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Friday, March 6, 2009
State Wrestling Day 2
Results from the championship semifinal round and third round of consolations of the state wrestling tournament Friday evening. Wrestling is done for the evening:
9:14 pm.: Graham has tied the record for number of championship finalists with nine. The other team with nine finalists was Walsh Jesuit in 1995:
CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINALS
DIVISION III
112: Bryce Baker (Mechanicsburg) d. Tim Triskett (Cleveland Villa Angela/St. Joseph) 7-5
135: Ben Kuzma (Bascom Hopewell-Loudon) m.d. Brendon Klaus (Mechanicsburg) 12-4
DIVISION II
103: Nick Brascetta (Graham) m.d. Cory Stainbrook (Streetsboro) 18-6
112: Ty Mitch (Aurora) d. Isaac Jordan (Graham) 11-4
125: Zach Neibert (Graham) m.d. Brent Fickel (Parma Padua Franciscan) 10-2
130: Felipe Martinez (Graham) d. Jake Vaughan (Columbus St. Francis DeSales 8-4
135: David Taylor (Graham) t.f. Randy Henline (Akron Coventry) 21-6
140: Matt Stephens (Graham) d. Kyle Leek (Warren Howland) 5-0
145: Brian Stephens (Graham) d. Corey Dulaney (Whitehall-Yearling) 9-5
152: Huston Evans (Graham) d. Michael Graves (Maumee) 6-4
160: Kyle Ryan (Graham) d. Riley Kilroy (Parma Padua Franciscan) 8-4
171: Zach Garbrandt (Uhrichsville Claymont) d. James Mannier (Graham) 4-2 2 OT
189: Max Thomusseit (Graham) p. Joe Poyser (Louisville) :55
215: Tyler Houska (Medina Highland) p. Logan White (Graham) 3:37
DIVISION I
145: T.J. Rigel (Tecumseh) m.d. Kevin Drake (Upper Arlington) 19-8
CONSOLATIONS THIRD ROUND
DIVISION II
119: John Worthington (Shelby) d. Sheldon Kegley (Graham) 4-2
130: Jake Strausbaugh (Orrville) d Evan Storts (Shawnee) 7-2
DIVISION III
160: Peter Lewis (West Liberty-Salem) m.d. Jake Elling (Liberty Center) 13-2
171: Cody Rodgers (Mechanicsburg) d. Kyle Keplinger (Troy Christian) 5-1
215: Kyle Kelly (Akron Manchester) p. Josh Salyers (Mechanicsburg) 4:07
DIVISION I 152: Aron Brenner (Canfield) d. Justin Sneary (Tecumseh) 6-1
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Southeastern rallies to beat Yellow Springs
9:32 p.m.: Southeastern beats Yellow Springs 61-58 to win a Division IV sectional title tonight in Vandalia.
Tyler Cooper hit one free throw with seven seconds left, and Yellow Springs missed what would have been a game-tying 3-pointer at the buzzer.
The Trojans trailed 55-50 with 2:34 left but tied the game at the 2:18 mark when J.P. McFarland put back a missed free throw.
McFarland then rebounded a miss with Cooper to give Southeastern a 57-55 lead at the 1:13 mark.
9:06 p.m.: Yellow Springs leads Southeastern 45-41 after three quarters. This is its largest lead of the game.
Devon Freeman has 11 points for the Bulldogs.
8:39 p.m.: Southeastern and Yellow Springs are tied at 28 at halftime.
Ryan Phillips has six points for the Bulldogs. Ian Wimberly has five.
For the Trojans, Reed Florence has six points. J.P. McFarland has seven. Jared Toops has five.
Neither team has led by more than four points.8:19 p.m.: Daniel Black’s layup at the buzzer in the first quarter gives Southeastern an 18-16 lead over Yellow Springs.
Black has six points.
7:50 p.m.: The Southeastern-Yellow Springs Division IV sectional final at the Vandalia Butler Student Activity Center will start around 8:05 p.m.
The winner of this game will play Russia or Fort Loramie in the district final Friday, March 13, at 9 p.m. at UD Arena.
In the first game here tonight, Dayton Jefferson routed Franklin-Monroe 55-21.
