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Boys varsity basketball beats Austintown

The boys varsity basketball team beat Austintown Fitch High School with a score of 61-49, securing an undefeated conference record, on Feb. 22. Che Trevena led Boardman with 13 points. Cam Kreps put in 12 points, along with eight rebounds. Derrick Anderson tallied 11 points and four assists. Connor Miller added eight points and five rebounds and Ethan Andersen totaled six points. Daeone Martin and Tommy Fryda each added four points and Zach Ryan hit a three-ball to round out the scoring. Boardman ended the regular season on a 15-game win streak, finishing 19-3 (10-0 in the AAC).

Varsity wrestling finishes fourth at OHSAA Sectionals

The varsity wrestling finished fourth at OHSAA Sectionals with 145 points on Feb. 23. Five additional wrestlers lost in the blood round but still placed. Boardman has four district alternates. Tyler Rea (120) finished fifth losing in the semi and consolation final but defeated his foe from Fitch and will be a district alternate. Anthony Baglama (126) just missed qualifying as well and finished fifth and will be a district alternate. Sean O’Horo (132) finished fifth defeating Kuto from Lake 4-3. Ashton LaBelle (138) finished fifth with a 7-5 match and Jake Powell(182) was sixth. Dominic Vennetti (106) defeated and then later lost to Dolce from Perry and finished fourth. Ray Cmil (113) pinned his North Canton foe. Ray used a inside trip throw to get the pin to qualify over his North Canton opponent and then won on default to finish third. Tyler Rea and LaBelle won decisions to finish fifth and are district alternates. Nate Thompson made the finals with a pin over his Lake opponent and Kareem Hamdan (160) won by major decision in semi final over Dover and both finished second. Michael O’Horo won 10-5 in the semi finals and 4-1 over Massillon Jackson in the final for his first sectional title. Dan Fetty (145) also won a match.

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.