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The Lima News Sunday, March 4, 2018 • Section C

Ohio State women
reach Big Ten
tourney title game
COLLEGE BASKETBALL • 8C

Titans off to regionals Hempfling sets O-G career scoring mark
By Tom Usher
sports@limanews.com
ELIDA — Ottawa-
Glandorf’s Kadie Hemp-
fling was everywhere.
She scored, gobbled up
steals, handed out assists
and rebounded.
And she also made his-
tory.
Levi A. Morman | The Lima News Hempfling became
Ottawa-Glandorf players hold up their Division III district championship O-G’s girls all-time lead-
trophy Saturday at the Elida Fieldhouse. ing scorer in the Titans’
55-40 victory over Crest-
view in the Division III
girls basketball district
championship Saturday
afternoon at the Elida
Fieldhouse.
Hempfling finished
with 25 points, seven
rebounds and five assists.
She also had seven steals
and two blocks.
At least three times
Hempfling made steals
at the top of the key and
converted them into fast-
break layups.
Hempfling now has
1,208 career points and
passed Melanie Halker’s
1,204 to become O-G’s
girls basketball all-time
leading scorer.
“That’s crazy,” Hemp-
fling said. “Being the
all-time leading scorer
is something special. It
almost brought tears to
my eyes when I did, but
I knew we had to keep
playing.
“I want to thank God,
my family of course,
my teammates and my
coaches.’’
O-G (23-2) advances
to the regional semifinals
against the Liberty-Ben-
ton/Archbold winner at
6:15 p.m. Tuesday at Ohio
Northern.
Crestview ends its sea-
son 19-7.
“It was a physical game
See Titans | 5C

Area D-III
wrestlers earn
Ottoville clips Grove
By Jim Naveau
jnaveau@limanews.com

spots at state OTTAWA — Ottoville

stepped up twice.
Most importantly, it
By Mark Altstaetter stepped up on the ladder
sports@limanews.com to cut down the nets after
winning the Division IV
TROY — The consolation semifinal match is better girls basketball district
known as the go-to match. championship game 51-33
If a wrestler wins this match at the district tourna- over Columbus Grove at
ment, they advance to the state tournament. Ottawa-Glandorf on Satur-
If they lose, at best, they’re a state alternate. day night.
The top four placers in each weight class at this But 2 ½ quarters before
weekend’s Division III district tournament at Troy’s that, it stepped up to the
Hobart Arena advance to the state tournament at challenge of playing with
Ohio State (March 8-10). its top two scorers on the
For at least a couple area wrestlers, winning Sat- bench in foul trouble, which
urday’s consolation semifinal bout was the path for a was probably the last time
trip to the state tournament. Columbus Grove had a rea-
Allen East had two wrestlers lose their respective sonable hope of turning the
semifinal matches Saturday and were forced to win game in its direction.
their go-to match in order to compete in the third That potential hurdle was
and fourth-place matches of their respective weight cleared without a problem,
classes. though, and Ottoville went
Allen East senior Lucas Freeman defeated Preble on to win its second con-
Shawnee’s Travis Howard in a consolation semifinal secutive district champion-
match, 11-9, to guarantee a top-four finish in the 138- ship.
pound weight class. Next up is a regional
See Wrestlers | 7C semifinal match-up against
Hopewell-Loudon at 8
p.m. Thursday in the Elida
regional, where it will pur-

Vikings vanquish sue its seventh trip to the

girls state basketball tour-
nament.

