Boys Golf

Shawnee wins WBL Tourney; Cougars third

The Van Wert Golf Team travelled to Kettenring Country Club to participate in the Western Buckeye League Tournament.  The tournament was hosted by the Defiance Bulldogs. Going into the tournament, the Cougars (9-0) were the number one seed with the Lima Shawnee Indians (7-2) the number two seed.  Defiance, Wapakoneta, and St. Mary's all finished with identical 6-3 marks in the league.  Celina checked in with a 5-4 mark while Elida had a 3-6 record.  Ottawa Glandorf (2-7), Kenton (1-8), and Bath (0-9) rounded out the regular season.

For winning the regular season title the Cougars were awarded ten points while Shawnee earned nine points. The next three teams were given seven points to start the tournament. Celina (5 points), Elida (4), Ottawa Glandorf (3), Kenton (2) and Bath with one point as the tournament started. The Lima Shawnee Indians were the tournament champions with a fine score of 324.  Second place went to the host team, the Defiance Bulldogs, as they tallied 334 while the Van Wert Cougars were close behind with 337.  These three teams determined the overall Western Buckeye League Champion.

Shawnee was awarded the overall league championship with a total of 19 points, 10 for today and 9 going into the tournament.  Van Wert was awarded the runners up championship in the league as they total 18 points, 8 for today and 10 for the regular season. Defiance ended up third in the league with 16 points. As for individuals, Shawnee's Cody Kopilchack and Celina's Scott Fleck each tied with four over par 74's.  Kopilchack defeated Fleck on the first playoff hole to earn the tournaments Match Medalist honors. Fleck settled for runnerup medalist honors.  Landon Stahler (77) from Wapakoneta and Mike Malone (79) from Shawnee were the only players to break the 80 mark.

For Van Wert, the Cougars were led by Senior Zach Leatherman as he tallied an 81.  Senior Brock Thatcher had an 84 with Sophomore Blake Doidge coming in with an 85.  Senior Austin Doidge finished off the team score with an 87.  Senior Andrew Bashore and Sophomore Brandt Taylor had 95 and 97 respectively.

OTTAWA-GLANDORF 176, WAYNE TRACE 184, MILLER CITY 202: Marcus VonDerEmbse shot a 41 to pace the Titans at Pike Run. Jacob Hermiller had a 44, Trent Haughn had a 45 and both Alex Shomaeker and Michael Hanneman had 46s for O-G while Kevin Horstman shot a 49. Derek Griggs led Miller City with a 48, Matt Westrick and Tim Inkrott both had a 51 and Ben Rippetoe shot a 52.

RIDGEMONT 204, PERRY 205: Perry's Brey Buetner fired a 42 but Ridgemont won the match. Tyler Aikens shot a 45 for Perry (5-34, 3-7).

CRESTVIEW 181, BLUFFTON 183, SPENCERVILLE 185, ADA 241: Jamin Rager's 40 led Crestview to the win at Bluffton while Bluffton's Steven Jenkins had the low score with a 39. Chandler McCullough led Spencerville with a 45 while Matt Grey's 49 led Ada.

LINCOLNVIEW 162, PAULDING 165, DELPHOS JEFFERSON 181: Lincolnview finished the NWC regular season with a win at Auglaize Golf Club. Pierce Wolters shot a 39 for Lincolnview, Shane Lumpkin had a 39 for Paulding and Austin Clarkson had a 42 for Jefferson.

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Girls Soccer

DELPHOS ST. JOHN'S 4, SHAWNEE 2: Victoria Recker and Bailey Calvelage each scored twice to lift the Blue Jays (4-5-1) to the win over the visiting Indians (4-4-2). Sarah Silone and Maegan Redick each scored for Shawnee.

KALIDA 3, BATH 0: Leah Gerding, Gina Verhoff and Kara Kaufman scored a goal apiece as Kalida improved to 7-1-2. Bath fell to 4-5-1. Bath @ Kalida stats: Shots on Goal - Bath 6, Kalida 14; Goalie saves - Kalida Goalie Steph Kortokrax 6, Bath Goalie Meghan Taucher 8; Records - Bath 4-5-1, Kalida 7-1-2.

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Girls Tennis

NAPOLEON 5, OTTAWA-GLANDORF 0: Ottawa-Glandorf fell to 2-11 overall with the loss at Napoleon.

