Bowers outduels Bartz
COLUMBUS GROVE — Jefferson senior right-hander Shauna Bowers pitched her second fast-pitch softball no-hitter of the year and Jenna Miller got the game-winning RBI on a fourth-inning triple and then scored on Alexis Ricker’s single to give the Lady Wildcats (7-7) a 2-0 win over the Columbus Grove Bulldogs (8-4).
The Wildcats and Bulldogs are both 4-2 in a crowded Northwest Conference.
Bowers (5-4) walked four but fanned 12.
Lisa Bartz did not walk a batter but gave up four hits and whiffed eight in taking the loss for Grove.
Brooke Apple was 2-for-3 for the Wildcats.
Jefferson  hosts Crestview Monday, while Grove invades Continental for an 11 a.m. battle Saturday.

JEFFERSON                    COLUMBUS GROVE
ab    r    h    rbi    ab    r    h    rbi
Moreo ss    3    0    0    0    Karhoff 3b    3    0    0    0
Apple 3b    3    1    2    0    Herron 2b    3    0    0    0
A.Rost’fer pr    0    0    0    0    J.Bi’meier lf    3    0    0    0
Bowers p    3    0    0    0    K.Birkemeier rf    2    0    0    0
Miller c    3    1    1    1    Gerdeman ss    3    0    0    0
A.Ricker cf    3    0    1    1    Carpenter cf    2    0    0    0
Garza 2b    3    0    0    0    Schroeder c    1    0    0    0
Culp lf    3    0    0    0    Birchmeier 1b    3    0    0    0
Bland 1b    2    0    0    0    Kahle dp    3    0    0    0
C.Rostorfer rf    2    0    0    0
Totals    25    2    4    2        23    0    0    0
Jefferson         0 0 0        2 0 0    0 - 2   4   2
Col. Grove         0 0 0        0 0 0    0 - 0   0   1
IP    H    R    ER    BB    K
JEFFERSON
Bowers (W, 5-4)    7    0    0    0    4    12
COLUMBUS GROVE
Bartz (L)    7    4    2    2    0    8     HB: Bowers.

Schimmoeller
shuts out Pirates
OTTOVILLE — Sophomore southpaw Jordan Schimmoeller (2-1) twirled a 3-hitter versus Continental Thursday as homestanding Ottoville won 7-0 in Putnam County League baseball win.
The Big Green (8-10) took advantage of nine of their own hits and four Pirate errors.
The Big Green host Spencerville this afternoon.

Continental     0 0 0      0 0 0        0 - 0   3   4
Ottoville     2 0 0     2 2 1         x - 7   9   0
WP: Jordan Schimmoeller (2-1); LP: Nik Nouiselle. 2B: Schafer (C), Andrew Koch (OV).
Minster dominates
4-way track meet
MINSTER — The Minster boys and girls track and field teams dominated a 4-way meet Thursday night at Minster Memorial Field.
The boys downed Parkway, New Knoxville and Fort Jennings 151.5-70.5-28-4.
The Lady Wildcats also did the same in the same order: 132.5-57-45-12.5.
The Musketeers are in a quad at Lima Central Catholic 5 p.m. Monday.

GIRLS:
100-meter dash: 1. (tie) Alexis Bates (P) and Alyssa Kemper (M) 13.49.
200-meter dash: 1. Katie Wirwille (NK) 27.52.
400-meter dash: 1. Katie Wirwille (NK) 1:02.92.
800-meter run: 1. Katie Dahlinghaus (MO) 2:32.73.
1,600-meter run: 1. Jessica Albers (M) 5:42.16.
3,200-meter run: 1. Averie Bornhorst (M) 12:03.6.
100-meter hurdles: 1. Marian Bevington (P) 16.13.
300-meter hurdles: 1. Stacey Sherman (M) 52.5.
4×100-meter relay: 1. Parkway 52.93.
4×200-meter relay: 1. Minster 1:54.25.
4×400-meter relay: 1. Minster 4:19.5.
4×800-meter relay: 1. Minster 10:43.7.
High jump: 1. Marian Bevington (P) 5-0.
Pole vault: 1. Sarah Huelsman (M) 8-6.
Long jump: 1. Marian Bevington (P) 17-6.
Shot put: 1. Becca Steinemann (M) 34-1.
Discus: 1. Natasha Fullenkamp (NK) 114-5.
BOYS:
100-meter dash: 1. Josh Fisher (P) 11.42.
200-meter dash: 1. Josh Fisher (P) 23.87.
400-meter dash: 1. Aron Osborne (P) 54.29.
800-meter run: 1. Jacob Dirksen (M) 2:15.27.
1,600-meter run: 1. Joby Stechschulte (M) 5:03.53.
3,200-meter run: 1. Kregg Olding (M) 10:36.3.
110-meter hurdles: 1. Jordan Boeke (M) 15.87.
300-meter hurdles: 1. Jordan Boeke (M) 44.4.
4×100-meter relay: 1. Minster 45.08.
4×200-meter relay: 1. Minster 1:35.16.
4×400-meter relay: 1. Minster 3:38.55.
4×800-meter relay: 1. Minster 8:37.69.
High jump: 1. Jacob Kaiser (M) 5-10.
Pole vault: 1. Nathan McKenzie (M) 10-0.
Long jump: 1. Josh Fisher (P) 20-11.
Shot put: 1. Jacob Phlipot (M) 47-8.
Discus: 1. Austin Luck (NK) 134-1.