Carey, capture C.J. Kemper scored 14

points and had 8 rebounds,
Bridget Landin had 12 Don Speck | The Lima News

D-IV district title points and 8 rebounds and
Kasey Knippen scored 13
points, including three
By Jose Nogueras 3-pointers, for Ottoville
jnogueras@limanews.com (24-2). Lauren Schroeder
led Columbus Grove (16-9)
FINDLAY — During the season, Leipsic came up with 13 points and Carlee
short in winning the Putnam County League title and McCluer scored 12.
the Blanchard Valley Conference crown, and despite “It never gets old,” Otto-
a 22-win season that made school history the Vikings ville coach Dave Kleman
seemed to be overshadowed this year by other teams said about winning another
in the region. district championship.
But after posting a 58-44 win over Carey to win the He pointed to team
Division IV District title Saturday night, the Vikings chemistry and culture,
have proven they are in the same conversation with along with the unspoken
the better teams in the area. obvious athletic ability on
With the win, Leipsic advances to the regional Ottoville’s roster, as big
semifinal against Wayne Trace at Elida at 6:15 p.m. reasons this year’s team
repeated as district cham-
See Vikings | 8C pion after the graduation
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Columbus Grove’s Lauren Schroeder tries to make a pass while being defended by Ottoville’s Cassandra
Kemper during Saturday’s Division IV district final at Ottawa-Glandorf.
of three starters from last
year’s team.
“Team chemistry is big
for us. That culture we’ve
had for a long time, it just
breeds success,” Kleman
said. “They are not really
worried about who gets the
points, who doesn’t get the
points. It’s about winning
the game.”
Ottoville’s size and
strength might have been
the biggest factor in the
game, Columbus Grove
coach Brian Schroeder
said.
“They’re good, they’re
so athletic and so physical
and so strong it wasn’t a
good match-up for us. I feel
like our girls did the best
job they could but they
just pounded us inside,” he
said.
The only time Columbus
Grove had the lead was in
the first five minutes of the
game. Ottoville scored the
last six points of the first
quarter, then got an inside
bucket from Landin and a
3-pointer from Knippen to
go up 15-5 a minute and a
half into the second quar-
ter.
But Landin picked up her
second foul with 5:41 left
in the first half and went
to the bench and Knippen
did the same 2 ½ minutes
before halftime. Ottoville’s
lead was nine points, 22-13,
when Knippen left the
game and it was still nine
points, 24-15, at halftime.
Once the starting unit
was back together, the lead
grew to 17 points, 40-23,
after three quarters and
Ottoville was clearly in
control.
See Ottoville | 8C
2C Sunday, March 4, 2018 SECOND QUARTER
quick hits UPCOMING GAMES
Crew beat Toronto MONDAY
Detroit
2-0 in MLS opener 7 p.m. (FSO,
NBATV)
Cleveland
TORONTO (AP) — Federico Higuain and Gyasi CAVALIERS
Zardes scored to help the Columbus Crew beat Toron-
to FC 2-0 on Saturday, spoiling the defending MLS
champion Reds’ home opener. MEN
Zack Steffen made two saves for Columbus. TBD
Higuain one-timed Milton Valenzuela’ cross past NCAA
Tournament
diving goaltender Alex Bono in the 44th minute.
Bono dove to get his hand on the shot, but couldn’t OSU
get enough to keep it out. Higuain has 49 goals and 49 HOOPS
assists in 150 career MLS appearances.
Zardes scored a minute into the second half, getting
his foot on Pedro Santos’ through ball and putting it
past Bono. Zardes joined the Crew in an offseason
deal with the L.A. Galaxy. Toronto lost just one regu-
lar-season game last year at BMO Field. A r e a r e s u lt s
Sharma keeps lead High Schools
Girls Basketball
Division III
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Shubhankar Sharma held District Final
Ottawa-Glandorf 55, Crestview 40
his nerve to the end and held a two-shot lead going at Elida Fieldhouse
into the final round of the Mexico Championship. OTTAWA-GLANDORF
Kadie Hempfling 25, Brianna
Now the 21-year-old from India has to hold off a few Schimmoeller 7, Kasey Ellerbrock 6,
of golf’s biggest names. Sharma holed a 15-foot par Paige Sutter 6, Erin Kaufman 5, Ashley
Schroeder 2, Carrie Johnson 2, Kelsey
putt on the final hole at Chapultepec Golf Club for a Erford 2. Totals: 20-11-55.
2-under 69, leaving him 18 holes away from capping CRESTVIEW
Lexi Gregory 19, Paige Motycka 14,
off his amazing rise. Three months ago, he had yet Bailey Gregory 3, Lyvia Black 2, Ally
to win a tournament and was ranked No. 462 in the McCoy 2. Totals: 14-5-40.
Score by quarters:
world. A victory would likely put him in the top 25. Ottawa-Glandorf 13 14 18 10 — 55
Two shots behind were Phil Mickelson and Sergio Crestview 11 11 8 10 — 40
3-point goals: O-G–Kasey Ellerbrock
Garcia, along with Rafa Cabrera Bello and Tyrrell Hat- 2, Brianna Schimmoeller 1, Kadie
Hempfling 1; C–Lexi Gregory 4, Paige
ton. Another shot back was Dustin Johnson, the No. 1 Motycka 2, Bailey Gregory 1.
player in the world and defending champion. Records: O-G 23-2; C 19-7.
Wrestling
Woods adds to schedule Districts
Division II
At Norwalk
Top 5/area teams: 1. Wauseon 242.5,
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tiger Woods is adding
2. Buckeye 104, 3. Padua Franciscan
90, 4. Napoleon 76.5, 5. Perkins 74.5, 6.
another tournament to his schedule on his road to the Wapakoneta 74, 18. Van Wert 37.5, 20.
Masters. Woods decided Friday to play in the Valspar Shawnee 32, 28. Bath 20, 30. Elida 16, 35.
St. Marys 13, 36. Celina 10, 39. Kenton 3.
Championship next week at Innisbrook, along with First-, third-, fifth-place matches
the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill the fol- involving area wrestlers
First Place
lowing week. It was another strong signal about the 138 pounds: Mike Clark (Buckeye)
health of his surgically fused lower back, giving him pinned Isaiah Bretz (Van Wert), 2:40
145: Gage Grunden (Wauseon) maj.
four tournaments in five weeks. dec. Collin Mell (Bath), 11-2
220: Evan Kaeck (Wapakoneta)
pinned Brandon Phillips (Maumee) 5:28
285: Brenan Knueve (Wapakoneta)
dec. A.J. Adams (Lexington), 6-3
Third Place
132: Gabe Steyer (Van Wert) maj. dec.
On the air Emileo Calderon (Perkins), 10-0
195: Alec Maloney (Norwalk) pinned
Time Event TV/Radio Zac Miller (Wapakoneta), 2:26
285: Sean Lipscomb (Firelands)
NASCAR pinned Bobby Grothjan (Shawnee), :39
Fifth Place
3:30 p.m. Monster Energy Cup Series, Penzoil 400 FOX 170 John Witschi (Clear Fork) dec.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL Clay Adlesh (Shawnee), 10-6
182 Sam Hunter (Sandusky) dec.
Noon Cincinnati at Wichita St. CBS Lawrence Slygh (Elida), 7-5
Noon Patriot League, first semifinal CBSSN
1 p.m. Big South Tournament final ESPN NBA
2 p.m. Missouri Valley Tournament final CBS
2 p.m. Patriot League Tournament, second semifinal All Times EDT
EASTERN CONFERENCE
CBSSN Atlantic Division
2 p.m. SMU at South Florida ESPNEWS W L Pct GB
3 p.m. Atlantic Sun Tournament final ESPN Toronto 44 17 .721 —
Boston 44 19 .698 1
4 p.m. UConn at Houston CBSSN Philadelphia 34 27 .557 10
4:30 p.m. Michigan vs. Purdue CBS, 93.1 FM New York
Brooklyn
24 39 .381 21
20 43 .317 25
4:30 p.m. Tulane at UCF ESPNU
Southeast Division
9:30 p.m. MAAC Tournament, second semifinal ESPNU W L Pct GB
Washington 36 27 .571 —
11:30 p.m. MAAC Tournament, first semifinal Miami 32 30 .516 3½
(same-day tape) ESPNU Charlotte 28 35 .444 8
Orlando 19 43 .306 16½
GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Atlanta 19 44 .302 17
8 p.m. Columbus Grove vs. Ottoville WOSN Central Division
W L Pct GB
GOLF Cleveland 36 25 .590 —
5 a.m. European PGA Tour, Tshwane Open GOLF Indiana 35 27 .565 1½
Noon PGA Tour, WGC-Mexico Championship GOLF Milwaukee
Detroit
33 29 .532 3½
29 33 .468 7½
2 p.m. PGA Tour, WGC-Mexico Championship NBC Chicago 21 41 .339 15½
4:30 p.m. Champions Tour, Cologuard Classic GOLF WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
NBA W L Pct GB
8 p.m. Philadelphia at Milwaukee ESPN Houston 48 13 .787 —
San Antonio 36 26 .581 12½
NHL New Orleans 35 26 .574 13
7 p.m. Detroit at Minnesota NBCSN Dallas 19 44 .302 30
Memphis 18 43 .295 30
9 p.m. Columbus at San Jose FSO, 940 AM Northwest Division
SOCCER W L Pct GB
Portland 36 26 .581 —
8:30 a.m. Premier League, Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Oklahoma City 37 27 .578 —
Arsenal NBCSN
Minnesota 38 28 .576 —
9:30 a.m. Bundesliga, Koln vs. Stuttgart FS1 Denver
Utah
34 28 .548 2
32 30 .516 4
11 a.m. Premier League, Manchester City vs. Chelsea Pacific Division
NBCSN W L Pct GB
Noon Women, She Believes Cup, U.S. vs. France
Golden State
L.A. Clippers
49 14 .778 —
33 28 .541 15
ESPN2 L.A. Lakers 27 34 .443 21
Sacramento 19 43 .306 29½
Noon Bundesliga, Freiburg vs. Bayern Munich FS1
5 p.m. MLS, Los Angeles FC at Seattle ESPN
Phoenix 19 45 .297 30½
Friday’s Games
Orlando 115, Detroit 106, OT
7:30 p.m. MLS, New York City FC at Sporting Kansas City Philadelphia 110, Charlotte 99
FS1 Golden State 114, Atlanta 109
10 p.m. MLS, Portland at L.A. Galaxy FS1 Chicago 108, Dallas 100
Denver 108, Memphis 102
SPRING TRAINING BASEBALL Indiana 103, Milwaukee 96
1 p.m. Houston vs. St. Louis MLB Toronto 102, Washington 95
Oklahoma City 124, Phoenix 116
3 p.m. Cleveland vs. Milwaukee 940 AM L.A. Clippers 128, New York 105
ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP RUGBY Utah 116, Minnesota 108
Saturday’s Games
2 p.m. Worcester Warriors vs. Leicester Tigers NBCSN Memphis at Orlando, 7 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD Denver at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.
Detroit at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
4 p.m. IAAF World Championships (same-day tape) Boston at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
NBCSN L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 9 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Oklahoma City at Portland, 10 p.m.
Utah at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
Noon Atlantic 10 Tournament final ESPNU Sunday’s Games
1 p.m. Marquette vs. Seton Hall-Xavier winner FS2 Phoenix at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Toronto, 6 p.m.
2 p.m. ACC Tournament final ESPN2 Indiana at Washington, 6 p.m.
2:30 p.m. South Florida vs. East Carolina ESPNU New Orleans at Dallas, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
2:30 p.m. Big 12 Tournament first semifinal FS1 Brooklyn at L.A. Clippers, 9 p.m.
3:30 p.m. Creighton vs. St. John’s FS2 New York at Sacramento, 9 p.m.
Monday’s Games
4:30 p.m. SEC Tournament final ESPN2 Detroit at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
5:30 p.m. Big 12 Tournament, second semifinal FS1 Milwaukee at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Phoenix at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m. UConn vs. Memphis-Tulane winner ESPNU Boston at Chicago, 8 p.m.
7 p.m. Big Ten Tournament final ESPN2 Memphis at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
7 p.m. DePaul vs. Butler-Providence winner FS2 Orlando at Utah, 9 p.m.
Portland at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
9 p.m. Pac-12 Tournament final ESPN2 Tuesday’s Games
9:30 p.m. Villanova vs. Georgetown FS2 Atlanta at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Miami at Washington, 7 p.m.
WRESTLING Philadelphia at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
3 p.m. Big 10 Championship BTN
WEDNESDAY
at Denver
FRIDAY
at L.A.
10:30 p.m.
(FSO, ESPN)
Clippers
10:30 p.m.
(FSO)
WOMEN
TODAY
TBD
7 p.m.
(ESPN2)
Houston at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
Denver at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
New York at Portland, 10 p.m.
Brooklyn at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
NHL
All Times EDT
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay 66 45 17 4 94 240 182
Boston 62 39 15 8 86 207 157
Toronto 66 39 20 7 85 218 185
Florida 62 31 25 6 68 185 198
Detroit 64 26 28 10 62 169 189
Montreal 64 25 29 10 60 166 198
Ottawa 63 22 31 10 54 173 223
Buffalo 65 20 34 11 51 154 211
Metropolitan Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 64 36 21 7 79 198 191
Philadelphia 65 34 20 11 79 196 189
Pittsburgh 65 36 25 4 76 212 198
New Jersey 65 33 24 8 74 191 196
Columbus 65 32 28 5 69 172 184
Carolina 65 29 25 11 69 174 195
N.Y. Islanders 65 29 29 7 65 211 234
N.Y. Rangers 65 29 30 6 64 186 207
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Nashville 64 41 14 9 91 210 165
Winnipeg 64 38 17 9 85 217 173
Dallas 65 37 23 5 79 193 171
Minnesota 65 36 22 7 79 200 189
Colorado 64 35 24 5 75 202 189
St. Louis 66 35 26 5 75 180 176
Chicago 65 28 29 8 64 185 189
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vegas 64 41 18 5 87 222 178
San Jose 65 35 21 9 79 194 180
Los Angeles 66 36 25 5 77 192 165
Anaheim 65 32 21 12 76 180 180
Calgary 66 32 25 9 73 185 195
Edmonton 64 27 33 4 58 181 213
Vancouver 65 24 32 9 57 176 214
Arizona 63 19 34 10 48 153 208
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
overtime loss. Top three teams in each
division and two wild cards per confer-
ence advance to playoffs.
Friday’s Games
Montreal 6, N.Y. Islanders 3
Carolina 3, New Jersey 1
Florida 4, Buffalo 1
Winnipeg 4, Detroit 3
Colorado 7, Minnesota 1
N.Y. Rangers 3, Calgary 1
Ottawa 5, Vegas 4
Nashville 4, Vancouver 3, OT
Anaheim 4, Columbus 2
Saturday’s Games
Tampa Bay 7, Philadelphia 6, SO
Dallas 3, St. Louis 2, OT
Chicago 5, Los Angeles 3
Montreal at Boston, 5 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.
Ottawa at Arizona, 8 p.m.
Toronto vs. Washington at Annapolis,
Md., 8 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Edmonton, 10:30 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Nashville at Colorado, 3 p.m.
Philadelphia at Florida, 3 p.m.
Chicago at Anaheim, 4 p.m.
Vegas at New Jersey, 5 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Columbus at San Jose, 9 p.m.
Monday’s Games
Calgary at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.
Ottawa at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Arizona at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Winnipeg at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
Vegas at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Montreal at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Boston, 7 p.m.
Florida at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Carolina at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Colorado at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Washington at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
Golf Scores
World Golf Championships-Mexico
Championship
Saturday
At Club de Golf Chapultepec
Mexico City
Purse: $10 million
Yardage: 7,345; Par 71
Third Round
Shubhankar Sharma 65-66-69 — 200 -13
Tyrrell Hatton 70-68-64 — 202 -11
Phil Mickelson 69-68-65 — 202 -11
Sergio Garcia 68-65-69 — 202 -11
Rafa Cabrera Bello 66-67-69 — 202 -11
Pat Perez 68-67-68 — 203 -10
Dustin Johnson 69-66-68 — 203 -10
Brian Harman 68-67-68 — 203 -10
Xander Schauffele 65-68-70 — 203 -10
Justin Thomas 72-70-62 — 204 -9
Tony Finau 68-70-68 — 206 -7
Marc Leishman 69-68-69 — 206 -7
Charley Hoffman 70-66-70 — 206 -7
Jordan Spieth 70-67-69 — 206 -7
Kiradech Aphibarnrat 66-69-71 — 206 -7
Brendan Steele 69-66-71 — 206 -7
Kevin Kisner 70-71-66 — 207 -6
Jhonattan Vegas 70-68-69 — 207 -6
Bubba Watson 69-66-72 — 207 -6
Kyle Stanley 71-65-71 — 207 -6
Adam Hadwin 70-71-67 — 208 -5
Jon Rahm 67-71-70 — 208 -5
Ross Fisher 71-68-69 — 208 -5
Rickie Fowler 68-70-70 — 208 -5
Adam Bland 70-67-71 — 208 -5
Paul Casey 73-68-68 — 209 -4
Patton Kizzire 69-69-71 — 209 -4
Daniel Berger 69-68-72 — 209 -4
Alex Noren 69-70-71 — 210 -3
Charl Schwartzel 71-69-70 — 210 -3
Tommy Fleetwood 72-71-67 — 210 -3
Chris Paisley 65-75-71 — 211 -2
Francesco Molinari 71-70-70 — 211 -2
TODAY
at San Jose
9 p.m. (FSO,
940 AM)
columbus
blue jackets
SATURDAY
Montreal
1 p.m.
(SPECTRUM)
COLUMBUS CREW
Joost Luiten 72-71-68 — 211 -2
Thomas Pieters 69-68-74 — 211 -2
Louis Oosthuizen 64-71-76 — 211 -2
David Lipsky
Jorge Campillo
Jason Dufner
70-71-71 — 212 -1
72-71-69 — 212 -1
72-72-68 — 212 -1
Russell Henley 69-69-75 — 213 E
Chez Reavie 72-73-68 — 213 E
Branden Grace 72-69-73 — 214 +1
Matthew Fitzpatrick 71-69-74 — 214 +1
Dylan Frittelli 73-70-71 — 214 +1
Patrick Reed
Webb Simpson
72-74-68 — 214 +1
72-70-73 — 215 +2
Kevin Chappell 73-70-72 — 215 +2
Wade Ormsby
Yuta Ikeda
79-67-69 — 215 +2
73-74-68 — 215 +2
Justin Rose 71-72-73 — 216 +3
Bernd Wiesberger 73-71-72 — 216 +3
Patrick Cantlay 70-75-71 — 216 +3
Peter Uihlein 74-72-70 — 216 +3
Dean Burmester
Satoshi Kodaira
73-70-74 — 217 +4
72-73-73 — 218 +5
Gary Woodland 74-71-73 — 218 +5
Abraham Ancer 71-76-71 — 218 +5
Paul Dunne 73-75-72 — 220 +7
Matt Kuchar 74-74-73 — 221 +8
Brandon Stone 75-76-71 — 222 +9
Yusaku Miyazato 77-72-74 — 223 +10
Brett Rumford 78-74-72 — 224 +11
Gavin Kyle Green 78-73-74 — 225 +12
HaoTong Li 73-79-73 — 225 +12
A UTO R A C I N G
NASCAR Camping World Truck-
Stratosphere 200 Results
At Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas, Nev.
Lap length: 1.50 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 134 laps, 0
rating, 0 points.
2. (3) Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, 134,
0, 42.
3. (6) Brett Moffitt, Toyota, 134, 0, 43.
4. (8) Grant Enfinger, Ford, 134, 0, 35.
5. (2) Stewart Friesen, Chevrolet, 134,
0, 49.
6. (18) Dalton Sargeant, Chevrolet,
134, 0, 31.
7. (15) Ben Rhodes, Ford, 134, 0, 42.
8. (14) Cody Coughlin, Chevrolet, 134,
0, 31.
9. (17) Justin Fontaine, Chevrolet,
134, 0, 28.
10. (13) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 134,
0, 27.
11. (7) Justin Marks, Toyota, 134, 0, 26.
12. (5) Noah Gragson, Toyota, 134,
0, 40.
13. (4) Spencer Davis, Toyota, 134,
0, 34.
14. (20) Wendell Chavous, Chevrolet,
134, 0, 23.
15. (10) Myatt Snider, Ford, 133, 0, 37.
16. (19) Austin Wayne Self, Toyota,
133, 0, 21.
17. (16) Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet,
133, 0, 20.
18. (24) Robby Lyons, Chevrolet, 133,
0, 19.
19. (22) Michel Disdier, Chevrolet,
132, 0, 18.
20. (23) Bayley Currey, Chevrolet,
132, 0, 17.
21. (9) John Hunter Nemechek,
Chevrolet, 130, 0, 0.
22. (26) Mike Harmon, Chevrolet,
127, 0, 15.
23. (31) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 123,
0, 0.
24. (27) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet,
123, 0, 13.
25. (25) Josh Reaume, Chevrolet,
engine, 119, 0, 12.
26. (30) Norm Benning, Chevrolet,
garage, 118, 0, 11.
27. (28) Tommy Regan, Chevrolet,
112, 0, 10.
28. (11) Justin Haley, Chevrolet,
accident, 75, 0, 13.
29. (12) Matt Crafton, Ford, brakes,
40, 0, 9.
30. (32) Mike Senica, Chevrolet,
electrical, 28, 0, 7.
31. (21) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet,
vibration, 23, 0, 6.
32. (29) Scott Stenzel, Chevrolet,
electrical, 5, 0, 5.
Top 10 in Points: 1. J.Sauter, 148;
2. B.Moffitt, 109; 3. G.Enfinger, 108;
4. N.Gragson, 107; 5. B.Rhodes, 103;
6. S.Friesen, 101; 7. S.Davis, 94; 8.
D.Sargeant, 92; 9. M.Crafton, 84; 10.
M.Snider, 84.
MLB
Major League Baseball
At A Glance
All Times EDT
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pct.
New York 8 1 0.889
Boston 7 3 0.700
Kansas City 5 2 0.714
Detroit
Houston
6 3 0.667
6 3 0.667
Cleveland 6 3 0.667
Chicago 5 4 0.556
Tampa Bay 5 5 0.500
Minnesota 4 4 0.500
Los Angeles 4 4 0.500
Baltimore 4 5 0.444
Seattle 3 5 0.375
Toronto 3 6 0.333
Oakland 2 5 0.286
Texas 2 5 0.286
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago
W L Pct.
6 1 0.857
Milwaukee 7 2 0.778
Miami 6 2 0.750
San Diego 5 3 0.625
Washington 4 4 0.500
Los Angeles 4 5 0.444
San Francisco 4 5 0.444
Colorado 3 5 0.375
St. Louis 3 5 0.375
New York 3 6 0.333
Atlanta 3 6 0.333
Cincinnati 3 6 0.333
Pittsburgh
Arizona
2 5 0.286
3 7 0.300
Philadelphia 2 8 0.200
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TUESDAY
Las Vegas
THURSDAY
Colorado
7 p.m. (FSO) 7 p.m. (FSO)
MARCH 17 MARCH 24
at D.C. United
Philadelphia 6 p.m.
2 p.m. (SPECTRUM)
(SPECTRUM)
Friday’s Games
N.Y. Yankees 5, Atlanta 4
Boston 9, St. Louis 6
Detroit 8, Miami 3
Philadelphia 9, Tampa Bay 2
Baltimore 10, Pittsburgh 8
Minnesota 2, Toronto 1
Washington 2, N.Y. Mets (ss) 1
Cincinnati 3, San Francisco 2
L.A. Dodgers 7, Chicago White Sox 6
Seattle 4, Milwaukee 2
Cleveland 9, Texas 4
Colorado 15, Arizona 6
Chicago Cubs 6, L.A. Angels 4
San Diego 13, Kansas City 5
N.Y. Mets (ss) 7, Houston 7
Saturday’s Games
Baltimore 4, Philadelphia (ss) 2
Miami 1, N.Y. Mets 0
N.Y. Yankees 5, Boston 3
Atlanta 9, St. Louis 2
Tampa Bay 7, Detroit 4
Washington 8, Houston 1
Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia (ss) 3
Toronto 13, Minnesota 8
L.A. Dodgers 14, Arizona 6
Chicago White Sox 9, Kansas City 5
Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati 4
San Diego 10, Oakland 4
San Francisco (ss) 13, Cleveland 4
San Francisco (ss) 9, Texas 4
Milwaukee 6, Colorado 5
L.A. Angels vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz.,
8:40 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Boston vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla.,
1:05 p.m.
Detroit vs. Washington at West Palm
Beach, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Houston vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla.,
1:05 p.m.
Miami vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla.,
1:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota at Fort
Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa,
Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Toronto vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater,
Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Washington vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St.
Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m.
Cleveland vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix,
3:05 p.m.
Kansas City vs. Cincinnati at
Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers vs. San Francisco at
Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
San Diego (ss) vs. Chicago White Sox
at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
Seattle vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz.,
3:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona at
Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.
Colorado vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe,
Ariz., 3:10 p.m.
Oakland vs. San Diego (ss) at Peoria,
Ariz., 3:10 p.m.
MLB Calendar
2018
March 29 — Opening day. Active
rosters reduced to 25 players.
April 17-18 — Cleveland vs. Minnesota
at San Juan, Puerto Rico.
June 4 — Amateur draft starts.
June 15 — International amater
signing period closes.
July 2 — International amateur
signing period opens.
July 6 — Last day to sign for amateur
draft picks subject to deadline.
July 10 — All-Star Game, Washington.
July 29 — Hall of Fame inductions,
Cooperstown, N.Y
July 31 — Last day to trade a player
without securing waivers.
Oct. 2-3 — Wild-card games.
Dec. 10-13 — Winter meetings, Las
Vegas.
TR A N Sa c t i o n s
Saturday’s Sports Transactions
By The Associated Press
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to
terms with INF Danny Valencia on a minor
league contract.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to
terms with RHP Nick Tepesch on a minor
league contract.
HOCKEY
Natoinal Hockey League
NEW YORK RANGERS — Assigned F
Dawson Leedahl from Hartford (AHL) to
Greenville (ECHL).
American Hockey League
BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS —
Loaned F Matt Gaudreau to Worcester
(ECHL).
CHICAGO WOLVES — Returned D
Nolan Valleau to Orlando (ECHL).
SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE —
Reassigned F Brady Shaw to Colorado
(ECHL). Recalled F Michael Joly from
Colorado. Returned F Shawn O’Donnell to
Cincinnati (ECHL).
ECHL
ADIRONDACK THUNDER — Loaned F
Brian Ward to Providence (AHL).
BRAMPTON BEAST — Signed G T.J.
Sherwood. Loaned D Matt Petgrave to
Belleville (AHL) and D Tyson Wilson and F
Jackson Leef to Laval (AHL).
GREENVILLE SWAMP RABBITS —
Released F Derek Sutliffe.
MANCHESTER MONARCHS — Loaned
D Colton Saucerman to Providence
(AHL).
COLLEGE
FAU — Named Brian White athletic
director.
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Bath’s Twining top individual in D-II state bowling

