MIDDLE POINT — Dane Ebel allowed no hits and a walk while striking out 11 as Lincolnview defeated Ada 10-0 in baseball Thursday.
He also had two hits, including a home run, and four RBI. Jared Kesler had two hits and an RBI, Landen Price had a hit and two RBI and Carson Fox had a double and two RBI.
Coldwater 12,
New Knoxville 0
COLDWATER — Reece Ellinger, Adam Hryko and Evan Haramert combined to allow no hits and five walks while striking out nine in five innings as Coldwater recorded a 12-0 baseball victory Thursday against New Knoxville.
Josh Kaup had two hits, including a double, and two RBI and Kayden Baumer had two hits and two RBI.
Kalida 8,
McComb 2
KALIDA — Justin Siebeneck got his first varsity win, allowing no runs and four hits while striking out nine in five innings. He also contributed two RBI while Grant Vorst had two hits, Carson Klausing had a double and two RBI and Ryan Klausing had two RBI also for the Wildcats.
St. Henry 7,
Marion Local 2
MARIA STEIN — Bryce Brookhart had three hits and an RBI and Nolan Schmitz had a triple and two RBI for St. Henry. Parker Hess had two hits, including a double, for Marion Local.
Delphos St. John’s 7,
Fort Recovery 3
FORT RECOVERY — Gavin Fittro had two hits and two RBI and Colin Feathers had a hit and two RBI for St. John’s. Troy Homan had two hits, including a double, and Landon Post had two hits for Fort Recovery.
New Bremen 4,
Minster 1
MINSTER — Winning pitcher Nick Alig allowed six hits and five walks while striking out 10 in seven innings. He also had two hits, including a double, and an RBI as did teammates Vince Hulse and Andrew McNaughton. Johnny Nixon had three hits and Nathan Beair had a hit and an RBI for Minster.
Spencerville 3,
Delphos Jefferson 2
DELPHOS — Carter Ringwald had two hits and Emerson Layman had a double and an RBI for Spencerville. Braylon Scalf and Karder Agner had two hits each for Jefferson.
Hardin Northern 3,
Kenton 2
DOLA — N Robson had two hits and an RBI and B Grindell and L Wetherill each had a hit and two RBI for Hardin Northern. S Leffler had three hits, including two doubles, and an RBI for Kenton.
LCC 8, Bluffton 3
BLUFFTON — Carson Parker had two hits and two RBI and Billy Bourk had two hits, including a double, and two RBI for Lima Central Catholic.
Softball
Marion Local 1,
St. Henry 0
ST. HENRY — Winning pitcher Ashlyn Bohman allowed one hit and three walks while striking out 10 in seven innings. Allison Dirsken had a hit and an RBI. Morgan Robinette had St. Henry’s hit.
Minster 10,
New Bremen 0
NEW BREMEN — Winning pitcher Mikaela Hoskins allowed six hits and a walk while striking out four in five innings. Savanah Bergman had three hits, including two doubles, and three RBI, Addi Inskeep had two hits, including a home run, and two RBI and Emma Goubeaux had two hits, including a solo home run. Alayna Ross had two hits, including a double, for New Bremen.
Jackson Center 7,
Ridgemont 4
JACKSON CENTER — Braxton Thomas had two hits, including a double, and two RBI and Brooke Nelson had a two hits, including a double, and an RBI for Ridgemont.
Kenton 22,
Hardin Northern 4
DOLA — Riley Totten had three hits, including a triple and a home run, and three RBI, Brynn Butler had three hits, including a double and a triple, and three RBI, Macee Heckathorn had five hits, including a double and a home run, and five RBI, Riley Reed had two hits and two RBI and Caitlyn Defibaugh had two hits, including a double, and three RBI for Kenton. Paytin Pore had two hits and an RBI for Hardin Northern.
Versailles 12,
Parkway 1
ROCKFORD — Paige Stephenson had two hits for Parkway.
Crestview 8,
Leipsic 6
LEIPSIC — Katie Sawmiller had a hit and two RBI and Zoey Miller had two hits, including a double, and an RBI for Crestview. Kyrsten Martinez had two doubles and an RBI and Jocelyn Hermiller had two hits, including a double, for Leipsic.
