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).

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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. Senior starting pitcher Andy Gruner hit a two-run double in the third and scored two runs to help top the Irish. Gibsonburg rallied in the semifinals to beat Jackson Center 2-1, while Fisher Catholic blanked Dalton 3-0. Gibsonburg, which moved up to Division III this year, saw its season end when it lost to Kansas Lakota in its tournament opener. — MORE —

OHSAA SPRING SPORTS TOURNAMENTS -3-3-3 TOP-RANKED TEAMS (State Coaches Association Final Poll) Division I: Lewis Center Olentangy has advanced to the state tournament and meets Twinsburg in the semifi- nals Friday. A win advances the school to the state finals Saturday. Division II: Washington Court House Washington advanced to the regional semifinals before losing to Pataskala Watkins Memorial. Division III: New London saw its season end when it lost to Elmore Woodmore in the district finals. Division IV: Toronto saw its season end when it fell to Shadyside in the district semifinals. STATEWIDE BRACKETS, RESULTS AVAILABLE: Complete statewide brackets for all divisions — begin- ning at the sectional tournament level — are available on the OHSAA web site (www.ohsaa.org) by going to “Sports & Tournament Info” followed by “Baseball.” The site will also include state tournament results and box scores as soon as they become available following each contest.

A QUICK LOOK AT THE BASEBALL STATE QUALIFIERS

Final State State State State School Record Rank Appearance Runners-Up Championships

DIVISION I Miamisburg 28-4 11th 3rd (last 1969) none none Strongsville 24-6 17th 1st none none Olentangy 29-2 1st 1st none none Twinsburg 19-9 not ranked 2nd (last 1990) none none

DIVISION II Walsh Jesuit 28-2 2nd 4th (last 2004) none 2 (1999-04) Watkins Memorial 22-9 not ranked 1st none none Bellefontaine 26-2 3rd 2nd (last 2004) none none Notre Dame-Cath. Latin 24-6 not ranked 2nd (last 2001) none 1 (2001)

DIVISION III Marion Pleasant 24-5 15th 3rd (last 2001) none 1 (2001) Sparta Highland 25-5 13th 1st none none Canton Cent. Catholic 28-3 7th 3rd (last 2003) 2 (1997-03) none Youngstown Ursuline 23-5 not ranked 6th (last 2003) 1 (2001) 2 (1988-00)

DIVISION IV Kalida 19-7 not ranked 3rd (last 1995) none none Newark Catholic 28-4 2nd 8th (last 2004) 1 (1987) 5 (1988-89-02-03-04) Windham 13-8 not ranked 4th (last 2002) 2 (1961-02) none Tipp City Bethel 22-5 9th 3rd (last 1997) 1 (1997) none

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OHSAA SPRING SPORTS TOURNAMENTS -4-4-4 FAST PITCH SOFTBALL STATE TOURNAMENTS WHAT: 29th Annual State Fast Pitch Softball Tournaments WHEN: Thursday, Friday and Saturday TIME/LOCATION: Ashland Brookside Park. Game times each day are 10:00, 12:30, 3:00 and 5:30. A complete schedule is listed on page one of this news release. ADMISSION: $7.00 per person for each game. This is the sixth year that the OHSAA fast pitch softball tourna- ments have had four divisions. MEDIA CREDENTIALS: Contact tournament manager Donna Williams in Ashland at 419-289-8122 (fax-419- 289-6992). The deadline to submit applications is noon on Tuesday. Credentials will be held at the entrance to the park. If the softball team you are covering wins its semifinal game, use the same credential for the champi- onship game. DIRECTIONS: Brookside park is located on the west side of downtown Ashland off of West Main Street. Exit at State Rt. 250 off of I-71 and follow west into downtown Ashland. Turn right (north) onto Parkside Dr. to reach the park. PARKING: Parking is on a first-come, first served basis in the public lots around the field. TELEPHONES: Telephones will be available at Brookside Park for collect, credit card or toll-free calls only. These are available on a first-come, first-served basis and are to be used to transmit stories and for a few call backs with updates. Those who need a telephone for longer useage must contact tournament manager Donna Williams at 419-289-8122. BROADCAST RIGHTS FEES: None for radio; $50 per day per camera for tape-delay television. 2005 REVIEW: 28th Annual State Fast Pitch Softball Tournaments, June 2, 3, and 4, 2005, Brookside Park, Ashland. Division I: Unranked in the final state poll, Uniontown Lake (29-3) avenged its 2004 state final loss with a 7-1 victory over top-ranked Harrison, giving the Blue Streaks their first state softball title. Senior pitcher Julie Boyes dominated the Wildcats, giving up just one hit and one run while striking out 10 in seven innings. Lake had 11 hits, including two each from senior infielder Hallie Pettigrew and senior outfielder Lauren Enlow. Boyes helped herself with three hits, including two doubles that tied a Division I state title record. Lake got past West Chester Lakota West 4-3 in the semifinals, while Harrison topped defending champion Toledo St. Ursula Academy 2-0. Lake saw its 2006 season end when it lost to Green in its sectional opener. Division II: Unranked Akron Springfield (27-4) captured its ninth state softball title and first since 1995 in thrilling fashion by defeating Hamilton Ross 6-5 in 10 innings. Coming back from a 4-1, sixth-inning deficit, Springfield scored two runs in the top of the 10th inning on hits by senior third basemen Keely Clary and senior pitcher Melanie Hamilton. A Ross runner attempting to tie the score was thrown out at the plate in the bottom of the 10th inning by sophomore second basemen Angela Spano to end the game. The Spartans collected 12 hits on the day, including three from junior infielder Stephanie Cain. Ross got by LaGrange Keystone 3-2 in the semi- finals in another 10-inning game, while Springfield doubled up Delaware Buckeye Valley 8-4 to reach the state finals. Springfield saw its 2006 season end when it lost to Alliance in its tournament opener. Division III: Sycamore Mohawk junior pitcher Calli Coppus tripled and scored on a passed ball in the first inning, giving her all the runs she would need to lead the school past sixth-ranked Chillicothe Zane Trace 1-0. Coppus gave up two hits and struck out three while holding the Pioneers scoreless over seven innings. The state title was the second in three years for the unranked Warriors (32-2), who won their other title in 2003. In the semifinals, Mohawk outslugged Leavittsburg LaBrae 8-6, while Zane Trace trounced Blanchester 15-0 in five innings. Mohawk, which moved down to Division IV this year, advanced to the regional semifinals before losing to Convoy Crestview. Division IV: Top-ranked Convoy Crestview (29-0) stayed undefeated by hanging on to defeat third-ranked Willow Wood Symmes Valley 6-4 to capture the school's first state softball title. Junior pitcher Jamie Perkins held off a late rally by Symmes Valley as she scattered five hits over seven innings while striking out 12. Perkins helped her cause with two singles and an RBI, while senior outfielder Kristell Johnson smacked a two-run dou- ble in the fifth to give the Knights a 6-1 cushion. In the semifinals, Crestview defeated New Bremen 6-1, while Symmes Valley stopped Cortland Maplewood 3-2. Crestview has advanced to this year’s state tournament and meets Dalton in the semifinals Friday. A win advances the school to the state finals Saturday. TOP-RANKED TEAMS (State Coaches Association Final Poll) Division I: North Canton Hoover has advanced to the state tournament and meets West Chester Lakota West in the semifinals Thursday. A win advances the school to the state finals Saturday. Division II: LaGrange Keystone has advanced to the state tournament and faces Ashtabula Edgewood in the semifinals Thursday. A win advances the school to the state finals Saturday. Division III: Columbus Bishop Ready advanced to the regional finals before losing the Carroll Bloom-Carroll. Division IV: Convoy Crestview. See tournament information above. — MORE —

OHSAA SPRING SPORTS TOURNAMENTS -5-5-5 STATEWIDE BRACKETS, RESULTS AVAILABLE: Complete statewide brackets for all divisions — begin- ning at the sectional tournament level — are available on the OHSAA web site (www.ohsaa.org) by going to “Sports & Tournament Info” followed by “Softball.” The site will also include state tournament results and box scores as soon as they become available following each contest.

A QUICK LOOK AT THE FAST PITCH SOFTBALL STATE QUALIFIERS

Final State State State State School Record Rank Appearance Runners-Up Championships

DIVISION I Hamilton 24-6 not ranked 5th (last 2002) 1 (2001) 1 (1985) Elyria 27-5 9th 4th (lat 2002) none 1 (2002) North Canton Hoover 29-2 1st 3rd (last 1999) none 2 (1998-99) W. Chester Lakota West 28-3 3rd 2nd (last 2005) none none

DIVISION II Circleville 22-8 not ranked 1st none none Urbana 25-5 not ranked 1st none none LaGrange Keystone 30-2 1st 11th (last 2005) 4 (2001-98-94- 1 (1999) 92) Ashtabula Edgewood 25-3 not ranked 1st none none

DIVISION III Brookville 24-3 8th 2nd (last 1985) 1 (1985) none Warren Champion 20-6 not ranked 5th (last 2004) none 3 (1978-80-94) Carroll Bloom-Carroll 24-7 not ranked 1st none none Genoa Area 27-1 4th 1st none none

DIVISION IV Dalton 21-5 7th 1st none none Convoy Crestview 30-0 1st 5th (last 2005) 1 (2003) 1 (2005) North Lewisburg Triad 27-5 not ranked 3rd (last 1999) none 1 (1992) Crestline 24-5 6th 3rd (last 2004) none 1 (2004)

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OHSAA SPRING SPORTS TOURNAMENTS -6-6-6 BOYS AND GIRLS TRACK & FIELD STATE TOURNAMENTS WHAT: 99th Annual Boys and 32nd Annual Girls State Track & Field Tournaments WHEN/WHERE: Friday and Saturday at Ohio State’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. TIME/EVENTS: The tournament has a two-day format. Running events on Friday begin at 9:30 (Division III), 1:30 (Division II) and 4:45 (Division I), with field events starting at 9:00 (Division II) and 1:00 (Division III). Running events on Saturday begin at 9:30 (Division III), 1:00 (Division II) and 4:30 (Division I), with field events starting at 9:00 (Division II) and noon (Division I). A more detailed schedule is listed on page one of this news release. ADMISSION: $8.00 per person per day. MEDIA CREDENTIALS/CHECK-IN: Fax requests to Bob Goldring, OHSAA Director of Information, at 614- 267-1677. The deadline for submitting applications is 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday. A list of those approved for cre- dentials will be posted on the OHSAA web site by noon on Thursday. Once you access the web site (www.ohsaa.org), the list can be found under the heading “OHSAA News & Media.” Those who were mailed a credential and those who need to pick up a credential must enter the stadium through the media entrance, located in the southwest corner of Jesse Owens Stadium. Media members must sign in at the entrance, and they will be provided with a program and additional information. Credentials must be displayed and be clearly visible at all times. The same credential is to be used for both days of the tournament and may only be transferred to a person who is in an official working capacity with your media outlet. DIRECTIONS: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium is located north of Bill Davis Baseball Stadium and the Jerome Schottenstein Center and west of the Woody Hayes Athletic Center on the campus of The Ohio State University. It is visible from State Route 315. All fans and media members are highly encouraged to take the Ackerman Road exit off of State Route 315 and head east. At the first light, turn right onto Fred Taylor Drive and and you will be directed to the parking lots. PARKING: A very limited number of parking passes were mailed to some media outlets. If you did not receive a parking pass, free parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis in the Buckeye Lots, located at the cor- ner of Ackerman Road and Fred Taylor Drive. On Friday, parking will also be available in the lots surrounding Bill Davis Baseball Stadium and the Jerome Schottenstein Center. On Saturday, space around the Jerome Schottenstein Center may be limited due to four high school graduations. For additional information, fans are encouraged to visit the Ohio State Traffic and Parking web site at www.tp.ohio-state.edu. Once on the site, go to “Events” under the “Quicklinks” in the left-hand column. MEDIA SERVICES: A designated media area will be set up again in the infield. Following each race and each field event, all participants will escorted to this area where they will be permitted to be interviewed. For final events, interviews may be interrupted by the awards ceremonies. Results and Saturday’s heat sheets will be pro- vided at this designated media area. Again this year there will be a work room for newspaper and radio reporters in the press box and Anne Hayes Suite of OSU’s Bill Davis Baseball Stadium, located just south of Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. Work space will be available for approximately 72 reporters. Continuous service of water, soft drinks and light snacks will be available, and meals will be served Friday between 12:00 and 2:00 and between 7:00 and 8:30 and Saturday between 11:15 and 1:30 and again between 6:30 and 7:30. Results will also be taken to the work room. Reporters from the Akron Beacon Journal, Cincinnati Enquirer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Columbus Dispatch, Dayton Daily News and Toledo Blade again have been assigned work space in the main press box in Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. The elevator to the press box is located at the center of the west concourse. No other reporters or photographers from these or other media outlets are permitted in the press box. A work room for photographers again will be available underneath the west grandstands in Room 140. The room can be accessed from the west concourse or from a lower grandstand ramp which begins at track level and is located at the center of the west grandstands between Sections 106 and 107. Space is available for approxi- mately 40 photographers. Continuous service of water, soft drinks and light snacks will be available, and meals will be served Friday between 12:00 and 2:00 and between 7:00 and 8:30 and Saturday between 11:15 and 1:30 and again between 6:30 and 7:30. Results will also be taken to the work room. TELEPHONES: The OHSAA has installed two telephones in the Bill Davis baseball press box for the print media/radio reporters, one telephone in Room 140 of Jesse Owens Stadium for photographers and one tele- phone for the reporters assigned to the Jesse Owens Press Box. Lines are available on a first-come, first-served basis for credit card, collect or toll-free calls. To install a personal line, contact the Steve Aldous with the Ohio State University Telephone System (UNITS) via fax (614-688-3425) or telephone (614-292-9166). Your fee will include installation and lease of the line for the weekend. If you order a line, you must bring your own telephone and telephone cord. Please specify if you are with the print media, a radio reporter or a photographer. A technician from UNITS will be on hand at the tournament between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Friday and between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Saturday. PHOTOGRAPHERS: Photographers are permitted in the infield to shoot from most locations and to shoot the field events. Unless weather dictates otherwise, the long jump will be run to the south again this year, so pho- tographers will have access to shoot both the long jump and pole vault from one location. Also, the space between the shot put and discus was widened last year, so there is more access to shoot from behind both events. In addi- tion, with the awards area and media holding area in the infield, there is plenty of space to shoot each lane behind the finish line. There again will not be access on the infield side of the finish line due to the computer tim- ing equipment/personnel and tournament officials. — MORE —

OHSAA SPRING SPORTS TOURNAMENTS -7-7-7 2005 REVIEW: 98th Annual OHSAA Boys and 31st Annual OHSAA Girls State Track & Field Tournaments, June 3 and 4, 2005, Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium, The Ohio State University, Columbus. Boys Division I: Cleveland Glenville won its third straight title and tied Cleveland East Tech’s record for most over all boys championships with 13. The Tarblooders had 70 points to easily outdistance Cleveland St. Ignatius, which had 37. Leading the way for Glenville were the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams, which all came in first, with the 4x200 setting state and tournament records (1:25.09). Senior Curtis Smith was the school’s lone individual champ when he won the shot put, and senior Freddie Lenix also played a key role, running on the win ning 4x200 and 4x400 relays, placing second in the 200 and finishing fourth in the 100. Minster placed second at last week’s regional tournament at Piqua and has qualified five individuals to the state tournament. Also in the division, Middletown senior Jeff See was a double winner when he captured his third straight 1,600 and also won the 800; Canton GlenOak senior Brian Hartline won both the 110 hurdles and the 300 hurdles; and Piqua sophomore Brandon Saine was a double winner, taking the 100 and the 400. Glenville has qualified individuals in eight events and three relay teams to this year’s state tournament after winning last week’s regional tournament at Youngstown. Boys Division II: Alliance’s title in the boys Division II tournament was its third after it won big-school cham- pionships in 1976 and 1984. The Aviators had 33 points, while Heath was runner-up with 26. Two-time defend- ing champ Shelby had just two points. Alliance was led by senior Kendell Davis, who repeated as champion in both the 100 and 200, and senior Steve Love, who was second in the 110 hurdles. Davis and Love also partici- pated on the school’s fourth-place 4x100 relay team. Alliance has qualified individuals in three events to this year’s state tournament after placing 12th in last week’s regional tournament at Youngstown. Boys Division III: Findlay Liberty-Benton’s championship in the boys small-school division was its third to go with its 1995 and 2000 titles. The school had 49 points, while Cincinnati Christian was second with 28. The 2004 champ, Dayton Jefferson Twp., tied for ninth. Seniors John Bowman and Jeff Busching and junior Sam Benjamin led Liberty-Benton. Bowman won the 110 hurdles and placed eighth in the 300 hurdles; Busching was second in the long jump, and Benjamin was second in the 200 and third in the 100. Benjamin was also on the runner-up 4x200 relay team, and he and Bowman were on the third-place 4x100 relay team. Also in the division, New Bremen senior Troy Lammers defended his championship in the 300 hurdles; Dalton junior Jake Dalessandro repeated as the high jump champ, and 2003 discus titlist Blaine Maag, a senior from Columbus Grove, recaptured the championship when he narrowly edged 2004 champion Nick Penezich, a senior from New Middletown Springfield. Additionally, Lordstown senior Tom Andriko set state and tourna- ment records in winning the 800 (1:53.33), and Dayton Jefferson Twp. set state and tournament records in cap- turing the 4x200 relay (1:30.42). Liberty-Benton has qualified individuals in three events and all four relay teams to this year’s state tourna- ment after winning last week’s regional tournament at Fostoria. Girls Division I: Cleveland Collinwood won its second straight championship and seventh overall (all since 1997) when its 65 points bested runner-up Lancaster, which had 31. The Railroaders won their championship on the strength of victories in the 4x200 and 4x400 relays and second-place finishes by senior Jenice Williams