Boys basketball
Kalida 62, Leipsic 39
KALIDA — Evan Stechschulte (21), Jaden Smith (14) and Ethan Warnecke (13) each scored in double digits for the host Wildcats in a Putnam County League matchup. Paul Maag had 13 points and Jayce Brecht scored nine for the Vikings.
Liberty-Benton 66,
Columbus Grove 45
COLUMBUS GROVE — Kyle Hopkins had 18 points and Tadd Koch scored eight for Grove.
Allen East 66,
Hardin Northern 49
DOLA — Keaton Miller had 23 points and Keaton Lehman scored 10 for Allen East. Zeb Wilson had 15 points and Xander Wilson scored 12 for Hardin Northern.
Wayne Trace 46,
Miller City 38
MILLER CITY — Thomas Weis had 17 points and Brendan Barlage scored nine for the host Wildcats.
Temple Christian 81,
Vanlue 56
LIMA — Landon Callahan (24), Jabaz DuPree (17), Dawson Clay (16) and Christian McCleese (15) each scored in double digits for Temple Christian.
Coldwater 54,
Van Wert 52
COLDWATER — The Cavaliers outscored the Cougars 14-7 in the fourth quarter to earn the win.
Justin Kaup had 13 points and six rebounds, Luke Schwieterman had 10 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks and Evan Harlamert scored nine and collected seven rebounds for Coldwater.
Fort Jennings 56,
New Knoxville 50
NEW KNOXVILLE — Jarron Swick had 28 points and Chase Neidert scored 11 for Fort Jennings. Jay Waterman (20), Troy Dwenger (12) and Preston Rutschilling (10) scored in double digits for the host Rangers.
Upper Scioto Valley 0,
Benjamin Logan 37
BELLEFONTAINE — Drew Stephens 22, Maddox Underwood (12) and Blaine Castle (10) each scored in double digits for USV.
New Bremen 47, Botkins 45
NEW BREMEN — Aaron Theiman had 13 points and Hayden Zeller scored 11 for the host Cardinals.
Continental 63,
North Central 51
PIONEER — Mason Rayle had 24 points and Jonathan Etter and Konner Knipp-Williams each scored 11 for Continental.
Wapakoneta 44, St. Henry 40
WAPAKONETA — Zac Niekamp had 17 points and Jackson Courter scored 14 for Wapak. Evan Bowers and Luke Beyke each had 10 points for St. Henry.
Swimming
Allen County Invitational
LIMA — The Bluffton girls and Shawnee boys won team titles at the Lima Family YMCA.
Bluffton’s Izzy Stechshulte won the 100 and 200 freestyles and joined Jenna Downey, Allison Diller and Ella Armstrong in winning the 200 freestyle relay.
Shawnee’s Addisyn Newman was first in the 200 IM and 100 butterfly and was a member of the winning 200 medley relay team with Morgan Schimmoeller, Ansley Newman and Kayla Frost.
Elida’s Arleigh Amspoker won the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke.
Schimmoeller (500 freestyle) and Bath’s Sydney Koslakiewicz (100 breaststroke) were individual event winners.
Bluffton’s June Essinger, Zoe Shank, Rory Youngpeter and Ella Armstrong combined to win the 400 freestyle relay.
In the boys competition, Bluffton’s Riley Verb won the 200 freestyle and 100 breaststroke and was a member of the first-place 200 medley relay team along with Jackson Bowlus, Xavier Diller and Charles Wright. Bowlus also won the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke and joined Xavier Diller, Jacob Lehman and Charles Wright in winning the 400 freestyle relay.
Shawnee’s Mason Latham (200 IM), Bath’s Landon Stahler (50 freestyle), Shawnee’s Thomas Koh (100 butterfly) and Bluffton’s Xavier Diller (500 freestyle) each won an individual event.
The Shawnee foursome of Daniel Koh, Connor Latham, Mason Latham and Carter Cleaves was frist in the 200 freestyle relay.
Shawnee was first in the combined standings and Bluffton’s Grady Schaublin, Stechshulte, Allison Diller and Verb joined forces to win the mixed 200 freestyle relay.
Wrestling
Van Wert Duals
VAN WERT — Versailles defeated Van Wert 56-18 to win the team championship. Spencerville topped Crestview 48-15 for third and a team of Woodward and Lima Central Catholic competitors fell 42-15 to Hicksville in the seventh-place competition.
Van Buren Invitational
VAN BUREN — Allen East finished third (144.5) behind Tinora (238) and Lakota (189.5) in the 32-team event.
Allen East’s Kade Wireman, who reached 150 career wins, won the 157 pound division and teammate Eli Criblez was first at 285 pounds. Trenton Gatchell (165) was third and Aizik Myers (106) and Jacob Pinks (150) were each fifth also for the Mustangs.
Columbus Grove (97.5) was eighth, Lincolnview (40) was 20th, Kenton (30) was 22nd, Bluffton (27) was 24th, Ottawa-Glandorf (18) was 25th and Pandora-Gilboa (7) was 31st.
Ethan Beam (120) and Kyle Lathrop (175) were each fourth and Boat Thompson (126) and Logan Mershman (157) were each sixth for Grove. Kenton’s Anthony Hunt (150) was third, Bluffton’s Jett Blackburn (138) and Kyle Basil (165) were each sixth and O-G’s Justice Pope (138) was fourth, Joe Sawyer (126) was fifth and Tyler Ulery (285) was sixth for Lincolnview.
Girls bowling
Celina 2,091, Bath 994
LIMA — Amielle Abner had the high game (164) and two-game series (324) for Celina at 20th Century Lanes. Alyssa Rickett had the high game (143) and tied Jordyn Sturgeon for Bath’s high series (236).
Lima Senior 2,328,
Shawnee 2,123
Tatum Twining had the high game (228) for Lima Senior.
Boys bowling
Lima Senior 2,500
Shawnee 2,451
Antoine Cowan had the high game (207) for Lima Senior.
Celina 2,434, Bath 2,226
LIMA — Marcus Rable had the high game (235) and two-game series (374) for Celina at 20th Century Lanes. Payton Newbury had the high game (239) and series (406) for Bath.
Winford Classic
Sam Taylor, Stone Sauber, Adam Hopkins, Spencer Anglemyer, Devin Hastings, Zane Rogers and Jacob Kennedy contributed to Kenton’s fourth place total of 2,914. Liberty-Benton won the 12-team competition with a 3,140 total.
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