Jays pound Indians in MAC baseball

FORT RECOVERY — St. John’s pounded out 16 hits en route to an 8-2 Midwest Athletic Conference baseball triumph over Fort Recovery Friday at Recovery.

By BOB WEBER

The Delphos Herald

btzweber@bright.net

OTTOVILLE — As the regular baseball season is coming to an end and the tournament trail starts next week, the Lincolnview Lancers traveled to Ottoville to take on the Big Green in a non-league game.

The Lancers used a big first inning, scoring six times and, had it hold up for a 7-3 win over the Big Green.

By Charlie Warnimont

DHI Correspondent

OTTOVILLE — Field events were key at the Putnam County League track and field championships Friday night at Ottoville’s Bob Kaple Athletic Complex.

Columbus Grove was able to score a bunch of points in the field events that helped them to repeat championships at the PCL meet.

The Grove boys scored 184 points Friday to repeat as league champions as Leipsic finished second.

In the girls meet, the Lady Bulldogs outscored Fort Jennings.

By JIM METCALFE

jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com

OTTOVILLE — Jefferson was making its final preparations for the second season in fast-pitch softball Friday afternoon at Ottoville.

The Lady Wildcats continued their season-long struggles as the Lady Green jumped all over them with a 10-run first frame and went on to a 15-0 five-inning rout.

MONTREAL (AP) — Craig Anderson made 33 saves and Cory Conacher scored twice on a shaky Peter Budaj as the Ottawa Senators advanced to the second round of the playoffs Thursday night with a 6-1 rout of the Montreal Canadiens.

Penguins 4, Islanders 0.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tomas Vokoun stopped 31 shots in his first playoff start in six years and the Penguins took a 3-2 lead in their first-round series.

Sidney Crosby, Tyler Kennedy and Douglas Murray scored during a seven-minute stretch in the second period and Kris Letang added a power-play goal in the third as Pittsburgh moved a step closer to advancing to the second round.

Game 6 is Saturday in New York.