BASEBALL STATE SEMIFINALS

BASEBALL

STATE SEMIFINALS

Division II

Today

Cadiz Harrison Central (23-6) vs. #17 Plain City Jonathan Alder (23-8), 10 a.m.

Archbishop Hoban (20-10) vs. #1 Defiance (29-1), 1

Saturday Final, 7

Division IV

Today

#17 Convoy Crestview (19-6) vs. #7 Newark Catholic (22-9), 4.

New Middletown Springfield (20-7) vs. #16 Defiance Tinora (19-7), 7

Sunday Final, noon

Division I

Saturday

#19 Aurora (28-4) vs. #2 Cin. Archbishop Moeller (28-2), 10 a.m.

Gahanna Lincoln (22-9) vs. #17 St. Ignatius (26-6), 1

Sunday Final, 3

Division III

State Final

Saturday

#10 Wheelersburg (28-4) vs. #8 Carroll Bloom Carroll (26-5), 4

SOFTBALL

STATE SEMIFINALS

Division III

Today

Pemberville Eastwood (29-3) vs. #1 Bloom-Carroll (27-3), 10 a.m.

Cols. Bishop Ready (15-15) vs. #5 Columbia (28-4), 12:30 p.m.

Division II

Today

#9 Newark Licking Valley (21-7) vs. Walsh Jesuit (26-5), 3

#2 Springfield Kenton Ridge (30-2) vs. Granville (24-6), 5:30

Division IV

Today

#3 Strasburg-Franklin (28-5) vs. #1 Covington (30-0), 9 a.m.

Rockford Parkway (22-5) vs. North Robinson Colonel Crawford (18-9), TBA

STATE TRACK

When, where: Friday and Saturday, Ohio State University, Jesse Owens Stadium, 2450 Fred Taylor Drive, Columbus.

Today -- 9:30 a.m., Division II field events, Division III 4x800 final and track prelims; 1 p.m., Division III field events, Division II 4x800 final and track prelims; 4 p.m., Division III field events; 4:45 p.m., Division I 4x800 final, track prelims.

Saturday -- 9 a.m., Division II field events; 9:30 a.m., Division III track finals; noon, Division I field events; 1 p.m., Division II track finals; 3 p.m., Division I field events; 4:30 p.m., Division I track finals.

Tony Parker banked in a 16-footer with 5.2 seconds left for the last of his 21 points.

MIAMI -- Tony Parker banked in a 16-footer with 5.2 seconds left for the last of his 21 points and the San Antonio Spurs stunned the Miami Heat 92-88 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night.

Tim Duncan had 20 points, 14 rebounds and three blocks, and Manu Ginobili scored 13 points for the Spurs, who are in the finals for the first time since 2007 and are pursuing their fifth championship.

LeBron James had 18 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists for his 10th career playoff triple-double and Dwyane Wade scored 17 for the defending champion Heat. But James made just 7 of 16 shots, missing his last shot in the final 5 seconds, and managed his lowest scoring output of the playoffs.

Kawhi Leonard deserves most of the credit for that, with the 6-foot-7 wing player hounding James on the perimeter all night long and not backing down.

Game 2 is Sunday night in Miami.

These Spurs were supposed to be rusty after a nine-day layoff and Duncan showed some signs of that early with an 0-for-5 start. But once those 37-year-old bones got going, the Spurs showed that this will series will be anything but a coronation for King James.

The Spurs trailed for most of the first three quarters, but Duncan kept the Heat from running away by controlling the paint and moving the ball. Parker's two free throws gave San Antonio a 77-76 lead in the fourth quarter and Duncan's putback pushed the lead to 83-79 with 5:30 to go.

James scored on two straight Miami possessions and Ray Allen hit three free throws to make it 88-86 Spurs with 1:28 to go.

Duncan hit two free throws and Chris Bosh missed an open 3-pointer on the other end and Parker finished off the Heat with a shot clock-beating, leaner after falling to his knees, just in front of James that gave the Spurs their final margin of victory.

Leonard had 10 points and 10 rebounds in a remarkable NBA Finals debut.

Unlike Indiana, which had several big, strong perimeter defenders to throw at James in their seven-game Eastern Conference finals clash, the Spurs entered the season relying on Leonard to get the job done.

Leonard picked up two quick fouls, as did Duncan, while trying to deal with the MVP's aggressive attacks on the rim. But he didn't commit another one for the rest of the game.

Bosh finished with 13 points and the big man was 0 for 4 from 3-point range and Wade was held scoreless in the fourth quarter after a vintage first 36 minutes.

The much-hyped matchup of past vs. present was every bit the air-tight, back-and-forth affair most expected. Each time Wade and the Heat appeared to be taking control in the first 36 minutes, Duncan and the Spurs clamped down on defense, got a quick bucket on the other end and halted the Miami burst.

Bosh's spinning layup gave the Heat a seven-point lead early in the third quarter, but the Spurs fired right back with a 6-0 surge to keep it close.

Everyone expected James to take charge right away in this series, just as he has for the last two years. His triple-double -- 26 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds -- clinched his first title in Game 5 against Oklahoma City last year, and he reached that plateau again early in the fourth quarter.

But the scoring wasn't there like it has been all playoffs, and when Wade disappeared in the fourth, the Heat were in big trouble.

After a quiet start, Wade asserted himself in the second quarter, showing plenty of spring in his step while barreling toward the rim like the Wade of old. He scored six straight points midway through the second quarter when James went to the bench, giving the Heat a 44-38 lead.

But the Spurs got a throwback performance of their own from the 37-year-old Duncan, who hit a 20-foot jumper just before the first half buzzer sounded to keep the game every bit as tight as this entire series is expected to be.

James bulled to the bucket in transition to score on a layup, then fed Norris Cole for Miami's sixth 3-pointer of the first half for a 38-29 lead before hitting the bench for the first time.

The Spurs swept Memphis in the Western Conference finals to give banged up veterans Manu Ginobili, Parker and Duncan some much-needed recovery time while the Heat suffered through a rugged seven-game series against the Indiana Pacers.

The last time the Spurs were here, they won their fourth title by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers and a young LeBron James in 2007. Now Duncan, Parker and Ginobili are on one last ride, one final push. And again, James stands in their way.

Highlights include Indians game in Detroit against the Tigers, and Pittsburgh at Boston in Game 4 of the NHL Eastern Conference Finals.

CLEVELAND, Ohio

Today's TV and radio sports listings

ARENA FOOTBALL

7:30 p.m. Iowa at CLEVELAND GLADIATORS, FM/92.3

AUTO RACING

1:30 p.m. Party in the Poconos 400 practice (tape), Speed Channel

2 p.m. Canadian Grand Prix practice, NBCSN

3:30 p.m. Party in the Poconos 400 qualifying, Speed Channel

9 p.m. WinStar World Casino 400, Speed Channel

BASEBALL

2:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, WGN

7 p.m. St. Louis at Cincinnati, MLB Network

7:05 p.m. Portland at AKRON AEROS, AM/1350

7:05 p.m. CLEVELAND INDIANS at Detroit, SportsTime Ohio; AM/1100, FM/100.7

7:35 p.m. LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS at South Bend, AM/1330

BOXING

10 p.m. John Molina Jr. vs. Andrey Klimov, ESPN2

11 p.m. Jonathan Vidal vs. Mario Munoz;

Jorge Melendez vs. Luis Grajeda, Showtime

COLLEGE BASEBALL SUPER REGIONALS

1 p.m. South Carolina vs. North Carolina, ESPN2

4 p.m. Rice vs. N.C. State, ESPN2

7 p.m. Oklahoma vs. LSU, ESPN

7 p.m. UCLA vs. Cal State-Fullerton, ESPN2

CYCLING

Midnight Criterium du Dauphine, Stage 6 (tape), NBCSN

GOLF

9 a.m. Lyoness Open, Golf Channel

12:30 p.m. Wegman's Championship, Golf Channel

3 p.m. St. Jude Classic, Golf Channel

6:30 p.m. The Tradition (tape), Golf Channel

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL STATE SEMIFINALS

12:30 p.m. D-III, Columbia vs. Columbus Ready, AM/930

HORSE RACING

5 p.m. Brooklyn Handicap and Jaipur Stakes, NBCSN

MAJOR LEAGUE LACROSSE

8 p.m. Boston vs. Rochester, CBSSN

NHL CONFERENCE FINALS

8 p.m. East, Game 4, Pittsburgh at Boston, NBCSN

SOCCER

2:45 p.m. World Cup qualifier, Czech Rep. vs. Italy, ESPN

TENNIS

7 a.m. French Open, men's semifinal, Tennis Channel

7 a.m. French Open, men's semifinal (tape), Tennis Channel

Jesus Aguilar powers Aeros' win, Carolina falls at Wilmington, Captains swept by South Bend, Middendorf sharp for Crushers.

Class AAA: Toledo 8, Columbus 7: Cord Phelps, Omir Santos and Lonnie Chisenhall had two hits apiece for the Clippers, who rallied from a 7-3 deficit only to see the Mud Hens get a leadoff triple in the ninth by Ramon Cabrera off Juan Espino, which eventually became the winning run.

Class AA: Akron 7, New Hampshire 2: Jesus Aguilar drove in three runs and Toru Murata held the Fisher Cats to five hits over seven innings as the Aeros won at home. Aguilar, Jose Ramirez, Carlos Moncrief and Giovanny Urshela each had two hits for Akron.

Class A Advanced: Wilmington 6, Carolina 4: Mudcats starter Cody Anderson gave up four runs on six hits in a three-inning outing against the Blue Rocks in Wilmington, Del.

Class A: South Bend 6-5, Lake County 1-2: The host Silver Hawks held the Captains to three runs and five hits while sweeping a doubleheader. DH Richard Stock (.244) had a hit in each game and accounted for Lake County's only run in the opener with a home run in the fifth inning. He also doubled and scored in the fifth inning of Game 2.

