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The P RESS Sports Sports June 13, 2016 Baer cards lowest round See page B-5 2016 Alan Miller Jewelers All-Press Track & Field Honor Roll 2016 Alan Miller Jewelers All-Press Track & Field Honor Roll 100 200 400 4x100 RELAY 4x200 RELAY 4x400 RELAY 4x800 RELAY 100 HURDLES 300 HURDLES LONG JUMP HIGH JUMP SHOT PUT DISCUS POLE VAULT Kali Hardy Sr Card Stritch Athena Eli Sr Oak Harbor Kali Hardy Sr Card Stritch Abby Dornbusch So Oak Harbor Katelyn Meyer So Eastwood Abby Schroeder So Eastwood Nichole Swartz So Eastwood Leah Tressel Jr Eastwood Athena Eli Sr Oak Harbor Emma Barney Jr Oak Harbor Alexa Weis Jr Oak Harbor Abby Dornbusch So Oak Harbor Jami Hardy Jr Card Stritch Lauren Loucks Sr Card Stritch Kali Hardy Sr Card Stritch Stella Dewitt Jr Card Stritch Abbie Reichert Sr Card Stritch Athena Eli Sr Oak Harbor Emma Barney Jr Oak Harbor Alexa Weis Jr Oak Harbor Abby Dornbusch So Oak Harbor Allison Vogl So Northwood Allison Roach Jr Northwood Olivia Randall Fr Northwood Kelsey Smothers Sr Northwood Alyx Fisher Jr Lake Jessica Coutcher Jr Lake Hannah Roble Jr Lake Sophia Jackson So Lake Trinity Fowler Fr Northwood Allison Roach Jr Northwood Kelsey Smothers Sr Northwood Allison Vogl So Northwood Brooke Schmitz Fr Northwood Allison Roach Jr Northwood Jocelynn Dunbar So Northwood Brooke Schmitz Fr Northwood Trinity Fowler Fr Northwood Haley Hess Sr Clay Sydney Hess Jr Clay Allison Reichert Sr Clay Meradith Wisniewski So Clay Anna Zeitzheim Fr Oak Harbor Abby Dornbusch So Oak Harbor Makayla Wagner Jr Oak Harbor Annie Quisno Sr Oak Harbor Katelyn Meyer So Eastwood Carly Rothert So Woodmore Carly Rothert So Woodmore Makenzie Briggs So Lake Emma Barney Jr Oak Harbor Katelyn Meyer So Eastwood Stella Dewitt Jr Card Stritch Katelyn Meyer So Eastwood Carly Rothert So Woodmore Lauren Loucks Sr Card Stritch Analicia Torres So Woodmore Abbey Castillo Sr Gibsonburg Abbey Castillo Sr Gibsonburg Jordan Grzegorczyk Sr Woodmore Jessica Lang So Eastwood 800 1600 3200 Haley Hess Sr Clay Haley Hess Sr Clay Hannah Sponaugle Jr Eastwood Hannah Sponaugle Jr Eastwood Co-Athletes of the Year: Logan Baugher, Eastwood Sam Church, Eastwood Ryan Reiter, Eastwood Isaac Emahiser, Eastwood 100 200 400 800 1600 4x100 RELAY 4x200 RELAY 4x400 RELAY 4x800 RELAY LONG JUMP HIGH JUMP SHOT PUT DISCUS Branden Short Sr Lake Isaac Emahiser So Eastwood Isaiah Jefferson Jr Oak Harbor Anthony Miranda Sr Clay Brandyn Neal Sr Lake Jon Lucas Fr Northwood Logan Baugher Jr Eastwood Sam Church Sr Eastwood Shaun Enright So Card Stritch Sam Church Sr Eastwood Mitchell Kubicki Sr Whitmer Tyler Brenot Jr Eastwood Cooper Comes So Eastwood Isaac Emahiser So Eastwood Ryan Reiter Jr Eastwood Mitchell Kubicki Sr Whitmer Isaiah Jefferson Jr Oak Harbor Collin Hayslett Sr Oak Harbor Tyler Bowlick Jr Oak Harbor Nick Damron So Oak Harbor Cooper Comes So Eastwood Landon Zura Jr Eastwood Tyler Brenot Jr Eastwood Isaac Emahiser So Eastwood Ryan Reiter Jr Eastwood Brandyn Neal Sr Lake Nick Encalado Sr Lake Spencer Little Sr Lake Branden Short Sr Lake Logan Baugher Jr Eastwood Sam Church Sr Eastwood Isaac Emahiser So Eastwood Ryan Reiter Jr Eastwood Billy Barker So Eastwood Isaak Arriaga Jr Gibsonburg Mateo Flores Sr Gibsonburg Camden Sondergeld So Gibsonburg Nathan Shammo So Gibsonburg Billy Barker So Eastwood Logan Baugher Jr Eastwood Tyler Brenot Jr Eastwood Josh Harper Sr Eastwood Sam Church Sr Eastwood Mitchell Gobbell Jr Card Stritch Justin Goedde Jr Card Stritch Nathaniel Kuhn Sr Card Stritch Shaun Enright So Card Stritch Ryan Reiter Jr Eastwood J.T. Atkins Jr Woodmore Kyle Bihn Sr Genoa Dalton Andrews So Eastwood Ben Wilt Jr Woodmore Noah Harder Sr Oak Harbor 300 HURDLES POLE VAULT Mitchell Kubicki Sr Whitmer Mitchell Kubicki Sr Whitmer Jacob Montag Jr Eastwood Wesley Campbell Sr Gibsonburg BOYS HONOR ROLL GIRLS HONOR ROLL Eastwood 4x400 state champions celebrate. (Press photo by Lee Welch/FamilyPhotoGroup.com) Coach of the Year: Brian Sabo, Eastwood By Mark Griffin and J. Patrick Eaken [email protected] All four members of Eastwood’s boys 4x400 relay team had the same mindset go- ing into the finals at the Division III state track and field meet at Ohio State’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. “Run as fast as I possibly can,” said Sam Church, the lone senior on the Eagles’ relay. “Every runner thinks that.” Church said Eastwood’s coaches took the four runners — Church, juniors Logan Baugher and Ryan Reiter and sophomore Isaac Emahiser — off to the side before the race and told them it was an honor to watch them run and an honor to coach them, Church said. All four boys said they wanted to hon- or senior teammate Jonny Bowlus, who was on the 4x400 relay early in the season but had to leave the team for medical reasons. “He was our third-leg guy who had some issues early in the season,” Church said, “so we had to sub Ryan in. Ryan had a great season, too. We were ending the entire season on that (4x400) race, so we knew we could end the season on a special note.” Sophomore Billy Barker, who helped Eastwood’s 4x800 relay team place sixth at this year’s state meet, also ran on the 4x400 during the season but was replaced by Reiter at the regional meet. The Eagles won the 4x400 – the final event of the meet — to help Eastwood win the boys’ regional title by two points over Sandusky St. Mary. The Eagles entered last Friday and Saturday’s events in Columbus with the fastest state-qualifying time (3:24.21) in the 4x400. “We felt really confident,” said Emahiser, who helped the Eagles’ 4x400 relay place seventh at last year’s D-II state meet. “We knew the other team (East Canton) was really good. I had a lot of faith in the other guys. I knew they were going to PR and give it to me in either first or sec- ond, and then it’s just time (for me) to go.” East Canton won Friday’s preliminary race in 3:24.07. Eastwood was second in 3:26.18 but would soon turn the tables on the Hornets in Saturday’s finals. “It wasn’t really a wake-up call,” Church said. “We knew we were going to drop our (individual) times. We didn’t pay too much attention to our rankings. Going into state, every single one of us was going to give our full effort.” The race to a state title In the final, Baugher ran the opening leg and handed off to Church. “I was a little scared because I wanted to give us a good, solid lead,” Baugher said. “When I handed off to Sam we were right next to the second-place team. I knew if we State title accompanied by Co-Athlete of Year honors were that close, I knew Sam would have it. I was disappointed that I couldn’t give him that extra pinch of a lead.” Church maintained the pace before handing off to Reiter, who said a few thoughts ran through his mind before the start of the race. “I have to run my hardest for our one senior, Sam, and for Jonny Bowlus,” Reiter said. “It meant everything talking to him during the meet. Jonny was there all season supporting us.” By the end of the third leg it became obvious that it was going to come down to the Eagles and their counterparts from East Canton. “I knew I ran better than all my other legs in past 400s,” Reiter said. “The guy who ran third for East Canton ran 49-some- thing (seconds) and he just pushed me harder. I ran a 50-flat. That’s very good for me. I knew Isaac was going to bring it home. He had the confidence and we all had the confidence.” Emahiser, who ran the third leg on last year’s 4x400 relay, took the baton from Reiter in second place. Emahiser was not used to getting beaten during his anchor leg, and certainly was not going to let that happen today. “I knew he could do it,” Baugher said. “He had the experience from last year and I knew he would put everything he had into it and we would do just fine.” (continued on page B-2) All Press Track Team ALAN MILLER JEWELERS Proud to Support Area High School Track Teams by co-sponsoring the Five seniors contribute See page B-7

