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Napoleon baseball sees best season in program history end in regional final
BOWLING GREEN — A close play at the plate combined with some uncharacteristic errors cost the Napoleon baseball team on Friday as the Wildcats fell just short of punching their ticket to the Division II state final four. In the regional final at Carter Park, Napoleon trailed Parma Padua Franciscan 3-2 in the bottom of the sixth inning when the Wildcats looked like they had tied the game on a bang-bang play at home. But the call did not go their way and Napoleon ultimately fell 4-2. The Wildcats, who made school history with a program-record 22 wins, banged out 11 hits with eight of nine batters contributing. Senior pitcher Jacob Shadle kept his team in it but the defense committed three costly errors. Parma Padua (19-9) also came up with several clutch, two-out hits to advance to the final four.
Spelling-bee run by Otsego Junior High sixth grader ends in quarterfinals
Kendall Mehl, the Otsego Junior High School sixth grader who won The Blade’s annual Northwest Ohio Championship Spelling Bee in March, is out of the running for the top award in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. “Kendall made it through to the quarterfinals today, but got out in the round this morning,” her mother, Jessica Mehl, told The Blade in an email. “She had an amazing experience.” The finals are at 8 p.m. Thursday and can be viewed online at spellingbee.com. There are 245 competitors — the largest since 2019 — including six former finalists and three four-time national participants.
Bowling Green City Schools considering income tax request
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — People in Bowling Green could be asked to vote on another school levy this November as the school district's superintendent says more money is needed to keep providing basic services. According to the Bowling Green City Schools district, more than 70% of the budget expenses...
Pataskala Watkins Memorial shuts out Whitehouse Anthony Wayne
Pataskala Watkins Memorial’s defense throttled Whitehouse Anthony Wayne, resulting in a 2-0 shutout in Ohio high school softball action on May 31. Last time Whitehouse Anthony Wayne and Pataskala Watkins Memorial played in a 2-1 game on June 2, 2023. We want your feedback on the accuracy and quality...
Seniors key to Anthony Wayne's run to state softball semifinals
As Anthony Wayne High School heads to its third Division I state softball final four on Friday, the Generals will be bidding farewell to a group of senior players who have been part of the best four-year run in program history. Third-ranked Anthony Wayne will take a 29-1 overall record into Friday's D-I state semifinal matchup against second-ranked Pataskala Watkins Memorial (30-1) at Firestone Stadium in Akron at 5:30 p.m. That mark by the Generals, which included a perfect 14-0 Northern Lakes League record, is part of a four-year AW record of 114-12 overall and 50-6 in the highly-competitive NLL. The only season AW did not reach the final four since 2021 came in 2022, when a top-ranked Generals squad finished 30-1 with a 5-4 regional semifinal loss to NLL rival Springfield, which finished as D-I state runner-up that year.
Napoleon baseball solid in all facets of 9-0 Division II regional semifinal win over Huron
BOWLING GREEN — The Napoleon baseball team used some early small ball, some timely hitting, and the right arm — and glove — of junior starting pitcher Trey Rubinstein to earn a 9-0 victory over Huron Thursday in a Division II regional semifinal game at Carter Park. In doing so, the Wildcats claimed a single-season program record 22nd win which sets up an appearance in the program's first-ever regional final Friday back at Carter Park against Parma Padua Franciscan, which beat Bellville Clear Fork 4-3 in the other semifinal. Rubinstein was brilliant, working quickly to get in a rhythm and mixing a firm fastball with a crisp curveball. He scattered two hits in his complete-game shutout with six walks and 11 strikeouts. But whether it was quick reflexes, instincts taking over, plain luck, or all of the above, no play was bigger than when he speared a line drive up the middle with his glove hand with one out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the sixth inning and proceeded to double up a runner off second base to end the threat and preserve a 4-0 lead at the time.
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BGSU welcomes increased number of students in university orientation
BOWLING GREEN - Bowling Green State University welcomed what may be the biggest class in its history, the university’s president said. The university’s orientation for incoming Falcons ahead of the fall semester saw a 10 percent increase on its campus Tuesday. Cecilia Castellano, vice president for enrollment management, said the exact number of incoming freshmen won’t be available until September, but BGSU estimates it has garnered at least 400 more students in its upcoming class than last year. She attributes the jump in enrollment to offering the right programs and the university’s commitment to the student experience.
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