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Today is Tuesday, May 6| The 12th day of 2008
Lift off
Riverdale's Steven Rahn clears a bar in the high jump at the Hardin County Track Meet. Rahn won the event by clearing 5-8, helping the Falcons to a second-place team finish.
Falcons show strong in Kenton Relays
KENTON - Riverdale's track and field team had a strong showing at the Hardin County Track Meet on Monday afternoon.
The Falcons' girls cruised to a team title with 183 points. Ridgemont (98) took second, and Kenton (96) finished third in the six-team field. The Wildcats edged out a 169-112.83 team title over Riverdale in the boys competition.
Kayla Brown and Brook Bushong both won a pair of events to lead the Falcons. Brown won the 100 hurdles (16.4) and 300 hurdles (45.3), while Bushong was first in the shot put (33-11.5) and discus (110-1).
Riverdale swept all four relay events, winning the 400 in 54.2, 800 in 1:51.1, 1600 in 4:08.2 and 3200 in 10:41.8.
Kourtney Lewis also had an individual first-place finish in the 800 run (2:36.7).
(Refer to page 6 of today's Daily Chief-Union)
In the glove
Carey's Courtney Holsinger scoops up a ground ball in Monday's game against Mohawk. The Warriors ended up edging out a 1-0 victory against the Blue Devils.
Messersmith home run keeps Warriors in race for MAL title
By LONNIE McMILLAN
Sports editor
SYCAMORE - As tight as the Midland Athletic League softball race has been this year, it should not be surprising that one hit was the difference between rivals Mohawk and Carey on Monday.
Mohawk's Jackie Messersmith pitched a no-hitter and delivered the only hit of the game against Carey pitcher Autumn Harley - a two-out solo home run in the sixth inning - to lead the Warriors to a 1-0 victory.
The win keeps Mohawk (13-6, 7-2 MAL) in contention for its seventh straight Midland Athletic League title. It leaves a slew of teams trailing Fostoria St. Wendelin (7-1 MAL) by one game in the loss column, including the Blue Devils (13-6, 5-2 MAL), New Riegel (6-2 MAL) and North Baltimore (5-2 MAL). Hopewell-Loudon (5-3 MAL) could have made the race even tighter, but it dropped a 7-4 decision to St. Wendelin on Monday.
(Refer to page 6 of today's Daily Chief-Union)
On the mark
Mohawk's Adam Hohman delivers a pitch in Monday's game against Carey. Hohman fanned 15 batters as the Warriors shut out the Blue Devils, 5-0.
Warriors' Hohman strikes out 15 Blue Devils
By LONNIE McMILLAN
Sports editor
SYCAMORE - Mohawk pitcher Adam Hohman more than made up for six walks by striking out 15 in a two-hit 5-0 shutout of Carey on Monday.
Carey was able to put runners on base, but those runners had little chance of advancing with the ball seldom being put in play by the Blue Devils.
"Adam pitched a good game," Mohawk coach Eric Hoover said. "He walked too many, but I think they only had two hits, so I'm pretty happy with that. He was able to get a lot of strikeouts so I guess that made up for most of the walks."
(Refer to page 6 of today's Daily Chief-Union)
MONDAY MAY 5, 2008
Daily Chief-Union/Brandon Drake
Running full speed
Carey's Taelor Vaughn (front) sprints down the track in the 400 dash on Saturday morning at the Liberty-Benton Invitational. The Blue Devils' girls finished second behind the host Eagles.

Carey girls 2nd at Liberty-Benton
FINDLAY - Carey's girls track and field team shook off the wet weather and finished second at Saturday's Liberty-Benton Invitational.
The host Eagles ran away with the girls team title, finishing with a 125.5-60 advantage over the Blue Devils. Columbus Grove (58), Bluffton (55) and McComb and Old Fort (tied with 53) rounded off the top five, and Riverdale finished tied for 11th with Van Buren with 25 points in the 16-team field.
Liberty-Benton also captured the team title in the boys competition with a 137-103.5 advantage over Pandora-Gilboa. Carey's boys finished eighth with 27 points, while Riverdale was tied for ninth with Van Buren with 22.
Lauren Jacoby led the Blue Devils with strong finishes in the short sprint events, as she took second in the 200 dash (26.9) and third in the 100 dash (12.9). Alexa Spurlock recorded a second-place finish in the long jump (16-0), while Natalie Baldridge took third in the high jump (4-8). Myranda Yates also finished third by recording a throw of 117-4 in the discus.
(Refer to page 6 of today's Daily Chief-Union)
Mohawk impressive at Northwood Invite
NORTHWOOD - Mohawk dominated the competition Saturday at the Northwood Invitational.
The girls track and field team was first with 205 points, with Northwood coming in second with 126 points. Mohawk's boys placed second with 121 points, following Northwood at 154 points.
Abby Boes led the way for the Warriors' girls, winning both the 400 dash in 1:07.4 and the 800 run in 2:36.4. She also was part of the winning 1600 and 3200 relay teams. Kalli Luhring, Jill Daniel, Rachel Conley and Boes won the 1600 relay in 4:38.9, and Boes, Annette Daniel, Marissa Lasky and Jessica Luhring won the 3200 relay in 10:57.5.
Annette Daniel had an individual first-place finish in the 3200 run, finishing in 12:51.5. She also was second in the 1600 run in 5:50.
Lindsey Clouse was first in the high jump, clearing 4-10, and came in fourth in the long jump at 14-1.5.
Sam Riedlinger took the top spot in the discus with a throw of 96-6.5. She also was fifth in the shot put at 25-5.
(Refer to page 6 of today's Daily Chief-Union)
Rams' Brodman named top runner at Margaretta Invitational
CASTALIA - Upper Sandusky's Kevin Brodman won two individual events and was a part of two first-place relay teams as he was named the boy's outstanding performer at the Margaretta Invitational on Friday night.
The four top finishes helped the Rams' boys take third place in the 11-team field, as Upper Sandusky (61.5 points) finished behind Genoa Area (110) and Vermillion. The Rams' girls took fourth place with 62 points, with Seneca East (100) winning the team title and Smithville and Edison tying for second.
Brodman, a senior, sprinted to victories in the 200 dash (23.32) and 400 dash. He teamed with Arin Neely, Jason Beidelschies and Josh Thammarat to take first in the 800 relay (1:35.68), and joined Beidelschies, Thammarat and Kyle Burbuagh for the best time in the 1,600 relay (3:37.92).
(Refer to page 6 of today's Daily Chief-Union)