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Busy slate of holiday sporting events on tap

Brady Olewine and the Youngsville Eagles take on Sheffield at the Sheffield Christmas Tournament on Friday.

The Warren Dragons will have an extra wrestling match on Friday.

In a makeup with Meadville, they will now square off with the Bulldogs at 5 p.m. as part of a doubleheader, with their regularly scheduled match against Harbor Creek to follow at 7 p.m.

That’s just one of many post-Christmas events that Warren County teams will be participating in.

The Sheffield Sports Boosters will host their annual boys Christmas Tournament on Friday and Saturday. Kane (3-3) and Smethport (2-3) will square off in the opener, followed by the second meeting of the season between Youngsville (5-3) and the host Wolverines (0-5).

Youngsville enters having won four of its past five games.

Also in boys basketball, Warren (2-4) will look to get back on track when they host a red-hot Bradford team on Saturday (1 p.m. J.V., varsity to follow. Since a loss to Oil City in their season opener, the Owls have rattled off five-straight wins, including an 86-82 double-overtime thriller over Olean in the Joe DeCerbo Memorial Tournament title game at St. Bonavenutre on Sunday, a game in which Tyler Gigliotti exploded for a tournament-record 41 points. The Dragons, meanwhile, are coming off a pair of Region 6 losses to Titusville and General McLane, despite leading in the fourth quarter of each game.

The Eisenhower (1-3) boys, meanwhile, will play in the Corry Tournament on Saturday and Monday.

In girls basketball, Warren (3-3) will be playing in the Sharon Tournament on Friday and Saturday. They will battle Farrell (4-1) on Friday and then either Maplewood (7-1) or host Sharon (1-5) on Saturday. The Lady Dragons are coming off a 10-point win over Bradford. Sophomores Riley Childress (15.5) and Emma Ruhlman (15.3) both currently rank in the top 20 in District 10 in scoring.

The Youngsville Lady Eagles (4-3) will actually get things started today when they play host Corry (0-3) at the Beavers’ Christmas Tournament, with Iroquois (3-4) and Seneca (2-6) squaring off in the other matchup. They are coming off a win against Union City in which Sadie Hoffman erupted for 24 points.

The Sheffield girls, meanwhile will be playing in the Union Tournament, along with Cameron County and Clarion-Limestone.

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