To fully understand the significance, and the lives honored on Memorial Day, you really need to leave home for a site of ultimate sacrifice at least once in your life. In my case…I make it a yearly pilgrimage. It’s another Memorial Day weekend, and again, for what seems like the 20th year in a row
Getting just enough contact to extend her decisive plate appearance, Parkway's Adria Miller finally found her pitch and came through for the Panthers with a two-run triple that lifted them to a regional championship and berth in the state semifinals.
Despite a strong start (Logan Link scoring the game's first run in the third inning, above), St. Henry had to endure a shaking finish to beat Marion Local in the Division IV district finals, advancing to the regional round of the tournament for the first time in thirteen years.
Pickerington Central senior Troy Lane won the 100, and his team edged in front in the last event to win the team title, but the night also featured plenty of frustration for Lane and the Tigers in a drama-filled regional championship. (PressPros Feature Photo by John Hulkenberg).
A different level of baseball proved to be the undoing of Division I Troy, as the Trojans fell in the district finals to the state's #2-ranked team, the Mason Comets. The Trojans' Caleb Akins shows his disgust following the final out (above). Read more in Friday's Press Pros.