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2016 Alan

Miller Jewelers

All-Press Track

& Field

Honor Roll

2016 Alan

Miller Jewelers

All-Press Track

& Field

Honor Roll

100

200

400

4x100 RELAY

4x200 RELAY

4x400 RELAY

4x800 RELAY

100 HURDLES

300 HURDLES

LONG JUMP

HIGH JUMP

SHOT PUT

DISCUS

POLE VAULT

Kali Hardy Sr Card Stritch

Athena Eli Sr Oak Harbor

Kali Hardy Sr Card Stritch

Abby Dornbusch So Oak Harbor

Katelyn Meyer So Eastwood

Abby Schroeder So Eastwood

Nichole Swartz So Eastwood

Leah Tressel Jr Eastwood

Athena Eli Sr Oak Harbor

Emma Barney Jr Oak Harbor

Alexa Weis Jr Oak Harbor

Abby Dornbusch So Oak Harbor

Jami Hardy Jr Card Stritch

Lauren Loucks Sr Card Stritch

Kali Hardy Sr Card Stritch

Stella Dewitt Jr Card Stritch

Abbie Reichert Sr Card Stritch

Athena Eli Sr Oak Harbor

Emma Barney Jr Oak Harbor

Alexa Weis Jr Oak Harbor

Abby Dornbusch So Oak Harbor

Allison Vogl So Northwood

Allison Roach Jr Northwood

Olivia Randall Fr Northwood

Kelsey Smothers Sr Northwood

Alyx Fisher Jr Lake

Jessica Coutcher Jr Lake

Hannah Roble Jr Lake

Sophia Jackson So Lake

Trinity Fowler Fr Northwood

Allison Roach Jr Northwood

Kelsey Smothers Sr Northwood

Allison Vogl So Northwood

Brooke Schmitz Fr Northwood

Allison Roach Jr Northwood

Jocelynn Dunbar So Northwood

Brooke Schmitz Fr Northwood

Trinity Fowler Fr Northwood

Haley Hess Sr Clay

Sydney Hess Jr Clay

Allison Reichert Sr Clay

Meradith Wisniewski So Clay

Anna Zeitzheim Fr Oak Harbor

Abby Dornbusch So Oak Harbor

Makayla Wagner Jr Oak Harbor

Annie Quisno Sr Oak Harbor

Katelyn Meyer So Eastwood

Carly Rothert So Woodmore

Carly Rothert So Woodmore

Makenzie Briggs So Lake

Emma Barney Jr Oak Harbor

Katelyn Meyer So Eastwood

Stella Dewitt Jr Card Stritch

Katelyn Meyer So Eastwood

Carly Rothert So Woodmore

Lauren Loucks Sr Card Stritch

Analicia Torres So Woodmore

Abbey Castillo Sr Gibsonburg

Abbey Castillo Sr Gibsonburg

Jordan Grzegorczyk Sr Woodmore

Jessica Lang So Eastwood

800

1600

3200

Haley Hess Sr Clay

Haley Hess Sr Clay

Hannah Sponaugle Jr Eastwood

Hannah Sponaugle Jr Eastwood

Co-Athletes

of the Year:

Logan Baugher, Eastwood

Sam Church, Eastwood

Ryan Reiter, Eastwood

Isaac Emahiser, Eastwood

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Isaac Emahiser So Eastwood

Isaiah Jefferson Jr Oak Harbor

Anthony Miranda Sr Clay

Brandyn Neal Sr Lake

Jon Lucas Fr Northwood

Logan Baugher Jr Eastwood

Sam Church Sr Eastwood

Shaun Enright So Card Stritch

Sam Church Sr Eastwood

Mitchell Kubicki Sr Whitmer

Tyler Brenot Jr Eastwood

Cooper Comes So Eastwood

Isaac Emahiser So Eastwood

Ryan Reiter Jr Eastwood

Mitchell Kubicki Sr Whitmer

Isaiah Jefferson Jr Oak Harbor

Collin Hayslett Sr Oak Harbor

Tyler Bowlick Jr Oak Harbor

Nick Damron So Oak Harbor

Cooper Comes So Eastwood

Landon Zura Jr Eastwood

Tyler Brenot Jr Eastwood

Isaac Emahiser So Eastwood

Ryan Reiter Jr Eastwood

Brandyn Neal Sr Lake

Nick Encalado Sr Lake

Spencer Little Sr Lake

Branden Short Sr Lake

Logan Baugher Jr Eastwood

Sam Church Sr Eastwood

Isaac Emahiser So Eastwood

Ryan Reiter Jr Eastwood

Billy Barker So Eastwood

Isaak Arriaga Jr Gibsonburg

Mateo Flores Sr Gibsonburg

Camden Sondergeld So Gibsonburg

Nathan Shammo So Gibsonburg

Billy Barker So Eastwood

Logan Baugher Jr Eastwood

Tyler Brenot Jr Eastwood

Josh Harper Sr Eastwood

Sam Church Sr Eastwood

Mitchell Gobbell Jr Card Stritch

Justin Goedde Jr Card Stritch

Nathaniel Kuhn Sr Card Stritch

Shaun Enright So Card Stritch

Ryan Reiter Jr Eastwood

J.T. Atkins Jr Woodmore

Kyle Bihn Sr Genoa

Dalton Andrews So Eastwood

Ben Wilt Jr Woodmore

Noah Harder Sr Oak Harbor

300 HURDLES

POLE VAULT

Mitchell Kubicki Sr Whitmer

Mitchell Kubicki Sr Whitmer

Jacob Montag Jr Eastwood

Wesley Campbell Sr Gibsonburg

BOYS HONOR ROLL

GIRLS HONOR ROLL

Eastwood 4x400 state champions celebrate.

(Press photo by Lee Welch/FamilyPhotoGroup.com)

Coach of the Year:

Brian Sabo, Eastwood

By Mark Griffi nand J. Patrick [email protected]

All four members of Eastwood’s boys 4x400 relay team had the same mindset go-ing into the fi nals at the Division III state track and fi eld meet at Ohio State’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.

“Run as fast as I possibly can,” said Sam Church, the lone senior on the Eagles’ relay. “Every runner thinks that.”

Church said Eastwood’s coaches took the four runners — Church, juniors Logan Baugher and Ryan Reiter and sophomore Isaac Emahiser — off to the side before the race and told them it was an honor to watch them run and an honor to coach them, Church said.

All four boys said they wanted to hon-or senior teammate Jonny Bowlus, who was on the 4x400 relay early in the season but had to leave the team for medical reasons.

“He was our third-leg guy who had some issues early in the season,” Church said, “so we had to sub Ryan in. Ryan had a great season, too. We were ending the entire season on that (4x400) race, so we knew we could end the season on a special note.”

Sophomore Billy Barker, who helped Eastwood’s 4x800 relay team place sixth at this year’s state meet, also ran on the 4x400 during the season but was replaced by Reiter at the regional meet. The Eagles won the 4x400 – the fi nal event of the meet — to help Eastwood win the boys’ regional title by two points over Sandusky St. Mary.

The Eagles entered last Friday and Saturday’s events in Columbus with the fastest state-qualifying time (3:24.21) in the 4x400.

“We felt really confi dent,” said Emahiser, who helped the Eagles’ 4x400 relay place seventh at last year’s D-II state meet. “We knew the other team (East Canton) was really good. I had a lot of faith in the other guys. I knew they were going to PR and give it to me in either fi rst or sec-ond, and then it’s just time (for me) to go.”

