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Maumee wins Division II softball district final over Otsego
A spectacular break of good fortune led to an opportunistic double play at a pivotal moment to portend it might just be the Maumee softball team's day in the Panthers' 5-1 Division II district final victory over Otsego on Saturday afternoon at Genoa High School. A sharply hit ground ball by Otsego's Cailyn Rider with the bases loaded and one out in the top of the third ricocheted off of Maumee shortstop Lilly Duling's foot and straight to second baseman Julia Coutcher, who maintained her composure as if turning a routine 6-4-3 double play and proceeded to get the force...
Walleye score 3 second-period goals, top Kansas City for first win in conference finals
The Toledo Walleye rolled up their sleeves and fought back with a flurry of second-period goals to earn their first win of the Western Conference finals on Monday night. Toledo took Game 3 of the series 4-3 over the top-seeded Kansas City Mavericks before a charged up crowd of 7,545 at the Huntington Center. Walleye rookie forward Riley Sawchuk scored two goals and now leads the ECHL with 10 goals in the playoffs. Defenseman Michael Prapavessis had a goal and an assist, defenseman Grant Gabriele had two assists, and forward Conlan Keenan scored the game-winner. Toledo goaltender John Lethemon improved to 5-1 in the playoffs, finishing with 25 saves. Kansas City netminder Cale Morris had 26 stops.
Wright brothers add unique chapter to baseball Battle of I-75
This weekend’s Bowling Green-Toledo baseball series isn’t the first time UT third baseman Trey Wright has seen the Falcons play in 2024. And, no, that is not in reference to the previous meeting between the archrivals. The Battle of I-75 series starts tomorrow in Bowling Green...Here's a fun twist to this rivalry - @ToledoBaseball's 3rd baseman & @BGSU_Baseball's catcher are brothers‼️ Trey Wright (@twr1ght) talked about facing younger brother, Garrett (@GRW727) and their parents' outfits pic.twitter.com/JUQxeGSMqz Wright has been a spectator at Steller Field for multiple BGSU games this season, but the current Rocket has a valid excuse for crossing into enemy territory — his brother, Garrett, is a freshman catcher for the Falcons.
Which other northwest Ohio athletes own career state records?
By setting the Ohio high school career home run record Thursday, Evergreen senior Macy Chamberlin joined a small group of northwest Ohioans who can claim to be owners of state records. By hitting her 61st home run, Chamberlin becomes the sixth Toledo-area athlete to hold a career state record, according to the Ohio High School Athletic Association. Here are the other career records set by athletes who played at area schools: BOYS BASKETBALL
Briggs: For Toledo men's basketball, all's well that ends well after 'crazy' start to offseason
The Toledo men’s basketball program has won four straight Mid-American Conference championships, but Tod Kowalczyk is realistic about expectations going forward. Now that the dust is settling on a frenetic offseason — which began with UT’s top three players declaring for free agency — he is not sure the Rockets will be as good next year. No … “I think we’ll be better,” Kowalczyk said.
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