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April 25, 2016

H arold HamiltonPress Contributing Writer

Last Saturday was a great day in Columbus at the “Shoe.” The day started with an OSU lacrosse game. Several years ago, to generate more interest in the sport, the university started a tradition to sched-ule a league lacrosse game to be played be-fore the spring football game. This year the game was between the Buckeyes and the University of Michigan. Lacrosse is a tough contact sport quite similar to ice hockey but played on a foot-ball fi eld. There are 10 players on each team whose objective is to hurl a hard rubber baseball sized object into the oppo-nent’s goal using a stick with a small net on the end. Using the leverage that they get from these sticks the ball can be thrown at speeds over 100 miles-per-hour. Neither team is playing very well this year with OSU having just 1 win out of 3 Big Ten games and Michigan with no wins yet in the Big Ten. Despite this, however, Saturday’s game was a very fast, rough competitive game and to the delight of a stadium half full of scarlet decorated spec-tators the Buckeyes won 10 to 7. A nice warm up for the show to come. When it came time for football, the reported fi eld temperature was 98 degrees (maybe on the blacktop surface but certain-ly not the air temperature). In any case, it was near perfect conditions to watch the young players battle one last time before the summer break. Since there are so many new young players (44 with freshman eli-gibility) Coach Urban Meyer wanted them to be exposed to the noise and excitement associated with Ohio State football. He got his wish as the 100,000 plus fans set a re-cord for the largest attendance ever for a college spring football game. Meyer had said “there will be a lot of starting opportunities available.” Ohio State must replace 16 starters and try to “reload”, not “rebuild” Meyer reminded everyone. Fans saw a lot of mistakes and must have questioned some of the talent. For ex-ample, J.T. Barrett, who wore a black “no contact” jersey, only played an unspectac-ular fi rst half. He completed 13 of 22 passes for no TD’s and two interceptions. No ques-tion part of the problem was his inexperi-enced receivers who ran the wrong routes and dropped balls. Several of the experi-enced receivers did not play. A pleasant surprise was the play of Barrett’s potential backup, Joe Burrow, the “Mr. Ohio” Football winner who ran the Gray offense. He was knocked around a bit on his fi rst series being sacked twice but quickly got it together and teamed up with

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Buckeyes’ 44 freshmen will have to grow up quickly

Freshman wide receiver Torrance Gibson scores TD for Gray team as freshman cornerback Joshua Norwood defends. (Photo by Harold Hamilton HEHPHOTOS,SMUGMUG.com)

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the fi ve-star prospect from South Florida, Torrance Gibson, for six receptions and two TD’s. Gibson brought in as a quarterback was moved to wide receiver to take advantage of his height and speed. Interesting how quarterbacks seem to handle the ball well regardless of which end of the pass they are on (remember Braxton Miller). Sophomores Terry McLaurin and Paris Campbell showed good potential each hav-ing over 100 yards receiving. Junior Marcus Baugh will also be a contender at the wide receiver position. As expected, the game was primarily about the passing offense but there were some looks at the replacement running backs. No one looks even close to being the next Ezekiel Elliot although freshman Mike Weber who scored two TD’s for the Scarlet team showed he can hit. Bri’onte Dunn did not play. No change this year in fi eld goal kick-ers. Meyer again showed his obsession with fi eld goals by stopping the game after Sean Nuernberger missed an extra point. Meyer

made him kick it again until he made it and then backed him up ten yard’s each time until he completed one at 57 yards. On defense, sophomore Malik Hooker at safety had 10 tackles and gave the fans a thrill when he intercepted two passes turning one into an 82 yard TD. Davon Hamilton had three quarterback sacks and fi ve solo tackles. Sophomore linebacker Jerome Baker made an unbelievable one handed interception of a Burrow pass which raised some gasps from the fans. In general, the defense looked pretty good but the offense needs work. Note: Joey Bosa the outstanding defensive end who is expected to go high in the NFL fi rst round draft in a few weeks has a younger brother, Nick. Nick, who is rated a fi ve-star lineman, will

be on campus this fall. This spring game was much different than those of the past. There were many new names on the fi eld and normally this would be scary but for some reason things didn’t seen too bad. Perhaps Meyer said it best when he said “I’m extremely proud of where we’re at as a program. They’re young. We won’t win a lot of games right now, but we don’t have to yet.” As for the quarterback situation, earlier in the week Coach Meyer said “every quar-terback at Ohio State needs to be a Heisman Trophy candidate”. With J.T. Barrett and Joe Burrow I think he has that covered for the near future. In summary, I think OSU has a lot of very good, but green, talent. They will be developed quickly. Expect good things starting this fall. In closing, just a little something to fuel the greatest fall football rivalry ever is this reminder, on the 4th Saturday in November when Ohio State and Michigan meet it will have been 1827 days since the Wolverines have beaten the Buckeyes.

B-2 THE PRESS APRIL 25, 2016

State champ gone, but Clay Eagles return solid team

Talented seniors left mark on the mat and in the classroom

Gibsonburg wrestlers, left to right: Damien Schmeltz, Tony Vasquez, Wesley Camp-bell, Griffi n Geary, and Marcus Kreais. (Photo courtesy of Greg Spoores)

Clay runners Allie Reichert, Haley Hess, Sydney Hess and Hannah Hess. (Press photo by Ken Grosjean)

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State hurdles champion Grace Winckowski is now running at the University of Cincinnati, and senior dis-tance/relay runner Hannah Hess did not come out for track and fi eld this spring due to a knee injury. That hasn’t discouraged fi rst-year Clay track coach Mike Hyttenhove from hav-ing lofty expectations for the Eagles’ girls team this season. Last year’s squad won the Three Rivers Athletic Conference champi-onship. “The girls team will be competing for a league title,” said Hyttenhove, who coached the junior high boys and girls teams the last two years. “With the depth we have in mid-dle distance and the sprinters we do have, even though they’re not yet top sprinters, they will be competitive. I think we can win the TRAC again this year.” Winckowski won the state title in the 300-meter hurdles and placed eighth in the 100 hurdles last spring. Clay, however, does return a state placer in senior Haley Hess, who took seventh in the 1600. Hess will compete in the 800, 1600 and 4x400 and 4x800 relays this season. “She’s defi nitely looking to win a state championship this year,” Hyttenhove said. “She is progressing nicely and we’re look-ing forward to her competing against some higher competition to see where she’s at go-ing into the postseason.” Sydney Hess, a junior and Haley’s sis-ter, will run the same events as Haley. “She strives to beat her sister, and that’s a great motivator for her,” Hyttenhove said of Sydney. “She loves competing, being on the track and being one-on-one with some-body and trying to out-race them, no matter

what race she’s in.” Hyttenhove said the Eagles have some depth in the fi eld events with senior Kayla Dickerson in the pole vault, sophomore Myranda Combs in the high jump and freshman Ashley Vartorella in the long jump. “All three are very talented and pro-gressing throughout the season,” the coach said. “They are setting PR’s (Personal Records) each meet. Ashley is ranked No. 21 in the state in the long jump (16-7) and we’re expecting quite a bit out of the other

two. Both are capable of making it on to the regional.” Hyttenhove is still mixing and match-ing the relay teams to see which combi-nations work best, and the Eagles do not have a lot of depth in the sprinting events. Freshman Ashley Vartorella is the Eagles’ top sprinter so far. “She is a good athlete and she’s gotten faster,” Hyttenhove said. “I coached the ju-nior high program last two years and she’s progressed nicely over those two years and this year. She will be competitive in the