East Canton won Friday’s preliminary race in 3:24.07. Eastwood was second in 3:26.18 but would soon turn the tables on the Hornets in Saturday’s fi nals.

“It wasn’t really a wake-up call,” Church said. “We knew we were going to drop our (individual) times. We didn’t pay too much attention to our rankings. Going into state, every single one of us was going to give our full effort.”

The race to a state titleIn the fi nal, Baugher ran the opening

leg and handed off to Church.“I was a little scared because I wanted

to give us a good, solid lead,” Baugher said. “When I handed off to Sam we were right next to the second-place team. I knew if we

State title accompanied by Co-Athlete of Year honors

were that close, I knew Sam would have it. I was disappointed that I couldn’t give him that extra pinch of a lead.”

Church maintained the pace before handing off to Reiter, who said a few thoughts ran through his mind before the start of the race.

“I have to run my hardest for our one senior, Sam, and for Jonny Bowlus,” Reiter said. “It meant everything talking to him during the meet. Jonny was there all season supporting us.”

By the end of the third leg it became obvious that it was going to come down to the Eagles and their counterparts from East Canton.

“I knew I ran better than all my other legs in past 400s,” Reiter said. “The guy who ran third for East Canton ran 49-some-thing (seconds) and he just pushed me harder. I ran a 50-fl at. That’s very good for me. I knew Isaac was going to bring it home. He had the confi dence and we all had the confi dence.”

Emahiser, who ran the third leg on last year’s 4x400 relay, took the baton from Reiter in second place. Emahiser was not used to getting beaten during his anchor leg, and certainly was not going to let that happen today.

“I knew he could do it,” Baugher said. “He had the experience from last year and I knew he would put everything he had into it and we would do just fi ne.”

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State title accompanied by Co-Athlete of Year honors

Tale of the tape — Eastwood sophomore Isaac Emahiser fi nishes ahead of East Canton sophomore Josh Conrad to close the Eagles' 4x400 relay team's Division III state championship. (Press photo by Lee Welch/FamilyPhotoGroup.com)

Alan Miller Jewelers All-Press Track Co-Athletes of the Year — Eastwood junior Logan Baugher, senior Sam Church, junior Ryan Reiter and sophomore Isaac Ema-hiser. (Press photo by Lee Welch/FamilyPhotoGroup.com)

Emahiser said he felt “really prepared” prior to the race.

“There was no panicking and I just went after it,” he said. “I didn’t know if (East Canton’s) guy had a good kick at the end, but you have to be in fi rst at some point and you have to pass him. I got him on the backstretch, in the fi nal 150 meters. I remember going down the home stretch

(continued from page B-1) and seeing Sam screaming and putting his hands in the air.”

Emahiser said he ran his 400 in a per-sonal-best time of 50.2. He and his team-mates won the state title with a season-best time of 3:21.59. East Canton took second in 3:22.25.

“It was pretty surreal in a way,” Baugher said of winning the title. “I was like, wow! It was amazing and it was cool to see that we did what we knew we could do.

Every time we ran, we told ourselves we’re running this race for Johnny. He deserved that spot. He’s a senior and he worked his behind off. He congratulated us and we hugged him and said we ran that for you.”

Church, who will run cross coun-try and track next year at Ohio Christian University in Circleville, said he was near the fi nish line when Emahiser brought home the state championship.

“Isaac is just so smooth to the fi nish,”

Church said. “The East Canton kid wasn’t going to catch him. It was awesome that the three underclassmen ended my senior year with a track championship.”

The four relay team members are this year’s Alan Miller Jewelers Track Co-Athletes of the Year, and their coach, Brian Sabo, repeats as Coach of the Year. To be on the All-Press Track and Field Honor Roll, an athlete must win a league, district or re-gional championship or qualify for state.

By Mark Griffi nPress Contributing [email protected]

You don’t see a Northwood girls relay team standing on the awards podium very often at the state track and fi eld meet.

In fact, Rangers coach Jeremy Lewin said he’s pretty sure no Northwood girls relay team has ever won a medal at the state meet. Lewin, however, was confi dent that senior Kelsey Smothers, sophomore Allison Vogl, junior Allison Roach and freshman Trinity Fowler would end that streak at the Division III state meet at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus.

“Our chances were really good,” Lewin said. “We came in with the eighth fastest time and they take nine (teams) to the fi nals. I told the girls on Friday, ‘We’re not running for the podium tonight, we’re running for Saturday. Focus on fi nishing in the top three (in their heat),’ and they did. They focused on that and relaxed and were ready to go. They ran good enough to run on Saturday.”

The Rangers clocked in at 4:04.54 in Friday’s prelims, earning the No. 7 seed for Saturday’s fi nals.

“We were all very confi dent (after the prelims),” Smothers said. “With the season we’ve had, three of our four girls have had

Northwood girls’ relay team heads into uncharted territoryinjuries and we’ve had to use alternates all season. We went through a lot to get to where we were. By the regional fi nals we re-alized this is our only chance to go (to state) and we needed to push as hard as we can.”

Smothers credited assistant coach Katrina Heidenburg for getting the four-some motivated.

“We all had enough confi dence in ourselves that we could do it,” Smothers said. “There wasn’t a single negative doubt. Coach Heidenburg really pushes us to our limit and that helps us a lot. We didn’t have any negativity all season. She knew we could get on the podium.”

Smothers ran the fi rst leg and handed the baton to Vogl, who handed off to Roach. Fowler, the freshman, crossed the fi nish line in 4:03.74, the Rangers’ best time this season. It was good for seventh place and made Northwood girls track history.

