2 weeks Ago By The Marion Star
Marion Harding's boys tennis squad proved it is the team to beat in the Mid Ohio Athletic Conference last week.The Presidents stopped the defending champion Warriors at Ontario's Marshall Park, winning 4-1. Andres Rosas and Christian Pearson in second and third singles, the first doubles team of Reagan Tway and Jeffrey Stimson and the second doubles team of Jack McCrery and Isaac Rice all won in two sets.
Go vote: Pick the winners! Marion Star athlete of the week polls, plus last week's winnersCollege Notebook: Pair of Presidents earn All-American honors in track and fieldPhotos: Check out Elgin hosting Cardington in a baseball gameThe squad moved to 9-0 overall and 4-0 in the MOAC when it beat fellow league unbeaten Pleasant 3-2 at Pleasant. For Harding, Sebastian Lisiecki in first singles won 6-0, 6-3 as did Rosas 7-5, 6-2 in second singles and McCrery and Rice in second doubles 6-2, 6-2. For Pleasant, Landon Severns and the first doubles squads posted 6-4, 6-3 and 6-4, 6-4 wins respectively.
Harding also shut out Ada 5-0. Rosas won a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 decision along with straight set wins from Lisiecki, Stimson, Tway/Pearson and McCrery/Rice.Here are some other highlights from around the Marion area last week for boys spring sports teams and athletes.
Track and FieldCompeting at its own Virg Rankin Invitational, North Union ended up as runners-up behind Jonathan Alder. Griffin Osborne won the 100 meters in 11.58 seconds and the 200 in 23.
39, while Nick VanHoose was second in the 100 in 11.85. The 4x100-meter relay also won, while taking runner-up spots were Zach Meyer in the 800 in 2:06.
59, Braedon Scowden in the high jump at 5 feet, 8 inches and Wyatt Davis in the long jump at 19-3.Pleasant competed at the Virg Rankin with Elijah McGinniss winning the 800 in 2:03.07, Sean Murphy taking second in the 200 in 23.
61, Will Lichtenberger taking second in the 400 in 52.75 and Jacob Meyers taking second in the high jump at 5-8.The same two teams faced Buckeye Valley and Fairfield Christian in a four-way meet.
Winning for NU were Osborne in the 100, Davis in the long jump, Ethan Miller in the discus, Gavin Potts in the shot put and the 4x100 relay. Winning for the Spartans were Murphy in the 200, Lichtenberger in the 400, Joey Dietsch in the 3200 and the 4x200 relay.Elgin hosted Upper Scioto Valley in the dual meet with winners for the Comets being Kaden Thomas (100, 200), Archer Johnston (400, high jump), Bridon Rhodes (1600), Hunter Johnston (110 hurdles), Garret Lowry (shot put), Drew Brown (discus) and the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relays.
Marion Harding was fourth and River Valley eighth at the Ontario Relays. Harding's distance medley was second in 11:52.04, while Keonte Scott was second in the 110 hurdles for the Presidents at 15.
93, and RV's Tyson Waddle was second in the discus at 141-11.Highland was fifth out of 16 teams at Loudonville's Cowin Invitational. Jett Black was a runner-up in the pole vault at 14-6, while Owen Winkelfoos in the 1600, Toby Rogers in the 300 hurdles and Kadyn Reichenbach in the 200 were all third for the Scots.
River Valley went to Bellefontaine and faced Anna and Calvary Christian as well. Picking up wins for the Vikings were Jackson Kloha in the discus, Ben Isler in the pole vault and Kael Swartz in the 3200.Harding beat Northmor 73-55 in a dual meet.
Earning wins for the Presidents were Andr Lavette in the 100 and 200, Jaidin Ramirez in the 1600, Andrew Tackett in the 400, Sebastian Swihart in the 800, Peyton Ward in the 3200, Franklin Weaver in the high jump and long jump and the 4x100 and 4x800 relays. Winning for Northmor were Owen Yunker in the 110 hurdles, Carter Thomas in the pole vault, Thomas Detwiler in the shot put, Ben Burgess in the discus and the 4x200 and 4x400 relays.BaseballRiver Valley's Pate Crawford hit a walk-off two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to complete an 11-9 victory over Hubbard.
Crawford ended with three RBIs along with Layne Myers and Hayden Kanagy. Carter Park was 3-for-4, and the Vikings combined for 12 stolen bases.RV scored five runs in the third inning for a 7-0 win over Madison.
Crawford was 2-for-3 and had the save, and Landon Jones was the winning pitcher with 1 hit, 0 walks and 3 strikeouts.Marion Harding's Tyson Lind threw a two-hitter with five strikeouts to beat RV 8-4. Ray J Scott-Harbolt singled three times; Keaton Ward tripled and singled; Caleb Metz singled twice for three RBIs; and Gavyn Baumgartner singled twice.
Harding also held on for a 5-4 win over the Vikings as Scott-Harbolt homered and also stole home for a run. Baumgartner threw seven strikeouts and gave up five hits for the Prexies.Harding also took on Hubbard and put up a 7-0 win.
Hudson Esterline was 3-for-3 with a double, plus pitched a four-hitter with seven strikeouts. Landen Keller doubled and singled, and singling twice were Ward, Lind and Jaden Griffith.Highland was held to three hits, including a double by Jayden Collins, in a 6-1 loss to Shelby.
In a 6-3 win over the Whippets, the Scots scored all their runs in the fifth inning. Zach Church, Caleb Youngman and Collins combined to pitch a two-hitter. Collins went the distance with five hits and a walk in leading Highland to a 5-2 win over Gahanna Lincoln at Ohio Dominican.
