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State-ranked Clay rolling, still undefeated in league

By Mark Griffin Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com With the amount of talent and experience the Clay softball team brought back, no one should be surprised at how well coach Brenda Radabaugh’s team has fared.

The Eagles, who returned 10 letter winners from last year’s Three Rivers Athletic Conference championship squad, were 16-2 and 7-0 in the TRAC through Tuesday.

“Everyone is meshing together real well,” senior pitcher Brooke Gallaher said.

“We’re all friends and we have a good time.

Most of us hang out together outside of softball. Coach (Molly) Berry has helped us a lot with our hitting, and we started doing morning workouts this year and I think that’s helped make us stronger. We started working out on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and that’s helped us stay strong.”

Gallaher, last year’s TRAC Pitcher of the Year, is 10-1 with a 1.47 ERA this season and is one of three Eagles to have committed to play college softball.

Gallaher, 17, will play at Lourdes University in Sylvania, while last year’s conference player of the year, senior center fielder Honnah Susor, will play at Wright State University near Dayton. Gallaher and Susor have signed letters of intent.

Sophomore left fielder Haley Dominique has given a verbal agreement to play at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. Lourdes, in its second full season as a college program, is a member of the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference.

The Gray Wolves went 12-24 in 2013.

“I really like the school,” Gallaher said.

“It’s a small environment and I wanted to go into nursing. The nursing program was a big contributor (to my decision). I really wanted to stay close to home so I could be around my family and friends.”

The Gray Wolves, coached by Jo Ann Gordon, play their home games at Pacesetter Park. Former City League Pitcher of the Year Kasey Graham, a Clay product, is a senior at Lourdes and is 5-13 with a 5.42 ERA this season.

“There have been a couple players from Clay who played there, so that got me wanting to play there,” said Gallaher, who signed her letter of intent on Oct. 22.

“I spent a night with the team and got along with them. It was kind of a relief to me, like a weight lifted off my shoulders. One, I am able to pay for my school and two, I can continue to play softball. Everyone was proud of me that I got a scholarship.”

Gallaher, who pitched a no-hitter against Southview, said she began thinking about becoming a critical care nurse after her grandfather, Wayne Rode, got brain cancer “and I saw him struggling,” Gallaher said. “He passed away my freshman year.”

Wright State Universitybound Clay senior Honnah Susor bunts for a base hit. (Press photo by Scott Grau) Gallaher and Susor have been playing softball together “since we were 11 or 12,” Gallaher said. Susor, who is hitting .597 with 28 RBI, 20 stolen bases and five home runs this season, said she intends to go into sports psychology at Wright State.

“It’s not a huge campus and it’s really clean,” Susor said. “The (academic) field I want to go into is a nice organization there. I really liked the enviroment and I feel I can adjust really well there. The team all seeemed pretty cool and nice. I visited in August and signed letter of intent in October.”

Like Gallaher, Susor, 17, said signing her letter of intent was a big relief.

“I was really stressed going into the summer, playing summer ball,” Susor said.

“I didn’t really have that many schools looking at me. Me and my dad (Mike) didn’t really put myself out there to colleges and stuff.

Molly Berry went to Wright State and she helped me get in contact with the coaches.

“A lot of my friends were stressing this year because they didn’t know what they are doing (after high school), and I’ve known for quite a while. I’m really looking forward to it, a new environment. It’s like going into a new world, going into my own.

I’m really excited.”

The Raiders, coached by Lynn Curylo, are members of the Division I Horizon League. While Susor is excited about her future, she’s also excited about the potential of this year’s Clay squad moving forward.

“We have a lot of team chemistry,” she

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(Press photo by Scott Grau) said. “A lot of the girls have grown up knowing each other. We just mix really well together. I kind of came into this season with confidence, knowing we would do well.”

Dominique, 15, a left fielder who bats second in the Eagles’ lineup (behind Susor), was a first-team all-conference selection as a freshman in 2013. She is hitting .435 with 29 RBI and 22 steals this season and said playing for manager Bill Conroy’s Beverly Bandits, a Chicago-based softball organization, helped her get exposure to

college coaches.

“The Bandits are a big organization in the Midwest, and they have a bunch of girls who have already committed,” Dominique said. “There are eighth-graders who are already committed. Last fall was my first season with them.”

Dominique said she visited Ball State in November, on her inaugural college visit.

“I didn’t have anything to compare it to, but it was a great, cool experience,” she said. “I went to their camp in November and they offered after I went to their camp.

