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8/23/2018 News Release: June 2004 - Spring Recap OHSAA News Release June 2004 The Ohio High School Athletic Association Home | Administrator's Corner | Eligibility | Sports | News | Contact Us OHIO HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION SPRING TOURNAMENT RECAP (June 2004) BASEBALL, SOFTBALL AND TRACK & FIELD TOURNAMENTS CONCLUDE OHSAA SPRING SEASONS BOYS AND GIRLS TRACK & FIELD STATE TOURNAMENTS REVIEW: 97th Annual Boys and 30th Annual Girls State Track & Field Tournaments, June 4 and 5, 2004, Ohio State’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium, Columbus. Boys Division I: Glenville won its second straig ht title and 12th overall when its 80 points set a boys record for all divisions. Reynoldsburg was a distant second with 30. The Tarblooders were led by senior Ted Ginn Jr., who defended his title in the 110 hurdles in a tournament record time of 13.40; won the 200; was on the winning 4x400 relay, and placed second in the 400. Ginn’s time of 13.26 in the 110 hurdles semifinals would have set a state mark but did not qualify for a record since the time was wind-aided. Also winning a championship for Glenville was the 4x100 relay. The Tarblooders’ 12th championship trails boys’ all-time leader Cleveland East Tech by one. Also in the division, Trotwood-Madison senior Zach Logan won his second 400 title in three years w hen he edged Ginn, and Middletown junior Jeff See defended his title in the 1,600. Boys Division II: Shelby won its second straight title and second overall when it had 41 points to edge Sandusky Perkins, which had 34. The senior Wechter twins accounted for all four titles for the Whippets. Austin defended his championships in both the 110 and 300 hurdles, Andrew won the 400 and they both were on the winning 4x400 relay. Also in the division, Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary Matt Buzek defended his championship in the 3,200. B oys Division III: Dayton Jefferson Twp. finished fifth the previous week at the Piqua regional, but its 30 points were enough to win the state title and edge Defiance Tinora, which had 28. The title was the ninth for the Broncos and first since 1994. Jefferson was led by junior Brexston Fisher. He won the 200, placed second in the 100 and ran the second leg on the school’s winning 4x100 relay. Also in the division, Stryker senior Braden Martinez was a double winner. He defended his title in the 3,200 with a state and tournament record 9:17.84 and won the 1,600. Tinora senior Kevin McCann won his second straight long jump title after taking the Division II crown last year. In addition, Wheelersburg senior Jonathan Dunham won his second 400 in three years. Girls Division I: Cleveland Collinwood and Mason tied for the championship with 54 points. Collinwood won its title on the strength of victories in the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relays. Mason was led by senior LeAuna Sistrunk and sophomore Angela Bizzarri. Sistrunk defended her title in the 100 hurdles and also captured the 300 hurdles, while Bizzarri was a repeat winner in the 3,200. Also in the division, Cleveland Heights Beaumont s enior Maggie Infeld won her third consecutive crowns in both the 800 and 1,600. Her 4:47.79 in the 1,600 broke her own tournament and state records. In addition, Cincinnati Mother of Mercy senior Shanna Dickenson defended her championship in the discus and Medina senior Erin Ferut set a tournament record of 12’0” in winning the pole vault. Girls Division II: Columbus Eastmoor Academy won its first sta te title when it had 54 points. Barnesville’s 31 points edged Girard for second place. Junior Ayrizanna Favours led the Warriors, winning her third consecutive 400 in a state and tournament record time of 54.40, placing second in the 200 and running on the winning 4x200 and 4x400 relays. The 4x200 set state and tournament records in the semifinals (1:41.67). Senior Whitney Sheldon placed second in the 100 hurdles for Eastmoor and the 4x100 relay was third. Also in the division, Girard junior Cachet Murray was a triple winner, taking bo th the 100 and 200 for the third straight year and winning her first long jump championship. She set state and tournament records in the semifinals of the running events with an 11.82 in the 100 and a 24.05 in the 200. Double winners were Columbus Hamilton Twp. junior Ashley Trimble, who defended her title in both the 100 and 300 hurdles, and Barnesville sophomore Jenny Morgan, who defended her championship in the 1,600 and also won the 3,200. Additionally, Middletown Madison