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Northeastern boys fall to Anna in sectional final
These were our live updates from the Northeastern-Anna sectional final:
7:55 p.m.: News-Sun sports writer Michael Cooper reports in with the final score from UD. The Jets fall 56-32 to Anna.
7:40 p.m.: The Jets pulled to within five in the third quarter, but Northeastern now trails Anna 40-25 after three quarters.
7:12 p.m.: Anna led Northeastern 25-16 at halftime in their Division III sectional final at UD Arena.
The Jets trailed 13-10 after the first quarter.
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Live updates from the Graham tournament game
Live updates from the Graham vs. Indian Lake tournament game.
8:45 p.m.: Graham wins 71-37. The Falcons (23-0) move on to the district tournament.
8:20 p.m.: Graham’s up 56-28 after three quarters.
Indian Lake’s Adam Reichert blocked a Josh Schuler 3-pointer attempt and celebrated a little too much for the Falcons’ fans. They started the obligatory “Scoreboard!” chant.
The winner of this game plays Cincinnati Taft or Indian Hill in the district tournament on Wednesday, March 11. The game will be played at UD Arena at 5:30 p.m.
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State wrestling Day 2
Results from the championship quarterfinal second round of consolations form the state wrestling meet. Wrestling is finished for the afternoon. Fresh results from the championship semifinals will be posted shortly after the round begins at 6:30 this evening:
2:40 p.m.: Graham has become the first team in the history of Ohio wrestling to put 12 wrestlers into tonight’s Championship Semifinals. Only Sheldon Kegley (119) didn’t make the semis, but won his consolation match to guarantee himself of no worse than an eighth place. The 12 in the semifinals are guaranteed of no worse than a sixth-place finish. However, the biggest win of the morning session for local wrestlers was turned in by Tecumseh senior returning state runner-up T.J. Rigel, who pinned returning state champ and three-time state placer Seth Horner of Massillon Perry in the first period of his championship quarterfinal. Two other wrestlers, both from Mechanicsburg, are the other local championship semifinalists. Local action is done for the morning session. Check back tonight starting at 6:30 for the championship semifinal results in real-time.
CONSOLATIONS SECOND ROUND
DIVISION I
152: Justin Sneary (Tecumseh) d. Charles Mason (Cincinnati Princeton) 6-4 OT
1:47 p.m.:
CONSOLATIONS SECOND ROUND
DIVISION II
119: Sheldon Kegley (Grqham) d. Andrew Brown (Tallmadge) 9-6
130: Evan Storts (Shawnee) d. Jordan Duckett (Toledo Central Cathoic) 3-2 OT
DIVISION III
103: Anthony Elchert (Arcadia) d. E.J. Mowen (Greeneview) 11-4
140: Dann Miller (Brookfield) d. Jordan Deady (Triad) 4-2
140: Chad Sonnenberg (Van Buren) d. Kyle Reese (Mechanicsburg) 8-2
160: Peter Lewis (West Liberty-Salem) d. David Angevine (Reading) 5-2
171: Cody Rodgers (Mechanicsburg) d. Brock Wagner (Greeneview) 3-2
215: Josh Salyers (Mechanicsburg) m.d. Scott Barnes (Spencerville) 12-2
CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTERFINALS
DIVISION I
145: T.J. Rigel (Tecumseh) p. Seth Horner (Massillon Perry) 1:56
152: Andrew Gasber (Madison) p. Justin Sneary (Tecumseh) 3:41
DIVISION II
103: Nick Brascetta (Graham) m.d. Jordan Burkhart (Carrollton) 13-3
112: Isaac Jordan (Graham) t.f. Brady Hutchins (Canal Winchester) 24-9
119: James Inghram (Hunting Valley University School) d. Sheldon Kegley (Graham) 4-3
125: Zach Neibert (Graham) t.f. Jake Kazimir (Chagrin Falls Kenston) 15-0
130: Felipe Martinez (Graham) p. Jake Mellinger (Beloit West Branch) 2:56
130: Shelton Morris (Ravenna Southeast) d. Evan Storts (Shawnee) 3-0
135: David Taylor (Graham) t.f. Jeremy Maiwurm (Orrville) 18-1
140: Matt Stephens (Graham) m.d. Michael Slaga (Rayland Buckeye Local) 17-7