Independent: Lake Erie 5, Traverse City 2: Dave Middendorf struck out 10 as the Crushers beat the Beach Bums in Traverse City, Mich.

Former Indians General Manager John Hart, an MLB Network analyst, said that Indians draft pick Clint Frazier has Dustin Pedroia makeup in a compact body.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Clint Frazier is not much of a singer, as evidenced by his one-line rendition of a Taylor Swift hit during an MLB Network draft feature. But Frazier can get the bat through the zone in a blink, which is all that mattered Thursday night.

The Indians made Frazier, a high school center fielder from Georgia, the fifth pick in the MLB draft. Earlier in the week, Frazier was named the Gatorade national baseball player of the year.

The first two rounds of the three-day draft unfolded Thursday. The Indians did not have a second-round pick because they signed Nick Swisher. They lost a competitive-balance pick, between the second and third rounds, by signing Michael Bourn. Their next pick is in the third round, 79th overall.

Many analysts rated Frazier and his neighborhood buddy, center fielder Austin Meadows, as the top two prep bats. Frazier, from Loganville High School, and Meadows, from Grayson, played with and against each other since elementary school. Meadows went No. 9 to Pittsburgh.

Frazier, 18, was the cover boy on Baseball America's draft preview issue. Baseball America ranked him at No. 4 in its top 100 on draft day. Listed at 6-1, 190, Frazier has been called a mini-Mike Trout. He hit .485 with 17 homers and 45 RBIs in 2013. As a junior, he hit .424 with 24 homers to lead Loganville to the AAAA Georgia state championship.

Stats, though, barely begin to tell the story of Frazier. What separates him are must-see swing mechanics.

"He's an impact bat, with impact bat speed," Indians scouting director Brad Grant said. "As soon as you walk in and see Clint, the first thing you notice is the bat speed. It's exciting. It's almost like a coiled snake, a snakebite. It's so fast and so quick and generates so much power. It's a special swing. It's not something you often go to a high school game and see."

Former Indians General Manager John Hart, an MLB Network analyst, said Frazier "jumps off the board" primarily because of the bat speed, which delivers power to all fields. Scouts have noted Frazier's "Popeye" forearms and ultra-quick wrists as the foundation for a violent, yet compact, approach.

Frazier has signed a letter of intent to play at Georgia. As much as he likes the Bulldogs, he is eager to begin a pro career.

"It's very obvious I want to go out and play professional baseball," he said via conference call. "I'm not going to comment on what I'll do right now until I know, but professional baseball is my first option."

Frazier said the homers decreased as a senior because pitchers did not want to let him beat them.

"I had more power my senior year, just based on the distance of the balls I was hitting," he said. "I didn't lose any power. It was the fact that I didn't get as many opportunities."

Evaluators also appreciate Frazier's passion for the game.

"He's definitely a baseball rat," Grant said. "He understands the game, for a high school kid, extremely well. It's what he lives for. This is what he wants to do: play baseball. He has a confidence to him. He has the ability to slow the game down mentally, but at the same time has these fast-twitch actions."

The Houston Astros made Houston native Mark Appel, a right-hander from Stanford, the first pick. Appel has drawn comparisons to Mark Prior. Last year, the Astros held the first pick and passed on Appel, who reportedly wanted too much money for Houston's liking. Appel fell to Pittsburgh at No. 8 and did not sign.

The Chicago Cubs selected San Diego third baseman/outfielder Kris Bryant at No. 2. A right-handed batter, Bryant possesses "light-tower power." He hit .329 with 31 homers and slugged .820 in 228 at-bats of 59 games this season.

The Colorado Rockies opted for Oklahoma righty Jonathan Gray at No. 3. Gray's fastball has hit triple-digits. He reportedly tested positive for the stimulant Adderall. Most mock drafts had the combination of Appel, Bryant and Gray comprising the top three picks. At No. 4, the Minnesota Twins selected righty Kohl Stewart, a prep pitcher from Texas. Stewart is a Texas A&M recruit at quarterback.

"We were focused on taking the best player available," Grant said. "Obviously, those first four picks were in our consideration, too. We put the board up based on ability and took the best player when it came to our turn."

Frazier, after seeing the names that went 1-4, said he had a good feeling he was going to Cleveland. MLB Commissioner Bud Selig did, indeed, call his name -- but as a third baseman. Frazier transitioned from third base to center field beginning in his junior year.

"I actually went up to a representative from the Indians and said, 'Am I playing third base?'" Frazier said. "He said, 'No, [Selig] just made a mistake.' I have not played there in two years, so I'd definitely need to make an adjustment if I went back."

Grant said: "We envision him staying in center field for the long term."

Intentional or not, Josh Gordon's failed drug test has him on very dangerous ground.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- I have no clue if Josh Gordon's strep throat is the reason he took codeine cough syrup, or there was another reason that he flunked an NFL drug test.

The Browns receiver said he meant no harm, and the NFL must have believed at least part of his explanation, or his suspension would be four games rather than the two he received from the league. But the suspension is bad for the Browns and their starting wide receiver, because if he fails another test it will be at least an eight-game suspension, or half the season.

And Gordon has a horrible track record when it comes to learning from failed drug tests.

He flunked one for marijuana at Baylor. He was on probation, knowing if he failed another there would be no more catching passes from Robert Griffin III. His pro future could be seriously damaged. But Gordon did fail another test. Marijuana again.

He was done at Baylor.

The next stop was Utah, where he could practice but not play for a year. The previous Browns regime told me how Gordon was faithfully attending his counseling sessions and other activities designed to keep him straight.

But he failed another test at Utah -- also for marijuana.

At one point, he told The Plain Dealer's Mary Kay Cabot: "I was in a rehabilitation program with group counseling, and I saw a psychiatrist, like, three times a week. ... I had to report back to the team while I was practicing. But I never tested positive at Utah."

Turned out that he did, and he later had to admit it.

Despite three failed tests and playing only one season (2010) as a college starter, former Browns GM Tom Heckert made Gordon a second-round pick in the 2012 supplemental draft, costing the team its second-round pick in 2013. Gordon received a 4-year, $5.3 million contract.

In 2012, he was paid $2.7 million between his signing bonus and first-year salary. So despite being kicked off the team at Baylor and another failed drug test at Utah and only 43 college catches, he became an instant millionaire.

To Gordon's credit, there were no significant problems last season. On the field, he caught 50 passes, five for touchdowns. He averaged 16.1 yards per catch and showed signs of being a significant deep threat. Off the field, he was praised by the coaches for his diligence when it came to taking notes in meetings. They liked his attitude.

The reason for digging up Gordon's history is that he had to know that continued marijuana use could cost him -- yet he failed those drug tests. Now, there is this failed test for codeine.

That's why the new regime has been careful in its praise of Gordon. They don't want him to feel a sense of entitlement. Yes, they feared a failed drug test.

The new coaching staff also has been pleased with Gordon's work ethic. He is paid $632,802 this year. While the suspension is for two games on the field, he will cost him four games worth of paychecks ($148,894). That should get his attention, because he simply can't afford another failed test -- no matter the reason or the substance.

He won't play the first two games. Thankfully, the Browns did add veteran receiver Davone Bess and Greg Little keeps improving. But Gordon is a major part of the offense -- or at least, he can be if he continues to work hard and stay out of trouble.

But that's up to him.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- One loss does not call for a change in dinner plans. Aurora baseball coach Tim Deering still had his team dine at nearby Buca di Beppo on Friday, even after learning that is where Archbishop Hoban dined on Thursday.

Archbishop Hoban senior Drew Lakos delivers a pitch Friday during the Knights' state semifinal loss, 5-1, to Defiance. Aurora and St. Ignatus play Saturday in opposite Division I semifinals. - (Scott Terna, ImpactActionPhotos.com)

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- One loss does not call for a change in dinner plans.

Aurora baseball coach Tim Deering still had his team dine at nearby Buca di Beppo on Friday, even after learning that is where Archbishop Hoban dined on Thursday.

The Knights lost to Defiance, 5-1, in a Division II state semifinal on Friday. Obviously, Deering is not superstitious.

Pass the meatballs.

Making the school's first appearance in the state semifinals, the Greenmen (28-4) will play second-ranked and six-time state champion Cincinnati Moeller (29-2) at 10 a.m. Saturday.

See a picture gallery from Hoban's loss in Friday's Division II semifinals.

Chemistry class: There must be something to this team chemistry business. Each of the 16 schools competing in the state tournament has a team picture in the program. The photo of Aurora shows 10 Aurora team members standing in the back row with their arms around each other's shoulders. It is the only team posed in such as fashion.

In the nick of time: Aurora was just about to board the team bus Thursday when the call came that its game with Moeller, originally scheduled to be played Friday at 4 p.m., had been pushed back to Saturday because of inclement weather. The team saved at one night in hotel rooms.

In the red: Schools that require hotel rooms when competing in the state baseball tournament are reimbursed $400 per day by the Ohio High School Athletic Association. They also receive a gasoline allowance.

Top honors: Seven area players earned first-team honors on the All-Ohio teams chosen by the Ohio Baseball Coaches Association.

Mayfield outfielder Mitch Longo (Ohio recruit), Midview outfielder Eric Lauer (Kent State) and Highland outfielder Luke Raley (Lake Erie) made it in Division I.

Archbishop Hoban outfielder Aaron Cain (Case) and Firelands infielder Joe San Felippo (undecided) were named in Division II, and Keystone infielder Tyler Gullett (Stanford) and Elyria Catholic infielder Joey Begany (undecided) made it in Division III.

No area players were named in Division IV and no local coaches were picked as coach of the year in any division.

Go with the flow: St. Ignatius and Aurora held practices at Dublin Jerome. St. Ignatius, which will play Gahanna Lincoln after the Aurora-Moeller game, did not change its travel plans because of the rain delays. The Wildcats (26-6) arrived in town on Thursday. They watched part of Hoban's loss to Defiance before holding a team dinner.

