PENINSULA — Admittedly, Poland girls basketball coach Nick Blanch thought the 2025-26 season was going to be a bit of a rebuilding year. The Bulldogs had a young core that needed experience, and it was going to take time for everything to gel. But Blanch still thought his girls could make ...
The state swim meet was held at C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton this past week, with the finals taking place Friday and Saturday. The Springfield girls were the top finishers from the area, tying for ninth with 85 points in Division II. Canfield was 38th with 10, Howland tied for 49th with six and Poland was 53rd with four. For the boys, Salem came in 40th with 12 points to lead the area schools, and Poland tied for 48th with six as Ursuline came in 50th with five In Division I, Boardman’s girls finished tied for 31st with 17 points. DIVISION II GIRLS Springfield’s Paige ...
More than 100 area wrestlers clinched a spot in a district tournament with a top-four placing at the various sectionals this past weekend. Of those qualifiers, 21 won a sectional title. Across seven different sectional events, Austintown Fitch’s Evan Protopapa, Stephen Medved, Reghan Koch and Yelieishka Perez-Navedo, Canfield’s Gabe Miller, Hubbard’s Markel Hackwelder, West Branch’s Beau Nezbeth, Gavin Hang and Grace Bates, Grand Valley’s Joe Montgomery, Pymatuning Valley’s Bennett Claypoole, South Range’s Ralph Stellato and Tyson Seesholtz, Western Reserve’s Amelia ...
The Division II bowling championships took place on Friday night at HP Lanes in Columbus. The Champion boys took 14th with a score of 3,421. Two locals placed in the top 11 on the boys’ side. Champion senior Mario Humenik finished fifth with a 662 and Chalker sophomore TJ Williams ended the day in 11th with a 645. For the rest of the Golden Flashes, Kyle Kolat scored 571 for 32nd, Gavin Torok was 74th with a 466 and George Smith came in 85th with a 310. The Mahoning Valley did not have a team compete in the girls’ tournament, but there was one individual. Struthers senior ...
BOYS BASKETBALL Sectional Finals Poland 66, Girard 47 — Poland jumped out to a 15-5 first quarter lead and never let Girard get within reach. Carmine Tukalo scored 31 to lead the Bulldogs. Tukalo knocked down three 3-pointers. Nick Nittoli added a pair of threes for Poland and scored 12 points overall. Braxton Sloan led the Girard offense, scoring 19 points and sinking three 3-pointers. AJ Pearson was the only other Indian in double figures with 10 points. LaBrae 73, Lakeview 70 — Lakeview held a 10-point halftime lead and led 49-42 heading into the fourth quarter but LaBrae ...
LORDSTOWN — Walt DeShields and the West Branch girls basketball program had earned “a couple silvers” in the district tournament the last two years, when the Warriors, despite more than 20 wins on their resume, fell in the championship game. Saturday’s Division IV, Northeast 2 ...
