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Friday, May 20
Division II Sectional Final Baseball
Ontario 10, Lima Shawnee 0
The Ontario Warriors picked up a Division II sectional championship on Friday beating Lima Shawnee 10-0.
Colten Ramion led the way with three hits while Carter Weaver, Gage Weaver and Chase Studer had two hits apiece and Braxton Hall had one. Carter Weaver collected four RBIs in the victory while Ramion had two and Gage Weaver and Studer had one RBI apiece.
Ryan Chapman took the win on the mound with a complete-game, three-hit shutout with three strikeouts.
The Warriors improve to 15-6 and will play Columbian at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday at Bluffton University in the district semifinals.
Celina 6, Lexington 0
The Lexington Minutemen were bounced from the Division II sectional tournament after a 6-0 loss to Celina on Friday.
Lexington ends the season at 9-14.
Division II District Final Softball
Lexington 6, Clear Fork 5 F/12
Baseball
Mansfield Senior 7, Mansfield Christian 6
The Mansfield Senior Tygers took a 7-6 victory over Mansfield Christian on Friday in regular-season action.
Quintin Little, Braylon Hess, Justin Crall and Justin Bland had two hits apiece for the Tygers while Brock Hill, Connor Nicholson and Josh Malone had one hit apiece. Hess collected two RBIs while Malone, Crall and Dylan Pruett had one RBI apiece.
Brock Rentzel had three hits for the Flames while Landon Curtis and Ethan Bishop had two hits apiece and Ethan Byrom, Bryce Courser, Caleb Gregory, Grady Baker, Adam McLaughlin and Cale Everroad had one hit apiece. Gregory had three RBIs while Bishop, McLaughlin and Curtis had one RBI apiece.
Mansfield Christian 4, Mansfield Senior 3
The Flames preserved the split on Friday by taking Game 2 over the Tygers, 4-3.
Baker led the way with three hits while Curtis and Rentzel had two hits apiece and Everroad and Bishop had one hit apiece. Baker had two RBIs while Griffin Baker had one RBI.
Hill, Little, Hess, Graham Sanders, Braxton Hock and Malaki Stanfield all had one hit apiece. Stanfield and Hock had one RBI in the loss.
Mansfield Christian is now 6-17 while Mansfield Senior finishes out the year 3-17.
Crestview 16 South Central 5
Thursday, May 19
Division IV District Final Softball
Division IV Sectional Final Baseball
Division III Sectional semifinal baseball
Colonel Crawford 6, Crestview 2
Wednesday, May 18
Division II sectional semifinal baseball
Clear Fork 21, Mansfield Senior 0
Tuesday, May 17
Division II district semifinal softball
Division IV district semifinal softball
Plymouth 10, South Central 1
Division IV Sectional Semifinal Baseball
Upper Scioto Valley 12, Mansfield Christian 1
The Mansfield Christian Flames lost their Division IV sectional semifinal tournament game to Upper Scioto Valley 12-1 on Tuesday.
Brock Rentzel led the Flames with two hits while Grady Baker and Ethan Bishop had one hit apiece. Isaac Hillman had the lone RBI for the Flames.
The Flames fall to 4-16 on the season.
Lucas 16, Crestline 0
Softball
Mapleton 11, Crestview 3
The Crestview Cougars took a tough 11-3 loss to Mapleton on Tuesday night in Firelands Conference play.
Sophie Durbin led the way with two hits while PJ Endicott had one hit and one RBI, Chesnie Patton had a hit and an RBI and Kaylee Hammon and Izzy Ardis had one hit apiece.
Crestview falls to 11-8 on the year.
Madison earns sectional semifinal win over Bowsher
Monday, May 16
Division I sectional semifinal baseball
Madison 13, Toledo Bowsher 6
The Madison Rams are moving on in the Division I sectional tournament thanks to a 13-6 win over Toledo Bowsher on Monday.
Jameson Myers and Ethan Glasgo led the way with two hits apiece while Gavin Cates, Zach Glasgo, Cameron Kuhn, Easton Mazak and Shaun Cains Jr. all had one hit apiece. Myers and Cates had three RBIs apiece while Kuhn had two and Seth Ohl, Rian Lunsford, Zach Glasgo, Cains Jr. and David Yockey had one RBI apiece in the win
Cates picked up the win on the mound allowing three runs on five hits with nine strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings of work.
Madison improves to 6-18 and will travel to Perrysburg on Wednesday for a sectional championship showdown.
Baseball
Lexington 10, Mansfield Senior 0
The Lexington Minutemen wrapped up their Ohio Cardinal Conference season with a 10-0 win over Mansfield Senior on Monday.
Zion Rhodes and Braden Mumaw led Lexington with two hits apiece while Cole Pauley, Bradley Miller, Landin Goetz, Aiden Nicol, Matt Midkiff and Landon Hamilton all had one hit apiece. Mumaw had three RBIs while Hamilton had two and Rhodes, Miller, Nicol, Midkiff and Jaxon Brown had one RBI apiece.
Brock Hill, Josh Malone and Connor Nicholson all had one hit apiece for the Tygers.
Mansfield Senior falls to 2-15 while Lexington improves to 8-12 on the season.
Flames beat Tygers in nonconference clash
Saturday, May 14
Softball
Mansfield Christian 12, Mansfield Senior 2
The Mansfield Christian Flames picked up a nice nonconference win over Mansfield Senior on Saturday 12-2.
Noel Cline led the way for Mansfield Christian with four hits while Elisa McFadden had three and Isabel Golias, Courtney Kissinger and Abby Heininger had two apiece. Cline had two doubles to go with three RBIs while Kissinger had two and McFadden had one.
Mary Golias picked up the win in the circle allowing two runs on four hits with six strikeouts.
Hannah Nolen, Meredith Heckert, Trinity Withrow and Leahana Schaub had one hit apiece for the Tygers. Schaub had both RBIs.
Mansfield Senior falls to 0-18 while Mansfield Christian is now 3-12 on the season.
Plymouth 9, Crestview 5
The Plymouth Big Red earned a 9-5 Firelands Conference victory over Crestview on Saturday.
Chloe Trine led the way with four hits while Lilly Sparks had three, Makenzie Back and Aryssa Horne had two apiece and Bree Fellows, Jaylin Branham, Aliya Echelbarger and Ashlee Steward had one hit apiece. Horne and Sparks had two RBIs while Fellows, Kaela Plank, Branham, Echelbarger and Steward had one RBI apiece. Horne and Branham had one home run apiece.
Back picked up the win in the circle for the Big Red allowing five runs, three earned, on nine hits with 10 strikeouts.
Mary Leeper led the way for Crestview with two hits while Sophie Durbin, PJ Endicott, Chesnie Patton, Kalee Hamman, Tarynn Eagle, Kylie Owens and Autumn Martin had one hit apiece. Leeper collected two RBIs while Endicott and Hamman had one apiece. Leeper belted a home run in the loss.
Crestview falls to 11-7 while Plymouth improves to 12-9 on the season.
Clear Fork 7, Pleasant 6
The Clear Fork Colts earned a win in their MOAC finale on Saturday by beating Pleasant 7-6.
Trinity Cook had herself a day with four hits while Ashtynn Roberts, Andrea Swainhart and Parker Swihart had two hits apiece and Pacey Chrastina, Macy Ousley, Katrina Rogers and Baylee Shoemaker had one hit apiece. Shoemaker had two RBIs while Swihart, Chrastina, Swainhart and Tate Swihart had one RBI apiece in the win.
Roberts earned the win in the circle allowing three runs, two earned, on eight hits with six strikeouts in six innings of relief work.
Clear Fork improves to 15-7 on the season.
Baseball
Lucas 8, Western Reserve 1
The Lucas Cubs earned an 8-1 nonconference victory over Western Reserve on Saturday.
Andrew Smollen earned the win on the mound with 17 strikeouts.
Lucas improves to 12-9 on the season.
Upper Sandusky 2, Lexington 0
The Lexington Minutemen dropped a tough nonconference game to Upper Sandusky on Saturday falling 2-0.
The Minutemen were no-hit in the contest.
Lex falls to 7-12 on the season.
Northmor 13, Clear Fork 12
The Clear Fork Colts took a tough 13-12 loss to Northmor on Saturday in nonconference action.
Jared Scott led the way with three hits while Luke Schlosser, Jay Jackson and David Ballinger had two hits apiece and Kaleb Hollar and Aaron Brown had one hit apiece in the loss. Hollard had four RBIs while Ballinger had three and Scott and Brown had two apiece. Hollar belted a home run.
The Colts fall to 10-13 on the season.
Rittman 9, Mansfield Christian 4
The Mansfield Christian Flames took a tough 9-4 nonconference loss to Rittman on Saturday.
Landon Curtis and Adam McLaughlin led the way with two hits apiece for the Flames while Isaac Hillman, Ethan Bishop and Bryce Courser had one hit apiece. Curtis and Grady Baker had one RBI apiece for the Flames.
Mansfield Christian falls to 4-15 on the season.
Madison's Lyons ties state record in sectional title win
Friday, May 13
Division II Sectional Final Softball
Madison 21, Mansfield Senior 0
The Madison Rams picked up a Division II sectional championship with a convincing 21-0 win over Mansfield Senior on Friday.
Bailey Lyons made history tying the OHSAA softball record for most home runs in an inning when she blasted two homers in the fourth inning, a two-run and three-run blast, to tie the record. Kyleigh Reiter led the way with four hits while Kendyll Kershner and Bri Bowles had three apiece, Emily Nolan and Lyons had two apiece and Olivia Schulz, Hope Barrett, Ashley Markley and Reagan Hayes had one hit apiece. Bowles and Lyons had five RBIs apiece while Reiter and Schulz had two RBIs and Markley and Hayes had one apiece. Lyons had two home runs while Bowles and Schulz had one home run apiece.
Lyons also earned the win in the circle spinning a five-inning no-hitter with nine strikeouts and one walk.
Madison is now 12-10 on the season and will play Lexington at 4 p.m. on Tuesday in Willard in the Division II district semifinals.
Lexington 7, Galion 1
The Lexington Lady Lex picked up a Division II sectional championship with a 7-1 win over Galion on Friday.
Jillian Bammann and Jillian Morr led the way with two hits apiece while Kylie Galownia, Sarah Branham, Kaylie Eichorn, Emily Winters and Emma Moeglin had one hit apiece. Bammann had three RBIs while Morr and Winters had two apiece in the win.
Bammann picked up the win in the circle allowing one run on four hits with nine strikeouts in seven innings of work.
Lexington improved to 19-4 and will play Lexington at 4 p.m. on Tuesday in Willard in the Division II district semifinals.
Bellevue 1, Shelby 0 F/10
The Shelby Whippets gave it everything they had in their Division II sectional semifinal game with Bellevue but came away with a 1-0 loss in 10 innings.
Maggie Bogner, Mallary Gundrum and Demi Hipp all had two hits apiece while Lexi Thompson and Sadie Smith had one hit apiece.
Lexi Booker threw the game of her life allowing just one run on three hits with seven strikeouts in 9 2/3 innings of work.
Shelby ends the year 12-11.
Softball
Madison 23, Mansfield Senior 2
In a resumed game from earlier in the season, Madison picked up a 23-2 victory over Mansfield Senior to complete the regular season.
Olivia Schulz had three hits while Aubrey Hoffman, Bri Bowles, Kyleigh Reiter, Reagan Hayes and Emma Stankovich had two hits apiece and Hope Barrett, Emily Nolan, Bailey Lyons and Courtney Ousley had one hit apiece. Barrett had three RBIs while Schulz and Reiter had two apiece and Nolan, Ashley Markley, Hoffman, Bowles, Ousley, Lyons, Stankovich and Hayes had one apiece.
Madison is now 12-10 on the season.
Baseball
Mansfield Senior 10, Crestline 0 F/5
The Mansfield Senior Tygers picked up their second win of the season beating Crestline 10-0 on Friday.
Quintin Little led the way with three hits while Braylon Hess, Graham Sanders and Brock Hill had two hits apiece and Connor Nicholson, Malaki Stanfield, Ross Pruittmiller and Justin Crall had one hit apiece. Hess and Hill had two RBIs while Little, Nicholson, Sanders, Stanfield and Pruittmiller had one RBI apiece.
Little picked up the win on the mound with a complete-game, two-hitter with 10 strikeouts in five innings of work.
The Tygers improve to 2-14 in the win.
Clear Fork 8, Ontario 1
The Clear Fork Colts picked up a nice 8-1 MOAC win over Ontario on Friday.
Aaron Brown led the way with three hits while Luke Schlosser and Kaleb Hollar had two hits apiece and Jared Scott, David Ballinger, Kaden Riddle and Aiden Perry had one hit apiece. Schlosser had three RBIs while Ballinger had two and Scott had one.
Schlosser took the win on the mound allowing one run on six hits with nine strikeouts in seven inning of work.
Peyton Dzugan, Colten Ramion, Gage Weaver, Ryan Chapman, Chase Studer and Jayden Leach had one hit apiece for Ontario while Chapman recorded the lone RBI.
Ontario falls to 13-6 and Clear Fork improves to 10-12 on the season.
Plymouth 11, Margaretta 1
The Plymouth Big Red picked up a solid nonconference win over Margaretta on Friday winning 11-1.
Zeth Goth led the way with three hits while Zach Hamman, Nick Roberts, Trace McVey and Cole Wentz has two apiece and Ethan Gillum, Shae Sparks and Clayton Miller had one hit apiece. McVey collected five RBIs on the night while Wentz had two and Goth and Miller had one apiece.
McVey also earned the win on the mound allowing one run on four hits with four strikeouts in seven innings of work.
Plymouth improves to 15-7 on the season.
Medina Buckeye 9, Madison 2
The Madison Rams took a tough 9-2 nonconference loss to Medina Buckeye on Friday.
Gavin Cates, Rian Lunsford and Jarrett Mandusic led the way with two hits apiece while Seth Ohl, Ethan Glasgo and Zach Glasgo had one hit apiece. Cates collected two RBIs in the loss.
Madison falls to 5-18 on the season.
Plymouth wins sectional championship behind Back's 17 ks
Thursday, May 12
Softball
Plymouth 6, Seneca East 0
The Plymouth Big Red earned a Division IV sectional championship win over Seneca East on Thursday winning 6-0.
Bree Fellows and Makenzie Back led the way with two hits apiece while Kaela Plank, Jaylin Branham, Chloe Trine and Aliya Echelbarger had one hit apiece. Fellows, Back, Trine and Aryssa Horne all had one RBI apiece in the win.
Back picked up the victory with a three-hit, complete-game shutout with 17 strikeouts.
Plymouth improves to 10-9 on the season.
Mansfield Christian 15, Genoa Christian 13
The Mansfield Christian Flames earned a nice nonconference win over Genoa Christian on Thursday winning 15-13.
Isabel Golias led the way with four hits while Courtney Kissinger had three and Sarah Heininger had two. Mary Golias took the win in the circle working all seven innings allowing seven hits with seven strikeouts.
The Flames improve to 2-10 on the season.
Highland 15, Clear Fork 1
The Clear Fork Colts dropped a tough MOAC matchup to Highland on Thursday falling 15-1.
Trinity Cook and Ashtynn Roberts both had two hits apiece while Renee Anders and Pacey Chrastina had one hit apiece. Roberts had the lone RBI on the night.
Clear Fork falls to 13-7 on the season.
Baseball
Lucas 15, Mansfield Christian 0
The Lucas Cubs dominated in their final regular season game of the year topping Mansfield Christian 15-0 in MBC play.
Gavin Bichsel, Andrew Fanello and Andrew Smollen all had two hits apiece while Bobby Grover, Hunter Church, Connor Rice, Brayden Spitler and Gabe Porter had one hit apiece. Smollen collected three RBIs while Bichsel and Hunter Rice had two RBIs apiece and Grover, Fanello, Church, Connor Rice and Porter all had one RBI apiece.
Connor Rice took the win on the mound with a five-inning, one-hit shutout with five strikeouts in five innings of work.
Adam McLaughlin had the lone hit for the Flames.
Mansfield Christian falls to 4-13 while Lucas improves to 11-9.
Ontario 11, Marion Harding 4
The Ontario Warriors collected a Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference win over Marion Harding on Thursday winning 11-4.
Gage Weaver had a big day at the plate with three hits while Colten Ramion and Ryan Chapman had two hits apiece and Petyon Dzugan, Carter Walters, Carter Weaver, Drew Yetter, Braxton Hall and Jayden Leach had one hit apiece. Gage Weaver had two RBIs while Dzugan, Jacob Barabani, Walters, Yetter and Hall had one RBI apiece for a balanced effort.
Carter Weaver took the win on the mound allowing four runs, none earned, on five hits with nine strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings of work.
Ontario improves to 13-5 on the season.
Plymouth 11, Mount Gilead 1
Lex completes sweep of Madison
Wednesday, May 11
Baseball
Lexington 3, Madison 0
The Lexington Minutemen posted a shutout win over Madison for the second consecutive day winning 3-0.
Cole Pauley led Lex with two hits while Chance Basilone, Zion Rhodes, Braden Mumaw, Bradley Miller and Landon Hamilton all had one hit apiece. Mumaw, Pauley and Hamilton had one RBI apiece for the Minutemen.
Colton Murfield earned the win on the mound with a complete-game shutout allowing five hits with 11 strikeouts.
Jameson Myers led Madison with two hits while Gavin Cates, Dylan Mapes and Zach Glasgo had one hit apiece.
Seth Ohl pitched well for Madison allowing three runs on seven hits with two strikeouts in seven innings.
Madison falls to 5-17 while Lex improves to 8-11.
Plymouth 10, St. Paul 4
Highland 12, Clear Fork 2
The Clear Fork Colts took a 12-2 loss to Highland on Wednesday in MOAC play.
Luke Schlosser led the way with two hits while Jay Jackson, Kaden Riddle, Kaleb Hollar, Aaron Brown and Kasey Swank had one hit apiece. Hollar had the lone RBI of the day for Clear Fork.
The Colts fall to 9-12 on the season.
Bucyrus 13, Mansfield Senior 6
The Mansfield Senior Tygers took a tough 13-6 nonconference loss to Bucyrus on Wednesday.
Graham Sanders and Braylon Hess led the way with two hits apiece while Quintin Little, Brock Hill and Connor Nicholson had one hit apiece. Hess, Sanders, Justin Crall and Nicholson all had one RBI apiece.
Mansfield Senior falls to 1-13 on the season.
Softball
Crestline 13, Mansfield Senior 0
The Mansfield Senior Tygers took a tough 13-0 nonconference loss to Crestline on Wednesday.
Ellie Snyder led the way with two hits while Alexis Goad had one for the Tygers.
Mansfield Senior falls to 0-15 on the year.
Ontario wins first softball league title in 22 years
Tuesday, May 10
Softball
Ontario 5, River Valley 1
The Ontario Warriors clinched at least a share of the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference championship with a -1 win over River Valley on Tuesday night. It is the Warriors' first league championship in 22 years.
Eden Howard and Autumn Taylor both had three hits apiece while Joslynne Frazier had two hits and Trista Jewell, Kylie Snow and Olivia Kreger had one hit apiece. Taylor had two RBIs while Jewell, Frazier and Alex Switaj had one apiece.
Frazier earned the win in the circle allowing one run on three hits with five strikeouts.
Ontario improves to 11-5 on the season.
Lexington 5, Madison 1
The Lexington Lady Lex picked up a nice OCC win over Madison on Tuesday winning 5-1.
Jillian Morr led Lexington with two hits while Kylie Galownia and Kaylie Eichorn had one apiece. Eichorn and Eyan Underwood had one RBI apiece in the win.
Galownia picked up the win in the circle allowing one run on five hits with three strikeouts in seven innings.
Bri Bowles led the Rams with three hits while Emily Nolan and Olivia Schulz had one hit apiece. Bowles had the lone RBI in the loss.
Bailey Lyons took the loss in the circle despite pitching well enough to win. She allowed five runs, just two were earned, on four hits with eight strikeouts.
Madison falls to 10-9 while Lexington improves to 17-4.
