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Titans off to regionals Hempfling sets O-G career scoring mark I knew we had to keep
playing.
“I want to thank God,
By Tom Usher 55-40 victory over Crest- converted them into fast- my family of course,
sports@limanews.com view in the Division III break layups. my teammates and my
girls basketball district Hempfling now has coaches.’’
ELIDA — Ottawa- championship Saturday 1,208 career points and O-G (23-2) advances
Glandorf’s Kadie Hemp- afternoon at the Elida passed Melanie Halker’s to the regional semifinals
fling was everywhere. Fieldhouse. 1,204 to become O-G’s against the Liberty-Ben-
She scored, gobbled up Hempfling finished girls basketball all-time ton/Archbold winner at
steals, handed out assists with 25 points, seven leading scorer. 6:15 p.m. Tuesday at Ohio
and rebounded. rebounds and five assists. “That’s crazy,” Hemp- Northern.
And she also made his- She also had seven steals fling said. “Being the Crestview ends its sea-
tory. and two blocks. all-time leading scorer son 19-7.
Levi A. Morman | The Lima News Hempfling became At least three times is something special. It “It was a physical game
Ottawa-Glandorf players hold up their Division III district championship O-G’s girls all-time lead- Hempfling made steals almost brought tears to
trophy Saturday at the Elida Fieldhouse. ing scorer in the Titans’ at the top of the key and my eyes when I did, but See Titans | 5C
Area D-III
wrestlers earn
Ottoville clips Grove
By Jim Naveau
jnaveau@limanews.com
D-IV district title points and 8 rebounds and Columbus Grove’s Lauren Schroeder tries to make a pass while being defended by Ottoville’s Cassandra
Kemper during Saturday’s Division IV district final at Ottawa-Glandorf.
Kasey Knippen scored 13
points, including three of three starters from last so athletic and so physical But Landin picked up her
By Jose Nogueras 3-pointers, for Ottoville year’s team. and so strong it wasn’t a second foul with 5:41 left
jnogueras@limanews.com (24-2). Lauren Schroeder “Team chemistry is big good match-up for us. I feel in the first half and went
led Columbus Grove (16-9) for us. That culture we’ve like our girls did the best to the bench and Knippen
FINDLAY — During the season, Leipsic came up with 13 points and Carlee had for a long time, it just job they could but they did the same 2 ½ minutes
short in winning the Putnam County League title and McCluer scored 12. breeds success,” Kleman just pounded us inside,” he before halftime. Ottoville’s
the Blanchard Valley Conference crown, and despite “It never gets old,” Otto- said. “They are not really said. lead was nine points, 22-13,
a 22-win season that made school history the Vikings ville coach Dave Kleman worried about who gets the The only time Columbus when Knippen left the
seemed to be overshadowed this year by other teams said about winning another points, who doesn’t get the Grove had the lead was in game and it was still nine
in the region. district championship. points. It’s about winning the first five minutes of the points, 24-15, at halftime.
But after posting a 58-44 win over Carey to win the He pointed to team the game.” game. Ottoville scored the Once the starting unit
Division IV District title Saturday night, the Vikings chemistry and culture, Ottoville’s size and last six points of the first was back together, the lead
have proven they are in the same conversation with along with the unspoken strength might have been quarter, then got an inside grew to 17 points, 40-23,
the better teams in the area. obvious athletic ability on the biggest factor in the bucket from Landin and a after three quarters and
With the win, Leipsic advances to the regional Ottoville’s roster, as big game, Columbus Grove 3-pointer from Knippen to Ottoville was clearly in
semifinal against Wayne Trace at Elida at 6:15 p.m. reasons this year’s team coach Brian Schroeder go up 15-5 a minute and a control.
repeated as district cham- said. half into the second quar-
See Vikings | 8C pion after the graduation “They’re good, they’re ter. See Ottoville | 8C
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TORONTO (AP) — Federico Higuain and Gyasi CAVALIERS blue jackets
Zardes scored to help the Columbus Crew beat Toron-
to FC 2-0 on Saturday, spoiling the defending MLS
champion Reds’ home opener. MEN WOMEN SATURDAY MARCH 17 MARCH 24
Zack Steffen made two saves for Columbus. TBD TODAY Montreal at D.C. United
Higuain one-timed Milton Valenzuela’ cross past NCAA TBD 1 p.m. Philadelphia 6 p.m.
Tournament 7 p.m. (SPECTRUM) 2 p.m. (SPECTRUM)
diving goaltender Alex Bono in the 44th minute. (ESPN2) (SPECTRUM)
Bono dove to get his hand on the shot, but couldn’t OSU COLUMBUS CREW
get enough to keep it out. Higuain has 49 goals and 49 HOOPS
assists in 150 career MLS appearances.
Zardes scored a minute into the second half, getting
his foot on Pedro Santos’ through ball and putting it
past Bono. Zardes joined the Crew in an offseason
deal with the L.A. Galaxy. Toronto lost just one regu-
Houston at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Joost Luiten 72-71-68 — 211 -2 Friday’s Games
lar-season game last year at BMO Field. A r e a r e s u lt s Denver at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Thomas Pieters 69-68-74 — 211 -2 N.Y. Yankees 5, Atlanta 4
New York at Portland, 10 p.m. Louis Oosthuizen 64-71-76 — 211 -2 Boston 9, St. Louis 6
Sharma keeps lead High Schools
Girls Basketball
Brooklyn at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
David Lipsky
Jorge Campillo
Jason Dufner
70-71-71 — 212 -1
72-71-69 — 212 -1
72-72-68 — 212 -1
Detroit 8, Miami 3
Philadelphia 9, Tampa Bay 2
Division III Baltimore 10, Pittsburgh 8
NHL
Russell Henley 69-69-75 — 213 E
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Shubhankar Sharma held District Final Chez Reavie 72-73-68 — 213 E Minnesota 2, Toronto 1
Ottawa-Glandorf 55, Crestview 40 Washington 2, N.Y. Mets (ss) 1
his nerve to the end and held a two-shot lead going at Elida Fieldhouse
Branden Grace 72-69-73 — 214 +1
Cincinnati 3, San Francisco 2
All Times EDT Matthew Fitzpatrick 71-69-74 — 214 +1
into the final round of the Mexico Championship. OTTAWA-GLANDORF
EASTERN CONFERENCE Dylan Frittelli 73-70-71 — 214 +1 L.A. Dodgers 7, Chicago White Sox 6
Kadie Hempfling 25, Brianna
Now the 21-year-old from India has to hold off a few Schimmoeller 7, Kasey Ellerbrock 6, Atlantic Division Patrick Reed
Webb Simpson
72-74-68 — 214 +1
72-70-73 — 215 +2
Seattle 4, Milwaukee 2
Cleveland 9, Texas 4
of golf’s biggest names. Sharma holed a 15-foot par Paige Sutter 6, Erin Kaufman 5, Ashley GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Kevin Chappell 73-70-72 — 215 +2 Colorado 15, Arizona 6
Schroeder 2, Carrie Johnson 2, Kelsey Tampa Bay 66 45 17 4 94 240 182
putt on the final hole at Chapultepec Golf Club for a Erford 2. Totals: 20-11-55. Boston 62 39 15 8 86 207 157
Wade Ormsby
Yuta Ikeda
79-67-69 — 215 +2
73-74-68 — 215 +2
Chicago Cubs 6, L.A. Angels 4
San Diego 13, Kansas City 5
2-under 69, leaving him 18 holes away from capping CRESTVIEW
Lexi Gregory 19, Paige Motycka 14,
Toronto 66 39 20 7 85 218 185 Justin Rose 71-72-73 — 216 +3 N.Y. Mets (ss) 7, Houston 7
Florida 62 31 25 6 68 185 198
off his amazing rise. Three months ago, he had yet Bailey Gregory 3, Lyvia Black 2, Ally Detroit 64 26 28 10 62 169 189
Bernd Wiesberger 73-71-72 — 216 +3
Patrick Cantlay 70-75-71 — 216 +3
Saturday’s Games
to win a tournament and was ranked No. 462 in the McCoy 2. Totals: 14-5-40.
