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POLAND -- South Range's boys cross country team won the Northest 8 title on Saturday night under the lights at Poland Township Park.
South Range had seven runners in the top 20 and cruised to the title.
Poland won the girls title.
BOYS STANDINGS: 1. South Range 47, 2. Poland 82, Lakeview 83, 4. Lakeview 83, 4. Jefferson Area 86, 5. Niles 96, 6. Girard 119.
BOYS LEADERS: 1. Logan Flament (Poland) 17:11, 2. Michael Hvizdos (South Range) 17:18, 3. Spencer Bush (South Range) 17:18, 4. Ricky Marscio (Girard) 17:33, 5. Tony Gallo (Poland) 17:35, 6. Luke Robinson (Jefferson Area) 17:41, 7. Zac Haley (Lakeview) 17:42, 8. Stephen Sly (Jefferson Area) 18:08, 9. Nathan Lanham (Niles) 18:12, 10. Ashton Russo (Niles) 18:15.
GIRLS STANDINGS: 1. Poland 19, 2. Lakeview 60, 3. South Range 75, 4. Jefferson Area 95, 5. Girard 111, 6. Hubbard 190.
GIRLS LEADERS: 1. Jackie Grisdale (Poland) 20:05, 2. Halle Sebest (Poland) 20:07, 3. Haley Trolio (Poland) 20:44, 4. Sydney Dobler (Lakeview) 21:21, 5. Abigail Baun (South Range) 21:44, 6. Ellen Ethridge (Poland) 21:47, 7. Riley Norris (Poland) 21:59, 8. Rachel Campolito (Lakeview) 22:11, 9. Emily Razo (South Range) 22:24, 10. Kaitlyn DeProfio (Lakeview) 22:33.
Malone Invitational
CANTON -- East Palestine's girls were a respectable 13th on Saturday at the Malone Invitational.
Marina Giess led the Bulldogs with a 37th place finish (21:55).
West Branch's boys finished 13th as well with Justin Cederbloom taking 33rd (17:38). East Liverpool's Brannan Smith was 44th (17:49).
OVERALL BOYS STANDINGS: 1. St. Ignatius 89, 2. Louisville 90, 3. Massillon Jackson 3, 4. GlenOak 121, 5. Aurora 137, 6. Green 210, 7. Hoban 249, 8. Lake 252, 9. Field 260, 10. Firestone 299, 11. CVCA 306, 12. University 326, 13. West Branch 358, 14. Minerva 435, 15. Chippewa 447, 16. Alliance 489, 17. Crestwood 521, 18. Canton McKinley 573, 19. Carrollton 580, 20. Rootstown 598, 21. Mogadore 600, 22. Lutheran West 612, 23. Southeast 635, 24. Waynedale 662, 25. Massillon 749, 26. East Canton 771, 27. Columbiana 773, 28. East Palestine 813.
BOYS LEADERS: 1. Bobby Ganser (Louisville) 15:57, 2. Tommy Rice (GlenOak) 16:03, 3. Clay Peets (Firestone) 16:12, 4. Drennan Akins (CVCA) 16:21, 5. Sean Uhran (St. Ignatius) 16:22, 6. Matthew Singleton (Aurora) 16:25, 7. Andrew Ploskunak (Aurora) 16:41, 8. Colby Adams (Louisville) 16:45, 9. Jonathan Varner (Waynedale) 16:47, 10. Alex Zuckett (Mass. Jackson) 16:50.
33. Justin Cederbloom (West Branch) 17:38, 44. Brannan Smith (East Liverpool) 17:49, 62. Michael Dorris (West Branch) 18:09, 63. Josiah Hicks (West Branch) 18:13.
148. Dominic Fertsch (East Palestine) 19:30.
OVERALL GIRLS STANDINGS: 1. Massillon Jackson 55, 2. Aurora 101, 3. Minerva 111, 4. Green 122, 5. Lake 138, 6. GlenOak 214, 7. Hawken 218, 8. Hoban 227, 9. Crestwood 234, 10. Carrollton 271, 11. Mogadore 336, 12. Waynedale 340, 13. East Palestine 367, 14. Rootstown 380, 15. Firestone 395, 16. CVCA 418, 17. Chippewa 503, 18. Field 525, 19. West Branch 530, 20. Alliance 538, 21. Lutheran West 553, 22. Canton McKinley 600, 23. East Liverpool 697.
GIRLS LEADERS: 1. Ella Gilson (Hawken) 18:17, 2. Alex Bauer (Lake) 18:51, 3. Sofia Istnick (Mass. Jackson) 19:19, 4. Olivia Gang (Green) 19:33, 5. Kailey Zagst (Mass. Jackson) 19:37, 6. Mikayla Jones (Aurora) 19:43, 7. Anika Berrios (Lake) 19:54, 8. Grace Barto (Aurora) 20:04, 9. Lauren Mahoney (Hoban) 20:10, 10. Allie Hartnett (Mass. Jackson) 20:20.
37. Marissa Giess (East Palestine) 21:55, 55. Hannah Cunningham (East Palestine) 22:38, 61. Hannah Egli (West Branch) 22:52, 89. Jaylene Jackson (East Palestine) 23:28.