Lucas 13, Central Christian 3
Division II Sectional Semifinals
Shelby 11, Columbian 1
The Shelby Whippets dominated in their sectional tournament opener beating Tiffin Columbian 11-1 in five innings.
Maggie Bogner, Mallary Gundrum, Sadie Smith and Demi Hipp all had three hits apiece while Lexi Thompson, Kendal Parsons and Lexi Booker had two hits apiece and Alyssa Neill and Trinity Baker had one hit apiece. Smith collected four RBIs while Gundrum and Baker had two apiece and Thompson, Bogner and Hipp had one apiece. Smith and Gundrum both slugged home runs in the victory.
Kelsey Snyder earned the win in the circle allowing one unearned run on four hits with three strikeouts.
The Whippets improve to 12-10 and advance to play No. 2 Bellevue on Friday in the sectional championship.
Clear Fork 10, Norwalk 0
Division III Sectional Semifinals
Huron 9, Crestview 5
Baseball
Mansfield Christian 15, Genoa Christian 3
The Mansfield Christian Flames picked up a nice nonconference win over Genoa Christian on Tuesday, 15-3.
Landon Curtis had a huge day with four hits while Cale Everroad had three, Ethan Bishop, Adam McLaughlin and Caleb Gregory had two apiece and Isaac Hillman and Bryce Courser had one hit apiece. Curtis Collected four RBIs while Bishop had three and Hillman, McLaughlin, Brock Rentzel and Gregory had one RBI apiece.
Curtis picked up the win on the mound allowing two runs on five hits with seven strikeouts in three innings while Courser closed things out allowing one run on two hits with four strikeouts in two innings.
Mansfield Christian improves to 5-12 on the season.
Lexington 1, Madison 0
The Lexington Minutemen picked up a nice 1-0 win over Madison on Tuesday in OCC play.
Zion Rhodes led Lex with two hits while Braden Mumaw and Landin Goetz had one hit apiece. Mumaw had the lone RBI of the night.
Cole Pauley picked up the win on the mound with a complete-game, one-hitter with 11 strikeouts.
Jameson Myers picked up the only hit for the Rams. Gavin Cates took the loss despite pitching well allowing one run on four hits with seven strikeouts.
Madison falls to 5-16 while Lexington improved to 7-11.
Crestview 7, Plymouth 2
The Crestview Cougars picked up a solid 7-2 Firelands Conference win over Plymouth on Tuesday to keep their league championship hopes alive.
Hunter George, Jarek Ringler, Mason Runger and Tyson Ringler all had one hit apiece while George, Tyson Ringler, Brennan Fulk and Klint Patton had one RBI apiece in the win.
Mason Ringler took the win on the mound allowing just two hits with 10 strikeouts.
Zeth Goth had the only two hits of the day for the Big Red and collected two RBIs in the process. He took the loss allowing seven runs on four hits with six strikeouts.
Plymouth falls to 12-7 on the season while Crestview improves to 12-7.
Highland 5, Clear Fork 2
The Clear Fork Colts dropped an MOAC game to Highland on Tuesday falling 5-2.
Luke Schlosser, Jay Jackson, David Ballinger, Aaron Brown and Kasey Swank all had one hit apiece for the Colts. Ballinger had the lone RBI.
The Colts fall to 9-11 on the season.
Cook's first-career home run powers Clear Fork past Loudonville
Monday, May 9
Baseball
Lexington 4, Norwalk 2
The Lexington Minutemen picked up a nice nonconference win over Norwalk 4-2 on Monday.
Cole Pauley and Bradley Miller led the way with two hits apiece while Chance Basilone, Zion Rhodes, Braden Mumaw, Landon Hamilton and Landin Goetz had one hit apiece. Mumaw, Pauley and Goetz had one RBI apiece in the win for Lexington.
Goetz worked the first six innings allowing two runs on six hits with seven strikeouts while Miller closed things out with the save allowing one hit with one strikeout.
Lexington improves to 6-11 overall.
Madison 5, Clear Fork 1
The Madison Rams took home a nice 5-1 nonconference win over Clear Fork on Monday night.
Jameson Myers led the way with two hits while Seth Ohl, Rian Lunsford, Ethan Glasgo and Zach Glasgo had one hit apiece. Myers had two RBIs while Zach Clasgo and Cameron Kuhn had one RBI apiece.
Ethan Glasgo picked up the win on the mound allowing one run on four hits with no strikeouts in six innings of work. Lunsford picked up the save allowing one hit in one inning.
Kaden Riddle led the Colts with two hits while Jay Jackson, Luke Schlosser and Kaleb Hollar had one hit apiece. Braylon McCoy had one RBI in the loss.
The Colts fall to 9-9 while Madison improves to 5-15.
Shelby 3, Lucas 2
The Shelby Whippets escaped with a 3-2 win over Lucas in nonconference action on Monday.
Blaine Bowman, Jeremy Holloway, Marshall Shepherd, Luke Shepherd, Kam Wheeler and Nic Eyster all had one hit apiece for the Whippets. Holloway, Marshall Shepherd and Eyster had one RBI apiece in the win as the Whippets scored two runs over the final two innings to steal the win.
Eyster tossed a complete game allowing two runs on four hits with eight strikeouts.
Andrew Fanello, Andrew Smollen, Hunter Church and Brayden Spitler had one hit apiece for the Cubs. Spitler collected both RBIs.
Smollen took the loss despite a strong performance allowing three runs on six hits with five strikeouts.
The Cubs fall to 10-8 while Shelby improves to 12-6.
Wooster 14, Mansfield Senior 0
The Mansfield Senior Tygers took a tough 14-0 OCC loss to Wooster on Monday.
Quintin Little, Dylan Pruett and Graham Sanders had one hit apiece for the Tygers.
Mansfield Senior falls to 1-12 on the year.
Softball
Clear Fork 6, Loudonville 1
The Clear Fork Colts earned a nice 6-1 nonconference win over Loudonville on Monday 6-1 on senior night.
Pacey Chrastina led the way with two hits while Trinity Cook, Tate Swihart, Ashtynn Roberts, Macy Ousley and Renee Anders had one hit apiece. Chrastina had two RBIs while Cook and Anders had one apiece. Cook clubbed her first career home run.
Roberts picked up the win in the circle with a complete game. She allowed one unearned runs on five hits with 11 strikeouts.
The Colts improve to 12-6 on the season.
Plymouth 6, Crestview 2
The Plymouth Big Red kept their Firelands Conference title hopes alive with a 6-2 win over Crestview on Monday night.
Chloe Trine and Bree Fellows led the way with two hits apiece while Kaela Plank, Mackenzie Back and Aryssa Horne had one hit apiece. Horne collected three RBIs while Trine and Back had one apiece. Horne belted a home run for the Big Red.
Back took the win in the circle allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits with 13 strikeouts.
Sophie Durbin had both hits for the Cougars and collected one RBI. She hit a home run in the loss.
Crestview falls to 11-5 while Plymouth improves to 9-9.
Mount Vernon 11, Lexington 6
The Lexington Lady Lex was eliminated from Ohio Cardinal Conference title contention after an 11-6 loss to Mount Vernon on Monday.
Jillian Bammann led the way with three hits while Kaylie Eichorn had two and Camryn Campbell, Eyan Underwood, Sydni Clever and Emma Moeglin had one hit apiece. Clever collected two RBIs while Bammann, Underwood and Eichorn had one RBI apiece.
Lexington falls to 16-4 on the year.
New Philadelphia 5, Madison 0
The Madison Rams took a tough 5-0 loss to New Philadelphia in nonconference action on Monday.
The Rams were no-hit in the loss.
They fall to 10-8 on the season.
Division IV Softball Sectional Semifinals
Vanlue 6, Lucas 5
New London 16, Mansfield Christian 0
Church's gem nets Cubs win over Clear Fork
Saturday, May 7
Baseball
Lucas 3, Clear Fork 0
The Lucas Cubs picked up a nice nonconference win over Clear Fork on Saturday, 3-0.
Patrick Bichsel, Bobby Grover, Andrew Fanello, Andrew Smollen, Hunter Rice and Brayden Spitler all had one hit apiece for the Cubs in a balanced effort. Smollen and Gabe Porter had one RBI apiece in the win.
Hunter Church picked up the win on the mound with a complete-game, five-hit shutout with six strikeouts.
Luke Schlosser, Kaleb Hollar, Jay Jackson, Ty Sellers and Kasey Swank had one hit apiece for the Cubs.
Schlosser started the game going four innings allowing one run on three hits with nine strikeouts.
The Cubs improve to 10-7 while Clear Fork falls to 9-8 on the season.
Wynford 11, Clear Fork 0
The Clear Fork Colts suffered an 11-0 loss to Wynford on Saturday in Game 2 of their nonconference doubleheader.
David Ballinger, Kasey Swank and Nate Lind had one hit apiece for the Colts.
Clear Fork falls to 9-9 on the season.
Utica 10, Mansfield Christian 0
The Mansfield Christian Flames dropped a nonconference contest to Utica on Saturday falling 10-0.
Isaac Hillman and Caleb Gregory had two hits apiece for the Flames.
They fall to 4-11 on the season.
Cardington 15, Mansfield Christian 5
In Game 2 of the day, the Flames fell to Cardington 15-5 on Saturday in nonconference action.
Landin Curtis and Ethan Bishop had two hits apiece while Brock Rentzel had one hit. Curtis and Bishop had two RBIs apiece while Rentzel had one.
The Flames fall to 4-12 on the season.
Frazier blasts two homers, collects five RBI in Ontario win
Thursday, May 5
Baseball
Shelby 12, Clear Fork 2
The Shelby Whippets made it a clean sweep of the Clear Fork Colts on Thursday with a 12-2 MOAC win.
Luke Shepherd led the way for Shelby with three hits while Marshall Shepherd, Alex Bruskotter and Landin Kennard had two hits apiece and Blaine Bowman, Jeremy Holloway, Logan Green and Brock Greenwood had one hit apiece. Luke Shepherd and Kennard had three RBIs apiece while Bowman had two and Bruskotter and Greenwood had one apiece.
Kennard earned the win on the mound allowing two runs on five hits with eight strikeouts in six innings of work.
Jared Scott led the way for Clear Fork with two hits while Luke Scholsser, David Ballinger and Aaron Brown had one hit apiece. Scott recorded the lone RBI for the Colts.
Shelby improves to 11-6 while Clear Fork falls to 9-7 on the season.
Ontario 16, River Valley 14
The Ontario Warriors picked up an MOAC win over River Valley 16-14 in a resumed game from earlier in the season.
Ryan Chapman led the Warriors with four hits while Peyton Dzugan and Gage Weaver had two hits apiece and Carter Walters, Drew Yetter, Braxton Hall and Jake Chapman had one hit apiece. Ryan and Jake Chapman had three RBIs apiece while Dzugan, Weaver and Hall had one RBI apiece.
The Warriors are now 11-3 on the season.
Lucas 14, Mount Gilead 4
The Lucas Cubs earned a nice nonconference win over Mount Gilead on Thursday winning 14-4.
Andrew Fanello and Hunter Rice both hit home runs in the win while Hunter Church and Andrew Smollen combined for the win on the mound.
The Cubs improve to 9-7 on the season.
Crestview 11, Mapleton 4
The Crestview Cougars earned a nice Firelands Conference win over Mapleton on Thursday 11-4 to collect the FC sweep.
Owen Barker had a huge day with four hits including a double and a home run while Jarek Ringler had three hits and Mason Ringler, Matthew Volz, Tyson Ringler and Brennan Fulk had one hit apiece. Barker had three RBIs while Jarek Ringler had two and Mason Ringler, Volz, Fulk and Klay Patton had one apiece.
Mason Ringler earned the win on the mound with four strikeouts.
Crestview improves to 10-7 on the season.
Orrville 3, Madison 2
The Madison Rams took a tough nonconference loss to Orrville on Thursday falling 3-2.
Gavin Cates, Seth Ohl, Ethan Glasgo and Easton Mazak all had one hit apiece for the Rams. Ohl collected the lone RBI.
Cates took the loss on the mound but pitched well enough to win allowing two runs, none earned, on six hits with four strikeouts.
Madison falls to 4-15 on the season.
West Holmes 9, Mansfield Senior 0
The Mansfield Senior Tygers took a tough 9-0 loss to West Holmes in OCC play on Thursday.
The Tygers were no-hit in the loss.
Mansfield Senior is now 1-11.
Softball
Clear Fork 10, Shelby 6 F/8
The Clear Fork Colts earned an extra-inning MOAC win over Shelby on Thursday winning 10-6.
Ashtynn Roberts led the way with two hits while Trinity Cook, Tate Swihart, Macy Ousley, Renee Anders, Pacey Chrastina and Morgan Shafer had one hit apiece. Roberts collected three RBIs while Katrina Rogers had two and Ousley, Anders and Chrastina had one apiece.
Alyssa Neill led Shelby with four hits while Maggie Bogner had three, Demi Hipp, Mallary Gundrum and Trinity Baker had two hits apiece and Lexi Thompson and Sadie Smith had one hit apiece. Smith and Neill had two RBIs apiece while Hipp and Gundrum had one apiece. Neill and Smith both hit home runs in the loss.
Clear Fork improves to 11-6 while Shelby falls to 10-10.
Lexington 9, Norwalk 0
The Lexington Lady Lex earned an impressive nonconference win over Norwalk on Thursday 9-0.
Jillian Bammann, Eyan Underwood, Kaylie Eichorn and Sydni Clever led the way for Lex with two hits apiece while Camryn Campbell, Kylie Galownia, Jillian Morr and Emily Winters had one hit apiece. Eichorn had three RBIs while Bammann had two and Winters and Grace Miller had one apiece.
Galownia earned the win in the circle with a five-hit, compete-game shutout with 12 strikeouts.
Lexington improves to 16-3 on the season.
Ontario 20, Marion Harding 4
The Ontario Warriors erupted offensively with a 20-4 win over Marion Harding in MOAC play on Thursday.
Eden Howard, Trista Jewell, Joslynne Frazier, Autumn Taylor and Kayelin Risner all had three hits apiece while Kylie Snow and Alex Switaj had two and Olivia Kreger and Taylor Counts had one apiece. Frazier had five RBIs thanks to two home runs while Jewell had four RBIs, Switaj had three with a homer, Howard, Snow and Taylor had two RBIs apiece and Kreger and Risner had one apiece.
Frazier earned a win in the circle allowing four runs, just two earned, on six hits with 11 strikeouts.
Ontario improves to 10-4 on the season.
New Philadelphia 4, Madison 0
The Madison Rams suffered a tough nonconference loss to New Philadelphia on Thursday falling 4-0.
The Rams were no-hit in the loss.
Madison is now 10-7 on the season.
Margaretta 2, Plymouth 1
The Plymouth Big Red dropped a tough nonconference contest to Margaretta on Thursday falling 2-1.
Bree Fellows, Kaela Plank and Chloe Trine collected one hit apiece for the Big Red.
Makenzie Back pitched well enough to win allowing two runs, one earned, on four hits with eight strikeouts.
Plymouth is now 8-9 on the season.
Mount Vernon 17, Mansfield Senior 0
Mount Vernon 17, Mansfield Senior 0
The Mansfield Senior Tygers took two tough losses to Mount Vernon on Thursday falling 17-0 in both games.
MJ Melvin had the lone hit of the day for the Tygers.
Mansfield Senior falls to 0-14 on the season.
Lexington beats Mount Vernon in extras, keeps OCC hopes alive
Wednesday, May 4
Softball
Lexington 2, Mount Vernon 1 F/8
The Lexington Lady Lex picked up a huge OCC win over Mount Vernon 2-1 on Wednesday to keep their league championship hopes alive.
It was Sydni Clever’s double in the top of the eighth that led to her scoring the winning run after advancing to third on a groundout and scoring on a wild pitch for the game-winner. Jillian Bammann had two hits while Eyan Underwood, Kaylie Eichorn, Clever and Emma Moeglin had one hit apiece. Moeglin had the lone RBI in the victory.
Bammann picked up the win in the circle tossing eight sensational innings allowing just one run on six hits with three strikeouts.
Lexington improved to 15-3 on the season.
Clear Fork 8, Shelby 3
The Clear Fork Colts continued to keep pace in the MOAC with an 8-3 win over Shelby on Wednesday.
Katrina Rogers and Alyssa Swank led the Colts with two hits apiece while Tate Swihart, Macy Ousley, Renee Anders and Pacey Chrastina had one hit apiece. Anders and Swank had two RBIs apiece while Ashtynn Roberts, Ousley, Rogers and Morgan Shafer had one RBI apiece.
Roberts picked up the win in the circle allowing just three runs on eight hits with three strikeouts.
Lexi Thompson led the way for Shelby with three hits while Mallary Gundrum, Alyssa Neill, Kennedy Studer, Trinity Baker and Maggie Bogner had one hit apiece. Neill had two RBIs while Studer added one in the loss. Studer slugged a home run.
Clear Fork improves to 10-6 while Shelby falls to 10-9 on the season.
Ontario 15, Marion Harding 4
The Ontario Warriors picked up a huge 15-4 MOAC win over Marion Harding on Wednesday.
Kylie Snow led the way with three hits while Trista Jewell, Autumn Taylor, Olivia Kreger, Taylor Counts and Alex Switaj had two hits apiece and Even Howard and Joslynne Frazier had one hit apiece. Taylor, Kreger, Switaj and Hailey Crabtree had two RBIs apiece while Howard, Jewell, Frazier and Snow had one apiece. Switaj had a home run in the victory.
Howard picked up the win in the circle allowing four runs on four hits with five strikeouts in five innings of work.
Ontario improves to 9-4 on the year.
Loudonville 18, Mansfield Christian 0
The Mansfield Christian Flames took a tough MBC loss to Loudonville 18-0 on Wednesday.
The Flames fall to 1-10 on the season.
West Holmes 14, Mansfield Senior 0
The Mansfield Senior Tygers took a tough 14-0 OCC loss to West Holmes on Wednesday.
Meredith Heckert had the lone hit for the Tygers.
Mansfield Senior falls to 0-12 on the season.
Baseball
Mount Vernon 4, Lexington 0
The Lexington Minutemen suffered a narrow 4-0 loss to Mount Vernon on Wednesday in OCC play.
Zion Rhodes and Jaxon Brown had one hit apiece for the Minutemen.
Lex falls to 5-10 on the season.
Norwalk 4, Madison 2
The Madison Rams took a tough loss to Norwalk 4-2 in nonconference action on Wednesday.
Dylan Mapes led the way with two hits while Gavin Cates, Seth Ohl and Cameron Kuhn had one hit apiece. Ohl recorded the lone RBI for the Rams.
Ohl pitched well enough to win allowing four runs, just two earned, on four hits with five strikeouts in seven innings of work.
Madison falls to 4-14 on the season.
West Holmes 10, Mansfield Senior 0
The Mansfield Senior Tygers took a tough 10-0 loss to West Holmes on Wednesday in OCC action.
The Tygers were no-hit in the loss.
They fall to 1-9 on the season.
Lucas claims outright MBC title for second consecutive year
Monday, May 2
Baseball
Lexington 3, Tiffin Columbian 1
The Lexington Minutemen picked up a key nonconference win over Tiffin Columbian on Monday winning 3-1.
Cole Pauley and Landon Hamilton led the way with two hits apiece while Braden Mumaw, Bradley Miller and Mike Togliatti had one hit apiece. Mumaw and Pauley collected one RBI apiece in the win.
Landin Goetz earned the win on the mound allowing one run on five hits with nine strikeouts.
The Minutemen improve to 5-9 on the season.
Lucas 25, Mansfield Christian 2
The Lucas Cubs dominated in a 25-2 Mid-Buckeye Conference win over Lucas on Monday to clinch the outright MBC championship for the second consecutive year.
Hunter Church, Connor Rice and Andrew Fanello led the way with two hits apiece for the Cubs while Patrick Bichsel, Rayden Caudill, Bobby Grover, Andrew Smollen, Zach Tackett, Hunter Rice, Gavin Bichsel and Gabe Porter had one hit apiece. Fanello collected five RBIs while Connor Rice had three, Smollen, Tackett and Church had two apiece and Caudill, Christian Evans, Hunter Rice, Brayden Spitler and Porter all had one RBI apiece.