Wapak’s Hosterman
rolls perfect game
at D-I district
By Jack Hammill
sports@limanews.com
COLUMBUS — Bath’s
Bryana Twining had the
top individual series of 684
at Saturday’s Division II
girls bowling state cham-
pionship at Wayne Webb’s
Bowl.
She finished 55 pins bet-
ter than runner-up Audrey
Wilson of Cincinnati Seven
Hills. She also finished one
pin behind Wilson for the
high game of the day with
a 245 to go with her other
games of 216 and 223.
The Coldwater girls fin-
ished second in team event,
losing to Fairport Harding
147-168, 187-155, 190-169,
201-166 in the best of five
championship match.
The Cavaliers were the
top seed with a 3,225
total in qualifying. They
defeated Hubbard 175-179,
195-136, 168-143, 181-167
in the quarterfinals and
Versailles 180-141, 162-162
(39-33 tiebreaker), 157-
187, 218-213 in the semifi-
nals. St. Marys also made
it to the eight-team playoff
with the third-best qualify-
ing total of 3,143, but lost
188-190, 171-159, 177-172,
ual at the Division I district
at Star Lanes at the Harbor
631 series and teammate
and teammate Katie Man-
ance’s Alex Coble (676)
and Wapak’s Josh Wahl
197-179 to Fairport Hard-
ing in the opening round.
with a 658 with Shawnee’s
Dayle Aldrich finishing sec-
ger rolled a 630. Madison
Doseck (587), Brielle
(670) advanced as indi-
viduals.
Joining Twining on the ond with a 652 across the Meeks (536) and McK- Cole Cisco and Parker
all-state first team were Abbey Road pattern. enzie Wagner (522) also Mauer of Celina as well
Coldwater’s Emily Fortener Twining is the only com- contributed to Wapak’s Keaton McKinley of Shaw-
and Lauren Twining. St. petitor to advance to state winning effort. nee, Tyler Vincent of San-
Marys’ Brittany Freytag as an individual due to the Shawnee finished second dusky and Dusty Haggard
and Dorian Regadanz made metric used by OHSAA for but only one girls team of Wapak rounded out the
the second team and the advancement. moves on from the district all-tourney team.
Roughriders’ Jaden Gib- Wapakoneta was the to state. Twining, Aldrich,
son and Van Wert’s Lorrie team winner with Carlee Celina was the boys Hosterman, Manger and
Decker made honorable Hosterman rolling a perfect team winner with a 4,183 Doseck were joined on the
mention. game, the first by a high score. Ashland secured all tourney team by Shaw-
school bowler from the the other state spot with a nee’s Abbey Ambroza,
Division I district Northwest District and 4,158 total. Wapak finished Ashland’s Sheri Nichols
PORT CLINTON — our area in the history at third with a 4,151 total. and Bowling Green’s Kelly
Twining’s cousin Morgan, the very least of OHSAA Ashland’s Haven Leiter Miller. Shawnee’s Allie
who competes for Lima involvement with the sport. was medalist with a 682 Meeker nearly made the
Senior, was the top individ- Hosterman finished with a three-game total. Defi- team.

