Local Roundup

Published:  Saturday, September 13, 2008 (2 months, 1 week ago)
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Jays fall to Wildcats
in volleyball
DELPHOS — St. John’s head volleyball coach Kaila Cook wants consistency out of her team.
She didn’t get it and it cost the Lady Blue Jays Thursday night, falling 25-21, 25-19, 18-25, 25-17 in Midwest Athletic Conference action at Robert A. Arnzen Gymnasium.
The match had originally been announced for a Minster home date.
“We should not be battling inconsistency this late in the season with seven seniors. Half of them have been on varsity for three years,” Cook explained. “I am not happy with that. When the pressure’s on, we are not coming up with the hits and passes we should be. We have to eliminate the mistakes.”
All was not bad for the Jays (5-3, 1-2 MAC) this night.
“Our  blocking was very good. We had a lot of blocks and a lot of good touches,” Cook added. “Minster’s defense was awesome, too. Our defense was good. Out setting was good, despite the bad passing; we were getting the ball to our hitters in good spots. It’s just that when we needed to get the point, we didn’t.”
The junior varsity (6-2, 1-2 MAC) was victorious, outlasting the Wildcats 25-16, 22-25, 25-21.
Lady Jeffcats get
first soccer win of 2008
BOTKINS — Jefferson’s girls soccer unit got its first win of the 2008 season, besting host Botkins 3-1 Thursday night.
“We played hard and the girls came out ready. We still played from behind but we more than made up for the goal this time,” Jefferson coach Sara Stearns observed. “Our girls just kept pushing both offensively and defensively. This is a good start for the second half of the season. We hope to put together a string of five or six in a row.”
Jefferson (1-5) got its markers from freshman Elizabeth Schosker (a pair of goals) and junior Megan Moreo.
Botkins got its lone tally from Brooke McGowan.
Jessica Bland had 10 saves for the Red and Black and Steffani Hoelscher 17 for Botkins.
The first half started with a bang with a handball in the box against Delphos at the 6-minute mark. The sophomore McGowan stepped up and put the PK past Bland for a 1-0 lead.
A penalty kick was returned to Delphos when Hoelscher was called for a takedown in her own box on Jeanie Ross. Moreo stepped up but could not get it past the Botkins keeper.
Jefferson kept the pressure up, enabling them to capitalize on a cross from Moreo to Schosker who put it into the back of the net for the tie at the 26-minute mark.
Schosker struck again at the 19-minute mark on a cross from Moreo for the go-ahead goal.
Moreo was able to get one of her own with a strike in the upper right-hand corner of the goal with nine minutes left in the first half.
The second half started pretty quiet with both teams trying to regain momentum. Neither could get on the board in the second half.
“We played hard and never gave up. We just didn’t have the gas to go tonight,” Botkins coach Mike Foor said.
Jefferson hosts Ada Wednesday (5 p.m.).
LCC takes NWC triangular
FORT SHAWNEE — LCC continued its boys golf domination, belting Jefferson and Allen East 148-183-227 in a Northwest Conference matchup Thursday at Shawnee Country Club.
John Goetz and Ollie Holtsberry were co-medalists for LCC (15-0) with 36s. Austin Stolly and Joey Levers added 38s.
Austin Clarkson had a 38 for the Jeffcats (6-5), while Dru Leach had a 45 and Matt Waldick a 48.
Michael Kersker and Jordan Kruger were tops for Allen East (3-12) with 50s.
Jefferson is in the Delphos Country Club Invitational 9 a.m. Saturday.
Jays belt Cavaliers
in boys golf
The St. John’s boys golfers improved to 6-3 with a 169-181 Midwest Athletic Conference victory over Coldwater Thursday at The Elks Golf Club.
Brad Wannemacher’s 39 set the pace for the Blue Jays, followed by 43s from Brandon Hemker and Ryan Fischer, a 44 from Drew Fisher, a 49 from Isaac Klausing and Eric Bergfeld’s 61.
For Coldwater, Nick Kaiser had a 39, Nick Fisher 46, Alex Kramer 47, Todd Reigelsberger 49, Matt Kaiser 51 and Jordan Diller 54.
The Jays are host to the Delphos Country Club Invitational 9 a.m. Saturday.
Musketeers eke by Knights
FORT JENNINGS — The Fort Jennings girls soccer team scored one goal Thursday versus Crestview.
That ended up being all the Lady Musketeers needed in a 1-0 victory at Keith Hamel Memorial Field.
The only goal came at the 23:48 mark of the first half. Rachel Grothause passed the ball back to Lauren Verhoff just inside the 18-yard box and Verhoff put it over goalkeeper Kayla Richardson’s (12 saves versus 18 shots) hands and into the net.
Megan Schimmoeller had four saves (4 shots-on-goal) for the hosts (4-2-1).
Fort Jennings is at Bath 7 p.m. Saturday.
Bulldogs sweep Bearcats
SPENCERVILLE — Being in front of the home folks at the “Walk-In Closet” didn’t help Spencerville’s volleyball team Thursday night as they fell 25-9, 25-16, 25-22 to visiting Columbus Grove in Northwest Conference activity.
Leading the way for the Lady Bulldogs (10-0, 2-0 NWC) were Morgan Kohls (15-of-17 serving, 11 points, 3 aces; 14-of-17 hitting, 5 kills; 12 digs), Kristy Birkemeier (13-of-15 serving, 6 aces; 13-of-14 hitting, 7 kills; 2 blocks; 16 digs) and Erica Glass (2 blocks; 60-of-60 setting, 21 assists).
Grove won the JV match 25-20, 26-24.
Spencerville is in the Bath Kewpee Classic at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Grove is at Continental Monday.
LadyCats shoot down Pilots
KALIDA — Kalida defeated the visiting Ayersville Pilots 25-16, 25-18, 26-24 Thursday.
Leading the LadyCats (8-0) were Ashley Remlinger’s 14 kills, 3 aces and 10 digs. Jess Knueve added 11 kills, 2 aces and 9 digs. Julia Fuerst had 6 kills and 5 block-kills, while Amy Hamburg added 4 kills and 3 aces. Amy VonderEmbse dished out 15 assists and had a pair of kills, while Stacie Heitmeyer added 4 aces and 8 digs.
The Kalida JV  lost  25-21, 25-20.
Kalida hosts Antwerp on Saturday morning at 10 a.m.

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