Tornadoes claim 7th-straight SBC girls title

The names have changed over the years, but the result hasn't.Columbian's girls captured their seventh Sandusky Bay Conference Lake Division title in a row Saturday at the conference meet at Hedges-Boyer Park, putting all five scorers in the top 10 — the two extra runners finished in the top 15 — en route to a meet-winning score of 29 points.Norwalk nosed out Bellevue 67-69 for second, followed by Perkins (91) and Clyde (111). Sandusky did not field a full team.Grace Blonde set the tone for champion Columbian by claiming the individual crown in 19:26.5.Abbie Felske (20:09.2), Maddie Kelley (20:12.3) and Makiah Gurney (20:32.5) crossed the line fifth through seventh and Leah Weingart ran 10th (20:59.8).Carmen Lewis (14th, 21:46.7) and Emma Musgrave (15th, 21:52.4) rounded out the Tornadoes.Reese Meacham crossed the line second in 19:35.7 to pace Bellevue.Jillian Kinnear backed her with an 11th (21:14.3), Amber Bischoff took 16th (21:55.1), Hannah Decker came in 20th (23:03.2) and Brooke Webb finished 22nd (23:22.6).Addison Frost (26th, 24:03.5) and Cora Wasserman (28th, 24:40.5) also competed for the Lady Red.Clyde's Marissa Gessner claimed fourth (20:08.5), Laney Renfro ran 18th (22:09.9), Jolene Brennan clocked in 29th (24:49.3), Adysen Wettrich finished 33rd (24:56.5) and Casey Fisher ended 46th (40:01.9). Gallardo breaks tie to give SBC title to TornadoesA cross country team must have at least five runners to score points in a meet, with its next two runners there to help out if needed.Saturday, Columbian needed it.Marcellino Gallardo finished sixth among TC's runners, but a few places ahead of Perkins' No. 6 runner to break a tie and give his Tornadoes the Sandusky Bay Conference Lake Division crown at Hedges-Boyer Park.Columbian and the Pirates both scored 42 points, resulting in the sixth runner for each team breaking the tie.Bellevue ended close on their heels with 45 points for third, followed by Norwalk (97) and Clyde (119). Sandusky did not field a full team.Joaquin Perez got the champion Tornadoes going by capturing second in 17:06.8.Xavier Melick claimed fourth (17:33.4), Noah Townsend ran seventh (17:50.2), Owen Hoyda took 12th (18:12.6) and Colton Plickerd finished 18th (18:40).Gallardo then clocked in 22nd (19:12.5) to break the team tie, and Blake Melick (25th, 19:27.1) also ran for TC.Alex Lovins crossed the line third (17:16.6) for Bellevue, Brock Meacham came in sixth (17:42.9), James Henderson (17:53.6) and Owen Panyard (17:55.1) ran eighth and ninth, and Austin Lovins ended 20th (18:57.4).Benny Wright (24th, 19:24.6) and Joey Baily (33rd, 20:01.6) rounded out the Redmen.Clyde's Eli Pumphrey took 13th (18:18.9), Christopher Bulger finished 19th (18:49), Taisei Shiozaki (19:43.7) and Preston Widman (19:45.3) came in 29th and 30th, and Zachary Clapp wound up 32nd (19:59.9).Fliers Jason Richie (34th, 20:02.3) and Travis Brennan (42nd, 22:02.2) also competed. Morris keys Rams' first N10 crown since 2017ATTICA — Hope Morris won the individual title and two teammates finished in the top five Saturday to fuel Upper Sandusky's title run at the girls Northern 10 Athletic Conference Championship.The Rams stormed past Buckeye Central 37-63 for their first title since 2014 and just their second since the N10 began.Seneca East held off Carey 67-73 for third and Colonel Crawford took fifth (108). Mohawk, Wynford and Bucyrus did not field full teams.Morris crossed the line first in 19:48.17 for the Rams, Jocelyn Leightey (10:30.3) and Shiloh Shasteen (20:41.2) claimed third and fourth, Macie Clark took 16th (22:31.52) and Abigail Ault came in 22nd (23:03.67).Madison Wengerd (25th, 23:25.01) and Brynlee Cundiff (26th, 