Jacob Garber added three hits and Cade Minnick two hits.Highland also beat Dublin Scioto 2-0. Collins worked five innings, while Carter Merkling and Gavin Wiggand pitched in relief.
Collins allowed a hit and a walk with three strikeouts, while Wiggand had the save. Youngman posted two hits.Cardington rolled in a 21-10 win over Fredericktown.
Pacing the Pirates were Denton Garrison with a homer and single, James Fiant with a triple, single, 3 RBIs and 4 runs; Abner Edgell with a double and 3 singles for 4 RBIs, Wyatt Wade with a double and 2 singles; Wyatt Denney with a double, 3 singles, 3 RBIs and 4 runs; Evan Marquis with a double and single; and Fisher Schuman with 4 singles, 4 RBIs and 3 runs.In Cardington's 6-5 win over East Knox, Wade pitched six innings as he struck out 7, walked 1 and allowed 11 hits. Rylan Fiant walked 1 and struck out 2 in relief.
Edgell homered and drove in three, and Josh Goers doubled and singled.Cardington got by Colonel Crawford 15-12 behind Wade's triple, 2 singles and 3 RBIs; James Fiant's double; Edgell's 2 singles and 3 RBIs; Schuman's 4 runs and Denney's 3 runs.Northmor scored nine runs in the first inning en route to a 16-5 win over Mount Gilead.
Leading the Golden Knights was Trevor Brubaker who singled 3 times with a double, 4 runs and 4 RBIs, plus 10 strikeouts, 1 walk and 4 hits allowed in 6 innings. Also for Northmor were Cole Cuffman with a double, single and 3 runs; Jack Bowdre with a double; Nicholas Armrose with a double; Brooksten Beck with 3 singles and 3 RBIs, Brady Carr with 2 singles; and Ethan Hinton with 2 singles. Hayden Somerlot had two hits for MG.
Earlier in the week, Northmor also beat MG 10-0. Brubaker tossed a 4-hit complete game with 7 strikeouts and 2 walks to go with 3 runs scored. Bowdre singled twice and drove in four runs.
Armrose singled twice. Somerlot had a double and single for MG.Northmor led 7-4 but gave up 5 runs in the fifth and sixth innings of a 9-8 loss to Danville.
Brubaker doubled and singled, Hinton doubled, and Bowdre singled twice.Ridgedale's Gabe Malo pitched a no-hit, no-walk, 12-strikeout victory over Temple Christian in five innings, winning 10-0. For the Rockets, Ayden Salyer tripled, doubled and singled; Logan Oliver singled twice and drove in three runs; A.
J. Imbody doubled; and Hunter Hutchinson and Quincey Thomas each singled twice. In a 7-0 loss to Ridgemont, Ridgedale was held to four hits.
Brody Mawer and Oliver teamed to give up 8 hits, 6 walks, 3 earned runs and 9 strikeouts.Elgin's Quinten Harrison tripled twice and singled twice to drive in three runs in a 15-4 win over Ridgemont. Jacob Faust also tripled, and Nash Lust, Mitchell Askew and Colton Ware all singled twice.
Askew worked 4-and-2/3 innings for the win, striking out 12, walking 7 and giving up 1 hit. In an 11-0 win over Cory-Rawson, the Comets got a two-run triple from Harrison and a double from Cayson Starcher. Braydon Lowry tossed a one-hitter, striking out 10 and walking two.
Pleasant handled Kenton 13-3 in five innings. Avery Hamper homered and doubled; Trent Caudill doubled and singled; Cole Bailey doubled. Johnathan Maran was the winner and relieved by Owen Lowry and Nehemiah Riddle.
North Union was hurt by three errors in a 5-0 loss to Indian Lake. Ashtin Haubiel and Ashton McMahon combined for a 6-hitter, striking out 7 and walking 5 for NU. Tyler Krebehenne tripled and singled, and Haubiel doubled, while Jaxon Mabery singled twice.
In a 1-0 loss to Indian Lake, the Wildcats were held to four hits. Krebehenne pitched and allowed 5 hits, 6 strikeouts and 1 walk.Coaches and statisticians are encouraged to send their results to the Marion Star's Rob McCurdy at rmccurdy@gannett.
com, 419-610-0998, X @McMotorsport and Instagram @rob_mccurdy_star.Marion Star Boys Best of the Week Performer PollFans are encouraged to vote as often as allowed as the poll will be open at MarionStar.com and its app through early Sunday morning.
North Union track's Griffin Osborne won the 100 meters and 200 meters at NU's own Virg Rankin Invitational.Pleasant track's Elijah McGinniss won the 800 meters at North Union's Virg Rankin Invitational.Marion Harding tennis player Andres Rosas won three key matches at second singles to help the Presidents stay undefeated.
Ridgedale baseball's Gabe Malo struck out 12 and walked no one in a no-hitter against Temple Christian.River Valley baseball's Pate Crawford hit a game-winning two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat Hubbard.Elgin baseball's Braydon Lowry tossed a one-hitter, striking out 10 and walking two in a win over Cory-Rawson.
Cardington baseball's Abner Edgell hit three singles and a double to end with four RBIs in a win over Fredericktown.In last week's boys poll, Highland baseball's Jayden Collins, who hit a home run and double to score three times in a win over Marion Harding, earned 593 of 1,439 votes (41 percent) to win the poll. Other nominees were Pleasant baseball's Dillon Burns, Osborne, Northmor baseball's Nicholas Armrose and Ridgedale track's Evan Ricketts.
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