DEFIANCE 3, BLUFFTON 2: Bluffton (5-8) won both doubles matches but fell in singles play for the nonleague road loss. Jess Liska and Kelsea Kiene won at first doubles for Bluffton (5-8) while Kristi Geiser and Alex Anderson won at second doubles.

ST. MARYS 4, LCC 1: Megan Dominik, Kelly Fritz and Amy Ellis each won singles matches for the Roughriders while the doubles team of Lydia Krugh and Marian Krugh also won. Ashley Modney and Alexis Sheets won at doubles for LCC.

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Boys Soccer

LCC 9, PANDORA-GILBOA 1: Shawn Ritchie scored 3 goals for the T-Birds in the home win. Jeremy McNamara, Mike Braden, A.J. Lamoreou, Ryan Terry, Tim McNamara and Ryan Park each scored for LCC (6-6). Renee Peckinpaugh scored for P-G.

SHAWNEE 5, DEFIANCE 1: Matt Birum, Shane Heinz, Garrett Black, Nate Aller and Toyosi Azeeze each scored for Shawnee (6-2-1, 4-1) in the WBL win.

OTTAWA-GLANDORF 6, ST. MARYS 0: Erick Brikner scored twice as O-G won the WBL match at St. Marys. Jordan Alt, Jeremy Duling, Kyle Rosebrock and Zack Klausing each scored for O-G (7-0-2, 4-0-1). St. Marys falls to 2-3.

TEMPLE CHRISTIAN 2, LIBERTY-BENTON 0: Josh Link and Dylan Pritchett each scored to lead Temple Christian (7-1-1) to a victory at home.

WAPAKONETA 2, VAN WERT 0: The Cougars continue their troubles with finishing goals, as many opportunities fell short for VW. No stats have been submitted! Wapak improves to 1-8-0, while VW falls to 1-7-2 on the season.

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Girls Golf

ST. HENRY 183, VERSAILLES 209: Shelly Post's 45 was good for the medalist card in helping St. Henry (17-1, 7-0) win the MAC match.

ST. JOHN'S WINS AT WILLOW BEND: Delphos St. John's scored a 186 to win a seven-team invitational at Willow Bend Country Club. LCC and Greenville tied for second with 192s, Wapak had a 206 and Celina had a 210. Ellen Huffman's 42 took the medalist award for the T-Birds. Megan Wells had a 43 for St. John's.

Willow Bend Invitational: Delphos St. John's 186, Greenville 192, Lima Central Catholic 192, Wayne Trace 193, Wapakoneta 206, Celina 210, Fairview 233; Top Individuals: Ellen Huffman (Lima Central Catholic) 42, Megan Wells (Delphos St. John's) 43, Kacee Hockenberry (Wayne Trace) 44, Gabrielle Hook (Wayne Trace) 46, Amanda Martin (Delphos St. John's) 46, Lana Stolly (Lima Central Catholic) 47, Gina Everman (Lima Central Catholic) 47, Krista Kessen (Wapakoneta) 48, Alexa Oechlser (Greenville) 48, Joy Allen (Wapakoneta) 48; Other Wayne Trace Scorers: Shelby Critten 49, Elyse Myers 54, Courtney Hicks 54.

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Volleyball

KALIDA 3, Van Buren 0

Kalida traveled to Van Buren this evening and came away with a hard fought victory 3-0.  Scores were 25-19, 25-14, 25-19. Kalida improves to 11-0 on the season.  Leading the Ladycats were Ashley Remlinger's 15 kills and 2 aces.  Jess Knueve added 9 kills, Amy Hamburg had 7 kills, Julia Fuerst added 5 kills.  Amy Vonderembse dished out 17 assists, and Emily Turnwald had 2 kills, 12 assists and 2 aces. Kalida travels to Delphos St. John's on Saturday morning at 10:00 AM for a non-league affair. Van Buren won the JV contest 16-25, 25-17, 25-20.

