Three members of the Wilmington youth wrestling program qualified for the Ohio Grade School Championship wrestling tournament this weekend.

Davey Tunon, Willie Morris and Garrett Davis will compete Saturday and Sunday at the Marion County Fairgrounds Memorial Coliseum in the state tournament.

The tournament is arranged by age (two years per division) and weight.

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Tryouts for the Highland County G-Unit boys and girls basketball teams will be held this week at the Highland County YMCA.

The grades 3-6 boys tryouts will be 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the YMCA.

The girls tryouts will be held 6 to 7 p.m. Friday at the YMCA.

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Nick Vestal of Wilmington is unbeaten on the wrestling mat through the OAC regular season tournaments.

A member of Team Prodigy out of Springboro, Vestal, 11, will be competing in the 90-pound weight class at the state tournament Friday and Saturday at the Marion County Fairgrounds Coliseum.

Following the state tournament, Vestal will be competing in the 2010 Southern Nationals AAU Wrestling Super Regional in North Carolina.

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The Clinton-Massie eighth grade girls basketball team completed its season with a 17-0 record.

The young Lady Falcons were 14-0 during the regular season and 3-0 in the Madison-Plains Winter Shoot-out. The team averaged 39 points per game on offense and gave up 24 points per game on defense.

Team members are, from left to right, front row, Kaitlyn Barton, Brittany Lauer, Katie McFarlane, Corrin Smith, Allison Cloud, Markayla Romohr; back row, head coach Roger Barber, manager Alex Armstrong, Shelby Leary, Logan Frederick, Meranda Boris, Allyson Monnin, Casey Uetrecht, Kelli Hayes and Sydney Brackemyre.

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By MARK HUBER

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COLUMBUS — As the emotion of a long journey finally bubbled over, Blanchester senior Jake Howe was hugging family and friends in the aftermath of his second state wrestling championship Saturday at the Schottenstein Center on the Ohio State University campus.

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By MARK HUBER

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COLUMBUS — Corby Running was more relieved than overjoyed following his second Division III state wrestling championship Saturday night at the Schottenstein Center on the Ohio State University campus.

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BOYS

Division I

FIRST TEAM: D.J. Martinez, Troy, 6-foot-6, sr., 18.4; Brandon Neel, Cin. La Salle, 6-3, jr., 15.2; Allen Payne, Cin. Winton Woods, 6-7, sr., 17.0; Jordan Sibert, Cin. Princeton, 6-4, sr., 18.4; DaWuan Thomas, Trotwood-Madison, 6-1, sr., 18.6; Travis Trice, Huber Hts. Wayne, 6-0, jr., 21.9.

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GIRLS

Division I

FIRST TEAM: Desirae Ball, Cin. Ursuline, 5-10, sr., 13.0; Phylesha Bullard, Cin. Walnut Hills, 5-11, sr., 16.0; Kacie Cassell, Vandalia Butler, 5-4, sr., 11.5; Raeshaun Gaffney, Cin. Mt. Notre Dame, 5-8, so., 20.4; Cassie Sant, Kettering Fairmont, 6-2, sr., 12.6; Ashley Wanninger, Cin. Colerain, 5-9, sr., 16.2.

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Wilmington’s Quinten Rollins and Blanchester head coach Mark Short received top honors in the Associated Press Southwest District basketball awards announced Monday night.

Rollins was named the Division II Player of the year while Short earned Division III coach of the year honors.

Other local players honored by the media panel representing the Southwest District included Clinton-Massie’s Jordanne Gambill (first team Division II girls), Wilmington’s Marci Sodini (third team Division II girls), Wilmington’s Jordan Berlin (honorable mention Division II boys), Wilmington’s Malcolm Heard (honorable mention Division II boys), Blanchester’s Nash Ballinger (honorable mention Division III boys), Blanchester’s J.C. Luncan (honorable mention Division III boys), Clinton-Massie’s Brad Burgess (honorable mention Division III boys), East Clinton’s Reed Gerber (honorable mention Division III boys), Clinton-Massie’s Brooke Sargent (honorable mention Division II girls), Blanchester’s Chelsea Wisniewski (honorable mention Division III girls), East Clinton’s Hilarie Noes (honorable mention Division III girls), and East Clinton’s Tessa Witkemper (honorable mention Division III girls).

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By MARK HUBER

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COLUMBUS — Clinton-Massie’s Mike Stenger finished sixth in the Division III 285-pound weight class Saturday at the annual state wrestling tournament at the Schottenstein Center at Ohio State.

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