A team of high expectation, experienced pitching, and senior experience, the Troy Trojans flexed its muscle Monday in the home opener at Market Street Field...21 hitters came to the plate in the second inning and 12 scored, in a 15-2 run-rule whooping over Fairborn.
This month's Reader Speaks features a number of new and first-time correspondence, with response to our coverage of the state tournament, rough play in basketball...complaints about why winners get all the attention...and some love for Tri-Village and Russia basketball.
Impressive in a a 13-2 opening game win in Saturday's double-header with MSU (starter Gavin Bruni, above), the Buckeyes lose the nightcap 16-3...and an opportunity to learn from the opposite dugout.
In their most frustrating offensive effort of the year, the Buckeyes collected just three hits, and one run, and saw Isaiah Coupet (above) forced from the game with an injury in a cold 7-1 loss to Michigan State in the weekend series opener.
St. Henry's Devin Delzeith (above) turned out to be the difference. What started as a pitcher's duel for the first five innings turned into ten-run avalanche in the end, sending the Redskins home with a run-rule 'eye-opening' win over Coldwater. Read more in Friday's Press Pros.