Girls golf in Ashtabula County is still a relatively young enterprise, so it’s not surprising that the makeup of the Star Beacon Ashtabula County team is basically made up of underclassmen.
In fact, there are only two seniors on this year’s team. One of those is Jefferson’s Shelly Ford, who reached the Division II state tournament for the second straight year and placed 16th in Columbus this year. For those efforts, she was chosen Star Beacon Ashtabula County Player of the Year for the second consecutive year.
The other senior on this year’s team is SS. John and Paul’s Nicole Gallo. It is her first selection to the all-county team.
Even the Coach of the Year for 2009 is relatively new to the girls golf scene. Geneva coach Rob DiPofi has been honored as the Eagles, who have had a program for just two years, finished second in their first year among Premier Athletic Conference teams and also were runners-up in the Northeastern Ohio Girls Golf Coaches Association. DiPofi has been honored in the past as the Star Beacon Ashtabula County Boys Golf Coach of the Year.
Four girls from the Geneva squad have been chosen to the first team. Two of them, sophomores Lindsey Adams and Carlin Kern, are repeat selections. They are joined by junior Alissa Wortman and freshman Megan Lara, the youngest member of the team.
Edgewood has three girls on the team. Junior Yeram Kang repeats on the first team. Junior Kathryn Lutes and sophomore Elizabeth Schantz have also been chosen.
The final repeat member of the first team is Lakeside sophomore Krista Johnston.
Completing the first team is Conneaut sophomore Alexa Griswold.
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Youth served as girls golf forges ahead
Underclassmen dominate SB all-county squad
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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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