Grand Valley Local School District

The Lady Mustangs will host Springfield tonight for the OHSAA Sectional Championship! Game time 7:00 pm. OHSAA TICKET PRICES: Adult $10.00 Students $5.00 No passes or Sr discounts

It’s tournament time!!! #6 GV will play #16 Springfield tomorrow AT HOME in the sectional championship game - 7:00pm. Winner earns a spot in the district semi-finals! Come out and support the girls and give us a home court advantage as we look to keep our season rolling! Get your tickets here or at the door: https://www.ohsaa.org/tickets

Cupcake Wars in Mrs. Moore's class!

GV Community!

Senior Night for the Mustang Wrestlers! Come out and support the Wrestlers as they take on the visiting Edgewood Warriors. Start Time 6:00 pm!

GRAND VALLEY 63 ST. JOHN 48 The Mustangs on Senior Night end the regular season at 18-4 and 7-0 vs county teams! Solomon Schultz leads with 22 points followed by Carter Turk with 21 and Payton Plizga with 9. Sam Pizzuto earns the DIFF! Go Big Blue!

OHSAA Northeast District 1 tournament path. We earned the #2 seed out of 32 teams! Go Big Blue!

Congratulations to our 8th grade middle school boys basketball team! They are undefeated NAC champs and Bristol 8th grade tournament champs!

Thanks to everyone who volunteered for the Amish basketball tournament fundraiser at Grand Valley last night!

GVMS Students in grades 5-8 participated in Career Day on February 12th.

GVMS hosted 40 community members and volunteers for this event. As part of the students' career rotations, our 8th graders also participated in Reality Day. Reality Day allowed students to look into the future and find ways to balance their income without neglecting other responsibilities given to them.

The preparation for Reality Day began in the classrooms with lessons involving budgeting, check writing, spending habits, and real world scenarios. Preparing for the Reality Day simulation was a collaborative effort between Lisa McClain (GVMS School Counselor), Tracy Cope (GVMS Career Education Teacher), Staci Zappitelli (A-Tech Career Education Coordinator), Abbey Averill (Ohio State University Extension) and Samantha Lonardo (GVMS Math Teacher).

GVMS Student Council Members preparing for our Valentine's Day Carnation Deliveries!

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Congratulations to our GVHS Students of the Month!

9th- Gunner Z.
10th- Cooper P.
11th- Luke G.
12th- Joe M.

Congratulations to our GVMS Students of the Month!

5th- Allison R.
6th- Carter H.
7th- Isabell E.
8th- Ivy B.

Congratulations to our GVES Students of the Month!

KG- Hannah
1st- Brooklyn
2nd- Matthew
3rd- Olivia
4th- Delaney

Make that 6-0 for the Grand Valley boys basketball team against Ashtabula County competition this year. Solomon Schultz scored a game-high 30 points and Carter Turk added 21 as the Mustangs defeated host Jefferson, 64-58, on Tuesday in Falcon Gymnasium. The win gives the Mustangs a 6-0 record against county teams this year with two wins over Pymatuning Valley and one each against Edgewood, St. John, Lakeside and Jefferson. Grand Valley doesn't play Geneva or Conneaut this year. "It's been a while since we've beaten them," Coach Justin Turk said of the Falcons. "It's gonna be a dogfight no matter what our record is and what their record is. We're certainly happy to be undefeated against county teams." Navigating through Jefferson's trapping halfcourt defense, the Mustangs consistently made the extra passes - particularly in the critical second half - to find the holes in the zone for easy bucket. Turk, Schultz and Anthony Eason each hit a pair of 3-pointers against zone rotations. "It's the hard work we put on in practice," Schultz said of dealing with defensive pressure. "We work on it all day in practice, working against presses." Schultz hit a shot at the buzzer to give the Mustangs a 34-30 lead at the break. With the Falcons threatening to retake the lead late Schultz scored 11 points in the fourth. "With Carter and Schultz, we have two of the best kids in the county," Turk said. "When we put the ball in their hands, good things usually happen for us." Last week, Grand Valley drilled NAC rival Cardinal, 59-26, behind 19 points from Carter Turk and 12 from Cooper Plizga. Schultz supplemented with 11 in that game. Grand Valley is now 17-4 and has one regular-season game remaining Feb. 17 against St. John when the Mustangs will go for a perfect 7-0 slate against county teams. But first, GV will select its slot in the postseason tournament draw this weekend. Turk likes his chances of a good seed and favorable home-game matchup in the first round. "We've played as tough of a schedule as we could all year so that we're ready for tournament time," he said. "We think this game (against Jefferson) was a real good tournament type of game to get us ready." Grand Valley 64, Jefferson 58 GV - Eason 8, Turk 21, Schultz 30, C.Plizga 4, P.Plizga 1. Jefferson - Navarro 28, Shetler 12, Dzura 12, Hitchcock 2, Dietrick 2, Fritzche 2. Gr.Valley 19 15 15 17 - 64 Jefferson 16 14 14 14 - 58 Free throws: Grand Valley 9 of 14, Jefferson 7 of 9; 3-pointers: Grand Valley 7 (Eason 2, Turk 2, Schultz 2, C.Plizga), Jefferson 5 (Shetler 2, Dzura 2, Navarro) Grand Valley 59, Cardinal 26 GV - Eason 7, Turk 19, Schultz 11, Hart 4, C.Plizga 12, P.Plizga 6. Cardinal - Davis 5, B.Strever 6, Sindelar 6, Komandt 5, K.Strever 3, Skyta 1. Gr.Valley 24 11 21 3 - 59 Cardinal 4 4 14 4 - 26 Free throws: Grand Valley 2 of 3, Cardinal 5 of 7; 3-pointers: Grand Valley 5 (Turk 2, Eason, Schultz, C.Plizga), Cardinal 3 (B.Strever 2, Davis)

Thank you Huntsburg Baptist Church for blessing our students!
Your generosity helps ensure students have the nourishment they need to stay energized and focused throughout the school day.

GRAND VALLEY 64 JEFFERSON 58 Mustangs go on the road to get a huge W in front of a packed gym! 17-4 overall. 6-0 in the county! Monster game for Solomon Schultz with 30 points followed by Carter Turk with 21. Go Big Blue!