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Despite late-season lull, Toledo baseball enters MAC tournament with confidence
The end of the regular season did not go according to plan for the University of Toledo baseball team. On the final weekend, the Rockets were swept by archrival Bowling Green, dropping them to the No. 6 seed in the Mid-American Conference tournament. But the downward spiral began before that. UT was 19-16 overall and 12-5 in the MAC when it took the field at Scott Park on Sunday afternoon, April 14, the last day in a three-game series against Kent State. The Golden Flashes prevailed, and Toledo is still trying to recover, losing 14 of 20 games, including 7 of 11 in the conference. Rob Reinstetle isn’t concerned, though. The MAC tournament represents a clean slate for the Rockets.
Blissfield's Hope Miller breaks mother's 1,600 record
BLISSFIELD — When Hope Miller started her the 1,600-meter last week, her mom, Andrea Miller, grabbed her phone to record the race because Hope’s dad and brother were out of town. It turned into a keeper. Miller ran the 1,600 in 5:17.97, breaking the school record that her mom, Andrea Stutzman, had held since...
Toledo's Sornlaksup eliminated in first round of NCAA tournament
STILLWATER, Okla. — University of Toledo senior Pawit Sornlaksup made Rocket history with his appearance Monday in the individual NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships, but his tournament run did not last long. Sornlaksup lost in the first round to Arizona’s Colton Smith 6-4, 6-3. Smith advanced to the round of 32 of the week-long tournament hosted by Oklahoma State. Smith, ranked No. 22 in the country, broke Sornlaksup’s serve late in the first set for a 5-4 lead, then closed out the set with a service game win. He broke again in the first and last games of the second set to complete the victory. The match lasted 1 hour, 28 minutes. Sornlaksup, a native of Thailand, was the first Rocket to compete in the national individual tournament and entered the week with a No. 65 national ranking. He is a three-time Mid-American Conference player of the year and helped lead UT to conference titles in each of the past two seasons. The Rockets lost to Illinois in the first round of the team NCAA tournament on May 3.
Local swim school stressing importance of water safety
SYLVANIA, Ohio — According to Centers for Disease Control roughly 15% of U.S. adults, about 40 million people, say they don't know how to swim. These admissions, combined with a startling increase in the number of young children drowning,. have led schools like Sylvania's Goldfish Swim School on Brint...
Illustration: Breaking down where and when Macy Chamberlin hit her 61 homers
Evergreen High School softball standout Macy Chamberlin set the Ohio career high school home record in her final high school game last week. Here’s a look at a graphic highlighting in which years and to which fields the Penn State signee hit her homers. You can also access the illustration in the image carousel above. YEARS Chamberlin hit 40 of the 61 in her final two seasons.
Division I softball: Anthony Wayne, Perrysburg face unranked foes in regional semifinals
The two top-10 ranked teams from the Northern Lakes League's Buckeye Division — champion Anthony Wayne (25-1 overall, 12-0 NLL) and runner-up Perrysburg (24-4, 10-3) — are each headed to Clyde High School for separate regional softball semifinal matchups Wednesday. No. 3 Anthony Wayne will take on unranked Brecksville-Broadview Heights (21-6) in a 4 p.m. semifinal, while No. 8 Perrysburg will open at 1 p.m. against unranked North Ridgeville (17-5). The regional final is scheduled for 5 p.m. Friday. ■ Anthony Wayne vs. Brecksville-Broadview Heights
Briggs: Kuligowski's lawsuit against Toledo is as sad as it appears flawed
There are leaps. There are bounds. And then there are the jumps in logic made by Craig Kuligowski in his bombshell $10 million lawsuit against the University of Toledo. They are so long that Carl Lewis would be jealous.
Region Athlete of the Week ballot packed with great candidates
The high school sports season is heading into the stretch run. With teams gearing up for state-tournament runs and some major competitions on the schedule, there are plenty of great candidates for Monroe County Region Athlete of the Week for May 13-19 There are athletes from all 14 Region schools on the ballot. ...
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.
Toledo drops first game of MAC tournament 5-1 against Ball State
AVON, Ohio — The No. 6 seed Toledo baseball team is on the brink of elimination at the Mid-American Conference tournament as the Rockets were outhit 13-1 and fell by a final of 5-1 to Ball State in their first game at Crushers Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. Ball State pitcher Merritt Beeker pitched a complete game for the win. He gave up just the one run on one hit and struck out 12 Toledo batters. The Rockets’ Grant Umberger suffered the loss. (Video credit: Mid-American Conference)
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