Frilling, which rhymes with chilling….Not the bangers they were in past years, Coldwater’s impressive record exists for the fact of pitching and defense. Two hits allowed by Cole Frilling (above) netted them an opening tourney win over Paulding. Read more in today’s Press Pros MAC feature.
Man of the hour….St. Henry’s Daylon Lange receives congratulations from his teammates after pitching a two-hit shutout over New Bremen Thursday to garner the Redskins a share of the MAC title. Read more about Lange’s gem, and who they shared the title with…in today’s Press Pros inside feature.
He may have turned in this year’s best pitching performance yet, and did it by besting his mound opponent who was just three weeks off a ‘gem’ of his own. Fort Recovery’s Cade Wendel no-hit Minster Tuesday to close matters in the MAC. Read more about the game in today’s Press Pros inside feature.
Something to celebrate…Fort Recovery catcher Kody Shinaberry (foreground) raises his arms in salute as teammate Ethan Schoen prepares to touch home plate Thursday with the winning run over Coldwater…the first time in 37 years that Recovery had beaten the Cavaliers at home. Read more in today’s inside feature.
Wet, but a winner….Minster used a solid pitching performance in the rain from Austin Brown, timely hitting, and air-tight defense to best Marion Local Tueday, and looked a lot like Minster teams of the past in doing it. Read about the game in today’s Press Pros inside feature.
Cold Scoreboard…Fort Recovery pitchers Nick Thwaits, Cade Wendel (above), and Ben Homan put the chill on the Versailles Tigers’ bats Tuesday, handing the Tigers their first loss of the season. Read about one of the season’s thus-far best pitching performance in today’s Press Pros inside feature.
He wasn’t at his best, but he had plenty of offensive support. Buckeyes recruit Cole Niekamp (above) found a way on a cold Tuesday…to put Parkway on ice. Br-r-r-r-r-r-r! Read about the game in today’s Press Pros inside feature.
“Holy Smokes!”….Marion Local survives double-overtime to claim the Division IV basketball title Saturday (their third all-time), and deny Cornerstone Christian their second. Read about the Flyers epic win in the latest tournament update on Press Pros.
They did with their defense, of course (Tyler Prenger, above)…and just enough predictable offense to matter. Marion Local edges Pandora-Gilboa to advance to the Division IV championship round on Saturday. Read about the game in our latest update from the 96th annual boys state tournament.
A horrible start came back to haunt, and their second half comeback came up just short…as Versailles falls to Columbus Africentric in the Division III title game. Our latest update from the girls state tournament…on Press Pros.
And a child shall lead them…! Which is actually what a couple of freshmen did Saturday to pace Minster to the Division IV girls title in basketball. Janae Hoying (above) celebrates an emotional end to a remarkable season. Read more about it in our latest update from the 43rd girls state tournament.
Two teams seeking to end their Final Four droughts met in the Regional Final Friday night…and an in-game drought proved to be decisive. Marion Local’s Tyler Prenger celebrates his game-high 23 points with some ‘net’ (above) Read more from Joe Neves inside today’s feature of Press Pros.
Kami doing what Kami does…Versailles senior Kami McEldowney scored 17 points and led an impressive Tiger effort in their 63-47 Division III semi-final win Thursday over Elyria Catholic. Versailles moves on to play Columbus Africentric in Saturday’s final. Read more in our latest update from the tournament.
High Praise…Former coach Nann Stechschulte, who won Minster’s two previous state titles, greets freshman Ivy Wolf following her outstanding performance in Thursday’s Div. IV semi-final win over Waterford. Read more about the game on Press Pros.
Celebration begins…Versailles gets physical with Waynesville to win fourth regional title in five seasons and punch another ticket to Columbus for the state tournament. Read Greg Billing’s story in today’s Press Pros tournament update.
Winning Does Matter…Emotions portray the outcome, as Marion Local overcame a slow start, a variety of defenses, big shots by St Henry, and had some big plays of its own to win the District title. Read about the overtime nail-biter from Joe Neves in today’s Press Pros feature.
The hoped-for, denied….Justin Ahrens looks on as the district title Versailles had hoped for was awarded at the other end of the arena Wednesday to the Madeira Mustangs. Read more about the game and a disappointing loss from columnist Joe Neves in today’s Press Pros inside feature.
It was a physical, and hotly-contested, as expected. But Marion Local and St. Henry both showed Tuesday why they’re suspected as being two of the state’s best in Division IV, advancing impressively in the Wapakoneta district semi-finals. Read about the games in today’s Press Pros inside feature.
Justin Ahrens scored 32 points as Versailles picked up a sectional title, while Anna moves to the district round with a come-from-behind win in Division Three. Read more from Joe Neves in Sunday’s Press Pros tournament updates.
“We Are The Champions”…The music blared from ‘Queen’, but the accomplishment was that of Marion Local completing its clean sweep of MAC opponents and the league title Friday with a win over Coldwater in the season finale. Read about the game in today’s Press Pros inside feature.