Church earned the win on the mound allowing one unearned run on one hit with nine strikeouts in four innings of work.
Brock Rentzel and Griffin Baker had one hit apiece for the Flames.
Lucas improves to 8-7 while Mansfield Christian falls to 4-9.
Crestview 12, Mapleton 1
The Crestview Cougars kept pace in the Firelands Conference championship race with a 12-1 win over Mapleton on Monday night.
Tyson Ringler led the way with four hits while Brennan Fulk and Owen Barker had three apiece and Mason Ringler, Hunter George, Jarek Ringler, Josh Myers and Klint Patton had two hits apiece. George, Jarek Ringler, Tyson Ringler and Patton had two RBIs apiece while Owen Barker, Mason Ringler and Fulk had one RBI apiece.
Jarek Ringler earned the win on the mound collecting three strikeouts along the way.
Crestview improves to 9-7 on the season.
St. Paul 4, Plymouth 3
In a key Firelands Conference battle, the Plymouth Big Red suffered a walk-off loss to St. Paul on Monday night, 4-3.
Nick Roberts and Shae Sparks lad two hits apiece while Trace McVey, Ethan Gillum, Cole Wentz, Carson Tucker and Clayton Miller had one hit apiece. Miller had two RBIs while Tucker had one for the Big Red.
Plymouth falls to 12-5 on the season.
Softball
Clear Fork 10, Madison 8
In a Division II district tournament preview, the Clear Fork Colts drew first blood with a 10-8 win over Madison on Monday.
Trinity Cook led Clear Fork with four hits while Ashtynn Roberts had three, Renee Anders, Katrina Rogers, Morgan Shafer and Alyssa Swank had two hits apiece and Pacey Chrastina had one hit. Cook and Roberts collected four RBIs apiece while Anders and Swank had one apiece.
Kyleigh Reiter and Bailey Lyons led the Rams with three hits apiece while Olivia Schulz, Emma Stankovich and Reagan Hayes had two hits apiece and Emily Nolan, Bri Bowles and Hope Barrett had one hit apiece. Lyons collected four RBIs while Schulz had two and Reiter and Bowles had one apiece. Schulz and Lyons both smashed home runs.
Clear Fork improved to 9-6 on the season while Madison falls to 10-6.
Plymouth 19, St. Paul 8
The Plymouth Big Red earned a 19-8 win over St. Paul in Firelands Conference action on Monday.
Bree Fellows, Jaylin Branham and Aryssa Horne collected three hits apiece while Makenzie Back had two and Kaela Plank, Ashlee Steward and Aliya Echelbarger had one hit apiece. Fellows collected five RBIs while Back and Horne had three apiece, Branham and Steward had two apiece and Plank, Arianna Detillion and Echelbarger had one RBI apiece.
Plymouth improves to 8-8 with the win.
Lucas 13, Mansfield Christian 2
The Lucas Cubs earned a solid Mid-Buckeye Conference win over Mansfield Christian on Monday, 13-2.
Isabel Alt and Marissa Caugherty led the way with three hits apiece while Tori Sauder had two hits and Maddie Boyer, Alyssa Shay, Trinity Stickney and Morgan Guegold had one hit apiece. Sauder collected three RBIs while Alt and Caugherty had two apiece and Boyer, Stickney and Guegold had one RBI apiece. Alt hit a home run in the victory.
Boyer earned the victory in the circle allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits with seven strikeouts.
Mary Golias, Isabel Golias and Sarah Heininger had one hit apiece for the Flames.
Lucas improves to 4-11 and Mansfield Christian falls to 1-9.
Wooster 18, Mansfield Senior 1
The Mansfield Senior Tygers dropped a tough OCC contest to Wooster 18-1 on Monday.
Chealselyn Steven, Alexis Goad, MJ Melvin, Meredith Heckert and Hannah Nolen had one hit apiece in the loss. Goad collected the lone RBI.
Mansfield Senior falls to 0-10 on the season.
Ashland 6, Shelby 0
The Shelby Whippets took a tough nonconference loss to Ashland on Monday falling 6-0.
Mallary Gundrum had two hits while Lexi Thompson and Maggie Bogner had one hit apiece for the Whippets.
Shelby falls to 10-8 on the year.
Smith's three-homer day leads Shelby to two wins
Saturday, April 30
Baseball
Plymouth 10, South Central 3
In a huge Firelands Conference battle, the Plymouth Big Red made things interesting in the overall standings with a 10-3 win over South Central on Saturday.
Trace McVey led the way with two hits while Nick Roberts, Zeth Goth, Ethan Gillum, Shae Sparks and Clayton Miller all had one hit apiece. Roberts and Miller collected two RBIs apiece while Zach Hamman, McVey, Cole Wentz and Sparks had one RBI apiece.
Goth earned the win on the mound allowing two runs on two hits with nine strikeouts while Miller picked up the 6-out save allowing one run on three hits with a strikeout.
Plymouth improved to 12-4 overall.
Ontario 9, Perkins 8
The Ontario Warriors knocked off state-ranked Perkins on Saturday thanks to a walk off, RBI single from Braxton Hall in the bottom of the seventh. The Warriors scored two in the home half of the inning to pull off the victory.
Gage Weaver had a breakout day with four hits while Carter Weaver had three, Peyton Dzugan and Hall had two apiece and Colten Ramion, Ryan Chapman and Drew Yetter had one hit apiece. Chapman and Hall collected two RBIs apiece while Carter Weaver, Gage Weaver and Yetter had one RBI apiece.
The Warriors improved to 10-3 on the season with the victory.
Lucas 11, Mount Gilead 6
Riverdale 14, Mansfield Christian 1
The Mansfield Christian Flames dropped Game 1 of a nonconference doubleheader against Riverdale on Saturday falling 14-1.
Brock Rentzel, Adam Mclaughlin and Griffin Baker collected one hit apiece for the Flames.
Riverdale 16, Mansfield Christian 3
The Flames then dropped Game 2 of the twin bill 16-3.
Baker led the way with two hits while Rentezl Landin Curtis and Jack Kelley had one hit apiece. Baker had two RBIs while Isaac Hillman had one.
The Flames fall to 4-9 on the season.
Steele 3, Madison 2
The Madison Rams took a tough 3-2 nonconference loss to Amherst Steele on Saturday.
Cameron Kuhn collected two hits while Jameson Myers, Zach Glasgo and Jarrett Mandusic had one hit apiece. Myers and Mandusic collected one RBI apiece in the loss. Myers came on a solo home run.
Seth Ohl pitched well enough to win allowing three runs, just one earned, on six hits with a strikeouts.
The Rams fall to 4-13 on the season.
Shelby vs Old Fort
Shelby vs Fostoria
Softball
Shelby 13, Smithville 2
In Game 1 of a two-game day for the Whippets, Shelby knocked off Smithville 13-2 in nonconference action.
Lexi Thompson led the offensive explosion with three hits while Kendal Parsons, Mallary Gundrum and Sadie Smith had two hits apiece and Alyssa Neill, Lexi Booker, Demi Hipp, Trinity Baker, Maggie Bogner and Kennedy Studer all had one hit apiece in the balanced effort. Every Whippet who took to the plate recorded a hit in the game. Parsons had three RBIs while Lexi Thompson and Sadie Smith had two apiece and Gundrum, Neill and Baker had one apiece. Smith clubbed a home run in the victory.
Shelby 14, River View 4
In Game 2, Shelby beat River View 14-4 as they completed the sweep with 27 total runs.
Neill, Hipp and Baker all had three hits apiece while Thompson, Gundrum and Smith had two hits apiece and Parsons and Booker had one hit apiece. Smith and Hipp had three RBIs apiece while Parsons and Baker had two apiece and Thompson, Neill and Bogner had one apiece. Smith clobbered two home runs in the game giving her three for the day.
Shelby improved to 10-7 on the season.
Madison 7, Whitmer 0
The Madison Rams earned a solid 7-0 win over Whitmer in Game 1 of the Prebis Invitational at Keystone on Saturday.
Kyleigh Reiter, Emma Stankovich and Bailey Lyons had two hits apiece while Emily Nolan, Olivia Schulz and Bri Bowles all had one hit apiece. Stankovich had three RBIs while Reiter had two and Lyons had one. Reiter belted a home run in the victory.
Lyons was dominant in the circle shoving a four-hit, complete-game shutout with two strikeouts.
Madison 11, Notre Dame Academy 0
In their second game of the Prebis, Madison cruised to an 11-0 victory over Notre Dame Academy.
Schulz led the way with three hits while Reagan Hayes had two and Reiter and Bowles had one apiece. Schulz collected five RBIs for the day with a home run to go with her two doubles while Reiter, Bowles, Bayleigh Auflick and Aubrey Hoffman had one RBI apiece.
Layla Azmoun picked up the win in the circle with a dominating one-hit, compete-game shutout with five strikeouts.
The Rams improve to 10-5 on the season and have now won five straight.
Lexington 2, River Valley 1 F/12
It took 12 innings, but the Lexington Lady Lex finished off a Game 1 of 2 with a 2-1 victory over River Valley on Saturday.
It was Kylie Galownia’s RBI single in the top of the 12th that put Lex ahead once and for all. She, Eyan Underwood and Sydni Clever led the way with two hits apiece while Cameryn Campbell, Jillian Morr, Kaylie Eichorn and Emily Winters all had one hit apiece. Galownia and Clever had one RBI apiece in the win.
Jillian Bammann earned the win in the circle working the final eight innings allowing no runs on four hits with eight strikeouts.
Lexington 2, River Valley 1
In Game 2 of the doubleheader, Lexington earned another 2-1 win as the teams decided to play a five-inning game after the 12-inning marathon.
Bammann, Clever and Grace Miller had one hit apiece while Bammann had the lone RBI in the win.
She also earned the win in the circle allowing just one run on five hits with six strikeouts.
Lexington improved to 14-3 on the season with the doubleheader sweep.
Perkins 16, Ontario 9
The Ontario Warriors dropped a high-scoring affair to Perkins on Saturday 16-9 in nonconference action.
Autumn Taylor led the way with three hits for the Warriors while Kylie Snow and Hailey Crabtree had two hits apiece and Eden Howard, Trista Jewell, Joslynne Frazier and Olivia Kreger had one hit apiece. Tyalor collected three RBIs while Howard, Frazier, Snow and Kreger had one apiece. Taylor clubbed a home run in the loss.
Ontario falls to 8-4 on the season.
Loudonville 14, Plymouth 0
The Plymouth Big Red took a tough 14-0 loss to Loudonville on Saturday in nonconference action.
Jaylin Branham and Autumn Wilson had one hit apiece for the Big Red.
Plymouth falls to 7-8 on the season.
Mount Gilead 15, Mansfield Senior 4
The Mansfield Senior Tygers took a tough nonconference loss to Mount Gilead 15-4 in Game 1 of a doubleheader on Saturday.
Alexis Goad, MJ Melvin, Meredith Heckert, Ellie Snyder, Trinity Withrow and Hannah Nolen all had one hit apiece. Heckert and Snyder collected two RBIs apiece in the loss.
Mount Gilead 32, Mansfield Senior 6
In Game 2, the Tygers fell 32-6.
Heckert led the way with two hits while Goad, Snyder and Jaylynn Garris had one hit apiece. Snyder had two RBIs while Garris and Goad had one RBI apiece.
The Tygers fell to 0-9 on the season.
Ridgedale 28, Mansfield Christian 2
Ridgedale 17, Mansfield Christian 1
Colts, Flames earn wins with big seventh innings
Friday, April 29
Baseball
Clear Fork 5, Norwayne 3
The Clear Fork Colts used a three-run seventh inning to pick up a 5-3 nonconference win over Norwayne on Friday.
Nate Lind led the way with two hits while Luke Schlosser, Jared Scott, David Ballinger and Braylon McCoy added one hit apiece. Schlosser, Aaron Brown, Scott, Ballinger and Lind all had one RBI apiece.
Schlosser worked the first four innings on the mound allowing two runs, none earned, on three hits with seven strikeouts while Ballinger closed things out with the win over the final three innings allowing one run on one hit with four strikeouts.
The Colts improve to 9-5 on the season.
Buckeye Local vs Lexington
Mansfield Christian 12, Monroeville 5
The Mansfield Christian Flames used a seven-run seventh inning to pick up a 12-5 win over Monroeville on Friday in nonconference action.
Landin Curtis and Adam McLaughlin had two hits apiece to lead the way for the Flames while Brock Rentzel, Cale Everroad, Isaac Hillman and Grady Baker had one hit apiece. Curtis collected three RBIs while McLaughlin had two and Everroad, Hillman, Baker and Ethan Byrom had one apiece.
Caleb Gregory picked up the win on the mound allowing five runs, four earned, on six hits with three strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.
The Flames improved to 4-7 on the season.
Ontario 14, Lucas 5
The Ontario Warriors dominated with a 14-5 win over Lucas on Friday in nonconference action.
Carter Walters and Colten Ramion collected three hits apiece while Carter Weaver, Drew Yetter and Jayden Leach had two hits apiece while Gage Weaver, Ashton Schonauer and Caden Boebel had one hit apiece. Carter Weaver had five RBIs including a grand slam while Ramion had three with a home run, Walters had two RBIs and Gage Weaver, Leach, Schonauer and Boebel had one RBI apiece.
Carter Weaver earned the win on the mound allowing four runs, one earned, on one hit with five strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.
Andrew Fanello, Andrew Smollen ad Hunter Church collected one hit apiece for the Cubs.
Ontario improves to 9-3 while Lucas falls to 6-7 on the season.
Madison 13, Mansfield Senior 3
The Madison Rams earned an Ohio Cardinal Conference win over Mansfield Senior on Friday in a resumed game from earlier in the season
Cayden Clapper, Gavin Cates, Seth Ohl, Jarett Mandusic and Cameron Kuhn had two hits apiece while Zach Glasgo and Dylan Mapes had one hit apiece for the Rams. Clapper collected three RBIs while Cates, Ohl and Mandusic had two RBIs apiece and Kuhn had one.
Quintin Little had two hits while Josh Malone had one hit for the Tygers.
Madison improves to 4-12 while Mansfield Senior falls to 1-8 on the year.
Crestview 7, New London 4
The Crestview Cougars picked up a nice Firelands Conference win over New London on Friday, 7-4.
Josh Myers, Jarek Ringler and Matthew Volz each had two hits apiece while Gavin Barker had one hit. Owen Barker, Gavin Barker, Hunter George, Myers, Volez and Ringler all had one RBI apiece.
George collected the win on the mound allowing four runs with five strikeouts.
The Cougars improve to 8-6 on the year.
Softball
Madison 11, West Holmes 0
The Madison Rams earned an Ohio Cardinal Conference win over West Holmes on Friday winning 11-0.
Kyleigh Reiter and Olivia Schulz led the way with three hits apiece while Bri Bowles and Bailey Lyons had two hits apiece and Emily Nolan, Emma Stankovich, Reagan Hayes and Ashley Markley had one hit apiece. Reiter collected three RBIs while Schulz, Stankovich and Bowles had two apiece and Markley had one.
Lyons earned the win in the circle with a five-inning, compete-game shutout allowing just four hits.
The Rams improve to 9-5 on the year.
Crestview 7, New London 4
The Crestview Cougars picked up a nice Firelands Conference win over New London on Friday, 7-4.
Sophie Durbin led the way with three hits including a double and a home run while stealing three bases, scoring three runs and adding two RBIs. Mary Leeper had three hist with two doubles, an RBI, two steals and two runs scored, Izzy Ardis had one hit, one RBI and one run scored while Chesnie Patton and Kalee Hamman had one hit apiece.
Hamman earned the win in the circle allowing four runs, just two earned, on six hits with five strikeouts.
The Cougars are 11-4 on the year.
Monroeville 14, Plymouth 8
The Plymouth Big Red took a tough 14-8 loss to Monroeville in Firelands Conference action on Friday.
Kaela Plank and Chloe Trine led the way with three hits apiece for the Big Red while Makenzie Back, Aryssa Horne and Cailynn Bailey had one hit apiece. Plank collected four RBIs while Trine had two and Emily Irven had one.
The Big Red falls to 7-7 on the year.
South Central 14, Lucas 4
Hillsdale 6, Ontario 2
The Ontario Warriors took a tough 6-2 nonconference loss to Hillsdale on Friday.
Lena Creed led the way with two hits for the Warriors while Eden Howard, Trista Jewell, Kylie Snow and Autumn Taylor had one hit apiece. Jewell had two RBIs in the loss.
Ontario falls to 8-3 on the season.
Cubs clinch at least a share of MBC title with win over Loudonville
Thursday, April 28
Baseball
Lucas 11, Loudonville 6
The Lucas Cubs clinched at least a share of the Mid-Buckeye Conference championship with an 11-6 win over Loudonville on Thursday night.
Hunter Church was the winner on the mound going 6 1/3 innings allowing six runs with 10 strikeouts.
Andrew Fanello had a double and scored a run while Andre Smollen added a single, two RBIs and a run scored. Church scored two runs and also had one hit while Hunter Rice had two hits, two RBIs and one run scored. Gavin Bichsel scored a pair of runs and had one hit while Brayden Spitler had two hits and one run scored with an RBI. Gabe Porter collected two hits with three RBIs out of the nine-hole. Patrick Bichsel and Bobby Grover both had one RBI apiece.
Lucas improves to 6-6 and can clinch the outright MBC title on Monday at Mansfield Christian.
Crestview 3, Western Reserve 2 F/9
The Crestview Cougars picked up a tough nine-inning walk off Firelands Conference win over Western Reserve on Thursday winning 3-2.
Owen Barker led the way offensively with three hits including a double while Gavin Barker had a double of his own. Owen Barker, Mason Ringer and Tyson Ringer all had one RBI apiece. Owen Barker’s ninth-inning RBI base hit plated Hunter George to give the Cougars the dramatic victory.
Mason Ringler worked the first seven innings allowing just two runs with 11 strikeouts. Tyson Ringler earned the win working the final two innings and striking out two.
Crestview is now 7-6 on the season.
Upper Sandusky 3, Shelby 2
The Shelby Whippets suffered a walk off loss to Upper Sandusky on Thursday in nonconference play, 3-2.
Landin Kennard, Alex Bruskotter, Logan Green, Kam Wheeler and Nic Eyster all had one hit apiece for Shelby while Green and Wheeler had one RBI apiece.
Eyster took the loss on the mound despite a stellar outing allowing three runs, none earned, on seven hits with five strikeouts.
The Whippets are now 9-6 on the season.
Softball
Lexington 23, Mansfield Senior 0
Crestview 15, Western Reserve 1
The Crestview Cougars picked up an easy 15-1 win over Western Reserve on Thursday in Firelands Conference action.
Mary Leeper had a day with four hits including a double while adding four runs, three steals and two RBIs. Sophie Durbin had two hits including a triple with three runs, three steals, a walk and an RBI. PJ Endicott had two hits including a double and a triple with three runs and two RBIs. Kalee Hammann, Tarynn Eagle, MacKenzie Tucker, Kylie Owens and Autumn Martin all added one hit apiece.
Chesnie Patton picked up the win with a complete-game allowing just one run on two hits with 12 strikeouts.
The Cougars improve to 10-4 on the year.
South Central 2, Plymouth 0
The South Central Trojans picked up a 2-0 win over Plymouth in Firelands Conference play on Thursday.
Olivia Hudson and Annie Cook led the way for the Trojans with one hit apiece as Cook and Hannah Ayers had one RBI apiece.
Maddy Prater was dominant in the circle firing a two-hit, complete game shutout with 12 strikeouts.
Plymouth’s Chloe Trine had the only two hits for the game for the Big Red. Makenzie Back pitched well enough to win allowing just two runs, one earned, on two hits with 10 strikeouts.
South Central improves to 13-2 and Plymouth falls to 7-6.
Highland 10, Clear Fork 1
The Clear Fork Colts took a tough 10-1 loss to Highland on Thursday in Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference play.
Trinity Cook had two hits for the Colts while Tate Swihart and Morgan Shafer had one hit apiece. Renee Anders had the lone RBI of the game for Clear Fork.
