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Perrysburg claims Division I regional title with 8-2 win over Lakewood St. Edward
GATES MILLS, Ohio — The Perrysburg baseball team saw its bats come alive in the third and fourth innings of its Division I regional final against Lakewood St. Edward and rode the relief pitching of sophomore Tyler Palmer the rest of the way in an 8-2 win Friday at Gates Mills Gilmour Academy. The Yellow Jackets fell behind 2-0 midway through the third inning but plated three in the third and five in the fourth to break open the game. Palmer shut things down the rest of the way with four perfect innings, backing up starter Parker Faris to send Perrysburg to a state semifinal berth. “It's been 13 years since we got to back to state, and we didn't know if we'd get back there,” Perrysburg coach Dave Hall said. “These kids have been tough all year, and we're playing good at the right time They play as a team, and they really like each other. There's no ‘I’, it's all about the team. We're playing about 10 kids at this point and there are 12 guys going nuts for them. We've had great pitching, and they are just picking each other up right now.”
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.
Oak Harbor makes habit of Ohio state tournament
AKRON — Oak Harbor softball advanced to state the only two times in program history in two of the past three years. The Rockets fell 6-1 to Baltimore Liberty Union in a Division III state semifinal Thursday at Firestone Stadium. It would seem that building blocks are in place for Oak Harbor to remain a threat. ...
Demolition of UT's former Palmer Hall begins; green space planned
The final phase of the University of Toledo’s engineering campus metamorphosis is coming to an end. On Thursday, UT interim President Matt Schroeder sat behind the controls of a backhoe, pulling down sections of the former Palmer Hall. The revamping of the engineering campus began in 2018. A $22 million renovation of the North Engineering building was completed in 2023. It opened for students in the fall. Mr. Schroeder said the demolition and the completion of the new academic quad is the final phase of the project.
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.
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