WAYNE TRACE over CONTINENTAL 25-5, 25-9, 25-10; Wayne Trace is now 8-2 on the year; Top Players for WT: Maria Schaefer (15-16 serving, four aces, 14-15 hitting, six kills); Krista Germann (13-14 serving, five aces); Kristi Wenninger (8-8 serving, three aces); Natalie Snyder (8-8 passing, three blocks); Sara Priest (15-16 hitting, 11 kills, 11-11 passing, four digs); Jenna Stoller (10-10 hitting, four kills); Janelle Davis (44-44 setting, 21 assists); Marla Sinn (5-5 passing); Junior Varsity - Wayne Trace over Continental 25-6, 25-15; Wayne Trace is now 4-4 on the year

BATH 3, KENTON 0: Rachel Mauk's 16 kills led Bath to a 25-15, 25-19, 25-15 WBL victory at Kenton. Erika Dickerson had 24 assists for Bath (7-7, 2-2) while Emily Shutt had 7 digs and Kirsten Uhl added 6 aces.

JEFFERSON 3, SPENCERVILLE 0: Bridget Culp had 11 kills and Ashley Watkins added 10 as Delphos Jefferson defeated host Spencerville 25-7, 25-18, 25-6. Courtnie Rostorfer had 10 digs for Jefferson (10-1) while Mallorie Wilson added 15 assists.

CRESTVIEW 3, ALLEN EAST 0: Kelsey Nedderman's 13 kills helped Crestview to a 25-18, 25-14, 25-10. Taylor Springer had 20 assists for the Knights while Taylor Hamrick had 4 aces. Emma Hefner had 12 digs for Allen East (4-8) and Kayla Crow had 4 kills and 2 aces.

LCC 3, PAULDING 0: Danielle Taflinger had 10 kills and 7 aces to lift the T-Birds to a 25-7, 25-13, 25-13 win at Paulding. Alexis Diglio had 34 assists for LCC (13-0, 4-0).

TEMPLE CHRISTIAN 3, PERRY 1: Krista Good had 20 assists and 6 aces as Temple Christian won 25-23, 25-13, 24-26, 25-15. Haley Sutton had 12 kills for Temple Christian (5-3) while Erika Beals added 20 digs. Megan Patton had 16 assists for Perry, Christi Walker had 12 kills and Chelsea Koch had 18 digs.

OTTAWA-GLANDORF 3, ELIDA 0: Kori Bruns and Brooke Kaufman each had 7 kills for O-G in the 25-15, 25-13, 25-20 win. Jenna Ellerbrock had 14 assists for the Titans (8-1, 4-0). Kelsey Meeks had 8 kills for Elida (3-5) while Devin Fernandez had 23 digs.

ADA 3, LINCOLNVIEW 1: Nikki Gryzbowski's 4 aces and 21 assists helped Ada to a 25-18, 25-14, 21-25, 25-20 win. Holly Weber had 7 kills, 4 blocks and 3 aces for Ada (7-4, 3-1). Results from match vs. Ada

Lincolnview Stats

Hitting                         Serving

Stacy Giessler 32/38 11 kills        Calista Dowdy 15/16 3 aces

Calista Dowdy 19/22 4 kills          Stacy Giessler 14/16 2 aces

Setting                         Digs

Paige McClure 77/77 14 assists  Calista Dowdy 10

Blocks

Courtney Tunis 1 solo, 1 assist

Record: 1-7 (0-4 in NWC)

Next Match: Saturday @ Minster Invitational

JV

Scores: 25-22, 5-25, 25-18 (Lview win)

Stats

Hitting                         Serving

Audrey Bowen 13/15 9 kills      Rebecca Adam 15/17 3 aces

Digs

Danyelle Trisel 11

Record: 2-6 (103 in NWC)

COLUMBUS GROVE 3, BLUFFTON 0: Morgan Kohls had 12 kills, 9 digs, and 3 blocks as Grove defeated Bluffton to move to 13-0. Erica Glass had 35 assists for the Bulldogs.

ST. MARYS 3, WAPAKONETA 0: Erika Thornsberry's 7 kills led St. Marys to a 25-17, 25-20, 25-10 win.

NEW BREMEN 3, PARKWAY 0: (25-23, 25-21 and 25-23).
Leading the Lady Panthers statically were Katlyn Smith (two aces, 13 assists), Emily Crowell (10 kills, five blocks), Marian Bevington (15 kills), Morgan Cron (12 assits), Ashley Stose (17 digs), Tara Luth (15 digs) and Hannah Beougher (11 digs). Parkway plays again on Tuesday when they travel to Van Wert to take on the Lady Cougars. New Bremen is also in action on Tuesday, the Cardinals will take on Lima Shawnee.