Softball recruiting is really nuts nowadays.

I went to a few camps, to Central Michigan, and they offered me, too. The places I went, I felt Ball State was right for me and I felt comfortable there.”

The Cardinals, coached by first-year coach Tyra Perry, seemed like the perfect team to play for, according to Dominique.

“It seems like a really good school, and their softball program is really good,” she said. “I felt comfortable when I was there.”

Although she has two more years to decide, Dominique said she might study physical therapy at Ball State. For now, she’s helping Clay tear up its opponents.

“Since we brought back 10 starters, we’ve all pretty much jelled and we know how each other plays,” Dominique said.

“We just click, and the morning workouts help us keep our strength. We have good team chemistry, and that can take you far. If you ask every girl on our team, they’d say we want to go all the way. Bring it on.”

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‘Usual suspects’ return to make Bears ‘complete’ team

By Jeffrey D. Norwalk Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com Without a shadow of a doubt, Coach Kyle Rase’s Gibsonburg Golden Bears are a “complete baseball team.”

Sitting at 15-2 overall, and 4-2 in Toledo Area Athletic Conference play, their only league losses are at the hands of league rival and 2013 Division IV regional runnerup Northwood in a narrow 3-2 setback and to TAAC foe Cardinal Stritch 5-0.

That means little to this spring’s or any edition of this storied ‘Bears program.

Gibsonburg won district baseball championships in 1974, ’89, 2001, ’05, and ’07; regional titles in ’89 and ’05; and brought home the ultimate prize in a Division IV state championship in 2005, under Rase, in his rookie year as head coach.

However, during an early-season doubleheader against Old Fort at Hilfiker Elementary in Gibsonburg on a cold, blustery day in early April, the Bears impressed with their more-subtle intangibles, like playing loose and genuinely seeming to enjoy spending time together.

“I think chemistry is a key ingredient in team success,” concurs Coach Rase, now well into his 10th year.

Gibsonburg is coming off a strong showing in ’13 that saw the orange-andblack finish 18-9 overall, although only 5-7 in TAAC play, thanks to team-building shown by this same group of players…save for a few cornerstones of the program in Gage Collins, Tyler Witte, Bill VanDerLaar, Dennis Shammo, and Tristain Palmerton, all of whom the ‘Bears lost to graduation.

“These are really good kids,” Rase adds, “and they enjoy playing baseball together, and being together off the field, as well. It is a very loose bunch, and I think you have to be that way with as many games as you play in a short amount of time. I always tell the guys, ‘You cannot get too high or too low in a baseball season.’”

Laden with senior leadership and upper-classmen experience with a handful of younger athletes sprinkled in for depth at the all-important 1-position, Gibsonburg’s pitching staff has proven itself. The staff includes seniors Gabe Hickman (righthander) and Matt Lutzman (right-hander), juniors Bryce Ernsthausen (right-hander) and Andrew Dellinger (a southpaw), and sophomores Preston Arriaga and Brent

Gibsonburg right-handed pitcher Brent Hayward has helped the Bears to a 15-2 start. (Photo courtesy of Innovations Portrait Studio/InnovationsVisualImpact.com) Hayward (last year’s ace with a 4-1 record, and a 2.89 ERA), both of whom are righties.

In the doubleheader against OF, Hickman two-hit a young Stockader team while throwing for seven Ks and no walks while pacing his then 4-0 ‘Bears to an overwhelming 14-0 win in the morning game. In the afternoon tilt, it would be the sophomore Arriaga’s turn, who would go on to be just as dominant, with his time on the Hilfiker hill showing six strikeouts, one walk, and only a single hit for his efforts in a 10-0 win.

The morning game would go only 4½ innings, ending because of a mercy rule with Hickman going the distance. Game two was also cut short to five innings, with Arriaga going four. The big southpaw Dellinger came in to relieve Arriaga in the fifth, mowing through the Stockader batters one, two, three via two Ks and a groundout.

Hickman, in the ‘Bears’ season opener at New Riegel, threw for four Ks, and one

walk to help pace a 12-0 shellacking of the Blue Jackets. After a DH-date with Hardin Northern on April 19, the scoreboard numbers read Golden Bears 20, Polar Bears 0 in game one, and G-Burg 10, HN 0 in the afternoon tilt, with Ernsthausen (five Ks, 0 walks, one hit) and Arriaga (eight Ks, no walks, one hit-batsman, and two hits) taking the wins from the bump respectively.

