Lady Knights continue
on unbeaten path
DELPHOS — The Crestview Lady nights showed why they are undefeated and one of the top programs in the state by defeating the Jefferson Wildcats 8-0 at Delphos Monday night.
Chelsea Lare (13-0) scattered four hits in her shutout victory.
Sammie Hartman went to the opposite field for a first-inning home run and Melissa Eickholt (3-for-4), Jessica Burger (1-for-4) and Kayla Richardson (2-for-3) all doubled for the Knights (18-0, 6-0 NWC).
Brooke Apple went 1-for-2 and had a double for the Lady Wildcats (7-8, 4-2 NWC).
Shauna Bowers (5-5; 12 hits, 8 runs, 4 earned, 6 strikeouts) took the loss for the Red and Black. The defense committed five errors behind her.
Jefferson hosts Wayne Trace Wednesday.

CRESTVIEW                    JEFFERSON
ab    r    h     rbi        ab    r    h     rbi
Hicks    4    0    1    1    Moreo ss    3    0    1    0
Walter 1b    1    0    0    0    Apple 3b    2    0    1    0
Henry 2b    4    1    1    1    A.Rostorfer pr    0    0    0    0    Eickholt ss    4    1    3    0    Bowers p    3    0    0    0      Etzler cf    4    1    1    1    Miller c    3    0    1    0
Hartman 3b    4    2    1    2    A.Ricker cf    3    0    1    0
Burger c    4    0    1    0    Garza 2b    2    0    0    0
Nedderman lf    2    0    0    0    Culp lf    2    0    0    0
Perry lf    2    1    2    1    Bowman dp    2    0    0    0
Richardson dp    3    2    2    1    C.Rostorfer rf    2    0    0    0    Myers rf    3    0    0    0
Totals    35     8    12     7        22    0    4    0
Crestview            3 2 0    1 0 0    2 - 8
Jefferson             0 0 0    0 0 0    0 - 0
E: Crestview 2, Jefferson 5. 2B: Eickholt, Burger, Richardson, Apple; HR: Hartman; SB: Eickholt.
IP    H    R    ER    BB    SO
CRESTVIEW
Chelsey Lare (W, 13-0)    7    4    0    0    0    9
JEFFERSON
Bowers (L, 5-5)    7    12    8    4    0    6
WP: Bowers; HB: Bowers 2, Lare.

Titans goose-egg
Lady Green
GLANDORF — Ottawa-Glandorf used three pitchers to 1-hit Ottoville and the offense got rolling as the Lady Titans shut out the Lady Green 10-0 Monday in softball action.
T. Tousley, A. Hempfling and K. Pothast combined for seven strikeouts and two free passes for the hosts.
Sami Modica took the loss (2-10) for the Green and Gold (2-11); she and Brooke Moore combined to yield 10 runs and five hits, walking four and fanning five.
Crystal Schumaker had a hit for Ottoville.
The Lady Green visit LCC Wednesday.

Ottoville          0 0 0    0 0 - 0
Ott.-Glan.        4 1 3    2 x - 10
WP: A. Hempfling; LP: Sami Modica (2-10). 2B: Tresa Escamilla (OG), B. Young (OG).
Lady Bearcats beat
Bulldogs in pitchers’ duel
SPENCERVILLE — Ada’s Amanda Fullom threw a no-hitter Monday night but Spencerville got the 1-0 win in Northwest Conference softball action at Spencerville.
Brittney Miller (3-3; 5 strikeouts) got the win for the Lady Bearcats (5-10) despite giving up five hits.
Fullom hurt herself with five walks. Two of them came back to bite her in the second; added to a wild pitch and RBI groundout, that ended up being enough to cost the Lady Bulldogs (3-10) the game.
Spencerville “visits” Allen East (the game is at Spencerville) Thursday.

Ada     0 0 0    0 0 0     0 - 0    5   1
S’ville     0 1 0    0 0 0     x - 1   0   0
WP: Brittney Miller (3-3); LP: Amanda Fullom. 2B: King (A).

Bearcats get NWC win
SPENCERVILLE — Spencerville got its first Northwest Conference baseball win at home Monday night, besting Ada 6-2.
Tyler Keysor (1-3; 5 IP, 2 hits, 2 earned runs, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks) and Tyler Deitering (first save; 4 Ks, 3 BBs) combined for the Bearcat victory.
Seth Monfort was the big bat for the hosts (6-10, 1-5 NWC), going 2-for-3 with four runs batted in, including a home run.
Keysor (1 RBI) and Damon Koverman both went 2-for-4.
Spencerville is at Botkins tonight.

Ada     0 0 0     2 0 0      0 - 2   2   1
S’ville     1 0 3     2 0 0      x - 6   9   0
WP: Tyler Keysor (1-3); Save: Tyler Deitering (1); LP: Ron Gryzbowski. 2B: Zac Dysert (A), Tyler Keysor (SV), Jake Nye (SV). HR: Seth Monfort (SV).

Fries outduels Hines
MIDDLE POINT — Kela Fries and Hines went at it toe-to-toe in a Northwest Conference girls softball battle Monday night at Lincolnview High School.
The host Lady Lancers scored in the bottom of the sixth and that was enough for a 1-0 victory over Bluffton.
Taylor Fries (single, run) scored on a intentional walk pitch to Fries (11-3; 7 IP, 3 hits, 1 walk, 10 Ks) that eluded the catcher.
Lauren Evans and Kela Fries added singles for the hosts (16-6, 6-2 NWC).
Hines (6 IP, 3 hits, 1 run, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts), Wheeler and Emans had hits for the Lady Pirates.
Lincolnview welcomes in St. Henry tonight.

