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SARTA Athlete of the Week May 13-19 | Madison Vardavas, John Birchler win the vote
Madison Vardavas of Hoover is the girls winner and John Birchler of GlenOak wins for the boys. Vardavas, who plays lacrosse, received 37.92% of the votes cast. Birchler, a baseball player, received 41.31% of the votes cast. A total of 1,703 votes were cast overall. Look for more on each...
Anthony Wayne finishes 4th in 1st team tennis state tournament appearance
WOOSTER, Ohio — With a tight-knit roster built around its coach’s two sons, the Anthony Wayne boys tennis team used a lineup with depth unmatched this spring in Northwest Ohio to put together the best finish in program history. The Generals went the extra mile in showing their solidarity by living up to a preseason pact that ultimately got paid when they reached the Ohio Tennis Coaches Association Division I state team tournament for the first time Saturday at the College of Wooster. “After they qualified for this final four, they all went and buzzed their heads,” coach Jim Sutto said. “They actually said before the season started that they’d do it if they [made it to state]. A couple of them were rolling their eyes, like ‘Why did I agree to this?’ There were a couple who were excited to do it.” Although Anthony Wayne didn’t have any singles players or doubles teams reach the state individual tournament May 23-24 at Wooster, its depth helped it beat St. Francis 3-0 on May 17 to clinch a berth in the state final four.
Olentangy Orange, Columbus Academy fall short of OTCA boys tennis state championships
The site changed, but the results were the same as a year ago for central Ohio teams in the Ohio Tennis Coaches Association boys state tournament Saturday. Olentangy Orange reached its second consecutive Division I final but lost to Cincinnati Sycamore 3-0 at the College of Wooster, and Columbus Academy placed third in Division II for the second year in a row.
OHSAA boys tennis: Bexley's Henry Lessard captures Division II state singles championship
WOOSTER – The one point Bexley freshman Henry Lessard recalled more than any other from Friday’s Division II boys tennis state singles final was one that didn’t go his way. “It was really the 5-all point (during a first-set tiebreaker), a crazy overhead he hit,” Lessard said...
Walsh win sets up regional final between two top 10 nationally ranked softball teams
YOUNGSTOWN — The next game for the Walsh Jesuit softball team needs no introduction, but we’re going to hype the heck out of it anyways. It’s the game softball fans have dreamt about since the brackets came out and it’ll happen Friday when the Warriors face Austintown Fitch in a Division I regional final.
'I wasn't going to let them beat me twice': Brady Bowen leads Wooster past Medina
CLEVELAND — It wasn’t the kind of souvenir Brady Bowen wanted. Wooster coach Steve Young gave his ace pitcher the home run off the bat off a Medina's Brennan Stobbs from the Generals’ regional semifinal loss last year to serve as a reminder of how the season ended.
Norwayne's Morlock owns shot put, Orrville's Lacy wins 1,600 at district meet
ORRVILLE — It wasn’t a picture-perfect lean at the finish line Saturday for Orrville’s Daniel Comito. Far from it. But the result, well, that was a thing of beauty. Comito overcame a roller-coaster race in the 800-meter final at the Orrville Division II District, going from being in the lead to two positions back...
Bexley, New Albany, Liberty singles players advance in OHSAA boys tennis state tournament
WOOSTER − New Albany boys tennis standout Abhinav Dandu could be forgiven if he didn’t remember the blow-by-blow account of a 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-3 win over Springboro’s Rishi Dore in a Division I state quarterfinal Thursday. The junior and first-time state qualifier was so pumped about...
Lake Center Christian baseball's 'special group' wins district, returns to OHSAA regionals
STRUTHERS — Cruising to a second straight Division IV district title, the Lake Center Christian baseball team nursed a seven-run lead going into the sixth inning. Then things became real interesting. Freshman Grant Coblentz replaced Nathan Bryant on the mound. Dalton responded by scoring six runs before Bryant returned to record the final two outs of the inning. ...
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