Score by quarters:
Montreal 64 25 29 10 60 166 198 Peter Uihlein 74-72-70 — 216 +3 Baltimore 4, Philadelphia (ss) 2
Ottawa 63 22 31 10 54 173 223 Miami 1, N.Y. Mets 0
world. A victory would likely put him in the top 25. Ottawa-Glandorf 13 14 18 10 — 55 Buffalo 65 20 34 11 51 154 211
Dean Burmester
Satoshi Kodaira
73-70-74 — 217 +4
72-73-73 — 218 +5 N.Y. Yankees 5, Boston 3
Two shots behind were Phil Mickelson and Sergio Crestview 11 11 8 10 — 40
3-point goals: O-G–Kasey Ellerbrock
Metropolitan Division Gary Woodland 74-71-73 — 218 +5 Atlanta 9, St. Louis 2
GP W L OT Pts GF GA Abraham Ancer 71-76-71 — 218 +5 Tampa Bay 7, Detroit 4
Garcia, along with Rafa Cabrera Bello and Tyrrell Hat- 2, Brianna Schimmoeller 1, Kadie Washington 64 36 21 7 79 198 191 Paul Dunne 73-75-72 — 220 +7 Washington 8, Houston 1
Hempfling 1; C–Lexi Gregory 4, Paige
ton. Another shot back was Dustin Johnson, the No. 1 Motycka 2, Bailey Gregory 1.
Philadelphia 65 34 20 11 79 196 189 Matt Kuchar 74-74-73 — 221 +8 Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia (ss) 3
Pittsburgh 65 36 25 4 76 212 198 Brandon Stone 75-76-71 — 222 +9
player in the world and defending champion. Records: O-G 23-2; C 19-7.
New Jersey 65 33 24 8 74 191 196 Yusaku Miyazato 77-72-74 — 223 +10
Toronto 13, Minnesota 8
Wrestling L.A. Dodgers 14, Arizona 6
Columbus 65 32 28 5 69 172 184 Brett Rumford 78-74-72 — 224 +11
Woods adds to schedule Districts
Division II
At Norwalk
Carolina 65 29 25 11 69 174 195
N.Y. Islanders 65 29 29 7 65 211 234
Gavin Kyle Green 78-73-74 — 225 +12
HaoTong Li 73-79-73 — 225 +12
Chicago White Sox 9, Kansas City 5
Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati 4
San Diego 10, Oakland 4
Top 5/area teams: 1. Wauseon 242.5, N.Y. Rangers 65 29 30 6 64 186 207
San Francisco (ss) 13, Cleveland 4
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tiger Woods is adding A UTO R A C I N G
2. Buckeye 104, 3. Padua Franciscan WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division San Francisco (ss) 9, Texas 4
90, 4. Napoleon 76.5, 5. Perkins 74.5, 6.
another tournament to his schedule on his road to the Wapakoneta 74, 18. Van Wert 37.5, 20. GP W L OT Pts GF GA Milwaukee 6, Colorado 5
L.A. Angels vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz.,
Masters. Woods decided Friday to play in the Valspar Shawnee 32, 28. Bath 20, 30. Elida 16, 35. Nashville 64 41 14 9 91 210 165
NASCAR Camping World Truck- 8:40 p.m.
St. Marys 13, 36. Celina 10, 39. Kenton 3. Winnipeg 64 38 17 9 85 217 173
Championship next week at Innisbrook, along with First-, third-, fifth-place matches Dallas 65 37 23 5 79 193 171
Stratosphere 200 Results Sunday’s Games
At Las Vegas Motor Speedway
the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill the fol- involving area wrestlers Minnesota 65 36 22 7 79 200 189
Las Vegas, Nev.
Boston vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla.,
First Place Colorado 64 35 24 5 75 202 189 1:05 p.m.
lowing week. It was another strong signal about the 138 pounds: Mike Clark (Buckeye) St. Louis 66 35 26 5 75 180 176
Lap length: 1.50 miles Detroit vs. Washington at West Palm
(Start position in parentheses)
health of his surgically fused lower back, giving him pinned Isaiah Bretz (Van Wert), 2:40
145: Gage Grunden (Wauseon) maj.
Chicago 65 28 29 8 64 185 189 1. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 134 laps, 0 Beach, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Pacific Division Houston vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla.,
four tournaments in five weeks. dec. Collin Mell (Bath), 11-2 GP W L OT Pts GF GA
rating, 0 points.
1:05 p.m.
220: Evan Kaeck (Wapakoneta) 2. (3) Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, 134,
Vegas 64 41 18 5 87 222 178 0, 42. Miami vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla.,
pinned Brandon Phillips (Maumee) 5:28 San Jose 65 35 21 9 79 194 180
285: Brenan Knueve (Wapakoneta) 3. (6) Brett Moffitt, Toyota, 134, 0, 43. 1:05 p.m.
Los Angeles 66 36 25 5 77 192 165 4. (8) Grant Enfinger, Ford, 134, 0, 35. Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota at Fort
dec. A.J. Adams (Lexington), 6-3 Anaheim 65 32 21 12 76 180 180
Third Place 5. (2) Stewart Friesen, Chevrolet, 134, Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Calgary 66 32 25 9 73 185 195 0, 49. Tampa Bay vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa,
132: Gabe Steyer (Van Wert) maj. dec.
On the air Emileo Calderon (Perkins), 10-0
195: Alec Maloney (Norwalk) pinned
Edmonton 64 27 33 4 58 181 213
Vancouver 65 24 32 9 57 176 214
6. (18) Dalton Sargeant, Chevrolet,
134, 0, 31.
Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Toronto vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater,
Arizona 63 19 34 10 48 153 208 7. (15) Ben Rhodes, Ford, 134, 0, 42.
Time Event TV/Radio Zac Miller (Wapakoneta), 2:26
285: Sean Lipscomb (Firelands) NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for 8. (14) Cody Coughlin, Chevrolet, 134,
Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Washington vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St.
NASCAR pinned Bobby Grothjan (Shawnee), :39 overtime loss. Top three teams in each
division and two wild cards per confer-
0, 31.
9. (17) Justin Fontaine, Chevrolet, Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m.
Fifth Place
3:30 p.m. Monster Energy Cup Series, Penzoil 400 FOX 170 John Witschi (Clear Fork) dec. ence advance to playoffs. 134, 0, 28. Cleveland vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix,
COLLEGE BASKETBALL Clay Adlesh (Shawnee), 10-6 Friday’s Games 10. (13) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 134, 3:05 p.m.
