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High school track and field: Perrysburg girls claim district title
The Perrysburg girls scored 112, points, fending off Anthony Wayne (103), St. Ursula (90), and Whitmer (90) to win the Division I track and field district meet held Friday at Clay. Lexington won the boys team title with 83.5 points. Second-place Southview was the top local team with 78 points. Distance running was an area of strength for the Perrysburg girls as Ava Beeks won the 800-meter run in 2:16.18 and Hannah Kersten took the 1,600 in 5:02.62 and the 3,200 in 11:44.00. The Yellow Jackets compiled six other second-place and third-place finishes on their way to clinching the team championship.
Bike riders gathered for “RAT” race Sunday morning, helping kids in need of bikes
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Bike riders of all ages gathered for the fourth annual Ride Around Toledo, or “RAT” race Sunday morning, helping children in need of bikes in the area. The event hosted by The Right Direction focuses on raising money for bikes for kids in need,...
Division I softball: Anthony Wayne, Perrysburg face unranked foes in regional semifinals
The two top-10 ranked teams from the Northern Lakes League's Buckeye Division — champion Anthony Wayne (25-1 overall, 12-0 NLL) and runner-up Perrysburg (24-4, 10-3) — are each headed to Clyde High School for separate regional softball semifinal matchups Wednesday. No. 3 Anthony Wayne will take on unranked Brecksville-Broadview Heights (21-6) in a 4 p.m. semifinal, while No. 8 Perrysburg will open at 1 p.m. against unranked North Ridgeville (17-5). The regional final is scheduled for 5 p.m. Friday. ■ Anthony Wayne vs. Brecksville-Broadview Heights
Toledo's Sornlaksup eliminated in first round of NCAA tournament
STILLWATER, Okla. — University of Toledo senior Pawit Sornlaksup made Rocket history with his appearance Monday in the individual NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships, but his tournament run did not last long. Sornlaksup lost in the first round to Arizona’s Colton Smith 6-4, 6-3. Smith advanced to the round of 32 of the week-long tournament hosted by Oklahoma State. Smith, ranked No. 22 in the country, broke Sornlaksup’s serve late in the first set for a 5-4 lead, then closed out the set with a service game win. He broke again in the first and last games of the second set to complete the victory. The match lasted 1 hour, 28 minutes. Sornlaksup, a native of Thailand, was the first Rocket to compete in the national individual tournament and entered the week with a No. 65 national ranking. He is a three-time Mid-American Conference player of the year and helped lead UT to conference titles in each of the past two seasons. The Rockets lost to Illinois in the first round of the team NCAA tournament on May 3.
Baseball Game Preview: Lima Senior Hits the Road
The Lima Senior Spartans will head out on the road to take on the Bowsher BlueRacers at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest. Lima Senior will head into Friday's game...
Former Penn State offensive lineman Ibrahim Traore transfers to Toledo
One of Phil Trautwein's own has found his next stop. Former Penn State offensive lineman Ibrahim Traore has transferred to Toledo, a source told The Daily Collegian. During his four years in Happy Valley, the Bronx, New York, native appeared in just one game which came against UMass in 2023. He won the coaching staff's Development Squad Offensive Player of the Week against Michigan back in 2021.
Track regional qualifiers; softball district champs: High school notebook
Olivia Cherry, Kennedy Slates, Olivia May and Effie Schulte established a meet record to win the 4x400 relay at 4 minutes, 00.73 seconds as Oak Harbor's girls finished second at a Division II district meet. Cherry, Hayley Fallgren, Slates and Laney Schmidt won the 4x800 at 9:51.45, Camdyn Fauver won...
Former Springfield standout Carruthers transfers to Toledo women's basketball
Kendall Carruthers is coming home. The former Springfield High School standout is the final piece for Ginny Boggess’ inaugural University of Toledo team. Committed ???????????? Go Rockets!! pic.twitter.com/UVccFuYb2K Carruthers played at Saint Francis University in Pennsylvania during her freshman year, averaging 14.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and just under one steal per game for the Red Flash. The 5-foot-7 guard had two 30-point games, including a career-high 32 against Wagner.
Maumee wins Division II softball district final over Otsego
A spectacular break of good fortune led to an opportunistic double play at a pivotal moment to portend it might just be the Maumee softball team's day in the Panthers' 5-1 Division II district final victory over Otsego on Saturday afternoon at Genoa High School. A sharply hit ground ball by Otsego's Cailyn Rider with the bases loaded and one out in the top of the third ricocheted off of Maumee shortstop Lilly Duling's foot and straight to second baseman Julia Coutcher, who maintained her composure as if turning a routine 6-4-3 double play and proceeded to get the force...
Bowling Green bats come alive in middle innings of win over Toledo at Fifth Third Field
One swing of the bat from Landon Roque sent fans into a tizzy Friday at Fifth Third Field. And it sent a baseball across Monroe Street. The Bowling Green third baseman pummeled a Noah Johnson pitch down the left field line and into a parking lot on the south side of the Commodore Perry. The only suspense was whether it was fair or not. The two-run home run was part of a five-run fourth inning for the Falcons, who beat the University of Toledo 8-6 on a picturesque late spring night in downtown Toledo.
Track and field roundup: Oak Harbor boys claim victory at Division II district meet
OAK HARBOR, Ohio — Oak Harbor defended its home track on Saturday, winning the Division II boys track and field district competition. The Rockets scored 131 points, topping second-place Eastwood’s 107. Central Catholic (66) was third, followed by Clyde (60) and Lake (47). Sandusky Perkins won the girls meet with 111 points, Oak Harbor was second at 85, followed by Port Clinton (79), Lake (71.5), and Clyde (62). Oak Harbor’s Tyler Thompson claimed a sprint double in the boys meet, with the junior claiming the 100-meter dash in 10.90 seconds and the 200 in 21.98. Sophomore Wyatt Augsburger had a hurdles double, winning the 110 hurdles in 14.88 and the 300 hurdles in 40.14.
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