In terms of high school girls basketball, the size of the school most certainly does not matter.
For the smallest school in the Star Beacon coverage area — and one of the smallest schools in Ohio (35 girls in grades 10-12) — has two All-Ohio players.
SS. John and Paul’s Jamie Kapferer and Mallory Johnson were each accorded all-state recognition in Division IV by the Associated Press on Tuesday, with the release of the Division III and Division IV squads.
Kapferer, a 5-foot-10 post player, received special-mention recognition, while Johnson, a 5-7 wing, earned honorable-mention honors.
They join Edgewood senior point guard Katie McMellen and Jefferson sophomore wing Lizzy Ziemski as the only four All-Ohio players in the area. McMellen and Ziemski earned honorable-mention recognition in Division II, which was announced on Monday night.
Kapferer averaged a team-best 16.4 points, 12.4 rebounds (second in the area behind Ziemski’s 14.3), 4.0 steals and 3.8 blocked shots for coach Nick Iarocci’s Heralds. She shot 42 percent from the floor, including a team-best 41 percent from beyond the 3-point arc (29-70).
Johnson was second on the squad in scoring at 14.9 points per game, third in rebounding a 6.2, third in assists at 2.7, third in steals at 3.1 third in 3-pointers with 22. She shot 40.1 percent from the floor and 55 percent from the free-throw line.
Kapferer and Johnson helped the Heralds to a 15-7 record this season and a second-place finish in the East Suburban Conference behind league champion Lutheran East. SJP had posted a 3-16 record in the 2006-07 season.
Kapferer, Johnson and the rest of the Heralds set an Ashtabula County record this season by making 119 3-pointers.
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Two Heralds on All-Ohio team
J-Kap, Johnson earn honors in Division IV
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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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Boys tourney returning to county
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Dragons dump Lakers in drink
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Mustangs dominate Heralds
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Clark, Francis help give Falcons Liberty
Paige Clark led an attack that saw three Jefferson players reach double figures and Rachel Francis had a triple-double as the Falcons blasted visiting Liberty, 59-17, in an All-American Conference game Thursday night in Falcon Gym.
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Scholastic Statistics:
WRESTLING
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Riverside 31, Edgewood 28
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Scholastic Schedule:
FRIDAY, FEB. 10
Boys Basketball
n Lakeside at Madison
n Conneaut at Edgewood
n Liberty at Jefferson (WFUN)
n South at Geneva
n PV at Bloomfield
n Grand Valley at Southington
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PV prevails
Cody Miller and Zach Campbell knew what they had to do in order for the Pymatuning Valley wrestling team to complete a come-from-behind victory over Jefferson on Wednesday at triangular match at PV.
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Eagles bounce back
The Geneva girls didn’t have much time to regroup. But just one day after a heartbreaking defeat, they were able to knock off a strong Perry team on the road, 39-33.
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