The Defiance at Lima Central Catholic baseball game was halted in the top of the fifth inning on Monday because of lightning and rain.
Defiance was leading 4-1 in the top of the fifth with one out and a runner at third base when the game was halted.There was no date on when the game would be picked up from that point. LCC lefty Dru Smith started and had given up four runs, one earned, on five hits. He struck out four and walked four. Thomas Williams was 2 for 2 for LCC.
Jackson Meter started for Defiance, but went only two innings, giving up one run on four hits. He struck out four and walked two. Defiance led 2-1 after four. It added two more in the fifth, both coming on double steals to make it 4-1.
Allen East 14, Ada 4
Allen East’s Brent Wilson, Ben Lawrence and Redi Spencer all had doubles for the Mustangs and Wilson added a triple. Mustang hurler Riley Newland picked up the win on the mound.
Allen East improves to 3-2
Elida 2, Ayersville 1
Elida pitcher Luke Berger scattered three hits and allowed one run in five innings en route to the victory. Berger walked two and fanned six. At the plate Berger helped his cause by driving in a run. Noah Adcock, Ryan Cook and Justin Moore all contributed hits. Jordan Davis and Adcock scored the two runs for Elida.
Ottawa-Glandorf 11, Wayne Trace 4
Ottawa-Glandorf’s BJ Fortman had three hits and drove in two runs and Mike Bowers had two hits and drove in three runs. Austin Horstman picked up the win.
Delphos St. Johns 2, Kalida 1
Delphos St. John’s pitcher Chandler Skym picked up the win by limiting Kalida to five hits over five innings of work. Kalida’s Jeffrey Knueve took the hard luck loss after giving up four hits and two earned runs. He struck out six and walked non. Delphos’ Devin Cairo had a double and two RBI and Trent Siebeneck went 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI>=.
Kalida falls to 2-4.
Softball
Allen East 10, Ada 0
Allen East hurler Ariana Schmiedebush fired a two-hit, five inning shutout. The Mustang pitcher struck out four and walked one in the shutout. Madisyn Gossard suffered the loss for Ada. Mustang Lakin Basham went 3 for 3 and Summer McCloskey had two hits and drove in three.
Spencerville 5, Bluffton 3
Spencerville’s Destiny Price went 3 for 3 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored and Bailey Swartz was 2 for 2 with a double and two runs scored. Sam Sutherly hit a home run and Kara Macy 2 for 3 with 2 RBI. Bearcat hurler Julie Mulholland picked up the win, going five innings, allowing three hits, three runs four walks while fanning six.
For Bluffton, Avery Rumer had a base hit and two RBI and Grace Nickels and Jazmynn Wilson also had hits. LIbby Schaadt took the loss after giving up nine hits and five runs over three innings of work.
Spencerville improves to 2-4 and 1-0 in the Northwest Conference and Bluffton falls to 5-1 and 0-1 in league action.
Columbus Grove 3, Paulding 0
Columbus Grove pitcher Teyah Sautter fired a complete game, two-hit shutout. Sautter struck out 12 and walked two.She also contribued two hits. Daniele Bame also contributed two hits. Others with hits for Columbus Grove were Jenny Ellerbrock, Lauren Birkmeier, Lauren Schroeder, Madison Nusbaum and Joy Stechschulte. For Paulding Asia Arello and Jen Stahl had hits. Audrey Manz took the loss after going six innings, giving up nine hits and three runs while walking one and striking out eight.
Ridgemont 10, Upper Scioto Valley 5
Ridgemont’s Jackie Ramsey and Kylie Turner each had doubles.
Ottawa-Glandorf 6, Miller City 4 (ppd)
Game was called after the 4th inning, Ottawa Glandorf is currently up over Miller City 6-4. Completion date is TBD.
Crestview 4, Lincolnview 0 (ppd)
Crestview was leading Lincolnview 4-0 before the game was postponed due to rain. The Knights and Lancers will pick up where they left off at the top of the third inning at a date to be determined.