182 Sam Hunter (Sandusky) dec. Montreal 6, N.Y. Islanders 3 0, 27. Kansas City vs. Cincinnati at
Noon Cincinnati at Wichita St. CBS Lawrence Slygh (Elida), 7-5 Carolina 3, New Jersey 1 11. (7) Justin Marks, Toyota, 134, 0, 26. Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
Noon Patriot League, first semifinal CBSSN Florida 4, Buffalo 1 12. (5) Noah Gragson, Toyota, 134, L.A. Dodgers vs. San Francisco at
0, 40.
1 p.m. Big South Tournament final ESPN NBA Winnipeg 4, Detroit 3
Colorado 7, Minnesota 1 13. (4) Spencer Davis, Toyota, 134,
Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
San Diego (ss) vs. Chicago White Sox
2 p.m. Missouri Valley Tournament final CBS N.Y. Rangers 3, Calgary 1 0, 34.
at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
14. (20) Wendell Chavous, Chevrolet,
2 p.m. Patriot League Tournament, second semifinal All Times EDT Ottawa 5, Vegas 4
134, 0, 23. Seattle vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz.,
EASTERN CONFERENCE Nashville 4, Vancouver 3, OT
CBSSN Atlantic Division Anaheim 4, Columbus 2
15. (10) Myatt Snider, Ford, 133, 0, 37. 3:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona at
2 p.m. SMU at South Florida ESPNEWS W L Pct GB Saturday’s Games
16. (19) Austin Wayne Self, Toyota,
133, 0, 21. Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.
3 p.m. Atlantic Sun Tournament final ESPN Toronto 44 17 .721 — Tampa Bay 7, Philadelphia 6, SO
Boston 44 19 .698 1 17. (16) Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet, Colorado vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe,
Dallas 3, St. Louis 2, OT
4 p.m. UConn at Houston CBSSN Philadelphia 34 27 .557 10 Chicago 5, Los Angeles 3
133, 0, 20. Ariz., 3:10 p.m.
18. (24) Robby Lyons, Chevrolet, 133, Oakland vs. San Diego (ss) at Peoria,
4:30 p.m. Michigan vs. Purdue CBS, 93.1 FM New York
Brooklyn
24 39 .381 21
20 43 .317 25
Montreal at Boston, 5 p.m. 0, 19. Ariz., 3:10 p.m.
4:30 p.m. Tulane at UCF ESPNU N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. 19. (22) Michel Disdier, Chevrolet,
Southeast Division Ottawa at Arizona, 8 p.m. 132, 0, 18.
9:30 p.m. MAAC Tournament, second semifinal ESPNU W L Pct GB
Toronto vs. Washington at Annapolis, 20. (23) Bayley Currey, Chevrolet, MLB Calendar
Washington 36 27 .571 —
11:30 p.m. MAAC Tournament, first semifinal Miami 32 30 .516 3½
Md., 8 p.m. 132, 0, 17. 2018
N.Y. Rangers at Edmonton, 10:30 p.m. 21. (9) John Hunter Nemechek, March 29 — Opening day. Active
(same-day tape) ESPNU Charlotte 28 35 .444 8
Sunday’s Games Chevrolet, 130, 0, 0. rosters reduced to 25 players.
Orlando 19 43 .306 16½
GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Atlanta 19 44 .302 17 Nashville at Colorado, 3 p.m. 22. (26) Mike Harmon, Chevrolet, April 17-18 — Cleveland vs. Minnesota
8 p.m. Columbus Grove vs. Ottoville WOSN Central Division Philadelphia at Florida, 3 p.m. 127, 0, 15.
23. (31) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 123,
at San Juan, Puerto Rico.
W L Pct GB Chicago at Anaheim, 4 p.m.
GOLF Cleveland 36 25 .590 — Vegas at New Jersey, 5 p.m. 0, 0.
June 4 — Amateur draft starts.
June 15 — International amater
5 a.m. European PGA Tour, Tshwane Open GOLF Indiana 35 27 .565 1½ Detroit at Minnesota, 7 p.m. 24. (27) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet,
signing period closes.
Winnipeg at Carolina, 7 p.m. 123, 0, 13.
Noon PGA Tour, WGC-Mexico Championship GOLF Milwaukee
Detroit
33 29 .532 3½
29 33 .468 7½ Columbus at San Jose, 9 p.m. 25. (25) Josh Reaume, Chevrolet, July 2 — International amateur
2 p.m. PGA Tour, WGC-Mexico Championship NBC Chicago 21 41 .339 15½ Monday’s Games engine, 119, 0, 12. signing period opens.
26. (30) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, July 6 — Last day to sign for amateur
4:30 p.m. Champions Tour, Cologuard Classic GOLF WESTERN CONFERENCE Calgary at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
garage, 118, 0, 11. draft picks subject to deadline.
Southwest Division Toronto at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.
NBA W L Pct GB Ottawa at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. 27. (28) Tommy Regan, Chevrolet, July 10 — All-Star Game, Washington.
112, 0, 10.
8 p.m. Philadelphia at Milwaukee ESPN Houston 48 13 .787 — Arizona at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
28. (11) Justin Haley, Chevrolet,
July 29 — Hall of Fame inductions,
San Antonio 36 26 .581 12½ N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Cooperstown, N.Y
NHL New Orleans 35 26 .574 13 Tuesday’s Games
accident, 75, 0, 13. July 31 — Last day to trade a player
7 p.m. Detroit at Minnesota NBCSN Dallas 19 44 .302 30 Winnipeg at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
29. (12) Matt Crafton, Ford, brakes,
40, 0, 9.
without securing waivers.
Memphis 18 43 .295 30
9 p.m. Columbus at San Jose FSO, 940 AM Northwest Division
Vegas at Columbus, 7 p.m. 30. (32) Mike Senica, Chevrolet, Oct. 2-3 — Wild-card games.
Montreal at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Dec. 10-13 — Winter meetings, Las
SOCCER W L Pct GB Detroit at Boston, 7 p.m.
electrical, 28, 0, 7.
Vegas.
Portland 36 26 .581 — 31. (21) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet,
8:30 a.m. Premier League, Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Oklahoma City 37 27 .578 —
Florida at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. vibration, 23, 0, 6.
Arsenal NBCSN TR A N Sa c t i o n s
Minnesota 38 28 .576 —
Carolina at Minnesota, 8 p.m. 32. (29) Scott Stenzel, Chevrolet,
Dallas at Nashville, 8 p.m. electrical, 5, 0, 5.
9:30 a.m. Bundesliga, Koln vs. Stuttgart FS1 Denver
Utah
34 28 .548 2
32 30 .516 4 Colorado at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Top 10 in Points: 1. J.Sauter, 148;
11 a.m. Premier League, Manchester City vs. Chelsea Pacific Division Washington at Anaheim, 10 p.m. 2. B.Moffitt, 109; 3. G.Enfinger, 108; Saturday’s Sports Transactions
4. N.Gragson, 107; 5. B.Rhodes, 103;
NBCSN W L Pct GB By The Associated Press
Noon Women, She Believes Cup, U.S. vs. France
Golden State
L.A. Clippers
49 14 .778 —
33 28 .541 15
Golf Scores 6. S.Friesen, 101; 7. S.Davis, 94; 8.
D.Sargeant, 92; 9. M.Crafton, 84; 10.
BASEBALL
American League
ESPN2 L.A. Lakers 27 34 .443 21 M.Snider, 84.
