Staff report
Sidney pushed a run across in the bottom of the ninth inning to edge Wayne 4-3 and earn a split of a well-played doubleheader in high school baseball action at Sidney High School on Saturday.
The twin bill marked the season opener for both squads, so both are now 1-1.
Wayne held Sidney scoreless until the bottom of the ninth inning in the first game. The Jackets scored twice, but came up a run short in a 3-2 verdict.
Sidney managed just three hits, singles by Dillon King, Cole Hofmann and Conor Beer.
Beer was the tough-luck loser, going the first six innings and allowing five hits and all three runs. But only one was earned.
“I thought Conor pitched well enough to win this game,” said Sidney coach Thomas Goffena. “We did not come to play on offense, and had some untimely errors. Unfortunately Wayne took advantage of those mistakes and scored three runs. We scored late to make it close but came up just short.”
The Jackets managed just three hits off Wayne ace Wynkoop, who struck out 10.
In the second game, Sidney led 3-1 after scoring twice in the bottom of the sixth. But Wayne rallied with two in the seventh to tie it up.
It went to the ninth, and with Luke Rees on second, King drove a liner to right center and plated the winning run easily.
“We came up with some big hits to reward our pitching, which was good all day,” Goffena said. “We got strikes in this game from all three pitchers and I am very proud of the way they handled themselves. Dylan Smith got out of a big jam in his first inning then came back with two more big scoreless innings to keep us tied. We had some mental errors in this game that kept them in it, but at the end of the day we got the last big hit. Any time you can get a walkoff win in extra innings, it is exciting no matter who the other team is.”
The Jackets went from just three hits in the first game, to 12 in the second, led by Hofmann, who was 3-for-4 and drove in two runs.
Austin McLain singled and doubled in five trips, King had two hits and Kaden Walker two hits. King also stole two bases.
Sidney will be back in action today at Tecumseh.
The linescores:
Game 1
`R`H`E
Wayne`100 020 0—3`6`0
Sidney`000 002 0—2`3`3
WP: Wynkoop; LP: Beer.
Game 2
Wayne`001 002 000—3`5`2
Sidney`100 020 001—4`12`2
WP: Smith; LP: Duncan.
Records: Both teams 1-1.
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Anna 13, NK 3
ANNA — The Anna Rockets opened the season with a 13-3 run-rule verdict over New Knoxville in non-league baseball action at Anna Saturday.
The Rockets struck for five in the first, but the Rangers came back to cut it to 5-2 with two in the third.
Anna got one back in the bottom of the third, then struck for six in the bottom of the fourth to put it out of reach.
Anna scored 13 runs with the help of just six hits. Zach White and Caleb Kauffman had two hits apiece and combined for seven runs batted in. Kauffman drove in four and White three.
Colin Wuebker, White, Aiden Endsley, Derek Coverstone and Jarred Seigle all scored two runs.
Endsley went four and Coverstone one on the mound, and they combined on a four-hitter.
Nathan Tinnerman had a double for the Rangers.
The linescore:
NK`012 00—3`4`2
Anna`501 61—13`6`3
Merges (LP), Lageman (4), Lammers (5) and C. Lageman; Endsley (WP), Coverstone (5) and White.
Records: Anna 1-0, NK 0-1.
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SCC 5, 15, Houston 3, 8
HOUSTON — Houston dropped both ends of a doubleheader on Saturday to visiting Springfield Catholic by scores of 5-3 and 15-8.
In the first game, Dylan Hensley had a double and drove in a run, and John Leist had two hits.
In the second game, Howie Ludwig was 3-for-5 with a double and both Leist and Dominic Beaver had two hits.
The linescores:
Game 1
Spr. Cath.`000 221 0—5`6`3
Houston`100 010 1—3`3`4
WP: Catanzarro; LP: Hensley.
Game 2
Spr. Cath.`254 103 0—15`13`7
Houston`003 012 1—8`10`6
WP: Catanzarro; LP: Herrick.
Records: Houston 0-2, SC 2-0.
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Greenon 7, 5,
Riverside 0, 3
SPRINGFIELD — Riverside opened its season being swept in a twin bill by Greenon Saturday, 7-0 and 5-3.
In the first game, the Pirates got a 3-for-3 effort from Levi Godwin and a double from Greg Bryant.
In the second game, Riverside led 3-1 up until the sixth, when Greenon plated four runs to pull out the sweep.
For the Pirates, Tyler Sanford and Tylor Eaton had two hits apiece. Sanford and Hayden Robinson both had doubles.
The linescores:
Game 1
Riverside`000 000 0—0`6`1
Greenon`002 014 x—7`10`1`1
WP: Campbell; LP: McGowen.
Game 2
Riverside`021 000 0—3`8`1
Greenon`010 004 x—5`5`1
WP: Winters; LP: Lane.
Records: Riverside 0-2, Greenon 2-0.
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NB 4, FM 3
NEW BREMEN — New Bremen opened the baseball season with a 4-3 victory over Franklin-Monroe in non-league action Saturday.
The Cardinals trailed 2-1 after five-and-a-half but plated two in the bottom of the sixth. F-M tied it at 3-3 with a run in the seventh, but Bremen pushed a run across in the last of the seventh to win it.
Caleb Alig had two of New Bremen’s six hits, and Grant Selby scored two of the runs.
The linescore:
FM`200 000 1—3`3`4
NB`100 002 1—4`6`0
WP: Tenkman; LP: Bridenbaugh.
Records: NB 1-0, FM 0-1.
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SOFTBALL
Parkway 10, Houston 1
HOUSTON — The Houston girls softball team took on one of the top teams in the area Saturday in its season opener, and dropped to 0-1 after a 10-1 loss to the Parkway Lady Panthers.
