauger, Yasmin Musleh, Bryan, Lauren Fetsko, Abby Serrino, Emily Jackson and Gia Ditullo. Draw control by Erinn Loney, Jankowski, Yauger, Emma Mills and Signe Renstrom. Caused turnover by Jankowski. Goalie Gia Ditullo had nine saves in goal.
Girls varsity softball rallies past Jefferson
The Boardman High School girls varsity softball team beat Jefferson, of Richmond, Va., with a score of 12-8 on April 17. The Lady Spartans used a seven-run sixth inning to rally past Jefferson in the Myrtle Beach Grand Strand Tourney. Madison Lester pitched four and two-thirds innings striking out seven to help the Lady Spartans notch the victory. The Lady Spartans were led offensively by Jenna Olexa who went two for four with a triple double and three runs batted in. Brooke Hoffman went two for four with a double and a run batted in, Ashley Saxton went two for two with two runs batted in, Alicia Saxton went one for two, Jenny Taraszewski went one for two, Samantha Aey went one for three with a run batted in, Dana Haus went one for four, Lauren Maugan went one for four with a run batted in and Lester walked twice.
Boys freshman baseball beats Pymatuning
The Boardman High School boys freshman baseball team beat Pymatuning Valley High School by a score of 15-3 on April 17. The Spartans exploded with a nine-run third inning to secure the victory. Jack Dascenzo, Griffin Widrig, Athony Butto, Aidan Miller and Jac Cordon all moved runners across the plate with runs batted in. Dascenzo and Colin Thomas each had multiple hits while Widrig and Butto were the runs batted in leaders with three each. Seth Cervello pitched three innings while Patrick Dorazio and Widrig each threw an inning. The three pitchers combined to strike out 12. The win improves the team’s record to 7-1 on the season.
Girls varsity softball falls to Louisa County High School
The Boardman High School girls varsity softball team fell to Louisa County High School by a score of 9-6 on April 18. This was the Lady Spartans first loss in the Myrtle Beach Grand Strand Tourney. The team was led by Kathryn Ohoro who went two for three with a triple. Vanessa Roush went one for one with a walk and Lauren Maugan went one for two with a walk.
Neighbors wants spring sports news
It’s time for spring athletics and Neighbors wants to be there every step of the way. If you’re a 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.
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 and 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.
Send Neighbors your news
If you’re a spring 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.