senior Jenna Nance set a tournament record and tied her own state mark in winning the pole vault at 11’6”. th Girls Div ision III: Minster won its fourth straight title and 12 overall when it scored 47 points to edge Gates file:///O:/news/sports/news0604.htm 1/4 8/23/2018 News Release: June 2004 - Spring Recap Mills Hawken, which had 36. It was Hawken’s fourth straight runner-up finish and fifth overall. Minster was led by senior Sunni Olding. She became the eighth Ohio girl to win the same event four consecutive years when she took the 1,600 in a state and tournament record time of 4:48.20, won her second straight 3,200 in a tournament record time of 10:38.02 and anchored the winning 4x800 relay. Also in the division, Bridgeport senior Brittany Hocker won the 100 for the third straight year and the 200 for the third time in four years. Her 11.81 in 100 and 24.22 in the 200 set state and tournament records. Gates Mills Hawken senior Brook Turner defended her title in the 400, and her 55.23 broke her own state and tournament records. She also finished second to Hocker in the 200. In addition, Ottoville senior Brittany Klima defended her pole vault title with a state and tournament record of 11’6”. RESULTS AVAILABLE ON WEB SITE: Complete results from the state tournaments are available on the OHSAA web site (www.ohsaa.org). Once you access the home page, go to the “Sports & Tournaments” dropdown box in the left-hand corner followed by “Track/Field.” BASEBALL STATE TOURNAMENTS REVIEW: 77th Annual State Baseball Tournam ents, June 3, 4 and 5, 2004, Divisions I and III at Canton’s Thurman Munson Memorial Stadium and Divisions II and IV at Columbus’ Cooper Stadium. Division I: Junior Eric Surkamp pitched a no-hitter through 5 1/3 innings and senior An drew Brackman retired all four batters he faced to lead second-ranked Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller (28-3) to a 6-2 win over Mentor in the championship game. It was the fourth state title for the Fighting Crusaders, who won their other crowns in 1993, 1989 and 1972. Senior catcher Tyler Stovall hit a two-run homer in Moeller’s six-run second inning to lead the way. He was the only player in the game with two hits. Third-ranked Mentor, playing in its first state tournament, finished with two hits. In the semifinals, Brackman struck out 11 and fired a complete game two-hitter to lead Moeller to a 6-1 win over No. 5 Cleveland St. Ignatius. Mentor scored an unearned run in the top of the 10th to defeat Reynoldsburg, 2- 1. Division II: Sixth-ranked Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit (29-5) put an exclamation point on its season-ending 16-game winning streak when it defeated Steubenville in the title game, 12-0 in five innings. The Warriors, who also won a state championship in 1999, had 17 hits and were led by senior left fielder Scott Monzel’s five RBIs and three hits apiece from senior center fielder Drew Hoisington and senior right fielder Chris Niro. Junior pitcher Chris Gacom gave up just one hit. Steubenville was seeking its first championship and finished as state runners-up for the second time. With the Warriors’ softball team also winning a state championship, Walsh Jesuit became the first Ohio school to win baseball and softball titles in the same year. In the semifinals, Walsh used a five-run fourth to carr y it to a 7-3 win over Bellefontaine, while Steubenville had just three hits but stopped Canfield, 3-2. Division III: New Albany entered OHSAA tournamen t play with a 10-12 record but rallied to win eight straight tourney games en route to the school’s first state championship in any sport. The Eagles (18-12) defeated fifth- ranked Coldwater in the state finals, 5-4, and became the first school in the history of the OHSAA state tournament to win a state title with 12 losses. Senior shortstop Ben Jeffers had both New Albany hits and the Eagles capitalized on three Coldwater errors to take the championship. Senior left fielder Dusty Ahrens had three of the nine hits for Coldwater, which was seeking its sixth state title and first since 1992. In the semifinals, New Albany was a 9-2 winner over Barnesville and Coldwater sco red three runs in the top of the seventh to defeat Perry, 5-4. Division IV: No. 9 Newark Ca tholic (29-5) joined Cincinnati Elder (1958 to ’60) as the only Ohio schools to win three consecutive state baseball championships when it defeated third-ranked North Lewisburg Triad in the finals, 3-1. The Green Wave, which also won titles in 1988 and ’89, made a three-run first inning hold up as senior Doug Stevens hurled a complete game, five-hitter.