in the long jump and the 4x800 relay. Williams also ran on the two winning relay teams. Also in the division, Mason junior Angela Bizzarri won her third straight 3,200; Euclid sophomore Jessica Beard defended her title in the 400, where she set state and tournament records (53.47), and Mantua Crestwood junior Bridget Franek set state and tournament records in winning the 1,600 (4:45.68). Collinwood has qualified individuals in four events and three relays teams to this year’s state tournament after winning last week’s regional tournament at Youngstown. Girls Division II: Columbus Eastmoor Academy’s 60 points gave it a second straight championship and sec- ond overall. Girard was runner-up with 33. Senior Ayrizanna Favours led the Warriors by winning her fourth consecutive 400 in a state and tournament record time (53.19), anchoring the winning 4x200 (state and tour- nament record time of 1:40.33) and 4x400 relays and placing second in the 100. The school’s 4x100 relay team also came in first in state and tournament record time (48.01), and senior Camron Turner placed second in the 200. Also in the division, Girard senior Cachet Murray became the second Ohio female to capture state champi- onships in two events for four straight years when she won the 100 and 200. The other female to do that was Archbold’s Rachel Sauder, who won the 1,600 and 3,200 between 1989 and 1992. Murray also won the long jump for the second straight year. In addition, Columbus Hamilton Twp. senior Ashley Trimble won her third straight championships in both the 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles; Bay Village Bay senior Kelley Moore defended her dis- cus title, and Perry senior Kristen Olds tied the state and tournament record in winning the pole vault (11’ 6”). Eastmoor has qualified individuals in four events and three releay teams to this year’s state tournament after winning last week’s regional tournament at Dayton. Girls Division III: Gates Mills Gilmour Academy won its first state championship with 54 points, while Bellaire St. John Central Catholic and Collins Western Reserve tied for second with 32. Four-time defending champion Minster had just seven points. Gilmour’s lone champion was the 4x100 relay team, and the school also received runner-up finishes from junior Taylor Jackson in both the 100 and 200, junior DeLana Turner in the 100 hurdles and the 4x800 relay team. Jackson and Turner were both members of the 4x100 relay. 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OHSAA SPRING SPORTS TOURNAMENTS -8-8-8 100 hurdles; Warren John F. Kennedy senior Angelene Cicero won her second straight 300 hurdles crown, and Ottoville junior Stacey Wannemacher defended her shot put championship. In addition, Delphos St. John’s junior Alisha Anthony set a tournament record in the long jump (18’ 8”). Gilmour Academy has qualified individuals in six events and all four relay teams to this year’s state tourna- ment after winning last week’s regional tournament at Navarre. REGIONAL RESULTS/STATE QUALIFIERS: Results of regional tournaments (with the top four finishers in each event in each regional qualifying for the state tournament), lane assignments and flights for the state tour- naments and a school-by-school listing of state tournament qualifiers are currently available on the OHSAA web site (www.ohsaa.org) by going to “Sports & Tournament Info” followed by “Track & Field.” Viewers are asked to e-mail corrections back to the OHSAA by 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 30. STATE TOURNAMENT RESULTS AVAILABLE ON WEB SITE: Results from the state tournament will be available on the OHSAA web site (www.ohsaa.org) as soon as possible at the conclusion of each division’s com- petition. Follow the same procedures as listed in the previous paragraph.