"We might try and find a place to watch [on television] some college baseball," coach Brad Ganor said. "The kids didn't seem to mind the inconvenience. In fact, I think they kind of enjoyed spending an extra night in a hotel."

Gotta like it: Wow. A high school team that actually wears its baseball pants properly. A tip of the hat to Defiance and coach Tom Held.

Bonus: It was a good day for Defiance baseball. Not only did the Bulldogs defeat Archbishop Hoban to advance to Saturday's Division II state championship game, but alumnus Dace Kime (2010) was drafted by the Indians in the third round -- 79th overall -- out of Louisville.

"I couldn't be happier for him," said Held, whose team will play Plain City Jonathan Alder at 7 p.m. Saturday for the state title. "Dace has worked as hard as anyone we've had."

Kime's team, incidentally, lost to Jonathan Alder in the state semifinals.

Being there: Another Defiance alum, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Chad Billingsley, has told school officials he will fly in for today's state title game. Billingsley, who lost in the Division II state semifinals to Tallmadge in 2002, is recovering from Tommy John surgery.

To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:

trogers@plaind.com, 216-999-5169

On Twitter: @TimRogersCLE

Even without a Triple Crown try, the Belmont is still an intriguing race.

View full sizeStorms along the Atlantic coast could make Saturday's Belmont Stakes a rather muddy experience for the 14-horse field.Mark Lennihan, Associated Press 

NEW YORK -- Orb and Oxbow. Oxbow and Orb. Anyway you draw it up, there will not be a Triple Crown on the line in the $1 million Belmont Stakes on Saturday.

Even without a Triple try, the Belmont is still an intriguing race. It matches Kentucky Derby winner Orb against Preakness winner Oxbow, Todd Pletcher sending out a record five horses and one of the largest fields in the 145-year history of a race also known as the "Test of the Champion."

So let's not overanalyze the rematch because there are many more story lines that will unfold when the 14-horse field begins its 1.5-mile run around Belmont Park on what could be a wet track following 24 hours of rain.

Orb is looking to bounce back after his fourth-place finish in the Preakness, following his 2.5-length win in the Derby. Oxbow is out to show his wire-to-wire Preakness win was not a fluke.

Todd Pletcher's quintet includes the filly Unlimited Budget, with Rosie Napravnik looking to become the second female jockey to win a Triple Crown race. Up-and-coming Freedom Child joins the Triple Crown fray for the first time off his 13 1/4-length romp in the Peter Pan Stakes four weeks ago over a sloppy track at Belmont Park. And Kenny McPeek, who won the 2002 Belmont with Sarava at record odds of 70-1, is back again with 30-1 shot Frac Daddy.

"There's probably a few in there that don't figure, but they've got just as much license to run as Orb or Oxbow or anybody else," said Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey, whose Derby winner is the 3-1 morning-line favorite. "I'm not going to worry about because it makes this a good, solid field."

Revolutionary is the second choice at 9-2, with Oxbow third at 5-1 and Unlimited Budget and Freedom Child each at 8-1 in the field of 14 -- the largest since 1996 and one shy of the record set in 1983.

Weather could be a factor. A steady rain began early Friday and was expected to continue through Saturday morning, with as much as 3 inches predicted by the National Weather Service. The track was rolled and sealed after Thursday's races to compress the dirt so water doesn't seep into the racing surface.

If the track comes up wet, Orb, Golden Soul and Revolutionary -- the first three finishers in the Derby run over a sloppy track at Churchill Downs -- should be able to deal with it. So, too, should Freedom Child.

"I like what I'm seeing," said Freedom Child's trainer Tom Albertrani. "I'm getting all the good signs. He couldn't be doing any better."

The last Belmont run over the slop was two years ago when 24-1 long shot Ruler On Ice won. It also was the most recent Derby winner vs. Preakness winner matchup, with Preakness winner Shackleford fifth and Derby winner Animal Kingdom sixth.

In addition to Frac Daddy, there are few other long shots worth a look in 20-1 Will Take Charge and 15-1 Palace Malice.

D. Wayne Lukas will be out to win his 15th Triple Crown race with Oxbow, and he also trains Will Take Charge. The big colt may not have the nifty moves of some of his rivals, but Lukas says once he builds up a head of steam "he's dangerous."

Palace Malice is among Pletcher's squad -- the others are the filly, Revolutionary, Overanalyze and Midnight Taboo. Despite only one win in seven starts, Palace Malice, the son of two-time Horse of the Year Curlin, looks to have the potential to win at the top level.

"He's always impressed us in his training, and he's shown hints of that in some of his races although he hasn't completely followed through and won a big race that we feel like he's capable of doing," said Pletcher. "We think he's well meant for this race."

LORAIN, Ohio - Mark Solis is leaving as Lorain's football coach to lead Lewis Center Olentangy, which went 10-2 last season, including a Division I playoff win. Lorain was 7-13 in two seasons with Solis as its coach. Solis has a career coaching record of 101-50, including six playoff berths, at Ashland Crestview (1999-2003), Elyria (2004-06) and Twinsburg (2007-10)....

Lorain football coach Mark Solis is resigning to accept the head position at Lewis Center Olentangy. He said the plan for now is for his wife, Julie, to remain as Twinsburg's girls basketball coach next season. - (Lonnie Timmons III, The Plain Dealer)

LORAIN, Ohio - Mark Solis is leaving as Lorain's football coach to lead Lewis Center Olentangy, which went 10-2 last season, including a Division I playoff win.

Lorain was 7-13 in two seasons with Solis as its coach. Solis has a career coaching record of 101-50, including six playoff berths, at Ashland Crestview (1999-2003), Elyria (2004-06) and Twinsburg (2007-10).

Olentangy, near Columbus, hires Solis to replace Ed Terwilliger, who announced his retirement on May 9 after posting a 138-114 record in 24 years.

"I can't say enough about the good folks in Lorain, in particular, athletic director Bryan Koury," Solis, 40, said. "There are great kids there who work extremely hard and I see a lot of success for them in the future.

"When our family looked at this decision from a family standpoint, it was beneficial for us. Professionally speaking, it was an excellent opportunity, one that would have been difficult to pass up."

Solis' wife, Julie, is the girls basketball coach at Twinsburg, which has played Kettering Fairmont in the past three Division I state championship games, winning the first two before losing to Fairmont, 52-48, on March 16.

"Julie plans on being at Twinsburg next season. That's the plan for now, but at some point she'll be in Columbus," Mark Solis said. "We'll be married forever. We love each other so much."

The couple has a son, Trevor, 12, and daughter, Rylee, 4. Mark Solis will teach U.S. history at Olentangy. Julie teaches social studies at R.B.C. Middle School in Twinsburg.

AKRON, Ohio - Making its first state tournament appearance in 25 years, Newark Licking Valley behind sophomore Shelby McCombs defeated Walsh Jesuit, 4-1, Friday night in a Division II state softball semifinal. Fourth-ranked Licking Valley (23-7) will meet either Springfield Kenton Ridge (30-2) or Granville (25-6) Saturday at 7 p.m. for the state championship at Firestone Stadium.

Walsh Jesuit's softball team, ranked eighth in the state in Division II, ends its season at 26-6.

AKRON, Ohio - Making its first state tournament appearance in 25 years, Newark Licking Valley behind sophomore Shelby McCombs defeated Walsh Jesuit, 4-1, Friday night in a Division II state softball semifinal.

Fourth-ranked Licking Valley (23-7) will meet either Springfield Kenton Ridge (30-2) or Granville (25-6) Saturday at 7 p.m. for the state championship at Firestone Stadium.

McCombs belted a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth and pitched a complete game to lead the Panthers.

McCombs (19-6) threw her first two pitches of the game off the backstop screen, but rallied to limit Walsh to five hits, while striking out six and walking one. The 5-foot-11 right-hander worked out of a first-and-third, no outs jam in the top of the sixth to keep a 2-1 lead.

After back-to-back singles by junior center fielder Taylor Stimson and sophomore catcher Riley Ries, McCombs retired the next three batters.

She then delivered a two-out blast over the center field fence to make it 4-1.

Sophomore Taylor Rahach (19-6) took the loss for eighth-ranked Walsh Jesuit (26-6).

The Panthers jumped out 1-0 in the bottom of the first. Sophomore catcher Kori Caughenbaugh lined a triple into right-center field and promptly scored on a wild pitch.

Licking Valley made it 2-0 in the second when sophomore first baseman Kori Locke dropped a bloop single behind short. When junior right fielder Shelby Robinson's intended sacrifice bunt resulted in a throwing error, the Panthers had runners at first and third with no outs. It looked as if Rahach would escape, but a two-out, wild pitch plated Locke.

The Warriors scratched out a run in the top of the third to trail 2-1. Rahach led off with a single to center and was bunted to second by sophomore shortstop Lilli Piper. With two outs and two strikes, Stimson bounced an RBI single through the middle of the infield.

AKRON, Ohio - Since the Ohio High School Athletic Association moved the state softball tournament from Ashland to Akron in 2008, it has always gotten in its full agenda of games. Until Thursday, when only two of the four slated games were played due to a 61/2-hour rain delay. The Division I semifinals were played, but not Division IV....

State softball tournament manager Dave Suncire says about 40 50-pound bags of drying agent were used during Thursday's steady rain at Firestone Stadium in Akron.

AKRON, Ohio - Since the Ohio High School Athletic Association moved the state softball tournament from Ashland to Akron in 2008, it has always gotten in its full agenda of games.

Until Thursday, when only two of the four slated games were played due to a 61/2-hour rain delay. The Division I semifinals were played, but not Division IV.

Tournament manager Dave Suncire estimated that 40 50-pound bags of drying agent were spread on the Firestone Stadium infield during the day, which started at 6 a.m. and ended at midnight for him and his 10-person grounds crew.

"I sometimes don't look at the radar," Suncire said. "I just look up in the sky and go by what's in front of me."

