Local Sports from The Courier
Monday, May 12, 2008
Prep softball: AW ousts Findlay High from sectional
Anthony Wayne advances to take on Springfield in the sectional finals at Bowling Green Tuesday at 5 p.m.
Anthony Wayne pitcher Emily Kurfis kept the Trojans (11-13) off balance and allowed just 4 hits with 5 strikeouts in 7 innings of work.
Maggie Gilliland (6-10) was saddled with the loss for the Trojans. She allowed 7 runs, 2 earned, on 9 hits with 9 strikeouts.
Ashton Estep stroked an RBI single while Gilliland, Rachel Hernandez and Katie Miller added singles for Findlay. Samantha Hamman tripled and singled and Gabrielle Chartier and Shelly Baker added a pair of singles for the Generals (19-4).
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WP -- Kurfis. LP -- Gilliland. top hitters: (Fin) Estep 1B, RBI; Gilliland; Hernandez 1B; Miller 1B. (AW) Haman 3B, 1B; Chartier 2-1B; Baker 2-1B.
records: Findlay 11-13, Anthony Wayne 19-4.
At Deshler Park
DESHLER -- Jayma George hit a 3-run double in the top of the sixth inning to help upstart Pandora-Gilboa to a 4-2 victory over Leipsic in Division IV sectional semifinal play Saturday.
In the second game, Danielle Schroeder recorded her fourth win as Miller City defeated McComb 3-1.
Pandora-Gilboa (2-20) will meet Patrick Henry (15-7) Monday and Miller City (8-8) will play Van Buren (11-8) Tuesday. Both games will be held at 6 p.m. at Deshler Park.
Pandora-Gilboa's Jessica Watkins hit 2 singles. Anea Escamilla had a double and single for Leipsic and Chelsea Gerten hit 2 singles.
Marci Wenzinger hit a double for Miller City. Abbey Wenzinger (2 RBI), Lindsay Pester and Trisha Niese each hit a single.
McComb's Erin Wells collected a double and a single. Rachel Barker and Alycia Nichols each had singles.
Pandora-gilboa 4, Leipsic 2
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WP -- Watkins (2-16). LP -- Mangas. top hitters: (P-G) Watkins 2-1B; George 1B, 3 RBI. (Leip) Escamilla 2B, 1B; Gerten 2-1B.
records: Pandora-Gilboa 2-20, Leipsic 8-14.
miller city 3, mccomb 1
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WP -- Schroeder (4-2). LP -- Wells. top hitters: (MC) M. Wenzinger 2B; A. Wenzinger 1B, 2 RBI; Pester 1B; Niese 1B. (McC) Wells 2B, 1B; Barker 1B; Nichols 1B.
records: McComb 12-10, Miller City 8-8.
At Arlington
ARLINGTON -- Hillary Hartman recorded her 12th win as she helped Arlington blank Ridgemont 10-0 in Division IV sectional play at Arlington Saturday.
In the first game, Ashleigh Hays hit 2 singles as Ada defeated Upper Scioto Valley 4-1 in a Division IV semifinal.
Ada (4-13) will meet Riverdale (10-7) at 5 p.m. Monday at Arlington Park Field No.5 and Arlington (13-8) will square off against the Ada/Riverdale winner at 5 p.m. May 20 at Arlington Park in a district semifinal.
Arlington's Emily Sielschott clubbed a double against Ridgemont. Carrie Darnell, Amber Gast, Shaunie Rettig, Emilie Haley and Cristyn Scarbrough each hit 2 singles.
Ada held USV to one run in the second inning while the Bulldogs scored all their runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Evanne Klopfenstein and Samantha Ring each hit a single and recorded a RBI for Ada.
Upper Scioto Valley's Jenna Lautenschlager smacked a triple and a single.
Arlington 10, Ridgemont 0
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WP -- Hartman (12-5). LP -- Mercer. top hitters: (Rid) Bodine 1B; Oliver 1B. (Arl) Seilschott 2B; Darnell 2-1B; Gast 2-1B; Rettig 2-1B; Haley 2-1B; Scarbrough 2-1B.
records: Arlington 13-8.
Ada 4, upper scioto valley 1
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WP -- Sybert (4-6). LP -- Arnett. top hitters: (USV) Lautenschlager 3B, 1B; Larue 2-1B; Beltz 2B, 1B, RBI; Beale 1B. (Ada) Hays 2-1B; Klopfenstein 1B, RBI; Sybert 1B, RBI; Ring 1B, RBI; Smith 1B.
records: Ada 4-13.
At New Riegel
NEW RIEGEL -- Arcadia is playing the role as spoiler to perfection.
The Redskins (12-9) scored a pair of 2-out runs in the first inning and recorded a game-ending double play to knock off Carey 2-1 in a Division IV sectional semifinal softball game at New Riegel Saturday.
Arcadia's win over the Blue Devils (14-7) came less than 24 hours after it knocked off Van Buren keeping the Black Knights from a share of the Blanchard Valley Conference title.
The Redskins will take on New Riegel (15-7) Wednesday at 5 p.m. for a sectional title.
Rachelle Palmer got things going for Arcadia in the first inning with a 1-out single. Angie Clemons followed with an RBI double. Katie Boes ripped a single on a full count pitch to score pinch runner Alyssa Below with the second run.
Carey's Megan Nalle smashed a triple to start the top of the seventh with the Redskins clinging to a 2-1 lead. After Arcadia pitcher Katie Boes (12-5) fanned the next batter, the Redskins' Hannah Barger caught a liner for the second out and gunned down Harley at the plate to complete a double play and end the game.
Boes allowed just 2 hits, both to Nalle, while striking out 5 in 7 innings. Autumn Harley yielded just 2 runs on 7 hits with no walks and 5 strikeouts for Carey.
