St Eds Edges Midview For District Title
In a district baseball final, St. Edward’s defeated Midview 3 2 to claim the AAA district crown and advance to the regional tournament. Midview led late but failed to rally, with Tyrone Forde Tuttu Mune DUT and Tom Staysniak both involved in late plays as St. Ed’s pitcher Gary Minerd shut the door. Wesling struck out seven as Midview, now 12-5, ends its season in defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Szalay
C-T
Lorain
Midview
Middies
Lakewood St. Edward's
Bill Albright
Tyrone Ford
Ford
Albright
Tom Staysniak
Jeff Squires
Squires
Staysniak
St. Ed’s
Gary Minerd
Eagles
al Stacey
Don Wesling
Stacey
Ed Mihalis Walhed
Dave Gilchrist
Wesling
Midview Girls Edge Amherst 5-4 to Reach Regionals
Midview Middies burst to a 5-0 lead and held off Amherst 5-4 in the Strongsville AAA District girls softball playoff at Sprague Field. Pitcher Genny Kazmiercyk preserved the win as Amherst battled back with runs in the sixth and seventh innings. Midview advances to the Bellevue regional to face Brecksville, while coach Houdeshell credited timely hitting for the victory and acknowledged pressure from late game errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Montgomery
C-T
Strongsville
Midview Middies
Lakeland
Amherst
Sprague Field
Middies
Comets
Genny Kazmaercyk
Bellevue
Brecksville
Gary Newman
The
Brooklyn Wins District Final In Softball Clincher
Brooklyn, under first year coach Bob Kebler, earns its first regional bid by beating Elyria Catholic 5-2 in North Ridgeville district final. Donna Sullivan pitched a two-hit, five-strikeout game as EC built an early 4-0 lead before Brooklyn surged behind Kathy Hartman’s two RBI and aggressive play to finish 15-1 season before regional showdown Thursday in Delaware.
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Judie Asp
North Ridgeville
Brooklyn
Bob Kebler
Elyria Catholic
Delaware
Hurricanes
Panther
Donna Sullivan
Sullivan
Diane Decs
Decs
Jan Sito
Sito
Obyam
Timas
Does
Unbeaten Rocky River Edges Past Cardinals in Title Match
Top-seeded Rocky River beat Brookside 2-0 to capture the North Ridgeville AA District softball crown. River improves to 14-0 as Terri Krach’s two-out single plates the decisive runs in the bottom of the sixth. Winning pitcher Kristen Smiley struck out five, allowing two hits and no walks. Brookside’s Dawn Hughes gave up three hits in defeat, as the Cardinals finish 8-7.
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Doug Houdeshell
Comets
Midview
Middies
Kazmiercyk
Judie Asp
North Ridgeville
Rocky River
Brookside
Lady Pirates
Akron
Coventry
River
Terri Krach
Debbie Trancell
Darcy Orin
Kristen Smiley
Kristen
Smiley
Gweyne Hampel
Terri
Krach
Hughes
Kip Farkas
Lady Cardinals
Carol Zellmer
Zellmer
Cavaliers, Raiders split Inland Conference twinbill
South Amherst pitcher Todd Reicholf carried a near perfect game through six and two thirds in game one before Keith Stironek’s two out single ended the bid as Columbia and South Amherst tied 0-0. Reicholf doubled, Frederick and Richards added doubles and a triple in the 5-0 win. In game two Columbia erupted for four runs in the first and rode Buddy Wopkovich to a 6-0 victory, moving the Raiders ahead in the IC doubleheader.
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South Amherst
Todd Reicholf
Cavaliers
Columbia
Tuns
Keith Stironek
Raiders
Buddy Wopkovich
Brookside and Chanel Lead AA District Track Hear Sidney
Brookside leads Chanel at 18 points as pole vault title goes to Dave Carek of Brookside with 12-9. Chanel's Carl Avery wins long jump at 21-10% with close final finish. In girls, Firelands tops after two events with 20 points. Lutheran West 14. Olmsted Falls and Columbia 16 each.
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Olmsted Falls
Brookside
Chanel
Bulldogs
Dave Carek
Cardinals
Carek
Columbia
Dan Newman
Carl Avery
Brooklyn
Paul Neundorfer
Gilmour Academy
Firelands
Lutheran West
Jeff Toth
Don Roberts
James Ross
al McKinney
Mike Jenkins
Bksd
Ken Bakos
Rich Sudnik
Terry Janecko
Bkiyn
Steve Whitman
Girs
Kutheran West
Woligten
Loram Catholic
Oberlin
Kelly Born
Joan Bohning
Lisa Mohrman
Jill Kach
Ler
Diane Green
Cathy Holmes
Cal
Cora Dean
Kelly Finau
Tara Feld
Miller and Etzler shine in AAA district track meet
Westlake star Russ Miller set a pole vault record with 13-9, breaking the 13-6 mark from 1979 as Westlake and Midview led after three events with strong showings. John Etzler of Midview added a 168-2 discus for second in team standings, while Gary Larkins of Midview won long jump at 21-3. Admiral King’s 400 relay was disqualified in prelims, with top four advancing to Thursday’s regional at Amherst Marion L. Steele.
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Rocky River
Westlake
Russ Miller
Midview
John Etzler
Miller
Etzler
Middies
Gary Larkins
Admiral King
Amherst
Marion le Steele High School
Uns
Bay
Fairview
North Olmsted
Guya Reynolds
Jamie Mueller
Broan Savinski
Armherst
Fach Carmel
Pat Cash
Admiring
Mark Rongers
John
Kolesar
Steve Stoyko
Scott Kalmosk
No. Olmsted
Lonnie Lovett
Adm King
Kurt White
Brad.Plaster
Tom Anderson
Bayna
Steve Sanborn
No Olmsted
Matt Dennis
Cloverleaf
Veer
Gray advances to state tourney in district tennis title
Admiral King junior Jim Gray was the lone Class AAA area tennis player to advance to next week's state tournament. He won 6-1 6-3 over Dan Mucci of Willowick to claim the district singles title. Lorain High’s doubles team Pat DeBracy and Steve Sanker finished fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleburg Heights
Admiral King
Jim Gray
Gray
Dan Muccino
Willowick
Lorain High
Pat DeBracy
Steve Sanker
Lady Admirals lead AAA meet record shot put
Marilyn Jenkins of North Olmsted set a Class AAA district shot put record with 40-6% to help Eagle teammates finish second behind Admiral King in the team event. Avon Lake, Avon, Lacy Maye Bay, and others contributed in the Rocky River meet.
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Lady Admirals
Rocky River
Marilyn Jenkins
North Olmsted
Admiral King
Te Remnen
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