Lilley wins Gatorade award: North Canton Hoover junior shortstop/Oregon recruit Jenna Lilley is the 2012-13 Gatorade Ohio Softball Player of the Year. Lilley is the fourth Hoover player to be accorded the honor. The others are Jessica Simpson (2007), Trish Lilley (2002) and Katie Chain (1998 and 1999). Trish and Jenna Lilley are sisters.

Familiar foes: Hoover, aiming for a seventh Division I title, beat Elyria in the 2006 and 2008 championship games and will face the Pioneers in today's final.

"I watched them play [a 15-3 semifinal win over Mentor], and they're awesome," said Elyria coach Ken Fenik, "but we will be here [today] to play. We played them pretty tight at the Prebis Tournament [a 7-2 loss in extra innings], that game went into an international tiebreaker, but they're awesome.

"They probably have one of the best players in the state in Lilley, and they hit. They're undefeated and ranked No. 1 all season for a reason. We've had some great battles. Maybe one of these years we can get them."

Lesson learned: Pitching in a state tournament game as a freshman is something Mentor's Allison Golic will always remember, but so will the 15 hits she surrendered against top-ranked defending champion Hoover.

She is satisfied.

"I'm definitely going to pitching practice more and work to get faster," said Golic.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - State championships are often filled with the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, but not usually for the same school. The Division III state track and field meet at Ohio State University was barely into its first 30 minutes Friday, but already the boys and girls from Gilmour Academy had experienced enough ups and...

Hannah Markel of Gilmour Academy falls after tangling with Emily Staufer of Hawken during the second leg of the 4x800-meter relay at the Division III state track meet Friday in Columbus. - (Gus Chan, The Plain Dealer)

COLUMBUS, Ohio - State championships are often filled with the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, but not usually for the same school.

The Division III state track and field meet at Ohio State University was barely into its first 30 minutes Friday, but already the boys and girls from Gilmour Academy had experienced enough ups and downs to make anybody nauseous.

• Check out The Plain Dealer's photo gallery of Divisions II and III state track.

First, the girls had their dream of a state championship in the 4x800-meter relay shattered when second runner Hannah Markel got tangled with Hawken's Emily Staufer and went sprawling to the ground, the baton rolling across the track. The Lancers came back to place sixth, but they entered the meet with the fastest time in the state, a time that was nearly three seconds faster than the eventual winning time.

"It was like in slow motion," Markel said. "You dream about something bad happening and then you see it happening right in front of you and you're like, 'Jeez, oh, man, how is this happening?' "

But then, not 20 minutes later, Gilmour's Alex Clapacs kicked past Columbus Academy's Dominic Facciolla in the final 40 meters as the Lancers won the boys 4x800 relay with a time of 7 minutes, 58.25 seconds.

"It's hard to describe," said Gilmour distance coach Matt Lindley. "There's tears for the girls and then there's tears for the boys, just different types of tears. But they're one team. So that championship for the boys was for everybody. It was not just for the boys, it was also for the girls.

"They're best friends. They're a tight group. When one of them succeeds, they all succeed. I've preached that all season."

The boys 4x800 relay was one of three area state titles, as David Paliscak of Rootstown won both the shot put and the discus. The senior who is headed for Kent State won the shot in dominating fashion with a personal record 62 feet, 51/4 inches -- nearly three feet beyond second place -- while the discus (173-1) was more of a surprise.

"I was really relaxed after the shot put," Paliscak said. "I won shot, and that was my big thing, so I could just go have fun in disc, and that's what I did. I didn't expect to win discus, but being a dual state champ means so much to me. We put in a lot of work, so it feels really good."

With the two victories, the Rovers are leading the boys' meet with 20 points. Columbus Grove is second with 19 and Lima Central Catholic has 18. However, Rootstown has no entrants in the finals.

Gilmour's boys are seventh with 12 points, as the Lancers got a surprising two points from Thomas Hollis in the high jump to go with the 4x800 victory. The 16th (last) qualifier in the field at 6-0, the senior cleared a career-best 6-2 and placed seventh on misses.

But it was the 4x800 that was the story for Gilmour. A big part of the victory was the decision to change the order of the relay, moving Paul-Henry Schoenhagen from the third to the leadoff spot, moving Alexander Ulatowski and Charles Hoge back a spot to second and third, respectively.

But there was no moving Clapacs from the anchor.

"We just knew we had to get it to our anchor guy and he would bring it home," said Hoge, the lone senior on the relay.

Clapacs had less confidence in himself than his teammates did, but he calmly sat on Facciolla's back for 760 meters and then rolled by on the final straightaway.

"I didn't really think I had it with a lap to go because those guys are the returning state champions," Clapacs said. "It was kind of nerve-wracking. But I decided with about 300 to go that I wasn't going to let my teammates down. I just stayed patient and passed him in the end."

Gilmour's girls had visions of a similar outcome in their race, but midway through the second leg, Markel's and Staufer's legs tangled, sending Markel to the track. Hawken eventually crossed the finish line in seventh, but the Hawks were later disqualified for interference.

Gilmour came back to qualify for the finals in the 4x400, as did the boys. Several other area athletes qualified for the finals as well:

Among the boys there was Cuyahoga Heights in the 4x200, Sat. Peter Chanel in the 4x100, Kirtland in the 4x400, Darin Gooch of St. Martin de Porres in the 200 and Scott Eilerman of Kirtland in the 400.

For the girls, Deanna Gesicki of Independence qualified in the 400, as did Berkshire's Suzanne Koziol in the 300 hurdles and Trinity's Molly Tupta in the 200.

Joe Magill is a freelance writer in Auburn Township.

Chris Perez's teammates support him, but don't feel the charges against him for misdemeanor drug abuse are a distraction to the team.

DETROIT -- Players deal with distractions all the time in the big leagues. Usually they're personal, but sometimes they involve a teammate.

Several Indians were asked Friday if closer Chris Perez being charged with misdemeanor drug abuse would be a distraction to the team, which opened a three-game series against the Tigers.

"I don't think so," said shortstop Mike Aviles. "We're here to play baseball. If I'm at home and I have a bad day or an argument, when I go to the ballpark my job is to put that behind me and play baseball.

"For me I don't think it's a distraction."

Perez is not with the team because he's on the disabled list with a strained muscle in his right rotator cuff. He stared playing catch on Wednesday after nine days of not picking up a baseball.

"Regardless of what happens with Chris on or off the field, he's still our teammate and we still support him no matter what," said Jason Kipnis. "Whatever happens, we take the next step, support him and that's it. He's still part of this locker room."

Vinnie Pestano, who moved into the closer's role when Perez was placed on the disabled list on May 27, wouldn't talk about the situation. Said first baseman Nick Swisher, "The big thing is to make sure he and his family are OK. But up here, the show goes on, man."

DH Jason Giambi, who knows what it feels like to be the center of negative publicity away from the field, said, "I don't know enough about it. We need to concentrate on playing baseball."

The Indians entered Friday having lost four straight and 12 of their last 16.

Manager Terry Francona said he does not feel the that the club has been disrupted.

"I think he's got some friends who care about him," said Francona. "I've spoken to him a couple of times. But out of respect to the situation and the process we're really not allowed to talk about it."

Draft, Day II: The Indians drafted eight players -- including seven pitchers -- in Friday's second day of the first-year player draft. Tenth-round pick Ross Kivett, from Kansas State and St. Edward High School, was the only position player they took.

"It wasn't by design," said director of amateur scouting Brad Grant. "That's just the way it fell. That was the strength of the draft."

The Indians took right-hander Dace Kime from the University of Louisville in the third round. Kime, who graduated from Defiance High School, was the Indians' second pick after losing two picks as compensation for signing free agents Swisher and Michael Bourn.

"He's pitched in the rotation and bullpen in college, but we like him as a starter," said Grant.

Under the new basic agreement, the Indians have $6,188,800 to spend on their nine picks in the first 10 rounds. Here are the salary slots, according to Baseball America, for their top nine picks:

No. 1 OF Clint Frazier, Loganville (Ga.) High School, $3.787 million;

No. 3 Kime, University of Louisville, $692,200;

No. 4 LHP Kyle Crockett, University of Virginia, $463,600;

No. 5 LHP Sean Brady, Ida S Baker (Fla.) High School, $347,100;

No. 6 RHP Casey Shane, Centennial (Tex) High School, $259,900;

No. 7 LHP Kenny Mathews, Riverside City College (Calif.), $194,800;

No. 8 RHP Trevor Frank, University of California Riverside, $158,300;

No. 9 LHP Thomas Pannone, College of Southern Nevada, $147,800; and

No. 10 Kivett, $130,100.

• Check out updated Indians picks on MLB.com

New guy: The Indians, in need of left-handed relievers, have signed veteran J.C. Romero to a minor-league deal and assigned him to Class AAA Columbus.

Romero was in Columbus on Thursday to take a physical. He started this season with Washington, but opted out of his minor-league deal. In 13 appearances with Class AAA Syracuse, Romero had a 2.84 ERA (four earned runs in 12 2/3 innings), four walks and 16 strikeouts.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - It's been an odd sort of year for St. Peter Chanel, which permanently closed its doors Friday at the end of final exams. Much has been made about how it was the final basketball game in school history or the last dance in school history, but now that it has come down to the very end,...

Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin's Kendra Zbinovec hurls the discus 128 feet, 9 inches Friday to place second in Division II. - (Gus Chan, The Plain Dealer)

COLUMBUS, Ohio - It's been an odd sort of year for St. Peter Chanel, which permanently closed its doors Friday at the end of final exams.

Much has been made about how it was the final basketball game in school history or the last dance in school history, but now that it has come down to the very end, all that remain standing are five Firebirds representing their school's last days in the state track and field meet at Ohio State University.