“Those four girls are more competi-tive than anyone I’ve ever coached,” Lewin said. “They refuse to lose.”

Stritch’s Hardy eighth in 100 dashCardinal Stritch senior Kali Hardy

reached the podium with an eighth-place fi nish in the D-III 100 dash on Saturday. Her preliminary time on Friday was 12.68, good enough for the seventh qualifying

spot, and she ran a 12.78 in the fi nals.Hardy also competed in the 200 dash

on Friday and placed 12th (26.31) in the prelims.

“It was really exciting and I was ner-vous at the same time,” Hardy said. “There was a lot of really good competition. Knowing you had to perform well to make it into the top eight was really exciting. I didn’t have my best times, but I guess I still did really well. All the hard work you put in to get there and have all those people cheering for you is really amazing.”

Stritch teammate Lauren Loucks, a senior, competed in the high jump and Cardinals junior Stella Dewitt competed in the long jump. Dewitt did not record a distance after fouling on all three attempts.

“She had a lot of energy and I kept having to back her up,” Stritch coach Todd Baden said. “We couldn’t fi nd her right timing spot.”

Loucks, who jumped 5-4 at the region-al meet, jumped 5-0 in Columbus to fi nish 14th.

“The excitement and nature of what was going on kind of got to her,” Baden said. “She didn’t seem like her usual self and didn’t have the pop to get up in the air. When she missed her fi rst attempt at 4-10, it was hard for her to stay focused.”

Allison Roach (left) runs after receiving the baton from Allison Vogl. (Press photo by Lee Welch/FamilyPhotoGroup.com)

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By Mark Griffi nPress Contributing [email protected]

Clay senior distance runner Haley Hess did what every track and fi eld athlete hopes to do — save her best for last.

Hess, a standout athlete in cross country, basketball, and track and fi eld, placed fourth in the 1600 at the Division I state track and fi eld meet at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. Hess qualifi ed to state with a personal-best time of 4:59.31, then broke the school record in the state fi nals with a time of 4:58.76.

“I’ve been trying to break that (record) since last year’s TRAC meet,” said Hess, who will compete in cross country and track next season at the University of Akron.

Hess said she knew she would have to fi nish in under fi ve minutes to have any chance of getting on the awards podium in Columbus. The eighth-best time in the 1600 last Saturday was 5:00.49.

“I knew I had to be up with the lead-ers and go fast to be up there,” Hess said. “I was surprised (at the start). It didn’t go out slow but the fi rst lap was 73 or 74 (sec-onds), so it wasn’t too fast. I picked it up on the third and fourth lap.”

Hess fi nished with three career medals at the state cross country meet and three at the state track meet. She said last week’s medal is probably her favorite, along with the sixth-place medal she got at the state cross country meet as a sophomore.

“I’m pleased with fourth,” Hess said. “That was my highest fi nish ever on the podium. I was in a good spot the fi rst lap and I was in an OK spot on the second lap. By the fourth lap I was around 10th place and then I passed about six (runners) in the fi nal 250 meters. I knew if I was in a good spot with enough time left, I would (pass) some people.”

Whitmer’s Kubicki earns two medalsMitch Kubicki, a senior at Whitmer

Clay’s Haley Hess ends career by saving best for last

Whitmer's Division I senior state quali-fying pole vaulter Mitchell Kubicki, an Oregon resident, clears the bar at an indoor meet last winter. (Submitted fi le photo)

who lives in Oregon, took third in the 300-meter fi nals and also got a sixth-place fi nish in the pole vault last Saturday at the D-I state meet. Kubicki is believed to be the fi rst Whitmer track athlete to place in two individual events at the state meet.

“I’m blessed and honored,” Kubicki said. “The program and the coaches pro-vide me with an opportunity and I’m glad I could be a part of it and represent Whitmer.”

Kubicki, who will compete in the de-cathlon next year at Kent State University, had the second fastest state qualifying time in the 300 hurdles. He fi nished second in Friday’s preliminary race, in 38.04 sec-onds. He also ran on the Panthers’ 4x200 relay that fi nished 11th and failed to make Saturday’s fi nals.

Kubicki and the other 300 hurdlers had to wait out a 45-minute rain delay be-

fore they could run their race. Kubicki said the race started around 7 p.m.

“I tried not to think about it too much,” he said. “I tried to keep my mind clear and focused on what I was doing. I had some down time and I enjoyed watching the oth-er kids compete.”

Kubicki nearly won the race. He was leading with two hurdles remaining but clipped a hurdle with his right foot and ended up third in 38.130. Runner-up Lane Knoch of Marlington edged Kubicki at the line, in 38.122.

“It was crazy,” Kubicki said. “You can picture yourself running and the crowd go-ing crazy as you get close to the fi nish line. I couldn’t see anybody in front of me and I was leading the race. I heard the crowd go-ing crazy. I was thinking, ‘Wow! I’m going to be a state champion.’ When I almost fell, it was like it was in slow motion. I got my

balance and fi nished out as strong as I could.“I was in shock. I wasn’t paying at-

tention to my technique or something. It would have been nice to be on top with the gold medal. It was a good experience. So much emotion came out at the end of that race, but I’ll have four more years of (track) in college.”

Kubicki got on the podium in the pole vault after tying his career-best jump of 15-0. He missed his attempt at 15-4. Massillon Perry senior Lucas Kelley won the event with a vault of 16-8.

