Briggs snaps state record in 440 at prelims
Highland sprinter Diane Briggs set a Class AA 440 yard dash mark of 56.8 seconds in the preliminaries at the state meet, breaking the old 58.7 and edging Dayton Jefferson’s Karen Bradley. The Medina County star eyes her first state title with coach Bill Keating noting the effort must be repeated.
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Steve Dungjen
Gazette
Columbus
Diane Briggs
Briggs
Dayton Jefferson
Karen Bradley
Medina County
Marc Hunter
Brunswick
Highland
Brunswick girls rout Strongsville with 16 safeties in softball
Brunswick led Strongsville 16 to 5 in a Pioneer Conference game as Denise Hassel earned her fifth win of the season. Toni Stabile and others added three hits each with extra-base hits as Bruns wick moved to 11-3 overall and 7-1 in league, with title hopes alive against Brecksville and Wadsworth.
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Brunswick
Strongsville
Denise Hassel
Hassel
Toni Stabile
Judy Kemper
Georgina Schaffner
Shelly Krisk
Brecksville
Blue Devils
Wadsworth
Medina County Baseball Schedule and Banquets Week
The week’s sports calendar lists matches in the Medina County Baseball Tournament at Medina, Brunswick at Brecksville, Medina at North Olmsted, and Buckeye and Highland events at various sites. Banquets for Wadsworth, Buckeye, Cloverleaf, and Highland are set at school or church venues with 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. start times.
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Medina
Brunswick
Brecksville
North Olmsted
Black River
Wadsworth
Buckeye
Brunswick Firelands
Highland
Our Lady of Grace Church
Hinckley
South Amherst
South
Hudson
Minster dominates first combined boys and girls state meet
Two time defending champion Minster led by Trish Elling and Lisa Oldiges captured the Class A girls title at Ohio Stadium as the first combined boys and girls state meet opened. Oldiges set a discus record and Eiting won the long jump as 20 new marks were posted across finals and prelims.
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Gene Caddes
Columbus
UPI
Minster
Ohio Stadium
Ohio High School Athletic Association
Wildcats
Trish Elling
Lisa Oldiges
Spencerville
Rockford Parkway
Eiting
Oldiges
Theresa Cianciold
Bev Schumm
Mantua Crestwood
Columbus DeSales
Mansfield Malabar
Norwalk
Poapernie Eastwood
Lions sweep Valley City in Little League action
The undefeated Lions moved to 2-0 with a 9-2 win over the Indians in Valley City majors. Lee Hover earned the win on the mound and contributed at the plate, as Howie Calame collected three hits and Darren Thiele added two. In minors, Tom Traine pitched a no hitter in a 7-1 Lions victory over the Indians, fanning 11 and issuing three walks.
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Liverpool
Lions
Indians
Valley City
Lee Hover
Jeff Fortney
Howie Calame
Darren Thiele
Tom Traine
Traine
Schreck Industries takes two Abbeyville League wins
Schreck edged Blue Knight 6 4 as Jim Brooks had two hits including a homer. They then beat Mallet Creek 12 4 with Mike Steen hitting two homers in three hits. In a third game MTD defeated Hines Construction 7 5 with Jim Berger and pitcher Mike Gift each logging two hits.
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York
Schreck
Blue Knight
Jim Brooks
Mallet Creek
Mike Steen
MTD
Hines Construction
Jim Berger
Mike Gift
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Leon Brown
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Chris Riehm
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DeSales
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Ty Jordan
Rhea Blais
John Boylan
Strasburg
Collins Western Reserve
Dave Timbs
Jackson-Milton
Hanoverton United
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Dublin
Chris Mand
Steve Miller
Sandy Valley
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Leavittsburg LaBrae
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Warrnesville
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Tom McCloskey
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Terri Byland
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