PREP ROUNDUP: Tigers reestablish school record; Chargers win Bay

ONTARIO — Huron's girls 4x800-meter relay team of Jadyn Towns, Samantha Lesnak, Lucy Watson and Kennedy Schlessman already broke their program record in that event earlier this season. On Thursday at day one of the D-II district meet in Ontario, they outdid themselves. The quartet came across the line in 9:27.33, better than their 9:28.60 from the Artie Miller Invitational. That time was good for a district title and sends them into next week's regionals trending in the right direction with the state meet just two weeks away. The Tigers also will send their boys 4x800 group to the Lexington Regional after Jackson Campbell, Jake Case, Sage Edgerly-Bork and Tyler Kohlmann ran a season-best 8:21.38 to place third at the district meet. Edison's Trayvon Williams won a district title in Ontario in the boys long jump, leaping 21-7.25 for first place. Bellevue's Deegan Horn was third to qualify for regionals at 20-5.5. Vermilion's Hayden Valenti won a district championship in the boys shot put, peaking at 51-10. His teammate Isaac Looks also makes it to regionals with a fourth-place finish at 45-9.75. Huron's Jaden Carey advanced to the regional meet with a fourth-place girls high jump finish, clearing 5-2. In the boys pole vault, Bellevue's Carson Layne and Huron's Charlie Norwell each cleared 12-4 to make it out in third and fourth. In the girls discus, Bellevue's Addison Rogers qualified for regionals with a third-place finish (112-10). VanVlerah sets district record OAK HARBOR — Perkins sophomore Camryn VanVlerah cleared a personal best 5 feet, 7 inches in the girls high jump to win a D-II district crown in Oak Harbor and qualify for regionals on a high note. Oak Harbor's Ava Grieger also made it to regional in the high jump after winning a jump-off for fourth place. The Pirates also won a district title in the boys 4x800. Noah Normington-Slay, Ty Klepper, Garrett Corso and Colin Ellis came in first. Two other area relays, Clyde and Oak Harbor, made it out in that event, too. The Fliers' ran Eli Pumphrey, Hayden Rex, Dawson Brimmer, Zane Townsley, and the Rockets had Bodee Miller, Braden Schimmoeller, Gavin Witt and Owen Miller. Oak Harbor's Will Rahm was district champ in the boys pole vault at 14-3, and Perkins' Nolan Herzog (13-0) also made it out. And the Rockets' Evan Hall was district champ in the boys shot put at 53-1. Perkins' Austin Yoakum finished third in 51-0.25. Perkins' Olivia Mason advances to regionals with a second-place finish in the girls discus (121-8). The Pirates' Mikey Young was district runner-up in the long jump at 20-8.Two girls relays qualified for regionals in the 4x800. Perkins' Maggie McVeigh, Caitlin Frankfather, Alex Merriman and Ellie Bodle were second. OH's Skyler Turner, Molly Downs, Haley Fallgren and Lainey Schmidt were 3rd. Streaks' Westbrook advances to regional FINDLAY — Sandusky senior Damarion Westbrook heading to the D-I regional meet with a runner-up finish in the discus (151-6) at the Findlay district meet. Norwalk had a district champ on day one in Findlay. Xavi Immel, Summer Moehlman, Isabel Ott and Zuri Immel ran the girls 4x800-meter relay in 9:51.01 to win by 15 seconds. The Truckers' Corbin Koelsch qualified in the boys pole vault, clearing 11-8 to grab the fourth and final spot. Patrick, Saylor win district events GIBSONBURG — The Division III district track and field meet held its first day on Wednesday night, and Margaretta's Jenny Patrick and Olivia Saylor won their field events. The senior Patrick threw the shot 37 feet, 5.5 inches to place first. Saylor cleared 5 feet, 1 inch in the high jump. The Polar Bears also had four other regional qualifiers on the first day of competition. JT Patrick and Anthony Flewelling were both top-four in the boys discus to advance. Tate Bailey finished third in the long jump, and Margaretta's 