May 25, 2013

Division III district baseball: Keystone defends title with seventh-inning rally against Elyria Catholic

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PARMA — Keystone won its third consecutive Division III district championship, but it needed some late magic to pull it off. Junior Korey Horne’s two-run single capped a three-run rally in the top of the seventh inning to give Keystone a lead it would make stand up in a 7-6 win over Elyria Catholic. Keystone [...]

District softball: Elyria clobbers Westlake, sets up showdown with Avon Lake

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NORTH RIDGEVILLE — It was just a matter of time until Elyria got its offense in gear Tuesday afternoon. When that happened in the fourth inning, the Pioneers put their Division I district semifinal with Westlake out of reach. The final score was 8-1 as senior Caitlyn Minney pitched a 12-strikeout two-hitter for her 18th [...]

District softball: Avon Lake heats up, shuts down North Ridgeville

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NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Avon Lake played like a team on a mission Tuesday. Actually, the Shoregals played a lot like the No. 4-ranked Division I team in the state on a mission after a long layoff. Which worked out just fine for the Shoregals. Alexis Thomas and Abby Rogers had key two-out hits and Annie [...]

District baseball: Elyria Catholic rebounds after ugly start, ousts Independence

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PARMA — For Elyria Catholic, Tuesday was about as horrible a start to a baseball game as you could imagine. Four errors, three passed balls, two walks, two wild pitches and a hit batter led to five Independence runs in the first two innings. But with their backs against the wall and staring a potential [...]

District baseball: Keystone scores early, often in rout of Clearview

PARMA — With Elyria Catholic having secured a spot in the Division III district final, it was up to Keystone and Clearview to battle for the other in the nightcap at Ron Mottl Field. And the Wildcats wasted no time in making it theirs for the third straight year. Keystone will be back at Mottl [...]

District baseball: Defensive woes cost Firelands lead, game against Holy Name

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LORAIN — Holy Name might want to consider sending thank you cards to Firelands after the gifts the Falcons handed the Green Wave on Monday. Firelands committed five errors and uncorked three wild pitches to hand Holy Name six unearned runs in the Green Wave’s 7-4 Division II district semifinal win over the Falcons at [...]

District baseball: Seventh definitely not heaven for Vermilion in loss to Benedictine

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LORAIN — All Vermilion had to do was get through one final inning and it would still be playing baseball today. But the top-seeded Sailors couldn’t do that, losing 7-6 to third-seeded Cleveland Benedictine in a Division II district semifinal game at The Pipe Yard. The Sailors concluded their season with a 13-15 record, while [...]

Division II sectional tennis: Vermilion’s Chaz Hansen wins title despite slow start

ROCKY RIVER — After a rocky start, Vermilion senior Chaz Hansen settled down and lived up to his No. 1 seeding with a 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 win over Lake Ridge junior Caleb Mayer in the Division II sectional singles final Saturday at Tri-City Park. “He was playing very well at the beginning,” Hansen said of [...]

Division I sectional tennis: Avon freshman Nico Mostardi rolls into final, then struggles

OBERLIN — It’s the one thing most freshmen need to become a championship tennis player: the mental aspect of the game. It was definitely a factor in why Avon’s Nico Mostardi fell 6-1, 6-0 to top-seeded Nathan Griffin of St. Ignatius in Saturday morning’s Division I sectional final at the Don Hunsinger Courts at Oberlin [...]

H.S. Track and Field: Avon boys lap field, repeat as WSC champs

AVON — Revenge can be sweet, even if it comes against a relative. North Ridgeville’s Paul Sonego defended his 400-meter title at the West Shore Conference championships Friday. It could have been a three-peat were it not for Bay’s Nathan Baumgard, who won the 400 by .001 in 2011. Sonego gave Nathan’s younger brother, Zach, [...]