Fort Recovery 18,
Van Wert 2
FORT RECOVERY — Emma Will had two hits, including a double, and four RBI, Chloey Grisez had three hits, including a double, and two RBI, Kensey Gaerke had two hits and two RBI, Ella Schoen had three hits, including two doubles, and four RBI, Cali Wendel had three hits and two RBI and Kylie Post had two hits and two RBI for Fort Recovery. Carlee Young had two hits, Sydnee Savage had a double and an RBI and Emma Kennedy had a hit and an RBI for Van Wert.
Lincolnview 11, Ada 1
MIDDLE POINT — Winning pitcher Taylor Post allowed four hits and a walk while striking out 11 in five innings. Kendall Bollenbacher had three hits and two RBI and Zadria King had three hits and three RBI also for the Lancers.
Coldwater 11, Elida 0
COLDWATER — Winning pitcher Madison Wendel allowed three hits and two walks while striking out three in five innings. She also had two hits, including a home run and six RBI. Kendra Clune had two hits and two RBI. Kylie Biglow, Eva Irons and Lana Burtchin each had a hit for Elida.
Columbus Grove 15,
Allen East 1
COLUMBUS GROVE — Madison Zimmerly had three hits and two RBI, Fuerst had two hits, including a double, Megan Bogart had two hits and Shay Schroeder hit a home run for Grove. Nikki Thaxton had two hits, including a double, for Allen East.
Russia 9, Celina 3
RUSSIA — Sydnee Davis had two hits, including a double, and two RBI for the visiting Bulldogs.
Delphos Jefferson 14,
Spencerville 8
SPENCERVILLE — Jessa Rostorfer had three hits, including a double and a triple, and a walk, Lillian Baughn had two hits, including a triple, and two RBI, Avery Rahrig had two hits, including a double, and three RBI and Emma Kunz had three hits and two RBI for Jefferson.
Boys tennis
Shawnee 5, Elida 0
Singles players Gabe Burke, Mason Stahl and Mac Davis and the doubles teams of Gabe Rutter and Salah Muhammad and Seth Greishop and Shashank Chanomolu all won.
St. Marys 4, Defiance 1
DEFIANCE — Singles players Joey Vanderhorst and Aristide Brasille and the doubles teams of Rhett Chisholm and Isaac Wibbeler and Cody Birt and Jaxton Spees won for St. Marys.
Boys basketball
Liberty-Benton’s
Gerken stepping down
FINDLAY — Liberty-Benton varsity coach Ben Gerken has announced he is retiring from coaching.
Gerken has coached the sport for 27 years, the last 23 of which were spent at Liberty-Benton. He served as the assistant coach for 15 years before moving into the role of head coach eight years ago.
He will continue to serve as high school principal.
Colleges
Baseball
Bluffton 24,
Ohio Northern 9
BLUFFTON — The Bluffton University baseball team scored in all eight innings as the Beavers defeated the Polar Bears at Memorial Field. Bluffton improved to 9-11 on the season, while ONU slipped to 11-11. The 24 runs equaled the school record set against Finlandia in 2015.
Seth Altman, Grant Hovest and Jack Towell each finished with three hits for Bluffton. Towell and O’Reilly scored three runs apiece. Wilson drove in four runs, while Hovest added three RBI.
Coldwater graduate Jacob Wenning paced ONU with four hits and two RBI.
Women’s tennis
Otterbein 7,
Ohio Northern 2
ADA — The Polar Bears fell to 13-5 overall and 2-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, and the Cardinals improved to 11-3 (2-0 OAC).
Katie Curry won 7-6 (2), 7-5 at No. 4 singles and Jeorgia Templin and Flo Sanchez won 8-5 at No. 3 doubles for ONU.,
Football
Krepps named
ONU assistant
ADA — Aaron Krepps returns to Ohio Northern for his second stint as an assistant football coach in 2022 and will coach the quarterbacks and serve as co-offensive coordinator in charge of the passing game.
He was an assistant coach at ONU in 2015 and 2016 before leaving to coach at nearby Bluffton.
He served as the head coach at Bluffton from 2018-21, helping the Beavers to a record of 13-25. He was also the offensive coordinator for BU in 2017.
Prior to his stints at ONU and Bluffton, he was an assistant coach at Alderson Broaddus (W.Va.) in 2014.
Krepps also served as head coach at his prep alma mater, Belle Vernon (Pa.) High School, from 2009-13 and also had collegiate assistant coaching positions at Eastern Michigan in 2007 and Adrian (Mich.) in 2006.
He was a four-year letterman as a receiver and kick returner at Washington & Jefferson (Pa.)
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