The Colts fall to 8-6 on the season.
East Knox 13, Lucas 0
The Lucas Cubs took a tough 13-0 loss to Lucas on Thursday in nonconference action.
Tori Sauder had two hits for the Cubs while Trinity Stickney had one.
The Cubs fall to 3-10 on the season.
Lyons has six-RBI day in win over Wooster
Wednesday, April 27
Baseball
Clear Fork 16, Marion Harding 3
The Clear Fork Colts had an offensive eruption on Wednesday beating Marion Harding 16-3 in MOAC play.
Luke Schlosser led the way with three hits while Jared Scott, Jay Jackson and Garrett Hotz had two hits apiece and Ty Sellers, Kaden Riddle and Aaron Brown had one hit apiece in the win. Scott, Jackson and Hotz had three RBIs apiece while Schlosser had two and Sellers and Riddle had one apiece. Scott and Schlosser both smashed home runs.
Riddle earned the win on the mound allowing three runs on five hits with five strikeouts.
The Colts improve to 8-5 on the season.
Lexington 3, West Holmes 0
The Lexington Minutemen flipped the script on Tuesday’s 11-0 loss and beat West Holmes 3-0 on Wednesday in OCC play.
Zion Rhodes led the way offensively with three hits while Braden Mumaw and Matt Midkiff had two hits apiece and Landin Goetz, Jaxon Brown and Bradley Miller had one hit apiece. Chance Basilone, Brown and Rhodes had one RBI apiece in the win.
Cole Pauley took the win on the mound with a two-hit, complete-game shutout striking out 14 in the process.
Lex improves to 4-8 on the season.
Ontario 5, Pleasant 2
The Ontario Warriors picked up a huge MOAC win over Pleasant on Wednesday winning 5-2.
Carter Walters and Jake Chapman led the way with two hits apiece while Drew Yetter and Caden Boebel had one hit apiece. Gage Weaver collected two RBIs while Walters, Yetter and Chase Studer had one RBI apiece in the win.
Jacob Barabani earned the win on the mound allowing two runs on three hits with three strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings. Yetter worked the final 2 2/3 innings not allowing a single hit and striking out one.
Ontario improves to 8-3 on the season.
Shelby 9, River Valley 8
The Shelby Whippets earned a series split with River Valley thanks to a 9-8 victory on Wednesday night in MOAC play.
Jeremy Holloway led the way with three hits while Blaine Bowman, Marshall Shepherd and Landin Kennard had two hits apiece and Luke Shepherd, Alex Bruskotter and Brock Greenwood had one hit apiece in the balanced effort. Holloway had three RBIs while Luke Shepherd and Kennard had two apiece and Marshall Shepherd and Tanner Hartz had one apiece.
Kennard took the win on the mound allowing five runs, three earned, on five hits with four strikeouts. Holloway picked up the save working the final 1 2/3 innings allowing just two hits with a strikeout.
Shelby improves to 9-5 on the year.
Mapleton 6, Plymouth 2
Wooster 17, Madison 3
The Madison Rams took a tough 17-3 loss to Wooster on Wednesday in OCC play.
Ethan Glasgo and Zach Glasgo led the way with two hits apiece while Jameson Myers and Cayden Clapper had one hit apiece for the Rams. Seth Ohl recorded the lone RBI for Madison.
The Rams fall to 3-12 on the season.
Ashland 11, Mansfield Senior 0
Crestview at New London
Softball
Madison 13, Wooster 3
The Madison Rams completed the series sweep over Wooster on Wednesday with a 13-3 OCC win.
Kyleigh Reiter, Bri Bowles, Hope Barrett and Bailey Lyons had two hits apiece while Emily Nolan, Olivia Schulz, Emma Stankovich, Reagan Hayes and Ashley Markley had one hit apiece in the balanced effort. Lyons collected six RBIs while Reiter and Schulz had two apiece and Bowles, Barrett and Markley had one apiece. Bowles and Lyons both hit home runs in the win.
Bowles took the win in the circle allowing three runs, one earned, on seven hits with two strikeouts.
Madison improves to 7-5 on the season.
Lexington 13, West Holmes 3
The Lexington Lady Lex completed the season sweep of West Holmes on Wednesday winning 13-3 in OCC play.
Camryn Campbell, Jillian Bammann and Eyan Underwood led the way with three hits apiece while Jillian Morr and Kaylie Eichorn had two hits apiece and Kylie Galownia, Sydni Clever and Emma Moeglin had one hit apiece. Underwood collected four RBIs while Bammann had three, Eichorn had two and Campbell and Morr had one apiece.
Galownia earned the win in the circle allowing three runs, two earned, on five hits with four strikeouts in seven innings of work.
Lex improves to 11-2 on the season.
Plymouth 9, Mapleton 2
The Plymouth Big Red bounced back nicely with a 9-2 win over Mapleton in Firelands Conference play on Wednesday.
Kaela Plank, Emily Irven, Makenzie Back and Cailynn Bailey had two hits apiece while Bree Fellows, Chloe Trine and Jaylin Branham collected one apiece. Irven had three RBIs while Back had two and Trine and Fellows had one apiece.
Back earned the win in the circle allowing two runs, none earned, on one hit with four strikeouts.
Plymouth improves to 7-5 on the year.
Shelby 6, River Valley 2
The Shelby Whippets forced a split series with River Valley thanks to a 6-2 win on Wednesday night in MOAC play.
Lexi Thompson led the way with three hits while Kendal Parsons, Sadie Smith, Lexi Booker and Demi Hipp had two hits apiece and Mallary Gundrum and Alyssa Neill had one hit apiece. Smith collected four RBIs while Gundrum had one. Smith blasted a home run in the win.
Shelby improves to 8-7 on the season.
Clear Fork 13, Marion Harding 3
The Clear Fork Colts earned a nice 13-3 win over Marion Harding to compete the MOAC sweep on Wednesday.
Trinity Cook, Ashtynn Roberts and Alyssa Swank led the way with three hits apiece while Macy Ousley and Katrina Rogers had two apiece and Renee Anders, Morgan Shafer and Andrea Swainhart had one hit apiece. Swank collected five RBIs while Cook had three and Anders, Shafer and Rogers had one apiece.
Pacey Chrastina and Roberts teamed up for the one-hitter. Chrastina allowed three runs, two earned on just one hit with six strikeouts in four innings while Roberts collected four strikeouts in 1 2/3 innings of work.
Clear Fork improves to 8-5 on the season.
Ontario 14, Pleasant 1
The Ontario Warriors collected a nice MOAC win over Pleasant on Wednesday, 14-1.
Trista Jewell led the way with three hits while Joslynne Frazier, Kylie Snow, Autumn Taylor, Olivia Kreger and Hailey Crabtree had two hits apiece and Even Howard, Alex Awitaj and Taylor Counts had one hit apiece in the balanced effort. Jewell and Kreger had three RBIs apiece while Frazier, Crabtree and Counts had two apiece and Snow had one.
Howard took the win in the circle allowing one run on four hits with 12 strikeouts in six innings of work.
Ontario improves to 8-2 on the season.
Crestline 4, Lucas 2
Crrstline 14, Lucas 7
Ashland 16, Mansfield Senior 0
Crestview at New London
Ontario, Plymouth earn walk-off wins, Scott hits two homers for Clear Fork
Tuesday, April 26
Baseball
Ontario 3, Pleasant 2
The Ontario Warriors walked it off against Pleasant on Tuesday in MOAC action winning 3-2.
Chase Studer knocked in the winning run on a single to right field with two outs in the bottom of the eighth to lead the Warriors to victory. Jake Chapman and Carter Walters had two hits apiece while Peyton Dzugan, Drew Yetter and Studer had one hit apiece. Studer collected the only RBI of the night.
Ryan Chapman earned the win on the mound allowing two runs, one earned, on five hits with 12 strikeouts in eight innings of work.
The Warriors are now 7-3 on the season.
Plymouth 9, Mapleton 8
The Plymouth Big Red walked it off against Mapleton on Tuesday night in Firelands Conference action winning 9-8.
Zeth Goth’s two-out RBI single to right field drove in Clayton Miller for the game’s winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning. Goth, Zach Hamman and Miller all had two hits apiece while Cole Wentz, Carson Tucker and Shae Sparks had one hit apiece in the win.
Wentz worked the first seven innings allowing eight runs, only two were earned, on eight hits with 11 strikeouts. Goth earned the win working a the eighth inning allowing no hits with a strikeout and two walks.
Plymouth improves to 11-3 on the season.
Clear Fork 4, Marion Harding 1
The Clear Fork Colts picked up a nice Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference win over Marion Harding on Tuesday 4-1.
Jared Scott led the way with three hits, two being home runs, while Jay Jackson had two hits and Kaleb Hollar and David Ballinger had one hit apiece. Scott collected four RBIs on the day.
He also picked up the win on the mound allowing one unearned run on four hits with 10 strikeouts in a complete-game effort.
The Colts improve to 7-5 on the season.
Crestview 10, New London 0
The Crestview Cougars picked up a convincing 10-0 win over New London on Tuesday in Firelands Conference action.
Jarek Ringler and Klint Patton had two hits apiece while Hunter George, Owen Barker, Mason Ringler, Matthew Volz, Josh Myers and Brennan Fulk had one apiece. Barker had three RBIs while Mason Ringler and Gavin Barker had two apiece and Fulk, Jarek Ringler and Matthew Volz had one apiece.
Jarek Ringler earned the win on the mound allowing just three hits with eight strikeouts in the shutout.
Crestview is now 6-6 on the year.
Lucas 2, Loudonville 0
Crestline 13, Mansfield Christian 8
The Mansfield Christian Flames took a tough Mid-Buckeye Conference loss to Crestline on Tuesday falling 13-8.
Brock Rentzel and Caleb Gregory led the way with two hits apiece while Ethan Byrom and Ethan Bishop added one hit apiece. Bryce Courser, Isaac Hillman, Byrom and Gregory all had one RBI apiece in the loss.
Mansfield Christian falls to 3-7 on the year.
Wooster 6, Madison 2
The Madison Rams took a tough 6-2 OCC loss to Wooster on Tuesday.
Zach Glasgo led the way with two hits while Jameson Myers, Rian Lunsford, Ethan Glasgo and Seth Ohl added one hit apiece. Myers and Ohl recorded one RBI apiece in the loss.
Gavin Cates took the loss on the mound despite pitching well enough to win. He allowed six runs, none earned, on three hits with four strikeouts and five walks.
Madison falls to 3-11 on the season.
Ashland 11, Mansfield Senior 0
The Mansfield Senior Tygers took a tough 11-0 loss to Ashland on Tuesday in OCC play.
Quintin Little had the lone hit for the Tygers.
Mansfield Senior is 1-7 on the season.
River Valley 1, Shelby 0
The Shelby Whippets took a tough MOAC loss to River Valley on Tuesday falling 1-0.
Luke Shepherd, Kam Wheeler and Brock Greenwood had one hit apiece in the loss.
Shelby falls to 8-5 on the season.
West Holmes 11, Lexington 0
Softball
Clear Fork 1, Marion Harding 0
The Clear Fork Colts picked up a narrow 1-0 win over Marion Harding on Tuesday in MOAC play.
Tate Swihart and Renee Anders led the way with two hits apiece while Ashtynn Roberts and Andrea Swainhart had one hit apiece. Pacey Chrastina delivered the lone RBI on a groundout in the second inning to score the decisive run.
Roberts was dominant yet again in the circle with a complete-game shutout allowing just two hits with 14 strikeouts.
The Colts improved to 7-5 on the season.
Ontario 17, Pleasant 5
The Ontario Warriors used an offensive explosion to beat Pleasant 17-5 on Tuesday in MOAC play.
Olivia Kreger led the way with four hits while Alex Switaj had two and Trista Jewell, Joslynne Frazier, Autumn Taylor and Lena Creed had one hit apiece. Kreger collected five RBIs while Taylor had four, Jewell and Switaj had two apiece and Frazier and Kylie Snow had one RBI apiece. Frazier and Taylor had one home run apiece in the win.
Taylor took the win in the circle allowing just two runs on six hits with five strikeouts.
Ontario improves to 7-2 on the year.
Madison 12, Wooster 0
The Madison Rams ended a five-game losing streak in dominating fashion with a 12-0 win over Wooster on Tuesday on OCC action.
Emily Nolan, Olivia Schulz, Bri Bowles and Ashley Markely all had two hits apiece while Emma Stankovich, Hope Barrett, Reagan Hayes and Bailey Lyons had one hit apiece. Barrett collected two RBIs while Nolan, Kyleigh Reiter, Schulz, Bowles, Lyons and Markley had one RBI apiece.
Lyons earned the win in the circle firing a complete-game shutout allowing just three hits with six strikeouts.
The Rams improve to 6-5 on the season.
Lexington 11, West Holmes 1
The Lexington Lady Lex earned a dominating win over West Holmes on Tuesday in OCC play 11-1.
Jillian Bammann led the way with three hits while Camryn Campbell, Jillian Morr and Sydni Clever had two hits apiece and Kylie Galownia, Eyan Underwood, Kaylie Eichorn, Emily Winters and Emma Moeglin had one hit apiece. Underwood collected three RBIs while Winters had two and Galownia, Morr, Clever and Eichorn had one apiece.
Bammann earned the win in the circle allowing one run on four hits with 10 strikeouts in six innings.
Lex improves to 10-2 on the season.
River Valley 7, Shelby 4
The Shelby Whippets took a tough MOAC loss to River Valley on Tuesday 7-4.
Kendal Parsons, Lexi Thompson and Demi Hipp all had two hits apiece while Alyssa Neill and Trinity Baker had one hit apiece. Parsons collected two RBIs while Thompson and Baker had one RBI apiece. Parsons smashed a home run in the loss.
Shelby is now 7-7 on the year.
Ashland 17, Mansfield Senior 0
The Mansfield Senior Tygers took a tough 17-0 OCC loss to Ashland on Tuesday.
Meredith Heckert had the lone hit for the Tygers.
Mansfield Senior is now 0-5 on the year.
Mapleton 7, Plymouth 1
The Plymouth Big Red suffered a tough Firelands Conference loss to Mapleton on Tuesday falling 7-1.
Kaela Plank led the way with two hits while Bree Fellows, Chloe Trine, Makenzie Back and Emily Irven had one apiece.
Back took the loss in the circle allowing seven runs, just two were earned, on eight hits with nine strikeouts. Plymouth had four errors on defense.
The Big Red falls to 6-5 on the year.
Loudonville 15, Lucas 0
Tygers earn first win in dramatic comeback fashion
Monday, April 25
Baseball
Mansfield Senior 9, Mansfield Christian 8
The Mansfield Senior Tygers used two runs in the bottom of the sixth to pull off a nonconference win over Mansfield Christian on Monday evening, 9-8.
Mike Crimm and Brock Hill led the way with three hits apiece while George Goad, Connor Nicholson and Malaki Stanfield added two hits apiece and Quintin Little, Josh Malone, Dylan Bruett and Ross Pruittmiller had one hit apiece for the Tygers. Pruittmiller and Stanfield collected two RBIs apiece while Little, Goad, Hill and Nicholson had one RBI apiece in the win.
Isaac Hillman led the Flames with three hits while Landon Curtis had two and Brock Rentzel, Griffin Baker, Ethan Bishop, Cale Everroad, Caleb Gregory and Adam McLaughlin had one hit apiece. Hillman had two RBIs and Bishop, Everroad, Curtis and Bryce Courser collected one RBI apiece.
The Tygers improve to 1-6 on the season while the Flames fall to 3-6.
Madison 8, Orrville 4
The Madison Rams earned a nice 8-4 win over Orrville in nonconference action Monday night.
Gavin Cates and Ethan Glasgo led the way with three hits apiece while Cayden Clapper, Seth Ohl, Dylan Mapes, Cameron Kuhn and Easton Mazak had one hit apiece. Glasgo collected three RBIs while Ohl had two and Jameson Myers added one in the Ram victory.
Ohl earned the win on the mound allowing four runs, two earned, on eight hits with four strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings. Rian Lunsford picked up the four-out save allowing just one hit with one strikeout.
The Rams improved to 3-10 on the season.
Softball
Ontario 13, Galion 3
The Ontario Warriors used a 10-run fourth inning to blow things open against Galion in MOAC action Monday night leading the way to a 13-3 win.
Joslynne Frazier and Hailey Crabtree led the way with two hits apiece while Eden Howard, Trista Jewell, Olivia Kreger and Alex Switaj had one hit apiece. Kreger collected four RBIs in the win while Howard and Jewell had two RBIs apiece and Autumn Taylor and Crabtree had one RBI apiece.
Howard earned the win in the circle allowing three runs, two earned, on seven hits with five strikeouts in five innings.
The Warriors improve to 6-2 on the season.
Loudonville 4, Lucas 0
Roberts tosses no-hitter as Clear Fork beats Ontario
Saturday, April 23
Softball
Clear Fork 10, Ontario 0
The Clear Fork Colts handed Ontario is first Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference loss on Saturday winning 10-0.
Macy Ousley led the way with three hits while Trinity Cook, Tate Swihart, Katrina Rogers and Pacey Chrastina had two hits apiece and Ashtynn Roberts, Renee Anders, Morgan Shafer and Alyssa Swank had one hit apiece. Shafer and Chrastina had two RBIs apiece and Roberts, Ousley, Anders and Swank had one RBI apiece in the win.
Roberts was sensational in the circle with a six-inning no-hitter as she struck out six.
The Colts improve to 6-5 on the year while Ontario falls to 5-2.
Edison 3, Shelby 2
The Shelby Whippets suffered a narrow loss on Saturday falling to Edison 3-2 in nonconference action.
Sadie Smith led the way for the Whippets with three hits while Mallary Gundrum, Lexi Thompson, Lexi Booker and Trinity Baker had one hit apiece. Smith and Thompson had one RBI apiece in the loss.
Alyssa Booker pitched well enough to win allowing just two runs on eight hits with one strikeout.
The Whippets are now 7-6 on the year.
Bowling Green 4, Lexington 3
The Lexington Lady Lex took a tough loss to a very good Bowling Green team on Saturday 4-3 in nonconference action.
Kaylie Eichorn led the way with two hits while Camryn Campbell, Kylie Galownia, Jillian Bammann, Eyan Underwood and Emily Winters had one hit apiece. Campbell collected two RBIs on the day while Underwood had one.
Bammann pitched well enough to win allowing four runs, just one earned, on six hits with nine strikeouts in seven innings.
Lexington fell to 8-2 on the year.
Lexington 6, Bowling Green 3
In Game 2 of the doubleheader, the Lexington Lady Lex picked up a 6-3 win over Bowling Green in nonconference action to force the split for the day.
Bammann led the way with two hits while Campbell, Galownia, Jillian Morr, Sydni Clever and Eichorn all had one hit apiece. Clever and Eichorn had two RBIs apiece while Bammann had one.
Galownia earned the win in the circle allowing three runs, two earned, on five hits with two strikeouts. Bammann came in and recorded the 7-out save allowing just one hit with five strikeouts.
Lex improved to 9-2 on the season.
Ashland 10, Madison 3
The Madison Rams took a tough Ohio Cardinal Conference loss to Ashland on Saturday falling 10-3.
Emily Nolan led the way with two hits while Kyleigh Reiter, Olivia Schulz and Bailey Lyons had one hit apiece. Reiter had two RBIs in the loss.
The Rams fall to 5-5 on the season.
Crestline 12, Mansfield Christian 0
The Mansfield Christian Flames took a tough 12-0 Mid-Buckeye Conference loss to Crestline on Saturday.
The Flames are now 1-6.
Mohawk 12, Lucas 2
Mohawk 14, Lucas 0
Baseball
Lexington 17, Bellevue 5
The Lexington Minutemen picked up a huge nonconference win over Bellevue on Saturday winning 17-5.
Chance Basilone led the Minutemen with three hits while Cole Pauley, Braden Mumaw and Bradley Miller had two hits apiece while Matt Midkiff and Zion Rhodes had one hit apiece. Basilone and Mumaw had four RBIs apiece to complete monster days while Rhodes had three RBIs, Miller and Dylan Burks had two RBIs apiece and Pauley and Jaxon Brown had one RBI apiece. Basilone also stole three bases.