Other examples of solid ‘Bear work from the mound would be Dellinger’s 13-8 decision over a young, but scrappy Danbury team, and Lutzman’s 9-6 victory over neighboring Fostoria, while Hayward notched a pair of Ks and three walks in a 12-3 ripping of Rossford, and nine strikeouts (but also four walks, three hit batters, and a couple earned runs) in the loss to Northwood.

Further, if you require numbers to crunch for proof, check out this data: Hickman has allowed only eight singles, two doubles, no triples and no home runs

for an ERA of 0.39 in 18 innings.

Lutzman has allowed 11 singles, two doubles, no trips or HRs, for an ERA of 4.90, in about 10 innings pitched. Ernsthausen has allowed five singles, and no doubles, triples, or homers, for an ERA of 2.63 in eight innings. For Dellinger, it’s five singles, three doubles, no trips or dingers for an ERA of 2.42 in about 83 innings.

Moving on down the line, Hayward has given up 10 singles, one double, no trips and no HRs for an ERA of 3.27 in 15 innings and for Arriaga it’s just two singles in six innings pitched. The ‘Bears’ collective ERA is a strong 2.24 and Hickman leads the team with 20 strikeouts with Hayward nipping at the senior’s heels with 18.

Meanwhile, Gibsonburg has outscored its collective opponents by a margin of 16037.

The first five or so batters usually include senior first baseman Andrew Cantrell, senior catcher Sam Kohler, senior outfielder Jacob Auld, and the likes of Hickman and Hayward.

Consider those numbers: Cantrell (.455, 15-of-33, seven doubles, two triples, 18 runs); Sam Kohler (.452, 14-of-31, two doubles, two triples, 19 runs); Auld (.400, 10-of-25, three doubles, one triple, seven runs); Hickman (.258, 8-of-31, three doubles, five runs); Lutzman (.211, 4-of-19, one double, seven runs); and Cyrus Foos (.143, 2-of-14, one double, four runs). That’s just the core of senior leadership if some of those numbers aren’t jumping out at you.

Junior Dellinger leads the team with a hefty .467 average, while Cantrell has brought around the most RBIs, with 22.

Kohler and Hayward are second and third respectively, with 16 and 15.

Defensively, again, Gibsonburg is an extremely stingy team on a good day. At catcher, the duo of Kohler (first Team AllTAAC in 2013) and Derek Angelone are formidable. First baseman Cantrell is a big, powerful player, but also quick and nimble, who will come off the bag to snare a slightly-errant throw, and still make the tag to complete the groundout. The senior earned first team All-TAAC honors in ’13.

Filling those gaping holes in the middleinfield are scrappy second baseman Cyrus Foos, a senior, and Jordan Kreglow at short.

Over on the “hot corner,” Hickman plays the busy third base line when he’s not pitching, as well as fellow hurler Bryce Ernsthausen, and even big Sam Kohler on occasions.

Justin Welch adds national record to NCAA Division II title

By J. Patrick Eaken Press Sports Editor sports@presspublications.com University of Findlay junior Justin Welch (Eastwood) not only won an NCAA Division II national indoor title, he owns national all-time records and qualified for the upcoming NCAA national outdoor championship meet in several throwing events.

UF Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations Dave Buck emailed The Press, saying Welch is the runaway favorite to win the outdoor national title in the hammer throw.

“Justin is a tremendous person and an outstanding athlete,” said UF coach Marc Arce. “We have had a number of great throwers over the years and Justin may very well be the best of the bunch.”

At Eastwood, Welch was either an indoor (non-OHSAA sanctioned) or outdoor (OHSAA) state champion in four throwing events - the discus, hammer, shot put and weight throw. He attended the University of Georgia for two years and transferred after his 2012 season to Findlay.

At the 2014 NCAA D-II Indoor Track National Championships in mid-March, the Oilers were headlined by the performance of Welch, who took home the championship in the weight throw.

At that meet, the Oilers received another All-American performance in the shot

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University of Findlay thrower Justin Welch put from senior Marcus Vicars (Genoa). He took eighth of 17 competitors with his first attempt, a toss that distanced 56-91/4. This was the second time in Vicars’ career he earned indoor All-American in this event.

Welch and Vicars are joined on UF’s throwing squad by freshman Mitch Adkins (Lake).

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Welch, who had performed exceptionally all year, earned the All-American victory with a throw that measured 73-3/4, almost two and a half feet further than the competitor who took second. His throw marked Welch’s new personal best, was a new Findlay indoor record, and was also a new JDL Fast Track facility record.

