Bellefontaine 112 lb. sophomore Johnny Maurice dominated his first two opponents in the Division II district wrestling tournament at Goshen High School Friday.

Maurice started the tournament with a technical fall (20-4) over Brian Carter of Bethel Tate.

In the quarterfinal, Maurice squared off versus Jon Edwards of Greenville.

Edwards defeated Maurice in the district tournament last year and finished 8th at the state tournament.

Maurice avenged last year’s outcome and handled Edwards 16-6.

Maurice will face Cole Trigg of Washington Court House in Saturday afternoon’s semifinal round.

The winner of the match clinches a state berth.

The top four finishers in each weight class will qualify for next week’s state tournament in Columbus.

As heard on Mix 98.3 WPKO, the West Liberty-Salem boys basketball team took on Bethel in Division III sectional tournament action Friday night at Wright State University’s Nutter Center.

In the first quarter the Bees jumped ahead early 11-5.

The Bees’ defense held West Liberty to just 5 points in the second quarter, with a halftime score of 21-10.

West Liberty gave up another 10 in the third quarter to Bethel, 31-16.

The Tigers rallied in the fourth scoring 13 points, but couldn’t hold off the Bees’ offense and fell, 47-29.

Jared Merrick led the Tigers with 13 points followed by Andy Daulton with 11.

West Liberty-Salem finishes their season with at 6-15 record.

The Division IV game between Riverside and Ft. Loramie was postponed as well as the Division II game between Bellefontaine and Northwestern due to deteriorating weather conditions.

The Bellefontaine-Northwestern game has been rescheduled for Saturday at 1 p.m. and will air on 1390 WBLL.

Saturday’s tournament schedule is as follows:

1 p.m.-Bellefontaine vs. Northwestern-Boys (WBLL)
1:45 p.m.- Riverside vs. Triad- Girls (WPKO)
5 p.m.-Benjamin Logan vs. Tipp City-Boys (WPKO)
7 p.m.-Indian Lake vs. Eaton-Boys (WPKO)

Saturday’s Division II sectional girls title game between Indian Lake and Kenton Ridge at Xenia has been postponed.

The game will be played Sunday afternoon at 2:30 on 98.3 WPKO.

Bellefontaine swimmer Christian Garlock is the school’s first two-time state qualifier, and did not disappoint at Friday’s prelims in Canton.

The senior placed in 5th in the 50 freestyle and in 13th in the 100 freestyle in the Division II state meet.

Garlock qualified for the state championships by placing 2nd at the district meet in the 50 freestyle and 7th in the 100 freestyle last Friday at Miami University.

In girls U11 indoor soccer, the Bellefontaine Renegades fell to the St. Brendan Dolphins 5-4 last night at Soccer First.

Abby Godwin scored twice and Breanne Parker had a two-point goal.

Teammates Katie Harman, Ryelee Clary, and Kateline Mathews played very well.

In varsity boys basketball, Waynesfield-Goshen defeated visiting Indian Lake 55-37 in a makeup game last night.

The Tigers led 27-18 at the half.

In the third quarter, Waynesfield-Goshen took control by outscoring the Lakers 16-7.

Jerry Weeks led the Tigers with 13 points, Jacob Frank tallied 11 points, and Taylor Miller added 10.

Trevor Jacobs led the Lakers with 14 points, Russ Hogue recorded 13 points, and senior Justin Castle added 8.

Indian Lake finishes the regular season 5-15 overall and 5-11 in the CBC.

The Lakers will play Eaton in the Division II sectional tournament Saturday at seven p.m. at Springfield High School on WPKO.

The JV Lakers lost 54-42.

Boys tournament basketball finals:

Division I:

Wayne handled Piqua 82-32.

Division III:

Anna steamrolled Tri-County North 90-15.

The Urbana 8th grade girls basketball team edged Tipp City 32-31 in the CBC championship game last night at Greenon.

Sidney Rogan hit two free throws with less than a minute remaining to give the Hillclimbers a one-point lead.

The Urbana defense then stopped the Red Devils twice in the last few seconds.

Becca Poppel scored a team-high 10 points, Michelle Hendricks tossed in 8 points, Rogan had 7 points, and point guard Ellen Henry tallied 5 points and 8 assists.

Taylor Lewis, Kaitlin Grigg, and Andi Locke shined on defense.

The Urbana 8th grade girls won the CBC volleyball and basketball titles this year.

