Two free throws by Andrew Smith with less than 10 seconds remaining gave Pymatuning Valley a 56-55 victory over Bloomfield on the road and kept the Lakers’ winning streak in Northeastern Athletic Conference action alive.
It capped off a monster night for Smith, who finished with 32 points and also led PV (3-0, 2-0) with 12 rebounds. He was backed up by Jon York, who scored 15 points, including a pair of 3-pointers, and dished out seven assists.
Bloomfield opened up a 17-8 lead after the first quarter, but PV used a big second period to take a 27-23 halftime lead. The Cardinals pulled back within 37-35 after three quarters and kept the game tight the rest of the way.
n GRA 81, Lawrence 39 — The Eagles had the game in hand by halftime and made sure of it by scoring at least 20 points in each of the last three quarters. Brady Prewitt led GRA (2-2) with 17 points, while Ryan Shurtleff scored 14, Dennis Jackson added 12 and Jared Gershen had 11 points. Justin Hack led Lawrence (0-3) with nine points.
n Not reported — Riverside at Mentor.
Girls basketball
Despite 20 points from Chelsea Hanck, Grand Valley was unable to get past Berkshire in Chagrin Valley Conference Valley Division action as the Badgers earned a 54-40 win over the Mustangs. Berkshire (4-1, 3-0) was in double figures in every quarter and held GV (0-3, 0-2) to single digits in the first and third periods. The Badgers got 13 points from Heather Snyder and 10 points each from Jessica Ronyak and Hailey Sedivy. The best support for Hanck, who also led GV with six rebounds, was six points from Angie Ferguson.
n Not reported — Perry at Chagrin Falls.
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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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Riverside 31, Edgewood 28
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Scholastic Schedule:
FRIDAY, FEB. 10
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n Lakeside at Madison
n Conneaut at Edgewood
n Liberty at Jefferson (WFUN)
n South at Geneva
n PV at Bloomfield
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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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