Perry’s Khaliah Luster drives to the basket against Continental’s Olivia Crossgrove during Monday’s game at Leonard V. Volbert Gymnasium.
HIGH SCHOOL
Girls Basketball
Perry 37, Continental 29
Perry’s Khaliah Luster scored 15 points and Lexenne Lee added 14 points. For Continental, Bryn Tegenkamp scored 10 points.
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Van Wert 57, Delphos St. John’s 32
DELPHOS — Van Wert’s Sayler Wise and Sofie Houg each scored 15 points and Jordanne Blythe added 13 points. For Delphos, Abby Kerner notched 13 points and Emma Will chipped in 11 points.
Ottawa-Glandorf 60, Bethel 30
OTTAWA — Ottawa-Glandorf’s Katie Kaufman scored 17 points and snared 7 rebounds and Kaitlyn Kimmet had 15 points, three rebounds, three assists and four steals. Chloee Glenn scored 10 points.
Shawnee 60, Lima Senior 30
Shawnee’s Grace Freiberger had 25 points and seven assists and Ania Pearson contributed 10 points and snared 14 rebounds. Alexis Whetstone chipped in 13 points and grabbed 8 rebounds.
Boys basketball
Correction
Delphos St. John’s Landen Grothaus scored 30 points in the Blue Jays loss to Lima Central Catholic Sunday.
Girls Bowling
Celina 2,435, Lincolnview 2,106
VAN WERT — Celina’s Amielle Abner had the high series of 412 in round one. Other Bulldog series were Piper Gilliland 391, Chablis Krick 299. Individual results had Mallory Fortman 134, Casey Hudek 138 and Marissa Hole 112. For Lincolnview, Leigha Shatzer led the team with a 293. Other Lancer scores were Abby Dannenfelser 199, Melody Garman 165. IN round two, Celina won 852-598.
COLLEGE
Women’s soccer
ONU head coach steps down
ADA — Ohio Northern head women’s coach Mark Batman has stepped down from his position to become the head women’s soccer coach at the University of Toledo.
Batman leaves ONU as the winningest coach in program history with a 253-91-40 overall record in 19 seasons, a winning percentage of .694.
Under Batman, the Polar Bears made 14 appearances in the OAC Tournament championship game, earned seven OAC regular season titles and five tournament crowns and made seven NCAA tournament appearances. He was named the OAC Coach of the Year five times, in 2007, 2012, 2017, 2019 and 2021.
“We are grateful for the years of consistent success and growth in ONU women’s soccer,” ONU director of athletics Tom Simmons said. “Mark has built a fantastic program and our student-athletes benefited from his leadership in so many ways. We wish him the very best at Toledo. We will now focus on continuing the momentum as we prepare for the future.”
Batman came to Ohio Northern after assistant coaching stints at Savannah (Ga.) Arts and Design, Dubuque (Iowa), and his alma mater, Wilmington.
During the 2022 season, the Polar Bears posted a 14-2-5 overall record and won a share of the Ohio Athletic Conference title with a 7-0-2 record. They won the OAC Tournament title and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division III Tournament. The team secured its 19th straight winning season and 17th consecutive OAC upper-division finish.
“Ohio Northern is a great place – it is really difficult to go,” Batman said. ‘I am sad, excited, anxious and happy all at the same time. It was a crazy couple of days, but I have been given a tremendous opportunity in my own back yard at Toledo. Our players at ONU were shocked and disappointed, but also happy for me and I think that speaks volumes for the culture and the people at Ohio Northern. It has been a wonderful ride, but at the same time I am very excited about a new challenge at Toledo.”
Ohio Northern will be a search for its fifth women’s soccer coach in program history immediately.