23:32.71) rounded out Upper Sandusky.Nevaeh Metzger sparked the runner-up Buckettes by capturing fifth (21:25.65), Angela Figueroa ran seventh (21:43.99), Samantha Auck ended 20th (22:52.63), and Catherine Parsons (23:06.71) and Sarah Martin (23:19.69) clocked in 23rd and 24th.Buckeye Central's Phoebe Durnwald (33rd, 25:23.5) and Lilly Stockmaster (35th, 26:16.73) also competed.Seneca East's Valerie Bordner (21:51.6) and Lydia Ruffing (21:54.77) ran eighth and ninth, Jordyn Enders finished 19th (22:40.75), Mya Carrick added a 21st (23:01.73) and Quinlan Burroughs came in 27th (23:33.85).Jolie Schimpf (32nd, 25:05.53) and Emma Flynn (42nd, 30:28.35) also hit the course for the Tigers.Chloe Etzinger of Carey claimed the individual runner-up spot (20:06.69), Kinsey Motter (22:27.29) and Gracie Luhring (22:28.13) took 14th and 15th, Grace Bianchi ended 28th (23:39.7) and Alexis Mattimoe wound up 34th (26:09.67).Blue Devils Savannah Walton (37th, 27:25.92) and Heidi Weber (41st, 28:57.69) also ran.Mohawk's Addie Horner captured sixth (21:33.31), Eva Johnson ran 11th (22:14.69) and Izzy Lawson came in 30th (24:45.89). Stockaders three-peat in SBCOld Fort's boys put all five scorers in the top 20 Saturday to earn their third-straight Sandusky Bay Conference River Division championship at Hedges-Boyer Park.The Stockaders beat New Riegel 54-79 for the title, with Lakota upending Hopewell-Loudon 86-98 for third. Woodmore took fifth (115), followed by Gibsonburg (127), Fremont St. Joe (151), Danbury (205) and Calvert (256). Sandusky St. Mary did not field a full team.Cale Hull sparked Old Fort's title run by finishing fourth (17:05.2), Dalton Hessick crossed the line sixth (17:22.1), Isaac Gallagher ran 11th (18:06.1), Aiden Dick ended 18th (18:32.4) and Colten Hoerig came in 20th (18:39.8).Brock Hull (22nd, 18:46.1) and Collin Patrick (41st, 19:43.4) rounded out the Stockaders.New Riegel's Cameron Hohman topped all area runners by clocking in second in 16:40.8.Alec Hohman added a seventh (17:48), Isaiah Wood ran 21st (18:41.6), Grady Faeth took 26th (18:56.6) and Porter Lafontaine ended 29th (19:00.2).Lance Clouse (36th, 19:18.7) and Clayton Gabel (51st, 20:22.1) also ran for the Blue Jackets.Wyatt Brubaker of Lakota captured fifth (17:17.5), Colten Kelbley came in 12th (18:07), Donovan Statham ran 15th (18:20.9), Steven Bensman finished 25th (18:54.2) and Brady Tyson took 35th (19:17.2).Raiders Hunter Sweeney (46th, 20:04.1) and Alexander Burkhalter (52nd, 20:24.3) also hit the course.Hopewell-Loudon's Xander Roerdink ran third (16:58.6), Chase Huber claimed 16th (18:25.2), Logan Lust finished 23rd (18:47.7), Judah Risner wound up 30th (19:00.6) and Wyatt Reinhart came in 33rd (19:12.9).Brock Huber (34th, 19:13.8) and Urban Elchert (37th, 19:28) also ran for the Chieftains.Emmanuel Moreno's 47th (20:07.5) led Calvert. Jacob Marben added a 58th (20:53) for the Senecas, Grady Otterbacher turned in an 81st (22:47.8), Joey Longo ended 84th (23:18.7) and Max Herbert took 86th (24:35.3). SE's Schiefer takes top N10 spotATTICA — Seneca East's Evan Schiefer raced past Mohawk's Brayden Cleveland by nearly 33 seconds to claim the top individual honor, but Colonel Crawford's boys put all five scorers in the top 15 Saturday to claim the Northern 10 Athletic Conference Championship crown.The Eagles eased their way to the title with 39 points, with Mohawk nosing out Seneca East 60-63 for second.Upper Sandusky took fourth with 87 points, followed by Bucyrus (93), Buckeye Central (168), Carey (187) and Wynford (223).Schiefer won the individual race in 15:40.91, with Cleveland ending second in 16:13.17.Phoenix Nally (17:31.78) and Myer Kirian (17:32.68) backed Cleveland by claiming ninth