Keystone's girls captured first place in five events at Saturday'sBob Knoll Invitational but, in the long run, it was Cloverleaf's Ashley Murray who helped the Colts win the event by a slim 117-112 margin. Murray won the 1,600- and 3,200-meter races in meet-record times of 5:23.37 and 11:27.22, respectively. Teammate Natalie Martz won the pole vault when she cleared...
Keystone's girls captured first place in five events at Saturday'sBob Knoll Invitational but, in the long run, it was Cloverleaf's Ashley Murray who helped the Colts win the event by a slim 117-112 margin.
Murray won the 1,600- and 3,200-meter races in meet-record times of 5:23.37 and 11:27.22, respectively. Teammate Natalie Martz won the pole vault when she cleared 9-6, while Kaylee Gutschow captured the triple jump with a meet-record effort of 28-113/4.
Keystone's Jenna Quillen won the high jump (5-0), 100-meter hurdles (16.48) and 300 hurdles (48.28). Brittany Gates was the long-jump champion with a meet-record distance of 17-1, and Emily Peters won the 100 in 13.03.
Woodridge Invitational: Sam Shaver and Abbie Lawson were two reasons why Stow tallied 126.53 points to earn the team crown. Shaver won the 100 in 12.51 and 200 in a meet-record time of 26.01. Lawson reigned in the 300 hurdles with a record clocking of 45.91, cleared a record-setting 5-2 to win the high jump and joined Ashley Pryce, Jessie Stout and Tiffany Pryce on the winning 4x400 relay (4:12.52).
Raven Green of sixth-place Buchtel set a record in the 100 hurdles (15.98), and was part of the record-setting 4x100 relay (50.34), along with Simone Green, Dana Oliver and Ashunte Dent. The pole vault mark also fell when Nicole Razsa and Nicole Waibel, both of runner-up Cuyahoga Falls, went 11-6.
Boys track
Bob Knoll Invitational: Host New London defeated Cloverleaf for the team title, 111-98. The Colts capitalized in the field events as Adam Podolak won the high jump (5-10), Eddie Andrews was first in the pole vault (12-0) and Chandler Laux won the triple jump (371/2).
Woodridge Invitational: Copley took the title with 120 points, followed by Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy (113). Oliver Johnson was the Indians' lone champ, winning the discus with a toss of 148-7 as a number of records were shattered: CVCA's Evan Carroscia in the 110 hurdles (15.0); Chagrin Falls' 4x100 relay of Matt Iammarino, Bradley Munday, Stuart Wallace and Michael Munday (43.87); Cuyahoga Falls' Chris Harris in the 200 (22.60); CVCA's 4x400 relay of Benny Schwarz, Ryan Adams, Noah LeBay and Sherman Kortze (3:27.63); and high jumper Antonio Conte of Chagrin Falls (6-6.50).
Softball
Avon 11, Midview 9: The Eagles got the better of West Shore Conference foe Midview for the second time in three days. The teams combined for five home runs, with Kaylee Morton, Ally Sumser and Caitlyn Beltz going yard for Avon. Cleveland State recruit Amanda Beursken hit two homers for the Middies.
Berea 12-11, Rocky River 2-9: A four-run fifth inning propelled the visiting Braves to victory in the nightcap as Zoey Host had three hits, three runs and six RBI. Vanessa Vodan's single, double and three RBI led Berea in the opener. Host and Vodan are freshmen.
Medina 6, Hudson 1: The Battling Bees scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning. Madison Tata had two singles, a double and three RBI to pace Medina.
Hathaway Brown 4, Clearview 2: Two of the area's better pitchers, Logan Paul of Hathaway Brown and Clearview's Sarah Kaya, squared off. Paul, who struck out 16, also had two triples and three RBI.
Baseball
Walsh Jesuit 4, St. Vincent-St. Mary 0: The Warriors, ranked 14th in the Division I state poll, scored two runs in the second and fifth innings to get the nonleague shutout. Walsh got its first run on an error, Riley Minorik's double scored another and a two-run single by Ohio State recruit Nate Roman finished off the scoring.
Benedictine 5, Western Reserve Academy 2: Colin Pecoraro's single, double and two RBI paced the Bengals in the nonleague victory.
Chagrin Falls 12, Rocky River 2: Keith Orzen scored a run, drove in a run and had three hits to lead the Tigers to the nonleague rout.
Aurora 5, Olmsted Falls 1: Kirk Janoch singled in the first, second and fourth innings and drove in a run to help give Greenmen pitcher Adam Berger plenty of support in a nonleague game. Berger allowed seven hits and struck out four in the complete-game win.
St. Ignatius 1, St. Edward 0: Nick Margevicius gave up six hits and struck out five for the Wildcats, who scored in the bottom of the second inning.
Valley Forge 10-5, Lorain 1-6: Jeff Petruska led the Patriots in the first game, pitching a five-hitter and going 3-for-4 with a double, triple, an RBI and two runs scored. Demon Hisle had three of Lorain's nine hits to help avoid being swept. One of Hisle's hits was a triple, he scored twice and drove in the winning run.
Boys tennis
Northeast Ohio Conference Valley Division Tournament: Solon beat Hudson, 57-48, for the team title, thanks to winning four of the five positions. Nam Le and Eric Goldberg lost just one set between them in earning the title at second and third singles for the Comets. Dillon O'Brien and David Shankman swept their two matches at first doubles, as did Solon teammates Rushil Shah and Anthony Rizkala at second doubles.
NOC River Division: Twinsburg edged Strongsville, 52-51, for the team championship, thanks to its lone champion at second doubles, where Pavan Peketi and Steve Whitney won.
Girls lacrosse
Chagrin Falls 10, Hudson 8: Three goals apiece by Kate Macklin and Lily Manchester aided the Tigers' winning effort.