Colton Murfield earned the win on the mound allowing five runs, two earned, on four hits with three strikeouts. Landin Goetz worked a scoreless fifth with three strikeouts.
The Minutemen improved to 3-7 on the season.
Mansfield Christian 13, Genoa Christian 3
The Mansfield Christian Flames made short work of Genoa Christian on Saturday in Game 1 of a nonconference doubleheader.
Brock Rentzel, Ethan Bishop, Bryce Courser and Landon Curtis collected two hits apiece while Isaac Hillman, Ethan Byrom and Caleb Gregory had on hit apiece in the win. Rentzel and Bishop each had three RBIs apiece while Courser and Byrom had two apiece and Hillman and Jack Kelley had one RBI apiece.
Mansfield Christian 9, Genoa Christian 7
The Mansfield Christian Flames completed the doubleheader sweep over Genoa Christian with a 9-7 victory in Game 2. Bishop and Curtis each had two hits apiece while Rentzel, Hillman, Cale Everroad and Evan Amore had one hit apiece. Curtis and Hillman had two RBIs apiece and Rentzel had one.
Hillman earned the win on the mound allowing three runs, none earned on one hit with eight strikeouts.
The Flames improved to 3-5 on the season.
Triway 7, Ontario 6
The Ontario Warriors took a narrow 7-6 nonconference loss to Triway on Saturday.
Carter Weaver and Gage Weaver had two hits apiece while Ryan Chapman and Jacob Barabani had one hit apiece in the loss. Gage Weaver, Chapman, Barabani and Jayden Leach had one RBI apiece.
The Warriors fall to 5-3 on the season.
Plymouth 12, Monroeville 1
The Plymouth Big Red completed the season sweep of Monroeville 12-1 on Saturday in Firelands Conference action.
Zach Hamman led the way with two hits while Nick Roberts, Zeth Goth, Trace McVey Cole Wentz, Ethan Gillum and Canaan Slone had one hit apiece in the balanced effort. Hamman and Wentz had two RBIs apiece while Goth and Gillum had one apiece.
Josh Beebe took the win on the mound allowing one run on three hits with 12 strikeouts in five innings of work.
Plymouth improves to 10-3 on the season.
Shelby 6, Edison 3
The Shelby Whippets earned a nice nonconference win over Edison on Saturday winning 6-3.
Blaine Bowman, Jeremy Holloway and Nic Eyster had two hits apiece while Marshall Shepherd, Luke Kennard and Josh Sickmiller had one hit apiece. Bowman, Holloway, Shepherd, Eyster and Sickmiller had had one RBI apiece in the balanced effort.
Eyster earned the win on the mound allowing no runs on four hits with three strikeouts in four innings of work.
Shelby improves to 8-4 on the season.
Vermilion 12, Madison 11
The Madison Rams took a tough 12-11 nonconference loss to Vermilion on Saturday.
Jameson Myers, Cayden Clapper, Ethan Glasgo and Cameron Kuhn had two hits apiece while Gavin Cates, Seth Ohl, Dylan Mapes, Rian Lunsford and Jarrett Mandusic had one hit apiece. Myers, Cates, Mapes and Kuhn had two RBIs apiece while Ohl, Clapper and Lunsford had one RBI apiece.
Vermilion 10, Madison 5
In Game 2 of the doubleheader, the Madison Rams took a 10-5 loss to Vermilion.
Myers, Clapper and Lunsford all had two hits apiece while Mapes, Glasgo, Ohl, Kuhn and Easton Mazak had one hit apiece. Myers had two RBIs while Clapper, Lunsford and Mazak had one RBI apiece.
The Rams fell to 2-10 on the season.
Cardington 12, Lucas 3
Perrysburg 11, Clear Fork 0
Perrysburg 12, Clear Fork 3
Makenzie Back slings second no-hitter of the year in win over NL
Friday, April 22
Baseball
Plymouth 16, New London 1
The Plymouth Big Red earned an easy 16-1 win over New London in Firelands Conference play on Friday.
Trace McVey led the way with three hits while Zach Hamman had two and Zeth Goth, Ethan Gillum, Cole Wentz and Clayton Miller had one apiece. Goth and Carson Tucker collected three RBIs apiece while Miller had two and Canaan Slone, Wentz, Gillum, McVey and Hamman had one apiece.
Miller earned the win on the mound allowing one run on three hits with six strikeouts in five innings of work.
The Big Red are now 9-3 on the season.
Pleasant 4, Clear Fork 2
The Clear Fork Colts took a tough 4-2 loss to Pleasant in MOAC play on Friday night.
Luke Schlosser, Jared Scott, Ty Sellers, Jay Jackson and Kaden Riddle all had one hit apiece while Scott and David Ballinger had one RBI apiece in the loss.
Riddle took the loss but pitched well enough to win allowing three runs on five hits with four strikeouts.
The Colts fall to 6-3 on the season.
Lexington 10, Shelby 0
Fairless 10, Mansfield Christian 0
The Mansfield Christian Flames took a 10-0 loss to Fairless in nonconference action on Friday.
Isaac Hillman had the lone hit for the Flames.
Mansfield Christian is now 1-5 on the season.
Softball
Plymouth 8, New London 0
The Plymouth Big Red earned an 8-0 win over New London on Friday night in Firelands Conference play behind Makenzie Back’s second no-hitter of the season.
Back faced just 22 batters, one more than the minimum for a seven-inning game, striking out 15 and walking one in a near perfect game. She also led the way at the dish with two hits and three RBIs including a home run for the second consecutive game. Bree Fellows and Chloe Trine added two hits apiece while Kaela Plank and Cailynn Bailey had one hit apiece. Plank had four RBIs to go with Back’s three.
Plymouth is now 6-4 on the season.
Crestview 5, Monroeville 3
The Crestview Cougars completed the season sweep against Monroeville on Friday winning 5-3 in Firelands Conference action.
Sophie Durbin had one hit, three steals and two runs scored while Mary Leeper had one hit, two steals and one run scored. PJ Endicott had one hit and one run while Chesnie Patton collected a three-run homer. Tarynn Eagle and Autumn Martin each had one hit apiece.
Patton earned the win in the circle allowing three runs on five hits with six strikeouts.
The Cougars improve to 8-4 on the season.
Mansfield Christian 23, Genoa Christian 9
The Mansfield Christian Flames picked up their first win of the season knocking off Genoa Christian 23-9 on Friday in nonconference action.
Courtney Kissinger had three hits while Mary Golias, Abby Heininger and Sumer Schrock had two hits apiece. Heininger had a double in the victory.
Mary Golias, Noel Cline and Schrock combined for the win in the circle allowing just four earned runs with seven strikeouts.
The Flames are now 1-5 on the year.
Clear Fork 10, Galion 0
The Clear Fork Colts cruised to an MOAC win over Galion 10-0 on Friday.
Trinity Cook, Ashtynn Roberts, Morgan Shafer, Alyssa Swank and Katrina Rogers all had two hits apiece while Tate Swihart, Macy Ousley, Renee Anders, Andrea Swainhart, Pacey Chrastina and Baylee Shoemaker all had one hit apiece. Cook and Swihart had two RBIs apiece while Roberts, Ousley, Anders, Swank and Chrastina had one RBI apiece. Swank and Ousley both clobbered home runs.
Roberts took the win in the circle with a five-hit shutout with eight strikeouts.
South Central 2, Western Reserve 0
The South Central Trojans earned a 2-0 win over Western Reserve on Friday in Firelands Conference action.
Maddy Prater, Makena Calame and Lauren Ayers all had one hit apiece while Calame had the lone RBI in the win.
Prater took the win in the circle allowing just one hit in the complete-game shutout with 16 strikeouts.
South Central improves to 10-2 on the season.
Makenzie Back's 23 Ks, 3-run homer nets Big Red extra-inning win
Thursday, April 21
Baseball
Shelby 7, Highland 6 F/9
The Shelby Whippets walked it off against Highland in a huge Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference battle on Thursday.
With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Luke Shepherd ripped an RBI base hit to right field to score Blaine Bowman for the game-winning run in dramatic fashion. Shepherd had three hits on the evening while Jeremy Holloway also added three himself. Marshall Shepherd had two hits while Bowman, Alex Bruskotter and Landon Kennard had one apiece. Holloway had two RBIs as both came in the bottom of the sixth with the Whippets trailing 5-3 and tied the game with one swing. Bowman, Luke Shepherd, Kennard, Doran Steele and Brock Greenwood collected one RBI apiece in the win.
Bruskotter took the win on the mound working a scoreless ninth inning while Kennard started the game going six strong allowing five runs, three earned, on seven hits with three strikeouts.
The Whippets improved to 7-3 on the season.
Plymouth 9, New London 2
The Plymouth Big Red earned the series sweep topping New London in Firelands Conference action on Thursday winning 9-2.
Cole Wentz and Clayton Miller collected two hits apiece while Zach Hamman, Nick Roberts, Zeth Goth, Trace McVey, Ethan Gillum and Carson Tucker had one hit apiece. McVey and Miller had two RBIs apiece while Hamman, Roberts and Gillum had one apiece.
Goth earned the win on the mound allowing two runs on three hits with 10 strikeouts in seven innings of work. The Big Red are now 8-3 on the year.
Crestview 12, Monroeville 2
The Crestview Cougars made light work of the Monroeville Eagles on Thursday winning 12-2 in Firelands Conference action.
Matthew Volz and Gavin Barker led the way with three hits apiece while Owen Barker, Hunter George and Tyson Ringler had two hits apiece. Gavin Barker collected two RBIs while George, Jarek Ringler, Owen Barker, Mason Ringler, Volz, Josh Myers and Brennan Fulk had one RBI apiece in the balanced effort.
Mason Ringler earned the win on the mound with 10 strikeouts. The Cougars are now 4-6 on the season.
Softball
Plymouth 9, New London 4 F/9
The Plymouth Big Red picked up a nice 9-4 win in extra innings over New London on Thursday night in Firelands Conference action.
Makenzie Back led the way offensively with three hits while Kaela Plank, Chloe Trine and Jaylin Branham had two hits apiece and Caitlyn Bailey had one hit. Back had three RBIs with a home run while Trine had two RBIs and Bailey had one to round out the offense. Back’s homer came in the Top of the ninth on a three-run blast.
Back was sensational in the circle. She allowed four runs, none earned on four hits with an amazing 23 strikeouts in nine innings of work. She threw 176 pitches with 109 going for strikes.
Plymouth improved to 5-4 on the year.
Lexington 5, Fredericktown 2
The Lexington Lady Lex continued their winning ways by beating Fredericktown 5-2 in nonconference action on Thursday.
Kaylie Eichorn led the way with three hits while Camryn Campbell, Kylie Galownia, Jillian Bammann, Jillian Morr, Sydni Clever and Emily Winters had one hit apiece. Eichorn and Emma Moeglin collected two RBIs apiece while Morr added one in the win.
Bammann picked up the W in the circle allowing two runs on eight hits with seven strikeouts. Lex is now 8-1 on the season.
Crestview 4, Monroeville 2
The Crestview Cougars earned a huge Firelands Conference win over Monroeville on Thursday winning 4-2.
Sophie Durbin had herself a day going 4-for-4 with a home run, a double and a stolen base. PJ Endicott had three hits and scored a run while Chesnie Patton collected a pair of hits. Mary Leeper collected a hit while scoring a run and adding a stolen base while Kaylee Hamman had a hit and an RBI. Holly Collet also had a hit and an RBI in the win.
Kaylee Hammon earned the win in the circle tossing a complete game with three strikeouts.
The Cougars are now 7-4 overall.
Central Christian 16, Mansfield Christian 2
The Mansfield Christian Flames took a tough 16-2 Mid-Buckeye Conference loss to Central Christian on Thursday.
Isabel Golias had a double and two RBIs while Noel Cline had three hits.
The Flames are now 0-5 on the season.
Taylor's three-home run day powers Ontario past Galion
Wednesday, April 20
Softball
Ontario 16, Galion 6
The Ontario Warriors earned a nice Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference win over Galion on Wednesday winning 16-6 behind Autumn Taylor’s big day.
Taylor led the way with four hits, three were home runs, while Eden Howard, Trista Jewell, Joslynne Frazier, Olivia Kreger and Alex Switaj all had two hits apiece and Kylie Snow and Taylor Counts had one hit apiece. Taylor collected five RBIs while Jewell and Frazier had three apiece, Switaj had two and Kerger, Snow and Howard had one apiece. Taylor belted three home runs while Frazier had one.
Frazier took the win in the circle allowing just two hits with four strikeouts.
The Warriors improve to 5-1 on the season.
Crestview 11, Lucas 1
The Crestview Cougars picked up a nice nonconference win over Lucas, 11-1, on Wednesday.
Sophie Durbin and Mary Leeper led the way with three hits apiece while PJ Endicott and Chesnie Patton had two hits apiece and Tarynn Eagle and Autumn Martin had one hit apiece. Durbin had two doubles while Leeper drove in a pair of runs. Endicott also added an RBI. Patton earned the win in the circle allowing one run on one hit with eight strikeouts.
The Cougars are now 6-4 on the year.
Clear Fork 6, Pleasant 2
The Clear Fork Colts earned a nice Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference win over Pleasant on Wednesday winning 6-2.
Trinity Cook, Baylee Shoemaker, Pacey Chrastina and Tate Swihart had two hits apiece while Ashtynn Roberts and Andrea Swainhart had one hit apiece. Cook collected two RBIs while Morgan Shafer and Roberts had one RBI apiece.
Roberts earned the win in the circle allowing two runs on five hist with eight strikeouts in seven innings of work.
The Colts improve to 4-5 on the season.
Monroeville 6, Plymouth 5
The Plymouth Big Red took a tough 6-5 Firelands Conference loss to Monroeville on Wednesday.
Chloe Trine, Kaela Plank and Makenzie Back led the Big Red with two hits apiece while Bree Fellows, Jaylin Branham, Ashlee Steward, Lilly Sparks and Aliya Echelbarger had one hit apiece. Back collected four RBIs while Trine had one. Back had a home run in the loss.
She also pitched well enough to win allowing six runs, just four were earned, on nine hits with eight strikeouts.
The Big Red falls to 4-4 on the season.
Highland 6, Shelby 1
The Shelby Whippets took a tough 6-1 Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference loss to Highland on Wednesday.
Mallary Gundrum led the Whippets with two hits while Lexi Thompson and Lexi Booker had one hit apiece. Thompson drove in the lone run for the Whippets.
Shelby falls to 7-4 on the season.
Wooster 12, Mansfield Senior 2
The Mansfield Senior Tygers took a tough OCC loss to Wooster on Wednesday falling 12-2.
Alexis Goad, Meredith Heckert and Ellie Snyder all had one hit apiece for the Tygers as Snyder and Kalia Addington had one RBI apiece in the loss.
Mansfield Senior falls to 0-4 on the season.
Central Christian 16, Mansfield Christian 6
The Mansfield Christian Flames took a tough 16-6 Mid-Buckeye Conference loss to Central Christian on Wednesday.
Mary Golias, Noel Cline and Abby Heininger all had two hits apiece for the Flames.
Mansfield Christian is 0-5 on the year.
Baseball
Plymouth 13, Monroeville 0
The Plymouth Big Red earned a nice Firelands Conference win over Monroeville 13-0 on Wednesday behind Cole Wentz’s no-hitter.
Wentz tossed the five-inning no-no by striking out 12. The Eagles had three base runners reach by error. Offensively, the Big Red was led by Clayton Miller with three hits, Trace McVey and Ethan Gillum with two hits apiece and Zach Hamman, Nick Roberts, Ashton Jackson, Zeth Goth, Shae Sparks and Carson Tucker with one hit apiece. Gillum and Roberts had three RBIs apiece while McVey and Wentz had two RBIs apiece and Hamman had one.
The Big Red improved to 7-3 on the year.
Ontario 8, Galion 0
The Ontario Warriors continued their quest for an MOAC championship with an 8-0 win over Galion on Wednesday.
Colten Ramion, Gage Weaver, Braxton Hall and Chase Studer all had three hits apiece while Drew Yetter had two and Peyton Dzugan and Ryan Chapman had one apiece. Chapman had two RBIs while Studer, Dzugan and Weaver had one RBI apiece.
Chapman earned the win on the mound with a four-hit, complete-game shutout. He struck out seven on his way to the win.
The Warriors improve to 5-2 on the season.
Lucas 9, Crestview 4
The Lucas Cubs picked up a nice win over Crestview in nonconference action 9-4 on Wednesday.
Andrew Smollen earned the win on the mound tossing a complete game with 10 strikeouts.
The Cubs improved to 3-5 on the season.
Pleasant 7, Clear Fork 3
The Clear Fork Colts took a tough Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference loss to Pleasant on Wednesday falling 7-3 behind five Spartan runs in the top of the seventh.
Kaleb Hollar, Jared Scott, David Ballinger and Ty Sellers all had one hit apiece while Scott, Ballinger and Jay Jackson had one RBI apiece. Scott worked the first 5 2/3 innings allowing just two runs on two hits with nine strikeouts.
The Colts fall to 6-2 on the year.
Wooster 18, Mansfield Senior 0
The Mansfield Senior Tygers took a tough 18-0 OCC loss to Wooster on Wednesday.
George Goad collected the lone hit for the Tygers.
Mansfield Senior falls to 0-6 on the year.
Highland 6, Shelby 0
The Shelby Whippets were shut out by Highland in Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference play on Wednesday falling 6-0.
Blaine Bowman and Jeremy Holloway had the only two hits for Shelby.
The Whippets fall to 6-3 on the season.
Trojans hand Cougars first FC loss
Tuesday, April 19
Softball
South Central 9, Crestview 2
The South Central Trojans handed the Crestview Cougars their first Firelands Conference loss of the season on Tuesday in a 9-2 decision.
Olivia Hudson, Kyrstin Hamons, Annie Cook and Lydia Chaffee all had two hits apiece for the Trojans while Kaylee Richards, Hannah Ayers, Maddy Prater and Emalee Richards had one hit apiece. Chaffee had three RBIs for the game while Ayers had two, Kaylee Richards and Hudson had one apiece.
Prater took the win in the circle allowing just two runs, none earned, on two hits with 13 strikeouts.
The Cougars received one hit apiece from Mary Leeper and PJ Endicott as they each scored a run as well. Sophie Durbin walked twice and had a stolen base in the loss.
South Central improves to 9-2 on the year while Crestview falls to 5-4.
Lexington sweeps Colonel Crawford in doubleheader
Saturday, April 16
Softball
Lexington 11, Colonel Crawford 3
The Lexington Lady Lex put up an impressive performance in Game 1 of a doubleheader with Colonel Crawford winning 11-3.
Camryn Campbell, Jillian Bammann, Jillian Morr, Sydni Clever, Kaylie Eichorn and Emma Moeglin had two hits apiece while Kylie Galownia and Eyan Underwood had one hit apiece. Eichorn had two RBIs while Bammann, Morr, Underwood, Clever and Moeglin had one RBI apiece.
Bammann picked up the win in the circle allowing three runs, one earned, on four hits with seven strikeouts in seven innings.
Lexington 13, Colonel Crawford 3
In Game 2, Lady Lex was just as impressive picking up a 13-3 win to complete the doubleheader sweep.
Bammann and Underwood had three hits apiece while Clever and Moeglin had two apiece and Campbell, Galownia, Morr and Emily Winters had one hit apiece. Bammann, Underwood and Moeglin had two RBIs apiece while Campbell, Galownia, Morr, Clever and Winters had one apiece.
Galownia earned the win in the circle allowing three runs on nine hits with six strikeouts in six innings of work.
Lexington improves to 7-1 on the season.
Baseball
Wapakoneta 4, Lexington 3
For the second consecutive game, the Lexington Minutemen took a walk-off loss in nonconference play this time 4-3 to Wapakoneta on Saturday.
Chance Basilone and Braden Mumaw had one hit apiece while Mumaw had two RBIs and Cole Pauley had one in the loss.
The Minutemen are now 1-7 on the season.