Lancer baseballers
batter Mustangs
MIDDLE POINT — Lincolnview’s baseball team was the visiting squad on the scoreboard at Lincolnview High School Thursday afternoon versus Allen East.
It didn’t matter.
The Lancer bats came alive to pummel the Mustangs 18-9 in Northwest Conference action.
“We really had an outstanding offensive effort tonight, collecting 22 hits. We took an early 7-3 lead after two innings,” Lancer coach Roger Salisbury said. “Every time Allen East would gain some momentum, we would come back with a good inning. Our first five hitters each had three hits. Jordan Simpson threw strikes and our defense was solid.”
Allen East (6-8) did collect 13 hits against Simpson (6 IP, 11 Ks) and Kyle Thatcher but couldn’t match the Lancers (3-10).
Mike Evans (home run and double), Lance Dasher (home run), Simpson (2 doubles), Matt Evans (double) and Roy Salisbury each had three hits for the “visitors”. Thatcher added a triple and a double.
Swaney (home run) had three hits for the Mustangs.
Lincolnview entertains Bluffton 5 p.m. Monday.

Lincolnview     1 6 1      4 0 6      0 - 18    22    1
Allen East     1 2 0      1 4 1      0 -  9    13    2
WP Jordan Simpson; LP: Swaney. 2B: Jordan Simpson 2 (LV), Matt Evans (LV), Mike Evans (LV), Kyle Thatcher (LV), Anderson (AE), Searfross (AE). 3B: Kyle Thatcher (LV). HR: Mike Evans (LV), Lance Dasher (LV), Swaney (AE), Yetman (AE).

Lady Lancers
lasso Mustangs
MIDDLE POINT — Lincolnview’s softball team overcame six errors with 15 hits and handed “host’ Allen East a 12-3 Northwest Conference loss Thursday at Lincolnview.
Kela Fries (9-3) was able to offset her team’s defense in ceding only four hits by the Lady Mustangs (10-5) and fanning a dozen. Joy Robertson (2-for-3, a double) and Conkle (1-for-3, RBI) led the “hosts”.
Fries also got plenty of help from the Lincolnview (14-5, 5-2 NWC) bats: Taylor Fries (3-for-5, 2 doubles), Taylor Smith (3-for-5, 2 RBIs), Kristyn Jones (2-for-4, RBI), Laura Longstreth (2-for-4, 3 RBIs) and Courtney Tunis (2-for-3, 3 RBIs).
Lincolnview visits Kalida tonight.
Lincolnview       1 0 4     0 1 6     0 - 12   15   6
Allen East       0 0 3     0 0 0     0 -   3     4   3
WP: Kela Fries (9-3); LP: Crow. 2B: Taylor Fries 2 (LV), Joy Robertson (AE).

Elida netters
destroy Yellow Jackets
SIDNEY — Elida’s boys tennis team surrendered a mere two games in 5-0 battering of Sidney on a sunny and windy Thursday afternoon in Sidney.
Three of the matches were double bagels: third singles Joel Perrin (sophomore Josh Pellman), first doubles Lance Blass and Brent Sahagun (junior Cole Denise and sophomore Donauan Grebory) and second doubles Ben Kales and Zach Kerns (freshmen Connor Kleman and Jonathan Neville).
The Bulldogs (12-2) won the other two matches 0 and 1: first singles Evan Neuman (junior Patrick Ho) and second man Phil Kirkendall (soph Pranau Jayanto).
Elida welcomes in Defiance at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Lady Panthers
whitewash Bearcats
SPENCERVILLE — Katie Carnahan scattered four Spencerville hits as Paulding goose-egged the Lady Bearcats 5-0 in Northwest Conference softball action Thursday in Spencerville.
Haley Keller (2-7) took the loss for the hosts (4-10).
Spencerville gets right back in action tonight as they visit Maria Stein to take on Marion Local.

Paulding       2 0 0    0 0 3       0 - 5   7   0
Spencerville   0 0 0    0 0 0       0 - 0   4   1
WP: Katie Carnahan; LP: Haley Keller (2-7). 2B: Gawronski (P).