Delphos St. John’s Jack Gerker catches a fly ball against Shawnee during Monday’s game at Stadium Park.
HIGH SCHOOL
Baseball
Delphos St. John’s 9, Shawnee 8
DELPHOS — Delphos’ Cameron Elwer went 1 for 2 with a home run and two RBI and Jack Gerker was 2 for 4 with 2 RBI and a run scored. Landon Grothaus scored two runs. For Shawnee, Derek Lyons was 2 for 2 with 2 doubles, 2 runs scored and 2 RBI. Carder Dally was 2 for 4 with 3 RBI and a run scored. Ben Molaski was 2 for 4 with an RBI.
Miller City 7, Delphos Jefferson 1
DELPHOS — Miller City’s Andrew Weis got the win as he went five innings, surrrendering four hits, striking out six and walking one. Brayden Niese picked up the save, going two innings, giving up three hits while striking out three and walking one. At the plate, CJ Lehman had two hits and walked twic eand Brent Koenig had a single and a double.
New Bremen 2, St. Marys 1
NEW BREMEN — New Bremen’s Henry Nelson picked up the win as he scattered three hits over six innings of work while striking out five and walking two. N. Kuenning tossed a scoreless inning in relief. For St. Marys, Jace Turner drove in a run.
Upper Scioto Valley 15, Temple Christian 0
USV’s Maddox Underwood fired a no-hitter as he fanned 13. Mason Thompson drove in five runs and Andrue Kindle walked twice and scored three times.
Van Wert 6, Parkway 0
VAN WERT — Van Wert’s Case Stegaman pitched five and one-third innings of shutout ball where he scattered three hits, walked one and struck out one. Kaden Shaffer pitched the final one and two-third frames and struck out two. At the plate, Brylen Parker 2 for 4 with an RBI and a run and Kaden Shaffer went 2 for 4 with an RBI. Aiden Proffitt and Conner Loughrie each drove in runs.
Kalida 9, Holgate 1
KALIDA — Kalida’s Colin Hoffman tossed six innings of four hit ball as he fanned nine and walked one. At the plate Jaden Smith was 3 for 3 with 2 doubles and 3 RBI and Ethan Wehri was 2 for 3 with 2 RBI.
Ottawa-Glandorf 4, Fort Jennings 2
OTTAWA — Ottawa-Glandorf’s Mitchell Schroeder went five innings and gave up two hits while fanning four and walking four. Evan Pester and Carter Duling each pitched a frame. Offensively, Kaleb Yoder went 2 for 4 with 2 RBI and a run and Jayden Stechschulte drove in a run. For Fort Jennings, Bryce Gasser drove in a run.
Coldwater 8, Lima Central Catholic 1
COLDWATER — Coldwater’s Braxton Howell had two hits and Mason Welsh picked up the win on the mound.
Ridgemont 15, Ridgedale 1
Ridgemont’s Hayden Oates drove in three runs and Collen Bailey and Weston McKinley was 2 for 2 with 2 runs and an RBI. Linkyn Furer drove in two runs.
Softball
Elida 8, Bluffton 7
Elida’s Carly Chiles drove in two runs and Abby Daugherty went 2 for 4 with an RBI and a run. Kylie Biglow went 2 for 5 with a run and Kaelynn Smith was 2 for 5 with a run. For Bluffton,
Perry 6, Hardin Northern 2
DOLA — Perry’s Lexenna Lee went 2 for 4 with 2 RBI and Kennedy Essex was 2 for 3 with 2 runs and an RBI. Kiya Manley was 2 for 4 with 2 runs and Makenna Dray was 2 for 3 with a run scored.
Continental 12, Upper Scioto Valley 7
MCGUFFEY — Continental’s Gracie Homier went 3 for 4 with 2 RBI and a run scored and Raegen Clemens was 2 for 5 with 2 RBI. Aislynn Noffsinger went 2 for 3 with 2 RBI and 2 runs and Macie Cordes went 2 for 5 with 2 runs. For USV, Shalyn Lawrence and Navaeh Lowery both went 2 for 4 with 2 RBI and a run scored. Caitlyn Cunningham was 2 for 5 with an RBI and a run scored.
Leipsic 14, Ottawa-Glandorf 4
LEIPSIC — Leipsic’s Abby Haselman went 2 for 4 with 2 doubles, 3 RBI and a run scored and Ali Hermiller went 3 for 4 with 2 runs. Jadyn Cupp went 2 for 4 with 2 RBI and a run scored and Samantha Hazelton went 2 for 3 with 2 RBI and a run scored. Krysten Martinez went 2 for 4 with 3 RBI and 2 runs.
St. Marys 8, Marion Local 4
MARIA STEIN — St. Marys’ Makenzie Henning went 2 for 2 with 2 RBI and 2 runs and Lexi Shadrach went 3 for 2 with a run and an RBI. Adyson VanDeKeere drove in two runs and on the mound she picked up the win as she struck out 11 and walked one over seven innings. For Marion Local, Camryn Swain went 2 for 3 and Allison Dirkson, Kelsey Bruggeman and Ava Evers all drove in runs.
