Field’s Mason Fulst controls a rebound in front of teammate Paxson Silveus.
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By Tom Nader

Publisher and Editor

The 2025 Portage Sports High School Boys Basketball Preview Night was hosted at Waterloo High School on Thursday.

The event featured 10 teams playing two quarters as a featured showcase ahead of the official start to the 2025-26 regular season.

The schedule of games included:

Windham point guard Gavin Kiser dribbles into the lane against Waterloo defender Isaac Hall.
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• Mogadore vs. Streetsboro
• Rootstown vs. Field 
• Crestwood vs. Garfield
• Aurora vs. Southeast
• Waterloo vs. Windham

Portage Sports sincerely thanks the administration and staff at Waterloo High School, most especially to athletic director Keri Dennison, for helping coordinate and host the event.

Additional volunteers, which Portage Sports also sincerely appreciates, were statistician Ellen Arena, Public Address announcer Jack Hugg, spotter and National Anthem singer Jennifer Hugg, clock operator Kyle Barkhurst, as well as Tom and Julie Nader and Kyle Nader.

Thank you to media members Jonah Rosenblum, Jeff Lange, Kevin Sledz, Derek Dimit, as well as student journalists Paisley Nader and Kyleigh Smith, for covering the event.

And, of course, thank you to all 10 of the teams that committed to participate in the Preview Night!

Here are the results from each contest:

STREETSBORO 39, MOGADORE 29

Streetsboro’s Ryan Roscoe rises for a layup attempt against Mogadore’s Landon Shaffer.
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STREETSBORO (39) — PJ Robinson 2 0-2 4; Ryan  Roscoe 3 2-2 8; Braden Hodge 0 0-0 0; Marcus Council 1 0-0 3; Ethan Laryea 4 0-0 8; Jake Szczecinski 1 0-0 2; Kyler Jackson 3 0-0 6; Christopher Grabill 0 0-0 0; Janiere Cook 2 4-5 8. Totals 16 6-9 39.

MOGADORE (29) — Jordon Smith 3 0-0 7; Gavin Gardner 0 1-2 1; Adrian Merk 1 2-2 5; Noah Hopkins 2 0-0 6; Landon Shaffer 3 2-2 10. Totals 9 5-6 29.

ROOTSTOWN 21, FIELD 17

FIELD (17) — Trevor Dixon 0 0-0 0; Mason Fulst 1 4-4 6; Paxson Silveus 0 2-2 2; Tyler Stelzer 0 0-0 0; Evan Pruszynski 0 0-0 0; Brian Fox 0 0-0 0; Joey Conroy 2 0-2 5; Sam Confer 2 0-0 4. Totals 5 6-8 17.

ROOTSTOWN (21) — Ethan White 1 0-0 2; Blake Mullaly 3 3-4 11; Mason Lisi 0 0-0 0; Dean Abdlrasul 1 4-6 6; Noah Zagrer 0 0-0 0; Troy Kopac 0 2-3 2; Landon Rodstrom 0 0-0 0. Totals 5 7-10 21.

CRESTWOOD 38, GARFIELD 23

GARFIELD (23) — Parker Gill 4 0-0 10; Nate Grabowski 1 0-4 2; Mac Haney 3 2-4 11; Nick Carter 0 0-0 0.

CRESTWOOD (38) — Wyatt Januska 1 0-0- 2; Michael Kalista 1 0-0 3; Colton Mayle 0 0-0 0; Jackson Mertz 1 0-0 2; Kyle Shelhamer 5 0-0 12; Jack Patton 2 0-0 4; Carter Jones 2 0-0 4; Angelo Dinardo 4 3-3 11. Totals 16 3-3 38.

Garfield’s Nate Grabowski (right) tries to maintain his hold on the ball against Crestwood defender Jackson Mertz.
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AURORA 44, SOUTHEAST 23

SOUTHEAST (23) — Cohen Richardson 4 2-2 11; Braedyn Walden 2 0-0 6; Calan Garrett 0 2-2 2; Micah Craver 0 0-0 0; Bradley Dillon 2 0-0 4; Tyler Shaw 0 0-0 0; Chase Neely 0 0-0 0; Caden  Dillon 0 0-0 0; Joe Sharish 0 0-0 0. Totals 8 4-4 23.

AURORA (44) — Gui Goedert 1 0-0 3; Luke Hilditch 1 0-0 2; Josh Harrell 6 0-0 15; Luke Bonnette 2 0-0 4; Jack Rachel 3 0-1 6; Connor McLendon 1 2-2 4; Johnny Trivisonno 1 0-0 2; Jacoby Schadle 1 0-0 2; Max Keyes 2 0-0 6. Totals 18 2-3 44.

WINDHAM 22, WATERLOO 12

WINDHAM (22) — Louden Collins 1 1-2 3; Matt Kolaczek 2 4-7 8; Gavin Kiser 0 2-2 2; Dejuan Ramsey 2 1-2 5; Keegan Kiser 1 2-2 4; Jaiden Arnone 0 0-0 0. Totals 6 10-15 22.

WATERLOO (12) — Mason Biltz 0 0-0 0; Isaac Hall 0 0-0 0; Jamie Vangsakeo 1 0-0 3; Keyshawn Anderson-King 2 1-4 5; Charles Kalail 0 0-0 0; Matthew Wolfe 0 0-0 0; Gabe Kachner 0 0-0 0; Trevor Flarida 0 4-8 4; Jayden Martin 0 0-0 0. Totals 3 5-12 12.

Rootstown’s Blake Mullaly glides through the air for a transition layup.
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