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Saturday, 14 June 2025 / Published in Central Ohio, Central Ohio Feature, Features

Olentangy Hangs On By A Thread, Beats Lakota West 3-1 In DI Semi

They held their breath on the final out (above)....but sophomore lefty Rocco Bucci won his third postseason game, Dominic Pirrone had the key hit and left fielder Cameron Birch made a home run-saving catch in the seventh inning to lift Olentangy into the big-school title game.
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Saturday, 14 June 2025 / Published in Features, Home Features, MAC, MAC Feature

McCoy: Wiss ‘Wiss-dom’ Leads Minster To Fourth State Baseball Championship

The OHSAA expanded the state high school baseball championships from four division to seven and Minster won the first Division VII title Saturday in Canal Park with an 8-0 destruction of Newark Catholic, a fourth state championship for Minster and veteran coach Mike Wiss. Ian Homan crosses home with the first of five runs in the first. (pictured)
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Saturday, 14 June 2025 / Published in Features, Home Features

Washed Out In Akron…Rain Puts A Damping On The Baseball Tournament

When it rains, it pours, and no one feels it more than the Graham Falcons, who were stuck between a rock and a wet place in Friday's Division V semi-final.
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Friday, 13 June 2025 / Published in Features, Home Features, MAC, MAC Feature

McCoy: Waynedale, Coblentz Turn Coldwater Cold

Coldwater's season, and quest for an eighth title, came to an end at the hand of a hot pitcher and a pivotal fifth inning in the Division V state semi-final.
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Friday, 13 June 2025 / Published in Central Ohio, Central Ohio Feature, Features

Controversial Inside-The-Park Homer Dooms New Albany In Extra-Innings Defeat

Landon Wolf's two-run inside-the-park homer in the first inning set the tone for Amherst Steele's 3-2 Division II state semifinal win over New Albany, but it was a 10th inning error that ultimately sent the Eagles home.