By Tom Nader

Publisher and Editor

BOYS SOCCER

GARFIELD 7, BROOKFIELD 1

Ethan Bittence scored five goals and added an assist in a dominating victory for the G-Men in Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference play on Tuesday.

Preston Gedeon and Aaron Gissinger added the other two goals for Garfield (6-6-1).

Returning from injury, Andrew Wem added a pair of assists, while Gissinger also had one.

The loss dropped the Warriors to 2-9-2.

GIRLS SOCCER

FIELD 2, WOODRIDGE 2

The Falcons played comeback on a couple of occasions on Tuesday night in a Metro Athletic Conference matchup at Woodridge.

After the Bulldogs jumped out to a 1-0 lead, the Falcons were able to knot the score before halftime on a goal from Cassie Wilde.

The Bulldogs reclaimed the lead 2-1 on a breakaway with approximately 10 minutes to play before the Falcons again netted the equalizer for force the tie on a free kick from Savannah Rahe from the right corner of the goal box from about 18 yards away.

VOLLEYBALL

LAKE CENTER CHRISTIAN DEF. ROOTSTOWN,

25-14, 25-21, 20-25, 25-23

In a relatively close game throughout, the Rovers could not rally to pull out the Portage Trail Conference victory at home on Tuesday.

The victory kept the Tigers rolling to improve to 14-1 overall on the season.

Zoe Pastva led all players in scoring with 14 points to go along with four aces and a team-high 11 digs.

Boston Silveus slammed down eight kills, while Brooklyn McIntyre and Nadia Lough had six kills each for the Rovers (11-7 overall, 6-3 PTC).

LOWELLVILLE DEF. WATERLOO,

25-23, 25-17, 25-22

The Vikings battled Lowellville through all three games, but could not pull out the league victory.

Isabella Kozma led the team in service points with 11, while adding in three aces and four kills.

Miranda Long was the top distributor with 10 assists, while Brilyn Eddy was close behind with nine assists. Sophia Gonzales had seven points for the Vikings, who are now 4-12 overall and 1-11 in the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference.