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OHIO HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ews elease 4080N Roselea Place, Columbus, OH 43214R • Commissioner Daniel B. Ross, Ph.D. (614) 267-2502 • FAX (614) 267-1677 • www.ohsaa.org For Immediate Release May 28, 2006 Contact Bob Goldring, Dir. of Information Spring Release #3 OHSAA 2006 BASEBALL, FAST PITCH SOFTBALL AND BOYS AND GIRLS TRACK & FIELD STATE TOURNAMENTS SCHEDULE Thursday, June 1 Saturday, June 3 State Baseball Tournaments State Baseball Tournaments • Cooper Stadium, Columbus. 4:00-Division IV • Cooper Stadium, Columbus. 12:00-Division III Semifinal: Kalida (19-7) vs. Newark Catholic (28-4); Semifinal: Marion Pleasant (24-5) vs. Sparta Highland 7:00-Division IV Semifinal: Windham (13-8) vs. Tipp (25-5); 3:00-Division III Semifinal: Canton Central City Bethel (22-5). Catholic (28-3) vs. Youngstown Ursuline (23-5); 7:00-Division I Final. State Fast Pitch Softball Tournaments • Brookside Park, Ashland. 10:00-Division II Semifinal: State Fast Pitch Softball Tournaments Circleville (22-8) vs. Urbana (25-5); 12:30-Division II • Brookside Park, Ashland. 10:00-Division II Final; Semifinal: LaGrange Keystone (30-2) vs. Ashtabula 12:30-Division I Final; 3:00-Division IV Final; 5:30- Edgewood (25-3); 3:00-Division I Semifinal: Division III Final. Hamilton (24-6) vs. Elyria (27-5); 5:30-Division I Semifinal: North Canton Hoover (29-2) vs. West State Girls and Boys Track & Field Tournaments Chester Lakota West (28-3). • Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium, The Ohio State University, Columbus. 9:00-Division II Field Trials Friday, June 2 and Finals, five events; 9:30-Division III Track Finals, State Baseball Tournaments 22 events (last events at 11:40); 12:00-Division I Field • Cooper Stadium, Columbus. 12:00-Division I Trials and Finals, 10 events (last event at 3:00); 1:00- Semifinal: Miamisburg (28-4) vs. Strongsville (24-6); Division II Track Finals, 22 events (last events at 3:00-Division I Semifinal: Lewis Center Olentangy 3:10); 4:30-Division I Track Finals, 22 events (last (29-2) vs. Twinsburg (19-9); 7:00-Division IV Final. events at 6:40). State Fast Pitch Softball Tournaments Sunday, June 4 • Brookside Park, Ashland. 10:00-Division IV State Baseball Tournaments Semifinal: Dalton (21-5) vs. Convoy Crestview (30-0); • Cooper Stadium, Columbus. 7:00-Division III Final. 12:30-Division IV Semifinal: North Lewisburg Triad (27-5) vs. Crestline (24-5); 3:00-Division III Monday, June 5 Semifinal: Brookville (24-3) vs. Warren Champion State Baseball Tournaments (20-6); 5:30-Division III: Carroll Bloom-Carroll (24- • Cooper Stadium, Columbus. 12:00-Division II 7) vs. Genoa Area (27-1). Semifinal: Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit (28-2) vs. Pataskala Watkins Memorial (22-9); 3:00-Division II State Girls and Boys Track & Field Semifinal: Bellefontaine (26-2) vs. Chardon Notre Tournaments Dame-Catheral Latin (24-6). • Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium, The Ohio State University, Columbus. 9:00-Division II field trials Tuesday, June 6 and finals, five events (last events at 10:00; 9:30 and State Baseball Tournaments 9:45-Division III 4x800 Relay Finals; 10:00- • Cooper Stadium, Columbus. 12:00-Division II Final. Division III Track Semifinals, 16 events (last event at 12:10); 1:00-Division III field trials and finals, 10 events (last event at 4:00); 1:30 and 1:45-Division II 4x800 Relay Finals; 2:00-Division II Track Semifinals, 16 events (last event at 4:10); 4:45 and 5:00-Division I 4x800 Relay Finals; 5:15-Division I Track Semifinals, 16 events beginning (last event at 7:25). — MORE — OHSAA SPRING SPORTS TOURNAMENTS -2-2-2 BASEBALL STATE TOURNAMENTS WHAT: 79th Annual State Baseball Tournaments WHEN: Thursday through Tuesday TIME/LOCATION: Columbus Cooper Stadium, the home of the New York Yankees’ Class AAA affiliate Columbus Clippers. A complete schedule is listed on page one of this news release. ADMISSION: $7.00 per person each day. MEDIA CREDENTIALS: Fax requests to Bob Goldring, OHSAA Director of Information, at 614-267-1677. The deadline for submitting applications is noon on Tuesday. The OHSAA will post a list on its web site of those media outlets that have been approved for credentials. The list will be posted by noon on Wednesday. Once you access the web site (www.ohsaa.org), the list can be found under the heading “OHSAA News & Media.” Credentials will be held for pickup at Gate 2 of Cooper Stadium. If the baseball team you are covering wins its semifinal game, use the same credential for the championship game. DIRECTIONS: Cooper Stadium (1155 West Mound Street) is located just off of I-70 on the west side of downtown Columbus. From the east, take the Mound Street exit (98B); from the west, take the West Broad