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Hurdling it
Wynford's Jena Lilly (right) stays ahead of Riverdale's Kayla Brown in the 100 hurdles on Wednesday. Lilly finished sixth in the event and will advance to race in the finals at Tiffin Columbian on Friday.
Brown posts top 300 hurdles time; Lewis 6th in HJ
By BRANDON DRAKE
Staff writer
TIFFIN - A little competition did nothing to hurt Riverdale's Kayla Brown's performance in the 300 hurdles on Wednesday.
Brown, who was the state runner-up in the event last season, posted the quickest time in the preliminaries at the Division III regional track and field meet at Tiffin Columbian High School after crossing the finish line in 45.33. Her time was more than a second faster than second-place finisher Jessica Thomas of Sandusky St. Mary's (46.63).
"She finally had a competitive time, and I really think that makes her push herself even harder," Riverdale girls coach Kim Rall said. "It usually works for her benefit if she sees there's actually competition for her, so that really helped her out (Wednesday)."
The competitive desire also showed in the 1600 relay, as Brown teamed with Shaye Eatherton, Kylie Brown and Vanessa Stewart to post the second-best preliminary time in the event in 4:06.01. They finished one second behind Columbus Grove's relay team of Paige Heffner, Ella Diller, Grace Needler and Jaimie Lewis, who finished in 4:05.05.
Rall said a large part of the team's success is based on its ability to work together.
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Hand off
Mohawk's Alec Shock reaches back to grab the baton from Kent Fredritz in the 400 relay at the Tiffin Columbian's Division III regional track and field meet. The relay squad finished third in the event and will run in the finals Friday.
Warriors boys 400 relay team strong in preliminary
By LONNIE McMILLAN
Sports editor
TIFFIN - The Mohawk boys 400 relay team is in good position to become a state qualifier after a third-place preliminary time of 44.81 at the Division III regional track and field meet at Tiffin's Frost-Kalnow Stadium on Wednesday.
Kent Fredritz, Alec Shock, Marcus Mewhorter and Tyler Hogan finished third in their heat and third overall in 44.81, putting them in Friday's finals. The top four teams qualify for state.
The same team finished one spot out of the finals in the 800 relay, finishing ninth in 1:34.42.
"We ran pretty competitively in our heat," Mohawk boys track and field coach Josh Fortney said. "We had some fast people on both sides of us, and they pushed us pretty good. I'm happy with how we did in the 4x2 and I'm happy with how we did in the 4x1."
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Walton, Edler receive 2nd-team honors as baseball selections
Three Upper Sandusky seniors were honored on the All-Northern Ohio League baseball team released Tuesday.
Kenny Edler and Tom Walton were named to the second team, and Jordan Fagan was given honorable mention.
Edler batted .328 this season with 11 RBIs and 13 runs scored. Walton was a .368 hitter and also had a home run, 10 RBIs and 14 runs scored.
Fagan batted .281 with nine RBIs and 13 runs scored. He also pitched for the Rams, striking out seven in 11 1/3 innings.
League-champion Fostoria, along with Shelby, each placed three players on the first team.
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Jury named to softball 1st team
Five Upper Sandusky softball players were honored on the All-Northern Ohio League softball team released Tuesday.
Senior Chelsea Jury was named to the first team, and senior Nikki Linhart was given-second team honors. Honorable mention went to freshmen Allie Cox and Logan Meddings and junior Katie Wetherell.
Jury was the Rams' leading hitter with a .338 average. She also smashed a pair of home runs, scored a team-best 26 runs and had 18 RBIs. Jury also had a 4.35 ERA and 6-8 pitching record.
Linhart was second with a .303 average. She had a team-leading 21 RBIs and scored 15 runs.
Meddings was Upper Sandusky's top pitcher, going 6-6 with a 1.98 ERA. In limited at-bats, she had two runs scored and two RBIs.
Cox hit .253 with 12 RBIs and 10 runs scored. Wetherell batted only .193, but stole 10 bases, scored 16 runs and was the team's leader on defense at shortstop.
Bellevue, which went 13-1 in the NOL to win the league title, placed five players on the first team and eight players on the team overall.
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