PREP ROUNDUP: Bellevue girls win Elks Invitational

BELLEVUE — Reese Meacham won two individual events while Amerie Wagner won one and assisted on a relay win, lifting Bellevue to the team championship at the Bellevue Elks Invitational on Thursday. Bellevue finished with 137 points while Perkins was second with 95 points. Clyde (75 points) was fourth and Edison (61) was eighth. Meacham took the 800 meter in 2:34.99 and won the 1600 in 5:33.76. Wagner crossed the line in 1:00.05 to win the 400. She teamed with Katelyn Turner, Hallie McCarthy and Lilly Sosa to win the 4x200 in 1:47.20. Alex Merriman won the 300 hurdles for Perkins in 46.66 while Camryn VanVlerah won the high jump with a top mark of 5 feet, 2 inches. Gabriella Schirg took the shot put with a toss of 38-10.75. Clyde won the 4x200 relay. The quartet of Jolene Brennan, Anabelle Zieber, Gabby Griffin and Marissa Gessner crossed the finish line in 4:18.53. Clyde boys finish second BELLEVUE — Behind three wins from Damarius Chrisman, Cayden Perkins and Dekin Crockett, the Fliers were runners-up to Liberty-Benton for the boys team title. The Eagles tallied 146 points while Clyde amassed 126 points. Bellevue (105.5 points) was third, Perkins (92.5) was fourth and Edison (72) was fifth. Chrisman won the 100 (10.70) and 400 (50.58) while Crockett took the 200 (22.29) and 300 hurdles (39.44). Perkins won the high jump (6-02) and long jump (20-07.50) before the three teamed up with Hector Garza to take the 4x100 in 43.65. Elias Sponseller, James Henderson, Alex Lovins and Evan Bova won the 4x800 relay for Bellevue in 8:33.23. Jeremiah Tuttamore was victorious in the pole vault with a top mark of 12-00. Perkins got wins from Joel Smelcer in the 1600 (4:38.32) and John McGlashan in the shot put (48-09.75). Team scores Girls 1. Bellevue 137, 2. Perkins 95, 3. Shelby 76, 4. Clyde 75, 5. South Central 72, 6. Willard 69, 7. Liberty-Benton 66, 8. Edison 61 Boys 1. Liberty-Benton 146, 2. Clyde 126, 3. Bellevue 105.5, 4. Perkins 92.5, 5. Edison 72, 6. Shelby 38, 6. Willard 38, 8. South Central 14 EVENT WINNERS Girls 4x800 relay — Liberty-Benton (Lindsay May, Piper Ogden, Claire McDaniel, Madi Gaerke), 10:17.03 100 hurdles — Jocelyn Maynard, Willard, 17.20 100 meter — Ava Bowman, Shelby, 12.36 4x200 relay — Bellevue (Katelyn Turner, Hallie McCarthy, Lilly Sosa, Amerie Wagner), 1:47.20 1600 meter — Reese Meacham, Bellevue, 5:33.76 4x100 relay — Shelby (Princess Timko, Ashley Montgomery, Madison Henkel, Ava Bowman), 49.16 400 meter — Amerie Wagner, Bellevue, 1:00.05 300 hurdles — Alex Merriman, Perkins, 46.66 800 meter — Reese Meacham, Bellevue, 2:34.99 200 meter — Ava Bowman, Shelby, 25.58 3200 meter — Maddi Gaerke, Liberty-Benton, 11:52.16 4x200 relay — Clyde (Jolene Brennan, Anabelle Zieber, Gabby Griffin, Marissa Gessner), 4:18.53 Shot put — Gabriella Schirg, Perkins, 38-10.75 Discus — Austin Bilger, Perkins, 113-01 Long jump — LaMya Hicks, Willard, 15-09.75 High jump — Camryn VanVlerah, Perkins, 5-02 Pole vault — Saiphone Kaedaeng, Liberty-Benton, 10-00 Boys 4x800 relay — Bellevue (Elias Sponseller, James Henderson, Alex Lovins, Evan Bova), 8:33.23 110 hurdles — Gavin Baker, Shelby, 15.24 100 meter — Damarius Chrisman, Clyde, 10.70 4x200 relay — Liberty-Benton (Jonas Frederick, Braden Bell, Jaxon Rath, Karson Griffin), 1:32.28 1600 meter — Joel Smelcer, Perkins, 4:38.32 4x100 relay — Clyde (Hector Garza, Dekin Crockett, Cayden Perkins, Damarius Chrisman), 43.65 400 meter — Damarius Chrisman, Clyde, 50.58 300 hurdles — Dekin Crockett, Clyde, 39.44 800 meter — Lane Fannin, Liberty-Benton, 2:05.75 200 meter — Dekin Crockett, Clyde, 22.29 3200 meter — Aiden Lee, Liberty-Benton, 9:48.30 4x400 relay — Liberty-Benton (Braden Bell, Lane Fannin, Hudson Day, Karson Griffin), 3:30.51 Shot put — John McGlashan, Perkins, 48-09.75 Discus — Tyler Grose, Liberty-Benton, 156-09 Long jump — Cayden Perkins, Clyde, 20-07.50 High jump — Cayden Perkins, Clyde, 6-02 Pole vault — Jeremiah Tuttamore, Bellevue, 12-00 BASEBALL Huron 7, Perkins 6 HURON — Ben Davis hit a grand slam and Paul Maloney roped a two-run triple to lift the Tigers to the non-league win on Senior Night. Huron (12-7) trailed 5-1 when Davis' grand slam tied the game in the fifth inning. Perkins (13-6) went ahead in the top of the sixth, but Maloney answered with the go-ahead hit for the Tigers. Caden Peterman lined three singles for Huron while Davis and Maloney each had an additional hit. Jack Murray contributed two singles for the Tigers. Talon Walton (double) and Sam Schweinfurth each registered two hits and a RBI for the Pirates. Walton scored twice. Perkins 001 221 0 — 6 9 1Huron 010 042 X — 7 10 2 WP: Periat. LP: Kroeger 2B: (P) Walton. 3B: (H) Maloney. HR: (H) Davis Margaretta 9, Western Reserve 1 CASTALIA — Mason Kromer struck out 12 across six scoreless innings, lifting the Polar Bears to a 9-1 non-league win. Kromer allowed two hits and walked two for Margaretta (6-15). Eight different Polar Bears had a hit. Emmett Leibengood had a double, single and two runs batted in. Zach Gray scored three times and Carter Kelley registered two RBI. Western Reserve 000 000 1 — 1 3 4Margaretta 102 204 X — 9 9 2 WP: Kromer. LP: Zunis 2B: (M) Leibengood. HR: (WR) Welch Port Clinton 9, Northwood 3 PORT CLINTON — The Redskins picked up their second win of the season, topping Northwood 9-3. Tre Armendariz finished with three runs scored, two singles, and two runs batted in for Port Clinton (2-14). Beckett Mizener had a single and two RBI while Lucas Bodie doubled with a RBI. Danny Baker scored three times for the Redskins. Derek Abernathy went the distance for the win. He allowed just one earned run on two hits while striking out eight. Northwood 100 020 0 — 3 2 3Port Clinton 203 013 X — 9 6 4 WP: Abernathy. LP: Rodriguez 2B: (PC) Abernathy, Bodie Danbury 7, Monroeville 5 DANBURY TWP. — The Lakers scored six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning then fended off Monroeville for the non-league win. Danbury (5-14) took a 1-0 lead into the sixth inning when the Eagles (8-7) struck for two runs. The Lakers responded to take a 7-2 lead into the seventh inning. Logan Shepherd had two hits and two runs scored for Danbury. Taylor Monak went six innings for the win, allowing just one earned run. Colt Clark (RBI) and Jake Fries (run scored) each had two hits for the Eagles. Landin Hershiser started and went five innings for Monroeville. He allowed five runs (three earned) on four hits with three strikeouts and three walks. Monroeville 000 002 3 — 5 6 5Danbury 100 006 X — 7 8 5 WP: Monak. LP: Hershiser Vermilion 10, Brookside 4 BROOKSIDE — The Sailors improved to 10-5 overall with the non-league win over Brookside. Cohen Mooney had a single and double for Vermilion