After the Division III semifinals it will all come down to one race, the 4x100-meter relay. The foursome of juniors Masai McDaniel and Rodell Golphin, and seniors Brionne Duke and Devin Wingfield won its semifinal heat with a time of 43.76 seconds, the second fastest qualifier. Lima Central Catholic won the other heat with the day's fastest time of 43.23.

"When we found out the school was closing, it let us know that we couldn't take anything less than gold," Wingfield said. "We really want to take that one home for the school. It's the last history that we can make. So we have to do it for the whole school. Our plan is gold, nothing less."

The same foursome also qualified to the meet in the 4x200 relay, but a bad exchange kept the athletes from reaching the finals.

"We're looking forward to the finals," said coach Darrell Sullins. "We have nothing to lose. We have to run our best because there's no making up for it next year. The seniors were going to be gone anyway, but the juniors can never run for St. Peter Chanel again. So we want to make a good showing."

The same four sprinters qualified to the state meet in the 4x100 last year, but they failed to advance to the finals.

"It was a learning experience," Wingfield said. "We were one of the youngest teams there and it was the first year for all of us running track. We were happy to be there, but it wasn't a vacation. Last year we learned from it and it made us better for the times we're running now. That's why we're going for gold."

Junior Ishmael Hargrove qualified to the state meet in the 400 dash, but he failed to advance to the finals. His time of 50.68 seconds left him 11th, just 0.05 seconds from the final qualifying spot.

Teacher: After placing fourth in the girls shot put, Rootstown senior Dawn Freeland said she was helped greatly by teammate David Paliscak, who won both the shot and disc among the boys.

Paliscak, who placed second in the shot last year, not only trained with Freeland, but also helped her get prepared for the state meet.

"He's a great thrower to be around," Freeland said. "A great person. He helped me all season, in the off-season, today."

Freeland, who will throw for Findlay next year, was not one of those athletes who dreamed of competing in the state meet. In fact, it was barely on her radar.

"I didn't really think about the state meet," she said. "I've never even watched the state meet. I wanted to just throw. I wanted to throw 42 feet and I got pretty close today (41-4 1/4). And I got fourth place--not bad!"

Happy?: Cuyahoga Heights pole vaulter Ricky Rospierski had an odd response when asked how he felt about his performance in the state meet. The senior placed third with a clearance of 13 feet, 9 inches.

"Disappointed," he said. "I didn't go as high as I wanted to. I wanted to go 15. It didn't happen today but I'm still happy. Third place in the state of Ohio on a bad day isn't bad."

Classy cousins: It was smiles all around for seniors Kendra Zbinovec from Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin and Joanna Hallisy from Lake Catholic.

Zbinovec finished second in the Division II discus at 128-09 and Hallisy was sixth at 123-0. The two rivals from the North Coast League's Blue Division are cousins through marriage.

"I did my best today and I'm the state runner-up," said Zbinovec, 10th last year at 116-2. "Oh, my gosh. I was at 116 last year and now I'm on the podium. It's been a climb."

Hallisy called making it to the top-eight podium for the awards ceremony "surreal."

"I've never been on this kind of stage," said Hallisy. "I'm going to enjoy every moment I have here."

Before Zbinovec heads off to Walsh University and Hallisy to Buffalo, they will go at it once again Saturday in the shot put.

Surprise, surprise: St. Vincent-St. Mary coach Dan Lancianese called junior Travonte Junius' second-place finish in the Division II long jump the surprise of the day. Orange senior Will Carter claimed the top spot at 23-4, but Junius earned eight points for the Irish with his 21-1 1/4 effort.

It was especially sweet because SVSM does not have a long jump pit and Junius has only started jumping this year.

"I'm always calm, just like the rest of our team," said Junius, an alternate on the 4x100 relay squad. "It doesn't matter if it's football or basketball. We stay calm the whole day."

Not so fast: It was that sickening feeling that comes when you know something just went wrong. Orange senior Malcolm Harris can tell you all about it.

Set to go in the 110 hurdles of the Division II meet, Harris was disqualified from his heat when he jumped the gun by that crummy fraction of an instant that means DQ.

"I was in the blocks and my block felt a little loose," said Harris. "On the set, it was hard for me to hold it and I guess I jumped a little bit. I heard the official say it was really close. It's tough."

The 110 hurdles were not kind to Northeast Ohio. Junior Evan Carroscia from CVCA, senior Darrell Sullins from Beachwood and Warrensville Heights senior Darrius DeMoss all came up short in qualifying.

Harris, with plans to attend either Youngstown State or Ashland, said the same thing happened to him in last year's regionals in the 300 hurdles. He got his game back together as he led off the top-seeded 4x100 relay for the Lions and qualified fourth in the 300 hurdles.

"We've got two races to go," said Harris. "I want to go two for two."

The area had better results in the 300 jumps as senior Vinnie Minosky from Padua and Carroscia made it into Saturday's finals.

Waiting game: After running his Division II 400 heat, Wickliffe senior Demetrius Moore had to stand in the infield of Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium for what seemed like an eternity to find out if he had made it to the finals.

"I know it's coming up, but it feels like forever," said Moore, in his first state meet as the lone qualifier for the Blue Devils.

Moore had to watch all four heats of the 300 hurdles before being able to break a smile. He qualified seventh.

"I'm definitely going to make sure I'm more prepared," said Moore, who clocked a 50.51. "I know I had a slow start. The competition is good here and I like that. I had a few jitters, but I can't say I was nervous."

Senior Sherman Kortze from CVCA qualified third in 49.73.

Bigger fish: Holy Name senior Andre Husain did not get out of the Division II 100 qualifying. However, he did get a second chance some two hours later in the 200.

A year ago, he was 10th in 200 qualifying, missing the finals by 0.02 seconds. This time the lone Green Wave runner made the most of it by claiming the sixth spot with a 22.15.

"Last year I felt like a little fish in a big pond," said Husain, who will attend Lake Erie College. "This time I had a lot more confidence. We'll see if I made it."

He did.

But it was disappointment for Chagrin Falls senior Bradley Munday, whose 22.59 in the same heat as Husain's did not allow him to move on. There was a bit of consolation as Munday anchored the Tigers' 4x100 relay that qualified eighth in 43.69.

Joe Magill is a freelance writer in Auburn Township.

Ubaldo Jimenez lasted only three innings and Nick Swisher made two errors that led to three unearned runs as the Indians lost to Detroit, 7-5, to run their losing streak to five.

DETROIT, Mich. -- If misery really does love company, the Indians made excellent companions Friday night at Comerica Park.

Ubaldo Jimenez had a miserable night. The same for first baseman Nick Swisher. Combine the two and it all but sealed another defeat for the Indians, this time by a score of 7-5 to Justin Verlander and the Tigers.

The Indians have lost five straight and 13 of their last 17 games. Friday was their ninth straight loss on the road.

The loss dropped them to 3 1/2 games behind the AL Central-leading Tigers and left them with a record of 30-30. It's the first time they've been at .500 since May 5 when they were 14-14.

On May 20, the Indians were 25-17 with a 2 1/2 games lead in the division. They've gone 5-13 since.

• Indians-Tigers boxscore | Scoreboard | Standings

The Indians tried to get back in the game in the ninth with homers by Jason Giambi (No.6) and Drew Stubbs (No.5) against Jose Valverde, but it wasn't enough. With Jason Kipnis on second base, Swisher ended a bad night by grounding out to second base to make him hitless in his last 20 at-bats.

"This team is so special in my mind already that I always believe," said manager Terry Francona, when asked about the ill-fated rally in the ninth. "I don't think that's going to change. I believe we'll figure it out.

"In the meantime, you hate to lose because it's so personal. But we'll figure it out."

Jimenez, matched against Verlander for the third time this season, lasted only three innings. He allowed five runs, three earned, on seven hits. This was last year's version of Jimenez (4-4, 5.03), something Indians' fans thankfully haven't seen much of this year.

Swisher made two errors at first base that led to three unearned runs.

"I don't know what to say," he said. "Just one of those rough nights. We've got to forget about it and move on."

Verlander (8-4, 3.72) has won four straight starts, two of them coming at the expense of Jimenez and the Indians. Jimenez and the Tribe won the first meeting on May 11.

The Tigers took a 3-0 lead in the second and it was probably the best Jimenez and the Tribe could have expected after Victor Martinez opened with a long homer into the right field seats.

Jhonny Peralta followed with a walk, but Brayan Pena forced him at second on a grounder to short. Ramon Santiago followed with a grounder to first. Swisher had time to step on the bag, but he threw to second where Mike Aviles, set up on the outside part of the bag, dropped his throw to put runners on first and second.

"I got greedy on that play," Swisher said of his first error. "I should have just taken the out at first, but Brayan isn't that fast. I went for the double play."

Jimenez walked No.9 hitter Avisail Garcia to load the bases. He struck out Andy Dirks for the second out, but Torii Hunter reached on an infield hit to short to make it 2-0. Jimenez, facing Miguel Cabrera, who entered the game leading the AL in average (.373) and RBI (66), walked Cabrera to force home a run and give Detroit a 3-0 lead. Considering everything that could have gone wrong, it wasn't that bad because Jimenez ended the inning by retiring Prince Fielder.

Two of the runs were unearned because of Swisher's error, but Jimenez was gassed after throwing 42 pitches in the second.

"The second inning took a lot out of me," said Jimenez. "I was pressing too hard to get the next guy out. I was fatigued after that inning."

Detroit knocked Jimenez out of the game in the fourth as it scored twice to take a 5-0 lead. After Garcia's leadoff double, Dirks singled through Jimenez's legs. The ball then bounced off second base and into center field to make it 4-0.

Jimenez left after Hunter's bloop single. Matt Albers relieved and Dirks scored on Cabrera's 1-6-3 double play.

The Tribe made it 5-3 with three runs in the fifth. Michael Bourn singled home one run and Kipnis doubled home two more on a drive to the wall in right that bounced out of Hunter's glove.

The Indians had runners on second and third with one out, but Verlander retired Swisher on a pop up and Michael Brantley on a fly ball to center.