138. Heather Bishop (East Palestine) 24:49, 149. Eris Dugan (West Branch) 25:22.
SOCCER
Crestview 8,
Rootstown 0
ROOTSTOWN -- Crestview's boys soccer team, ranked sixth in the state in Div. III by the Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association, ripped Rootstown 8-0 on Saturday.
The Rebels are 11-0-0 and have scored 76 scores while giving up just four this season.
Crestview hosts Brookfield on Tuesday.
For the Rebels, Nick Novak had three goals and an assist. He has 23 goals and 13 assists on the season. Will Welch had two goals with Noah Wickline, Ryan Emch and Zach Wellman scoring one each. Mitch Auer had three assists with Wellman having two. Wickline also had an assist.
Carter Blakeman had four saves for his eighth shutout.
Columbiana 6, Jackson Milton 0
COLUMBIANA -- Columbiana's boys soccer team bounced Jackson-Milton 6-0 on Saturday.
For the Clippers, Collin Schick and Micah Direnzo each scored two goals. Gabe Heinrich had a goal and an assist. Cody Brooks also had a goal. Drake Daugherty added an assist. Nate Burnell and Dylan Hogan split the shutout with two saves each.
Columbiana take on Warren JFK at home today.
East Liverpool 8, Leetonia 1
LEETONIA -- Selena Rogers had five goals as East Liverpool knocked off Leetonia 8-1 on Saturday.
Natalie Parker, Emily Wright and Mikayla Reed also scored. Shayla Foster had four saves on five shots on goal.
East Liverpool had 27 shots on goal.
Austintown 1, West Branch 0
AUSTINTOWN --Austintown converted its lone goal on a free kick to down West Branch 1-0 in soccer action on Saturday.
West Branch is 8-1-2 and will be at Alliance on Wednesday.
Columbiana 2, Grand Valley 1
COLUMBIANA -- Columbiana's girls soccer team held off Grand Valley for a 2-1 win on Saturday.
After falling behind early, Lily Marsco tied the game up for the Clippers on an assist by Rogan Stryffeler with 21 minutes left in the first half.
Following an injury in the second half and with the team down to 10 players, Columbiana was able to go ahead on a penalty kick by Anna Goehring.
VOLLEYBALL
West Branch 3, East Liverpool 1
EAST LIVERPOOL -- West Branch improved to 12-3 with a 25-17, 25-22, 21-25, 25-23 win over East Liverpool on Saturday.
For the Warriors, Sydney Mercer had 15 kills and 11 points. Riley Tuel had 21 assists and 12 kills and 20 digs. Hannah Rush added 10 points and three aces.
West Branch won the jayvee portion 25-13, 26-28, 29-27.
Ann Curry had 12 points for Branch. Skyler Greeneisen had six kills.
Salem 3, Minerva 0
MINERVA -- Salem's volleyball team was sharp in a 25-16, 25-17, 25-5 win over Minerva on Thursday.
For the Quakers, Kaley Davis had eight aces and nine kills. Morgan McGaffick had nine assists and four aces. Rylie Troy added 19 digs.
Salem 3, Carrollton 2
SALEM -- Salem's volleyball team took out Carrollton 25-18, 24-26, 18-25, 25-14, 15-8 on Saturday.
For the Quakers, Emma Hochadel had 18 assists and five aces. Morgan McGaffick had 12 assists, while Rylie Troy had 35 digs and five kills. Kaley Davis had nine kills. Zoie Reid had nine kills.
Beaver Local 3, River View 0
CALCUTTA -- Beaver Local came back from a nine point deficit in the first game to down River View 25-21, 25-20, 25-23 on Satruday.
The state-ranked Beavers were led by Broke Talbot's 13 kills, seven assists and 10 digs. Leah Riccardo added 12 points and three aces. Emma Roberts had three aces and six points. Erin O'Hara had three kills and two assists. Elizabeth Kolkowski had eight kills and two blocks. Kodi Kinsey had four aces. Grace Hill had 10 kills. Karlee Furman had 20 assists and eight digs. Bailey Bowersock had two kills and five digs.
The win marked an important gauge for the Beavers as the tournament approaches.
"Today's matchup was a great addition to our schedule this season," Beaver coach Sarah Lowe said. "Playing in a postseason super sectional with 22 teams spread out from heee to near Columbus, it was good to play a team from the other end of the district. It was also positive to witness our team support one another both when they were up and down in sets today. A true asset of our team, is our team. Now our focus will head to Harrison as we host them on Wednesday".
Erin O'Hara, a senior right side hitter, thought the match illustrated the Beavers' ability to stay the course.
"I thought that we played great as a team today and our energy helped us come out on top," O'Hara said. "Every time we were down we were able to fight back and I think that shows a lot about our determination as a team."
Beaver won the jayvee match, 25-17, 25-19. Emma Joseph had seven assists. Chloe Reed had four aces and five digs. Lexi Schrieber had three aces, two kills and seven assists. Emma Joseph had seven assists. Madison Lowe had three aces, three kills and seven digs.
FOOTBALL
Lisbon JVs
LISBON -- Lisbon's jayvees downed Springfield 30-20 on Saturday.
For the Blue Devils, Trevor Siefke threw for a touchdown to Ryan Carpenter and also ran for a touchdown and two 2-point conversions.
Ryan Carpenter added another touchdown and 2-point conversion. Austin Dailey also added a score for the Blue Devils . Lisbon will play at Columbiana next Saturday.