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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.
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."
A few tinks were different for SJCC softball in district final win
Two tinks were different. It was a softball game, so you heard bats tink all evening. The first tink that stood out was orchestrated by by a home run swing from Stella Thomas for the go-ahead tally in the third inning in three-seed St. Joseph Central Catholic's 6-3 victory Thursday over top seed Danbury for a district crown in Division IV.
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...
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...
Money Miley: Birthday girl leads Colts to Division II district semifinal win over Norwalk
WILLARD — Miley Shafer couldn't have driven herself to the ballpark if she had to. With our without a parent. The Clear Fork freshman pitcher celebrated her 15th birthday on Tuesday night with a dominant performance in the circle leading the Colts to a 2-1 Division II district semifinal win over Norwalk in Willard. Shafer already has a sectional championship win, a Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference title victory and a district tournament win all before she's received her...
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