Grand Valley Local School District

GVMS! The Spelling Bee that was canceled for today will now take place on Thursday at 9:30 am.

Every team wants to have its destiny in its own hands coming down the stretch. The Grand Valley boys basketball team is no different. And thanks to a strong start to the 2026 calendar year, the Mustangs' destiny is in their own hands. With wins over Windham and Bristol last week, Coach Justin Turk's team has run its winning streak to seven games. They now hold a 13-3 record (10-1 in the Northeast Athletic Conference). Now comes the destiny part. Grand Valley heads to Fairport on Wednesday, Jan. 28, to play the league-leading Skippers. It's Fairport that handed GV its only loss of the conference loop thus far via an 82-58 throttling back on Dec. 9. If GV wins the rematch, the teams are knotted atop the league with a handful of games yet to go. "Our guys have had this one penciled in since the first time," Turk said. "Our guys know what's at stake. It's a big area game. We'll be up for it and I know they'll be up for it. We're looking forward to it." Since the turn of the new year, Grand Valley has beaten Perry (66-54), Lordstown (67-21), Southington (71-44), Badger (85-55) Windham (65-42) and Bristol (48-38). In the win over Bristol, Solly Schultz had a game-high 18, while Carter Turk had 12 and Peyton Plizga 12. In the win over Windham, Carter Turk had 19, Anthony Eason had 15 and Schultz 11. The Mustangs are playing the second half of the season without juniors Evan Skrtic and Luke Giddings, who per OHSAA transfer rules must sit out the second half of the season. "We're a plug-and-play team," Coach Turk said. "It's always next man up. We have eight or nine starters who can play. We're playing really well right now. Our guys compliment each other well. It's a team-first group that doesn't care who scores. All they care about is winning, which makes it a lot easier as a coach." Even if Grand Valley can defeat Fairport, there is no time to rest on laurels. A Jan. 30 trip to Pymatuning Valley is next, followed by Feb. 3 at home against Vienna Mathews and a trip Feb. 6 to Cardinal. The goal, Turk said, is to keep ascending as a team. "Certainly at this time of year you want to be playing your best basketball," Turk said. "We put the schedule together to get us ready come tournament time. We expect to be in a good spot going into that." Grand Valley 48, Bristol 38 Bristol: Miller 2, Otey 11, Berry 5, Gillin 5, Gall 5, Briggs 10 Grand Valley: Eason 5, Turk 12,, Schultz 18, Hart 3, C. Plizga 4, P. Plizga 11. Bristol 6 14 9 9 - 38 Gr.Valley 6 14 10 18 - 48 Free throws Bristol 1 of 5, GV 8 of 10; 3-pointers: Bristol 3 (Otey, Berry, Gillin), GV 4 (P.P.izga, Schultz, Turk, Eason). Grand Valley 65, Windham 42 Windham: Thornton 4, Kolaczek 9, G.Kiser 9, K. Kiser 4, Collins 6, Ramsey 10. Grand Valley: Eason 15, Turk 19, Schlutz 11, C.Plizga 9, P.Plizga 7, Barbeiri 3, Zupancic 1. Windham 8 10 8 16 - 42 Gr.Valley 23 19 13 10 - 65 Free throws: Windham 9 of 16, Grand Valley 9 of 16; 3-pointers: Windham 1 (G.Kiser), GV 10 (Turk 5, Eason 4, Barbieri)

Tonight's HS BB triple header has been moved to tomorrow night at Fairport. JV boys will start at 4:30 followed by varsity girls at 5:45 followed by Varsity Boys at 7:00 pm. MS boys Conneaut game has also been rescheduled for tomorrow at 5:00 pm

Grand Valley will be closed tomorrow, 1/27/26, due to low temps and wind chill.

Grand Valley Rec is excited to offer a clinic for our youngest GV ballers! Get registered today 🏀 💙

Grand Valley Senior Parents! An email was sent to you recently from the Senior Advisors. Diplomas will be ordered soon and we need you to go into Final Forms and check the spelling of the first/middle/last name of your child. If a suffix is needed, you need to check that as well. After confirming, if any changes need made, please correct in Final Forms and then reply to the email with the correct spelling asap. If we do not hear from you, the diploma will be printed with what you have entered in Final Forms. https://grandvalley-oh.finalforms.com Thank you!! Mrs. Newell and Mrs. Orosz

Grand Valley Local Schools will be closed tomorrow, January 26th, due to inclement weather. Due to the weather and use, the phone call is delayed but the text should have went through. Please share!

GRAND VALLEY 48 BRISTOL 38 Mustangs go on the road and win a defensive slugfest! 13-3 overall. Solomon Schultz leads with 13 points followed by Carter Turk with 12 and Payton Plizga with 11.

Game is on for tonight! Be there! JV 5:30 Varsity 6:45.

Grand Valley Local Schools will be closed tomorrow, January 20th, due to the extreme cold. Stay safe Grand Valley!

GV - 62 Lakeview - 58 Quality win on a back to back over Lakeview! Cloe Turk led scorers with 18, Bre Rowland added 13, and Addi Spencer followed with 12 including two clutch FTs to seal the game. Back to our NAC schedule on Monday @ Bristol. Come support the girls!

GRAND VALLEY 65 WINDHAM 42 12-3 overall! Great win at home but even better was the Meet & Greet with the Rec kids and the outstanding job by the cheer team! Carter Turk leads with 19 points, Anthony Eason with 15 and Solomon Schultz with 11. Payton Plizga earns the DIFF!

GV - 50 Windham - 17 Good NAC win tonight over Windham. Cloe Turk leads scoring with 17, Riley Rowland followed with 13, and Lydia Prah added 7. Quick turnaround as we travel to Lakeview tomorrow at 1:30. Come support the girls!

🚨Meet upcoming🚨 Grand Valley competes in the SPIRE HS Invitational Saturday, January 17. Warmups begin at 9:00am and events start at 10:00am. See meet schedule ⬇️ https://www.spireacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2026-HS-Invitational-Saturday-Time-Schedule-1_17_26.docx.pdf Meet Milesplit page⬇️ https://oh.milesplit.com/meets/714118-spire-hs-invitational-2026/info Live Results⬇️ https://finishtiming.trackscoreboard.com/meets/714118/events ⚡️SPEED is our Stampede⚡️

GVMS!

GV will host Windham tonight in a triple header. JV boys begin at 4:30 followed by Varsity Girls then Varsity Boys.

Update on Youth Cheer Camp

All games are canceled for today. Girls varsity basketball will be played tomorrow as part of a triple header with the boys. JV boys begin at 4:30 followed by Varsity Girls then Varsity Boys. Middle school games versus Windham will be rescheduled at a later date.

Due to the lake effect snow conditions through tomorrow evening and for the safety of our students there will be no school tomorrow, Thursday, January 15.