Bluffton     0 0 0     0 0 0      0 - 0    3    1
Lincolnview 0 0 0     0 0 1      x - 1    3    1
WP: Kela Fries (11-3); LP: Hines.

Thunderbird
boys down Elida
LIMA — The Lima Central Catholic boys track and field team downed Elida 80-64 Monday.
Elida is at Shawnee Wednesday.
Boys Team Scores: LCC 80, Elida 64
Points: 5-3-1.
Elida placers:
Shot put: 3. Sebenoler 44-6 1/2.
100-meter dash: 2. S. Crowe 11.77; 3. Stewart 11.85.
4×200-meter relay: 2. Elida (S. Crowe, Warren, Thompson, Bly) 1:37.73.
4×100-meter relay: 2. Elida (S. Crowe, Stewart, Thompson, Bly) 46.25.
200-meter dash: 3. Bly 25.91.
Discus: 1. Tenhundfeld 132-6.
4×400-meter relay: 1. Elida (T. Leis, Eilerman, Smith, Crowe) 4:07.11.
400-meter dash: 2. Turner 56.57; 3. Smith 57.04.
High jump: 1. C. Warren 5-8; 2. A. Warren 5-6; 3. Stewart 5-6.
4×800-meter relay: 2. Elida (Schluneker, Moneer, Diller, Troyer) 9:36.22.
110-meter hurdles: 1. T. Leis 18.32.
300-meter hurdles: 2. T. Leis 48.88.
Pole vault: 1. (tie) Leis and Troyer 9-6.
3,200-meter run: 2. Schluneker 11:12.51.
Long jump: 2. A. Warren 17-11; 3. Meyer 16-3 3/4.
1,600-meter run: 2. Schluneker 4:58.91.

Elida netters cop WBL title
ELIDA — Elida’s boys tennis team won its fourth straight unbeaten Western Buckeye League title on a pleasant Monday afternoon, crushing Defiance 5-0 on the hard courts of the Dennis Schwinnen Courts.
“We’ve won 36 straight WBL matches. Our seniors finish their careers without a league loss,” Schwinnen noted.
The Bulldogs (13-2, 9-0 WBL) dominated the singles, with Evan Neuman (Antti Karppinen) and senior Phil Kirkendall (NIck Lieswyn) shutting out their foes, while Joel Perrin (Gerardo Ruiz-Ramirez) winning 1 and 0.
Senior first doubles Lance Blass and Brent Sahagun dumped Nick Witter and Andy Call 6-2, 6-3.
Ben Kales and Zach Kerns had the roughest go, outlasting Russ Katterheinrich and Tien Charoonchaikanakit 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Defiance falls to 4-14 (3-6 WBL).
The WBL tournament begins 9 a.m. Thursday at the Collett Street courts.

Lady ’Dawgs
punish LadyCats
KALIDA — Elida’s softball team got out the bats Monday, amassing 13 hits, while Lindsey Peters scattered four hits as the Lady Bulldogs pounded Kalida 12-2 in five innings in non-league action.
Of the 13 hits by the Bulldogs (8-12), six were for extra bases, including a round-tripper by Jordane Duffy (adding a double).
Megan Heitmeyer (0-2) took the brunt of the Elida bats for the LadyCats (2-9).
Both teams are at home this afternoon: Elida entertaining Defiance and Kalida hosting McComb.

Elida     0 2 1      2 7 - 12   13   0
Kalida     2 0 0      0 0 - 2    4     2
WP: Lindsey Peters (1-0); LP: Megan Heitmeyer (0-2). 2B: Jamie Hollar (E), Kylie Prince (E), Devin Fernandez (E), Lindsey Peters (E), Jordan Duffy (E). HR: Jordane Duffy (E).

Radcliff no-hits Elida
SHERWOOD — Ryan Radcliff threw a no-no versus Elida Monday night, leading Fairview to a 7-0 non-conference baseball win in Sherwood.
The Apaches (14-1) compiled 12 hits versus Elida (4-14) pitching.
Elida visits Defiance this afternoon.

Elida     0 0 0     0 0 0       0 - 0     0   1
Fairview     4 0 1     0 2 0       x  - 7   12   0
WP: Ryan Radcliff; LP: Josh Bush. 2B: Ryan Radcliff (FV), Joosp (FV). HR: Wiles (FV).

Kalida waxes Archers
KALIDA — Kalida’s baseball team improved to 6-10 with a 7-3 victory over Antwerp Monday at Holy Name Field.
Dean Schnipke (2-1) got the win for the home team, helped by a long ball from Jordan Basinger.
Kalida hosts Allen East tonight.

Antwerp     0 2 0     0 0 1      0 - 3    7   1
Kalida     2 1 0     0 2 2      x - 7   11   1
WP: Dean Schnipke (2-1); LP: Proxmire. 2B: Jason DeLong (A), Brent Kabee (A), Adam Berheide (K), Tyler Verhoff (K). HR: Jordan Basinger (K).

T-Birds tame Grove
LIMA — Travis Kottenbrock scattered four Columbus Grove hits and Lima Central Catholic downed the Bulldogs 7-2 in Northwest Conference baseball action Monday at Rhodes State College.
Thunderbirds improve to 12-8, while the Bulldogs fall to 13-7.
Grove entertains Lincolnview Thursday.

Col. Grove     0 0 0     0 0 2     0 - 2   4   2
Lima CC     1 0 1    4 1 0      x - 7   7   0
WP: Travis Kottenbrock; LP: Nate Bogart. 2B: Nate Bogart (CG), Sean Gronas (LCC), Gavin Saine (LCC). HR: Garrett Wolfe (CG).