"Verlander has another gear in those situations," said Francona.

The Tigers made it 6-3 in the fifth on Santiago's RBI single in the fifth. The run was unearned because of Swisher's second error when he couldn't come up with Peralta's grounder.

"I just missed that ball," said Swisher.

Pena's single in the seventh made it 7-3.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - By the end of the first day, St. Edward senior Anthony Young sat alone on the Jesse Owens Stadium track, struggling to catch his breath. Solon junior Jelvon Butler, also nearly breathless, sat quietly on a trainer's table after being helped there by teammates.

Steele Wasik of St. Edward qualifies first in the 110-meter hurdles. - (Gus Chan, The Plain Dealer)

COLUMBUS, Ohio - By the end of the first day, St. Edward senior Anthony Young sat alone on the Jesse Owens Stadium track, struggling to catch his breath.

Solon junior Jelvon Butler, also nearly breathless, sat quietly on a trainer's table after being helped there by teammates.

Their work was done, but also just beginning, because today will be more demanding and, potentially, more rewarding at the state track and field meet.

Young will attempt to lead St. Edward to its second consecutive Division I boys state championship, and Butler will be at the forefront of Solon's quest for its first girls title.

Both teams advanced all their state qualifiers to today's finals.

Young goes for his third consecutive 200-meter title today and will have his hands full against a stellar field. He qualified third (21.45 seconds), and both runners ahead of him broke the stadium record -- Gahanna Lincoln's Riak Reese (21.13) and Granville's Casey Lenfest (21.33).

"I felt pretty good. I was just coasting in the prelim because I still had the 4x400," Young said.

Young qualified fourth in the 100, but his biggest race was a furious 4x400 anchor leg in which he catapulted St. Edward into the final with the seventh-fastest qualifying time. Scoring in the 4x400, St. Edward's lone relay, could be crucial today because its main challenger for the team title is expected to be Pickerington North, which qualified first.

Another key today will be St. Edward junior Steele Wasik's hurdles battle with Pickerington North senior Desmond Palmer. They qualified 1-2 in the 110 hurdles, respectively, and 1-2 in the reverse order in the 300 hurdles.

But the story of the day Friday for St. Edward was sophomore sprinter Shaun Crawford, who ran a wind-legal 10.54 to win the second 100-meter heat, and he beat defending state champ Khoury Crenshaw of Solon by .04. Heat 1 winner Reese ran a wind-aided 10.41.

Crawford qualified fourth in the 200 with a personal-best 21.73.

"I'm excited I'm doing a lot better this year," said Crawford, who last year placed eighth in the 200 and ninth in the 100. "I'm stronger and I'm not as nervous as I was last year."

The 100 and 200 fields were extraordinary. All the 100 qualifiers were under 10.80. Cleveland Heights' Shelton Gibson ran a 21.93 in the 200, and that qualified eighth.

Defending 400 champ Antwon Smith of John F. Kennedy cruised to a heat win in 48.70 and qualified second. Glenville's Jacquez Riggs was fourth, and he anchored the Tarblooders' 4x400, which also was fourth.

In the only boys final Friday, Solon's Zack Zimmers, Eric Hansen, John Riordan and Kevin Blank placed fourth in the 4x800 (7:50.62).

"We were going for the win, but we all split pretty fast and we were pretty happy," Blank said.

But it wasn't a good day for everyone. Crenshaw appeared hampered by a sore hamstring and did not advance in the 200 after placing fourth last year, and he ran on Solon's 4x100, which entered the day with the fastest qualifying time but finished out of the finals in 12th.

Glenville's second-seeded 4x200 was disqualified by a false start, and fourth-seeded William Robinson fell and did not advance in the 300 hurdles.

"That hurt bad, but we have to keep our heads up and keep moving," Riggs said.

For Solon's girls, Butler qualified second in the 200 and fourth in the 100, 4x200 and 4x400. She'll run four more races today, and Therese Haiss will have three finals (800, 1,600 and 4x400).

"There's risk and reward to it, but they want to go for it, so I'm going to support them on that," Solon coach Brian Sabol said.

Wadsworth junior anchor Sarah Berger passed two girls to earn a fourth place in the 4x800 relay (9:21.35), which also included Courtney Palange, Michalla Gordon and Madi Salem.

"I never expected us to make it this far, let alone finish fourth at state," Berger said. "I was surprised I was passing people."

Two Geauga County girls stood out Friday -- Chardon junior Stephanie Ferrante and West Geauga senior Chantel Richardson.

Ferrante qualified second in the 400, third in the 100 and fourth in the 200.

"You have to stay focused and not get overexcited about the surroundings because this is an amazing atmosphere," Ferrante said.

Defending 100 hurdles champion Richardson qualified first in 13.86. She's shooting for the meet record today, 13.64.

"I need to put everything I've learned all together," Richardson said. "The record has been my goal since my freshman year."

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The Barnstormers rallied from a 10-point deficit in the fourth to win, 37-33. They scored the go-ahead touchdown with 13 seconds left.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Unlike the majority of their games this season, the Gladiators were competitive deep into the fourth quarter Friday night against the Iowa Barnstormers at The Q.

It mattered little, though, because they still lost. The Barnstormers rallied from a 10-point deficit in the fourth to win, 37-33. They scored the go-ahead touchdown with 13 seconds left.

The Gladiators (2-9) have dropped four in a row. The previous three losses came by an average of 21.3 points.

"The effort was there, we fought to the end -- but it's getting frustrating," Gladiators coach Steve Thonn said. "I told the guys, 'There's no magic, there's no miracle answer. We just have to come back next week and keep playing hard.'"

The Gladiators took a 26-16 lead on quarterback Chris Dieker's 1-yard run early in the fourth quarter. Iowa answered with a touchdown pass.

The Gladiators faced third-and-5 from the Cleveland 21 when Dieker threw deep for Jamar Howard. Defensive back De'Mon Glanton intercepted in the back of the end zone. Instead of settling for a kneel-down, Glanton bobbed and weaved his way 56 yards for a touchdown that put Iowa ahead, 30-26.

"Jamar ran a great route, but I led him a little too far," Dieker said.

The Gladiators regained the lead on Dieker's 4-yard run with 46.4 seconds left. The Barnstormers were undaunted. They made it look easy while putting together a five-play, 45-yard drive that ended with a 12-yard pass from J.J. Raterink to Darius Reynolds.

"I'm not quite sure why Reynolds was open," Thonn said.

The Gladiators managed 16 yards in their final possession. A desperation heave off the net fell incomplete.

"We had every opportunity to win that game, we just didn't do it," Thonn said. "I keep saying if we can just get a win, we'll be all right, but it's not happening."

Dieker went 30-of-47 for 250 yards and three touchdowns. He was intercepted twice and sacked twice.

"We needed to execute a little better, and that's on me," Dieker said.

The Gladiators played superbly in the opening minutes of the game. After the defense forced a turnover on downs on Iowa's first possession, the offense scored when Dieker connected with Howard from eight yards. Dieker lofted the ball into the left corner of the end zone, where Howard grabbed it with an extended right arm and maintained control while tumbling over the boards.

On its second possession, Iowa faced fourth-and-14 at the Cleveland 22. Raterink thought he had a touchdown pass to Reynolds -- only to have defensive back Marrio Norman swoop in and swat away the ball at the last instant. The Gladiators were poised to take a two-touchdown lead, but Dieker was hit as he threw and Iowa intercepted in the end zone.

The Barnstormers finally clicked offensively and tied the score, 7-7, late in the first quarter.

Early in the second quarter, Dieker kept a drive alive with a fourth-and-10 rush on what appeared to be a draw. Dieker eventually found Thyron Lewis for a 6-yard TD; the extra-point attempt was blocked.

Iowa mishandled the ensuing kickoff in the end zone, yet somehow recovered. The possession turned into seven points when Raterink found Reynolds for a 36-yard play.

Inside the final minute of the half, Dieker was sacked in Cleveland territory on fourth and 9. Iowa failed to capitalize because Gladiators defensive back LaRoche Jackson intercepted Raterink in the end zone with 14.5 seconds remaining.

The Gladiators scored on the first possession of the second half, Dieker connecting with Dominick Goodman on a short pass. Then trouble arose for the hosts. Not only did the extra-point attempt get blocked, Iowa took it the other way for two points to pull within 19-16.

The Barnstormers stumbled and bumbled on the ensuing drive, which ended with a missed field-goal attempt from long distance. It might as well have been a punt.

BASEBALL STATE TOURNAMENT

BASEBALL

STATE TOURNAMENT

Division I

Semifinals

#19 Aurora (28-4) vs. #2 Cin. Archbishop Moeller (28-2), 10 a.m.

Gahanna Lincoln (22-9) vs. #17 St. Ignatius (26-6), 1

Sunday

Final, 3

Division II

Finals

Plain City Jonathan Alder vs. Defiance (30-1), 7

Division III

Finals

#10 Wheelersburg (28-4) vs. #8 Carroll Bloom Carroll (26-5), 4

Division IV

Finals

Sunday

Newark Catholic vs. New Middletown Springfield, noon

SOFTBALL

STATE FINALS

Note: All games played at Akron Firestone Stadium. Home team listed first.

Division I

#1 North Canton Hoover (33-0) vs. #3 Elyria (25-5), 10 a.m.

Division II

Newark Licking Valley vs. Springfield Kenton Ridge, 7

Division III

Bloom-Carroll vs. Columbia (29-4), 4

Division IV

Strasburg-Franklin vs. Colonel Crawford, 1

BOYS LACROSSE

STATE FINALS

At Upper Arlington

DIVISION II

Rocky River (15-2) vs. Mariemont (14-6), 2

Baseball State semifinals

Baseball

State semifinals

DIVISION II

Defiance400 010 0--5 9 1

Arch. Hoban001 000 0--1 7 1

D (30-1): Zeigler (W, 10-0). AH (20-11): Lakos (L, 7-2). Notable: Rivers (D) 1-3, 3 RBI.