The #2 seed Houston Wildcats were rolling coming in to Wednesday’s Sectional Semi-Final winning 9 of their last 11 games including a win over Riverside.  But as they say “that’s why they play the game”.

Riverside exploded out of the first quarter tip and stunned Houston early pushing out to an 18-8 lead after the first quarter.

The Wildcats stormed back in the second quarter as they turned up the heat defensively and their leading scorer Jaclyn Willoughby really got things going.  Willoughby and the Cats continued to chip away at the Pirates lead until they took their first lead of the night at 23-21.  Riverside would answer with the last 4 points of the half and lead 25-23 at the break.  Willoughby had a game high 16 points at halftime.

Houston would seize the momentum out of the locker room as they outscored Riverside 11-2 in the first four minutes of the quarter to lead 34-27.  After a timeout Riverside cut in to the lead with a 12-8 end of the quarter run.  At the end of three it was Houston on top 42-39.

Riverside would keep pace with Houston throughout the fourth quarter and then with less than 4 minutes to go Erica Snapp would tie the game with two free throws 50-50.  Riverside would then score a couple buckets and hit free throws to grow their lead to 58-53 with under two minutes left.  Then with Houston driving the ball on the baseline Houston collided with senior Amelia Carter who tried to draw a charge, but she was whistled for her 5th personal foul and would have to watch the last 1:46 from the bench.  Houston used Carter’s absence to their advantage and scored 5 points in the final minute to tie the game 58-58 and with 12 seconds left Riverside called a timeout.  Pirates coach Dean Sanford needed a to draw up something for a bucket knowing his squad didn’t want to go to overtime without their leading scorer.  With the ball on the side Riverside inbounded.  The ball came to Brooklynn Purtee who dribbled across the top of the circle and when she tried to go inside the Houston defense dropped in the lane.  Purtee spotted Abby Heaberlin wide open on the right wing.  Heaberlin spotted up and nailed a three-pointer with just under 7 seconds remaining in the game and Riverside was back in front 61-58.  Houston had time for one more play, but Riverside had other plans as the Pirates would foul when the ball crossed half court.  The Wildcats missed both free throws and Riverside rebounded as time expired and celebrated an upset at Sidney High School.

During the game senior Amelia Carter scored her 1,000th career point and was honored after the game (pictured above).

Carter led the Pirates scoring with 20 points and 10 rebounds.  Heaberlin had 13 including the game winner and also had a team high 14 rebounds.  Erica Snapp scored in double figures with 14.

Listen to Chad Wilkinson call Heaberlin's game-winning shot.

Hear Chad Wilkinson's postgame interview with RHS head coach Dean Sanford.

Houston’s Jaclyn Willoughby had a game-high 26.

The Pirates are now 14-7 and will face Triad in the Sectional Final Saturday at 1:45.  Triad knocked out Jackson Center 40-34 in the last game of the evening at Sidney.

Ron’s Pizza Scoreboard	1	2	3	4	F
Riverside	18	7	14	22	61
Houston	8	15	19	16	58

Boys final:

Tipp City handled visiting Indian Lake 96-31 in a makeup game.

The Red Devils raced out to a 42-16 halftime advantage.

Senior Alex Davis scored a game-high 21 points.

For Indian Lake, Russ Hogue scored 15 points and senior Justin Castle added 10.

The JV Lakers lost 55-21.

The Lakers (5-14, 5-11) have a makeup game at Waynesfield-Goshen tonight.

Indian Lake will play Eaton in the Division II sectional tournament Saturday at seven p.m. at Springfield High School on WPKO.

Olympian Louie Vito (pictured) is still in Vancouver at the Olympic Village spending much of his time doing public relations for the snowboard industry.

He is featured in the current issue of Rolling Stone Magazine. Louie was also in the February 22nd issue of Star Magazine.

Yesterday Vito filmed for Entertainment Tonight and taught former Olympian Nancy Kerrigan how to snowboard.

You can see that show tonight on WSYX-ABC in Columbus at seven o’clock.

Louie will also be a part of the Olympics Closing Ceremonies Sunday evening on NBC.

It was the rubber game in the season series between Graham and Indian Lake Tuesday night on Mix 98.3 WPKO and this game had a trip to the Sectional Final in store for the winner.

Graham shot out early to a 5 point lead before the Lakers scored the final 5 in the first quarter to tie the score 14-14.  Indian Lake would take their first lead of the game in the second quarter and the lead would see-saw throughout the frame until the score was tied again 23-23 at the half.  The second quarter had 5 lead changes.