Bellevue 15, Plymouth 7
Friday, April 15
Baseball
Lucas 6, New London 1
The Lucas Cubs used a dominant pitching performance from Hunter Church and the home run ball to knock off New London 6-1 on Friday in nonconference action.
Church cruised through the Wildcat lineup tossing seven innings allowing just one run, unearned, with 13 strikeouts. Church, Andrew Smollen and Hunter Rice all launched home runs in the victory.
The Cubs are now 2-5 on the season.
Clear Fork 3, Lexington 2
The Clear Fork Colts earned a walk-off victory over Lexington in nonconference action winning 3-2 on Friday.
With one out in the bottom of the seventh, David Ballinger ripped an RBI single with the bases loaded scoring Nate Lind to send the Colts off with the dramatic win. Ballinger and Luke Schlosser led the way with a pair of hits while Kaleb Hollar, Kaden Riddle and Lind both had one hit apiece. Hollar and Ballinger both had one RBI apiece for the Colts.
Aiden Nicol led the Minutemen with two hits while Chance Basilone, Cole Pauley, Bradley Miller, Jaxon Brown and Matt Midkiff had one hit apiece. Midkiff and Nicol had one RBI apiece in the loss.
The Colts improve to 6-1 on the season and Lexington falls to 1-6 on the year.
Shelby 18, Madison 3
The Shelby Whippets finally saw the bats come alive in an 18-3 win over Madison on Friday afternoon in nonconference play.
Jeremy Holloway led the way with four hits while Alex Bruskotter, Marshall Shepherd, Luke Shepherd, Landon Kennard and Kam Wheeler had two hits apiece and Blaine Bowman, Brock Greenwood and Tanner Hartz had one hit apiece. Bruskotter, Luke Shepherd and Kennard collected three RBIs apiece while Holloway and Greenwood had two apiece and Bowman, Marshall Shepherd, Wheeler and Hartz had one apiece. Luke Shepherd drilled a home run in the win.
Casey Lantz earned the win on the mound working five innings allowing just three runs, one earned, on nine hits with three strikeouts.
Seth Ohl, Cayden Clapper and Rian Lunsford collected two hits apiece for the Rams while Dylan Mapes and Jameson Myers had one hit apiece. Clapper and Mapes had one RBI apiece in the loss.
Shelby improves to 6-2 on the season while Madison falls to 2-6.
Softball
Lexington 18, Clear Fork 9
The Lexington Lady Lex took home a win in a marathon game against Clear Fork winning 18-9 in nonconference action.
Camryn Campbell and Kaylie Eichorn led the way with three hits apiece for Lexington while Kylie Galownia, Jillian Bammann, Jillian Morr, Sydni Clever and Emma Moeglin had two hits apiece and Eyan Underwood and Emily Winters each had one apiece. Clever collected five RBIs while Bammann and Winters had three apiece, Eichorn had two and Campbell, Galownia and Morr had one apiece. Clever smashed a home run in the victory.
Ashtynn Roberts led the Colts with four hits while Trinity Cook had three, Morgan Shafer had two and Macy Ousley, Tate Swihart and Renee Anders had one apiece. Roberts and Ousley had three RBIs apiece while Swihart had two and Anders had one.
The Colts fall to 3-5 while Lexington is now 5-1.
Bellevue 10, Shelby 9
The Shelby Whippets put up a good fight in a 10-9 loss to Bellevue on Friday in nonconference action.
Mallary Gundrum, Sadie Smith and Demi Hipp led the way with two hits apiece while Kendal Parsons, Maggie Bogner, Lexi Thompson, Alyssa Neill, Lexi Booker and Kennedy Studer had one hit apiece. Parsons and Gundrum had two RBIs apiece while Bogner, Smith, Thompson and Neill had one apiece. Gundrum and Smith both smashed home runs in the loss.
The Whippets fall to 7-3 on the season.
New London 2, Lucas 1
Neill's homer powers Shelby past Galion
Thursday, April 14
Baseball
Plymouth 8, Western Reserve 4
The Plymouth Big Red earned a narrow win over Western Reserve in Firelands Conference play on Thursday.
Zach Hamman, Cole Wentz and Carson Tucker led the way with two hits apiece while Nick Roberts, Trace McVey and Ethan Gillum had one hit apiece. Hamman and Tucker collected a pair of RBIs while Roberts, McVey, Wentz and Clayton Miller had one apiece.
Miller took the win on the mound working five innings allowing one run on five hits with three strikeouts in five innings of work.
The Big Red improved to 6-2 on the season.
Mount Vernon 12, Madison 2
The Madison Rams took a tough 12-2 Ohio Cardinal Conference loss to Mount Vernon on Thursday.
Seth Ohl collected both Madison hits while Rian Lunsford had the lone RBI.
The Rams fall to 2-5 on the year.
Galion 4, Shelby 2
Softball
Shelby 11, Galion 8
The Shelby Whippets picked up a narrow 11-8 win over Galion in Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference play on Thursday.
Kendal Parsons, Sadie Smith and Lexi Thompson led the way with three hits apiece while Maggie Bogner, Alyssa Neill and Lexi Booker had two hits apiece and Mallary Gundrum, Demi Hipp and Kennedy Studer added one apiece as all nine Whippets had at least one hit. Neill had four RBIs while Thompson had two and Parsons, Bogner, Gundrum, Booker and Studer had one RBI apiece. Neill had a home run in the win.
Shelby improves to 7-2 on the season.
Riverdale 7, Plymouth 3
The Plymouth Big Red took a tough loss to Riverdale 7-3 on Thursday in nonconference action.
Makenzie Back led the way with two hits while Bree Fellows and Aryssa Horne added one apiece. Back collected a pair of RBIs while Jaylin Branham had one.
The Big Red fall to 4-3 on the season.
Mount Vernon 12, Madison 6
The Madison Rams took a tough Ohio Cardinal Conference loss to Mount Vernon on Thursday, 12-6.
Bri Bowles and Olivia Schulz led the way with two hits apiece while Emily Nolan, Hope Barrett, Kyleigh Reiter, Reagan Hayes and Emma Stankovich had one hit apiece. Schulz collected a pair of RBIs while Bowles and Stankovich had one apiece.
The Rams fall to 5-2 on the year.
St. Joseph Academy 10, Ontario 9
The Ontario Warriors suffered a tough 10-9 loss on opening day of the Wendy’s Classic on Thursday to St. Joseph Academy.
Joslynne Frazier led the way with three hits while Trista Jewell, Alex Switaj and Hailey Crabtree added two hits apiece and Eden Howard, Autumn Taylor and Taylor Counts had one hit apiece. Crabtree collected three RBIs while Frazier had two and Howard, Jewell and Kylie Snow had one RBI apiece.
The Warriors fall to 4-1 on the year.
Shepherd's gem earned Shelby narrow win over Galion
Tuesday, April 12
Baseball
Shelby 2, Galion 0
The Shelby Whippets picked up a dramatic 2-0 Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference win over Galion on Tuesday winning 2-0.
The Whippets scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth when Alex Bruskotter drove in two runs on a two-RBI single for the only runs of the game. He and Marshall Shepherd had two hits apiece while Blaine Bowman and Kam Wheeler had one hit apiece. Bruskotter collected the only two RBIs on the night.
The two runs were enough for Shepherd who picked up another win on the mound in a complete-game shutout. He allowed just five hits while striking out 12 and walking two. He has allowed just two earned runs in 22 innings of work this season.
Shelby improves to 5-1 on the year.
Lucas 14, Crestline 1
The Lucas Cubs earned their first win of the season in a big way knocking off Crestline 14-1 in Mid-Buckeye Conference play.
Andrew Smollen earned the win on the mound collecting 14 strikeouts in five innings while also adding seven RBIs at the plate.
The Cubs improved to 1-5 on the year.
Lexington 10, Mansfield Senior 0
The Lexington Minutemen picked up their first win of the season defeating Ohio Cardinal Conference foe Mansfield Senior 10-0 on Tuesday.
Cole Pauley was nearly perfect on the mound for the Minutemen as he tossed a no-hitter with 18 strikeouts. Mansfield Senior had one batter reach base on an error as Pauley did not walk a batter all night.
The Minutemen also provided the run support for Pauley’s no-no as Braden Mumaw and Chance Basilone had three hits apiece, Matt Midkiff and Bradley Miller had two hits apiece and Dylan Burks had one. Basilone led the way with three RBIs while Burks and Midkiff had two apiece and Miller and Aiden Nicol rounded out the offensive night with one RBI apiece.
Quintin Little pitched well for the Tygers allowing six runs, only one was earned, on seven hits with seven strikeouts and four walks in six innings.
Lexington improves to 1-5 while Mansfield Senior is 0-5.
Crestview 10, Western Reserve 8
The Crestview Cougars picked up a nice 10-8 win over Western Reserve in Firelands Conference action Tuesday night.
Jarek Ringler and Owen Barker led the way with two hits apiece while Barker collected five RBIs with a home run in the win. Hunter George, Ringler, Gavin Barker and Brennan Fulk all had one RBI apiece.
Ringler earned the win on the mound collecting five strikeouts in four innings while Tyson Ringler worked the final three innings to pick up the save with five strikeouts.
Crestview improves to 3-5 on the year.
Loudonville 18, Mansfield Christian 6
The Mansfield Christian Flames took a tough 18-6 loss to Loudonville on Tuesday night in Mid-Buckeye Conference action.
Isaac Hillman, Cale Everroad and Ethan Bishop led the Flames with two hits apiece while Griffin Baker, Jay Sites, Jack Kelley and Caleb Gregory had one hit apiece. Hillman, Bishop Kelley and Gregory all had one RBI apiece in the loss.
The Flames fall to 1-4 on the season.
South Central 8, Plymouth 5
The Plymouth Big Red dropped their first Firelands Conference contest of the season falling to South Central 8-5 on Tuesday night.
Zeth Goth led the Big Red with three hits while Nick Roberts and Cole Wentz had two hits apiece and Shae Sparks rounded things out with one hit. Clayton Miller had three RBIs while Goth had two in the loss.
Plymouth falls to 5-2 on the year.
Mount Vernon 4, Madison 3
The Madison Rams took a tough, narrow loss to Mount Vernon on Tuesday in Ohio Cardinal Conference action, 4-3.
Jameson Myers, Seth Ohl, Cayden Clapper, Zach Glasgo, Rian Lunsford, Sam Ohl and Dylan Mapes all had one hit apiece for the Rams. Mapes had two RBIs while Clapper had one.
Seth Ohl threw well despite the loss allowing four runs on seven hits with two strikeouts.
The Rams fall to 2-4 on the year.
Softball
Shelby 18, Galion 2
The Shelby Whippets continued to flex their offensive muscles with an 18-2 win over Galion on Tuesday night in MOAC play.
Sadie Smith led the way with three hits while Maggie Bogner, Lexi Booker, Kennedy Studer, Sophie Niese and Alyssa Neill all had one hit apiece. Smith had a huge day with five RBIs and a home run while Booker added three RBIs and a homer. Kendal Parsons, Bogner, Neill, Mallary Gundrum and Lexi Thompson had one RBI apiece in the victory.
Alyssa Booker earned the win in the circle allowing just two runs on five hits with five strikeouts in five innings.
The Whippets improve to 6-2 on the season.
Plymouth 2, South Central 0
The Plymouth Big Red earned a nice Firelands Conference win over South Central with a narrow 2-0 victory on Tuesday night.
Makenzie Back was the star of the night as she twirled a no-hitter. She allowed just two base runners, one on a walk and one who reached on an error, and struck out 15 batters in seven innings.
Bree Fellows, Chloe Trine and Emily Irven led the way with one hit apiece while Irven drove in the only two runs in the bottom of the third inning to give the Big Red the victory.
Plymouth improves to 4-2 on the season.
Lexington 19, Mansfield Senior 0
The Lexington Lady Lex cruised to an easy Ohio Cardinal Conference win over Mansfield Senior on Tuesday winning 19-0.
Kylie Galownia took to the circle and was untouchable tossing a five-inning no-hitter. Lady Lex committed one error behind her and she hit a batter as she struck out 13 of the 17 batters she faced and only needed 70 pitches to complete the no-no.
Her offense provided plenty of fire power as Kaylie Eichorn and Eyan Underwood collected three hits apiece while Galownia had two hits and Camryn Campbell, Jillian Bammann, Summer Branham, Emily Winters and Grace Miller had one hit apiece. Eichorn collected four RBIs while Miller and Galownia had two apiece and Campbell, Bammann, Sydni Clever and Winters had one apiece.
Lexington improves to 4-1 while Mansfield Senior falls to 0-3.
Crestview 6, Western Reserve 4
The Crestview Cougars picked up a nice Firelands Conference win over Western Reserve on Tuesday night winning 6-4.
MacKenzie Tucker led the way with three hits while Chesnie Patton had two hits and Mary Leeper, PJ Endicott, Kalee Hammann and Izzy Ardis had one hit apiece. Tucker had two RBIs while Sophie Durbin, Endicott and Ardis had one apiece.
Hammann earned the win in the circle allowing four runs on five hits with eight strikeouts.
The Cougars improve to 5-3 on the year.
Mount Vernon 17, Madison 5
The Madison Rams took their first loss of the season falling to Mount Vernon 17-5 on Tuesday in Ohio Cardinal Conference action. Bri Bowles, Kyleigh Reiter and Emma Stankovich had two hits apiece while Emily Nolan and Olivia Schulz had one hit apiece. Schulz collected a pair of RBIs while Nolan, Reiter and Stankovich had one RBI apiece.
The Rams fall to 5-1 on the year.
Loudonville 17, Mansfield Christian 0
The Mansfield Christian Flames took a tough Mid-Buckeye Conference loss to Loudonville on Tuesday falling 17-0.
Isabel Golias had the lone hit for the Flames.
MC falls to 0-3 on the season.
Hayes sends Rams home with extra-inning win over Clyde
Saturday, April 9
Softball
Madison 5, Clyde 4 F/8
The Madison Rams remained undefeated with a nice eight-inning, nonconference win over Clyde on Saturday.
Reagan Hayes delivered the go-head run when her RBI groundout plated Kyleigh Reiter in the top of the eighth inning to break a 4-4 tie. The Rams fell behind 4-0 after the first two innings before scoring three in the fifth and one in the sixth to tie it and force extra innings.
Hayes, Reiter and Emma Stankovich collected two hits apiece for the Rams while Emily Nolan, Hope Barrett and Olivia Schulz had one hit apiece. Hayes recorded two RBIs while Nolan and Sophia Parsons had one RBI apiece.
Bri Bowles earned the win in the circle as she tosses six innings of relief work allowing just two hits with four strikeouts.
The Rams are now 5-0 on the year.
Studer's 3-hit, 3-RBI day leads Ontario past Willard
Friday, April 8
Baseball
Madison 13, Lucas 10
The Madison Rams picked up their third consecutive win knocking off Lucas 13-10 on Friday in nonconference action.
Cameron Kuhn led the way with three hits while Seth Ohl, Cayden Clapper, Rian Lunsford and Dylan Mapes had two hits apiece and Jameson Myers and Gavin Cates had one hit apiece. Cates had three RBIs while Myers, Mapes and Kuhn had two apiece and Ohl, Clapper and Zach Glasgo had one apiece.
Cates took the win on the mound going four innings allowing six runs, four earned, on five hits with four strikeouts.
Hunter Church and Andrew Smollen led the Cubs with two hits apiece while Andrew Fanello, Patrick Bichsel and Hunter Rice had one hit apiece. Smollen collected five RBIs while Connor Rice had two and Church and Hunter Rice had one apiece.
The Rams improve to 3-3 on the year while Lucas falls to 0-5.
Shelby 6, Huron 3
The Shelby Whippets earned a nice nonconference win over Huron on Friday winning 6-3 on the road.
Landon Kennard led the way with two hits while Blaine Bowman, Luke Shepherd, Jeremy Holloway, Brock Greenwood and Tanner Hartz added one hit apiece. Kennard, Greenwood and Hartz had one RBI apiece in the win.
Kennard also picked up the win on the mound going four innings allowing two runs on two hits with six strikeouts.
The Whippets improved to 4-1 on the year.
Ontario 7, Willard 1
The Ontario Warriors earned a solid 7-1 nonconference victory over Willard on Friday.
Chase Studer led the way with three hits while Carter Weaver, Braxton Hall and Jayden Leach had one hit apiece. Studer had three RBIs while Gage Weaver and Drew Yetter had one apiece.
Carter Weaver earned the win on the mound allowing one unearned run on seven hits with five strikeouts.
The Warriors are now 3-2 on the year.
Marion Harding 6, Mansfield Senior 0
The Mansfield Senior Tygers took a tough 6-0 nonconference loss to Marion Harding on Friday.
Quintin Little and Connor Nicholson had one hit apiece in the loss.
The Tygers are now 0-4.
Softball
Ashland 12, Plymouth 4
The Plymouth Big Red dropped a tough nonconference contest to Ashland 12-4 at the MVD tournament on Friday.
Chloe Trine, Emily Irven, Kaela Plank and Makenzie Back all had one hit apiece. Plank had three RBIs in the loss.
Plymouth is now 3-2 on the season.
Northwestern 13, Clear Fork 2
The Clear Fork Colts took a tough 13-2 loss to Northwestern on Friday during the MVD tournament.
Ashtynn Roberts led the way with two hits while Trinity Cook, Macy Ousley and Renee Anders added one apiece. Roberts and Anders had one RBI apiece in the loss.
The Colts are now 3-3 on the season.
Marion Harding 14, Mansfield Senior 1
The Mansfield Senior Tygers took a tough 14-1 loss to Marion Harding on Friday in nonconference action.
MJ Melvin, Trinity Withrow, Ellie Snyder and Kakhiyah Black all had one hit apiece in the loss. Johannah Carter had the lone RBI.
Mansfield Senior is now 0-2 on the year.
Thursday, April 7
Softball
Plymouth 17, Western Reserve 1
The Plymouth Big Red picked up an impressive Firelands Conference win over Western Reserve on Thursday winning 17-1.
Chloe Trine led the way with three hits while Bre Fellows, Emily Irven, Kaela Plank, Makenzie Back and Aliya Echelbarger had two hits apiece and Jaylin Branham, Lily Sparks, Ashlee Steward and Aryssa Horne added one hit apiece. Back collected four RBIs while Trine, Irven and Horne had two apiece and Plank, Echelbarger and Steward had one apiece. Horne blasted a home run in the victory.
Back picked up the win in the circle allowing just one unearned run on two hits with seven strikeouts.
The Big Red is now 2-1 and takes on Ashland in the MVD tournament on Friday.
Lucas 12, Mount Gilead 2
The Lucas Cubs picked up a nice nonconference win over Mount Gilead on Thursday winning 12-2.
Tori Sauder led the way with four hits while Trinity Stickney had three, Abigail Smith had two and Maddie Boyer, Marissa Caugherty, Alyssa Shay and Kailyn Caugherty had one apiece. Sauder and Stickney had three RBI apiece while Shay and Smith had two apiece and Marissa Caugherty and Kendall Huegold had one apiece. Smith and Sauder both hit home runs.
Marissa Caugherty collected the win in the circle allowing just two runs on four hits with five strikeouts.
The Cubs are now 3-2.
Crestview 12, St. Paul 2
The Crestview Cougars picked up a nice Firelands Conference win over St. Paul on Thursday winning 12-2.
Chesnie Patton led the way with three hits while Sophie Durbin, Tarynn Eagle, Mary Leeper and Kalee Hamman had two hits apiece and PJ Endicott, Izzy Ardis and Autumn Martin had one hit apiece. Patton had a home run in the win.
Hamman collected the win in the circle allowing two runs on four hits with seven strikeouts.
The Cougars are now 4-3 on the year.
Ashland 11, Lexington 9
In a continued game from Tuesday, the Lexington Lady Lex took a tough OCC loss to Ashland 11-9 on Thursday.
Jillian Morr led the way with two hits while Camryn Campbell, Kylie Galownia, Jillian Bammann, Sydni Clever, Kaylie Eichorn and Emma Moeglin had one hit apiece. Clever had three RBIs while Morr and Bammann had two RBIs apiece had Galownia had one. Bammann and Clever both hit home runs in the loss.