“I was not jumping well at all,” Kubicki said. “It was good competition, but I wasn’t jumping well. I was glad I got 15 (feet) and was able to place sixth. That day, getting on the podium for the vault was defi nitely more of a challenge. The state is extreme-ly strong in the pole vault, especially this year.”

By Mark Griffi nPress Contributing [email protected]

Woodmore sophomore Analicia Torres was getting psyched to compete in the D-III shot put last weekend when offi cials told her the shot she was preparing to use wasn’t the correct weight.

“She was freaking out,” Woodmore coach Mike Moreno said.

The shot is supposed to weigh 8.8 pounds, Torres said, but her shot weighed 8.7 pounds.

“I have no idea (why),” Torres said. “Before the meet even started my head wasn’t in it. I was just a little nervous; ev-eryone is. I got it together before I threw but I had to borrow another (shot).”

Senior Lyne’a Diller of Columbus Grove let Torres borrow one of her shots. Torres had a career-best throw of 42-0.50 on her second attempt in the fi nals, earning fi fth place. Torres took fourth at the region-al meet with a throw of 41-9.25.

“This was my goal all season long,” Torres said. “It meant a lot to get on the po-dium. A lot of my hard work paid off. I was in the weight room all year long and it paid off. I was happy.”

Woodmore’s Torres shows what a ‘Cat thrower can doWoodmore sophomore Carly Rothert

qualifi ed to state in three events and got on the podium in the high jump. Rothert fi n-ished seventh with a jump of 5-4. Moreno said Rothert nearly cleared 5-5 on her sec-ond attempt but hit the bar with her heel on the way down.

“I was hoping for a higher place,” Rothert said. “There were three of us who all went out at the same height; it just came down to misses. I was happy with the way I jumped.”

Rothert also qualifi ed in the 100 hur-dles and 300 hurdles but did not make the fi nals. She took 13th is the 300 hurdles pre-lims on Friday and 14th in the 100 hurdles prelims.

“I had so much fun and I really like the high jump and hurdles,” Rothert said. “I wasn’t ready for it to end yet.”

Eastwood’s Meyer earns three medalsEastwood sophomore Katelyn Meyer

earned three individual medals by placing third in the long jump (17-11.25), fi fth in the high jump (5-4) and eighth in the 100 hurdles (15.38) in the D-II girls meet.

“It was exciting and lots of fun, and I can take this experience into next year,” Meyer said. “I hope to improve and I hope

I get to experience this again with my friends. Once I started competing it felt like a normal track meet. I just really wanted to have fun in my fi rst time to state.”

Meyer also ran on the Eagles’ 4x100 re-lay that fi nished 12th in Friday’s prelims. That team included Leah Tressel, Abby Schroeder and Nichole Swartz. Meyer is the fi rst Eastwood girl to earn All-Ohio honors in three events at one state meet. She is also the fi rst Eastwood girl to qualify to the state track meet in four events.

“She had an amazing day,” Eagles coach Nikki Sabo said. “She came to com-pete and she was not intimidated that it was the state meet. She was excited to com-pete and it showed.”

Oak Harbor’s Emma Barney placed eighth in the long jump (17-2.25).

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Baer entersfi nal collegegolf season Bowling Green State University se-nior Mikayla Baer (Woodmore) closed out her junior season on the Falcons’ golf team by posting a stroke average of 78.2 over 29 rounds, playing in all 11 tournaments for BGSU, including the Women’s Mid-American Match Play Challenge. Baer carded a low round 71 in the fi -nal round of play at the 2015 Redbird Invitational, which was tied for the eighth lowest 18-hole round by a Falcon in BGSU women’s golf history. It was also the low-est round of the season for any Falcon this year. She recorded four top-25 place fi nish-es on season, took second-place overall at the 2016 Snowman Classic with a 36-hole score of 153 (nine over par), and fi nished in a tie for ninth-place overall with a 54-hole score of 228, (plus 12) at the Redbird Invitational hosted by Illinois State. In addition, this season Bear turned in a 54-hole score of 223, (plus seven) with rounds of 77, 73 and 73 to place in 14th overall at the Cardinal Classic, she also fi nished in a tie for 24th overall at the 2015 Rocket Classic with a three-round combined score of 238 (plus 22), placed in a tie for 37th overall at the 2016 MAC Championships with a 54-hole score of 233 (plus 17) and shot a 73 over the fi rst round of play at the 2015 MAC Fall Preview. Baer was named to the 2015-16 Academic All-MAC Team. Baer is a 2013 graduate of Woodmore, where she was coached by Steve Burner and golfed for the Wildcats’ boys team dur-ing the regular season. She owns the 18-hole score school record (68), is the only fe-male golfer in school history to advance to the girls state championship tournament, earning fi rst-team all-state recognition as a junior and senior. She fi nished fi fth at the 2012 state tournament.

Limes, Henline to coach Two Northern Buckeye Conference

boys basketball head coaching jobs were fi lled last week — Jeff Limes takes over at Lake and Todd Henline at Eastwood. Both have previous ties to the Eastwood program.

Limes, the junior varsity boys’ basket-ball coach at Eastwood the past four years, is the new head varsity coach at Lake, tak-ing over for Denny Meyer, who coached boys basketball one year. “I’m really excited for the upcoming season. We got started this past weekend and it was so great to see all the kids out on the court,” Limes emailed The Press.