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to
Sacramento 19 43 .306 29½ World Golf Championships-Mexico
Noon Bundesliga, Freiburg vs. Bayern Munich FS1 terms with INF Danny Valencia on a minor
5 p.m. MLS, Los Angeles FC at Seattle ESPN
Phoenix 19 45 .297 30½
Friday’s Games
Championship
Saturday
MLB league contract.
Orlando 115, Detroit 106, OT At Club de Golf Chapultepec TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to
7:30 p.m. MLS, New York City FC at Sporting Kansas City Philadelphia 110, Charlotte 99 Mexico City Major League Baseball terms with RHP Nick Tepesch on a minor
FS1 Golden State 114, Atlanta 109 Purse: $10 million At A Glance league contract.
Yardage: 7,345; Par 71 All Times EDT HOCKEY
10 p.m. MLS, Portland at L.A. Galaxy FS1 Chicago 108, Dallas 100
Denver 108, Memphis 102 Third Round AMERICAN LEAGUE Natoinal Hockey League
SPRING TRAINING BASEBALL Indiana 103, Milwaukee 96 Shubhankar Sharma 65-66-69 — 200 -13 W L Pct. NEW YORK RANGERS — Assigned F
1 p.m. Houston vs. St. Louis MLB Toronto 102, Washington 95 Tyrrell Hatton 70-68-64 — 202 -11 New York 8 1 0.889 Dawson Leedahl from Hartford (AHL) to
Oklahoma City 124, Phoenix 116 Phil Mickelson 69-68-65 — 202 -11 Boston 7 3 0.700 Greenville (ECHL).
3 p.m. Cleveland vs. Milwaukee 940 AM L.A. Clippers 128, New York 105 Sergio Garcia 68-65-69 — 202 -11 Kansas City 5 2 0.714
American Hockey League
ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP RUGBY Utah 116, Minnesota 108 Rafa Cabrera Bello 66-67-69 — 202 -11 Detroit
Houston
6 3 0.667
6 3 0.667 BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS —
Saturday’s Games Pat Perez 68-67-68 — 203 -10
2 p.m. Worcester Warriors vs. Leicester Tigers NBCSN Memphis at Orlando, 7 p.m. Dustin Johnson 69-66-68 — 203 -10 Cleveland 6 3 0.667 Loaned F Matt Gaudreau to Worcester
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD Denver at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Brian Harman 68-67-68 — 203 -10 Chicago 5 4 0.556 (ECHL).
CHICAGO WOLVES — Returned D
Detroit at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Xander Schauffele 65-68-70 — 203 -10 Tampa Bay 5 5 0.500
4 p.m. IAAF World Championships (same-day tape) Boston at Houston, 8:30 p.m. Justin Thomas 72-70-62 — 204 -9 Minnesota 4 4 0.500 Nolan Valleau to Orlando (ECHL).
NBCSN L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 9 p.m. Tony Finau 68-70-68 — 206 -7 Los Angeles 4 4 0.500 SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE —
Baltimore 4 5 0.444
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Oklahoma City at Portland, 10 p.m.
Utah at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
Marc Leishman 69-68-69 — 206 -7
Charley Hoffman 70-66-70 — 206 -7 Seattle 3 5 0.375
Reassigned F Brady Shaw to Colorado
(ECHL). Recalled F Michael Joly from
Noon Atlantic 10 Tournament final ESPNU Sunday’s Games Jordan Spieth 70-67-69 — 206 -7 Toronto 3 6 0.333 Colorado. Returned F Shawn O’Donnell to
1 p.m. Marquette vs. Seton Hall-Xavier winner FS2 Phoenix at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m. Kiradech Aphibarnrat 66-69-71 — 206 -7 Oakland 2 5 0.286 Cincinnati (ECHL).
Charlotte at Toronto, 6 p.m. Brendan Steele 69-66-71 — 206 -7 Texas 2 5 0.286
2 p.m. ACC Tournament final ESPN2 Indiana at Washington, 6 p.m. Kevin Kisner 70-71-66 — 207 -6 NATIONAL LEAGUE ECHL
ADIRONDACK THUNDER — Loaned F
2:30 p.m. South Florida vs. East Carolina ESPNU New Orleans at Dallas, 7 p.m. Jhonattan Vegas 70-68-69 — 207 -6
Chicago
W L Pct.
6 1 0.857 Brian Ward to Providence (AHL).
Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Bubba Watson 69-66-72 — 207 -6
2:30 p.m. Big 12 Tournament first semifinal FS1 Brooklyn at L.A. Clippers, 9 p.m. Kyle Stanley 71-65-71 — 207 -6 Milwaukee 7 2 0.778 BRAMPTON BEAST — Signed G T.J.
3:30 p.m. Creighton vs. St. John’s FS2 New York at Sacramento, 9 p.m. Adam Hadwin 70-71-67 — 208 -5 Miami 6 2 0.750 Sherwood. Loaned D Matt Petgrave to
Monday’s Games Jon Rahm 67-71-70 — 208 -5 San Diego 5 3 0.625 Belleville (AHL) and D Tyson Wilson and F
4:30 p.m. SEC Tournament final ESPN2 Detroit at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Ross Fisher 71-68-69 — 208 -5 Washington 4 4 0.500 Jackson Leef to Laval (AHL).
5:30 p.m. Big 12 Tournament, second semifinal FS1 Milwaukee at Indiana, 7 p.m. Rickie Fowler 68-70-70 — 208 -5 Los Angeles 4 5 0.444 GREENVILLE SWAMP RABBITS —
Phoenix at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Adam Bland 70-67-71 — 208 -5 San Francisco 4 5 0.444
6:30 p.m. UConn vs. Memphis-Tulane winner ESPNU Boston at Chicago, 8 p.m. Paul Casey 73-68-68 — 209 -4 Colorado 3 5 0.375
Released F Derek Sutliffe.
MANCHESTER MONARCHS — Loaned
7 p.m. Big Ten Tournament final ESPN2 Memphis at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Patton Kizzire 69-69-71 — 209 -4 St. Louis 3 5 0.375
D Colton Saucerman to Providence
7 p.m. DePaul vs. Butler-Providence winner FS2 Orlando at Utah, 9 p.m. Daniel Berger 69-68-72 — 209 -4 New York 3 6 0.333
Portland at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Alex Noren 69-70-71 — 210 -3 Atlanta 3 6 0.333 (AHL).
9 p.m. Pac-12 Tournament final ESPN2 Tuesday’s Games Charl Schwartzel 71-69-70 — 210 -3 Cincinnati 3 6 0.333 COLLEGE
FAU — Named Brian White athletic
9:30 p.m. Villanova vs. Georgetown FS2 Atlanta at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Miami at Washington, 7 p.m.
Tommy Fleetwood 72-71-67 — 210 -3 Pittsburgh
Arizona
2 5 0.286
3 7 0.300 director.
Chris Paisley 65-75-71 — 211 -2
WRESTLING Philadelphia at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Francesco Molinari 71-70-70 — 211 -2 Philadelphia 2 8 0.200
3 p.m. Big 10 Championship BTN
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District wrestling
Bluffton’s Deandre Nassar, right, brings Greenon’s Levi Morrison to the mat during Saturday’s Division III district at Hobart Arena in Troy. See more district
photos at LimaScores.com.
