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Saturday, March 7, 2009
A ‘phenomenal’ day for Southeastern girls
Phenomenal.
That’s the only way Southeastern coach Jim Lightle could describe his team’s 52-42 D-IV district final victory over
“I thought going into the year we had a good team that could possibly do this,” Lightle said. “We didn’t really play that well at times in the regular season. We picked it up in the tournament.”
The Trojans will make their first appearance in the regional semifinal since 2005-2006.
“It feels great,” Lightle said. “Everything now is the icing on the cake. You just go out now and have fun and play basketball. Whatever happens, happens.”
Game plan perfection: Lightle credited assistant coaches Tim Bell and Sue Hupp for coming up with a great to attack Houston. The Trojans chose to face guard Wildcats PG Jaclyn Willoughby, who came into the game averaging 13.8 ppg and made over 50 3-pointers this season.
“We face guarded Willoughby,” Lightle said. “We wanted to make her work as much as possible because they were used to walking the ball up the floor and conserving energy. I was tempted to get out of it in the first quarter and I’m thinking ‘This isn’t going to work’. We gave up a couple easy back door (layups) and the help wasn’t there because we were face guarding her. She’s a heck of a ballplayer — she still scored 13. There three big girls all played well. We stuck with our gameplan and I think we wore them down towards the end a little bit.
“I can’t give enough credit to (assistant coaches Tim Bell and Sue Hupp) for the game plan and trying to wear them down after we scouted them,” Lightle continued. “We stuck with it and it worked.
“It could’ve gone the other way when the game was close,” Lightle said. “It could’ve been a 10-point lead on their end. It could’ve gone either way. (Amanda Harvey) did a great job on the boards toward the end, (Amber Hayslip) stepped her game up and Katie Banion played well.”
Banion and sophomore Shelby Hocter were the two players who guarded Willoughby for most of the game.
“You’ve got to be in shape to face guard somebody and I thought Shelby came in and did what she could being a sophomore,” Lightle said. “She’s only really played in two varsity games that mean something and she did a great job.”
Sophomore Hannah Bowman had eight points, nailing two big 3-pointers. Her last 3-pointer with six minutes remaining spurred a 15-5 run for the Trojans to end the ballgame.
“She’s a kid that’s getting more and more confidence as she regains confidence in her knee,” Lightle said. “She’s putting that behind her know and that takes awhile. When you blow your knee out twice, it takes awhile to get over that mentally and she did a great job.”
The Trojans made just 4 of 11 free throws in the first half, but made 11 of 12 in the fourth quarter.
“That’s when it counts,” Lightle said. “You have to do the fundamentals of the game and that’s one of them. If they’re going to give you a free shot, you have to make them. We did in the fourth quarter and they didn’t.”
Not a freshman anymore: Jenna Erwin had 17 points in her first district appearance for Southeastern. She scored six points in the second quarter and nine in the fourth.
“It was awesome just being there with my teammates,” Erwin said. “In the second quarter, I felt like I needed to drive a little more and dish.”
Erwin grew up hearing stories of past Southeastern district and regional appearances from her mom, Jeanine Ferguson, her aunts Laura and Carrie Ferguson and her uncle, Mike Ferguson. All four helped the boys and girls basketball teams advance to the regionals at some point during their careers. Her cousins, Kari and Kati Kitchen, also played in the regionals for Southeastern.
Erwin is happy she can keep the family tradition alive.
“I’ve seen pictures from my mom and my aunts and uncles and I just wanted to be there, too,” Erwin said.
Spectacular senior year: Amber Hayslip spoke for the entire SE senior class — which includes Harvey and Banion — when she described her feelings on the victory.
“It is unbelievable,” Hayslip said. “It’s just crazy. I’m speechless.”
Hayslip remembered being awestruck in the Trojans’ last district appearance during her freshman season. That wasn’t the case on Saturday.
“It feels so much better as a senior,” Hayslip said. ” As a freshman, this place was so much bigger. You’re googly-eyed and you just don’t want to mess up. As a senior, you can go out and work hard and play your heart out because it could be your last game. It just feels incredible.”
Free throw shooting, Hayslip said, proved to be the difference.
“That was definitely what clinched it,” Hayslip said.
Hayslip also credited her teammates.
“I love my girls,” Hayslip said. “I couldn’t do it without them. They’re great.”