Tori Purk had a huge first half for the Falcons leading them with 12 points.  Indian Lake was led by Sadie Oyer and Katelyn Stannard's 7 points.  The Lakers did not shoot a free throw in the first half.

Indian Lake would start hot in the third quarter scoring the first six points.  Then with the Lakers leading 31-26 Graham called a timeout.  Out of the break Graham would go on a 9-0 run to reclain the lead at 35-31, but the last six points of the quarter belonged to the Lakers for a 37-35 edge after three quarters.

It was all Indian Lake in the fourth as they darted out early in the fourth with a 9-0 run of their own to lead by 11 points 46-35.  Graham would call a timeout with just over 4:00 left in the game and came out full of fire scoring six straight points to cut the deficit to 5 at 46-41.  The Lakers answered immediately with Sadie Oyer hitting two free throws and the Lake never looked back cruising to a 57-42 victory over the Falcons.

Indian Lake outscored Graham 20-7 in the final quarter.  Sadie Oyer led the Lakers attack with 16 points with Katelyn Stannard scoring 13 and Christina Knief 12.

Graham's Tori Purk led all scorers with 17, but only scored five in the second half.

The Lakers are now 18-4 on the season and move on to the Sectional Final Saturday afternoon at 2:30 against Kenton Ridge from Xenia High School.

Graham finishes their season at 14-7.

Ron’s Pizza Scoreboard	1	2	3	4	F
Indian Lake	14	9	14	20	57
Graham	14	9	12	7	42

Other girls tournament finals:

Division II:

Kenton Ridge outscored Greenon 75-56.

Division III:

Versailles defeated Dayton Christian 57-47.

Middletown Madison handled Greeneview 69-40.

Division IV:

Russia beat Troy Christian 41-35.

Ft. Loramie steamrolled Bradford 67-13. The Redskins will play Russia in the sectional title game Saturday at Sidney.

Southeastern defeated Cincinnati Summit Country Day 41-25.

Boys tournament finals:

Division III:

Preble Shawnee outscored Triad 76-43.

Badin handled Northeastern 70-43.

Regular season boys:

Cedarville defeated host West Liberty-Salem 50-42.

For the Tigers, Jarred Merrick had 25 points and Collin Link grabbed 8 rebounds.

WLS will play Bethel in the Division III sectional semifinal Friday at 6:30 at Wright State.

The JV Tigers beat the Indians 66-29.

Travis Mayse had 16 points, Josh Lowe and Landon Hormann each scored 14, and Grant Burden added 12.

Coach Leichty’s team went 18-2 this year.

Riverside fell at Houston 72-47.

The Wildcats raced out to a 41-21 halftime advantage.

For the Pirates, Kyle Hurley had 12 points and Kyle Baughman added 11.

Riverside will play top-seed Ft. Loramie in the Division IV sectional at Piqua Friday night at 7:30 on WPKO.

Northwestern defeated Benjamin Logan 52-43.

Zach Overturf paced the Raiders with 16 points and 12 rebounds.

Collin Puckett added 11 points.

Benjamin Logan (2-18) will play Tipp City in the Division II sectional tournament Saturday at Springfield High School at five o’clock.

Springfield Shawnee beat Tecumseh 53-45.

The Indian Lake cheerleaders competed last weekend at the John Glenn Challenge in New Concord, Ohio.

The high school cheerleaders took 1st place. The squad members include Katey Headley, Haley Bray, Sammie Green, Kayla Hamilton, Megan Kelly, Evelyn Travis, and Angel Dever.

The middle school also competed and took 4th place.

The Benjamin Logan girls basketball team was beaten in the second round of tournament play on Monday night by the Dayton Carroll Patriots 77-35.

The Raiders fell behind in the first quarter to the Patriots' dominant offense, 25-9, and would never recover.

Benjamin Logan scored 10 points in the second and third quarters combined, and almost doubled their score in the fourth with 16 points.

Sarah Yoder (pictured) was the high scorer for the Lady Raiders, notching 7 points, followed by Caroline Lehmon and Ciarra Wirick with 5.

Four of Dayton Carroll’s players scored in double digits, with Kelly Austria leading the team with 16 points.

Head Coach Donnie Sosby gave Dayton Carroll some praise after the game. “They’re a good basketball team,” he said, “Unfortunately they got us rattled and they got us playing quick and we turned the ball over.”