Wrestlers Results Thomas Schwieterman (Coldwater), CELINA Parker Link 9, Curtis Uhlenhake 6, Riley
2:50 Brett Schwieterman 3, Kole Link 3, Caden Niekamp 3, Ryan Bruening
Third Place Murlin 6, Kyle Flaute 5, Corbin 2, Ryan Luttmer 2. Totals: 21-5-59.
Division III District 113: Chase Caprella (Allen East) dec.
At Troy Murphy 3, Drake Langenkamp 2. WAYNESFIELD-GOSHEN
Max Boaz (Cin. Co. Day), 5-2 Totals: 6-3-19. Layton Campbell 7, Tanner Hurley
Top 5/area teams: 1. Miami East 140, 2.
From page 1C Troy Christian 135, 3. Ottawa-Glandorf
138: Drew Price (Mid. Madison) dec. Score by quarters: 6, Brock Waitman 6, Kale Kaufman 4,
Lucas Freeman (Allen East), 10-8 Wauseon 10 21 15 5 — 51
99.5, 4. Bethel-Tate 90, 5. Covington Britton Elliot 2, Joel Rickle 1. Totals:
182: Connor Dixon (Indian Lake) forfeit Celina 2 0 11 6 — 19
79, 7. Coldwater 76, 8. Allen East 75, 9. 10-4-26.
Freeman (37-13) went Indian Lake 73, 15. Columbus Grove over Damon Beatty (Troy Christian) 3-point goals: W — Trent
Score by quarters:
220: Bradley Lewis (Bethel-Tate) pinned Armstrong 1, Brooks Gype 2, Levi
on to place fourth, as he 36, 18. Bluffton 34, 19. LCC 32, 28.
Dylan Sargent (Columbus Grove), 4:52 Seiler 1; C — Brett Schwieterman 1, St. Henry 13 30 10 6 — 59
Ada 21.5, 38. Delphos St. John’s 8, 39.
lost a tough match to Mid- Cory-Rawson 7, 41. Spencerville 6.5, 55. 285: Jeffrey Ware (Versailles) dec. Jeff Kole Murlin 1, Kyle Flaute 1, Corbin W-G 7 6 8 6 — 27
Meyer (Columbus Grove), 3-1 Murphy 1. 3-point goals: St. Henry – Schlarman
dletown Madison’s Drew Parkway and Lincolnview 0.
Fifth Place Records: Wauseon 23-0; Celina 4, Link 3, Unlenhake 2, Link, C. Niekamp,
First-, third-, fifth-place matches
Price, 10-8. Allen East’s Lucas Freeman involving area wrestlers 113: Jacob Edwards (Bid. River Valley) 6-14. Thieman; W-G – Campbell, Hurley.
tries to escape the hold of Troy dec. Brian Chmielewski (Coldwater), Division III Records: St. Henry 20-3; W-G 7-17.
“I wanted to go out big, I First Place
14-7 Paulding 35, Tinora 32 Ottoville 69, Fort Jennings 53
Christian’s Jared Ford during 120: Graham Shore (Miami East) pinned
guess,” Freeman said with Drake Carmean (Allen East), 3:21 126: Tyler Bauer (Wayne Trace) pinned at Miller City at Van Wert
Saturday’s Division III district at Isaac Hernandez (Ottawa-Glandorf), PAULDING
a smile. “I came a long way Hobart Arena in Troy.
145: Joey Caprella (LCC) pinned Chase
Sumner (Ada), 4:24 0:59 Jaret Miller 8, Austin Howell 6,
OTTOVILLE
Josh Thorbahn 25, Logan Kemper
from last year. I didn’t even 160: Dylan Knotts (Indian Lake) won by 132: Ben Stroud (Mechanicsburg) maj. Marcus Miller 6, Carson Shull 5, 18, Ryan Bendele 11, Ryan Suever 8,
dec. Justin Sigler (Coldwater), 8-0 Logan Bradford 5, Blake McGarvey 4,
make it here (districts). I default Grant Goecke (Ottawa-Glandorf)
170: Kellen Calhoun (Bethel) dec. Danny 152: Josh Fink (Coldwater) dec. John Ethan Rhonehouse 1 Totals: 11–9–35 Nick Moorman 3, Drew Fisher 2, Andy
Schimmoeller 2. Totals: 18-25-69.
was fifth at sectionals — Rosales (Ottawa-Glandorf), 5-2 Cline (East Clinton), 10-6 TINORA
FORT JENNINGS
160: Seth Obringer (Coldwater) maj. Ryan Mohr 12, Tyler Norden
an alternate for districts. 182: Daniel Beemer (Ottawa-Glandorf)
pinned Garrett Neth (Allen East), 1:54 dec. Devin Oligee (Mid. Madison). 10-0 9, Landon Rinkel 6, Brady Bumb Ian Finn 22, Erik Klausing 12, Brendon
It’s an amazing feeling to 195: Deandre Nassar (Bluffton) pinned 182: Quincy Brown (Mid. Madison) dec. 2, Conor Gilbert 2, Isaiah Colon 1 Wehri 11, Jeff Horstman 5, Luke Trentman
Justin Wieging (Del. St. John’s), 2-0 Totals: 12–2–32 3. Totals: 15-13-53.
come this far.” Zach Banks (Mid. Madison), 5:43
220: Brenden Dalton (Miami East) dec. 195: Major Stratton (West Liberty- Score by quarters: Score by quarters:
Freeman’s teammate, Cole Mefford (Indian Lake), 5-4 Salem) pinned Matt Schmersal (Ottawa- Paulding 12 8 7 8 —
Tinora 9 9 6 8 — 32
35 Ottoville 15 22 18 14 — 69
285: Brian Stears (Williamsburg) pinned Glandorf), 1:23 Ft. Jennings 8 7 27 11 — 53
Chase Caprella, defeated 3-point goals: P– M. Miller 2, 3-point goals: Ottoville – Thorbahn
River Valley’s Jacob Manz 1, Shull 1 ; T– Mohr 4, Norden 2
Records: Paulding 17-7, Tinora
3, Bendele 2, Kemper 2, Moorman; Ft.
Edwards in his consolation 182 pounds, when he will be making his second 13-10
Jennings – Finn 6, Klausing 4.
Records: Ottoville 18-5; Fort Jennings
bout at 113 pounds, 8-4, to Coldwater’s Brian Chmielewski
pinned Allen East’s Garrett trip to the state tourna- Ottawa-Glandorf 89,
Spencerville 42 15-8.
notch his spot for the state gets the advantage against Neth in the championship ment. At Miller City Kalida 47, Patrick Henry 37
At Ottawa-Glandorf
tournament. Caprella went Covington’s Cael Vanderhorst match. Beemer is now 37-0 Allen East will be send- OTTAWA-GLANDORF
Braden Fortman 4, Jay Kaufman KALIDA
on to finish third Saturday, during Saturday’s Division III on the season. ing four wrestlers to the 27, Chad Duling 7, Carter Heringhaus Trevor Lambert 16, Owen Recker 2,
17, Ethan White 3, Jake Dible 14,
as he defeated Cincinnati district at Hobart Arena in Troy. At least year’s state tour- state tournament. Richie Knowlton 11, Trevor Siefker 3,
Braden Decker 6, Luke Erhart 10, Grant
Laudick 13. Totals: 16-9-47.