Paulding 9, Miller City 1
PAULDING — Paulding’s Tia Mendez fired a complete game, two-hitter as she struck out six and walked four. For Miller City Isabella Reyna and Kamryn Miller had hits.
Lincolnview 13, Wayne Trace 3
MIDDLE POINT — Lincolnview’s Taylor Post got the win, going five innings, surrendering three hits while striking out one and walking one. At the plate, Lainey Spear went 2 for 3 with 3 runs and 3 RBI and Grace Brickner drove in four runs. Makayla Jackson drove in two runs.
Bryan 10, Shawnee 0
Shawnee’s Sydney Burris went 2 for 3
Tennis
Elida 5, Lima Central Catholic 0
Elida got singles wins from Jaden Neuman, Ben Osmon and Dylan Byers and doubles wins from the team of James Mitchell and Eben Jackson and the pair of Leyton Staley and Alex Dunahay.
Shawnee 3, Ottawa Hills 2
Oak Harbor 3, Celina 2
OAK HARBOR — Celina got singles wins from
St. Marys 4, Greenville 1
St. Marys got singles wins from Cody Birt and Bradey Triplett and doubles wins from the team of Jaxton Spees and Aiden Jeffries and the pair of Reese Triplett and Logan Complton
COLLEGE
Women’s basketball
ONU finishes No. 12
ADA — The Ohio Northern women’s basketball team is ranked No. 12 in the final Women’s Basketball Coaches Association NCAA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll for the 2022-23 season, which was released on Monday.
The Polar Bears received 118 points in the poll and improved one spot from the previous poll, which was released on Feb. 28.
National champion Transylvania (Ky.) is the top-ranked team in the poll, receiving 250 points and all 10 first-place votes.
National runner-up Christopher Newport (Va.), Smith (Mass.), Trinity (Tex.) and New York University round out the top five.
The Polar Bears finished the 2022-23 season with a 25-5 overall record, including a 15-3 mark in Ohio Athletic Conference play. They won the OAC Regular Season championship and OAC Tournament title en route to advancing to the NCAA Tournament.
Northern hosted first- and second-round NCAA Tournament games, defeating Berea (Ky.) and Wisconsin-Oshkosh before falling at Transylvania in the Sweet 16.
Women’s Tennis
ONU 6, John Carroll 3
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS — The Ohio Northern women’s tennis team rallied from a 2-1 deficit after doubles play to post a 6-3 victory at John Carroll on Monday afternoon in a battle of league unbeatens at the Short Family Tennis Center.
The Polar Bears also run their winning streak to nine matches in improving to 12-3 overall. Northern also moved into a first place tie in the Ohio Athletic Conference with a 3-0 record.
The Blue Streaks fall to 3-9, 3-1.
Sophomore Julianne Sheldon (Ashtabula/Saint John) and freshman Jamie Hurst (Granger, Ind./Penn) won 8-0 at No. 2 doubles as ONU trailed 2-1 after doubles play.
But the Polar Bears would take five of the six singles courts, all in straight sets, to grab the road victory.
Hurst was Northern’s only double-winner as she also won 6-4, 6-3 at No. 2 singles.
Freshman Jenna Bell (Latrobe, Pa.) won 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3 singles, senior Regan Landis (Elkhart, Ind./Concord) won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 4, junior Olivia Kesner (Lima/Central Catholic) won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 5 and sophomore Katie O’Connell (Novi, Mich./Saint Catherine) won 6-3, 6-3 at No. 6.
Men’s Baseball
Blufffton 5, Defiance 2
DEFIANCE — The Bluffton University baseball team finished a three-game series with Defiance on Monday, with a 5-2 victory, completing the sweep while improving to 11-7 and 5-1 in the Heartland Conference. The Defiance baseball team fell to 3-14 and 0-5 in the HCAC.
Both teams went down scoreless in the opening frame, but the ball started to roll Bluffton’s way in the top of the second. After Nick Diana (Batavia/West Clermont) stole second base, Ezra Deitering (Ottawa/Miller City) stepped up and smacked a single that drove Diana in for an RBI. Deitering was coming off a Sunday in which the junior equaled Bluffton’s record for hits in a game with his 5-of-5 effort that included three doubles! He scored following an impressive two-bagger by freshman Austin Francis (Troy/Miami East).
The Yellow Jackets made an attempt at a comeback, scoring a run apiece in innings four and five, but the visitors responded with a two-run sixth. A base on balls to Francis with the bases juiced forced Diana in for a 3-2 lead. The final run of the inning saw Deitering cross the dish after Grant Hovest (Ottawa/Ottawa-Glandorf) placed the ball perfectly for an RBI single.
The Beavers added an insurance run in the ninth inning when senior Jack Towell (Batavia/West Clermont) slapped a single to center field scoring Hovest and giving Bluffton a great 5-2 victory over its conference rival.
Francis turned in a very impressive game, driving in two runs on the afternoon. Hovest, Towell, and Deitering all added an RBI as well.
Senior Jaden Jaques (New Palestine) moved to 3-1 with the victory, pitching five innings and striking four batters out. Sophomore Nathan Young (Copley) secured his first save of the season, allowing no runs in four innings on the mound while firing six strikeouts!
