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Portage high school scores | Jan. 3: Roosevelt swim and dive sweeps Highland for sixth win

jonah rosenblum, ravenna record-courier
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Kent Roosevelt diver Parker D'Sidocky competes at last year's state meet.
Kent Roosevelt diver Parker D'Sidocky competes at last year's state meet.

The Roosevelt boys and girls swimming and diving teams each picked up its sixth win with a sweep of Highland on Wednesday.

Rough Riders juniors Adam Springer (50 free, 100 back) and Ethan Bruner (200 free, 500 free) picked up two titles apiece, while freshman Kadin Pyka added championships in the 100 free and 200 IM.

Junior Parker D'Sidocky added a diving title, while the Rough Riders also placed first in the 200 medley, 200 free and 400 free relays to top the Hornets 133-42.

Senior Gabriella Melin helped lift the Roosevelt girls to a 114-69 win over Highland with first-place finishes in the 200 and 500 free. Freshman Trinity Heath also won two titles, in the 50 and 100 free, and freshman Coco Golden (100 fly) and senior Jeanie Barzellato (100 breaststroke) also captured championships.

Junior Ella Houk added a first-place finish off the diving board, and the Rough Riders also won three relay titles (200 medley, 200 free, 400 free).

Girls Basketball

Rootstown 69, Mogadore 22

The Rovers (11-0, 3-0 Portage Trail Conference) scored 21 points apiece in the first two quarters to surge past the Wildcats.

Nadia Lough (nine points, 10 rebounds) and Brooklynn McIntyre (14 points, seven rebounds) led Rootstown inside, while Kelsey Bittecuffer and Abby White each had two 3-pointers.

Revere 48, Roosevelt 38

The Minutemen outscored the Rough Riders 31-21 in the second half to pull away after a 17-17 halftime tie.

Hadley Hajdu and Hailey Janke led Revere with 15 points apiece, with the duo combining to tally nine steals.

Claire VanDamme (13 points, 11 rebounds) and Zariyah Taylor (nine points, 12 rebounds) had double-doubles to lead Roosevelt, which also got four 3-pointers from Julia Nash (12 points, four steals).

Boys Basketball

Garfield 57, Berkshire 53

Preston Gedeon caught fire, draining four 3-pointers and hitting 7 of 8 from the free-throw line to lead all scorers with 23 points.

Nick Edic (nine points), Eric Geddes (nine), Aidan Hill (seven) and Vince Yukich (seven) all added multiple buckets for the balanced G-Men.

Jack Hastings scored nine points apiece in the third and fourth quarters to lead the Badgers with 22 points, and Mason Mendolera added 17, including three 3-pointers.

Mogadore 63, North 47

Four players finished in double digits as the Wildcats (4-3) picked up their third straight win.

Nick Stephenson had 19 points to lead Mogadore, and Corey Lehner (15), Tanner Buso (13) and Layne Miller (11) each drained multiple 3-pointers for the Wildcats.

Box Scores

GIRLS BASKETBALL

REVERE 48, KENT ROOSEVELT 38

ROOSEVELT: Friedman 1-0-2, Nash 4-0-12, M. VanDamme 1-0-2, Taylor 4-1-9, C. VanDamme 6-1-13. Totals 16-2-38.

REVERE: Janke 5-2-15, Zlojutro 1-1-3, Wojciak 0-4-4, Kelley 2-0-6, Hajdu 4-7-15, L. Tompkins 2-1-5. Totals 14-15-48.

Roosevelt - 2 - 15 - 8 - 13 — 38

Revere - 9 - 8 - 12 - 19 — 48

3-pointers: Nash 4, Janke 3, Kelley 2. Fouls: Roosevelt 14-10. Rebounds: Roosevelt 35 (Taylor 12), Revere 27 (Hajdu 7).

ROOTSTOWN 69, MOGADORE 22

MOGADORE (5-5): J. Tompkins 0-2-2, Morris 2-2-6, Clark 1-0-2, A. Tompkins 2-6-11, Miller 0-1-1. Totals 5-11-22.

ROOTSTOWN (11-0, 3-0): Curall 3-2-9, White 3-0-8, Bittecuffer 2-0-6, Plecko 2-0-4, Smith 3-2-9, McIntyre 7-0-14, Nichols 4-0-8, Lough 4-1-9, Damicone 1-0-2. Totals 29-5-69.

Mogadore - 8 - 9 - 5 - 0 — 22

Rootstown - 21 - 21 - 17 - 10 — 69

3-pointers: White 2, Bittecuffer 2, Curall, Smith, A. Tompkins. Fouls: Rootstown 19-9. Rebounds: Mogadore 31 (Morris 7), Rootstown 33 (Lough 10).

BOYS BASKETBALL

MOGADORE 63, NORTH 47

MOGADORE (4-3): Lehner 6-1-15, Miller 3-3-11, Buso 5-0-13, Graham 2-0-5, Stephenson 7-5-19. Totals 23-9-63.

NORTH (0-8): Htoo 2-0-5, Boykins 5-1-16, Jackson 7-1-15, Felding 4-0-8, Idusuyi 1-0-3. Totals 19-2-47.

Mogadore - 12 - 12 - 16 - 23 — 63

North - 12 - 9 - 12 - 14 — 47

3-pointers: Boykins 5, Buso 3, Lehner 2, Miller 2, Graham, Htoo, Idusuyi.

GARFIELD 57, BERKSHIRE 53

GARFIELD: Cade Rock 0 0-2 0, Aidan Hill 2 3-3 7, Preston Gedeon 6 7-8 23, Eric Geddes 4 0-2 9, Nick Edic 4 1-2 9, Tyler Lutz 1 0-1 2, Vince Yukich 3 0-0 7. Totals 19 11-18 57.

BERKSHIRE: Miller 2 0-0 6, Stute 0 0-2 0, Hastings 9 3-6 22, Hipp 3 0-0 6, McGranahan 1 0-0 2, Mendolera 6 2-2 17. Totals 21 5-10 53.

Garfield - 16 - 8 - 21 - 12 — 57

Berkshire - 11 - 10 - 18 - 14 — 53

3-Point Goals: Garfield 6 (Gedeon 4, Geddes, Yukich), Berkshire 6 (Mendolera 3, Miller 2, Hastings).

WATERLOO 57, WINDHAM 44 (OT)

WATERLOO: Jackson Eichler 4 6-7 15, Kyle Werbeck 3 0-0 8, Kaii Warren 0 2-2 2, Gage Hawley 8 4-4 22, Drew Flarida 4 2-3 10. Totals 19 14-16 57.

WINDHAM: Anthony Wiley 2 1-2 5, Carlos Bruton 5 2-4 16, Brandon Petrich 2 2-2 6, Nick Hooper 5 2-2 12, Jake Collins 2 0-0 5. Totals 16 7-10 44.

Waterloo - 17 - 13 - 14 - 0 - 13 — 57

Windham - 4 - 17 - 6 - 17 - 0 — 44 

3-Point Goals: Waterloo 5 (Werbeck 2, Hawley 2, Eichler), Windham 5 (Bruton 4, Collins).

This article originally appeared on Record-Courier: Portage County high school roundups and scores from Jan. 3, 2024