Lisbon's Alayna Householder spikes over Leetonia's Kasey Williams on Thursday. (Morning Journal/Ron Firth)

From Staff Reports

LISBON — Leetonia scored the first point, but it was all Stafanee Stacey and the Lisbon Blue Devils after that.

Stacey served Lisbon’s first 14 points on the way to a 25-6, 25-7, 25-17 win over the Bears on Thursday.

The Blue Devils even their mark at 7-7 overall and 5-5 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference. The Bears dropped their 38th consecutive match, falling to 0-11 on the season and 0-10 in the EOAC.

After Stacey served 14 points for a 14-1 lead in the first game, Marshalek followed with nine in a row for a 23-4 lead.

The Blue Devils jumped out to a 9-0 lead in the second game.

Stacey totaled 20 points with five aces and five kills. Maddie Marshalek had 12 points and eight kills, Abby Ammon nine points and six digs, Addison Anderson eight kills and Gionna Leningar six kills and two blocks.

Lisbon also swept the junior varsity match, 25-17, 25-8. For the Blue Devils, Aria Reckner had four kills, Chloe McCoy three kills, Olivia Smith two kills, Lilian Tenzek seven digs, Kyler Malone five aces and Gracyn Owens 10 assists and two aces.

Lisbon hosts Youngstown Ursuline on Monday, while Leetonia entertains Valley Christian on Tuesday.

United 3, Wellsville 0

HANOVERTON — United set the stage for its biggest match of the season by downing Wellsville, 25-16, 25-6, 25-16, in a varsity-only match Thursday.

The Eagles notched their seventh straight win to improve to 12-3 overall and 8-1 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference. They will host unbeaten Columbiana on Tuesday with the league title on the line.

Baylee Smith totaled eight aces and six digs in Thursday’s win. Rileah Phillips had six kills and 15 assists and Chloe Angelo made eight blocks.

Wellsville lost its third in a row to drop to 3-10 overall and 2-6 in league play. The Tigers are scheduled to host Madonna on Monday.

Columbiana 3, Valley 0

YOUNGSTOWN –Columbiana made it 13 wins in a row by sweeping Valley Christian, 25-7, 25-8, 25-6, Thursday.

The Clippers are 13-0 overall and 10-0 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference, one game ahead of United. The Clippers will play at Poland on Monday and at United on Tuesday.

Evy Rapp collected 16 points, three aces, eight kills and six digs for Columbiana. Hailee Gomoll contributed 10 points, five aces and two digs; Landry Smith nine points, four aces and 10 kills; Addisyn Dangler seven points, four aces and 10 kills; and Eva Waller four points, two kills and 23 assists.

Columbiana also won the junior varsity match, 25-7, 25-17. Ava Marks had nine points, eight aces, two kills and two digs and Sylvia Rapp nine points, five aces and two digs for the Clippers. Mika Montgomery added four points, two aces, four assists and two digs and Abby Barborak three aces, four kills and four assists.

Southern 3, E. Palestine 2

EAST PALESTINE — Southern pulled out a thrillling five-set win over East Palestine, 25-20, 23-25, 21-25, 25-21, 15-9, in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play Thursday.

The Indians improve to 8-6 overall and 6-4 in the EOAC.

Allyssa Shroades led Southern with 19 points, 12 kills and 14 assists. Natalia Lopez collected 16 points, four kills and two blocks; Katie Kellogg 10 points and 16 kills; Haylee Kellogg 18 assists and five kills; Kalayah Crute eight kills and two blocks; Gracie Lee had two kills and one block filling in for injured Kiah Sloan; Brooke Boyle 12 digs; Addy Martin seven points and eight digs; and Maddy Tsesmilles had eight digs.

The Bulldogs fell to 6-6 overall and 5-4 in league play.

Cami Kridler led East Palestine with 22 assists, 16 digs and 10 points. Kennedy Andre added 20 assists and 15 digs. Amara Wilson finished with 15 kills, 20 digs and two blocks, while Marley Blythe had 11 kills, 24 digs, 17 points and four aces. Alyssa Dilling anchored the defense with 35 digs and chipped in five points.

In junior varsity play, Southern won 25-14, 25-11. The Indians were led by Eliana Forbes with 11 points, Mary Beadneell six points and five kills, Jocy Richards five points and six digs, Jada Gottschling five points and Payton Davidson six kills. East Palestine’s Violet Glavan had four points and two kills.

East Palestine visits Springfield on Monday and Southern hosts Lisbon in a pink game on Tuesday.