Strong first and third quarters seemed to have the Grand Valley girls basketball team in position for its first win, but chilly second and third quarters and poor foul shooting proved the Mustangs’ undoing in a 40-36 Northeastern Athletic Conference loss Thursday to Bristol.
GV (0-11, 0-5) had a 10-8 lead after the first quarter, but fell behind at the half, 18-11, and trailed 27-20 after three quarters to dig too deep a hole to overcome against Bristol (2-10).
GV also converted just 6-of-23 free throws to Bristol’s 12 of 21, even though the Mustangs outscored the Panthers from the field. Bailey Holmes led GV with 16 points and five steals, while Cheyenne Dohrn had six points. Allyson Jones led Bristol with 10 points, while Crystal Mackey had nine and Amber White seven.
Freshman girls
Geneva’s freshmen continued to roll along against Premier Athletic Conference competition Thursday as it defeated Riverside, 38-26.
Lyndsey Armstrong led Geneva (9-2) with 16 points. Danielle Prostak topped Riverside (3-7) with seven points. Geneva will play at Edgewood on Monday, while Riverside plays at Mentor on Saturday.
Junior high girls
Geneva’s eighth-grade girls basketball team got its season off on the right foot with a 33-19 victory over PAC rival Chardon.
Chelsea Scafuro led the Eagles (1-0) with 10 points, while Emily Ball added seven. They will play at Riverside on Tuesday.
n Chardon 7th 38, Geneva 16 — Danielle Nicholson scored eight points to lead the Eagles, but it wasn’t enough to offset eight points each from Kahrin Spear and Rachel Tusick.
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Roundup: Mustangs edged at Bristol
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Comforts of home
A trip home led to a meteoric improvement for Ohio State Buckeye Mallory Kreider, who destroyed her personal best in the 5,000 meters (3.1 miles) by 52 seconds Friday night during the Spire Division I Indoor Track and Field Invitational.
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Look out for Lakeside
Lakeside coach Rob Pisano has been waiting for this moment. And waiting. And waiting.
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Falcons fall
As the Jefferson Falcons’ rise to respectability under first-year coach Jeremy Huber continues, they have continuously improved on certain aspects of their game.
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A case for the offense
Forget offense versus defense. When Edgewood hosted Conneaut on Friday night, It was offense versus offense. And the Warriors won, 69-59.
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Familiar refrain for Torok & Co.
Geneva boys basketball coach Scott Torok is no Bill Murray. However, he may feel like a character in the actor’s movie “Groundhog Day.”
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Perry raids Harvey
The Perry boys can celebrate the fact they have now won twice in a row, and they deserve to do that. But along with Friday’s 66-54 win against visiting Harvey came a sight that nobody ever wants to see.
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Lakeside 89, Madison 76
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Scholastic Schedule:
SATURDAY, FEB. 11
Girls Basketball
n Madison at Chardon (1)
n Lakeview at Edgewood (1)
n Conneaut at Jefferson (6)
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Riverside sneaks past Edgewood
Riverside wrestling coach Scott Blank learned a good deal of what he knows from Edgewood coach Greg Stolfer as a former Warrior great. Thursday, he used a bit of that knowledge to get the better of his old coach as the Beavers bested the Warriors, 31-28, at Edgewood.
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Madison rolls past Geneva
Madison recovered from coming out on the short end of a pin in the first match of the night by taking six of the next seven matches against Geneva and capped the night with pins from their last pair of grapplers in dismantling the Eagles, 49-17.
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