Because of that, Welch was named the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association National Athlete of the Week on March 31.

Welch took third in the hammer throw with his toss of 233-7 on day two of the Jesse Owens Track Classic held at Ohio State University on April 19. That performance sets a new school record in the event, was the fourth furthest throw in the nation this year across all NCAA divisions and, not only is it the new distance to beat in D-II this season, but is the furthest throw in the history of D-II outdoor track and field breaking the mark set in last year’s national championship by Ashland’s Garrett Grey. You have to remember that most of UF’s competition in Columbus was from D-I schools.

Welch was named the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week for his performance at the Raleigh Relays on March 28-29 by taking first place in the hammer throw. His winning mark of 2301 was almost 20 feet over Michigan State’s Antonio James, who finished second in the

event. The mark was good enough to set a school record and is the fourth longest heave in the history of NCAA D-II. Welch was tabbed the 2014 Midwest Region Field Athlete of the Year by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association on March 10. At the time, the Luckey native was the NCAA D-II leader in the weight throw with two separate marks of 72-2¼, ranking him third on the all-time D-II performers list. He is also ranked sixth all-time among all college throwers.

Welch was named the GLIAC Field Athlete of the Week for the second straight week on April 8. Welch had a big weekend for the Oilers at the Bellarmine Invitational (April 4-5) as he took first place in the hammer throw invite with a NCAA automatic qualifying heave of 218-6. He also finished second in the discus with an NCAA provisional toss of 173-6.

Welch proved to be not only the best in Ohio, but one of the best in the nation in the hammer throw as he won the competition by over 42½ feet with a throw that measured 230-11 at the All-Ohio Track and Field Championships held at the University of Cincinnati. This heave gave Welch an automatic ticket to the NCAA national championships, was a new school record in the event, is the best throw by any Division II athlete this season, and ranks third all-time in the history of Division II track and field.

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out four, walking one, and allowing three hits. At the plate, the Eagles had 13 hits.

Getz was 3-for-4 with a double, Tudor 2-for-4 with three RBIs, Rahrig 2-for-4, Rolf 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs, and Jennings had a double.

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Eastwood softball sweeps Akron’s Rock Fire Tourney

By J. Patrick Eaken Press Sports Editor sports@presspublications.com Eastwood softball went a perfect 3-0, outscoring opponents by a combined score of 39-2, to win the Rock-N-Fire Tournament hosted by the Akron Racers at Firestone Stadium and Pony Field. Firestone Stadium is the site of the state tournament.

Because of rain Friday, all three games were shortened to five innings and played on Saturday, but the mercy rule would have taken effect to shorten two of Eastwood’s games anyways.

Eastwood improved to 17-0 with the three wins and a 6-0 Northern Buckeye Conference victory over Lake Wednesday, but was still unranked in the statewide coaches’ poll heading into the Akron tourney.

In the opening game of the Akron tourney, Eastwood defeated Akron Hoban 8-1 as Michaela Bunge went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs. Anna Rahrig went 2-for-3 and Marissa Tudor had a double and three RBIs. In the circle, Sam Shirling allowed four hits, struck out three and walked one, while her defense did not make an error.

Hoban scored its only run in the fourth and Eastwood had two runs in the second and three in both the third and fourth innings.

The Eagles did not bat in the fifth.

Then, the Eagles pounded out 14 hits in an 18-0 rout over Gates Mills Hawken.

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Eastwood players celebrate with their trophy after winning Akron’s Rock-N-Fire Tournament. First row starting on bottom left to right — Kenzie Hineline, Anna Rahrig, Michaela Bunge (holding trophy), Justina Casiano, and Caitlin Clay. Second row left to right — Kenzie Albright, Cassidy Rolf, Marissa Tudor, and Krista Jennings.

Top row left to right — Samantha Shirling, Maddie Fix, Morgan Getz, and Riley Patterson. (Photo courtesy of Hineline family) Riley Patterson pitched the shutout, allowing three hits, striking out nine and walking no one.

Mackenzie Albright was 3-for-3 with two doubles and a triple, Rahrig was 3-for4 with a double, Morgan Getz was 2-for-3 with a double, Krista Jennings was 2-for-4, and Cassidy Rolf was 2-for-2.

The Eagles had a 10-run second inning, and also put up four runs in both

the first and third innings. They were also beneficiaries of five walks and five errors

by Hawken, while Eastwood had just one error in the field.

