By Tom Nader

Publisher and Editor

GIRLS SOCCER

AURORA 5, BARBERTON 0

The Greenmen posted an impressive shutout for their 10th victory of the season and the first of head coach Domenica McClintock’s career at Aurora.

Overall, Aurora now stands at 10-2-1, with the tie coming on Monday in a 2-2 tie with West Geauga. The Greenmen are also 4-1 in Suburban League play.

Goals for Aurora were scored by Grace Barbour, Cailyn Ries, Charlottte Hart, Mira Houde and Johnson.

WATERLOO 5, NEW MIDDLETOWN SPRINGFIELD 1

The Vikings broke free from a scoreless first half by both teams and got hot on the attack with five goals.

Kaira English scored a pair of goals, while Olivia Boyle, Kayla Thompson and Rose Couts all found the back of the net.

With the win, the Vikings stay unbeaten on the season at 10-0-1 overall and 8-0-1 in the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference.

BOYS SOCCER

GARFIELD 6, LABRAE 0

The combination of Preston Gedeon to Ethan Bittence was hot early for the G-Men, with the duo connecting on the first three goals of the game.

Bittence was scoring and Gedeon was finding him.

“Preston was the man of the match,” Garfield head coach Michael Coney said. “He played a fantastic match, setting the table for Ethan and scoring himself as well.”

The G-Men eventually pushed the advantage out to 5-0 by halftime, with Gedeon scoring the team’s fourth goal and Matt Robinson also netting one.

In the second half, Aaron Gissinger scored Garfield’s final goal of the game.

The win improved Garfield back to even on the season at 5-5-1, while LaBrae dropped to 2-8-2.

For Bittence, it was his third hat trick of the season in a game in which him and his teammates passed the ball very well.