PREP ROUNDUP: 12 from area qualify for district play

PORT CLINTON — Several area tennis players punched their tickets to next week's district tournaments during the first round of sectional play Thursday. St. Mary Central Catholic's Rachel Spicer and Rae Roth each won three matches on the first day of the Division II sectional to qualify for district play. Spicer reached 100 career wins with three 6-0, 6-0 wins. Roth also won her three matches 6-0, 6-0. Roth will face top-seeded Leah Weingart from Columbian in the semifinals. Spicer, the No. 2 seed, will face Bellevue's Roosi Leemits, who had a pair of straight-set wins. Port Clinton's Shantha Weit and Jae Mazur won three matches (losing only one game) to advance to the doubles semifinals. They will face a team from Columbian for district seeding. On the opposite side of the bracket, Clyde's Ariah Farrar and Kenzlie Guhn advanced to the semifinals with three straight-set wins. The Fliers duo will also face a team from Columbian in the semifinals. The Div. II sectional finals are Saturday in Port Clinton. District seeding matches begin at 9 a.m. Trost in Div. I singles final FREMONT — Norwalk's Lydia Trost won two matches in straight sets to advance to the championship match at the Division I tennis sectional at Ross High School. Trost, the top seed in singles, won 6-0, 6-1 and 6-2, 6-2 to qualify for district play next week. She'll play Ross freshman Elayna Gray in Saturday's sectional finals. In doubles, Norwalk's Libby Lark and Scarlet Schneider and Addy Rospert and Leksi Jurczuk qualified for districts in doubles. Both Truckers teams lost in the semifinals and will play each other for third place. VOLLEYBALL Margaretta 3, Lakota 0 CASTALIA — Mya Feltner had 13 kills and four aces to help the Polar Bears sweep Lakota 25-15, 25-17, 25-22 in Sandusky Bay Conference play. Renna Keller added nine kills and Kenadee Lesch added five for Margaretta (12-5, 8-4 SBC). Ella Limberios added 12 digs and Tarah Hershey had 16 assists. Ottawa Hills 3, Danbury 2 OTTAWA HILLS — The Green Bears outlasted Danbury 18-25, 25-23, 12-25, 25-17, 15-7 in Sandusky Bay Conference action. Avrey Bowling and Grace McDonald led the Lakers (13-4, 7-4 SBC) with 12 kills apiece. Cali Wunder added eight kills and 36 assists and Lauren Bergman had 28 digs. SMCC 3, Woodmore 0 ELMORE — The Panthers swept Woodmore 25-20, 25-15, 25-22 in Sandusky Bay Conference play. Reid Didion and Madi Perkins each had nine kills for SMCC (7-8, 4-7 SBC). Finley Karr added 23 assists, nine digs and five kills and Ella Brownell had 16 digs. Columbian 3, Edison 1 TIFFIN — The Tornadoes topped Edison 20-25, 25-19, 25-12, 25-21 in Northern Ohio Conference crossover action. The Chargers dropped to 6-12. Monroeville 3, W. Reserve 0 MONROEVILLE — The Eagles swept Western Reserve 25-12, 25-11, 25-21 in Firelands Conference play. Sophia Stieber had nine kills and Riley Platte added seven for Monroeville (12-4, 9-1 FC). Kaci Poths finished with 17 assists and four aces and Addison Homan added 14 digs. St. Paul 3, South Central 1 GREENWICH — The Div. VII No. 5 Flyers topped South Central 25-18, 23-25, 25-15, 25-14 in Firelands Conference action. The Flyers improved to 12-1 overall and 10-0 in the FC. BOYS GOLF SMCC's Finneran shoots 80 BOWLING GREEN — St. Mary Central Catholic's Joey Finneran shot an 80 at the Division III district at Stone Ridge. Finneran had three birdies in his round and tied for 17th overall. Ottawa Hills won the team title with a 301. OH's Yale Feniger was medalist with a 73. Truckers end season at district LIMA — Norwalk's Jarrett Scheid and Cohen Shoop each shot 86 to finish their season at the Division I district at Shawnee Country Club. Toledo St. John's was the team champion with a 298 and St. John's Jake Craig won medalist honors with a 69. Columbian's Kyle Hepp tied for second at 71 to qualify for the state tournament as an individual. BOYS SOCCER Edison 16, Sandusky 0 MILAN TWP. — The Sailors thumped Sandusky in Northern Ohio Conference action. Edison improved to 8-1-2 overall and 3-0-1 in league play while Sandusky dropped to 2-7, 0-4. GIRLS SOCCER Edison 6, Sandusky 0 MILAN TWP. — The Chargers shut out Sandusky in Northern Ohio Conference play. Kailyn Dickman scored three goals for Edison. Emma Lesniak scored two goals and added an assist. Ellie Heater added an unassisted goal. Edison improved to 5-5-2 overall and 2-2-1 in league action while Sandusky fell to 1-7-2, 0-5. Clyde 1, Columbian 0 CLYDE — Quinn Feirstine scored the only goal of the night, lifting the Fliers to the Northern Ohio Conference win Wednesday. Feirstine's goal came in the 74th minute. Macey Carter made two saves in goal for Clyde (5-6-1, 2-2-1 NOC).