In the final game of the day, Eastwood took a 6-0 lead after two innings, Peninsula Woodridge got its only run in the third, and the Eagles added two more in the fourth and five in the fifth to rout the Bulldogs 13-1.

Shirling returned to the circle, striking

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Thirty years of championships, state title aspirations

By Yaneek Smith Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com The name Greg Wilker has become synonymous with Lake baseball.

For the last three decades, Coach Wilker has been a constant in Millbury while building the Flyers into one of Ohio’s better programs, accomplishing nearly every feat short of winning a state championship.

During his 30-year tenure, Wilker’s teams have won seven league titles in three different conferences, five district titles and one regional championship.

Last week, Wilker eclipsed the 500win threshold in the Flyers’ 19-4 defeat of Port Clinton. He currently holds a career record of 502-309 (.619).

Wilker understands just how much help he’s received from a multitude of people over the years.

“We’ve had a lot of great players here over the years,” Wilker said. “I’ve been very fortunate to have tremendous assistants.

I’ve been lucky enough to be surrounded with good people, too many to name. And I’ve gotten outstanding support from the school administration and the boosters.”

Lake won conference titles in 1988 and 1990 in the Northern Lakes League while competing against bigger schools like Perrysburg, Anthony Wayne, Springfield and Sylvania Southview, four league titles, including three in a row (2001-03, 2011) in the Suburban Lakes League and the inaugural Northern Buckeye Conference championship in 2012.

Under Wilker, the program has five district titles (1985, ‘90, 2001, ‘03, ‘12) and one regional championship (‘01) in a magical season that saw Lake advance to the

The 2014 Lake baseball team celebrates Coach Greg Wilker’s 500th career win at a school assembly. Front row (left to right) Joel Densic, Brad Ackerman, Cody Witt, Connor Bowen, and Adam Duncan. Back row: Chris Serra, Zak Greenlese, Aaron Witt, Head Coach Greg Wilker, Jayce Vancena, Anthony Pratt, Todd Walters, Nick Walsh, Assistant Coach Dory Boggs. (Photo by Tammy Tapley) Division III final four.

“When you win the regional championship, and you realize you’re going to the final four, it really sinks in,” Wilker said.

“You really enjoy that moment for an hour and then plan for everything you need to do. Afterwards, you’re able to reflect on your season.”

The Flyers also set a school record with 24 victories just two years ago in their run to the regional semifinals and have nine 20win seasons in the last 30 years, including four 23-win campaigns.

Wilker will be the first to admit he’s blessed to coach in a place that knows how

to cultivate baseball talent.

“The community – Walbridge, the Lake community, they love the game of baseball,” he said. “The parents are involved in the kids’ progression. It’s what you do with them from ages 5 to 14. Not what I do with them at 14. The parents are spending time nurturing their kids. When they turn 14, they turn them over to me.

“The biggest thing I tell the parents is that I want as many kids playing as long as possible. I want them to have as many teams as possible. Sometimes if you have travel ball, you eliminate some of the kids.

That’s why we have a freshman team. We

have 10 to 11 freshman and 10 to 12 sophomores this year.”

He says it is at the varsity level that players begin to understand the importance of playing together as a team.

“We talk about (working together) from day one,” Wilker said. “This day and age, I tell them, you’ve got to care more about your teammates more than you care about yourself, and I truly believe that. So much is you working with your teammate. You’ve got to make your teammates better. The kids care about each other.”

There have been disappointments, even with teams he believed had the potential to win a state title.

“Probably the toughest loss was 1990, in regionals, with Jeff Dominick, our dominant pitcher,” Wilker said. “We had five seniors that were outstanding players and they really enjoyed being around each other. We had two to three really good pitchers. We lost, 2-1, to Ontario in the regional (semifinal).

“We’d had so many great teams. In 2003, I had a freshman pitcher in Brian Conley and we lost to St. Henry (4-2), the eventual state champion, in the regional semifinal,” Wilker said, referring to a club that, in addition to Conley, featured Mike McCluskey, Scott Brown and Wes Blank.

That St. Henry club, which finished 31-3, featured Todd Boeckman, who would later play quarterback at Ohio State, leading the Buckeyes to the 2007 national title game.

This year’s Flyers started the season 14-2 and 2-0 in the Northern Buckeye Conference, Lake appears to be in the midst of another great season. The only losses have came to Wauseon in a doubleheader and Perrysburg, the seventh-ranked team in Division I.

