COLUMBUS — Coldwater fell 213-181, 168-217, 219-202, 208-197 to Riverside in the championship match of the Division II state bowling competition Saturday at Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl.
The Cavaliers earned the top seed in the eight-team championship round with a qualifying total of 3,724.
The Cavaliers defeated Clinton-Massie 212-206, 193-177, 176-215, 200-159 in the quarterfinals and Conotton Valley
181-184, 217-199, 202-194, 197-160 in the semifinals.
Coldwater’s Carter Bertke finished fifth individually with a 658 three-game series. Teammates Brandon Hammons (621) and Keaton Bruns (620) were 18th and 19th respectively. Keetan Sharp (609) was 22nd, Wyatt Kemper (577) was 34th and Cedric Ranly (551) tied for 47th for Minster, which finished 10th in the team standings with a 3,256 total. Graham Local’s Spencer Hannahs had the top series with a 729 total.
Wrestling districts
Division I
PERRYSBURG — No area wrestlers finished among the top six with Lima Senior posting three team points to finish tied for 33rd behind team champ St. Edward (328.5).
Division II
NORWALK — St. Marys’ Tate Hisey won the 113-pound championship. Teammate Bo Hertenstein was second in the 144-pound weight class.
Wapakoneta’s Caden Mellott (113) and Corbin Mitchell (157) were each third and teammate Jace Knous (190) finished fourth. The top four in each weight class qualify for state.
Wapak’s Antwain Adams (138) and Celina’s Tyler Carlin (175) were each fifth.
Wapakoneta (80.5 points) was seventh, St. Marys (67) was 11th, Celina (17) tied for 27th, Bath and Shawnee (five each) tied for 34th, Van Wert (four) was 36th, Kenton (three) was 37th and Elida (no points) tied for 41st. Wauseon (200.5) won the team title.
Division III
ROSSFORD — No area wrestlers finished among the top six with Bluffton posting four team points to finish tied for 38th behind team champ Archbold (148.5).
Colleges
Women’s basketball
Ohio Northern 71,
Wisconsin-Oshkosh 60
ADA — Senior Brynn Serbin (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) led four players in double figures with a game-high 19 points, as the No. 16-ranked Ohio Northern women’s basketball team advanced to the Sweet 16 for the fourth time in school history with a victory against Wisconsin-Oshkosh in the second round of the 2023 NCAA Division III Tournament on Saturday night at the ONU Sports Center.
“Credit to Oshkosh. They play really well together and are very balanced offensively, and they make it hard on you defensively. They didn’t shoot it as well as they expected to tonight, and that really helped us,” ONU head coach Mark Huelsman said. “I thought our players did a really good job of playing well in the second half. They made a couple runs at us, and I thought we did a really good job of not panicking and closing the game really well.”
The Polar Bears (25-4 overall) advance to the NCAA III Tournament Sectionals next weekend and will play No. 2-ranked Transylvania (Ky.) on Friday night.
The site of the game will be announced Sunday.
Serbin added nine assists and seven rebounds to her stat line.
Sophomore Brooke Allen (Woodville/Woodmore) scored 16 points, junior Kristen Luersman (Fort Jennings) had her 10th double-double of the season with 12 points and 14 rebounds and sophomore Abi Akamine (Lahaina, Hawaii/Lahainaluna) chipped in 14 points for ONU.
Huelsman credited Akamine for her two-way play on Saturday night.
“Abi was unbelievable at both ends of the floor tonight,” Huelsman said. “Her offensive numbers show up in the box score, but there aren’t numbers for her effort on the defensive end.”
The Titans ends their season at 20-9.
Oshkosh was led by Kayce Vaile with 15 points and 13 rebounds.
Saturday’s game was tied at 17 at the end of the first quarter.
Northern opened the second period on a 16-6 run highlighted by a pair of 3-pointers from Serbin and a triple from Luersman and capped by a layup from sophomore Jada Benjamin (Parma/Valley Forge) for a 33-23 edge with 1:59 left in the half.
Serbin drained another 3-pointer with 24 seconds remaining to put ONU up 37-25, but the Titans closed the half with three free throws from Jenna Jorgensen to cut the halftime deficit to nine, 37-28.
A Serbin triple with 1:46 remaining in the third quarter gave the Polar Bears a 50-37 edge before Oshkosh’s Kate Huml made a 3-pointer to bring the Titans back within 10, 52-42, going into the fourth period.
Back-to-back baskets from Akamine, a 2-point jumper and a 3-pointer, extended the ONU lead to 15, 67-52, with 2:39 left in the game en route to the 11-point victory.
Ohio Northern made 24-of-56 field goals for 42.9% and was 10-of-25 from beyond the arc for 40%, while Oshkosh was 16-of-53 from the floor for 30.2% and made 8-of-32 3-pointers for 25%.
ONU hade 13-of-18 free throws for 72.2% and UWO was 20-of-21 from the line for 95.2%.
The Polar Bears out-rebounded the Titans 38-33.
Women’s tennis
Wooster 6,
Ohio Northern 3
ADA — Regan Landis won twice, leading Ohio Northern in a setback against Wooster indoors at Westwood Tennis & Fitness Center.
Landis won 6-3, 6-4 at No. 5 singles and combined with Jamie Hurst to win 8-4 at No. 3 doubles.
The Scots (5-2) took the other two doubles matches to lead 2-1, then won four of the singles courts to clinch the win.
The Polar Bears (3-2) also picked up a 6-4, 7-6 (3) singles victory from Jenna Bell at No. 3.
Men’s lacrosse
Ohio Northern 12,
Wittenberg 7
SPRINGFIELD — Ohio Northern is off to its best start in program history, improving to 4-0 after the win at Edwards-Mauer Field.
John Lynn and Andrew Caliri each had a three-goal hat trick to lead the ONU offense. Cole Zaferakis got the win in goal.
Track & field
Polar Bear
Final Qualifier
ADA — Tyrese Barker and Trey Masterson set records in their respective events to lead tje Ohio Northern men at the ONU Sports Center.
Barker ran a time of :08.51 in the prelim for the 60-meter hurdles to break the school record in the event by :00.01. He placed seventh in the event finals with a time of :08.55.
Masterson set the meet and facility records in the 3,000 meters, winning the event with a personal-best time of 8:20.23, which ranks second all-time at ONU.
Keegan Digby also posted a first-place finish, winning the shot put with a throw of 16.93 meters.
Marion Local graduate Nick Tangeman finished second in the triple jump with a personal-best mark of 13.57 meters, which is tied for fourth all-time at ONU.
Spencerville grad Vini Souza finished second in the 60-meter dash with a personal-best time of :06.95, which is tied for second all-time at ONU.
ONU’s Samantha Roth finished first in the women’s 5,000 meters with a time of 18:55.94.
Teammate Olyvia Ashbrook posted a pair of top-five showings, placing third in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of :09.55 and fifth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:28.00.
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