Ramirez has his flow Larson rolls to Xfinity Series victory

The Associated Press

going strong for Indians LAS VEGAS — Kyle

Larson looks ready to
make another memorable
By Paul Hoynes lead. “He has become one abled list. West Coast swing after
Advance Ohio Media of the best players in the The Indians did not kicking it off with another
game,” said manager Terry trade Kipnis, who is sched- NASCAR Xfinity Series
CLEVELAND — Jose Francona. uled to start at second win.
Ramirez says he doesn’t When a reporter was base. Ramirez, however, Larson overcame strong
know if he’s a celebrity or going through Ramirez’s did not stress about where wind and two late restarts
not. accomplishments from he would play this season. Saturday to earn his ninth
“Ask the fans in the 2017, it was mentioned “I have my same rou- career Xfinity victory at
Dominican about that. that he won the Silver tine,” he said. “Training at Las Vegas Motor Speed-
Or ask the fans up here,” Slugger award for AL third the gym. Training at the way.
Ramirez said through an basemen. beach, where I run in the The 25-year-old Califor-
interpreter at the Indians’ “I won a Silver Slugger?” sand. I take ground balls nian earned his first win
spring-training site in said Ramirez in mock and work on my swing. I on the 1 1/2-mile track in
Goodyear, Ariz. “I don’t surprise. And he said it prepare the same way no Vegas, where he finished
know.” in English, thanks to his matter what. second in both the Xfinity
But when he went home work with team interpreter “In reality, I don’t worry and Cup series races last
to the Dominican Repub- Anna Bolton. about where I’m going to year. AP photo
lic after last season, he An MLB.com video play. I’d play catcher. It Larson claimed the Kyle Larson celebrates after winning Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity
couldn’t go anywhere in taken this winter shows doesn’t matter. I just want lead on the opening lap Series Boyd Gaming 300 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
his hometown of Bani Ramirez returning to the to keep playing and keep and eventually led 142 of
without crowds of children field that he practiced on doing the hard work and
keep giving my very best.”
the 200 laps in his Chip Results 0, 16.
22. (20) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet,
following him. when he was growing up Ganassi Racing Chevrolet. 196, 0, 15.
NASCAR Xfinity-Boyd Gaming 300
“It’s always like that,” in Bani. He tossed rolled He avoided any late-race Saturday
23. (26) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet,
196, 0, 14.
said Ramirez. “When I up fruit boxes to kids, who Giants (ss) 13, Indians 4 fuel trouble when Ryan At Las Vegas Motor Speedway
24. (37) Vinnie Miller, Chevrolet, 196,
Las Vegas, Nev.
go back home the kids go hit them with broom han- Austin Jackson had two Reed blew a tire with 16 Lap length: 1.50 miles 0, 13.
25. (33) Tommy Joe Martins, Chevrolet,
crazy when they see me.” dles. Then he helped other hits, including a double, laps to go, allowing him to (Start position in parentheses)
1. (2) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 200 laps, 195, 0, 12.
Now for the real ques- youngsters with fielding drove in a run and scored gas up for the final push. 0 rating, 0 points. 26. (34) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 195,
0, 11.
tion, do any of them walk drills. twice leading off for San Rookie Christopher Bell 2. (1) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 200,
0, 47. 27. (27) Matt Mills, Chevrolet, 194, 0, 10.
like Ramirez? Before “I think it’s a great Francisco. Mac Williamson finished second in his Joe 3. (12) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 200, 28. (39) Josh Bilicki, Toyota, 189, 0, 9.
29. (21) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, engine,
anyone knew what kind of example for them,” said had three hits, including Gibbs Racing Toyota, and 0, 43.
4. (8) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 200, 0, 0. 185, 0, 8.
player Ramirez would be, Ramirez. “I played on this his third home run, and Justin Allgaier was third. 5. (6) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 200, 30. (40) Stephen Leicht, Toyota, 185,
they knew about his walk. exact same field. There drove in three runs for the Ryan Blaney, the pole-sit- 0, 39.
6. (3) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 200,
0, 7.
31. (38) Mike Harmon, Dodge, 183, 0, 6.
The 5-9 Ramirez walked coaches can say ‘there’s Giants’ split squad. Cleve- ter for Sunday’s Monster 0, 38. 32. (30) Chad Finchum, Chevrolet,
7. (16) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 200,
into the Indians clubhouse Jose Ramirez. He used land starter Josh Tomlin Energy Cup series race, 0, 39.
suspension, 140, 0, 5.
33. (25) Timmy Hill, Dodge, garage,
in 2013 like he’d been to play here.’ It’s a great pitched two innings in his came in fourth ahead of 8. (7) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, 200, 134, 0, 4.
0, 43.
there for 10 years. Head example for those kids.” second start. Elliott Sadler in fifth. 9. (4) Cole Custer, Ford, 200, 0, 38.
34. (15) Austin Cindric, Ford, accident,
132, 0, 3.
up, chin and chest out, he Danny Salazar tells a He allowed five runs on Larson is the 10th 10. (11) Spencer Gallagher, Chevrolet, 35. (35) David Starr, Chevrolet, engine,
200, 0, 27.
was the epitome of no fear story about how Ramirez, six hits and a walk, while consecutive different win- 11. (9) Matt Tifft, Chevrolet, 200, 0, 26.
78, 0, 2.
36. (31) Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet,
and no worries. before he signed with the striking out four. Edwin ner in the Xfinity race in 12. (10) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 200,
suspension, 70, 0, 1.
0, 0.
So have his young fans Indians at 16, played in a Encarnacion homered for Vegas, and the Cup star 13. (19) Michael Annett, Chevrolet,
37. (36) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet,
oilleak, 24, 0, 1.
copied his walk? league in the Dominican the first time for the Indi- was clearly the class of 200, 0, 24.
38. (28) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, vibration,
14. (5) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 200, 0, 0.
Ramirez shook his head against much older play- ans — a two-run shot. the field. He capably navi- 15. (17) Ryan Truex, Chevrolet, 200, 18, 0, 1.
39. (32) Jeff Green, Chevrolet, brakes,
and said, “Yeah, they’ve ers. Some had played in gated wind gusts topping 0, 22.
15, 0, 1.
16. (18) Kaz Grala, Ford, 200, 0, 21.
got their flow going.” Class AA, others were try- Cubs 7, Reds 4 25 mph on the north end 17. (24) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, 200, 40. (22) Dylan Lupton, Ford, accident,
5, 0, 1.
Flow, to Ramirez, can ing to get signed by teams. Starting rotation of the Las Vegas Strip to 0, 20.
Top 10 in Points: 1. T.Reddick, 123;
18. (14) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 199,
mean a person’s walk or Fans would bet on the hopeful Tyler Chatwood earn his fifth consecutive 0, 19. 2. E.Sadler, 123; 3. C.Bell, 100; 4.
the color of their hair. games. If a player hit a pitched two innings and top-three finish in Xfinity 19. (13) Ryan Reed, Ford, 199, 0, 18.
20. (23) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 197, 0, 17.
J.Allgaier, 95; 5. S.Gallagher, 89; 6.
R.Reed, 88; 7. B.Jones, 86; 8. R.Truex,
Ramirez, who has spent home run, sometimes allowed only a walk in his races. 21. (29) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 197, 85; 9. D.Hemric, 84; 10. M.Tifft, 69.
most of his time with there would be money on second outing for Chicago. “This race car is so
the Indians with blond home plate waiting for Kris Bryant, Anthony fast,” Larson said after his three-race trip out West pion. He had never made
or orange hair, has been him. Rizzo and Kyle Schwarber second Xfinity start of the last season. an Xfinity start in Vegas.
outdone this spring by “That’s why he’s so all had hits for the Cubs. season. “It was really fast The Sacramento-area “If I have to run second
his locker mate Francisco good,” said Salazar. Luis Castillo pitched 2 2/3 last year, but you never product finished second in to anyone, running second
Lindor. Not only did Lin- Ramirez was indeed innings in his second start really know. This was my the 2017 Cup series races to him is pretty cool,” Bell
dor get a buzz haircut, he good in 2016, hitting .312 for Cincinnati. Castillo first time with this body, in Las Vegas and Phoenix said of Larson, his good
dyed what was left plati- (176-for-565) with 46 gave up a run on five hits, and it performed well.” before winning at Fontana friend. “Plus, I got him in
num blond. doubles, 11 homers and 76 while striking out four. Yet Larson was uncer- to complete a double with the Chili Bowl.”
Ramirez is planning a RBI. He bounced between Reds’ slugger Joey Votto tain whether his fuel his Xfinity win at Auto Kyle Busch surged back
counterattack. left field, third base and walked in three at-bats would last until the finish, Club Speedway. into 14th, but lost his
“Frankie doesn’t have second base. He scored 84 and remains hitless this but the caution for Reed Bell followed up his hopes of a three-victory
as much flow as I have,” runs and stole 22 bases in spring. allowed Larson to pit. third-place finish in Atlan- weekend. The Las Vegas
said Ramirez. “When the 29 attempts. Larson quickly reclaimed ta with another impressive native won the Truck race
season starts, I’m going to Then he followed it with Rays 7, Tigers 4 the top spot despite falling performance by last sea- from the pole on Friday
have pink hair.” an even better season in Tampa Bay ace Chris behind Tyler Reddick out son’s Truck Series cham- night.
Ramirez, no matter what 2017. Like Lindor, he has Archer didn’t make it out of the pits with 11 laps
his hair color, has been set a hard course for him-
self. Even a good season
of the second inning in his to go, and Larson coolly WILDLIFE
a revelation. The switch- second start. Archer set stayed in front after the
hitter hit .318 (186-for- might not compare to the down just four batters and final restart with seven NUISANCE CONTROL
585) with 56 doubles, 29 last two. allowed two runs on two laps left. Larson was phe- Groundhogs Squirrels
Rats
homers and 83 RBI last “I don’t worry about hits and two walks. nomenal during NASCAR’s
season. He posted a slash pressure,” said Ramirez. “I
Bats
line of .318/.374/.583 and don’t believe in pressure. Raccoons
an OPS of .957. I just go out and do my Cairo Recreation will be hosting Opossums Rabbits
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Division IV district basketball

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Columbus Grove’s Abigail Gladwell puts up a shot against Ottoville’s
Amber Miller during Saturday night’s Division IV district final at
Ottawa-Glandorf.

