Logan Elm tried to rally in its last at-bat against the top-ranked team in Division II Ohio baseball, the Miami Trace Panthers, but fell just short 5-4 in a Southeast District sectional semifinal contest.The Braves and host Panthers each scored … Continue reading Tuesday’s roundup: Braves upset bid falls short at top-ranked Miami Trace baseball
Teays Valley pounded out a dozen hits and asserted itself over the middle innings on Monday to record a 9-2 Division I Central District semifinal win over host Upper Arlington.The ninth-seeded Vikings (19-8) advance to a district final on Wednesday at top-seeded Watkins Memorial (29-1), a 3-0 winner over Groveport in its district semifinal, with first pitch slated for 5 p.m.Seventh-seeded Upper Arlington (22-5) reached the scoreboard first with a run in the second, but the Vikings eventually seized the lead for good with a three-run fourth.Morgan Cantrell led off the fourth with a double to left, advanced to third … Continue reading Monday’s roundup: Aces, Vikings advance to district softball finals
Brody MacDonald was determined to keep Logan Elm playing baseball at least into next week.The senior hit a walk-off single to center, scoring David Evans and sending the Braves to a 5-4 win over visiting Vinton County in a Division … Continue reading Saturday’s roundup: MacDonald sends Braves to walk-off tourney win over Vinton County
by JOHN HOWLEY / sportingpumpkin.comA long dry spell came to an end Friday night as Teays Valley’s girls picked up 105 points to go with the 58 scored Tuesday to win the school’s first girls’ track title in three decades.“Thirty-one … Continue reading Vikings end 31-year title drought
Olivia Dumm tossed a five-hitter on Friday, sending Westfall to a 12-0 run-rule win over Nelsonville-York in a Division III Southeast District sectional final.The Westfall sophomore used 77 pitches over the five-inning contest, walked none and struck out 11 Buckeyes.Westfall (22-5) took advantage of seven errors by Nelsonville-York (6-17) to score 10 unearned runs.Maddie Mullins put the Mustangs ahead 1-0 in the first when she hit a sacrifice fly to center that brought in Delana Landefeld from third base. The Mustangs put away the sectional final with a five-run second.A squeeze by Maddison Kearney allowed Leah Ragland to score and … Continue reading Friday’s roundup: Mustangs cruise past Buckeyes in softball sectional final
Hello Cinderella.The Logan Elm softball team entered the Division II Southeast District tournament seeded 11th out of 19 schools, but don’t tell Waverly and Hillsboro that.After the Braves opened tournament play with a 13-3 run-rule win over sixth-seeded Waverly on … Continue reading Wednesday’s roundup: Aces, Braves advance in sectional finals
By Brad MorrisSportingPumpkin.com ASHVILLE — It doesn’t take long to figure out the softball pedigree that Teays Valley has earned over the years, starting with the four cutouts of Ohio on the outfield fence that symbolize and honor two state tournament teams, one state runner-up squad and a state championship team. With that type of tradition, Teays Valley coach Derrick Hastler entered this week in an unusual situation. “We normally have teams with a lot of tournament experience, but due to not having last season because of the (COVID-19) pandemic we started this week with only two players with tournament … Continue reading Vikings use 10-run first to rout Warriors in sectional final
Teays Valley’s girls picked up three event championships in scoring 58 points Tuesday to take the early lead at the Mid-State League Buckeye Division track and field championships. Liberty Union’s boys claimed three titles to hold the early lead on … Continue reading Vikings, Lions on top after first day of MSL championships
Westfall rallied with two runs in its final at-bat on Tuesday to defeat visiting Fairfield 6-5 in non-conference action.The Mustangs entered the seventh with a 4-2 lead, but Fairfield scored three times to take its first lead of the night … Continue reading Tuesday’s roundup: Mustangs walk off with win over Lions
Logan Elm scored in each of its last four at-bats on Monday to run-rule host Waverly 13-3 in a Division II Southeast District sectional semifinal.The No. 11 seeded Braves took the lead for good with a five-run second.After scoring a run in the third and another in the fourth, the Braves put away their tournament opener with a six-run fifth.Carly King put the Braves on the scoreboard with an RBI single to center to score Avree Entler.After an error allowed Jacie Clifton to score, Lynsay Vanhoose smacked a two-run double to center to score Kylie Smith and a courtesy runner … Continue reading Monday’s roundup: Braves, Vikings open softball tourney with wins
