Northeastern Conference champion Geneva emerged victorious, 25-18, 27-25, 25-20, from a battle with Premier Athletic Conference co-champion Riverside behind the hitting power of Taylor Webb.
Webb had 14 aces on 37-of-41 spiking and added four blocks. Brittany Powers smacked five aces on 10-of-17 spiking and Breana Freeman was 96-97 setting with 28 aces for the Eagles (19-3, 8-0 in NEC).
The Beavers fell to 16-6 (9-1 in PAC).
n Jefferson 21-25-25-25, Conneaut 25-20-18-22 — Lizzy Ziemski tallied 11 aces on 20-of-22 spiking and three aces on 9-of-13 blocking and Sam Morford was a perfect 28-of-28 spiking with nine aces for the Falcons (11-10, 5-3 in NEC). Hailey Burns added six aces on 21-of-24 spiking. Nichele Johnson paced the Spartans (15-7, 4-4 in NEC) with 13 aces on 37-of-41 spiking and five aces on seven blocks and Sarah Campbell added eight aces on 24-of-28 spiking.
n PV 25-25-16-25, Southington 19-10-25-16 — Brandy Romanowski (31-37 spiking) and Venus Cataldo (19-27 spiking) each netted 13 aces, Becca Magyar had nine aces on 22-of-23 spiking and Kayla Landis added seven aces on 30-of-32 spiking for the Lakers (16-3, 12-3) in Northeastern Athletic Conference).
n Beaumont 25-25-25, Perry 13-16-9 — Meghan Golding smacked seven ace spikes and had one serving ace for the Pirates (10-9, 5-5 in Chagrin Valley Conference Chagrin Division).
Boys Soccer
n Conneaut 10, LaBrae 1 — Kyle Clancy found the net four times to bring his season total to 20 to set a new team record for the Spartans (8-7-1, 1-4 in NEC). Carl Elam scored 15 times in 2003. Clancy also had an assist. Karl Clancy and Dane Malys each scored twice and had an assist and Lance Zappitella scored a goal and assisted on another.
n Geneva 1, GRA 1 — Jeff Swanson took a feed from Tyler Carlisle in the 60th minute to give Geneva (6-4-6, 2-2-2 in NEC) the tie. Dan Sindell gave GRA (4-4-3) a lead in the 20th minute on an assist from Charles Helmer.
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Roundup: Geneva bags Riverside
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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
On Feb. 27, for the first time in 20 years, postseason boys basketball will return to Ashtabula County when the Division II sectional-district tournament comes to Lakeside high school.
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Dragons dump Lakers in drink
Despite the fact his girls have been through a tough season, Lakeside coach Rob Livingston spoke as though he had sensed that better things might be around the corner.
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Mustangs dominate Heralds
In their last home game of the season, the Grand Valley Mustangs rose to the occasion on Senior Night, defeating the SS. John and Paul Heralds, 59-28.
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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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