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Ottoville’s Haley Hoersten puts up a shot against Columbus Grove’s Teyah Sautter, left, and Carlee McCluer during Saturday night’s Division IV
district final at Ottawa-Glandorf. See more district photos at LimaScores.com.

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Leipsic’s Peyton Henry is pressured by Carey’s Sydney Kim during
Saturday night’s Division IV district final at Liberty-Benton.

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Ottawa-Glandorf’s Brianna Schimmoeller eyes a shot while being

defended by Crestview’s Lexi Gregory during Saturday’s Division III
district final at the Elida Fieldhouse.

Titans
From page 1C

and they weren’t going

to let Kadie get anything
easy,” O-G coach Troy
Yant said. “But she single-
handedly put us on her
shoulders in the first quar-
ter, and even through the
second quarter.’’
Hempfling, the Western
Buckeye League player of
the year, started quickly
with 11 first-quarter points
to give the Titans a 13-11
lead after one.
She had four driving
layups and one 3-pointer.
“We relied a lot on threes
against Spencerville and he
(Yant) said we couldn’t do
that this time,” Hempfling
said. “I decided we might
as well go inside. I took
the opportunities that were
given to me and I drove the
lane the whole first quar-
ter.’’
O-G led 27-21 at the half.
O-G took the lead to stay
19-16 on a Kasey Eller-
brock 3-pointer. Ellerbrock
hit a pair of 3-pointers in
the second quarter.
Brianna Schimmoeller
scored five of her seven
points in the second to take
some of the heavy lifting off
Hempfling.
Crestview stayed close by
way of Paige Motycka and
Lexi Gregory.
Gregory had 19 points,
with four 3-pointers, and
nine rebounds.
Motycka, the Northwest
Conference player of the
year, had 14 points, six
Ottawa-Glandorf’s Ashley
Schroeder puts up a shot during
Saturday’s Division III district
final at the Elida Fieldhouse.
rebounds and two 3-point-
ers.
Defensively, Motcyka
guarded Hempfling in
the man and Hempfling
watched Motckya most of
the time in the O-G man.
“I thought we did a
good job of holding Paige
Motycka down,” Yant said.
“We rotated back and forth
with freshman Kelsey
Erford and Kadie, who
played Kadie basketball.’’
Crestview was 4 of 7 at
the half on 3-pointers and
was 6 of 9 after Bailey
Gregory’s 3-pointer with
five minutes left in the
third quarter.
That brought Crestview
within 35-27.
But the Knights, who
play just seven players,
began to wear down after
that.
The rest of the way the
Knights were 3 of 13 on
3-pointers.
“They do such a great
job of pressuring you and
Ottawa-Glandorf’s Kadie Hempfling finds a path to the basket during Saturday’s Division III district final at the Elida Fieldhouse. See more
district photos at LimaScores.com.
making you make mis-
takes,” Crestview coach
Mark Gregory said. “They
got too many of those
extra rebounds and we
had too many turnovers.
“I thought if we took
care of the basketball and
rebounded, we could hang
with them. But in the sec-
ond half we struggled to
make some shots. … In the
second half, we got tuck-
ered out a little bit and
left some shots short.’’
O-G, which loves to
full-court press, used very
little press on Saturday.
Instead, it pressured with
man and zone in the half-
court.
The result was 22 Crest-
view turnovers, many
turning into fast-break
points at the other end.
“We were afraid if we
got into a full-court, man-
to-man they would just
run into us,” Yant said.
We wanted to back it off.’’
O-G led 45-30 after
three quarters.
Crestview won the
boards, 25-24.
O-G shot 41 percent
from the floor and was 4
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of 17 on 3-pointers.
Crestview shot 38 per-
cent and was 7 of 20 on
3-pointers.
Hempfling hit the floor
hard after a collision with
a Crestview player with
1:54 to go. Crestview was
called for an intentional
foul and Hempfling left
the game for good.
“I made my free throw,
walked back a little bit
and I don’t know if she
was boxing me out, but I Crestview’s Paige Motcyka
felt the contact,” Hemp- puts up a shot against Ottawa-
fling said. “I fell on my Glandorf’s Carrie Johnson during
hip, but I’m OK.’’ Saturday’s Division III district
final at the Elida Fieldhouse.

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District wrestling

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Ottawa-Glandorf’s Daniel Beemer tries to pin Justin Wieging of Delphos St. John’s during Saturday’s Division III district at Hobart Arena in Troy.

Ottawa-Glandorf’s Danny Rosales holds the

advantage against Mechanicsburg’s Dustin Knapp
during Saturday’s Division III district at Hobart
Arena in Troy.

Bluffton’s Deandre Nassar, right, brings Greenon’s Levi Morrison to the mat during Saturday’s Division III district at Hobart Arena in Troy. See more district
photos at LimaScores.com.

Lima Central Catholic’s Joey Caprella tries to flip

Milton Union’s Dylan Schenck during Saturday’s
Division III district at Hobart Arena in Troy.

