PREP ROUNDUP: Wikel leads SMCC past Old Fort

OLD FORT — Reid Wikel struck out eight and threw a three-hitter to lead St. Mary Central Catholic to a 12-1 Sandusky Bay Conference River Division baseball win at Old Fort on Wednesday. The Panthers (12-10, 7-10 SBC River) scored eight runs in the top of the second inning to take control on a day when many area games were postponed due to inclement weather. SMCC's Brayden Gill went 4 for 5 and drove in two runs with a double and leadoff batter Blake Finneran had three hits and scored three runs. Reid Wikel added three hits, two runs and two RBI for the Panthers, who totaled 15 hits. Old Fort (6-13, 3-11) scored its run in the fifth inning. SMCC 081 000 3 — 12 15 1Old Fort 000 010 0 — 1 3 3 WP: R. Wikel. LP: Frisch 2B: (SMCC) B. Gill, C. Wikel Vermilion 5, Norwalk 1 VERMILION — Vermilion broke a 1-1 tie with a run in the bottom of the fourth and defeated Norwalk 5-1 in a five-inning game. Logan Peterson and Mason Cooper each singled and doubled for the Sailors (13-6). Codey Schwarck got the pitching win, scattering three hits and striking out five. The Truckers (11-7) got two hits from Kaedyn Warner. Noah Helton struck out eight in 4 2/3 innings. Norwalk 010 00 — 1 3 3Vermilion 100 13 — 5 6 0 WP: Schwarck. LP: Helton 2B: (N) Warner, Helton Hopewell-Loudon 13, Danbury 3 BASCOM — Danbury committed six errors in a five-inning SBC River Division loss to Hopewell-Loudon. The Lakers fell to 5-16 overall and 1-15 in the SBC River. The Chieftains improved to 18-5, 13-3. Danbury 000 12 — 3 2 6Hopewell-Loudon 242 23 — 13 7 4 WP: Wyman. LP: Monak SOFTBALL Old Fort 16, SMCC 9 OLD FORT — Old Fort defeated St. Mary Central Catholic 16-9 in SBC River Division play, a day after the Panthers defeated the Stockaders. Abbi Ward had three doubles and scored four runs for Old Fort (3-19, 2-15 SBC River). Allison Lill had two hits for the Panthers (1-23, 1-17). SMCC 201 230 1 — 9 7 6Old Fort 461 230 X — 16 11 0 WP: Ward. LP: Rhoads 2B: (SM) Grimm; (OF) Ward 3, Hunker 2. 3B: (SM) Gill; (OF) Sebetto Hopewell-Loudon 12, Danbury 2 BASCOM — Eight different players got hits for Hopewell-Loudon in its 12-2 SBC River Division win over Danbury. The Chieftains (15-9, 9-6 SBC River) did not commit an error. Reese Redfern and Miranda Evans each had two hits for Danbury (11-13, 5-12). Danbury 011 000 — 2 8 6Hope-Loudon 021 216 — 12 10 0 WP: Velasahez. LP: Hatfield 2B: (HL) Hoover Tournament Ontario 16, Vermilion 0 ONTARIO — Ontario (17-7) had 14 hits — seven of them for extra bases — in a 16-0 five-inning win over Vermilion in a Division IV tournament opener. Kirstyn Palmer had the only base hit for the Sailors (1-17). Vermilion 000 00 — 0 1 1Ontario 283 3X — 16 14 0 WP: Pearson. LP: Leimbach 2B: (O) Dawson 2, Kreger, Howard, Weiler, Studer. HR: (O) Gray TENNIS Huron 3, Calvert 2 HURON — Huron defeated Calvert to improve to 6-13, 6-7 SBC Bay. Singles: Mason Schindley (H) def. Xavier Kimmet (TC) 6-2, 6-0; Jason Lenczyk (H) def. Kevin Ardner (TC) 6-0, 6-2; Brad Wellman (TC) def. Will Ferenczy (H) 6-2, 6-2 Doubles: John Schumacher/Weston Burns (TC) def. Caleb Holmes/ Joey Cencer (H) 3-6, 7-5, 10-7; Nick Rager/Josh Seward (H) def. Emma Marben/Hannah Spawn (TC) 6-4, 7-5