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TweetState Wrestling Championship Finals
Results from the championship finals of the 72nd annual State Wrestling Championships at Ohio State University’s Schottenstein Center:
9:00 p.m.: Winner of nine straight state championships, Graham has broken the 58-year-old record of six individual state champions, set in 1951 by Cleveland West Tech. The Falcons won seven individual titles overall. Kyle Ryan (160) tied the record with his title, and Max Thomusseit (189) broke it with a 4-1 win over Nick Mills of Hunting Valley University School. Also, David Taylor, who has become the 17th four-time state champion in Ohio wrestling history. Tecumseh senior T.J. Rigel had to again settle for runner-up, losing 4-3. Local wrestlers are finished competing. Here are all the results from the finals:
CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
DIVISION III
112: Bryce Baker (Mechanicsburg) d. Spencer Pierce (Richwood North Union) 6-3
DIVISION II
103: Nick Brascetta (Graham) m.d. Andrew Bertubin (Cambridge) 13-4
125: Zach Neibert (Graham) d. Nate Skonieczny (Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit) 8-6
130: Felipe Martinez (Graham) p. Ryan Nakama (Sunbury Big Walnut) 1:14
135: David Taylor (Graham) p. Manuel Cintron (Alliance) 2:39
140: Harrison Hightower (Hunting Valley University School) d. Matt Stephens (Graham) 5-2
145: Brian Stephens (Graham) m.d. Mike Fee (Mentor Lake Catholic) 14-6
152: Jonathan McGookey (Sandusky Perkins) d. Huston Evans (Graham) 9-3
160: Kyle Ryan (Graham) d. Adam Walters (Chesterland West Geauga) 5-2
189: Max Thomusseit (Graham) d. Nick Mills (Hunting Valley University School) 4-1
DIVISION I
145: David Habat (Cleveland St. Ignatius) d. T.J. Rigel (Tecumseh) 4-3
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TweetKenton Ridge boys wins state bowling team title
The Kenton Ridge boys bowling team won the state title on Saturday, March 7, at Tiki Lanes in Lancaster, beating Kettering Fairmont 3-1 in the final Baker Game.
It’s the first team state title for Kenton Ridge High School.
“Oh man, it feels great,” senior Ryan Dobie said. “Going in, we knew we had a chance. To actually do it, it’s a great way to end my career.”
“I’ve been in sports 60 years in baseball and bowling,” coach Flip Lucas said. “This has got to be the greatest thrill of my lifetime.”
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TweetShawnee wins sectional title
Here’s the live update from the Shawnee vs. Bellefontaine boys basketball Division II sectional final at Troy High School on Saturday, March 7.
8:55 p.m.: A Shawnee team goal this season was to win the sectional title.
Check that one off after beating Bellefontaine 44-38. Next up for the Braves is Wilmington in the district tournament on Wednesday, March 11.
Bellefontaine had ended the Braves’ season the previous two years in the sectional tournament. Shawnee is going back to the district tournament for the first time since 2003.
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TweetFinal day of state wrestling
Good after from the state wrestling tournament at Ohio State University’s Schottenstein Center in Columbus. Here are all the results for the finals of the consolation round, for third, fith and seventh place:
1:27 p.m.: Graham has set the all-time, all-divisions record for team points at a state wrestling meet, finishing the morning consolation session with 248 points. The old record was 229 by Lakewood St. Edward in Division I. Wrestling gets undeway in the evening championship finals at 5:50 p.m. The nine-time defending D-II champion Falcons have nine wrestlers in the finals, and if six of them win, they’ll tie a 58-year-old record of six individual champions, held by Cleveland West Tech since 1951. Here are all the morning’s results. Congratulations to all the local wrestlers who proved themselves to be among the best in the state.
CONSOLATION FINALS
THIRD PLACE
DIVISION III
171: Beau Bowden (North Lima South Range) d. Cody Rodgers (Mechanicsburg) 9-7
DIVISION II
112: Isaac Jordan (Graham) d. Erik McLaughlin (Canal Fulton Northwest) 8-2
171: James Mannier (Graham) d. Dustin Sarosy (Perry) 5-2
215: Logan White (Graham) d. Garren Dilley (Amanda-Clearcreek) 6-2
FIFTH PLACE
DIVISION III
135: Jeff Vitallo (Apple Creek Waynedale) d. Brendon Klaus (Mechanicsburg) 12-9 OT
160: Shayne Stewart (Mogadore) d. Peter Lewis (West Liberty-Salem) 7-5
SEVENTH PLACE
DIVISION !