145: Brian Stephens (Graham) t.f. Terry Wagenhauser (Defiance) 29-14
152: Huston Evans (Graham) d. Tucker Gregor (Medina Buckeye) 5-2
160: Kyle Ryan (Graham) m.d. Harrison Rosch (Canal Winchester) 15-7
171: James Mannier (Graham) d. Nick McCall (Wauseon) 7-3
189: Max Thomusseit (Graham) d. Beau Wenger (Navarre Fairless) 6-1
215: Logan White (Graham) d. Garren Dilley (Amanda-Clearcreek) 2-1
DIVISION III
103: Jeremy Border (Caldwell) d. E.J. Mowen (Greeneview) 2-0
112: Bryce Baker (Mechanicsburg) d. Tim Majoy (Milan Edison) 8-1
135: Brendon Klaus (Mechanicsburg) d. Mason Robinson (Heath) 3-0
160: Ashton Packard (Belpre) d. Peter Lewis (West Liberty-Salem) 4-3
171: Jonathan Beam (Apple Creek Waynedale) p. Cody Rodgers (Mechanicsburg) 5:07
215: Dan Clawson (North Jackson Jackson-Milton) d. Josh Salyers (Mechanicsburg) 8-5
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Daily Tournament Fix — March 6
Here’s your daily tournament fix for Friday, March 6:
Tonight’s sectional final games: D-II — Graham vs. Indian Lake, 7:30 p.m., at Troy High School; D-III — Northeastern vs. Anna, 6:30 p.m., at UD Arena; D-IV — Southeastern vs. Yellow Springs, 8 p.m., at Vandalia Butler Student Activity Center; D-IV — Mechanicsburg vs. Sidney Lehman, 7 p.m.., at Piqua High School.
Short Takes: Graham beat Indian Lake by 33 and 32 points this season. The Falcons should roll against their third straight CBC Mad River Division opponent. … Northeastern has won six of its last nine games. They play a top-seeded Anna squad who pummeled West Liberty-Salem by 30 points twice this season. The Jets split with WLS in the regular season. The Rockets have lots of height and length, so Northeastern’s big man Aaron Hartzell will have to step up. … Southeastern has won both sectional games with ease. They’ll get their first test tonight against a surging Yellow Spings squad who upset fourth-seeded Tri-Village and third-seeded Bethel to reach the sectional final. … The Bulldogs have had tough games this season, but there run-and-gun style will have to be controlled against Southeastern. If the Bulldogs make mistakes offensively and are sloppy with the basketball, the Trojans will capitalize.Yellow Springs must be patient in the halfcourt against SE’s tough defense. The Trojans are allowing just 49.7 points per game. … Mechanicsburg is on a roll after upsetting Jackson Center on a late 3-pointer by Kyle Bossetti. They face another task tonight against Sidney Lehman, the top-seed in the Piqua sectional bracket.
Key player: Ben Rosenberger, Graham: The Falcons’ senior point guard leads the CBC with 6.8 assists and 3.3 steals per game. He’s the catalyst of the Falcons’ fast break, and if he’s got the ball in his hands, good things usually happen.
Live blogs and videos: We’ll have live blogs today from state wrestling, as well as the Graham, Northeastern and Southeastern-Yellow Springs boys games. We’ll also have video from the Northeastern and Southeastern games.
Tomorrow: We’ve got one boys game — Shawnee vs. Bellefontaine — and a girls district final game — Southeastern vs. Houston. We’ll have live blogs from both of those games as well.
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On this date in area sports history …
Seventeen years ago on this date, March 6, 1992, the Urbana girls basketball team won the district title. Complete story on the jump.
URBANA REBOUNDS FROM SLUGGISH START
ROLAND, OSTENDORF LEAD THE WAY AS HILLCLIMBES WIN DISTRICT TITLE
By Kim Byrum, Sports writer
VANDALIA - Junior Jannon Roland and freshman understudy Beth Ostendorf may be an Ebony & Ivory tandem, but on court they’re the Doublemint twins. Their inside bankers, driving layins and soft-touch finesse all but indistinguishable.
And beware if their team falters and sputters early, because these twin towers pack a one-two knockout punch that lands opponents on the second-half ropes.
