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Bowling Green baseball advances to MAC semifinal for first time since 2013
AVON, Ohio — Bowling Green picked up its first Mid-American Conference baseball tournament win since 2015 thanks to a six-run sixth inning, which propelled the Falcons to an eight-run, 12-4 win over Miami at Crushers Stadium on Thursday. It was also the first time the Falcons have made the MAC semifinal since 2013. With the win, the No.1-seeded Falcons (33-18) advance and will face No. 2 Western Michigan, who blanked No. 3 Ball State 8-0 in the nightcap. The game is set for a 6 p.m. start on Friday with the winner advancing to the MAC Championship on Saturday. In the regular season, the Falcons were 1-2 against the Broncos.
BGSU eliminated from MAC baseball tournament with loss to Ball State
AVON, Ohio — A season full of records, wins, and excitement within the Bowling Green State University baseball community came to a tough end on Saturday. Top-seeded BGSU couldn’t maintain its strong start, and No. 3 Ball State did all of its damage offensively in the final six innings as the Cardinals doubled up the Falcons 10-5 in an elimination game in the Mid-American Conference tournament at Crushers Stadium in Avon. (Video credit: Mid-American Conference) BGSU, which won the MAC regular-season title with a program-record 24 wins that included a league-record 17-0 start, finished the season 33-20 after reaching its first MAC tournament since 2015 and first semifinal since 2013.
Playoff Roundup: Waynedale wins third straight district, Norwayne loses in regional semi
Nothing was going to stop Waynedale from winning its third straight district championship. The Golden Bears put together perhaps their most dominant performance during their three-year run of undefeated postseason play, dominating Columbia in a 17-1 Div. III district championship title game at Medina High School. Waynedale has now won 17 straight...
Regional Track Preview: Waynedale's Reber fights through injury to the cusp of state
Simply put, it's been a tough two weeks for Waynedale's Jeremy Reber. After battling an early season hamstring injury, the senior All-Ohio hurdler came into the month nearing 100 percent and poised for a return trip to state in both the 110- and 300-meter hurdles. However, Reber reaggravated the injury...
Loss to Western Michigan sends Bowling Green to MAC baseball elimination bracket
AVON, Ohio — A three-run first inning set the tone for second-seeded Western Michigan’s 11-0 victory over No. 1 seed Bowling Green State University in the final winners’ bracket game Friday at the Mid-American Conference baseball tournament. With the loss, Bowling Green (33-19) is sent to Saturday’s 12:30 pm. elimination game against third-seeded Ball State. That winner will face Western Michigan at 6 p.m. Saturday in the first of a potential two championship games. A second championship game, should the Bowling Green-Ball State winner defeat Western Michigan, is scheduled for noon Sunday. Western Michigan (31-21) hammered Bowling Green starting pitcher Landon Willeman. He yielded four straight singles, a walk, and a run-producing wild pitch before retiring his first batter, allowing the Broncos to take a 3-0 lead.
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.
Liberty-Benton advances to baseball district final; Eastwood eliminated
ELIDA, Ohio — If Coldwater was a buzz saw, the Division III Elida District must be the whole sawmill. The baseball doubleheader semifinal saw four of the state’s top 14 teams faceoff, with No. 5 Coldwater knocking off No. 8 Eastwood, 7-3, in the opener at Ed Sandy Field. Liberty-Benton rallied to top Wayne Trace, 7-4, in the nightcap. The winners face each other Saturday for the district crown. Eastwood coach Kevin Leady said his team had its hands full with the Cavaliers (24-5).
Whitmer, St. Francis advance in D-I district baseball
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — By the skin of their collective teeth, the Whitmer Panthers survived for a 9-8 victory over Northview on Thursday at Bowling Green's Carter Park to advance to this weekend's Division I district baseball finals. The Panthers (19-7), who avenged two league losses to Northern Lakes League Buckeye Division champion Northview, will face St. Francis de Sales (18-11) in the district final, which will be played Saturday at 7 p.m. or Sunday at 3 p.m. St. Francis has graduation at 3 p.m. on Saturday. The Knights advanced by blanking Anthony Wayne 4-0 in Thursday night's second semifinal at Carter Park. Junior Colin Hennessey (6-1) pitched a three-hit shutout for St. Francis.
Southview rallies, stuns Clay in D-I baseball district semifinal
BOWLING GREEN — No. 9 seed Southview baseball stormed back in the late innings and put it away in the eighth to upset top-seeded Clay 12-8 in a Division I district semifinal Wednesday at Bowling Green’s Carter Park. Avery Offenburg led off the top of the eighth with the go-ahead solo home run, and the Cougars added three more runs that inning to secure the win. The favored Eagles led 5-0 after four innings of play, but the Cougars plated two runs in the fifth and four in the sixth to take the lead. Clay responded with three runs in the bottom of the sixth to make it 8-6. Down to its final outs, Southview scored twice in the top of the seventh to tie the game, then kept the Eagles off the board in the bottom of the inning to send the game to extras.
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