4x800-meter girls relay of Grace Paseka, Savannah Suto, Emma LaFollette and Emily Pullano was also third. Two other girls qualified in the high jump. Danbury's Maggie Thompson and St. Mary Central Catholic's Mazzara Lynch each cleared 4-11 to come in as the third and fourth competitors in that event behind Saylor and Old Fort's Kennedy Shaull. BASEBALL Edison 13, Port Clinton 1 PORT CLINTON — The finishing touches had to wait a while, but Edison took care of its rescheduled contest with Port Clinton to secure a repeat, outright SBC Bay Division baseball championship on Thursday. The Chargers (19-3, 8-2) won their 16th consecutive game overall, and they rattled off eight league victories in a row after dropping their first two in Bay Division play. Dominic Dymond led the offense at 3-for-3 with two RBI. Carson Smith, Bryson Wittmer, Marcus Medina and Aidan Drake each had two hits. Blake Simon pitched the five-inning complete game. The Chargers will host a sectional final Friday against Northwood. The winner of that game will play the winner of (4) Ashland Crestview and (6) Lakota in a D-III Shelby District semifinal on Thursday, May 25 at 2 p.m. Edison 701 41 — 13 14 1Port Clinton 000 01 — 1 2 4 WP: Simon. LP: Abermathy 2B: (E) Wittmer, Dymond, Drake, Simon; (PC) Messer St. Paul 4, Gibsonburg 2 (9 inns.) GIBSONBURG — The Flyers upset the No. 2 seed with two runs in the top of the ninth inning and a Drew Kuhnle escape from one out with the bases loaded in the bottom half. Kole Maxwell went 8.0 innings and struck out 14 for St. Paul. Kuhnle delivered the go-ahead, two-run single in the ninth before coming on for the save. Alex Weaver went 2-for-4 as the only Flyers player with two hits against Gibsonburg ace Nolan Hoover, who struck out 16. St. Paul 010 001 002 — 4 6 4Gibsonburg 000 200 000 — 2 4 2 WP: Maxwell. LP: Hoover 2B: (SP) Weaver New Riegel 10, St. Mary CC 1 NEW RIEGEL — The 5-seed Blue Jackets eliminated the 8-seed Panthers in a sectional final. Brayden Gill had two hits for SMCC, which scored on an RBI double from Garrett Flewelling in the sixth inning. SMCC 000 001 0 — 1 6 4New Riegel 111 115 x — 10 7 0 WP: Jones. LP: West SOFTBALL Perkins 6, Vermilion 1 VERMILION — Cameron Kaufman, batting leadoff in the final game of her legendary Perkins career, doubled and homered to lead the Pirates (17-12, 7-5 SBC Lake) past the Sailors (4-14-1, 2-9). Kaufman also scored two runs. Her home run was a solo shot leading off the top of the third inning. Alaina Speer and Tayler Hawkins each added a pair of hits for Perkins, including a triple from Hawkins. Speer, also a senior, went the distance in the circle, allowing six hits and striking out three. Hannah Welch doubled twice for Vermilion. This was the final game of the season for both teams, who have already been eliminated from the postseason. Perkins 101 130 0 — 6 7 0Vermilion 100 000 0 — 1 6 6 WP: Speer. LP: Porter 2B: (P) Kaufman; (V) Welch 2. 3B: (P) Hawkins. HR: (P) Kaufman Calvert 12, Edison 8 MILAN — Tiffin Calvert's Selah Moyer hit her 19th home run of the season and drove in five runs to push the Senecas past the Chargers (9-14). Kalli Quillen tripled for Edison, and both Sophia Guerra and Peyton Taylor had two hits. The Chargers are scheduled to conclude their season in a home contest against Fremont Ross on Friday. Calvert 004 210 5 — 12 10 2Edison 000 800 0 — 8 10 6 WP: Moyer. LP: Brown 2B: (TC) Saull, Wellman. 3B: (E) Quillen. HR: (TC) Moyer BOYS TENNIS Huron 4, Fremont SJCC 1 FREMONT — The Tigers conclude the season 11-4, including 10-4 in SBC Bay Division action. Singles: Jared Lenczyk (H) def Tomas Obregon (FSJ) 6-0, 6-0; Nick Walls (H) def Jackson Wright (FSJ) 6-1, 6-1; Peter Cencer (H) def Michaela Hahn (FSJ) 4-6, 6-2, (10-4) Doubles: Caleb Holmes/Nick Rager (H) def Jack Dumminger/Romon Sanchez (FSJ) 6-1. 6-3; JJ Noriega/Xander Reid (FSJ) def Jack Wascovich/Wilson Kastor (H) 6-4, 6-1