Coach Sosby talked about this year’s seniors (Samantha Terrill, Taylor Terrill, Caroline Lehmon, and Sarah Yoder), “They’re going to be hard to replace, but they’re all good kids. I wish them nothing but the best.”

Next season Sosby says that they plan on starting from “square one,” with the freshmen coming up to play some varsity ball next year. “We’re going to start building again,” he said.

Listen to Raider Heach Coach Donnie Sosby discuss the game, reflect on this season, his seniors and his plans for next year.

The Raiders finish the season 6-15 overall and 5-11 in league play.

As featured on 98.3 WPKO, West Liberty-Salem fell to Miami East 44-40 in a Division III sectional semifinal contest at Tipp City.

The Tigers played strong defense, but their cold shooting was the difference.

WLS shot just 20 percent from the floor in the decisive second half.

Sophomore Becka Peterson scored a team-high 18 points.

Standout Morgan Miller paced the Vikings with 18 points.

West Liberty-Salem had another outstanding season, including the school’s sixth straight OHC title.

Head coach Dennis McIntosh spoke with Ken Keller during the postgame.

Listen to Coach McIntosh talk about the second half, senior Christine Park, and high aspirations for next season.

The Tigers went 14-7 this year.

Miami East will play Anna Saturday at 1 p.m. at Tipp City for the sectional crown.

In Division II, Tipp City handled Urbana 67-41.

The Red Devils (20-1) will take on Dayton Carroll in the sectional final Saturday at one o’clock at Xenia.

Jr. High:

Both West Liberty-Salem boys teams won OHC titles on Monday.

The 7th grade Tigers handled Triad 30-14 in the championship game.

Conner Woods and Trent Thomas each scored 8 points.

Michael McIntosh and Cole Wilson each added 6 points.

WLS went 16-1 this season.

The 8th grade Tigers edged Triad 42-40 to win their second consecutive OHC championship.

David Branham had 16 points, including 14 in the second half.

Todd Pease dropped in 13 and Taylor Cordell added 9.

The Tigers finish the season 14-3.

The Riverside Boys & Girls Powerlifting Team competed in the 8th Annual Triad Powerlifting Invitational on Saturday at Triad High School.

The Boys team placed 2nd overall just missing 1st place by 60lbs to Richmond, Indiana High school. Many of the Riverside boys placed in the top three in their weight class. Brian Hayman broke the school meet record in the bench press with 295lbs in the 165lbs class. Cody Weeks broke his old deadlift record from last year of 420lbs with a 425lbs lift this year to set the new deadlift record in the 145lbs class.

The Girls team also placed 2nd as a team with all 6 girls receiving medals.

The Riverside Powerlifting Team will be competing in the NASA High School Nationals next weekend in Springfield.

The team is coached by Scott Stewart.

The Bellefontaine Chieftains closed out the regular season at home Saturday night, falling 42-40 in overtime against Urbana Saturday in a game heard live on 1390 WBLL.

The Hillclimber duo of junior point guard Anthony Marino and sophomore Zach Stillings proved too much for Bellefontaine. Stillings started strong and also scored four of Urbana’s six overtime points, while Marino made several clutch plays down the stretch in regulation. Marino finished with 16 points and Stillings 13. Marino was named the State Farm Player of the Game.

Zach Showalter topped the Chiefs with 12 points.

It was first win over Bellefontaine for Hillclimbers head coach Jeremy Dixon during his seven year tenure with Urbana.

Urbana Head Coach Jeremy Dixon talked to Ken Keller about finally knocking off Bellefontaine

The Chiefs suffered their third straight loss this week by three points or less.

BHS Head Coach Henry Stolly talks about the tough losses and getting ready for tournament play

Bellefontaine begins tournament play with a sectional matchup against Northwestern Friday. A victory will propel the Chiefs to a rematch against Springfield Shawnee.

Urbana will play the Kenton Ridge/Milton-Union winner on Monday, March 1st.

Riverside lost to Mechanicsburg 68-50.

The Pirates were led by Kyle Baughman’s 24 points and 11 rebounds. Kyle Hurley added 14 points.

Other Varsity scores:

Benjamin Logan lost at Springfield Shawnee 56-34.

Graham knocked off Tecumseh 58-53.

Jr. High

The Bellefontaine 8th grade ended their season in the CBC tournament semifinals, losing to Tipp City 53-32.