and 10th for the runner-up Warriors, Kolten Helton took 15th (17:55.59) and Marty Justen came in 24th (18:33.53).Carter Williams (50th, 21:52.54) and Forbes Edington (57th, 23:36.55) also competed for Mohawk.Seneca East's Andrew Fay ran seventh (17:23.81) to go with Schiefer's win, Aiden Gressman added an 11th (17:35), Nevin Holmes finished 21st (18:16.43) and Ayden Perkins wound up 23rd (18:31.47).Francisco Lantz (26th, 18:52.44) and Easton Voorhees (27th, 18:54.99) rounded out the Tigers.Abraham Baldwin's eighth (17:27.39) keyed Upper Sandusky. Henry Minehart (17:56.75), Franklin Arnold (17:57.47) and Andrew Leightey (18:01.01) ran 16th through 18th, and Carter Pohlman took 28th (18:55.94).Rams Ethan Shoemaker (29th, 19:03.84) and Christian Miller (38th, 20:26.36) also hit the course.Braden Siefert of Buckeye Central clocked in 19th (18:09.03), Jeremiah Roberson (19:15.56) and Blaise Metzger (19:24.85) ran 32nd and 33rd, Lincoln Milligan finished 47th (21:31.41) and Samuel Bailey ended 49th (21:46.02).Lucas Cianflone (51st, 22:08.3) also ran for the Bucks.Carey's Riley Miller took 22nd (18:21.67), Brylon Middleton wound up 35th (19:41.95), Damon Zimmerly came in 42nd (20:47.69), Blake Mangett ended 48th (21;45.53) and Owen Sidor wound up 54th (22:50.94).Blue Devils Landry Caudill (59th, 24:12.81) and Keegan Baughman (62nd, 26:11.55) also ran. H-L girls, Old Fort's Tackett both end secondHopewell-Loudon's girls claimed second Saturday in the Sandusky Bay Conference River Division at Hedges-Boyer Park in a meet that featured 44 runners but only three full teams.Gibsonburg upended the Chieftains 29-43 for the crown, with Lakota scoring 55 points for third.Danbury, Woodmore, New Riegel, Old Fort, Fremont St. Joe and Sandusky St. Mary did not field full teams.Emily Arbogast's eighth (22:40.1) paced the runner-up Chieftains.Maddy Colatruglio (23:36.6) and Hannah Schreiner (23:39.2) crossed the line 15th and 16th for H-L and Savannah Cook (24:30) and Kara Wyman (24:31.1) finished 21st and 22nd.Caitlin Faber (23rd, 24:37.9) and Alanee Huber (31st, 25:09.8) also ran for Hopewell-Loudon.Lakota's Jalicia Kirk (22:36.5) and Hannah Stahl (22:36.9) clocked in sixth and seventh.Emma Reinhart (24:44.1) and Maliyah Martinez (24:52.6) finished 26th and 27th for the Raiders, Roxy Zellman took 40th (26:28.8) and Chloe Foos came in 43rd (31:19.4).Grace Tackett of Old Fort led all area runners by capturing individual runner-up honors in 19:55.4. Kailey Haugh added a 20th (24:22.6) for the Stockaders and Alayna Hessick finished 32nd (25:10).New Riegel's Audrey Schalk ran ninth (22:46.2), Lindsey Nye took 18th (24:04.4) and Audrey Bumb ended 42nd (28:38.5). Redmen boys, girls both fifth in NBCOAK HARBOR — Fostoria's boys and girls teams each finished fifth Saturday at the Northern Buckeye Conference Championship.Otsego powered past Genoa 37-68 for the boys title, followed by Eastwood (81), Lake (101), Fostoria (134), Maumee (136) and Rossford (192). Oak Harbor did not field a full team.Traivon Cousin (18:16.4) and Ezekiel Sensabaugh (18:17.1) ran 17th and 18th for Fostoria.Royal Ferguson added a 39th (19:37.7) for the Redmen, Andrew Lira took 41st (19:47.4) and Bryson Barth ended 43rd (20:11).Jayden Schmitz (53rd, 21:43.9) and Jeremiah Quitoz (66th, 23:59.4) also ran for FHS.Genoa's girls beat Eastwood 39-50 for the other crown, followed by Otsego (90), Lake (152) and Fostoria (153). Maumee, Rossford and Oak Harbor did not field full teams.Fostoria's Emma Lunn claimed 19th (22:25.9), Kaliyah Day took 40th (25:27.9), Daisy Hughes ended 47th (26:12.4), Aliyanna Cousins came in 56th (28:15.1) and Avarie Tiell wound up 60th (29:03.7).Juleene Turner (61st, 29:04.2) rounded out the Redmen.