Through four Division II tournament games, they’ve single-handedly outscored the opposing team.
Friday night was more of the same.
“They’re the top players in their class as far as I’m concerned,” Urbana Coach Bill Moss marveled after the pair combined for 56 of the Hillclimbers’ 62 points in a 62-55 district championship win over Cincinnati Northwest at Vandalia-Butler’s Student Activity Center.
Roland, the Division II player of the year in the Southwest District, netted her season average of 29 points, while Ostendorf, a second-team district pick, equalled her career-high 27 to wreak havoc inside for the Knights, who finished 17-7.
“What they do well are the basic things we work on,” Moss added. “We want all our kids to be able to dribble, pass and shoot the ball. If you ever come watch a practice, we don’t work on team stuff, it’s all basic, fundamental skills work.”
The Hillclimbers, 24-0, clinched their third consecutive district crown after trailing 13-1 just four minutes into the game. They face 18-5 Roger Bacon, a 45-35 winner over 20-3 Mason, in a regional semifinal game Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. at Xenia High School.
“I think we were all just nervous; I don’t really know what it was,” pondered Roland, discussing Urbana’s slower-than-molasses start. “We just finally woke up … and we heard about it, too.”
That wake-up call came courtesy of a visibly frustrated Moss, whose club trailed 19-10 after one quarter before going on a 20-10 run to carry an unusually slim 30-29 advantage into intermission.
“He yells a lot, but we don’t take it as yelling,” said Roland, who finished 13 of 20 from the field and, along with Ostendorf’s 11 of 15 clip, helped Urbana to 57 percent shooting. “We listen to what he’s saying and do it. We put the yelling in the back of our minds, because we know he’s yelling because he wants us to play better.”
The Hillclimbers captured their one-point, halftime lead by forcing Northwest into nine second-period turnovers. An accompanying variety of pressure defenses held the Knights scoreless through a critical, five-minute span.
“We just didn’t play real well early,” said Moss, voted News-Sun area coach of the year last season. “We knew a whole lot about Northwest, but we just didn’t go out and execute. (Knights guard Norsha (Willis) had a great game (25 points) going backdoor and penetrating. We let her do what she wanted out there.
“We’re lucky that we’re so strong offensively,” he added. “We had to play strong today and got 29 and 27 from A.J. and Beth. But if we’re going to go any farther, we’ve got to step it up offensively and do some more things.”
Roland, after a sluggish, two of six, four-point start, rebounded for 12 points on five of seven shooting in the second, helping Urbana take its first lead, 22-21, with 3:02 to play in the half.
Although Northwest’s 6-foot-3 center Amy Turner netted her 1,000th career point with 48 seconds remaining - creating a potential momentum-shift situation - Ostendorf played Pepto-Bismol neutralizer with a pair of foul shots seconds later.
“We’ve never been down by that much before,” said Ostendorf, who also pulled down a game-high eight rebounds. “When it got to 13-1, I thought, `We’ve got to score.’ We’ve never been in that situation before.”
Urbana awoke from its first-half slumber for a 21-11 scoring run in the third period, committing just four turnovers to Northwest’s eight to pull away, 49-38, on a Roland layin at 1:11 in the third.
The `Climbers shot an amazing 68 percent (15 of 22) in the decisive second half. Ostendorf went 7 of 9 during that span, while Roland went 6 of 7.
“We talked before the game about taking the outside shot, but we’ve got to learn to make (on-court) adjustments,” Moss said. “I mean, if we can get the ball inside and win the ballgame, hey, let’s do it.”
URBANA (62) - Rockhold 0 0-0 0, Ostendorf 11 5-7 27, Wearly 3 0-1 6, Roland 13 3-10 29, Parker 0 0-0 0. Totals: 27 8-18 62.
NORTHWEST (55) - Siefert 4 2-4 10, Turner 3 3-4 9, Vann 1 0-0 2, West 4 1-2 9, Willis 11 2-4 25. Totals: 23 8-14 55.
Urbana 10 30 51 62 Northwest 19 29 40 55 Three-point goals: Urbana 0; Northwest 1 (Willis).
Records: Urbana 24-0, Northwest 17-7.
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