Wildcat athletes putting the heat on region’s top programs

By Mark Griffin Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com Woodmore track and field coach Brian Ryman admitted that overtaking Eastwood and Otsego at this year’s Northern Buckeye Conference meet will be very difficult.

That does not mean, however, that he doesn’t want the Wildcats to aim high.

“We definitely want to place as high as we can in the NBC,” Ryman said.

“For the boys, a second-place finish would be good. Eastwood is tough. To finish top three in the league, I would be very happy. I think the girls can finish just as well as the boys in the NBC. I expect to have a second- or third-place finish from the girls.”

Woodmore competed against Otsego and Rossford on Tuesday in a meet that got cut short by the weather. The Wildcats have had their share of success this spring.

Their boys and girls both finished second behind Springfield at last Saturday’s Fostoria Booster Invitational. The boys placed second and the girls took third at the Patrick Henry Invitational early in the season, and both Woodmore teams have beaten Genoa, Lakota and Elmwood.

“The biggest thing about the boys’ team is how energetic and enthusiastic they are,” Ryman said. “I have a lot of good seniors, with Dan Sprinski, Malachi Brown, Jordan

Buck and Derek Anthony. It’s great having them on the team because the younger kids are looking up to them and trying a lot harder. They’re trying to aspire to do what the seniors are doing.”

Anthony qualified to last year’s Division III state meet in the 800, “and so far he’s right on track this season,” Ryman said. Anthony also competes on the 4x400 and 4x800 relays.

“His times have been in low 2s (minutes), but the weather hasn’t been great and we haven’t had the competition that we’re going to have,” Ryman said. “He’s won pretty easily in most of his (800) races. The 4x400 team has shown some potential, and the 4x800 has done well in our dual meets, but we’re going to have to drop some times to get to that next level.”

Brown, a sprinter who helped the 4x200 relay team advance to the state meet in 2013, has been “doing great,” Ryman said. “He’s winning the 200 and 400 and coming in second or third in the 100 at our invitationals.”

Sprinski competes in the high jump and long jump, and Buck is the team’s top distance runner.

“The only time Dan has lost was when he took second in the high jump last weekend, to a kid from Springfield who jumped 6-4,” Ryman said. “He’s around 6-0, 6-2 consistent and is jumping in the low 20s (feet) in the long jump.

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“Jordan is doing real well and is winning the mile and two-mile in our dual meets. Over the weekend he took first in the two-mile and got third in the mile. He was right up there against the bigger schools.”

Ryman said junior Grant Weis has been a nice surprise.

“This is his first year in track,” the coach said. “He’s been running the 200 and 400 and 4x400, and his 400 time has been coming down around the low 53s. For a kid to come out as a junior, he’s turned out to be a pretty good performer.”

The Wildcats are young in the shot and discus, but they have 13 throwers on the squad.

“That’s a huge increase for us,” Ryman said. “Ben Wilt, a freshman, has shown a lot of potential in the discus. He’s throwing in the low 100s and it’s been nice to see him improve.”

Ryman said he’s excited about the future potential of the Wildcats’ girls’ squad.

“This group is pretty neat,” he said.

“We have some good seniors, but a lot of really good freshman talent. That’s been kind of fun. It lets you know how good we’re doing now, it’s only going to get better.”

Three seniors – Allie Wank, Sarah Alexander and Kelli Magsig – are having solid seasons. Wank, a three-year letterwinner, has transitioned down to the 400 and runs on the 4x400 and 4x800 relays.

“She’s progressing really well,” Ryman

said. “She’s running around 1:05 in the 400, but she’s going to start bringing that time down as it warms up and we get later in the season.”

Alexander and freshman Liz Koenig are the team’s top high-jumpers.

“Sarah went 4-8 in the high jump and it’s nice to have her, as a senior, and Liz as a freshman,” Ryman said. “Sarah can show her the ropes and help her get better. Liz has cleared 4-10 already this season. Kelli Magsig has been a nice surprise. She has never gone out for track and she is really improving. She has been one of our strongest throwers.”

Sophomore Courtney Burner is Woodmore’s top distance runner and has been experimenting with the 800.

Freshman Camryn Bench has excelled in the 100 and 200.

Ryman said other promising girls include freshman Lily Rothert in the long jump, 400 and 800, freshman Jade Icsman in the sprints, and sophomores Jordan Grzegorczyk and Jessica Sotak in the pole vault.