Country Day’s Max Boaz nament, Beemer placed Besides Freeman, Cap- Aaron Rieman 3. Totals: 35-12-89. PATRICK HENRY
SPENCERVILLE
5-2. Caprella (38-2) will be out and do,” Caprella said. fourth at 195 pounds. The rella and Neth advancing Drew Armstead 12, Kale Lee 2,
Jarrett Maas 8, Xavier Wensink 14,
Kaiden McGraw 3, Christen Peterson 7,
making his second trip to “I knew he would be on year before, he placed fifth to the state tournament — Jackson Goecke 4, Keegan Goecke
Kolton Holloway 5. Totals: 15-2-37.
9, Dalton Prichard 5, Ben Dues 10.
the state tournament. his offense right away. I at 182. freshman Drake Carmean Totals: 17-6-42. Score by Quarters:
“Oh man, it’s crazy,” thought I did a good job “My mission is to hope- placed second at 120 at Score by Quarters: Kalida 16 8 9 14 - 47
Ottawa-Glandorf 16 25 26 22 - 98 Patrick Henry 10 13 0 14 - 37
Caprella said in reference of slowing him down in fully finish on top of that Troy. Carmean (36-5) was Spencerville 8 16 14 4 - 42 3-point goals: K-Lambert 3, Decker
to the consolation semifi- the first period. (There podium this coming week,” pinned in the second peri- 3-point goals: S-Prichard; OG- 2, Erhart; PH-Maas, Wensink,McGraw,
Heringhaus 5, Kaufman, Duling. Peterson, Holloway.
nal match. “But, they say were) a couple close calls Beemer said. “Right now, od by Miami East’s Gra- Records: Ottawa-Glandorf 22-1, Records: Kalida 17-6, Patrick Henry
that ‘pressure makes dia- of me going to my back, since it’s postseason, you ham Shore in the finals. Spencerville 3-20. 10-14.
Division IV
monds.’” but I kept my composure. want to just get off the Columbus Grove will be Pandora-Gilboa 61, Holgate 30
Columbus Grove 69, North
Baltimore 46
Caprella wants to do I knew he was going to get mat as quick as possible – sending its first wrestlers at Van Buren
At Ottawa-Glandorf
HOLGATE
more than just compete at tired by the third period. hopefully not get injured to the state tournament Briseno 8, C. Sonnenberg 7, B. COLUMBUS GROVE
Blake Reynolds 7, Grayson Flores 3,
the state tournament. The third period is when it and stay healthy.” since the 2012 campaign. Sonnenberg 6, Wenner 3, Casillas
2, Waisner 2, A. Casillas 2 Totals: Logan Schroeder 17, Tayt Birnesser 18,
“(I want) to win it,” he happens.” Beemer will be joined at Freshman Jeff Meyer 15–2–30 Logan Malsam 16, Garrett Nemire 2, Dane
said. “That’s the biggest In the final team stand- the state tournament by (36-11) placed fourth at PANDORA-GILBOA
Jared Breece 17, Cooper
Selby 1, Kurt Griffith 3, Cody Johnson 2.
Totals: 19-26-69.
goal.” ings at Troy, Ottawa- teammates Grant Goecke 285, while sophomore McCullough 9, Drew Johnson 9, Eli NORTH BALTIMORE
In the most highly-antic- Glandorf had the best (second, 160) and Danny Dylan Sargent (40-9) fin- Phillips 8, Chase Hoffman 5, Cole
Schwab 5, Grant Murphy 4, Josh
Levi Gazarek 9, Julian Hegemyer 6,
Adam Flores 3, Tyler Durfey 11, Brady
ipated match of the day, team performance, finish- Rosales (second, 170). ished fourth at 220. Wauters 2, Riley Larcom 2 Totals:
Rader 8, Noah Cotterman 2, Clayton
21–15–61
Lima Central Catholic’s ing third with 99.5 points. Goecke looked to be in “A freshman and sopho- Score by quarters: Heineman 2, Chase Naugle 2, Brayden
Joey Caprella faced Ada’s Miami East won the title contention in his champi- more – I’m really happy,” Holgate 4 6 7 13 — 30 Holloway 3. Totals: 17-10-46.
P-G 9 18 17 17 — 61 Score by Quarters:
Chase Sumner in the finals with 140 points, while onship match against Indi- Columbus Grove coach 3-point goals: H-B. Sonnenberg Columbus Grove 22 14 13 20 - 69
of the 145-pound weight Troy Christian (135) was an Lake’s Dylan Knotts, Eric Siefker said. “It’s nice 2, C. Sonnenberg 2, Briseno 1, North Baltimore 6 19 6 15 - 46
Wenner 1– ; P-G–Hoffman 1, 3-point goals: CG-Birnesser 2,
class. Saturday’s bout a close second. Coldwater but was forced to default to get a chance to get them McCullough 1, Johnson 1, Phillips 1 Schroeder, Malsam, Griffith; NB-Gazarek,
between these two was a (seventh, 76) and Allen with an injury, as he land- down there and get some Records: Pandora-Gilboa 22-1, Durfey.
Holgate 1-22
rematch of last weekend’s East (eighth, 75) were two ed hard on his shoulder. experience.” Miller City 75, Cory-Rawson 42
Records: Columbus Grove 11-13, North
Baltimore 17-6.
sectional title match at other local teams that fin- “I’m very hopeful it’s Other area wrestlers at Van Buren Hicksville 58, Delphos St. John’s 57
CORY-RAWSON
LCC, in which Caprella ished in the top 10 overall nothing serious,” Coach finishing in the top four Nathan Zuercher 15, Tommy At Paulding
HICKSVILLE
won 12-3 over Sumner. spots. Ellerbrock said about of their respective weight Stauffer 12, Carson Houck 8, Eric
Payton Tunis 15, Michael Myers 2, Jake
Ritter 5, Z Roebke 2 Totals: 17–4–42
Sumner (32-3), a senior, “The group, as a whole, Goecke’s injury. “Two classes and advancing to MILLER CITY Greer 14, Parker Thiel 17, Landon Turnbull
is a two-time state-placer. is really well-rounded,” years ago, he (Goecke) was the state tournament were Mitch Gable 19, Noah Otto 16, 10. Totals: 19-17-58.
Wesley Gerten 14, Mark Kuhlman 12, DELPHOS ST. JOHN’S
Caprella, a junior, (40-0) O-G coach Randy Eller- a 15-win kid. So, he’s come Indian Lake’s Cole Mefford Luke Lammers 6, Tyler Schroeder 6, Lucas Metcalfe 3, Curtis Schwinnen
will be making his first trip brock said. “They wrestled a long way. He deserves to (second, 220) and Con- Jacob Koenig 2 Totals: 31–4–75
Score by quarters:
1, Jared Wurst 14, Richard Cocuzza 16,
Brady Parish 5, Brady Grothaus 5, Colin
to the state tournament. really well. It is, what it is, end better than that.” nor Dixon (third, 182), C-R 9 11 17 5 — 42 Will 10, Grant Csukker 3. Totals: 24-5-57.