while Logan Peterson singled and drove in two runs. Will Matheson added a double. Mason Cooper was the winning pitcher for the Sailors. Brookside 000 012 1 — 4 5 0Vermilion 051 004 0 — 10 9 3 WP: Cooper. LP: Polinski 2B: (V) Mooney, Matheson SOFTBALL Edison 15, Willard 6 WILLARD — The Chargers moved one game closer to at least a share of the Sandusky Bay Conference Bay Division title with the win over Willard. The rescheduled game was a home game for Edison, but was played at Willard because of field conditions. The Chargers lead Huron (15-7, 7-1 SBC Bay) by one game with a head-to-head meeting yet to play. In the victory, Edison (15-5, 8-0) got three hits with a double and three RBIs from Natalie Desautels. Payton Taylor had two doubles, a RBI and scored three time, while Abby Cloud had two hits and two RBI. Ivy Kluding also doubled and drove in a pair for the Chargers, while Adison Wechter singled twice with an RBI. Cloud struck out 11 with four walks over seven innings for the win. She allowed five earned runs on six hits. Willard 301 101 0 — 6 6 3Edison 514 203 X — 15 12 1 WP: Cloud. LP: Irvine 2B: (E) Taylor 2, Kluding, Desautels; (W) Hammond. HR: (W) Steinmetz Port Clinton 6, Margaretta 5 (8) CASTALIA — Jae Mazur scored on a wild pitch in the top of the eighth inning and Ashton Sanchez slammed the door shut from there in PC's Sandusky Bay Conference Bay Division win. Mazur reached one of Margaretta's 11 issued walks. Sanchez finished off her complete game effort to improve Port Clinton to 11-9 overall and 6-3 in league play. She struck out 13. Sanchez and Olivia Emerson each homered for the Redskins. Emerson also singled and doubled and scored twice. Lucy Edwards had three singles and a run scored for the Polar Bears (6-14, 3-6). Mattie Kovalaske drove in two runs. Port Clinton 112 100 01 — 6 4 0Margaretta 000 230 00 — 5 8 7 WP: Sanchez. LP: Grime 2B: (PC) Emerson. HR: (PC) Emerson, Sanchez Perkins 13, Columbian 3 TIFFIN — The Pirates picked up where they left off Monday and topped the Tornadoes in Sandusky Bay Conference Lake Division action. Perkins (8-11, 3-6 SBC Lake) led 6-0 after two innings when weather halted things. The Pirates scored two runs in the fourth inning and five more in the fifth to finish off the run-rule victory. Hannah Koelsch singled, doubled and drove in four runs for Perkins. Avery Baker (four runs scored) and Maddie Rinkes (two RBI) each lined two hits for the Pirates while Aubrey Ransom singled, scored twice and had two RBI. Hailey Brunner scored two runs for Perkins. Caden McClellan picked up the win. She allowed three runs while striking out four. Perkins 330 25 — 13 7 1Columbian 000 30 — 3 8 7 WP: McClellan. LP: Haman 2B: (P) Koelsch; (C) Daugherty, Haman, McNutt. 3B: (C) Daugherty St. Paul 17, Mansfield Christian 5 MANSFIELD — The Flyers won their 11th game of the season with the non-league win over Mansfield Christian. The 11 wins is the amount of games the Flyers won combined over the previous three seasons. For St. Paul (11-7), Ryleigh Mansfield-Bush had two doubles, two singles and a run batted in while Mallorie Sowers tallied three singles, a double and three RBI. Bella Guerra (three runs) and Kegney Stoll (RBI) each tripled and singled. Also for the Flyers, Addy Rospert had a double, single and two RBI while Taegen Mansfield-Bush smacked two singles with a RBI. Ella Kalizewski doubled and drove in a run. Guerra went five innings in the circle for the win. She allowed five runs (three earned) on nine hits with six strikeouts and no walks. Sowers pitched two scoreless innings on two hits with two strikeouts. St. Paul 121 521 5 — 17 19 4Mansfield Christian 104 000 0 — 5 11 1 WP: Guerra. LP: Nelson 2B: (SP) R. Mansfield-Bush 2, Kalizewski, Rospert, Guerra, Sowers; (MC) Mowry, Sterken. 