215: Schuyler Bondy (Woodsfield Monroe Central) p. Josh Salyers (Mechanicsburg) 4:24
DIVISION II
119: Sheldon Kegley (Graham) d. Michael Perez (Wauseon) 10-4
130: Carson Frey (Wauseon) p. Evan Storts (Shawnee) 2:57
DIVISION I
152: Chet Bissell (Twinsburg) p. Justin Sneary (Tecumseh) 2:57
CONSOLATIONS FOURTH ROUND
DIVISION III
135: David Malkus (Burton Berkshire) d. Brendon Klaus (Mechanicsburg) 3-1
160: Kyle Kwiat (Tiffin Calvert) d. Peter Lewis (West Liberty-Salem) 5-4
171: Cody Rodgers (Mechanicsburg) d. Royal Brettrager (Kirtland) 9-2
DIVISION II
112: Isaac Jordan (Graham) m.d. Kyle Warner (Urichsville Claymont) 12-1
171: James Mannier (Graham) p. Brian Borac (Mentor Lake Catholic) 2:46
215: Logan White (Graham) p. Robbie Lias (Hubbard) 3:43
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TweetSE girls advance to regional semis
12:25: Southeastern wins 52-42. Houston’s Jaclyn Willoughby’s putback with six minutes remaining tied the score at 37, but a 3-pointer by Hannah Bowman started a 15-5 run to lead the Trojans to the regional semifinals for the first time since 2005.
Freshman Jenna Erwin had 17 points, while Amber Hayslip and Amanda Harvey each had 10 points for Southeastern.
11:57: After three quarters, Houston leads 32-31. The Trojans led 29-24, but a 8-3 run to end the quarter gave the Wildcats the lead. It should be a great finish.
11:31: At the half, the score is tied at 22. Southeastern outscored the Wildcats 12-5 in the quarter. After struggling with turnovers and shooting the basketball in the first quarter, Southeastern took care of the basketball and played better in their halfcourt offense. Freshman Jenna Erwin had six points in the quarter for SE.
11:15: After one quarter, Houston leads 17-10. The Wildcats are hitting shots, nailing three 3-pointers in the quarter. They led 11-4 early in the quarter, but Southeastern cut the lead to two at 11-9. Kimmie Repogle grabbed a putback at the buzzer to increase the lead to seven.
10:47: We’re eight minutes from tip-off here at the Vandalia Butler Student Activity Center for the Southeastern girls district final game against Houston.
In their last appearance in the districts, SE beat Covington in 2005 to advance to the regional semifinals.
I’ll be updating the score after each quarter. They’ll also be a video with highlights from the game sometime this afternoon at SpringfieldNewsSun.com.
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TweetDaily Tournament Fix — March 7
Here’s your daily tournament fix for Saturday, March 7:
Today’s games: D-IV Girls District Final — Southeastern (19-4) vs. Houston (16-7), 11 a.m., at Vandalia Butler Student Activity Center; D-II Boys Sectional Final — Shawnee (16-5) vs. Bellefontaine (13-9), 7:30 p.m., at Troy High School.
Short Takes: Southeastern is making its first appearance at the D-IV district tournament since 2005. The senior class were freshmen that season. They beat Covington to advance to the regional semifinal, where they fell to Jackson Center. … Shawnee senior Justin Williams leads the CBC Kenton Trail in scoring at 16.1 points per game. Bellefontaine’s Brock Mitchell leads the CBC in both rebounding (8.8) and blocked shots (1.6).
Key player: Justin Massie, Shawnee. The senior point guard keeps the Braves organized and steady on the floor. He’ll have to play strong to give Shawnee its third win of the year over the Chieftains.
Tough test: The Southeastern girls face a tough test in the D-IV districts against Houston, who hails from the Shelby County League.
“It’s a very tough league,” said Southeastern coach Jim Lightle. “We’ve got our work cut out for us. We’ve got to take care of ourselves.”
The Trojans have the early game today, something they’re getting used to this season.
“The last few years we didn’t play a lot of Noon games,” Lightle said. “We played three of them this year. Hopefully, they’ll rely on that and get prepared. That was a good experience.”
Last night’s results: Southeastern survived a scare from Yellow Springs, while Northeastern fell to Anna in their first sectional final game since 1983. Mechanicsburg fell to Jackson Center, and Graham rolled Indian Lake for the third time this season.
Something to build on: Northeastern coach Kregg Creamer was happy his team could go on a big tournament run. But it wasn’t something that was unexpected. He felt his team underachieved through the regular season, but peaked toward tournament time. The experience will come in handy next winter.
“We lose seven seniors, but I have a nice nucleus of four underclassmen who were major contributors down the stretch,” Creamer said. “We have something to build on.”
Live blogs: We’ll be live-blogging both of today’s games, as well as the state wrestling meet.
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