Before taking over as JV coach at Eastwood, he was previously a freshman coach and a volunteer coach for four years before that. He is employed at ABC Supply Co. in Toledo. Meanwhile, Eastwood Athletic Director Jeff Hill says Todd Henline will be hired for the 2016-17 school year, re-placing Matt Routson, who had replaced Henline when he came on board. Hill says Henline will be offi cially hired at the June 28 Eastwood board of education meeting. “He is in the process of selecting his staff and will be having a meeting for all parents and players early next week with summer basketball activities to start some-time next week,” Hill wrote in an email to The Press. Henline, who played at Eastwood, served as the head coach at Eastwood for fi ve seasons from 2007-12, but Hill says he has been involved with Eastwood basket-ball in one capacity or another since 1990. Sports announcements

Lake boys basketball will hold a youth camp on June 27-29 for grades 1-3 (8:30-10 a.m.) and grades 4-6 (10:30-noon) at the Lake Middle School gymnasium. Camp fee is $35, which includes t-shirt, and cost is $30 for each additional camper from the same household. Camp is run by the new coach-ing staff and high school players. Contact Coach Jeff Limes at [email protected].

CorrectionA photo in last week’s edition of The

Press misidentifi ed Clay junior softball player Bekah Yenrick as senior Haley Dominique. The Press regrets the error.

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Time has run out on Mackenzie Albright.

The Eastwood senior, a four-year start-er at shortstop on the Eagles’ softball team, has been a huge cog in Coach Joe Wyant’s squad. Albright never really planned on this being her last year of organized soft-ball, but it appears that will be the case.

“I had a chance to play next year, but things didn’t work out and I’m not going to that college anymore,” Albright said. “That’s added to this season in making sure I had fun and played my best. This is the last time I’ll play softball. I didn’t necessar-ily have numbers as far as my season goals. I just wanted to play well for the team.”

The ninth-ranked Eagles fi nished 25-1 and 13-0 in the Northern Buckeye Conference. Their only loss was 2-1 to Archbold in a Division III district fi nal.

Not bad for a team that starts fi ve fresh-men, all in the infi eld, and had just two se-niors in captains Albright and center fi eld-er Alexa Schmeltz. Albright hit .500 (47 for 94) with 10 doubles, two triples, four home runs, 47 runs, and 25 RBIs. She also had 20 stolen bases and a .585 on-base percentage as Eastwood’s leadoff hitter.

“Her leading off makes it nice for the rest of the lineup,” Wyant said. “They’re going to get more (good pitches) with her on base. Teams want to keep her off base.”

Albright was a fi rst team All-NBC util-ity player and second team all-district in-fi elder last year. This year, she is the NBC Player of the Year, fi rst team shortstop and received fi rst team All-Ohio honors.

Albright holds school career records for hits (over 170), runs (164) and stolen bases (53), and last year she scored 44 runs to set a single-season school mark, but broke it again this year. Just as important this season, however, has been the way she’s helped the freshmen adjust to high school varsity softball.

“She’s been a great leader this year with these young girls,” Wyant said. “She’s really tried to be patient and mentor them. If I’m not there and they do something

Albright’s senior season to be one for the memories

East-wood All-Ohio senior Mack-enzie Albright. (Press fi le photo by Lee Welch/Fami-lyPho-toGroup.com)

wrong, she can be on them and be fi rm about it. She knows right from wrong and how things should be done.”

Wyant said there is no way the Eagles would have had the season they had with-out Albright.

“She’s one of nine (starters), but still she’s the main key,” Wyant said. “You can talk about her offensive stats, but I haven’t coached a girl better than her on defense. Her defense is even better than her offen-sive production. I’ve been coaching 18 years and she’s the best all-around player I’ve ever coached. She’s a great player but she likes to have fun on the fi eld, too.”

Wyant and Albright had some doubts about how the freshmen would contribute this season. Wyant said he told Albright he thought the youngsters would be better than many people expected.

“Mackenzie was hesitant at fi rst, but she was calm with the girls and helped them in every phase,” Wyant said. “I need-ed her to be on board.”

Albright admits that this season was “different” than what she expected.

“I came into the year knowing it would be interesting, seeing how these girls would play,” she said. “I had seen a couple of them in the summer, but I never watched them perform on a fi eld. I knew we had po-tential and I didn’t want to waste my senior year. It’s been surprising and it’s been fun.”

Albright said the Eagles have shown an ability to be resilient and stay focused throughout the season.

“In high school softball you have rain delays and doubleheaders on weekends, and you’ll play fi ve games the next week because games get pushed back,” she said.

“We’ve had off days but we’ve always found a way to get it done. Coach expects to win and I think that puts a little more pressure on us in that we need to execute and perform to our ability to help the team.

“He has really been a lot of the reason for our success. To have confi dence in a team — to put fi ve freshmen in the infi eld and have it work — that’s some magic in my eyes.”

Albright said she is planning to go to chiropractic school in Georgia after high school. She said winning the NBC title had always been her goal.

“To have it actually become a part of my senior season has made everything worth it,” Albright said. “All the training, the hot summers and the work the other girls have put in for us to get to this point is pretty cool.”

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Oak Harbor infi elder Emma Vidal tags a Maumee runner in the Rockets' 1-0 district fi nal loss at Genoa. (Press photo by Harold Hamilton/HEHphotos.smugmug.com)

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Oak Harbor softball was hoping for more. However, when they look back at their season, they realize just how much they accomplished. A 27-3 record, a second straight appearance in the district finals, a No. 5 ranking in the Division II Associated Press poll, a second place finish in the Sandusky Bay Conference and two players earning All-Ohio honors resulted in the best season in program history. It came to an end when the Rockets lost to Maumee, 1-0, in the district finals. It came down to the Panthers scoring an unearned run in the sixth inning. “I’m still thinking about the last game a little bit,” Oak Harbor coach Chris Rawski said. “I’m a little disappointed in myself in not being able to get us a step or two far-ther. I think the girls did everything they could do. You can’t be disappointed in the players in any way. I just think that maybe I could’ve gotten them over the hump.” “For this group, at the start of the year to say we would go 27-3 and 10-2 in the SBC and the only team (Edison) that fin-ished ahead of us is in the (state) final four, I think we’d take that, (but) there’s always a finality that you’re not ready for.”