In Saturday’s finals, Cap- down here. Team-wise, we Bluffton’s Deandre Nas- and Coldwater’s Thomas MC 23 17 17 18 — 75
3-point goals: C-R–Zuercher 2,
Score by Quarters:
rella pinned Sumner in the wrestled really well.” sar won the title at 195 Schwieterman (second, Ritter 1, Houck 1 ; MC–Gerten 7, Otto
Delphos St. John;s 13 17 12 15 - 57
Hicksville 15 9 19 15 - 58
early moments of the third O-G’s Daniel Beemer Saturday. In the finals, 285). 3, Kuhlman 3, Gable 2, Lammers 2
Records: Miller City 14-9, Cory- 3-point goals: H-Tunis, Greer, Turnbull;
period. continued his domination. Nassar (38-1) pinned Mid- Rawson 10-14 DSJ-Metcalfe,Wurst 2, Csukker.
Reach The Lima News sports Marion Local 63, Temple Records: Delphos St. John’s 14-8,
“I knew what he (Sum- On Saturday, Beemer dletown Madison’s Zach Christian 33 Hicksville 19-5.
department at 567-242-0451.
ner) was going to come won the district title at Banks in the finals. Nassar
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AREA ROUNDUP
women edge
From page 1C
their offense.” “It’s just as exciting, it’s together and we’re close-
Knippen said the goal definitely exciting getting knit and it’s different
“I was tempted to put during that stretch in the back to district and win- because our seniors last
them in. If it had gotten second quarter was “just ning it. We’re ready for year played such a big role
Minnesota
closer I probably would don’t let them get hot.” regional.” on the team and all of us
have put one or two of “We had to play really Landin said there were seniors this year had to
them in but the other girls good defense. It didn’t similarities between the step into their spots. It
did a good job of holding really matter if we scored two district wins but with was tough at first but I
INDIANAPOLIS — their own,” Kleman said. offensively, we just had to one big difference. This think we’re starting to get
Kelsey Mitchell scored 30 Scores “They rebounded well stop them defensively,” year her senior class had it down now,” she said.
points, Stephanie Mavun- Men
EAST
ga had 26 points, a Big Cornell 86, Dartmouth 75
Ten Conference Tourna- Delaware 86, Elon 79
Drexel 70, James Madison 62
ment record 21 rebounds ing tentative and hitting fourth quarter, the Vikings and Carlee Siefker,” Kre-
and seven blocks, and
No. 13 Ohio State used
Fairfield 90, Niagara 77
Hartford 71, New Hampshire 60
Harvard 93, Columbia 74
LIU Brooklyn 78, Fairleigh Dickinson 77
Vikings home runs.”
Coming into the game,
would go on a modest 7-2
run in the first two min-
inbrink said. “Those girls
are pretty long. That helps
a late run to edge fourth- Penn 99, Brown 93
From page 1C the Vikings knew Sydney utes of the final stanza to us and it makes every shot
Providence 61, St. John’s 57
seeded Minnesota 90-88 Saint Joseph’s 78, La Salle 70 Kim, averaging 18.1 points open up its biggest lead, contested.”
in a semifinal game on Stony Brook 69, Albany (NY) 60 Thursday. This marks a game, needed to be 41-29 with a little more While the Vikings’
Syracuse 55, Clemson 52
Saturday. UMBC 89, Mass.-Lowell 77 the first district title for contained if Leipsic was than five minutes left in defense shut down the
The top-seeded Buck- VCU 83, Fordham 58
Vermont 75, Maine 60
Leipsic in five years. going to have any shot of the game and Carey would Blue Devils, Leipsic’s
eyes didn’t secure a Villanova 97, Georgetown 73 “I am really proud of our winning and after the tal- never recover. offense, led by Lammers
spot in the champion- Wagner 75, Robert Morris 64
Yale 94, Princeton 90, OT
kids,” Leipsic head coach ented Carey post pumped The Blue Devils would and Kierra Meyer, paved
ship game until Carlie SOUTH Gary Kreinbrink said. in 10 first half points, it never get closer than eight the way to the win. Lam-
Wagner’s 12-foot jumper Alabama A&M 66, Jackson St. 59
Appalachian St. 76, Coastal Carolina 67
“This was a team at the appeared this might spell for the remainder of the mers finished with 22
from the right of the lane Arkansas St. 83, Louisiana-Monroe 79 beginning of the year that trouble for the Vikings in game. Not only did the points and teammate
Auburn 79, South Carolina 70
bounced off the rim as Charlotte 85, FAU 78 really projected out to not the second half. Vikings force 12 turnovers Meyer added 17 points.
time expired. Ohio State ETSU 77, Chattanooga 59 have this kind of season But in the second half, in the final two periods, Both Vikings grabbed six
Florida 80, Kentucky 67
(26-6) faces second-seed- Florida St. 85, Boston College 76 but they didn’t give up and the Vikings’ smothering Leipsic would be a effi- boards each.
ed Maryland for the title Georgia Southern 89, Troy 83 played hard all year and I defense clamped down on cient 16 of 19 from the free Kim finished with 13
Georgia St. 90, South Alabama 75
tonight. Georgia Tech 64, Wake Forest 56 am proud of them.” Kin and company and that throw line in the fourth points and 12 rebounds.
Grambling St. 66, Alabama St. 64 Leipsic’s Heather Lam- would propel Leipsic to period to secure the win. In addition to shutting
LSU 78, Mississippi St. 57
Michigan 75, Marshall 76, Middle Tennessee 67 mers said this team was the win. “Obviously we were down Kin, the Vikings did
No. 2 Michigan State 64 McNeese St. 69, Lamar 60 ready to play and did have Up 25-20 going into the really concerned about a great job on the perim-
Miami 69, Virginia Tech 68
NEW YORK (AP) — Murray St. 68, Belmont 51 something to prove. third period, Lammers Kin and we said before the eter as the Blue Devils
Mo Wagner scored 14 NC State 76, Louisville 69
Old Dominion 79, FIU 53
“We haven’t been to opened up the scoring by game were going to hold were 6 of 15 from behind
of his 15 points after a Prairie View 77, Southern U. 69 regionals as a team so that popping to a 3-pointer to her under 15 and that is the 3-point arc. Destiny
dreadful first half and Richmond 93, George Mason 79
SE Louisiana 69, Nicholls 57
was a goal,” Lammers said. give the Vikings an eight- what we did,” Kreinbrink DeFeo, who came into the
fifth-seeded Michigan Southern Miss. 72, Louisiana Tech 64 “Twenty two wins that was point advantage. However, said. game, hitting 46 percent of
Tennessee 66, Georgia 61
moved within a game of Texas Southern 78, Alcorn St. 71
history for our basketball Kin responded with a trey Kreinbrink mixed up his her 3-pointers, was 2-of-7
its second straight Big UAB 101, W. Kentucky 73 program and we knew that of her own at the 7:08 defense, going man-to-man from treyland.
UNC-Greensboro 72, The Citadel 58
Ten Tournament title. Virginia 62, Notre Dame 57 this game was going to mark. to a 2-3 zone, and it was Blue Devils head coach
Muhammad-Ali Abdur- Wofford 73, Mercer 53 leave a legacy for us in the But that would be Kin’s effective in keeping Carey Phil Vaughn said they
MIDWEST
Rahkman and Zavier Cent. Michigan 84, W. Michigan 71 program and now we want last points of the game as off balance. Also any time knew Leipsic had length
Simpson also had 15 for Chicago St. 96, UMKC 82 to keep going.” Leipsic upped its defensive Kin touched the ball she on the outside.