3B: (SP) Stoll, Guerra Fremont Ross 5, Sandusky 4 SANDUSKY — The Little Giants scored a run in the top of the seventh and Sandusky couldn't match in the non-league loss. After two quick outs in the bottom half of the inning, Maijon Wiley and Akilya Jones each singled for the Blue Streaks (8-10). But, Ross pitcher Brooklyn Berndt inducted a groundout to end the game. Jones finished the day with three hits, including a double, and two runs batted in. Kaylee Summers added two singles for Sandusky. Fremont Ross 200 110 1 — 5 12 1Sandusky 001 111 0 — 4 7 2 WP: Berndt. LP: Summers 2B: (FR) Halbeisen, Almaguer; (S) Jones, Warner. 3B: (FR) Berndt Western Reserve 3, SMCC 2 SANDUSKY — The Panthers scored a run in the fifth and sixth inning, but didn't have enough in the non-league loss. Ella Brownell tripled, singled and drove in a run for SMCC (0-20). Britt Rhoads and Brylie Gill each recorded a single and run scored. Rhoads took the loss, allowing just three hits and zero earned runs. She struck out eight. Western Reserve 003 000 0 — 3 3 0SMCC 000 011 0 — 2 6 2 WP: Barnhart. LP: Rhoads 2B: (WR) Stewart. 3B: (SMCC) Brownell TENNIS Clyde 5, Perkins 0 PERKINS TWP. — The Fliers clinched the outright Sandusky Bay Conference Lake Division title by sweeping Perkins 5-0. Clyde improved to 17-2 overall and 9-1 in league play with the win. "I am very happy with the way the team went out and took care of business tonight," Clyde coach Jeff MacFarland said. "They have been a great team to work with because they seem to rise to whatever the occasion calls for. We had some tests early in the second round of league play with injuries, but the team bonded together and found ways to win close matches and the end result was to win the SBC Lake Division outright." Singles: Aric Kauble (C) def. Devin Peiffer (P) 6-0, 6-0; Alex Krintzline (C) def. Aaron Benkirane (P) 6-2, 6-3; Connor Eastby (C) def. Preston Miller (P) 6-1, 6-2 Doubles: Chase Castle/Oscar Webb (C) def. Chase Young/Ben Smith (P) 6-7 (5), 6-4, 10-8; Hunter Begley/Mallory Eastby (C) def. Jaden Lyons/Nathan Reynolds (P) 6-0, 6-2 Port Clinton 5, Bellevue 0 PORT CLINTON — The Redskins celebrated Senior Night with a 5-0 win over Bellevue. Port Clinton improved to 13-3. Singles: Blake Denno (PC) def. Brendan Reese (B) 6-1, 6-2; Kai Weit (PC) def. Breylan McNair (B) 6-1, 6-1; Simon Leichtnam (PC) def. Caleb Martin (B) 6-4, 6-1 Doubles: Sam Roberts/Gabe Koskela (PC) def. Austin Eisenhaur/Laken Daugherty (B) 6-3, 6-0; Alex DeFreitas/Evan Lovitt (PC) def. Noble Zerman/Lucas Neidermeyer (B) 6-4, 6-1 Vermilion 5, Elyria 0 ELYRIA — The Sailors lost six games total, improving to 13-3 this season. Singles: Severin Kretchmar (V) def. Ty Zigon (E) 6-0, 6-0; Anthony Ozmun (V) def. Andrew Peacok (E) 6-0, 6-2; Terrence Anders (V) def. Andrew Nagy (E) 6-1, 6-2 Doubles: Stephen Tang/Timothy Anders (V) def. Kiera Schibley/Brandon Sanabria (E) 6-0, 6-0; Zane Lassen/Noah Gimben (V) def. Davis Hawke/Kyle Swart (E) 6-0, 6-1