2006 REGIONAL CHAMPIONS LOCATION BOYS DIVISION I POINTS GIRLS DIVISION I POINTS Youngstown Cleveland Glenville 100 Cleveland Collinwood 68 Amherst Medina 73 Cleveland Rhodes 54 Hilliard Hilliard Darby 68 Reynoldsburg 65 Dayton Trotwood-Madison 82 Mason 71 LOCATION BOYS DIVISION II POINTS GIRLS DIVISION II POINTS Ravenna Akron Buchtel 68 Akron Buchtel 65 Lexington Napoleon 59 Columbus School for Girls 47 Ottawa-Glandorf 47 Byesville Steubenville 56 Gallipolis Gallia Academy 94 Dayton Columbus Eastmoor Academy 75 Columbus Eastmoor Academy 65 LOCATION BOYS DIVISION III POINTS GIRLS DIVISION III POINTS Navarre Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph 48 Gates Mills Gilmour Academy 80 Shadyside 48 Fostoria Findlay Liberty-Benton 58 Columbus Grove 71.5 Pickerington South Webster 47 Chillicothe Huntington 44 Piqua Waynesfield-Goshen 73 Delphos St. John’s 61

STATE RECORDS SET IN 2006 The following state interscholastic records have been set in 2006 (as reported to the OHSAA): Boys Division I 100: Brandon Saine, Piqua, 10.38 Boys Division II 4x200 Relay: Akron Buchtel (Marcus Ferguson, Curtis Eaton, Ronald Peake, Arthur Thomas), 1:26.18 Boys Division III 3200: Christopher Olinger, West Lafayette Ridgewood, 9:10.60 4x200 Relay: Waynesfield-Goshen (Kellen Fetter, Jesse Norris, Gray Horn, Joe Horn), 1:29.56 Girls Division I Pole Valut: Carrie Kayes, Green, 12’9” Girls Division II Pole Vault: Kelly Beamer, Bellevue, 11’7” Girls Division III Discus: Emily Pendleton, Elmore Woodmore, 172’8” Pole Vault: Jenna Oard, Columbus Grove, 12’2”

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2006 STATE TOURNAMENT PARTICIPANTS Boys Division I: 329 athletes from 118 schools Boys Division II: 337 athletes from 114 schools Boys Division III: 327 athletes from 118 schools Boys Totals: 993 athletes from 350 schools

Girls Division I: 330 athletes from 124 schools Girls Division II: 318 athletes from 114 schools Girls Division III: 311 athletes from 109 schools Girls Totals: 959 athletes from 347 schools Boys and Girls Totals: 1,952 athletes from 697 schools

RETURNING STATE CHAMPIONS BOYS DIVISION I (1 returnee in 2 events) 100: Brandon Saine, Jr., Piqua (2005) 400: Brandon Saine, Jr., Piqua (2005)

