Defense was the word for the Geneva eighth-grade girls as the Eagles played ferociously on that end of the court for the game’s final 15 seconds to hold off homestanding South, 27-26, on Wednesday, then turned around and held on at the end to withstand a Chardon flurry to record a 22-20 win Thursday.
Emily Ball’s seven points led the way for Geneva against South, then had the same Thursday against Chardon.
The Eagles (4-2) will host Riverside on Monday.
n SJP 28, Braden 16 — Emily Powers scored eight points and Makenzie Stenroos and Rae Ann Benedict each added six as the SS. John and Paul combined junior-high squad knocked off Braden.
Kayla Gonzalez and Courtney Humphrey led the Bulldogs with six points each.
The Heralds are now 9-1 on the season.
Seventh girls
n South 30, Geneva 17 — Rachel Harrington led the way for the Eagles with five points Wednesday.
n Chardon 34, Geneva 22 — Harrington’s six points paced the Eagles (2-4), while Rachel Tusick led the Hilltoppers with a game-high 12 on Thursday.
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Junior High Roundup: Eagles put a D in Geneva
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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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Scholastic Statistics:
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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)
n Lakeside at Riverside (1)
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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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