Dayton 88, George Washington 78
the No. 15 Wolverines Illinois St. 76, S. Illinois 68, OT Kreinbrink added that pressure that would see was surrounded by a horde “They had a lot of deflec-
(27-7), who were also Kansas St. 77, Baylor 67 he talked to the team in the Vikings close out the of Vikings. tions on our three’s and
Loyola of Chicago 62, Bradley 54
the last team to beat No. Marquette 85, Creighton 81 the morning and told them third period with a small Leipsic also did a great even contested a lot of
2 Michigan State (29-4), Michigan 75, Michigan St. 64 they were going to come in 5-1 run in the final five job of shutting down the three’s and we really didn’t
Missouri 77, Arkansas 67
when they did it on Jan. Purdue 78, Penn St. 70 aggressive and as he put it minutes to give them a Blue Devil’s perimeter get a lot of good looks,”
13. S. Dakota St. 66, W. Illinois 60
Wright St. 87, Green Bay 72
to use a baseball analogy 35-29 advantage going into shooting. Vaughn said. “At the same
Miles Bridges had 17 “we are going to hit home the final eight minutes. “We do have some time they were jamming
points to lead Michi- runs tonight. We are not Maintaining that same length on our perimeter Sydney Kim and she
gan State, which had a with 33 points. taking pitches and not play- defensive pressure in the with Heather Lammers couldn’t get loose.”
13-game winning streak
snapped. Lima Senior Xavier 65, DePaul 62
graduate Xavier Simpson CHICAGO — Trevon
15 points, seven rebounds Bluiett scored 22 points,
and two assists. for and No. 3 Xavier (27-4,
State scores
Michigan. 15-3) set a school record Girls Basketball Elyria Cath. 56, Rocky River Lutheran W. 47 Region 16 Uniontown Lake 54, Dover 42
Division I Newton Falls 41, Atwater Waterloo 27 Covington 54, Legacy Christian 42 Warren Harding 47, Twinsburg 42
for regular-season wins Region 2 Region 10 Ft. Loramie 57, Cedarville 45 Wooster 55, Massillon Washington 47
Purdue 78, Penn State 70 while clinching the top Notre Dame Academy 40, Sylvania Collins Western Reserve 44, Castalia Minster 53, Ft. Recovery 40 Division I
Southview 20 Margaretta 40, 2OT New Madison Tri-Village 53, Russia 42 Region 4
NEW YORK — Carsen seed in the Big East. Perrysburg 59, Fremont Ross 31 Findlay Liberty-Benton 58, Archbold 38 Boys Basketball Cin. Moeller 61, Cin. Withrow 39
Edwards scored 27 points Brandon Cyrus led Region 3 Ottawa-Glandorf 55, Convoy Crestview 40 Saturday’s Scores Cin. Oak Hills 69, Cin. St. Xavier 47
Gahanna Lincoln 54, Reynoldsburg 52, OT Region 11 By The Associated Press Kettering Fairmont 73, Miamisburg 48
and No. 8 Purdue (28- DePaul (11-19, 4-14) with Newark 48, Cols. Upper Arlington 28 Berlin Hiland 63, Sugarcreek Garaway 41 Boys Basketball Division II
5) pulled away to reach a career-high 20 points. Pickerington Cent. 54, Powell Olentangy Minford 59, Southeastern 39
Proctorville Fairland 58, Seaman N. Adams
Division I
Region 1
Region 6
Bloom-Carroll 64, Granville 61
Liberty 12
the Big Ten Tournament Westerville S. 68, Dublin Coffman 58 41 Berea-Midpark 59, Olmsted Falls 58 Cols. Beechcroft 88, Cols. Marion-Franklin 43
championship game for Dayton 88, Region 4
Cin. Walnut Hills 60, Cin. McAuley 57
Region 12
Cin. Summit Country Day 29, W. Liberty-
Cle. St. Ignatius 56, Brecksville-Broadview
Hts. 48
Cols. East 83, Cols. Independence 72
Cols. Hartley 69, Cols. Centennial 46
the second time in three George Washington 78 Mason 43, Beavercreek 34 Salem 25 Grafton Midview 54, Avon Lake 45 Division II
Region 7
seasons. DAYTON — Darrell Mt. Notre Dame 48, Huber Hts. Wayne 28
W. Chester Lakota W. 53, Kettering Fairmont
Waynesville 43, Cin. Madeira 34
Williamsburg 48, Anna 40
Hebron Lakewood 57, N. Royalton 49
Lakewood St. Edward 88, Cle. Rhodes 57 Byesville Meadowbrook 68, Cambridge 49
Elida graduate Dakota Davis posted 20 points 29 Division IV Lorain 68, N. Ridgeville 31 Cadiz Harrison Cent. 80, Zanesville Maysville
POSTPONEMENTS AND Region 13 Medina 47, Brunswick 44 68
Mathias had 15 points, or better for the seventh CANCELLATIONS Cornerstone Christian 36, Cuyahoga Hts. 21 Strongsville 63, Elyria 44 Gnadenhutten Indian Valley 55, Carrollton 43
six rebounds, five assists, time this season and led Versailles vs. Cin. Purcell Marian, ppd. to Dalton 47, Rittman 45 Division I New Concord John Glenn 72, Warsaw River
Mar 5th. Lisbon David Anderson 48, Youngs. Valley Region 2 View 41
a block and a steal for five players into double- Division II Christian 47 Akr. Hoban 71, Medina Highland 44 New Philadelphia 79, Steubenville 75
Purdue. figure scoring as Dayton Region 6 New Washington Buckeye Cent. 66, Lucas 43 Can. McKinley 68, Canfield 62 Philo 49, Millersburg W. Holmes 40
Bellevue 63, Norwalk 49 Region 14 Cle. Cent. Cath. 83, Chagrin Falls Kenston 63 Wintersville Indian Creek 51, St. Clairsville 48
Purdue frustrated con- (14-16, 8-10) knocked off Napoleon 63, Defiance 43 Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 58, Fremont St. Cle. Hts. 73, Cle. Benedictine 66 Zanesville 65, E. Liverpool 28
ference scoring leader George Washington (14- Tol. Rogers 63, Sandusky Perkins 36 Joseph 56 Copley 72, Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 66 Division II
Region 7 Haviland Wayne Trace 54, Stryker 43 Franklin Furnace Green 70, Akr. Ellet 60, OT Region 8
Tony Carr, holding him to 17, 7-11) in the Atlantic Cambridge 62, Zanesville Maysville 51 Leipsic 57, Carey 44 Lyndhurst Brush 78, Cle. E. Tech 51 Cin. Hughes 65, Cin. Aiken 46
4-of-18 shooting and 12 10 Conference regular New Philadelphia 54, Carrollton 38 Ottoville 51, Columbus Grove 33 Massillon Jackson 69, Can. Glenoak 36 Cin. Woodward 58, Cin. Taft 57, OT
Division III Region 15 Mentor 81, Mayfield 48 Cols. DeSales 57, Plain City Jonathan Alder
points. Shep Garner led season finale for both Region 9 Fairfield Christian 47, Sugar Grove Berne Shaker Hts. 90, Maple Hts. 58 47
the Nittany Lions (21-12) schools. Canfield S. Range 53, Salem 38
Doylestown Chippewa 50, Orrville 33
Union 29
Sarahsville Shenandoah 60, Malvern 56
Solon 62, Willoughby S. 48
Stow-Munroe Falls 43, Wadsworth 37
Cols. Eastmoor 72, Hebron Lakewood 31
Cols. South 77, Caledonia River Valley 34