Cam Henry scored 11 points and Jarrod Houchin 9 for the Chiefs.

The 8th grade finishes the season 11-5.

The 7th grade Chiefs also fell in the CBC semifinals, as their 12-game winning streak was halted by Springfield Shawnee 53-45.

Jake Kennedy scored 14 points and Tristin Tillman 12 for the Chiefs.

Bellefontaine’s 7th grade finishes with a record of 13-3.

Both West Liberty-Salem teams posted wins to advance to the OHC championship game.

The 8th grade Tigers (13-3) defeated host Mechanicsburg 42-30.

David Branham scored 14 points, Kyle Crawford tossed in 12 points, and Todd Pease added 8.

The 7th grade Tigers (15-1) stifled Springfield Catholic 24-14.

Cole Wilson had 10 points and Austin Secor scored 5 points.

WLS will face Triad in both title games Monday at Mechanicsburg.

In the Division II Sectional Tournament at Tipp City, it was more of the same, as the Graham Falcons dominated with 362 points, well ahead of 2nd place Oakwood with 148.

Benjamin Logan finished a very respectable 3rd place (125), Indian Lake finished 7th (99.5), and Bellefontaine 10th (76).

The Falcons placed wrestlers in the finals for all 14 weight classes, finishing with 12 champions and two 2nd places, including defending state champions Nick Brascetta (119/37-1), Felipe Martinez (140/30-0), Kyle Ryan (160/25-5), and Max Thomusseit (33-2). Bo Jordan (130/31-1) and Isaac Jordan (135/36-3) also won Sectional titles.

Local Place Winners:

Benjamin Logan

2nd – Skylar Wolgamuth (152), Payton Rose (215)

3rd – Luke Smith (135)

4th – Zach Creamer (119), Brian Newland (130)

5th – Derek Hatmaker (145)

Indian Lake

2nd – Kevin Christman (171)

3rd – Chris Schulz (125), Brandon Meadows (130)

4th – Kurtis Gibbons (135)

5th – Blake Hopkins (103)

Bellefontaine

2nd – John Maurice (112)

4th – Thoryn Jackson (103)

5th – Greg Huffman (152), Cheyenne Coyer (215)

6th – Taylor Cayot (171)

In the Division III Sectional Tournament at Lehman Catholic, Mechanicsburg outdueled Troy Christian to win the team title 183-160. West Liberty-Salem finished in 12th (54).

The Tigers had two bright spots on the mat, with Britt Wooten (119) grabbing a championship and Corey Thompson (171) finishing in 2nd place.

Riverside blasted Marion Catholic 79-20 Saturday to win the NWCC title.

Amelia Carter scored 24 points and snagged 10 rebounds for the Pirates. Abby Heaberlin added 12 points with 9 rebounds and 8 steals, and Brooklynn Purtee scored 11.

Riverside (13-7, 6-0) will face Houston in a Division IV sectional semifinal matchup at Sidney Wednesday evening at six o’clock. You can hear live coverage on 98.3 WPKO.

Benjamin Logan fell to Springfield Shawnee 48-36.

Leading scorers for the Raiders were Jessica Yoder and Samantha Terrill with 8 points each.

Ben Logan won the JV game 33-30 behind 9 points each from Marissa Wilbur, Domonique Johnson, and Brooklyn Terrill.

The Lady Raiders (6-14) next will face Dayton Carroll on Monday in Sectional Tournament play from Xenia.

Tournament Scores

Jackson Center edged Botkins 56-52 in overtime. Jackson Center is now 11-9. Botkins finishes 5-15.

Taylor Cummons scored 21 points for the Tigers. Jenna Schmerge led Botkins with 13 points.

Jackson Center advances to play Triad, who defeated Lehman Catholic 64-56.

The Tigers will battle the Cardinals at Sidney Wednesday evening at 7:30.

Fort Loramie ripped Fairlawn 70-34.

Houston ran over Springfield Catholic 66-36.

Russia stomped Mechanicsburg 61-22.

Jr. High:

The Bellefontaine 8th grade team fell to Urbana 36-28 in the CBC semifinals.

Jazmyn Haley led the Chiefs with 11 points.

Kameren Haley and Jordan Lininger each added 6.

The Chiefs went 10-7 this season.

In 6th grade girls, Benjamin Logan beat West Jefferson 25-9.

The Raiders are undefeated.