Ottawa-Glandorf’s Grant Goecke, left, competes

against Miami Valley Christian Academy’s Seth
Henderson during Saturday’s Division III district at
Hobart Arena in Troy.
Allen East’s Drake Carmean, left, competes against Bethel-Tate’s Trey Sander during Saturday’s Division III district at Hobart Arena in Troy.
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Ada’s Chase Sumner gets the advantage against Troy Christian’s Austin Awan during Saturday’s Division III district at Hobart Arena in Troy.
Allen East’s Chase Caprella competes against Troy Christian
during Saturday’s Division III district at Hobart Arena in Troy.
Wrestlers
From page 1C
Freeman (37-13) went
on to place fourth, as he
lost a tough match to Mid-
dletown Madison’s Drew
Price, 10-8.
“I wanted to go out big, I
guess,” Freeman said with
a smile. “I came a long way
from last year. I didn’t even
make it here (districts). I
was fifth at sectionals —
an alternate for districts.
It’s an amazing feeling to
come this far.”
Freeman’s teammate,
Chase Caprella, defeated
River Valley’s Jacob
Edwards in his consolation
bout at 113 pounds, 8-4, to
notch his spot for the state
tournament. Caprella went
on to finish third Saturday,
as he defeated Cincinnati
Country Day’s Max Boaz
5-2. Caprella (38-2) will be
making his second trip to
the state tournament.
“Oh man, it’s crazy,”
Caprella said in reference
to the consolation semifi-
nal match. “But, they say
that ‘pressure makes dia-
monds.’”
Caprella wants to do
more than just compete at
the state tournament.
“(I want) to win it,” he
said. “That’s the biggest
goal.”
In the most highly-antic-
ipated match of the day,
Lima Central Catholic’s
Joey Caprella faced Ada’s
Chase Sumner in the finals
of the 145-pound weight
class. Saturday’s bout
between these two was a
rematch of last weekend’s
sectional title match at
LCC, in which Caprella
won 12-3 over Sumner.
Sumner (32-3), a senior,
is a two-time state-placer.
Caprella, a junior, (40-0)
will be making his first trip
to the state tournament.
In Saturday’s finals, Cap-
rella pinned Sumner in the
early moments of the third
period.
“I knew what he (Sum-
ner) was going to come
Ottawa-Glandorf’s Isaac Hernandez battles Legacy Christian’s Tommy
Hoskins during Saturday’s Division III district at Hobart Arena in Troy.
Allen East’s Lucas Freeman
tries to escape the hold of Troy
Christian’s Jared Ford during
Saturday’s Division III district at
Hobart Arena in Troy.
Coldwater’s Brian Chmielewski
gets the advantage against
Covington’s Cael Vanderhorst
during Saturday’s Division III
district at Hobart Arena in Troy.
out and do,” Caprella said.
“I knew he would be on
his offense right away. I
thought I did a good job
of slowing him down in
the first period. (There
were) a couple close calls
of me going to my back,
but I kept my composure.
I knew he was going to get
tired by the third period.
The third period is when it
happens.”
In the final team stand-
ings at Troy, Ottawa-
Glandorf had the best
team performance, finish-
ing third with 99.5 points.
Miami East won the title
with 140 points, while
Troy Christian (135) was
a close second. Coldwater
(seventh, 76) and Allen
East (eighth, 75) were two
other local teams that fin-
ished in the top 10 overall
spots.
“The group, as a whole,
is really well-rounded,”
O-G coach Randy Eller-
brock said. “They wrestled
really well. It is, what it is,
down here. Team-wise, we
wrestled really well.”
O-G’s Daniel Beemer
continued his domination.
On Saturday, Beemer
won the district title at
SPORTS
Results
Division III District
At Troy
Top 5/area teams: 1. Miami East 140, 2.
Troy Christian 135, 3. Ottawa-Glandorf
99.5, 4. Bethel-Tate 90, 5. Covington
79, 7. Coldwater 76, 8. Allen East 75, 9.
Indian Lake 73, 15. Columbus Grove
36, 18. Bluffton 34, 19. LCC 32, 28.
Ada 21.5, 38. Delphos St. John’s 8, 39.
Cory-Rawson 7, 41. Spencerville 6.5, 55.
Parkway and Lincolnview 0.
First-, third-, fifth-place matches
involving area wrestlers
First Place
120: Graham Shore (Miami East) pinned
Drake Carmean (Allen East), 3:21
145: Joey Caprella (LCC) pinned Chase
Sumner (Ada), 4:24
160: Dylan Knotts (Indian Lake) won by
default Grant Goecke (Ottawa-Glandorf)
170: Kellen Calhoun (Bethel) dec. Danny
Rosales (Ottawa-Glandorf), 5-2
182: Daniel Beemer (Ottawa-Glandorf)
pinned Garrett Neth (Allen East), 1:54
195: Deandre Nassar (Bluffton) pinned
Zach Banks (Mid. Madison), 5:43
220: Brenden Dalton (Miami East) dec.
Cole Mefford (Indian Lake), 5-4
285: Brian Stears (Williamsburg) pinned
182 pounds, when he
pinned Allen East’s Garrett
Neth in the championship
match. Beemer is now 37-0
on the season.
At least year’s state tour-
nament, Beemer placed
fourth at 195 pounds. The
year before, he placed fifth
at 182.
“My mission is to hope-
fully finish on top of that
podium this coming week,”
Beemer said. “Right now,
since it’s postseason, you
want to just get off the
mat as quick as possible –
hopefully not get injured
and stay healthy.”
Beemer will be joined at
the state tournament by
teammates Grant Goecke
(second, 160) and Danny
Rosales (second, 170).
Goecke looked to be in
contention in his champi-
onship match against Indi-
an Lake’s Dylan Knotts,
but was forced to default
with an injury, as he land-
ed hard on his shoulder.
“I’m very hopeful it’s
nothing serious,” Coach
Ellerbrock said about
Goecke’s injury. “Two
years ago, he (Goecke) was
a 15-win kid. So, he’s come
a long way. He deserves to
end better than that.”
Bluffton’s Deandre Nas-
sar won the title at 195
Saturday. In the finals,
Nassar (38-1) pinned Mid-
dletown Madison’s Zach
Banks in the finals. Nassar
Photos by Don Speck | The Lima News
Thomas Schwieterman (Coldwater),
2:50
Third Place
113: Chase Caprella (Allen East) dec.
Max Boaz (Cin. Co. Day), 5-2
138: Drew Price (Mid. Madison) dec.
Lucas Freeman (Allen East), 10-8
182: Connor Dixon (Indian Lake) forfeit
over Damon Beatty (Troy Christian)
220: Bradley Lewis (Bethel-Tate) pinned
Dylan Sargent (Columbus Grove), 4:52
285: Jeffrey Ware (Versailles) dec. Jeff
Meyer (Columbus Grove), 3-1
Fifth Place
113: Jacob Edwards (Bid. River Valley)
dec. Brian Chmielewski (Coldwater),
14-7
126: Tyler Bauer (Wayne Trace) pinned
Isaac Hernandez (Ottawa-Glandorf),
0:59
132: Ben Stroud (Mechanicsburg) maj.
dec. Justin Sigler (Coldwater), 8-0
152: Josh Fink (Coldwater) dec. John
Cline (East Clinton), 10-6
160: Seth Obringer (Coldwater) maj.
dec. Devin Oligee (Mid. Madison). 10-0
182: Quincy Brown (Mid. Madison) dec.
Justin Wieging (Del. St. John’s), 2-0
195: Major Stratton (West Liberty-
Salem) pinned Matt Schmersal (Ottawa-
Glandorf), 1:23
will be making his second
trip to the state tourna-
ment.
Allen East will be send-
ing four wrestlers to the
state tournament.
Besides Freeman, Cap-
rella and Neth advancing
to the state tournament —
freshman Drake Carmean
placed second at 120 at
Troy. Carmean (36-5) was
pinned in the second peri-
od by Miami East’s Gra-
ham Shore in the finals.
Columbus Grove will be
sending its first wrestlers
to the state tournament
since the 2012 campaign.
Freshman Jeff Meyer
(36-11) placed fourth at
285, while sophomore
Dylan Sargent (40-9) fin-
ished fourth at 220.
“A freshman and sopho-
more – I’m really happy,”
Columbus Grove coach
Eric Siefker said. “It’s nice
to get a chance to get them
down there and get some
experience.”
Other area wrestlers
finishing in the top four
of their respective weight
classes and advancing to
the state tournament were
Indian Lake’s Cole Mefford
(second, 220) and Con-
nor Dixon (third, 182),
and Coldwater’s Thomas
Schwieterman (second,
285).
Reach The Lima News sports
department at 567-242-0451.
Friday’s area boys
basketball sectional
finals summaries
Division I
Lima Senior 61, Springfield 54
at Fostoria
HOLLAND SPRINGFIELD
Densel Prince 18, Terrel Bryant
18, Logan McCormick 8, Tyler Dave 7,
Jakob Pecina 5. Totals: 16–20–54
LIMA SENIOR —
Jaleel King 12, Jainaz Cameron
9, Jatsiel Colon 8, Cory Clair 6,
Jaleel Long 6, Jourdyn Rawlins 6,
Bryan Miller Jr. 5, Greg Johnson 4,
Jermaine Daniel 3, Jadakis Mack 2.
Totals: 22–16–61
Score by quarters:
Springfield 12 10 15 17 — 54
LS 17 13 14 17 — 61
3-point goals: S–Prince 1, Pecina
1 ; LS–Daniel 1
Records: Lima Senior 12-11,
Springfield 6-17
Division II
Defiance 43, Elida 40
at Lima Senior
DEFIANCE
DJ Dobson 9, Will Lammers
10, James Seele 6, Tyrel Goings 8,
Easton Gerken 7, Cadenn Kline 2,
Nasir Mitchell 1. Totals: 14-7-43.
ELIDA
Isaac McAdams 12, Donte
Johnson 11,Skyler Smith 4, Dan
Unruh 12, Max Parker 2. Totals:
15-8-40.
Score by quarters:
Defiance 12 05 06 20 — 43
Elida 5 12 07 16 — 40
3-point goals: Defiance–
Lammers 2, Dobson 2, Seele 2,
Goings 1, Gerken 1; Elida – Unruh
2, Smith 1.
Records: Defiance 11-14, Elida
18-5
Shawnee 48,
Wapakoneta 46 (OT)
at Lima Senior
SHAWNEE
Riley Rosado 2, Johnny Caprella
8, Sweeny 2, Justin Behnke 11 Tyler
Moore 6, Sheridan O’Neal 12, Tyson
Elwer 6. Totals: 14-9-48
WAPAKONETA
Gage Shenk 12, Nick Schoonover
13, Aaron Good 1, Jace Copeland 3,
Adam Scott 17. Totals:14-14-46.
Score by quarters:
Wapakoneta 16 7 9 10 4— 46
Shawnee 12 6 15 09 6— 48
3-point goals: Shawnee – Justin
Behnke 2, Johnny Caprella 1,
Sheridan O’ Neal 1; Wapakoneta –
Nick Schoonover 3, Adam Scott 1
Records: Shawnee 17-7,
Wapakoneta 15-9
Wauseon 51, Celina 19
at Findlay High School
WAUSEON
Dawson Rupp 4, Trent Armstrong
9, Dalton Rice 1, Owen Newlove 10,
Brooks Gype 8, Austin Rotroff 14,
Levi Seiler 5. Totals: 21-5-51.
CELINA
Brett Schwieterman 3, Kole
Murlin 6, Kyle Flaute 5, Corbin
Murphy 3, Drake Langenkamp 2.
Totals: 6-3-19.
Score by quarters:
Wauseon 10 21 15 5 — 51
Celina 2 0 11 6 — 19
3-point goals: W — Trent
Armstrong 1, Brooks Gype 2, Levi
Seiler 1; C — Brett Schwieterman 1,
Kole Murlin 1, Kyle Flaute 1, Corbin
Murphy 1.
Records: Wauseon 23-0; Celina
6-14.
Division III
Paulding 35, Tinora 32
at Miller City
PAULDING
Jaret Miller 8, Austin Howell 6,
Marcus Miller 6, Carson Shull 5,
Logan Bradford 5, Blake McGarvey 4,
Ethan Rhonehouse 1 Totals: 11–9–35
TINORA
Ryan Mohr 12, Tyler Norden
9, Landon Rinkel 6, Brady Bumb
2, Conor Gilbert 2, Isaiah Colon 1
Totals: 12–2–32
Score by quarters:
Paulding 12 8 7 8 —
Tinora 9 9 6 8 — 32
35
3-point goals: P– M. Miller 2,
Manz 1, Shull 1 ; T– Mohr 4, Norden 2
Records: Paulding 17-7, Tinora
13-10
Ottawa-Glandorf 89,
Spencerville 42
At Miller City
OTTAWA-GLANDORF
Braden Fortman 4, Jay Kaufman
27, Chad Duling 7, Carter Heringhaus
17, Ethan White 3, Jake Dible 14,
Richie Knowlton 11, Trevor Siefker 3,
Aaron Rieman 3. Totals: 35-12-89.
SPENCERVILLE
Drew Armstead 12, Kale Lee 2,
Jackson Goecke 4, Keegan Goecke
9, Dalton Prichard 5, Ben Dues 10.
Totals: 17-6-42.
Score by Quarters:
Ottawa-Glandorf 16 25 26 22 - 98
Spencerville 8 16 14 4 - 42
3-point goals: S-Prichard; OG-
Heringhaus 5, Kaufman, Duling.
Records: Ottawa-Glandorf 22-1,
Spencerville 3-20.
Division IV
Pandora-Gilboa 61, Holgate 30
at Van Buren
HOLGATE
Briseno 8, C. Sonnenberg 7, B.
Sonnenberg 6, Wenner 3, Casillas
2, Waisner 2, A. Casillas 2 Totals:
15–2–30
PANDORA-GILBOA
Jared Breece 17, Cooper
McCullough 9, Drew Johnson 9, Eli
Phillips 8, Chase Hoffman 5, Cole
Schwab 5, Grant Murphy 4, Josh
Wauters 2, Riley Larcom 2 Totals:
21–15–61
Score by quarters:
Holgate 4 6 7 13 — 30
P-G 9 18 17 17 — 61
3-point goals: H-B. Sonnenberg
2, C. Sonnenberg 2, Briseno 1,
Wenner 1– ; P-G–Hoffman 1,
McCullough 1, Johnson 1, Phillips 1
Records: Pandora-Gilboa 22-1,
Holgate 1-22
Miller City 75, Cory-Rawson 42
at Van Buren
CORY-RAWSON
Nathan Zuercher 15, Tommy
Stauffer 12, Carson Houck 8, Eric
Ritter 5, Z Roebke 2 Totals: 17–4–42
MILLER CITY
Mitch Gable 19, Noah Otto 16,
Wesley Gerten 14, Mark Kuhlman 12,
Luke Lammers 6, Tyler Schroeder 6,
Jacob Koenig 2 Totals: 31–4–75
Score by quarters:
C-R 9 11 17 5 — 42
MC 23 17 17 18 — 75
3-point goals: C-R–Zuercher 2,
Ritter 1, Houck 1 ; MC–Gerten 7, Otto
3, Kuhlman 3, Gable 2, Lammers 2
Records: Miller City 14-9, Cory-
Rawson 10-14
Marion Local 63, Temple
Christian 33
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At Bath
MARION LOCAL
Nathan Bruns 19, Tyler Mescher 19,
Tyler Prenger 9, Matt Rethman 5, Collin
Everman 4, Jack Buening 3, Justin Albers
2, Ryan Koenig 2. Totals: 27-3-63.
TEMPLE CHRISTIAN
Noah Howell 13, Brody Bowman 8,
Dakota Clay 5, Ethan DeLeon 4, Dawson
Draper 3. Totals: 13-3-33.
Score by quarters:
Marion Local 9 17 19 18 — 63
Temple Christian 9 13 9 2 — 33
3-point goals: Marion Local – Prenger
3, Bruns, Buening, Rethman; Temple
Christian – Howell 3, Draper.
Records: Marion Local 19-4; Temple
Christian 13-11.
New Bremen 72, Upper Scioto
Valley 35
at Bath
NEW BREMEN
Avery Powers 21, Nolan Bornhorst 12,
Grant Hoehne, Luke Vonderhaar 11, Koby
Paul 10, Jacob Rindler 3, Caleb Alig 1,
Andrew Bowers 1, Brandon Heitkamp 1.
Totals: 28-11-72.
UPPER SCIOTO VALLEY
Kirkland Rohrs 13, Wayne Lowery 7,
Dylan Thompson 7, Quinn Sanders 4,
Wyatt Daniels 3, Brady Hipsher 1. Totals:
14-1-35.
Score by quarters:
New Bremen 19 14 24 15 — 72
USV 13 3 17 2 — 35
3-point goals: NB – Powers 4,
Hoehne; USV – Rohrs 3, Daniels, Lowery,
Thompson.
Records: New Bremen 11-13; USV 18-5.
Minster 78, New Knoxville 53
at Coldwater
MINSTER
Jared Schulze 19, Isaac Schmiedsing
15, Jack Heitbrink 11, Mike Ketner 9, Alex
Lehmkuhl 9, Jared Huelsman 7, Adam
Knapke 5, Trent Roegterman 2, Cody
Frericks 1. Totals: 28-10-78.
NEW KNOXVILLE
Nathan Tinnerman 16, Ben Lammers
14, Jonah Lageman 11, Jack Bartholomew
5, Jared Osborn 4, Andrew Poppe 3.
Totals: 21-5-53.
Score by quarters:
Minster 29 15 17 17 — 78
New Knoxville 11 10 14 18 — 53
3-point goals: Minster – Schmiedsing
5, Heitbrink 3, Ketner 2, Huelsman,
Knapke; New Knoxville – Lammers 3,
Bartholomew, Lageman, Tinnerman.
Records: Minster 15-7; New Knoxville
7-17.
St. Henry 59, Waynesfield-Goshen 26
at Coldwater
ST. HENRY
Tyler Schlarman 17, Zach Niekamp 14,
Parker Link 9, Curtis Uhlenhake 6, Riley
Link 3, Caden Niekamp 3, Ryan Bruening
2, Ryan Luttmer 2. Totals: 21-5-59.
WAYNESFIELD-GOSHEN
Layton Campbell 7, Tanner Hurley
6, Brock Waitman 6, Kale Kaufman 4,
Britton Elliot 2, Joel Rickle 1. Totals:
10-4-26.
Score by quarters:
St. Henry 13 30 10 6 — 59
W-G 7 6 8 6 — 27
3-point goals: St. Henry – Schlarman
4, Link 3, Unlenhake 2, Link, C. Niekamp,
Thieman; W-G – Campbell, Hurley.
Records: St. Henry 20-3; W-G 7-17.
Ottoville 69, Fort Jennings 53
at Van Wert
OTTOVILLE
Josh Thorbahn 25, Logan Kemper
18, Ryan Bendele 11, Ryan Suever 8,
Nick Moorman 3, Drew Fisher 2, Andy
Schimmoeller 2. Totals: 18-25-69.
FORT JENNINGS
Ian Finn 22, Erik Klausing 12, Brendon
Wehri 11, Jeff Horstman 5, Luke Trentman
3. Totals: 15-13-53.
Score by quarters:
Ottoville 15 22 18 14 — 69
Ft. Jennings 8 7 27 11 — 53
3-point goals: Ottoville – Thorbahn
3, Bendele 2, Kemper 2, Moorman; Ft.
Jennings – Finn 6, Klausing 4.
Records: Ottoville 18-5; Fort Jennings
15-8.
Kalida 47, Patrick Henry 37
At Ottawa-Glandorf
KALIDA
Trevor Lambert 16, Owen Recker 2,
Braden Decker 6, Luke Erhart 10, Grant
Laudick 13. Totals: 16-9-47.
PATRICK HENRY
Jarrett Maas 8, Xavier Wensink 14,
Kaiden McGraw 3, Christen Peterson 7,
Kolton Holloway 5. Totals: 15-2-37.
Score by Quarters:
Kalida 16 8 9 14 - 47
Patrick Henry 10 13 0 14 - 37
3-point goals: K-Lambert 3, Decker
2, Erhart; PH-Maas, Wensink,McGraw,
Peterson, Holloway.
Records: Kalida 17-6, Patrick Henry
10-14.
Columbus Grove 69, North
Baltimore 46
At Ottawa-Glandorf
COLUMBUS GROVE
Blake Reynolds 7, Grayson Flores 3,
Logan Schroeder 17, Tayt Birnesser 18,
Logan Malsam 16, Garrett Nemire 2, Dane
Selby 1, Kurt Griffith 3, Cody Johnson 2.
Totals: 19-26-69.
NORTH BALTIMORE
Levi Gazarek 9, Julian Hegemyer 6,
Adam Flores 3, Tyler Durfey 11, Brady
Rader 8, Noah Cotterman 2, Clayton
Heineman 2, Chase Naugle 2, Brayden
Holloway 3. Totals: 17-10-46.
Score by Quarters:
Columbus Grove 22 14 13 20 - 69
North Baltimore 6 19 6 15 - 46
3-point goals: CG-Birnesser 2,
Schroeder, Malsam, Griffith; NB-Gazarek,
Durfey.
Records: Columbus Grove 11-13, North
Baltimore 17-6.
Hicksville 58, Delphos St. John’s 57
At Paulding
HICKSVILLE
Payton Tunis 15, Michael Myers 2, Jake
Greer 14, Parker Thiel 17, Landon Turnbull
10. Totals: 19-17-58.
DELPHOS ST. JOHN’S
Lucas Metcalfe 3, Curtis Schwinnen
1, Jared Wurst 14, Richard Cocuzza 16,
Brady Parish 5, Brady Grothaus 5, Colin
Will 10, Grant Csukker 3. Totals: 24-5-57.
Score by Quarters:
Delphos St. John;s 13 17 12 15 - 57
Hicksville 15 9 19 15 - 58
3-point goals: H-Tunis, Greer, Turnbull;
DSJ-Metcalfe,Wurst 2, Csukker.
Records: Delphos St. John’s 14-8,
Hicksville 19-5.
8C Sunday, March 4, 2018 SPORTS The Lima News