Jonathan Alder040 020 4--11 9 0

Harrison Central000 010 0-- 1 6 0

JA (24-8): Miller (W). HC (23-8): R. Mitchell (L). Notable: Whitmer (JA) 1-2, 2B, 3 RBI.

Archbishop Hoban (20-10) vs. #1 Defiance (29-1), 1

DIVISON IV

Newark Catholic 9, Convoy Crestview 1

New Middletown Springfield 13, Defiance Tinora 7

Softball

State semifinals

DIVISION II

Walsh Jesuit001 000 0--1 5 1

Licking Valley110 002 x--4 4 0

WJ (26-6): Rahach (L, 19-6). LV (23-7): McCombs (W, 19-6). Notable: Stimson (WJ) 2-3, RBI.

Other score

Springfield Kenton Ridge 1, Granville 0

DIVISION III

Columbia000 120 0--3 8 2

Bishop Ready000 010 0--1 6 3

C (29-4): Minarchik (W, 14-2). BR (15-16): Hall (L). Notable: Marshall (C) 2-3, RBI.

Other score

Bloom-Carroll 11, Pemberville Eastwood 1

DIVISION IV

Col. Crawford004 210 1--8 11 1

Rockford Pkwy010 000 0--1 4 4

CC (19-9): Garverick (W, 17-7). RP (22-6): Fent (L, 16-4). Notable: Garverick (CC) 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI.

Covington000 000 0--0 2 1

Stras.-Franklin000 120 x--3 5 0

C (30-1): Yingst (L, 23-1). SF (26-5): LaRocca (W, 26-5). Notable: DiBacco (SF) 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI.

Boys track

State meet

DIVISION I

How they stand: 1. Westerville North 10; 2. Mason 8; 3. St. Xavier 6; 4. Solon 5; 5. Tippecanoe 4; 6. Centerville 3; 7. Amherst 2; 8. Marysville 1.

4x800: 1. Westerville North (Chatel, Dilley, Larick Dumford) 7:42.47; 2. Mason (Stimler, Dhyver, Notton, Valentne) 7:45.96; 3. St. Xavier (Vitucci, Grabowski, Eagan, Hall) 7:49.07; 4. Solon (Zimmers, Hansen, Riordan, Blank) 7:50.62; 5. Tippecanoe (Wharton, Poynter, Andrews, Koch) 7:52.57; 6. Centerville (Morrison, Steible, Andreason, Larkin) 7:53.34; 7. Amherst (Glowacki, Kardos, Klingshirn, Burgett) 7:56.23; 8. Marysville (Cochran, Williams, Bollmann, Brady) 7:57.28.

DIVISION II

How they stand: 1. Cal. River Valley 12; 2. St. Vincent-St. Mary 11; 3. (tie) Orange, Waverly, Bellevue 10 Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy 10; 7. (tie) Perkins, Mil. Edison, Cambridge 8; 10. (tie) Versailles, Perry 6; 12. (tie) Port Clinton, Van Wert, Clyde 5; 15. (tie) Cin. CHCA, Norwayne 41/2; 17. (tie) WCH Washington, Hartley, Spr. Shawnee 4; 20. (tie) Salem, Vinton County, Eaton 3; 23. (tie) Delta, Dunbar, Martins Ferry, Beaver 2; 27. (tie) Ontario, Bay, West Holmes, Field 1.

Shot put: 1. Dyke (Waverly) 62-5; 2. Mawhirter (Perkins) 59-51/4; 3. Levering (Cal. River Valley) 59-11/4; 4. Smith (Port Clinton) 55-61/4; 5. Mustard (WCH) 55-21/2; 6. Shivers (Salem) 54-21/2; 7. McGee (Martins Ferry) 53-113/4; 8. Burddtte (Ontario) 53-21/2. Long jump: 1. Carter (Orange) 23-4; 2. Junius (SVSM) 21-111/4; 3. Hurd (Perry) 21-111/4; 4. Coburn (Clyde) 21-91/2; 5. Hart (Hartley) 21-91/2; 6. Barney (Vinton Count) 21-41/2; 7. Speelman (Beaver) 21-41/2; 8. Hanshaw (Field) 21-41/2. Pole vault: 1. Rowland (Bellevue) 15-9; 2. Fox (Cambridge) 15-0; 3. Tuttle (Canal River Valley) 14-9; 4. (tie) Adkison (Cin CHCA), Studer (Norwayne) 14-6; 6. Sarver (Eaton) 14-6; 7. Fraker (Delta) 14-4; 8. Hay (West Holmes) 14-6. 4x800: 1. CVCA (LeBay, Schwarz, Kortze, Adams) 7:48.88; 2. Milan Edison (Risner, Wallace, Goodwin, Shephard) 7:49.98; 3. Versailles (Winner, Ware, Subler, Prakel) 7:52.21; 4. Van Wert (Holliday, Kopp, Sahalois, Fleming) 7:54.57; 5. Springfield Shawnee (Tymoski, Holmes, Seelig, Greenwood) 7:54.74; 6. SVSM (Campbell, Heller, Oswald, Iacofano) 7:57.09; 7. Dunbar (Bell, Peeples, Ellis, Bryant) 8:01.48; 8. Bay (Fell, Mertic, Orr, Baumgard) 8:01.73.

DIVISION III

How they stand: 1. Rootstown 20; 2. Columbus Grove 19; 3. Lima C.C. 18; 4. (tie) Fairlawn, Col. Academy 15; 6. Liberty-Benton 13; 7. Gilmour Academy 12p; 8. (tie) Minster, Maplewood 11; 10. Seneca East 101/2; 11. (tie) Leipsic, Liberty Center 8; 13. McDonald 7; 14. (tie) Georgetown, Cuyahoga Heights 6; 16. (tie) Rosecrans, Anna, Belpre 5; 19. (tie) Columbiana, Patrick Henry, Spencerville, Huntington, Mechanicsburg 4; 24.(tie) Coldwater, Tuscarawas C.C., Margaretta 3; 27. Ft. Loramie 21/2; 28.(tie) Sum. Co. Day, Buckeye Trail 2; 30. (tie) Pettisville, Ottoville, South Range, 30) St. Paul 1.

Discus: 1. Paliscak (Rootstown) 173-1; 2. Vogt (Columbus Grove) 169-9; 3. Pop (Maplewood) 156-10; 4. Spicer (Anna) 154-10; 5. Shumate (Spencerville) 154-4; 6. Smith (McDonald) 153-4; 7. Cummings (Fairlawn) 151-11; 8. Kenney (South Range) 151-9. Shot put: 1. Paliscak (Rootstown) 62-51/4; 2. Demaline (Liberty Center) 59-113/4; 3. Adamson (Georgetown) 57-8; 4. Cline (Rosecrans) 57-61/2; 5. Carrizales (Patrick Henry) 56-21/4; 6. Kramer (Coldwater) 54-71/4; 7. Smelcer (Liberty-Benton) 54-51/4; 8. Schroeder (Col. Grove) 52-4. High jump: 1. Everett (Fairlawn) 6-6; 2. Steffan (Leipsic) 6-6; 3. Lint (Col Ac.) 6-6; 4. Miller (Liberty-Benton) 6-4; 5. Welch (Mechanicsburg) 6-4; 6. Moore (Mararetta) 6-4; 7. Hollis (Gilmour Ac.) 6-2; 8. Paladugu (Col. Ac.) 6-2. Long jump: 1. Rogers (Lima C.C.) 22-63/4; 2. Coleman (Lima C.C.) 22-5; 3. Cook (Liberty-Benton) 22-11/2; 4. Hoffman (Belpre) 21-63/4; 5. Steiginga (Columbiana) 21-41/2; 6. Everett (Fairlawn) 21-31/2; 7. Carleton (Buckeye Trail) 21-21/2; 8. Griffin (St. Paul) 21-21/2. Pole vault: 1. Grothaus (Columbus Grove) 15-3; 2. Gregg (Seneca East) 15-0; 3. Rospierski (Cuyahoga Heights) 13-9; 4. Huelsman (M9nster) 13-6; 5. Chaney (Huntington) 13-0; 6. (tie) Depinet (Seneca East), Scheer (T. Loramie), 13-0; 8. Eickholt (Ottoville) 13-0. 4x800: 1. Gilmour Academy (Schoenhagen, Ulatowski, Hoge, Clapacs) 7:58.25; 2. Col. Ac. (Aziz, Tuckerman, Baker, Faccioll.a) 7:59.09; 3. Minster (Fausey, Albers, Dahlinghaus, Slonkosky) 8:01.74; 4. Maplewood (Yoder, Dahmen, Morrison, Hartman) 8:02; 5. McDonald (Kunkel, Johnson, Coviello, Natoli) 8:11.62; 6. Tuscarawas C.C. (Odonnell, B. Odonnell, D. Price, A. Price) 8:12.22; 7. Summit Co. Day (Moore, Lakes, Hill, Wellington) 8:16.79; 8. Pettisville (Mann, Iott, Lantz, Frey) 8:17.59.

Girls track

State meet

DIVISION I

How they stand: 1. Mason 10; 2. Perrysburg 8; 3. McAuley 6; 4. Wadsworth 5; 5. Hilliard Davidson 4; 6. Ursuline Academy 3; 7. Westerville North 2; 8. Cin. St. Ursula Academy 1.

4x800: 1. Mason (McDowell, Wood, Brush, Gaus) 9:11.06; 2. Perrysburg (Clody, Monheim, Doore, Wyrick) 9:16.64; 3. McAuley (Thiery, Pfeifer, Olding, Kreimer) 9:20.10; 4. Wadsworth (Palange, Gordon, Salem, Berger) 9:21.35; 5. Hilliard Davidson (Hoover, Haines, Saelens, Saniel-banrey) 9:23.07; 6. Ursuline Ac. (Frederick, Johnston, Kelly, Grigas) 9:23.99; 7. Westerville North (Sharpe, Ha. Sandvik, Engelhardt, He. Sandvik) 9:24.62; 8. Cin. St. Ursula Ac. (Clark, Heffernan, Willett, Weisgerber) 9:26.95.

