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Toledo-area entrants come away with three district titles in boys tennis
PORT CLINTON — Boys tennis district tournament play concluded Saturday with a host of locals qualifying for state competition, including two singles players and one doubles team capturing their respective district titles. The Division I and Division II tournaments both took place at Port Clinton. The two finalists in Division I earned state tournament places for both singles and doubles, while the four semifinalists all advanced at the Division II level. Nick Miller of St. Francis de Sales was the D-I singles champion, defeating Gabe Burke of Lima Shawnee 6-3, 6-3 in the district final. Miller had defeated Miles Green of St. John’s Jesuit in the semifinals to lock up his state bid. Northview’s Max Forquer saw his run come to an end with a semifinal loss to Burke.
Track and field roundup: Oak Harbor boys claim victory at Division II district meet
OAK HARBOR, Ohio — Oak Harbor defended its home track on Saturday, winning the Division II boys track and field district competition. The Rockets scored 131 points, topping second-place Eastwood’s 107. Central Catholic (66) was third, followed by Clyde (60) and Lake (47). Sandusky Perkins won the girls meet with 111 points, Oak Harbor was second at 85, followed by Port Clinton (79), Lake (71.5), and Clyde (62). Oak Harbor’s Tyler Thompson claimed a sprint double in the boys meet, with the junior claiming the 100-meter dash in 10.90 seconds and the 200 in 21.98. Sophomore Wyatt Augsburger had a hurdles double, winning the 110 hurdles in 14.88 and the 300 hurdles in 40.14.
Walk-off home run propels Perrysburg softball past Springfield in district final
CLYDE, Ohio — Hitting a walk-off home run to win a game is what players dream of. For Perrysburg's Jessica Miller, it became reality Friday. With Springfield surging to tie the game late, Miller took advantage of a pitch over the plate, slamming a solo shot over the left-field fence, lifting second-seeded Perrysburg to a 9-8 Division I district championship over the third-seeded Blue Devils at Joe Wilson Field at Clyde High School. "I was really hoping to hit a line drive just to get on base," Miller said. "A walk is a walk. I was going to be on base and I knew at some point, I was going to be that winning run."
Brothers serve up history: Ontario duo joins five state-bound Lex players
PORT CLINTON — What do you do if you’ve just put your stamp on a historical achievement? If you’re brothers Pablo and Hector Sanchez Vidal you just keep going, looking for more. On Thursday, the Spanish siblings won both of their doubles matches in the opening session of the Division II district tennis tournament in Port Clinton to become the first state qualifiers in the history of the boys program at Ontario. ...
Lesson learned; Oak Harbor's LaLonde hates to miss a start
Oak Harbor junior Mike LaLonde doesn't repeat mistakes. He made a decision he regrets, delaying his offseason arm program a little too long. He tried to make up for lost time and eventually was forced to miss a big start against Lake in the Northern Buckeye Conference late in the season. Softball A few...
New London's softball district title hopes come to an end by Monroeville
GALION — Going into Thursday's Division III district final, No. 1 seed Monroeville had two pretty good options as far as who was going to start against No. 2 New London. They could either roll out Veanna Helmstetter or Emily Scheid. Either choice would work. The Eagles (21-6) went with Scheid and they happened to guess right, as she pitched a whale of a game (seven strikeouts, two walks, no earned runs, six hits in seven...
Even first love can't lure SJCC's Stull off golf course
Imagine you slowly created a bond through progress and empowerment. Then, your first love returns to make you remember what you’re missing. That’s how St. Joseph Central Catholic senior Clay Stull must have felt. He spent most of his life with basketball dreams, picked up a golf bag...
Jared Shetzer learned to hustle at Clyde. Now the coach, expect Fliers to stop for nothing
Jared Shetzer earned the Hustle Trophy playing basketball as a Clyde freshman 24 years ago. His attitude hasn't changed as he takes the helm for Fliers varsity boys basketball. Superintendent Lucas Messer was an assistant coach for Shetzer’s team in high school. “I was undersized, I wasn’t the most...
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