Lex is now 3-1 on the year.
Triway 11, Clear Fork 0
The Clear Fork Colts took a tough nonconference loss on Thursday to Triway on the road 11-0.
The Colts were no-hit in the contest.
Clear Fork is 3-3 on the season.
Baseball
Plymouth 13, Mansfield Christian 0
The Plymouth Big Red earned a nice nonconference win over Mansfield Christian on Thursday winning 13-0.
Nick Roberts and Trace McVey led the way with two hits apiece while Zach Hamman, Josh Beebe, Zeth Goth, Ethan Gillum, Cole Wentz, Canaan Slone and Clayton Miller had one hit apiece. McVey, Gillum and Wentz all had two RBIs apiece while Goth, Slone, Carson Tucker and Miller had one apiece.
Bryce Courser, Ethan Bishop and Adam McLaughlin had one hit apiece for the Flames.
Plymouth improves to 5-1 on the year while Mansfield Christian falls to 1-3.
Tiffin Columbian 2, Lucas 1
Ashland 5, Lexington 2
In a resumed game from earlier in the week, the Lexington Minutemen took a tough Ohio Cardinal Conference loss to Ashland 5-2 on Thursday.
Cole Pauley collected three hits while Braden Mumaw and Landin Goetz had one hit apiece. Aiden Nicol had the lone RBI for the Minutemen.
Ashland 9, Lexington 8
In Game 2 of the day, the Lexington Minutemen took another tough OCC loss to Ashland this time falling 9-8 on a walk-off hit.
Mumaw and Bradley Miller collected two hits apiece while Zion Rhodes and Dylan Burks had one hit apiece. Mumaw had two RBIs while Mike Togliatti, Rhodes, Pauley, Burks and Matt Midkiff collected one apiece.
Pauley took the loss on the mound allowing six runs, just two earned, on six hits with eight strikeouts.
The Minutemen are now 0-5 on the year.
St. Paul 3, Crestview 2
Wednesday, April 6
Softball
Shelby 12, Marion Harding 2
The Shelby Whippets earned an easy 12-2 win over Marion Harding on Wednesday in MOAC softball action.
Mallary Gundrum and Alyssa Neill had two hits apiece while Kendal Parsons, Maggie Bogner, Sadie Smith, Alexis Booker, Kendra Walp, Demi Hipp and Kennedy Studer rounded out the day with one hit apiece. Neill and Booker had two RBIs apiece while Gundrum, Smith, Lexi Thompson and Hipp had one RBI apiece. Gundrum smashed a home rin in the win.
Booker took the win in the circle going five innings allowing two runs on four hits with four strikeouts.
The Whippets are 4-2 on the year.
Baseball
Madison 10, Mansfield Senior 3
The Madison Rams picked up a nice series sweep over Mansfield Senior 10-3 on Wednesday.
Cayden Clapper and Cameron Kuhn led the way with two hits while Gavin Cates, Zach Glasgo, Jarrett Mandusic and Dylan Mapes had one hit apiece. Clapper had three RBIs while Mandusic had two and Jameson Myers, Seth Ohl and Kuhn had one apiece.
Cates picked up the win on the mound allowing three runs, two earned, on two hits with five strikeouts.
Quintin Little picked up the only two hits of the day for the Tygers.
Madison improved to 2-3 on the year with the win while Mansfield Senior falls to 0-4.
Ohl's gem nets Rams first win of the season
Tuesday, April 5
Baseball
Madison 2, Mansfield Senior 0
The Madison Rams picked up their first win of the season by beating Mansfield Senior 2-0 on Tuesday.
Jameson Myers and Cayden Clapper each had one hit apiece for the Rams while Myers posted the lone RBI in the win.
Seth Ohl was lights out on the mound for the Rams tossing a complete-game, two-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts to net the first win of the season.
George Goad and Graham Sanders had one hit apiece for the Tygers. Quintin Little pitched well enough to win going six innings allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits with nine strikeouts.
Madison improves to 1-3 on the year while Mansfield Senior is now 0-3. They face off again on Wednesday.
Clear Fork 7, Galion 5
The Clear Fork Colts picked up an important Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference win over Galion on Tuesday, 7-5.
Luke Schlosser led the way with three hits while Jared Scott and Aaron Brown added two apiece and Kaleb Hollar, Braylon McCoy, David Ballinger, Ty Sellers, Aiden Perry and Nate Lind had one hit apiece. Hollar and Ballinger had two RBIs apiece while Lind, Brown and Scott added one apiece.
Kaden Riddle earned the win on the mound allowing just two runs on two hits with eight strikeouts over four innings. Schlosser picked up the save working the final two innings allowing no hits with four strikeouts.
The Colts improve to 4-0 and host Galion on Wednesday.
Mansfield Christian 12, Crestline 11 F/8
The Mansfield Christian Flames picked up an extra-inning win over Crestline on Tuesday for a big Mid-Buckeye Conference win, 12-11.
Isaac Hillman led the way with three hits while Griffin Baker, Ethan Bishop, Grady Baker, Adam McLaughlin and Caleb Gregory collected two hits apiece and Brock Rentzel and Bryce Courser added one hit apiece. Rentzel, Courser and Hillman each had two RBIs apiece while Grady and Griffin Barker, McLaughlin and Gregory had one RBI apiece in the win.
The Flames improve to 1-2 on the season and travel to Plymouth on Thursday.
Ontario 3, River Valley 1
The Ontario Warriors picked up a hard-fought MOAC win over River Valley on Tuesday winning 3-1.
Gage Weaver, Carter Walters, Ryan Chapman and Drew Yetter had one hit apiece for the Warriors. Yetter and Jacob Bararbani had one RBI apiece in the win.
Chapman picked up the win on the mound allowing just one unearned run on two hits with seven strikeouts.
The Warriors improve to 2-2 and travel to RV on Wednesday.
Plymouth 8, Western Reserve 1
The Plymouth Big Red picked up an 8-1 win over Western Reserve on Tuesday in Firelands Conference play.
Zeth Goth led the way with three hits while Zach Hamman had two and Ethan Gillum and Carson Tucker had one apiece. Tucker collected three RBIs while Goth had two and Gillum added one.
Cole Wentz took the win on the mound allowing just one earned run on four hits with 11 strikeouts in six innings of work. Goth closed things out with a three-strikeout seventh inning.
The Big Red improve to 4-1 and host Western Reserve on Wednesday.
St. Paul 7, Crestview 1
Softball
Madison 19, Mansfield Senior 0
The Madison Rams took care of business with a 19-0 Ohio Cardinal Conference win over Mansfield Senior on Tuesday.
Sophia Parsons led the way with three hits while Bailey Lyons and Hope Barrett had two hits apiece and Emily Nolan, Bri Bowles, Ashley Markley, Kyleigh Reiter, Jillian Conard, Maggie Jones and Anna Stankovich had one hit apiece. Lyons and Reiter both collected four RBIs apiece while Nolan had three, Conard had two and Parsons, Stankovich, Reagan Hayes, Markley, Bowles and Barrett had one RBI apiece. Lyons smashed a home run in the win.
Bowles and Layla Azmoun combined for the win in the circle. Bowles worked the first two innings allowing just two hits with five strikeouts while Azmoun allowed one hit with five strikeouts in three innings.
MJ Melvin, Trinity Withrow and Meredith Heckert all had one hit apiece for the Tygers.
Madison is now 4-0 while Mansfield Senior is 0-1. They will face off again on Wednesday.
Plymouth 10, Western Reserve 0
The Plymouth Big Red picked up a nice Firelands Conference win over Western Reserve on Tuesday, 10-0.
Kaela Plank led the way with two hits while Chloe Trine, Makenzie Back, Emily Irven and Jaylin Branham had one hit apiece. Trine, Back, Irven and Branham all had one RBI apiece in the win. Irven had a home run.
Back picked up the win in the circle working four innings allowing no hits with nine strikeouts. Lilly Sparks worked the final inning collecting a strikeout with no hits as the two combined for the five-inning no-hitter.
Plymouth improves to 2-1 on the season and hosts Western Reserve on Wednesday.
Clear Fork 16, Galion 4
The Clear Fork Colts dominated their way to a 16-4 win over Galion in Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference play on Tuesday.
Andrea Swainhart and Macy Ousley each had three hits apiece while Morgan Shafer, Renee Anders and Katrina Rogers had two hits apiece and Makayla Crawford, Trinity Cook, Ashtynn Roberts, Alyssa Swank and Tate Swihart had one hit apiece for the balanced effort. Swainhart had four RBIs while Cook had three, Anders and Rogers had two apiece and Ousley and Shafer rounded out the offense with one RBI apiece. Anders had a home run.
Roberts took the win in the circle allowing four runs, three earned, on eight hits with eight strikeouts over five innings. The Colts improve to 3-1 and host Galion on Wednesday.
Ontario 9, River Valley 7
The Ontario Warriors continued their winning ways with a 9-7 win over River Valley on Tuesday night in MOAC play.
Joslynne Frazier and Olivia Kreger led the way with three hits apiece while Alex Switaj and Jakiah Trammell added two hits apiece and Eden Howard, Trista Jewell, Kylie Snow and Autumn Taylor had one hit apiece. Kreger collected a home run in the win.
The Warriors are 2-0 on the year and take on River Valley again on Wednesday.
Lucas 15, Central Christian 0
The Lucas Cubs dominated their way to a 15-0 win over Central Christian in Mid-Buckeye Conference play on Tuesday.
Maddy Boyer led the way with four hits while Isabel Alt and Tori Sauder had three hits apiece, Marissa Caugherty and Kailyn Caugherty had two hits apiece and Alyssa Shay rounded out the day with one hit. Marissa Caugherty collected five RBIs while Alit had four, Sauder had two and Boyer and Kendall Guegold had one apiece. The Cubs smashed three home runs in the game, one apiece from Sauder, Marissa Caugherty and Alt.
Boyer earned the win in the circle going all five innings allowing just four hits with six strikeouts.
The Cubs improve 2-2 and take on Central Christian Wednesday.
Shelby 19, Marion Harding 8
The Shelby Whippets earned a dominating 19-8 MOAC win over Marion Harding on Tuesday.
Sadie Smith and Maggie Bogner led the way with three hits apiece while Kendal Parsons, Mallary Gundrum, Lexi Thompson, Alyssa Neill and Kennedy Studer added two hits apiece and Alexis Booker and Demi Hipp had one hit apiece. Gundrum had a huge day with five RBIs including a home run while Neill had three RBIs, Bogner , Smith, Booker and Studer had two apiece and Parsons and Thompson had one apiece for a dominating offensive day.
The Whippets are now 3-2 and host Marion Harding on Wednesday.
Crestview 17, St. Paul 4
The Crestview Cougars picked up a dominating 17-4 win over St. Paul in Firelands Conference action on Tuesday.
Sophie Durbin and Izzy Ardis led the way with three hits apiece while PJ Endicott, Kalee Hamman and Chesnie Patton had two hits apiece and Tarynn Eagle, Madeline Grant and Leah Perry added one hit apiece. Autumn Martin and Grant collected two RBIs apiece while Durbin, Endicott, Hammann and Patton had one apiece.
Patton picked up the win in the circle picking up seven strikeouts in the complete-game victory.
Crestview improves to 3-3 and hosts St. Paul on Wednesday.
Rogers hits first career home run in blowout win over West Holmes
Monday, April 4
Softball
Clear Fork 15, West Holmes 0
The Clear Fork Colts saw an offensive explosion on Monday during a 15-0 nonconference road win over West Holmes.
Morgan Shafer and Ashtynn Roberts led the way with three hits apiece while Pacey Chrastina, Katrina Rogers and Alyssa Swainhart collected two hits apiece and Trinity Cook, Macy Ousley, Renee Anders and Baylee Shoemaker added one hit apiece to give the Colts 16 for the day. Rogers had three RBIs while Tate Swihart, Swainhart and Shafer had two RBIs apiece and Roberts, Outsley, Chrastina and Shoemaker had one apiece. Rogers hit the first homerun of her career in the win.
Roberts was dominant in the circle picking up the win. She allowed just three hits with seven strikeouts in five innings to secure the victory.
The Colts are 2-1 on the year and travel to Galion on Tuesday.
Madison sweeps Shelby in two close games
Saturday, April 2
Softball
Madison 11, Shelby 7
The Madison Rams picked up a nice nonconference win over Shelby in Game 1 of a doubleheader on Saturday, 11-7.
Olivia Schulz led the way with three hits while Hope Barrett, Bri Bowles and Reagan Hayes had two hits apiece and Emily Nolan, Bailey Lyons and Emma Stankovich added one hit apiece. Lyons had three RBIs while Hayes drove in three, Nolan had two and Bowles and Schulz collected one RBI apiece. Bowles, Hayes and Lyons all had home runs in the win.
Lyons earned the win in the circle going 6 ⅔ innings allowing seven runs, three earned, on 11 hits with six strikeouts. Layla Azmoun earned the save working the final ⅓ inning with a strikeout.
Lexi Thompson led the way for Shelby with three hits while Alexis Booker and Demi Hipp added two apiece and Kendal Parsons, Maggie Bogner, Mallary Gundrum, Sadie Smith, Kennedy Studer and Alyssa Neill all had one hit apiece. Hipp led the team with three RBIs while Thompson had two and Parsons added one for the Whippets. Thompson had a home run in the loss.
Madison 4, Shelby 2
In Game 2 of the double-header, the Rams picked up a narrow 4-2 victory to complete the sweep.
Kyleigh Reiter led the way with two hits while Barrett, Bowles, Schulz and Hayes had one hit apiece. Hayes, Lyons and Reiter had one RBI apiece in the hard-fought win. Bowles earned the win in the circle going 5 ⅓ innings allowing just one unearned run on on hit with one strikeout.
Bogner and Neill had one hit apiece for the Whippets while Gundrum and Neill collected one RBI apiece.
Madison is now 3-0 and travels to Ontario on Monday while Shelby falls to 2-2 and travels to Marion Harding on Monday.
Fredericktown 11, Crestview 1
Fredericktown 11, Crestview 1
Baseball
Clear Fork 8, Loudonville 4
The Clear Fork Colts remained undefeated on the season with an 8-4 win over Loudonville in nonconference action on Saturday.
Kaleb Hollar and Luke Schlosser had two hits apiece while Jared Scott, Ty Sellers, Braylon McCoy, Nate Lind and Aiden Perry had one hit apiece. McCoy collected three RBIs while Schlosser and Lind had one RBI apiece.
Schlosser, Braden Ball and Luke Drockton combined for the win allowing four runs, one earned, on six hits with 11 strikeouts for the Colts.
Clear Fork improved to 3-0 and travels to Galion on Tuesday.
Plymouth 7, Black River 4
The Plymouth Big Red picked up a nice nonconference win over Black River on Saturday winning 7-4 on the road.
The Big Red scored three runs in the top of the eighth inning to pull off the extra-winning win. Carson Tucker and Clayton Miller led the way with two hits apiece while Nick Roberts, Zeth goth, Trace McVey, Ethan Gillum and Cole Wentz all had one hit apiece. Miller collected two RBIs while Zach Hamman, Roberts, Goth and Wentz had one RBI apiece.
The Big Red is now 3-1 on the year and hosts Western Reserve on Monday.
Shelby 10, Clyde 0
The Shelby Whippets picked up a nice 10-0 nonconference win over Clyde on Saturday.
Luke Shepherd led the way with two hits while Blaine Bowman, Jeremy Holloway Luke Kennard and Kam Wheeler collected one hit apiece. Bowman had two RBIs while Shepherd, Holloway, Wheller, Kennard, Dorian Steele and Brock Greenwood had one RBI apiece in the win.
Casey Lantz was the winning pitcher on the day working four innings allowing just two hits with five strikeouts.
The Whippets are 2-1 on the year and host Marion Harding on Tuesday.
Ontario 9, Wynford 8
The Ontario Warriors walked it off on Saturday beating Wynford 9-8 in dramatic fashion.
Carter Weaver's double to deep left center drove in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh to end it in an Ontario victory. Weaver, Peyton Dzugan, Jacob Barabani and Carter Walters each had two hits apiece while Gage Weaver, Jayden Leach and Drew Yetter had one hit apiece. Walters collected three RBIs while Chase Studer and Gage Weaver had one RBI apiece and Carter Weaver finished with one.
Carter Weaver and Yetter combined to allow eight runs, just four earned, on six hits with five strikeouts.
The Warriors improve to 1-2 and host Madison on Monday.
Delaware Christian 11, Mansfield Christian 2
The Mansfield Christian Flames took a tough 11-2 loss to Delaware Christian on Saturday in nonconference action.
Griffin Baker led the way with three hits while Isaac Hillman, Ethan Bishop and Caleb Gregory had one hit apiece. Bishop and Gregory collected one RBI apiece for the Flames.
Mansfield Christian is 0-2 and hosts Crestline on Monday.
Hillsdale 10, Crestview 3
Hillsdale 7, Crestview 2
Track
Lucas girls win Mike Armstrong Invite
The Lucas Cubs girls track team took home the team title at the Mike Armstrong Invitational on Saturday with 121 team points ahead of second-place Mount Gilead with 94.5.
Kyla Foss was a double-winner in the field events as she win the shot put with a throw of 29-7.50 and the discus with a throw of 100-10.50. Shelby Grover took home an individual win in the 300-hurdles with a time of 47.04 and also took second in the 100 hurdles and 200-meter dash.
On the boys side, Grant Barrett took home the title in the discus with a throw of 141-5.50 nearly 30 feet ahead of second place. The Cubs took sixth out of eight teams.
Young breaks school record at Plymouth Invite
St. Peter's Kellen Young finished third in the shot put at the Plymouth Invite on Saturday but made history while doing it. His toss of 39-11.75 broke the St. Peter's program record.
Plymouth's Caiden Allen was a double-winner as he shared the high jump title with Layne Bushey with a leap of 6-feet while also winning the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.61.
Lex powers past Perkins
Friday, April 1
Softball
Lexington 15, Perkins 2
The Lexington Lady Lex continued its hot start to the season with a 15-2 win over Perkins on Friday.
Jillian Bammann led the way offensively with four hits while Jillian Morr and Eyan Underwood added three hits apiece, Camryn Campbell, Kylie Galownia, Sydni Clever and Emma Moeglin had two hits apiece and Kaylie Eichorn had one. Underwood collected four RBIs while Galownia had three, Bammann and Clever had two apiece and Morr and Moeglin rounded out the offensive night with one RBI apiece. Morr, Underwood and Bammann crushed home runs in the win.
Bammann earned the win in the circle going four innings allowing two runs on two hits with four strikeouts.
Lady Lex is now 3-0 and hosts Ashland on Tuesday.
Lucas 16, St. Paul 0
Baseball
Perkins 14, Lexington 0
The Lexington Minutemen took a tough 14-0 loss on the road at Perkins on Friday in nonconference action.
Bradley Miller collected the lone hit for Lex in the loss.
The Minutemen are now 0-3 and host Galion on Monday.
St. Paul 5, Lucas 2
Crestview sweeps Lucas in softball and baseball
Thursday, March 31
Baseball
Crestview 3, Lucas 1
The Crestview Cougars won a close nonconference contest against Lucas on Thursday, 3-1.
Gavin Barker led the Crestview offense with two hits while Hunter George, Jarek Ringler and Matthew Volz had one hit apiece. George and Volz collected one RBI apiece in the win.
They both also dominated on the mound. George got the win working six innings and striking out five while Volz picked up the save working a flawless seventh inning with a strikeout.
Connor Rice led Lucas with a pair of hits while Andrew Fanello and Hunter Church added one hit apiece. Church took the loss on the mound despite a nice performance with six strikeouts.
The Cougars are now 2-1 and travel to Hillsdale on Saturday. Lucas is 0-2 and hosts Mount Gilead on Friday.
Loudonville 6, Mansfield Christian 0
The Mansfield Christian Flames started their season off with a 6-0 Mid-Buckeye Conference loss to Loudonville on Thursday.
Ethan Bishop, Griffin Baker and Caleb Gregory all collected one hit apiece for the Flames.
Mansfield Christian is 0-1 and travels to Oberlin on Friday.