DIVISION II

How they stand: 1. Liberty-Benton 16; 2. (tie) Celina, Oakwood 10; 4. (tie) Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin, St. Vincent-St. Mary, Indian Hill 8; 7. (tie) Vermilion, Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy 6; 9. (tie) Wapakoneta, Minerva, Coldwater 5; 12 (tie) Salem, Fairless, Alter 4; 15. (tie) Lake Catholic, Crestwood 3; 17. (tie) Athens, Bloom-Carroll 21/2; 19. (tie) West Holmes, Coll Western Reserve, Chagrin Falls 2; 22. New Richmond 1.

Discus: 1. DeVincentis (Liberty-Benton) 134-5; 2. Zbinovec (NDCL) 128-9 ; 3. Streaker (Liberty-Benton) 128-8; 4. Fischer (Minerva) 126-7; 5. Trybend (Salem) 124-11; 6. Hallisy (Lake Catholic) 123-0; 7. Clouse (Coll Western) 119-3; 8. Abraham (West Holmes) 117-11. High jump: 1. Wenning (Celina) 5-5; 2. Canning (Indian Hill) 5-4; 3. Bartlome (Vermilion) 5-3; 4. Hayzlett (Wapakoneta) 5-3; 5. Fortner (Fairless) 5-2; 6. (tie) Zatta (Athens), Loeffler (Bloom-Carroll) 5-2; 8. Hall (New Richmond) 5-0. 4x800: 1. Oakwood (Wootton, Vaughn, Gilbert, Keller) 9:18.92; 2. SVSM (Mendiola, Haas, Iacofano, Rossetti) 9:25.17; 3. CVCA (Blair, Pasicznyk, Myers, Bockoven) 9:25.22; 4. Coldwater (Seas, L. Seas, Siefring, Kanney) 9:33.30; 5. Alter (Borton, Petrosky, Groene, Borton) 9:35.18; 6. Crestwood (Chiller, Midgley, Sorrick, Soltisz) 9:35.32; 7. Chagrin Falls (Cantlay, Dustin, Allen, Girouard) 9:35.38; 8. West Holmes (Clark, Kandel, Scjhlegal, Molnar) 9:39.91.

DIVISION III

How they stand: 1. McComb 18; 2. Marion Local 15; 3. Fredericktown 14; 4. Fairlawn 13; 5. Col. Academy 12; 6. (tie) Russia, Lima Perry, Col. International, Arlington 10; 10. (tie) Lake Center Christian, Ansonia 8; 12. McDonald 7; 13.(tie) Liberty Center, Sand. SMCC, Mount Gilead, Sher. Fairview, Paint Valley, Garaway 6; 19. (tie) Rootstown, United, Covington, Carey 5; 23. (tie) Minster, National Trail, Troy Christian, Seneca East 4; 27. (tie) Stryker, Manchester 31/2; 29. (tie) Wynford, Gilmour Academy, Leipsic 3; 32. (tie) Waynedale, Smithville, St. Thomas Aquinas 2; 35. (tie) Spencerville, Woodmore, Ft. Loramie, Archbold, Steub. Cath. Cent. 1.

Shot put: 1. Cummings (Fairlawn) 45-81/2; 2. Leppelmeier (McComb) 45-73/4; 3. Grinnell (Sher. Fair) 42-8; 4. Freeland (Rootstown) 41-41/4; 5. Daniel (Seneca East) 41-21/4; 6. Averesch (Leipsic) 40-81/4; 7. Tyler (Waynedale) 40-31/2; 8. Swihart (Garaway) 40-2. Discus: 1. Leppelmeier (McComb) 144-7; 2. Linville (Lake Center) 142-9; 3. Baker (Paint Valley) 139-3; 4. Mosley (McDonald) 136-11; 5. Deaton (National Trail) 136-6; 6. Cummings (Fairlawn) 135-9; 7. Ross (McDonald) 128-4; 8. Pendleton (Woodmore) 127-7. High jump: 1. Davis (Lima Perry) 5-5; 2. Kramer (Marion Local) 5-4; 3. Webster (Fredericktown) 5-3; 4. Newell (Carey) 5-3; 5. (tie) Burns (Manchester), Huston (Stryker) 5-3; 7. Kanwar (Col. Ac.) 5-3; 8. Vosteen (Steubenville Catholic) 5-2. Long jump: 1. Easley (Col. Internat.) 18-1; 2. Webster (Fredericktown) 17-63/4; 3. Gennari (Sand. SMCC) 17-51/2; 4. Siefring (Covington) 17-5; 5. Haddad (Troy Christian) 17-5; 6. Thobe (Marion Local) 17-23/4; 7. Woodard (Col. Ac.) 17-2; 8. Smith (Archbold) 17-0. Pole vault: 1. Thompson (Arlington) 11-9; 2. Shook (Ansonia) 11-9; 3. Rizor (Mt. Gilead) 11-9; 4. Dunn (Garaway) 11-6; 5. Hemmelgarn (Marion Local) 11-6; 6. Ruffener (Wynford) 10-9; 7. Besancon (Smithville) 10-0; 8. Miller (Spencerville) 9-6. 4x800: 1. Russia (Francis, Sherman, Borchers, Heaaton) 9:36.12; 2. Col. Academy (Ballinger, Falkenberg, Sutton, Rizk) 9:39.78; 3. Liberty Center (Chamberlain, Atkinson, Haubert, Kundo) 9:41.09; 4. United (Guappone, Briceland, Bortmas, Parks) 9:41.13; 5. Minster (Burke, Bornhorst, Fausey, slonkosky) 9:41.24; 6. Gilmour Ac. (Whetstone, Han. Markel, Hal. Markel, Anton) 9:42.86; 7. St. Thomas Aquinas (Welsh, Vincent, Laubacher, Pusateri) 9:50.06; 8. Ft. Loramie (Luebke, Waters, Schulze, Westerheide) 9:51.62.

Highlights include Indians game at Detroit, and Los Angeles at Chicago in Game 5 of the NHL Western Conference championship round.

CLEVELAND, Ohio

Today's TV and radio sports listings

ARENA FOOTBALL

7:30 p.m. Orlando at Tampa Bay, CBSSN

AUTO RACING

10 a.m. Party in the Poconos 400 practice, Speed Channel

11:30 a.m. Party in the Poconos 400 "Happy Hour Series, Speed Channel

1 p.m. Canadian Grand Prix qualifying, NBCSN

1 p.m. ARCA, Speed Channel

8 p.m. DuPont Pioneer 250, ESPN

8:30 p.m. Firestone 550, WEWS

BASEBALL

4 p.m. Minnesota at Washington, MLB Network

4 p.m. Oakland at Chicago White Sox, WGN

4:05 p.m. CLEVELAND INDIANS at Detroit, SportsTime Ohio; AM/1100, FM/100.7

7 p.m. Bowling Green at LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS, AM/1330

7 p.m. L.A. Angels at Boston, St. Louis at Cincinnati, San Diego at Colorado, Houston at Kansas City, or Philadelphia at Milwaukee, WJW

7:05 p.m. Portland at AKRON AEROS, AM/1350

10 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, MLB Network

BOXING

10 p.m. Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Darley Perez;

Chad Dawson vs. Adonis Stevenson, HBO

10 p.m. Demetrius Hopkins vs. Jermell Charlo;

Alfredo Angulo vs. Erislandy Lara;

Marcos Maidana vs. Josesito Lopez, Showtime

COLLEGE BASEBALL SUPER REGIONALS

Noon Indiana vs. Florida State, ESPNU

Noon North Carolina vs. South Carolina, ESPN

1 p.m. Mississippi State vs. Virginia, ESPN2

3 p.m. Louisville vs. Vanderbilt, ESPN

4 p.m. N.C. State vs. Rice, ESPN2

7 p.m. Kansas State vs. Oregon State, ESPNU

7 p.m. Louisiana State vs. Oklahoma, ESPN2

10 p.m. Teams to be determined, ESPN2

COLLEGE TRACK

3 p.m. NCAA outdoor championships, ESPNU

CYCLING

1 a.m. (Sun.) Criterium du Dauphine, Stage 7 (tape), NBCSN

GOLF

9 a.m. Lyoness Open, Golf Channel

1 p.m. Wegman's Championship, Golf Channel

3 p.m. St. Jude Classic, Golf Channel

3 p.m. Wegman's Championship, WOIO

7:30 p.m. The Tradition (tape), Golf Channel

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL STATE FINALS

6 p.m. D-III, Wheelersburg vs. Bloom Carroll (tape), TWCS

7:30 p.m. D-II, Defiance vs. Plain City Jonathan Alder (tape), TWCS

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL STATE FINALS

10 a.m. D-I, ELYRIA vs. North Canton Hoover. AM/930

4 p.m. D-III, COLUMBIA vs. Bloom Carroll, AM/930

8 p.m. D-I, ELYRIA vs. North Canton Hoover (tape), SportsTime Ohio

10 p.m. D-IV, Strasburg-Franklin vs. North Robinson Colonel Crawford (tape), SportsTime Ohio

Midnight D-III, COLUMBIA vs. Bloom Carroll (tape), SportsTime Ohio

HORSE RACING

3 p.m. Belmont Stakes undercard, NBCSN

5 p.m. Manhattan Handicap and Belmont Stakes, WKYC

MOTORSPORTS

5 p.m. High Point National, NBCSN

NHL CONFERENCE FINALS

8 p.m. West, Game 5, Los Angeles at Chicago, WKYC

SOCCER

10:30 p.m. MLS, Vancouver at Seattle, NBCSN

TENNIS

9 a.m. French Open, women's final, WKYC

WNBA

3:30 p.m. Phoenix at Indiana, WEWS