BOYS DIVISION II (3 returnee in 3 events) 1600: Christopher Sinick, Sr., Mogadore Field (2005) Discus: Brandon Krystowski, Sr., Avon (2004) Shot Put: Terry Miller, Sr., Kenton (2005) BOYS DIVISION III (7 returnees in 7 events) 100: Joe Horn, Sr., Waynesfield-Goshen (2005 at Fairfield Cincinnati Christian) 400: Kendall Gregory, So., North Ridgeville Lake Ridge Academy (2005) 1600: Samuel Borchers, Jr., Yellow Springs (2005) 3200: Andy Arnio, Jr., Cortland Maplewood (2005) High Jump: Jake Dalessandro, Sr., Dalton (2004 and 2005) Long Jump: Johnny Adams, Sr., New Lebanon Dixie (2005-Div. II) Pole Vault: Shane Shockey, Sr., Bluffton (2004 and 2005) GIRLS DIVISION I (4 returnees in 4 events) 400: Jessica Beard, Jr., Euclid (2004 and 2005) 800: Emily Infeld, So., Cleveland Heights Beaumont (2005) 3,200: Angela Bizzarri, Sr., Mason (2003, 2004 and 2005) Pole Vault: Carrie Kayes, Sr., Green (2005) GIRLS DIVISION II (4 returnees in 4 events) 800: Jordan Stafford, So., Springfield Greenon (2005) 1600: Bridget Franek, Sr., Mantua Crestwood (2005-Div. I) 3200: Sarah Foster, Sr., Milan Edison (2005) High Jump: Meghan Gill, Jr., Clyde (2005) GIRLS DIVISION III (9 returnees in 9 events) 100: Judy Bataille, Sr., Felicity-Franklin (2005) 400: April Rotilio, Sr., Bellaire St. John Central (2005) 800: Chelsea Honigford, Sr., Van Wert Lincolnview (2005) 1600: Danielle Sidell, Sr., Collins Western Reserve (2005) Discus: Emily Pendleton, Jr., Elmore Woodmore (2004 and 2005) High Jump: Ashlee Reynolds, Belpre (2005) Long Jump: Alisha Anthony, Sr., Delphos St. John’s (2005) Long Jump: Bethany McGraw, Sr., Toledo Christian (2004) Shot Put: Stacey Wannemacher, Sr., Ottoville (2004 and 2005)

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OHSAA SPRING SPORTS TOURNAMENTS -10-10-10 BOYS TENNIS STATE TOURNAMENTS REVIEW: 87th Annual OHSAA Boys State Tennis Tournaments, May 26 and 27, Stickney Tennis Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus. Division I Singles: Kings Mills Kings junior Matt Allare won the championship, defeating Cincinnati Sycamore senior Sandy Berry in the finals, 6-2, 6-2. Berry, runner-up in the doubles finals in 2005, had defeated Allare the week before in the district finals. Allare was a state doubles titlist the previous two seasons and his brother, John, was the 2005 singles champion. Allare defeated Mansfield Senior senior Diego Miranda in the semifinals, while Berry stopped West Chester Lakota West freshman Wyatt Lippert. Division II Singles: Cincinnati Country Day senior Christopher Herrlinger was able to overcome the opponent who stopped him in the 2005 finals when he stopped Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy junior Stephen Havens in the finals. Herrlinger won the first set 6-4 and took the crown when Havens retired in the second set due to illness. Havens had defeated Herrlinger three times this year and four times in 2005. In the semifinals, Herrlinger defeated Columbus St. Francis DeSales junior Bryce Warren, while Havens stopped Gahanna Columbus Academy sophomore Will Petrie. Division I Doubles: Two doubles teams from Cincinnati St. Xavier met in the finals, and sophomores Patrick Bandy and Jon Gaffney won the championship by defeating juniors John Drosick and Kris Mehan, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3. Bandy and Gaffney also defeated Drosick and Mehan in the district finals the previous week, and Bandy was on the 2005 state tournament fourth-place team. Bandy and Gaffney defeated Toledo St. John’s Jesuit juniors Rollin Urrutia and Brian Meyer in the semifinals, while Drosick and Mehan, who placed third in the 2005 state tournament, stopped Cincinnati Walnut Hills senior Jason Stuckey and junior Brian Starr. Division II Doubles: Cincinnati Indian Hill junior Vinod Mahalingam and freshman Devin McCarthy won the gold medal after stopping New Albany senior Ryan Dodd and freshman Peter Kobelt in the finals, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Mahalingam and McCarthy trailed 3-1 in the third set but broke service and were able to pull out the win. The Indian Hill duo stopped Hunting Valley University School senior Brett Robin and sophomore Zak Kelm in the semifinals, while Dodd and Kobelt defeated Elida junior Landon Neuman and freshman Evan Neuman. Landon Neuman was on the 2005 state championship doubles team that stopped Mahalingam and his graduated part- ner in the finals. Kelm was on the 2005 fourth-place team. STATE TOURNAMENT RESULTS AVAILABLE: Complete results from the state tournament are available on the OHSAA web site (www.ohsaa.org) by going to “Sports & Tournaments” followed by “Boys Tennis.”

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