Hillsdale 14, Plymouth 9
The Plymouth Big Red dropped a high-scoring contest to Hillsdale on Thursday in nonconference action, 14-9.
Zach Hamman led the way with three hits while Trace McVey and Ashton Jackson had two hits apiece and Zeth Goth, Cole Wentz, Ethan Gillum and Shae Sparks collected one hit apiece. McVey and Jackson drove in two RBIs apiece while Hamman, Nick Roberts, Goth and Sparks had one RBI apiece.
The Big Red fall to 2-1 on the year and travel to Black River on Saturday.
Bellevue 10, Madison 0
The Madison Rams continued their search for win No. 1 on Thursday after falling to Bellevue 10-0 on the road.
Jameson Myers collected the lone hit for Madison.
The Rams are now 0-3 and host Highland on Saturday.
Softball
Crestview 14, Lucas 1
The Crestview Cougars bounced back in a big way on Thursday with a 14-1 win over Lucas.
The offensive explosion was led by Sophie Durbin who had three hits including a home run and a double with five RBIs. Tarynn Eagle, Mary Leeper and Chesnie Patton had two hits apiece while PJ Endicott, Kalee Hamman, McKenzie Tucker and Leah Terry had one hit apiece.
Hamman tossed a complete game in the circle collecting nine strikeouts and only allowing two hits.
The Cougars are now 2-1 on the year and host Fredericktown on Saturday.
Tennis
Galion 4, Clear Fork 1
The Galion Tigers picked up a nice Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference tennis win over Clear Fork on Thursday winning 4-1.
The Colts got their lone win of the match in the first doubles as the team of Jackson McLaughlin and Griffin Blakley topped Nate Barre and Jaxon Oehler 6-1 and 7-5 to avoid the sweep.
Galion took wins in first singles as Matt Gimble topped Ryan Peterson 6-1, 6-1, second singles as Jamie Hollis beat Josiah Bailey 6-1, 6-3, third singles as John Evans beat Jeffry Moody 6-1, 6-1 and second doubles as the team of Caden Jutz and Adam Geiger beat Clear Fork's Elaina Gandee and Zachary Hotz 6-3, 6-4.
Richland County softball enjoys near-perfect day
Wednesday, March 30
Softball
Madison 4, West Holmes 0
The Madison Rams earned a win in their season and Ohio Cardinal Conference opener topping West Holmes 4-0 on Wednesday.
Olivia Schulz and Kyleigh Reiter collected two hits apiece while Emily Nolan, Hope Barrett and Emma Stankovich had one hit apiece. Reiter drove in three runs for the Rams.
Bailey Lyons earned the win in the circle twirling a three-hit shutout with one strikeout in seven innings.
The Rams are 1-0 on the year and host West Holmes on Thursday.
Shelby 12, Pleasant 1
The Shelby Whippets earned a nice 12-1 Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference win over Pleasant on Wednesday.
Mallary Gundrum, Sadie Smith, Lexi Thompson and Alyssa Neill collected two hits apiece in the win while Kendal Parsons and Kennedy Studer had one hit apiece. Tompson collected three RBIs while Neill had two and Gundrum, Smith and Studer had one apiece.
Kelsey Snyder earned the win in the circle with a dominant performance. She allowed just one earned run on four hits with three strikeouts in five innings.
The Whippets are 2-0 and host Huron on Friday.
Clear Fork 7, River Valley 4
The Clear Fork Colts salvaged a split in the season series with River Valley on Wednesday beating the Vikings 7-4 in Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference play.
Trinity Cook led the way with two hits while Morgan Shafer, Ashtynn Roberts, Macy Ousley, Renee Anders, Pacey Chrastina and Alyssa Swank had one hit apiece. Swank collected a pair of RBIs while Cook, Shafer, Roberts and Ousley had one apiece as everyone contributed to the win.
Roberts earned the win in the circle going five innings allowing just one earned win on four hits with two strikeouts.
The Colts are 1-1 on the year and travel to Plymouth on Friday.
Lexington 12, Wooster 2
The Lexington Lady Lex continued their hot start to the season with a 12-2 win over Wooster to complete the Ohio Cardinal Conference sweep.
Kylie Galownia, Jillian Bammann and Emily Winters collected two hits apiece while Camryn Campbell, Jillian Morr, Sydni Clever, Kaylie Eichorn and Emma Moeglin had one hit apiece. Bammann and Eichorn collected three RBIs apiece while Campbell, Galownia, Clever and Winters all had one apiece. Bammann hit her second home run of the season in the win.
Galownia earned the win in the circle working all five innings allowing two runs on five hits with five strikeouts.
Lexington improves to 2-0 and hosts Perkins on Friday.
Ontario 4, Highland 1
The Ontario Warriors collected a nice 4-1 win over Highland on Wednesday in Mid-Ohio Atheltic Conference play to complete the season sweep.
Eden Howard, Joslynne Frazier and Trista Jewell collected two hits apiece while Jakiah Trammell, Autumn Taylor, Alex Switaj and Taylor Counts had one hit apiece. Howard and Frazier had two RBIs apiece to do the most offensive damage. Frazier's was on a two-run homer.
She also picked up the win in the circle allowing one run on six hits with four strikeouts in seven innings of work.
The Warriors are 2-0 and host Madison on Friday in a high Richland County showdown.
Plymouth 12, Crestline 2
Loudonville 19, Crestview 3
The Crestview Cougars took a tough 19-3 loss to Loudonville on Wednesday in nonconference action.
Sophie Durbin and Mary Leeper led the way with two hits apiece while Kalee Hamman and McKenzie Tucker had one hit apiece. Leeper drove in all three runs with a 3-run homer.
Crestview is now 1-1 and hosts Lucas on Thursday.
Baseball
Clear Fork 9, River Valley 0
The Clear Fork Colts completed the season sweep of River Valley on Wednesday night beating the Vikings 9-0 in Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference play.
The Colts had just four hits but took advantage of seven River Valley errors to earn the league win. Jared Scott, Braylon McCoy, David Ballinger and Ty Sellers all had one hit apiece while McCoy had two RBIs and Kaleb Hollar, Luke Schlosser, Ballinger and Sellers had one RBI apiece.
Scott tossed a gem on the mound allowing just one hit through six innings with eight strikeouts. Schlosser worked the final inning allowing just one hit with a pair of strikeouts.
The Colts are 2-0 and host Loudonville on Saturday.
Plymouth 13, Crestline 1
The Plymouth Big Red picked up an easy 13-1 win over Crestline on Wednesday night in nonconference action.
Plymouth piled up 17 hits led by Nick Roberts and Ethan Gillum with three apiece, Zeth Goth, Cole Wentz and Carson Tucker with two apiece and Canaan Slone, Zach Hamman, Trace McVey, Shae Sparks and Clayton Miller with one apiece. Gillum collected four RBIs while Wentz and Roberts had three apiece and Sparks and Tucker had one apiece in the offensive explosion.
Goth earned the win on the mound going five innings allowing just one earned run on one hit with 12 strikeouts.
The Big Red is now 2-0 and hosts Hillsdale on Thursday.
Crestview 15, Loudonville 4
The Crestview Cougars picked up a nice 15-4 nonconference win over Loudonville on Wednesday in nonconference action.
Hunter George led the way for the Cougars with three hits while Mason Ringler and Matthew Volz had two hits apiece. George and Ringler had three RBIs apiece while Volz and Gavin Barker had two RBIs apiece and Owen Barker collected one.
Ringler earned the win on the mound with five strikeouts.
The Cougars are 2-0 on the year and host Lucas on Thursday.
Wynford 3, Lucas 2
Pleasant 5, Shelby 2
The Shelby Whippets were forced to split the seasons series with Pleasant on Wednesday as they took a 5-2 loss in Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference play.
Kam Wheeler led the way with two hits while Blaine Bowman, Jeremy Holloway, Alex Bruskotter and Landon Kennard had one hit apiece. Holloway and Bruskotter had one RBI apiece in the loss.
Kennard took the loss on the mound despite allowing just one earned run, five total runs, on three hits with five strikeouts in 4 ⅔ innings.
Shelby is 1-1 and hosts Clyde on Saturday.
West Holmes 4, Madison 2
The Madison Rams took a tough 4-2 Ohio Cardinal Conference loss to West Holmes on Wednesday.
Gavin Cates led the Rams with three hits while Jameson Myers, Seth Ohl, Zach Glasco, Cayden Clapper, Jarrett Mandusic and Rian Lunsford had one hit apiece. Myers had the lone RBI for Madison.
Cates took the loss on the mound but pitched well enough to win allowing four runs, none earned, on seven hits with four strikeouts in 4 ⅔ innings of work.
The Rams are 0-2 and host Bellevue on Thursday.
Wooster 12, Lexington 3
The Lexington Minutemen took a tough 12-3 Ohio Cardinal Conference loss to Wooster on Wednesday.
Zion Rhodes, Jaxon Brown and Aiden Nicol had one hit apiece for Lex while Cole Pauley collected a pair of RBIs.
Pauley worked the first 3 ⅔ innings allowing five runs, all earned, on just one hit with six walks and seven strikeouts.
Lexington is 0-2 and hosts Perkins on Friday.
Highland 13, Ontario 5
Mount Vernon 14, Mansfield Senior 0
The Mansfield Senior Tygers took a tough 14-0 Ohio Cardinal Conference loss to Mount Vernon on Wednesday.
Ross Pruettmiller collected the lone hit for the Tygers.
Mansfield Senior is 0-2 and hosts Orrville on Friday.
Tennis
Clear Fork 4, River Valley 1
The Clear Fork Colts earned a nice 4-1 Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference win over River Valley on Wednesday.
Ryan Peterson topped Zeke Klenzman in first singles competition 6-1 and 6-4 to kick off the day for the Colts. Jeffry Moody topped Olivia Meddles 6-0 and 6-1 in third singles while the first doubles team of Jackson McLaughlin and Griffin Blakley topped Hayden Campbell and Noah Williams 6-1 and 6-2 and the second doubles team of Elaina Gandee and Zachary Hotz beat Andrew Karrick and Jackson McKinnis 4-6, 6-1 and 6-2 to cap off the win. Josiah Bailey was defeated by Chase Osborne in a tough second single match 1-6 and 3-6.
Tompson's walk-off single paves way for Whippets' win over Pleasant
Tuesday, March 29
Baseball
Shelby 5, Pleasant 0
The Shelby Whippets picked up a solid 5-0 victory over Pleasant on Tuesday in their season and Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference opener.
Blaine Bowman led the way offensively with three hits while Landon Kennard added two hits, and Luke Shepherd, Alex Bruskotter and Kamdyn Wheeler had one hit apiece. Bowman, Bruskotter and Tanner Hartz collected one RBI apiece for a balanced offensive night.
Marshall Shepherd was phenomenal on the mound recording a complete-game shutout allowing just one hit with eight strikeouts.
The Whippets are 1-0 to start the season and travel to Pleasant on Wednesday.
Clear Fork 9, River Valley 2
The Clear Fork Colts picked up a solid 9-2 victory over River Valley in their season and Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference opener.
Jared Scott, Braylon McCoy, David Ballinger and Ty Sellers led the way with two hits apiece while Kaleb Hollar, Luke Schlosser and Kaden Riddle added one hit apiece. Scott drove in two runs thanks to a home run while Ballinger and Sellers had one RBI apiece in the win.
Riddle earned the win on the mound allowing just one unearned run on two hits with seven strikeouts over four innings. Luke Drockton finished off the Vikings working the final three innings allowing a run on four hits with two strikeouts.
The Colts improve to 1-0 and host River Valley on Wednesday.
Plymouth 11, Colonel Crawford 3
The Plymouth Big Red picked up a nice season-opening victory over Colonel Crawford winning 11-3 in nonconference action.
Zach Hamman led the way with three hits while Trace McVey and Ethan Gillum added two hits apiece and Carson Tucker and Nick Roberts had one hit apiece. McVey drove in three runs while Gillum had two RBIs and Hamman, Zeth Goth and Cole Wentz had one apiece.
Wentz earned the win on the mound going four innings allowing three runs, one earned, on four hits with seven strikeouts for the first win of the season.
The Big Red are 1-0 and host Crestline on Wednesday.
Norwalk 1, Crestview 0
The Crestview Cougars ran into a pitcher's dual on Tuesday falling to Norwalk 1-0 in their season opener.
The Cougars were no-hit but got their own pitching gem by Jarek Ringler who struck out four and allowed just one run on four hits.
The Cougars are 0-1 and host Lucas on Thursday.
Wooster 6, Lexington 3
The Lexington Minutemen battled tough in their season opener but ultimately fell to Wooster in Ohio Cardinal Conference play 6-3.
Cole Pauley, Braden Mumaw, Bradley Miller and Jaxon Brown all had one hit apiece for the Minutemen. Miller and Brown collected one RBI apiece while Pauley scored two runs and Landon Hamilton scored once.
Lexington is 0-1 and turns around to host Wooster on Wednesday.
Highland 4, Ontario 1
The Ontario Warriors took a tough 4-1 loss to Highland in their season and Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference opener.
Colten Ramion led the way with two hits while Carter Weaver, Ryan Chapman and Peyton Dzugan had one hit apiece. Ramion and Chapman both had doubles. Dzugan had the lone RBI for the Warriors and Drew Yetter scored their lone run.
Chapman pitched well enough to win allowing three runs, none earned, on three hits with four strikeouts and a walk in five innings. Dzugan worked one inning allowing two hits and an earned run with two strikeouts.
The Warriors are 0-1 and host Highland on Wednesday.
West Holmes 4, Madison 1
The Madison Rams took a tough 4-1 loss to West Holmes on Tuesday falling 4-1 in Ohio Cardinal Conference and season-opening action.
Cayden Clapper had the lone hit for the Rams and scored the only run on the night.
Seth Ohl pitched well enough to win working the first six innings allowing just two runs on seven hits with three strikeouts.
Madison falls to 0-1 and travels to West Holmes on Wednesday.
Mount Vernon 16, Mansfield Senior 0
The Mansfield Senior Tygers took a tough 16-0 loss to Mount Vernon on Tuesday in the season opener.
Quintin Little had the lone hit for the Tygers.
Mansfield Senior is 0-1 and hosts Mount Vernon on Wednesday.
Softball
Shelby 8, Pleasant 7
The Shelby Whippets earned a dramatic win over Pleasant in their season and Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference opener.
With the game tied at seven, Lexi Thompson's RBI single in the bottom of the seventh sent the Whippets to a walkoff win to get the season started off right. Kendall Parsons, Alyssa Neill and Demi Hipp all had three hits apiece while Sadie Smith, Thompson and Maggie Bogner had two hits apiece and Mallary Gundrum and Kennedy Studer rounded out the offense with one hit apiece. Parsons, Gundrum, Thompson, Neill, Alexis Booker, Studer and Hipp all had one RBI apiece for a well-rounded offense. Smith and Studer had doubles while Bogner added a triple.
Booker worked the first 4 ⅓ innings allowing seven runs on six hits with nine strikeouts before Snyder worked the final 2 ⅔ innings holding Pleasant scoreless with one hit and a strikeout.
Shelby improves to 1-0 in the year and travels to Pleasant on Wednesday.
Lexington 17, Wooster 0
The Lexington Lady Lex made a statement in their season and Ohio Cardinal Conference opener on Tuesday night with a 17-0 win over Wooster.
Jillian Bammann led the way with four hits while Camryn Campbell and Eyan Underwood had three apiece and Kylie Galownia, Jillian Morr, Sydni Clever, Kaylie Eichorn, Emily Winters and Emma Moeglin had one hit apiece. Bammann collected five RBIs on the day with a home run while Winters drove in three, Campbell and Underwood had two RBIs apiece and Morr and Clever finished off the day with one apiece. Underwood and Campbell had doubles while Eichorn added a triple to go with Bammann's homer.
Bammann picked up the win in the circle allowing just two hits with four strikeouts in the 5-inning shutout.
Lexington is 1-0 and hosts Wooster on Wednesday.
Ontario 4, Highland 2
The Ontario Warriors picked up a nice 4-2 victory over Highland in the season and Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference opener on Tuesday.
Eden Howard, Joslynne Frazier, Trista Jewell, Autumn Taylor, Alex Switaj and Taylor Counts led the way with one hit apiece. Howard, Frazier and Kayelin Risner had one RBI apiece for a balanced offensive attack.
Howard earned the win in the circle allowing two runs on seven hits with eight strikeouts in seven innings.
The Warriors are 1-0 and host Highland on Wednesday.
Crestview 7, Norwalk 2
The Crestview Cougars started the season with a 7-2 nonconference win over Norwalk on Tuesday night.
Kaylee Hammon led the way with three hits while Sophie Durbin added two and Tarynn Eagle, Mary Leeper, PJ Endicott and McKenzie Tucker had one hit apiece. Durbin, Eagle, Chesnie Patton, Endicott, Hammon and Tucker had one RBI apiece for a well-rounded effort.
Patton worked all seven innings allowing two runs on six hits with seven strikeouts.
The Cougars are 1-0 and host Lucas on Thursday.
River Valley 5, Clear Fork 2
The Clear Fork Colts took a tough 5-2 loss to River Valley on Tuesday in their season and Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference opener.
Ashtynn Roberts led the way offensively with two hits while Morgan Shafer, Renee Anders, Pacey Chrastina, Baylee Shoemaker and Tate Swihart had one hit apiece. Shoemaker and Macy Ousley recorded one RBI apiece and Chrastina and Shafer scored one run apiece.
Roberts started the game in the circle going four innings allowing five runs, four earned, on seven hits with one strikeout. Chrastina worked the final two innings allowing just one hit with one strikeout.
The Colts fall to 0-1 and host River Valley on Wednesday.
Colonel Crawford 8, Plymouth 0
The Plymouth Big Red were sent home with a shutout loss in their season opener by Colonel Crawford on Tuesday in nonconference action.
Bree Fellows, Chloe Trine, Emily Irven and Jaylin Branham had one hit apiece for the Big Red. Fellows, Irven and Branham all had doubles.
Plymouth falls to 0-1 on the year and hosts Crestline on Wednesday.
Shekinah Christian 23, Mansfield Christian 13
The Mansfield Christian Flames took a tough nonconference loss to Shekinah Christian on opening day, 23-13.
Mary Golias and Isabel Golias both collected a pair of hits in the loss.
The Flames fall to 0-1 and travel to Crestline on April 5.
Tennis
Clear Fork 3, Madison 2
The Clear Fork Colts picked up a nice nonconference win over Madison in boys tennis on Tuesday afternoon.
For the Colts, Josiah Bailey topped Nate Phillips 6-4 and 6-1 in second singles while the first doubles team of Jackson McLaughlin and Griffin Blakley beat Exavier Ethel and John Keogh 6-3 and 6-0 and the second doubles team of Elaina Gandee and Zachary Hotz beat Athony Parnell and Scott Graham 4-6, 6-0 and 6-0 to pull off the match win.
For the Rams, CJ Steffey won the first singles competition over Ryan Peterson 6-1 and 6-3 while Albrey Price beat Jeffry Moody 2-6, 6-4 and 6-4 in third singles to give the Rams two nice wins.
Ontario 5, Bucyrus 0
The Ontario Warriors picked up a nice 5-0 win over Bucyrus on Tuesday in nonconference action.
Pablo Sanchez earned the 6-0, 6-1 win in first singles while Eli Selser dominated in second singles and Lance Miller in third singles as both earned 6-0, 6-0 victories. Brody Phillips and Alex Ellis won in first doubles with 6-0 and 6-1 wins while Hunter Petit and Aiden Frankhouse won in second doubles 6-0 and 6-1.
Friday, March 25
Tennis
The Ontario Warriors picked up a nice 5-0 nonconference win over Madison on Friday to kick off the season.
Pablo Sanchez Vidal won his first singles match 6-2 and 6-1 while Alex Ellis took the win at second singles 6-1 and 6-0. Nate Reid also won in third singles 6-4, 6-4 to complete the singles sweep. Brody Phillips and Aiden Frankhouse won in first doubles 6-0 and 6-0 while Canaan Wentz and Hunter Petit took the second doubles win 6-0 and 6-1.
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