AREA ROUNDUP

Wapak duo win district wrestling titles

By Mike Purdy
mpurdy@limanews.com
NORWALK — Wapa-
koneta’s Evan Kaeck
(220 pounds) and Brenan
Knueve (285) won cham-
pionships as Wapakoneta
finished sixth (74) at the
Division II wrestling dis-
trict Saturday.
Van Wert’s Isaiah Bretz
(138) and Bath’s Collin
Mell (145) were each sec-
ond.
Van Wert’s Gabe Steyer
(132) was third and also
earning a trip to state
with fourth-place finishes
were Wapak’s Zac Miller
(195) and Shawnee’s
Bobby Grothjan (285).
Division I district
HILLARD — Lima
Senior’s Naeem Russell
lost to Marysville’s Jake
Marsch in the 152-pound
final, but earned a spot
at state with his runner-
up finish. Russell’s effort
earned the Spartans a
26th-place finish with 21
points. Lancaster (170
points) won the team
event.
Girls basketball
Minster 53,
Fort Recovery 40
WAPAKONETA —
Minster advanced to the
Division IV Sweet 16 with at the Polar Bear Final Men’s basketball Men’s lacrosse
the district championship Qualifier at the Kinghorn Fabian on first team McDaniel 11, ONU 8
victory. Fieldhouse. Ohio State Lima/Rhodes WESTMINSTER,
Courtney Prenger had No team scores were State’s Elijah Fabian has Md. — The Ohio North-
18 and Demaris Wolfe kept in the meet. been named to the All- ern men’s lacrosse team
scored 12 for Minster. Harris’ final toss of 41 Ohio Regional Campus dropped its first contest
Val Muhlenkamp had 12 feet, 9.25 inches broke the Conference first team. of the season at McDaniel
points and Grace Thien record, earning her fourth Teammate Josh Simmons (Md.).
scored eight for Fort in the event. received honorable men- The Polar Bears fell to
Recovery. The relay team of Wapa- tion honors. 3-1 on the season, while
koneta graduate Taylor McDaniel moved to 2-2
Colleges Fisher, Avery Ewing, Women’s basketball overall.
Women’s track and field Taylor Lavey and Emily Hoyt on top squad Cameron Marous and
ONU records fall Richards capped the meet Ohio State Lima/Rhodes Shane Olsen led the way
ADA — Tia Harris off with a time of 3:56.22 State’s Sara Hoyt has been for the Polar Bears with
broke a 10-year-old school to finish first in the event. named to the All-ORCC two goals each, while
record in the shot put and They will wait to see if first team and team- Anthony Pavone added a
the 4 x 400-meter relay they made the field for mates Deb Paul and Kylee game-best two assists.
team shattered the school the 2018 National Cham- Hooker earned honorable
record to lead Ohio North- pionships in Birmingham, mention selection. Reach Mike Purdy at 567-242-0451.
ern indoor team Saturday Alabama.

No. 13 OSU Ottoville

and I thought our press
created enough havoc that
they (Columbus Grove)
had trouble getting into
she said.
Comparing this year’s
district championship
and last year’s, she said,
to take more of a leader-
ship role.
“It’s the same because
we always work well

women edge
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their offense.” “It’s just as exciting, it’s together and we’re close-
Knippen said the goal definitely exciting getting knit and it’s different
“I was tempted to put during that stretch in the back to district and win- because our seniors last
them in. If it had gotten second quarter was “just ning it. We’re ready for year played such a big role