Clemons and Desiree Baird doubled and singled and Barger tripled to lead the Redskins at the plate.
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WP -- Boes (12-5). LP -- Harley. top hitters: (Arc) Clemons 2B, 1B, RBI; Boes 1B, RBI; Barger 3B; Baird 2B, 1B. (Car) Nalle 3B, 1B.
RECORDS: Arcadia 12-9, Carey 14-7.
At Elmwood
BLOOMDALE -- Liberty-Benton's Abby Dean put together a strong performance on the mound to pitch the Eagles past Ottawa-Glandorf 4-1 in a Division III sectional semifinal game at Elmwood Saturday.
Gibsonburg made the most of its 2 hits to sneak past Bluffton 2-1 in the other semifinal game.
The Eagles (8-10) advance to take on top-seeded Elmwood (19-1) Thursday at 5 p.m. for a sectional title. The Golden Bears (14-7) face Suburban Lakes League rival Otsego (12-9) in the other sectional final which will be played Tuesday at 5 p.m.
Dean allowed just 2 hits in 7 innings while striking out 6 to get the victory. Tabbie Tousley suffered the loss for the Titans as she allowed 3 runs on 2 hits with 5 walks and 7 strikeouts in 3 innings.
Liberty-Benton's Jerica Carpenter had a pair of singles. Elyse Marshall added an RBI double and Kara Marshall smashed a 2-run homer in the fourth inning.
Becky Young and Tresa Escamilla singled for O-G (7-12).
In the other semifinal, Gibsonburg scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to ruin a solid pitching performance by Bluffton's Andrea Hines.
Hines allowed a pair of hits with a walk and 3 strikeouts in her 6 innings. Gibsonburg's Samantha Stainbrook scattered 7 hits and allowed just one run with 6 strikeouts.
Lindsay Hill and Stainbrook both singled for Gibsonburg.
Bluffton's Chelsea Wheeler ripped a pair of singles driving in a run. Kristen McKamey and Ashley Bowyer both had a pair of singles for the Pirates (11-7).
Gibsonburg 2, Bluffton 1
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WP -- Stainbrook. LP -- Hines. top hitters: (Gib) Hill 1B; Stainbrook 1B. (Blu) Wheeler 2-1B, RBI; McKamey 2-1B; Bowyer 2-1B.
Liberty-Benton 4, Ottawa-Glandorf 1
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WP -- Dean. LP -- Tousley. top hitters: (L-B) Carpenter 2-1B; K. Marshall 1B, 2 RBI; E. Marshall 1B, RBI. (O-G) Escamilla 1B; Young 1B.
At Gibsonburg
GIBSONBURG -- Chelcie Rutter pitched 1-hit ball for 4 innings and had 3 of Fostoria St. Wendelin's 14 hits in a 10-0 five-inning victory over Northwood Saturday in the Division IV sectional final at Gibsonburg.
The victory sends the Mohawks (18-5) into a May 20 district semifinal at Gibsonburg against the winner of Tuesday's Ottawa Hills-North Baltimore sectional final.
Rutter and Lauren Geroski (2-1B) each drove in 3 runs, Lindsay Schiefer smacked a double and 2 singles with an RBI and Katelyn Schiefer had a pair of doubles, a single and a run batted in.
Fostoria ST. WENDELIN 10, NORTHWOOD 0
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WP -- Rutter (12-3). LP -- Harmon. top hitters: (Nor) Harmon 1B; Henzler 1B. (FSW) Geroski 2-1B, 3 RBI; Rutter 2-1B, 3 RBI; L. Schiefer 2B, 2-1B, RBI; Papenfuss 2-1B; K. Schiefer 2-2B, 1B, 2 RBI; Tate 2-1B.
records: Fostoria St. Wendelin 18-5.
At Fostoria
FOSTORIA -- Logan Meddings struck out 8 in hurling Upper Sandusky to a 4-3 win over Kenton Saturday in a Division II sectional semifinal game.
Upper Sandusky (11-11) now advances to play Fostoria (18-7) Tuesday at 5 p.m. at Fostoria.
Kenton had a 3-run seventh inning rally to take a 3-1 lead before Upper Sandusky answered back in the bottom of the seventh with 3 runs.
Chelsea Jury (RBI) and Shayleen Wood (2 RBI) each hit 2 singles for the Rams. Nikki Linhart had a double.
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WP -- Meddings. LP -- Stalder. top hitters: (Ken) Stalder 2-1B; Heilman 2-1B; Price 1B, RBI; Stokes 1B, 2 RBI. (US) Jury 2-1B, RBI; Wood 2-1B, 2 RBI; Linhart 2B.
records: Kenton 8-11, Upper Sandusky 11-11.
PH sweeps Stryker
Patrick Henry had little trouble disposing of Stryker Saturday in a pair of 5-inning non-conference games, beating the Panthers 16-0 behind Chelsea Reese's 2-hitter and 13-1 as Hailey Phillips threw a 1-hitter.
The Patriots banged out 13 hits in the first game when they erupted for 12 runs in the second inning and 12 hits in the second game.
PATRICK HENRY 16-13, STRYKER 0-1
FIRST GAME
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WP -- Reese (4-0). LP -- Sullivan. top hitters: (PH) Ehlers 3-1B, 2 RBI; Mendizabel 2-1B. (Str) Goebel 3B.
SECOND GAME
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WP -- Phillips (2-0). LP -- Rupp. top hitters: (PH) Reese 2-1B, 2 RBI; Nagel HR, 2B, 2 RBI. (Sty) Sullivan 1B.
records: Patrick Henry 17-7.