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Boys varsity lacrosse beats Cardinal Mooney
The Boardman Spartans boys varsity lacrosse team opened up their season with a 14-5 victory over Cardinal Mooney on March 19. Egan Hare scored a pair of goals in the opening minutes to get the Spartans off to a good start. Nick Beck added a pair of goals in the final minutes of the first period to put the Spartans up 4-1 through the first 12 minutes. Beck added two more scores in the second quarter and Dominick Barber and Steven Balentine each scored a goal as the Spartans led 8-3 at halftime. In the second half, Alex Wood scored twice and Hare and Beck each scored a goal to put the Spartans up 12-5. Barber and Peter Fernandez each scored one more goal to finish the scoring for the Spartans. Chris Barber had nine saves in the win.
Girls varsity lacrosse falls to Cardinal Mooney
The Lady Spartans came up short, losing their season opener to Cardinal Mooney by a score of 9-7 on March 19. Paige Jankowski led the Spartans with five goals and Priya Shah had two goals. Erin Loney, Shah, Jankowski and Nora Habo all had assists for the Spartans. Spartan goalie Gia DiTullo had 12 saves for the game.
Girls varsity lacrosse beats St Vincent-St Mary
The Boardman High School girls varsity lacrosse team defeated Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary by a score of 7-6 for their first win of the season on March 21. Leading the Spartans in goals were Priya Shah and Oliva Cmil with three and Julia Yauger with one goal. Paige Jankowski had interceptions and Yauger had one. Goalie Gia Ditullio had 10 saves.
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.