Minnesota
INDIANAPOLIS —
Kelsey Mitchell scored 30 Scores
points, Stephanie Mavun- Men
EAST
ga had 26 points, a Big Cornell 86, Dartmouth 75
Ten Conference Tourna- Delaware 86, Elon 79
Drexel 70, James Madison 62
ment record 21 rebounds
and seven blocks, and
No. 13 Ohio State used
Fairfield 90, Niagara 77
Hartford 71, New Hampshire 60
Harvard 93, Columbia 74
LIU Brooklyn 78, Fairleigh Dickinson 77
a late run to edge fourth- Penn 99, Brown 93
Providence 61, St. John’s 57
seeded Minnesota 90-88 Saint Joseph’s 78, La Salle 70
in a semifinal game on Stony Brook 69, Albany (NY) 60
Syracuse 55, Clemson 52
Saturday. UMBC 89, Mass.-Lowell 77
The top-seeded Buck- VCU 83, Fordham 58
Vermont 75, Maine 60
eyes didn’t secure a Villanova 97, Georgetown 73
spot in the champion- Wagner 75, Robert Morris 64
Yale 94, Princeton 90, OT
ship game until Carlie SOUTH
Wagner’s 12-foot jumper Alabama A&M 66, Jackson St. 59
Appalachian St. 76, Coastal Carolina 67
from the right of the lane Arkansas St. 83, Louisiana-Monroe 79
Auburn 79, South Carolina 70
bounced off the rim as Charlotte 85, FAU 78
time expired. Ohio State ETSU 77, Chattanooga 59
Florida 80, Kentucky 67
(26-6) faces second-seed- Florida St. 85, Boston College 76
ed Maryland for the title Georgia Southern 89, Troy 83
Georgia St. 90, South Alabama 75
tonight. Georgia Tech 64, Wake Forest 56
Grambling St. 66, Alabama St. 64
LSU 78, Mississippi St. 57
Michigan 75, Marshall 76, Middle Tennessee 67
No. 2 Michigan State 64 McNeese St. 69, Lamar 60
Miami 69, Virginia Tech 68
NEW YORK (AP) — Murray St. 68, Belmont 51
Mo Wagner scored 14 NC State 76, Louisville 69
Old Dominion 79, FIU 53
of his 15 points after a Prairie View 77, Southern U. 69
dreadful first half and Richmond 93, George Mason 79
SE Louisiana 69, Nicholls 57
fifth-seeded Michigan Southern Miss. 72, Louisiana Tech 64
Tennessee 66, Georgia 61
moved within a game of Texas Southern 78, Alcorn St. 71
its second straight Big UAB 101, W. Kentucky 73
UNC-Greensboro 72, The Citadel 58
Ten Tournament title. Virginia 62, Notre Dame 57
Muhammad-Ali Abdur- Wofford 73, Mercer 53
MIDWEST
Rahkman and Zavier Cent. Michigan 84, W. Michigan 71
Simpson also had 15 for Chicago St. 96, UMKC 82
Dayton 88, George Washington 78
the No. 15 Wolverines Illinois St. 76, S. Illinois 68, OT
(27-7), who were also Kansas St. 77, Baylor 67
Loyola of Chicago 62, Bradley 54
the last team to beat No. Marquette 85, Creighton 81
2 Michigan State (29-4), Michigan 75, Michigan St. 64
Missouri 77, Arkansas 67
when they did it on Jan. Purdue 78, Penn St. 70
13. S. Dakota St. 66, W. Illinois 60
Wright St. 87, Green Bay 72
Miles Bridges had 17
points to lead Michi-
gan State, which had a with 33 points.
13-game winning streak
snapped. Lima Senior Xavier 65, DePaul 62
graduate Xavier Simpson CHICAGO — Trevon
15 points, seven rebounds Bluiett scored 22 points,
and two assists. for and No. 3 Xavier (27-4,
Michigan. 15-3) set a school record
for regular-season wins
Purdue 78, Penn State 70 while clinching the top
NEW YORK — Carsen seed in the Big East.
Edwards scored 27 points Brandon Cyrus led
and No. 8 Purdue (28- DePaul (11-19, 4-14) with
5) pulled away to reach a career-high 20 points.
the Big Ten Tournament
championship game for Dayton 88,
the second time in three George Washington 78
seasons. DAYTON — Darrell
Elida graduate Dakota Davis posted 20 points
Mathias had 15 points, or better for the seventh
six rebounds, five assists, time this season and led
a block and a steal for five players into double-
Purdue. figure scoring as Dayton
Purdue frustrated con- (14-16, 8-10) knocked off
ference scoring leader George Washington (14-
Tony Carr, holding him to 17, 7-11) in the Atlantic
4-of-18 shooting and 12 10 Conference regular
points. Shep Garner led season finale for both
the Nittany Lions (21-12) schools.
closer I probably would don’t let them get hot.” regional.” on the team and all of us
have put one or two of “We had to play really Landin said there were seniors this year had to
them in but the other girls good defense. It didn’t similarities between the step into their spots. It
did a good job of holding really matter if we scored two district wins but with was tough at first but I
their own,” Kleman said. offensively, we just had to one big difference. This think we’re starting to get
“They rebounded well stop them defensively,” year her senior class had it down now,” she said.
ing tentative and hitting fourth quarter, the Vikings and Carlee Siefker,” Kre-
Vikings home runs.”
Coming into the game,
would go on a modest 7-2
run in the first two min-
inbrink said. “Those girls
are pretty long. That helps
From page 1C the Vikings knew Sydney utes of the final stanza to us and it makes every shot
Kim, averaging 18.1 points open up its biggest lead, contested.”
Thursday. This marks a game, needed to be 41-29 with a little more While the Vikings’
the first district title for contained if Leipsic was than five minutes left in defense shut down the
Leipsic in five years. going to have any shot of the game and Carey would Blue Devils, Leipsic’s
“I am really proud of our winning and after the tal- never recover. offense, led by Lammers
kids,” Leipsic head coach ented Carey post pumped The Blue Devils would and Kierra Meyer, paved
Gary Kreinbrink said. in 10 first half points, it never get closer than eight the way to the win. Lam-
“This was a team at the appeared this might spell for the remainder of the mers finished with 22
beginning of the year that trouble for the Vikings in game. Not only did the points and teammate
really projected out to not the second half. Vikings force 12 turnovers Meyer added 17 points.
have this kind of season But in the second half, in the final two periods, Both Vikings grabbed six
but they didn’t give up and the Vikings’ smothering Leipsic would be a effi- boards each.
played hard all year and I defense clamped down on cient 16 of 19 from the free Kim finished with 13
am proud of them.” Kin and company and that throw line in the fourth points and 12 rebounds.
Leipsic’s Heather Lam- would propel Leipsic to period to secure the win. In addition to shutting
mers said this team was the win. “Obviously we were down Kin, the Vikings did
ready to play and did have Up 25-20 going into the really concerned about a great job on the perim-
something to prove. third period, Lammers Kin and we said before the eter as the Blue Devils
“We haven’t been to opened up the scoring by game were going to hold were 6 of 15 from behind
regionals as a team so that popping to a 3-pointer to her under 15 and that is the 3-point arc. Destiny
was a goal,” Lammers said. give the Vikings an eight- what we did,” Kreinbrink DeFeo, who came into the
“Twenty two wins that was point advantage. However, said. game, hitting 46 percent of
history for our basketball Kin responded with a trey Kreinbrink mixed up his her 3-pointers, was 2-of-7
program and we knew that of her own at the 7:08 defense, going man-to-man from treyland.
this game was going to mark. to a 2-3 zone, and it was Blue Devils head coach
leave a legacy for us in the But that would be Kin’s effective in keeping Carey Phil Vaughn said they
program and now we want last points of the game as off balance. Also any time knew Leipsic had length
to keep going.” Leipsic upped its defensive Kin touched the ball she on the outside.
Kreinbrink added that pressure that would see was surrounded by a horde “They had a lot of deflec-
he talked to the team in the Vikings close out the of Vikings. tions on our three’s and
the morning and told them third period with a small Leipsic also did a great even contested a lot of
they were going to come in 5-1 run in the final five job of shutting down the three’s and we really didn’t
aggressive and as he put it minutes to give them a Blue Devil’s perimeter get a lot of good looks,”
to use a baseball analogy 35-29 advantage going into shooting. Vaughn said. “At the same
“we are going to hit home the final eight minutes. “We do have some time they were jamming
runs tonight. We are not Maintaining that same length on our perimeter Sydney Kim and she
taking pitches and not play- defensive pressure in the with Heather Lammers couldn’t get loose.”
State scores
Girls Basketball Elyria Cath. 56, Rocky River Lutheran W. 47 Region 16 Uniontown Lake 54, Dover 42
Division I Newton Falls 41, Atwater Waterloo 27 Covington 54, Legacy Christian 42 Warren Harding 47, Twinsburg 42
Region 2 Region 10 Ft. Loramie 57, Cedarville 45 Wooster 55, Massillon Washington 47
Notre Dame Academy 40, Sylvania Collins Western Reserve 44, Castalia Minster 53, Ft. Recovery 40 Division I
Southview 20 Margaretta 40, 2OT New Madison Tri-Village 53, Russia 42 Region 4
Perrysburg 59, Fremont Ross 31 Findlay Liberty-Benton 58, Archbold 38 Boys Basketball Cin. Moeller 61, Cin. Withrow 39
Region 3 Ottawa-Glandorf 55, Convoy Crestview 40 Saturday’s Scores Cin. Oak Hills 69, Cin. St. Xavier 47
Gahanna Lincoln 54, Reynoldsburg 52, OT Region 11 By The Associated Press Kettering Fairmont 73, Miamisburg 48
Newark 48, Cols. Upper Arlington 28 Berlin Hiland 63, Sugarcreek Garaway 41 Boys Basketball Division II
Pickerington Cent. 54, Powell Olentangy Minford 59, Southeastern 39
Proctorville Fairland 58, Seaman N. Adams
Division I
Region 1
Region 6
Bloom-Carroll 64, Granville 61
Liberty 12
Westerville S. 68, Dublin Coffman 58 41 Berea-Midpark 59, Olmsted Falls 58 Cols. Beechcroft 88, Cols. Marion-Franklin 43
Region 4
Cin. Walnut Hills 60, Cin. McAuley 57
Region 12
Cin. Summit Country Day 29, W. Liberty-
Cle. St. Ignatius 56, Brecksville-Broadview
Hts. 48
Cols. East 83, Cols. Independence 72
Cols. Hartley 69, Cols. Centennial 46
Mason 43, Beavercreek 34 Salem 25 Grafton Midview 54, Avon Lake 45 Division II
Region 7
Mt. Notre Dame 48, Huber Hts. Wayne 28
W. Chester Lakota W. 53, Kettering Fairmont
Waynesville 43, Cin. Madeira 34
Williamsburg 48, Anna 40
Hebron Lakewood 57, N. Royalton 49
Lakewood St. Edward 88, Cle. Rhodes 57 Byesville Meadowbrook 68, Cambridge 49
29 Division IV Lorain 68, N. Ridgeville 31 Cadiz Harrison Cent. 80, Zanesville Maysville
POSTPONEMENTS AND Region 13 Medina 47, Brunswick 44 68
CANCELLATIONS Cornerstone Christian 36, Cuyahoga Hts. 21 Strongsville 63, Elyria 44 Gnadenhutten Indian Valley 55, Carrollton 43
Versailles vs. Cin. Purcell Marian, ppd. to Dalton 47, Rittman 45 Division I New Concord John Glenn 72, Warsaw River
Mar 5th. Lisbon David Anderson 48, Youngs. Valley Region 2 View 41
Division II Christian 47 Akr. Hoban 71, Medina Highland 44 New Philadelphia 79, Steubenville 75
Region 6 New Washington Buckeye Cent. 66, Lucas 43 Can. McKinley 68, Canfield 62 Philo 49, Millersburg W. Holmes 40
Bellevue 63, Norwalk 49 Region 14 Cle. Cent. Cath. 83, Chagrin Falls Kenston 63 Wintersville Indian Creek 51, St. Clairsville 48
Napoleon 63, Defiance 43 Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 58, Fremont St. Cle. Hts. 73, Cle. Benedictine 66 Zanesville 65, E. Liverpool 28
Tol. Rogers 63, Sandusky Perkins 36 Joseph 56 Copley 72, Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 66 Division II
Region 7 Haviland Wayne Trace 54, Stryker 43 Franklin Furnace Green 70, Akr. Ellet 60, OT Region 8
Cambridge 62, Zanesville Maysville 51 Leipsic 57, Carey 44 Lyndhurst Brush 78, Cle. E. Tech 51 Cin. Hughes 65, Cin. Aiken 46
New Philadelphia 54, Carrollton 38 Ottoville 51, Columbus Grove 33 Massillon Jackson 69, Can. Glenoak 36 Cin. Woodward 58, Cin. Taft 57, OT
Division III Region 15 Mentor 81, Mayfield 48 Cols. DeSales 57, Plain City Jonathan Alder
Region 9 Fairfield Christian 47, Sugar Grove Berne Shaker Hts. 90, Maple Hts. 58 47
Canfield S. Range 53, Salem 38
Doylestown Chippewa 50, Orrville 33
Union 29
Sarahsville Shenandoah 60, Malvern 56
Solon 62, Willoughby S. 48
Stow-Munroe Falls 43, Wadsworth 37
Cols. Eastmoor 72, Hebron Lakewood 31
Cols. South 77, Caledonia River Valley 34