“Jade placed in the 200 at last week’s invitational,” Ryman said. “For a freshman to be placing at those big invitationals, I definitely like to look at that for the future.

Jordan made regionals last year in the pole vault and has been vaulting pretty well this year. Jessie is also a good pole vaulter for us.”

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Just like that, Rawski’s Rockets start winning again

By Yaneek Smith Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com

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We’re a big family.

We plan on making a mark this year.

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In a season that’s lasted just 15 games, Oak Harbor softball has already experienced enough up and downs to produce drama for an entire season.

At 11-4 overall and 1-2 in the Sandusky Bay Conference, the Rockets started out the season by winning seven of their first eight games, then losing three straight before rebounding to win four consecutive contests to bring their record to its current state.

The first six games saw Oak Harbor win four blowouts and two contests in dramatic fashion as it defeated Lake 4-3 in 10 innings and Genoa 3-1 in its last at-bat before the Rockets traveled to compete in a tournament in Akron.

Taylor Weborg came through with a squeeze bunt to score Maddy Rathbun in the win over the Flyers and Rathbun and Justine Webb came through with two key RBIs in the win over the Comets.

Oak Harbor came away from the trip to Akron 1-1, losing to Grove City, a Division I regional finalist last year, before defeating Steubenville Catholic Central, 1-0, on an RBI single by Allison Wolf in the last at bat.

Sitting at 7-1, the Rockets fell to SBC foe Edison, currently ranked seventh in Division II, 7-3, as the Chargers broke a 3-3 tie by scoring four runs in the top of the seventh inning, then the Rockets blew a late lead before falling to Huron, 5-3. Oak Harbor lost another close contest when it fell, 1-0, on an unearned run to Woodmore (9-2) and star pitcher Maddie Phillips.

However, the Rockets have bounced back to win four straight, a streak that saw them defeat the fourth-ranked team in Division IV, New Riegel, 4-2, as well as St. Ursula, 6-3. Second baseman Olivia Rollins come up big in the win over the Blue Jackets, breaking a 1-1 tie in the fourth with a two-run single to give Oak Harbor the lead for good.

Those victories brought the Rockets to 11-4, but the win total could be a little higher were it not for the five games Oak Harbor has seen postponed because of weather.

In the team’s first league win, a 7-0 victory over Sandusky St. Mary, shortstop Chrislyn Stevenson had a breakout game by going 2-for-4 with a home run, a triple,

The Oak Harbor softball team — Bottom, left to right: junior Brooke Shanteau (5), junior Allison Wolf (6), junior Kaylee Smith (19), freshman Emma Bergman (17), junior Taylor Weborg (12), and Olivia Rahm (manager). Middle left to right: Ashley Riley (manager), sophomore Chrislyn Stevenson (24), senior Justine Webb (28), and Brandy Lochotzki (18). Top left to right: Chris Rawski (head coach), sophomore Olivia Rollins (20), freshman Maddy Rathbun (9), senior Theresa Stokes (7), sophomore Kimmi Wahlers (26), and Kelly Traver (assistant coach). three RBIs and three runs.

“I think we have a lineup set in the places where we want it,” said Rockets coach Chris Rawski, who helped the team improve from 9-19 to 19-9 in his first two years running the program. “We’re feeling good about all nine kids hitting up and down the lineup and the kids coming in off the bench. We have our roles defined and it’s helped us moving forward.”

In softball, the fate of the club often starts in the circle with the pitcher.

Oak Harbor freshman Emma Bergman has filled that role, earning an 11-4 record to go with a 1.64 ERA as she’s worked to replace Sam Durivage, who pitched the Rockets to a 19-9 record last season. Even more impressive is that Bergman has 85 strikeouts compared to just seven walks in 89.2 innings.

“She’s very consistent with first pitch strikes (and) with all her pitches, hits the spots,” said Rawski, now in his third year

at the helm. “I think that level of consistency has been her biggest strength.”

Bergman, a three-sport athlete, benefits from having Rathbun, an athlete wise beyond her years, behind the plate. Rathbun, who also starred for the soccer and basketball teams this year, is the only other freshman on the team.

Currently, Rathbun and Bergman also serve in the top two spots in the batting order. Rathbun is hitting .354 with a teamhigh 18 RBIs and 15 runs and Bergman, who has drawn eight walks, is hitting .452 with an on-base percentage of .526 and 22 runs, the latter two being first on the club.