Tennis
Ottawa-Glandrof 5, Wapakoneta 0
The Titans swept the Redskins with wins from No. 1 singles player Jeff Kauffman beating Jeffrey Adkins, Craig Recker defeating Bryce Schlenker at No. 2 singles and Kevin Recker downing Paul Forhman at No. 3 singles. In doubles action, the No. 1 pair of Zach Balbaugh and Drew Kaufman defeated David Haver and Jordan Moening and the No. 2 duo of Ben Schaub and Anthony Baughman defeated Austin Birkemeier and John Doll.
Ottawa-Glandorf improves to 3-1 for the season and 2-1 in Western Buckeye League play. WapakoneBezy Lehta falls to 1-6 and 0-3 in league action.
Lehman 3, Elida 2
Elida got wins from No. 1 single Drew Sarno over Gripped West and from No. 2 doubles tandem of Jacob Ramirez and Riley Fricke over Sean Toner and Elias Bezy.
Shawnee 5, Toledo Central Catholic 0
Shawnee got victories from singles players Michael Rutter, Isaac Hanover and Jackson Schaaf and from the doubles teams of the No. 1 tandem of Max Jones and Danny Kesner and the No. 2 doubles pair of Harsh Battula and Jack O’ Conner. Shawnee improves to 4-0 overall.
COLLEGE
Golf
UNOH linksters seventh
INDIANAPOLIS – The seventh-ranked University of Northwestern Ohio men’s golf team opened play at Indiana Wesleyan University’ Cougar Cup on Monday as the Racers battled in the heavily-competitive field.
UNOH shot a +21 309 on the day and sits in seventh place after the first round. No. 22 Grand View (Iowa) University posted an event-low eight-over 296 to claim the early lead while No. 19 Lindsey Wilson College is in second with a 302 (+14). The 15th-ranked Taylor (Ind.) Trojans and (RV) Bellevue (Neb.) University Bruins are tied for third place with a pair of 303 scores.
ONU take second
PATASKALA — Sophomore Joshua Turich (Centerville) tied his career-low 18- and 36-hole rounds to help the Ohio Northern men’s golf team rally to a second place finish at the OAC Spring Invitational Sunday-Monday at Cumberland Trails Golf Club.
The Polar Bears improve to 35-30-1 on the season.
Turich fired a 77-77—154 to equal his performance in the OAC Fall Invitational, where his 77-77—154 were career his 18- and 36-hole lows.
His 154 in the OAC Spring Invitational tied him for 14th out of 55 golfers.
Junior Zach Goodchild (Pickerington/North) finished a team-best 72-79—151 to finish sixth at 7-over par 6805-yard course.
Senior Blaine Ricketts (Belle Center/Ben Logan) tied for 11th with a 77-76—153, senior Tyler Davis (Liberty Center) tied for 32nd with a 78-83—161 and freshman Ryan Tatman (West Chester/Lakota East) tied for 34th with an 81-81—162.
Tennis
UNOH netters honored
The University of Northwestern Ohio men’s and women’s tennis teams swept the Player of the Week awards in the latest edition of the weekly Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference honors.
Amanda Schneider picked up the honor for the women while Theo Baudin claimed the award on the men’s side. Both awards are the first in each of the players’ careers.
Schneider, a freshman from Zurich, Switzerland, kept her impressive freshman campaign rolling with a perfect 4-0 day as the Racers hosted Cornerstone and No. 24 Marian for a doubleheader. In UNOH’s WHAC opener, Schneider did not drop a game as she was victorious at No. 1 doubles 8-0 with partner Alisa Reshetnikova before claiming a 6-0, 6-0 sweep at No. 1 singles. She and Reshetnikova then earned an 8-2 victory over Marian prior to a 6-3, 6-2 victory in singles.
Baudin was also perfect on the week as he picked up three big wins for the Racers as UNOH competed twice on Saturday. In the first match, the senior from Lyon, France helped lead UNOH to a 9-0 win in the team’s WHAC opener over No. 21 Cornerstone with a 2-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-5) comeback victory at first singles. In the second match of the day, he partnered with Gjorgji Popovski to pick up a clean 8-0 sweep over their opponents from (RV) Marian (Ind.). He secured his perfect day with a 6-2, 6-2 triumph at first singles.
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