By Tom Nader

Publisher and Editor

VOLLEYBALL

GARFIELD DEF. LIBERTY,

25-14, 25-18, 25-20

The G-Men earned a three-game sweep over Liberty on Thursday on the road in Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference play.

Gabby Barnhard had 15 kills and 16 digs, Madeline Shirkey had 31 assists and Kyla Grace had 35 digs for Garfield.

Montana McGranahan also had a nice game, finishing with eight kills, eight aces and 10 digs.

CRESTWOOD DEF. CARDINAL,

25-16, 25-20, 24-26, 25-12

Aimee Barnauskas led the Red Devils to victory once again, finishing the night with 19 kills, 4 blocks and 10 digs. Zoe Babnik was the points leader for Crestwood (3-2, 2-1) with 19 points, while also adding 13 digs.

Abby Guyette had a team-high 18 assists, while Jazmyn Stevens had a big night as well with 10 points, 11 kills, 14 assists and seven digs.

ROOTSTOWN DEF. WARREN JFK,

25-17, 25-20, 25-21

The Rovers improved to 4-3 overall and 2-0 in the Portage Trail Conference with a three-game sweep of Warren John F. Kennedy.

Jessica Hahn led with 13 points and also added seven digs, while Zoe Pastva had eight points and 13 digs.

Nadia Lough and Brooklyn McIntyre had six kills each for the Rovers.

Warren JFK dropped to 2-3 overall and 0-2 in the PTC.

MAPLEWOOD DEF. WINDHAM,

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

The Bombers fell behind by two games before winning the third and losing valiantly in the decisive fourth game.

Quinn Justham had 12 points, 14 assists and six aces to highlight Widham’s effort.

Kaneese Cunningham had 11 kills, while Brian Daniel had five blocks and Julia Jones added 16 digs for the Bombers.

BOYS SOCCER

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS 3, SOUTHEAST 1

The Knights established a 2-1 lead at halftime, then added an insurance goal in the second half to score a Portage Trail Conference road victory over the Pirates.

Marcus Miller scored a pair of goals, while the Knights’ third goal was scored by Zack Glaser.

GIRLS SOCCER

ROOTSTOWN 10, WARREN JFK 1

A hat trick from Carlee Clifford led the lopsided Portage Trail Conference victory for the Rovers over Warren JFK on Thursday.

Porter Smith also had a multi-goal game with two, while single goals each were netted by Melanie Plecko, Alli Fisher, Natalie Opritza, Chloe Bengston (penalty kick) and Colbie Curall.

Rylee Durbak had a pair of assists, while Opritza and Plecko had one each.

Rootstown jumped out to a 8-0 lead at halftime, then played the second half was played at only 20 minutes and nine vs. nine after Warren JFK had two injured players leave the game.