Webb, the third baseman, and Theresa Stokes, the first baseman, the two lone seniors, currently hit fourth and fifth, respectively. Webb, a three-year starter, is batting .458 with two home runs and five doubles, all tops for the club. She’s also driven in 14 runs. Stokes, meanwhile, is hitting .404 with a team-high 18 runs.

On a team that features five sophomores and two freshmen in the starting lineup, Webb and Stokes have been forced to take on more of a leadership role this season, especially after seven seniors graduated from last year’s team.

“We try to support (the underclassmen),” Webb said. “Last year, we were all about the same age. This year, we support (the younger players) through the hard times instead of getting on them. We try to teach them how to handle situations and how to get over the bad situations. We really have to go hard in practice (and) we try to have an active practice and incorporate that and use it in the game.”

Webb is excited about the possibility of finishing the season strong and ending on a high note.

“It’s really exciting,” she said. “Theresa and I talk about how it would mean so much if we could go farther (in the tournament).

We’ve won one game in the playoffs and lost the next one in the last two years. Theresa and I are thinking we can push through and with the girls we have, we’re a big family.

We plan on making a mark this year.”

But it hasn’t just been just those four.

Stevenson is tied for the team lead in doubles with Webb at five, and Wolf, Rollins, Weborg, left fielder Kimmi Wahlers, center fielder Brandy Lochotzki, right fielder Emma Vidal, pitcher/outfielder Brooke Shanteau, and outfielders Kaylee Smith and Tessa Tyburski have all been called upon and responded.

The current order typically starts with Rathbun and goes from Bergman to Stevenson, Webb, Stokes, Wahlers, Lochotzki, Rollins and Vidal.

The Rockets moved from Division II to D-III, a move that could make the going easier when the tournament begins.

Mathews Ford Oregon Jr. Eagles win Dusty Gloves Tourney

By Press Staff Writer sports@presspublications.com The Mathews Ford Oregon Jr. Eagles baseball team captured the Seventh Annual Dusty Gloves tournament at the William P. Coontz Athletic Complex in Oregon with a thrilling come from behind 11-10 win over the Power Red baseball team.

This game, in the 9-and-under age division, featured the only two local teams to make it to a championship game in the tournament, held April 24-27.

Champions were also crowned in the 10U age division where the Michigan Blue Jays defeated the Adrian Dirtbags; in the 11U age division with the Adrian Dirtbags beating the Bryan Jr. Bears; and in the 12U age division that saw the Bryan Jr. Bears down the Bedford Diamond Dogs.

Easily the highest attendance for a single game in the tournament was the 9U championship game between the local area teams, the Mathews Ford Jr. Eagles and Power Red. The game had been preceded by an earlier 7-5 win by Power over Mathews Ford in the round-robin tournament format. It was standing room only around the baseball field as the bleachers were filled with fans.

Power appeared headed for the title with running out to a 7-3 lead after 2½ innings, but Mathews Ford battled back to close the score to 7-6 by the end of four innings.

In the fifth, Power added a solo run to

The Dusty Gloves 9U Baseball Tournament Champions — Mathews Ford Jr. Eagles.

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There, after Power failed to score, Mathews Ford’s Tyler Weseman was hit by a pitch to lead off the bottom of the eighth inning. He advanced to second on a stolen

base and then stole third. At the plate was Michael Eversman, who then delivered a long hit over the head of the right fielder plating Weseman for the 11-10 Jr. Eagles victory.

“The game featured excellent pitching

by Power’s Jerimiah Duvall and Mathews Ford’s Evin Baker,” said Jr. Eagles coach Jerry Eversman.

Duvall had two hits and a walk offensively for his team with his teammates Dylan Neal going 3-for-4 and A.J. D’Amore adding two hits for Power. Mathews Ford was led by Noah Miller who had four hits in five times at the plate and Conner Wuertz who was 3-for-5. Baker and Michael Eversman each were 2-for-5 at the plate.

“I’d like to tip my hat to the Dusty Gloves tournament officials and the Oregon Recreation Department for hosting this event, again,” Coach Eversman said. “This tournament brought a number of teams to our city and I know it was a boost for area businesses.

“About our game, I was really proud of the way our players battled back three times to tie the game and finally win it in the eighth. Power is a good ballclub. For the families and friends, it was an exciting youth baseball game, that’s for sure.”

In all, 24 teams took part in the tournament conducted by the Independent Umpires Association headed by John Meyer and Joe Miller. Participating travel baseball teams came from all over Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan.

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