Houston managed just one hit off Parkway ace Haley Hawk, who struck out nine. The lone hit came in the bottom of the third when Kaytlyn Riffell belted a solo home run.
“We didn’t play real well and weren’t hitting the ball,” said Houston coach Brent New. “But it was nice to play a good team early to get the kinks out.”
The linescore:
`R`H`E
Parkway`330 040 0—10`12`2
Houston`001 000 0—0`1`2
WP: Hawk; LP: Foster
Records: Houston 0-1, Parkway 1-0.
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WG 13, JC 2
JACKSON CENTER — The Jackson Center Lady Tigers were down just 4-1 after three innings, but visiting Waynesfield scored nine in the next two frames to end it on the 10-run rule, 13-2 in five innings, in the softball opener for both teams Saturday at Jackson Center.
Jackson managed just three hits in the game, one being a double by Bryanna Davis.
For Waynesfield, Beiderman had three hits on the day.
The linescore:
WG`202`72—13`11`0
JC`001 01—2`3`3
Records: JC 0-1, WG 1-0.
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Versailles 31, Miami East 1
CASSTOWN — Versailles’ softball team began the 2017 season with a 31-1 victory on Saturday at Miami East.
Miami East struck first with a run in the bottom half of the first inning. Versailles then scored six runs in the second inning, seven in the third and 18 in the fourth in a five-inning run rule.
Versailles had 17 hits to just one for Miami East.
Brynna Blakeley went 5-for-5 with a walk, four runs batted in and scored five times.
Hailey McEldowney was 2-for-4 with a grand slam, two walks, three runs and nine RBIs.
Kate Stammen was 2-for-5 with a double, two RBIs and three runs scored.
Hallie Mills was 2-for-4, with a triple, drove in two runs and scored five runs.
Mallory George walked three times, stole two bases and scored three runs.
Sarah Gigandet drove in three runs, and Anna Gehret stole three bases.
Cori Lawrence earned the win as she pitched three innings, allowing one run on one hit, with one walk and one strikeout.
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TRACK
Lady Tiger Classique
VERSAILLES — Minster and Versailles were the class of the field at the annual Lady Tiger Classique girls track invitational held on Saturday at Versailles.
The event was divided into two divisions, and the Minster girls were clearly the class of the Orange Division, finishing with 195 points, 75 more than runner-up Russia.
In the black Division, Versailles had 121 to narrowly defeat Covington with 106.
Savannah Luthman won both the shot put and discus for the Lady Wildcats, and winning one event each were Madeline Magoto (800), Emily Schwieterman (100), and Jordyn Heitbrink (high jump).
Minster also won three of the four relays, including the 400, 1600 and 3200.
Grace York of Russia won the 400 dash, Aubrey Thobe of Marion Local won the long jump and teammate Kyle Albers won the 300 hurdles. Marion also won the 800 relay.
The Versailles girls did it with depth, having just one individual champion in Kara Spitzer in the 3200 run. The Lady Tigers added five second-place finishes.
Houston’s Hollie Voisard won the 800, and two girls from New Bremen won their events, including Celeste Kuck in the pole vault and Macy Puthoff in the long jump.
Orange Division
Final team standings — 1. Minster 195, 2. Russia, 120, 3. Marion Local 106, 4. Spencerville 91, 5. Ansonia 44, 6. Bradford 36, 7. Newton 27, 8. Crestview 18, 9. New Knoxville 13.
Event winners
3200 relay — Minster 10:10.67.
100 hurdles — Emily Schwieterman, Minster, 18.59.
100 dash — Nelaya Burden, Spencerville, 13.74.
800 relay — Marion Local 1:57.57.
1600 run — Karmen Knepp, Bradford, 5:30.13.
400 relay — Minster 55.22.
400 dash — Grace York, Russia, 62.93.
300 hurdles — Kylie Albers, Marion Local, 50.22.
800 run — Madeline Magoto, Minster, 2:24.17.
200 dash — Paige Thobe, Minster, 29.07.
3200 run — Karmen Knepp, Bradford, 12:00.68.
1600 relay — Minster 4:18.9.
Shot put — Savanah Luthman, Minster, 37-3.5.
Discus — Savanah Luthman, Minster, 100-11.
Long jump — Aubrey Thobe, Marion Local, 16-4.5
High jump — Jordyn Heitbrink, Minster, 5-0.
Pole vault — Emily Bohman, Russia, 1-0.
Black Division
Final team standings — 1. Versailles 121, 2. Covington 108, 3. New Bremen 97, 4. West Liberty-Salem 81, 5. Dunbar 68, 6. Sylvania Northview, 7. Houston 47, 8. Arcanum 39, 9. St. Henry 32, 10. Versailles B 8.
Event winners:
3200 relay — Northview 10:34.21.
100 hurdles — Natalie Snyder, Covington, 17.54.
100 dash — Toni Allen, Dunbar, 13.14.
800 relay – Northview 1:53.88.
1600 relay – Anna Dunn, Covington, 5:33.32.
400 relay — Dunbar 51.03.
400 dash — Rayna Horner, Covington, 59.57.
300 hurdles — Jocelyn Huffman, Dunbar, 49.88
800 run — Hollie Voisard, Houston, 2:31.73.
200 dash — Breanna Kimmel, Covington, 27.22.
3200 run — Kara Spitzer, Versailles, 12:33.26.
1600 relay — Covington 4:20.54.
Shot put — Lauren Chirstian, Covington, 37-4.
Discus — Lauren Christian, Covington, 103-10.
Long jump — Macy Puthoff, New Bremen, 15-10.
High jump — Janie Kopus, WL-Salem, 4-10.
Pole vault — Celeste Kuck, New Bremen, 10-6.
