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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. ...
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...
Junior College World Series one stage away for Terra State, still a baseball baby
In the program’s third year, Terra State Community College is two wins shy of the Junior College World Series. The Titans play host Friday to the winner from Region 4 of the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III tourney. The winner of the best-of-three series advances to the Junior College World Series.
Rockets lineup rarely goes hungry as softball moves to state tourney
FINDLAY — The batters at the bottom of Oak Harbor's lineup want to eat just as much as those at the top. No worries. Everybody most often feasts for the Rockets. Myley Sandwisch has two postseason home runs as Oak Harbor advanced to a state final against Baltimore Liberty Union at 3 p.m. Thursday...
League track meet records, softball winners and baseball postseason: High school notebook
Azure Travis established a meet record to win the 100 hurdles in 14.45 seconds as Woodmore's girls finished first in the Sandusky Bay Conference River Division. Travis topped 14.70 in preliminaries, which would have been a record. She won the 100 at 12.60, 300 hurdles at 44.84 and 200 at 25.84. Emma Hammer won...
Oak Harbor falls to Wynford in D-III baseball district final
SHELBY, Ohio — Things were off from the get-go. In a sign of things to come, an error by Oak Harbor in the first inning allowed Bucyrus Wynford to score two early runs. The second-seeded Rockets never righted the ship, committing five errors in a 7-2 Division III district final loss to third-seeded Wynford on Saturday at Shelby High School. "Self-inflicted wounds," Oak Harbor coach Nick Lance said. "Hats off to Wynford. They swing it well. [Grant] McGuire is back-to-back District 9 Player of the Year. He was the one we were worried about, but obviously they've got more than just him."
OHSAA girls Division I regional track and field recap
CLEVELAND, Ohio — All four OHSAA Division I track and field regionals wrapped up Friday to send 16 individuals to the state tournament in nine races and five field events. Athletes from cleveland.com’s seven-county coverage area in Northeast Ohio participated in both the Austintown and Port Clinton regional meets. More than 30 area athletes from both punched their tickets to Dayton.
Vote for Messenger/Herald softball player of year
Vote now for candidates below in the Messenger/Herald softball player of the year poll. The poll runs from 3 p.m. Monday to 3 p.m. Friday. Oak Harbor has one loss in the Northern Buckeye Conference behind senior first baseman Porter Gregory. Genoa pitch senior Kaylin Shields established a program career...
Perrysburg, Anthony Wayne win to meet for regional softball title
CLYDE, Ohio – Northern Lakes League rivals Perrysburg and Anthony Wayne have advanced to Friday's Division I regional softball finals at Clyde High School's Joe Wilson Field. Perrysburg’s eighth-ranked Yellow Jackets (26-4) edged North Ridgeville 3-2 in Wednesday's first regional semifinal, and AW’s third-ranked Generals (28-1) topped Brecksville-Broadview Heights 5-0 in the second semifinal at Clyde. The NLL foes square off at 5 p.m. on Friday. Perrysburg got a clutch two-out, two-strike single from sophomore Kylynn Thomas that drove in classmate Yesenia You from second base with the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh, then held on to win. Maison Gerrard, the Jackets' fourth-year pitcher, scattered 10 hits to earn the complete-game victory.
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