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CVCA's Gia Casalinova surpasses 1,000 career points in girls basketball win over Buchtel
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GIRLS BASKETBALL
CVCA 53, Buchtel 17
Just eight games into her junior year, Gia Casalinova surpassed the 1,000-point mark for her career Saturday in a win over the Griffins.
Casalinova, a three-year captain for CVCA, scored a game-high 17 points. Joi Williams and Kelsey Bittecuffer both tacked on 10 points for the Royals (4-4).
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Woodridge 48, Mogadore 46
The Bulldogs punctuated a 14-point comeback with a buzzer-beater from junior Leah Mencer to down the host Wildcats.
Woodridge (8-1) drew up a play for Mencer to take off on a sprint to break a full-court press, and a full-court pass with 2.3 seconds left hit her in stride for the game-winning basket. The junior guard finished with 18 points and Cameron Hoover added 17 points.
Brook McIntyre scored a game-high 19 points to lead Mogadore (4-4). Brooklyn Beckford added a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
GlenOak 65, Lake 38
Kaitlyn Boron scored 19 points and Jordan Weir contributed 13 for the host Golden Eagles (7-0, 5-0 Federal League).
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Jackson 65, Perry 57
Emma Dretke and Lauren Pallotta combined for 46 points to propel the Polar Bears to a Federal League victory.
Jackson (4-3, 2-3) nailed a season-high 13 3-pointers, led by Dretke and Pallotta each sinking four. Meredith Randulic scored 23 points to pace Perry.
Green 61, Canton McKinley 36
Senior post Alyssa Ziehler stuffed the stat sheet for Green (8-1, 4-1) with six points, 10 rebounds, four blocks and three assists in a Federal League win. Bri Hunt scored 14 points, Madi Pukansky had 13 points and Jenna Slates had eight points and 18 rebounds.
Revere 45, Barberton 27
Paige Kelley scored 15 points and Ava Schiesswohl had seven points to lead Revere.
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Barberton's An'Taniyha Easter scored 15 points.
Stow 44, North Royalton 14
Kristin Chmielewski scored 16 points and Alaina Ray chipped in 12 points to lead Stow.
Walsh Jesuit 53, Cleveland Heights Beaumont 24
Abby Garner, Kara Courtad and Megan Taraba combined to score 34 points for WJ.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Coventry 74, Ellet 73
The Orangemen fought back from a 21-point deficit in the second half but came up short against the visiting Comets.
Coventry's Landon Burkhart scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Kamden McAfee tacked on 19 points and Chris Wilcox scored 13 points.
Ellet's Chase Merring scored 29 points and Luke Gareri had 20 points and eight rebounds.
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Walsh Jesuit 53, Canton South 35
Rico Pickett scored 19 points to lead WJ (4-0) to a win at the Hardwood Classic in Massillon. Zach Halligan and Max Matta added seven points apiece.
Akil Martin and Brady Noll each scored nine points for Canton South (5-2).
Firestone 42, Perry 40
Donavan Robinson made a game-winning 3-pointer to lead the host Falcons to a win.
Firestone's Quincy Rookard scored 12 points, Dondi Harper and Khamoni Jones scored eight points apiece and Daniel Harper had seven points and 10 rebounds.
Joel Brown paced Perry with 26 points and seven rebounds.
— Compiled by Jeff Deckerd and Michael Beaven
This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: CVCA's Gia Casalinova surpasses 1,000 career points in win over Buchtel