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for the last three years. Lochotzki was a four-year starter and played three years in center field while helping to solidify the outfield. Tyburski, who started for most of last season, besides seeing action at the plate and on the field, would serve as a key pinch runner when needed, specifically for catcher Maddy Rathbun, who was recovering from a knee injury this year. In all, the quintet finished with a 70-35 record during their time with the program, good for a .667 winning percentage. It’s a group that took the program from one that could compete in a top-flight league like the SBC for three years. To win that is now among the best. “They paid the price. They went through some of those tough moments. For a while there, we were always the team that was just close. Even going into last

year, for us to finish 5-7 in the league, we were just close on so many opportunities, but that really doesn’t do you any good,” said Rawski. “This group, all five are three-year var-sity letter winners — Brandy won four — they went through the ups and the downs. You can’t be anything but appreciative of them for sticking with it. There are some people who didn’t make it all the way through. “I’d love to say we’re now in a place where we can contend and play with any-body, the top-tier teams. I think we’re start-ing to get a reputation that Oak Harbor is a place where the kids win and win the right way and work really hard in the offseason. The gist of it is I think we can compete. I think we can play with anybody at any time.” The club’s record-setting season start-

ed with battery mates Ashley Riley and Rathbun. Riley, who pitched primarily in relief during her freshman season, went 21-3 with a 0.73 ERA and two saves. She struck out 255 batters in 153.1 innings and allowed just 16 earned runs. The sophomore, who was named to Division II second team All-Ohio, hit .389 with six doubles, a triple and 22 RBIs. Rathbun, who recovered after tearing her ACL during soccer season, earned All-Ohio honors for the second consecutive sea-son. She was named to the first team after being a member of the second team in D-III last season. She hit a remarkable .526 while playing catcher and set school records with 50 hits and 34 RBIs this season. The two of them also earned all-dis-trict and All-SBC honors, as did right fielder Emma Bergman. Bergman, who set pitching records in her first two seasons and would start for most teams in Ohio, hit .412 while reaching base 46 percent of the time. She hit eight doubles, drove in 27 runs and was second on the team with 31 runs. In the circle, she went 6-0 with a 1.41 ERA and struck out 46 in 44.2 innings. The other Rocket to earn all-district and All-SBC honors was Rollins, the sec-ond baseman. Rollins, who will continue her career at Ohio Valley University, hit .420 with an on-base percentage of .500. She had five doubles, two triples, drove in 24 runs and scored 26 times. Rollins came up big in the tournament in each of the last two seasons, hitting a triple and scoring the go-ahead run in the first inning of Oak Harbor’s 3-0 win over Wauseon in the district semifinals, and in last year’s 3-1 district semifinal victory over Upper Sandusky, Rollins hit a double in the seventh inning to score Riley with the go-ahead run in that game. “It was a great, big experience,” Rollins said of her time playing softball for the Rockets. “We all grew closer each year and became more of a family, on and off the field. Even in the offseason, we always kept in touch in some way. On the field, other than competing, we had fun whether it was our little huddles before each inning or even talking in between batters.”

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2011 Chevy Tahoe LT#FC6165A $25,699$25,699

#FC6172 MSRP $32,900

2016 CHEVY EQUINOX LT2016 CHEVY EQUINOX LT NEWNEW

#AT-16300, 4X4, All Star, Double CabMSRP $43,730$60 Under Invoice$60 Under InvoicePrice $37,112*Price $37,112*$6,618 OFF

2016 CHEVY SILVERADO2016 CHEVY SILVERADO

* Includes all rebates and incentives. Plus tax, title, license and document fees. With approved credit. See dealer for details. Offer ends June 30, 2016.

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#AT-16254, MSRP $29,275

* Includes all rebates and incentives. Plus tax, title, license and document fees. With approved credit. See dealer for details. Offer ends June 30, 2016.

2016 CHEVY SPARK2016 CHEVY SPARK#FC6167, MSRP $16,660

$60 Under Invoice$60 Under InvoicePrice $12,952*Price $12,952*$3,708 OFF

$60 Under Invoice$60 Under InvoicePrice $25,294*Price $25,294*$3,981 OFF* Includes all rebates and incentives. Plus tax, title, license and document fees. With approved credit. See dealer for details. Offer ends June 30, 2016.

$60 Under Invoice on ALL New Vehicles!ALL New Vehicles!

Jeff BrownGeneral Manager

RJStachowiak

Curtis Miller

AndyGerbich

GrantMiller

Sales Mgr.

DeanBuhrow

AnthonySondergeldSales Mgr.

NickPaul

MikeSchlosser

BrianGentry

ChrissyAngelone

RyanDrenning

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$60 Under Invoice$60 Under InvoicePrice $29,469*Price $29,469*Lease for $209** Per Month *Price includes all rebates and incentives. Plus tax, title, license and document fees. With approved credit. See dealer for details. Offer ends June 30, 2016 **Lease price is for 39 months with $3,000 down. 10,000 miles per year. Plus tax, title, license and document fees. With approved credit. See dealer for details. Offer ends June 30, 2016.

2016 CHEVY TRAVERSE LS2016 CHEVY TRAVERSE LS

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