Street exit (97); then follow the signs to the stadium. Travelers can gain access to I-70 from State Route 315. PARKING: Parking is on a first-come, first served basis in the public lots around the stadium. TELEPHONES: One line is available in each radio booth for each school's “designated” radio station doing play- by-play for credit card, collect, toll-free or call-backs only. Lines will also be available for print media members and photographers to file stories and photos on a first-come, first-served basis for credit card, collect or toll-free calls only. To install a personal line, contact Joe Santry or Mark Galuska at Cooper Stadium at 614-462-5250. BROADCAST RIGHTS FEES: None for radio; $50 per day per camera for tape-delay television. FIRST TIME WITH FOUR DIVISIONS AT ONE SITE: For the first time since the OHSAA expanded to four divisions in baseball in 1991, the entire state baseball tournament will be held at one site. Prior to hosting all four divisions this year, Cooper Stadium has hosted two divisions of the state championships for seven con- secutive years. Since ‘91, two divisions have been held at two stadiums as follows: 1991-Ohio State Trautman and Canton Thurman Munson; 1992-Ohio State Trautman and Canton Thurman Munson; 1993-Ohio State Trautman and Canton Thurman Munson; 1994-Ohio State Trautman and Canton Thurman Munson; 1995- Ohio State Trautman and Maumee Ned Skelton; 1996-Ohio State Trautman and Canton Thurman Munson; 1997-Ohio State Bill Davis and Canton Thurman Munson; 1998-Ohio State Bill Davis and Canton Thurman Munson; 1999-Ohio State Bill Davis and Canton Thurman Munson; 2000-Columbus Cooper and Ohio State Bill Davis; 2001-Columbus Cooper and Ohio State Bill Davis; 2002-Columbus Cooper and Ohio State Bill Davis; 2003-Columbus Cooper and Ohio State Bill Davis; 2004-Columbus Cooper and Canton Thurman Munson; 2005-Columbus Cooper and Dayton Fifth Third. 2005 REVIEW: 78th Annual State Baseball Tournaments, June 2, 3, and 4, 2005, Cooper Stadium, Columbus (Divisions II and IV) and Fifth Third Field, Dayton (Divisions I and III). Division I: Top-ranked Cincinnati Elder (28-1) captured its 12th state baseball title by defeating Toledo Start 3-0. The victory gave the Panthers at least one state championship in every decade since the 1940s. Senior des- ignated hitter Charlie Leesman broke open a 1-0 game with a two-run triple in the fifth inning, while junior pitch- er Matt Klausing blanked the Spartans on three hits in a complete game effort. Senior catcher Billy O’Conner also doubled and scored a run. Elder defeated Mentor 6-0 while Toledo Start rallied for a 6-4 win over Cincinnati Princeton in the semifinals. Elder advanced to this year’s regional finals before losing to Miamisburg. Division II: Senior first basemen J.P. Keefe blasted a walk-off home run on the first pitch in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift top-ranked Hebron Lakewood (32-2) over Hamilton Badin 2-1. It was Lakewood’s third state championship and the 760th victory for Head Coach Don Thorp, tying him for most wins in Ohio high school history. Junior pitcher Andrew Ford picked up the win and kept the game close by scattering six hits over seven innings while striking out four. Keefe hit a sacrifice fly to score senior outfielder Chris Hoffer in the fourth inning to account for Lakewood’s first run. Badin blanked Parma Padua Franciscan 1-0 and Lakewood beat Norton 9-6 in the semifinals. Lakewood saw its 2006 season end when it lost to New Albany in the district semifinals. Division III: Unranked Archbold (24-6) claimed its first state baseball title in its first state tournament appear- ance by scoring four runs in the last two innings to put away Frankfort Adena 7-1. Senior pitcher Kirk Weldy tossed a complete game two-hitter while striking out eight. Weldy helped his own cause by collecting three hits and two RBIs. Senior outfielder Casey Nofziger knocked a solo home run and an RBI double, while junior catch- er David Borcherdt had three hits, including a third-inning triple, to lead the Blue Streaks. Archbold edged top- ranked Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy in the semifinals 7-6, while Frankfort Adena held on to beat Warren Champion 5-4 in 10 innings . Archbold saw its 2006 season end when it lost to Matamora Evergreen in the sectional finals. Division IV: Unranked Gibsonburg (14-17) completed a remarkable tournament run by shocking Lancaster Fisher Catholic 6-5 to capture the school's first state baseball title. It was the first time in Ohio high school his- tory that a team with a losing record won a state baseball championship. Senior outfielder Derek Hetrick singled in fellow senior outfielder Wes Milleson in the top of the seventh inning and junior pitcher Alex Black tossed a scoreless seventh to pick up the win.