100 and 200.” Hyttenhove said he expects a lot of improvement in the boys’ team, which fi n-ished in last place at last year’s TRAC meet. “Moving up from last place to the mid-dle of the pack is is defi nitely attainable this year,” Hyttenhove said. “Our strengths are in the hurdles.” Freshman hurdler Jake Gladieux has started the season well and should be com-petitive throughout the year, according to Hyttenhove. “He has PR’d in every meet in both (hurdles) events this year,” Hyttenhove said. “I see him being competitive at the league and district level. He has a great work ethic and is very detail oriented. He knows what he needs to do to get better.” Senior Anthony Miranda should make an impact in the 400 and on the 4x400 relay team, Hyttenohove said. “He seems to have come into the sea-son in better shape than in previous years,” Hyttenhove said. “He is progressing and dropping times week in and week out. A goal in his mind is to get back to regional competition and he’s working to obtain that goal.” Clay’s top competitor in the fi eld events is junior Nick Steveson in the shot put. “He is inching closer to the 50-foot mark in shot,” Hyttenhove said. “He has a very competitive mark in northwest Ohio. If he keeps progressing, he has the potential to hit the mid-50s by the middle of May. “Everybody else is right there together as a team. We see potential there, but we don’t see that many kids who are com-petitive moving into the district fi nals and qualifying to regionals. A lot of kids are try-ing to get themselves there, but they are not there just yet.”

By Mark Griffi nPress Contributing Writer

Gibsonburg’s wrestling team will un-dergo a serious transformation in 2016-17. The Golden Bears graduate fi ve talent-ed seniors off this year’s team, which won a second straight City League championship. Coach Greg Spoores’ squad had 14 wres-tlers this year and seven of them earned league titles. “I had fi ve senior wrestlers and they were all four-year varsity lettermen who worked very hard in the wrestling room as well as in the classroom,” Spoores said. “We are very proud of them, all that they have accomplished, the example they set for our program and the example they set for our underclassmen. “It’s hard to say enough about them. With their grade-point averages, they were outstanding in the classroom academically. Three of them amassed over 120 (career) wins, so they were exemplary on the mat as well. It’s very hard to replace a group that big.” Damien Schmeltz, at 145 pounds, is one of the fi ve seniors Spoores is not looking forward to replacing next year. That list includes Wesley Campbell at 132 pounds, team captain Tony Vasquez (152), Griffi n Geary (160/170) and Marcus Kreais (195/220). Schmeltz, Vasquez, Geary and Kreais all won CL titles this season. Schmeltz fi nished with 138 career

wins, which is tied for third all time in Gibsonburg history. Dan Henline, a state qualifi er last season, holds the school re-cord with 157 victories. Vasquez earned 126 career wins, including 42 this season, followed by Geary (123), Kreais (87) and Campbell (70). Campbell, Schmeltz, Geary and Kreais all had grade-point averages above 3.0 to earn academic all-league honors. “Between what we accomplished in the classroom this year and on the mat, it’s good publicity for our sport and the pro-gram,” Spoores said. “I hope it helps build a bigger program. I’m hoping what we’re doing in the classroom and on the mat gives us good attention, which is hard to do. These seniors set the bar for what we should expect from our athletes and what our athletes should expect from them-selves.” Spoores said Schmeltz is looking to pursue wrestling in college, while Campbell wants to pole vault in college. “Wesley and Griffi n are for sure going to college,” Spoores said. “We’re hoping to keep some of them close enough so they can help out with the program. We hope to have a big freshman class next year who are all good students.” The Bears had two state placers this year in junior Madison Jaso and sophomore Hugo Villarreal. Jaso placed eighth at 182 pounds and Villarreal was eighth at 138.

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Please enter off Starr Road Extension between Wynn and Stadium Roads.

Previous Arbor Day Projects• 2015 Planting of trees on new Soccer Hill III off Starr Extension

• 2014 Planting of about 45 trees along Wasserman Bike Path at Oregon Rec.

• 2013 Ornamental Cleveland Pear Trees planted at Fassett Jr. High School.

• 2012 Planting of 25 Stadium Ditch Relocation Project trees.

• 2011 35 Trees for new Soccer Field parking lot Islands, and along entrance

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• 2010 Honoring Betty Carstensen by Mayoral Proclamation naming this year’s

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• 2009 Planting of 10 Lincoln Bicentennial Birth Date White Oaks.

• 2008 Continuation of 2007 project with 50 additional trees off Starr Extension.

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Betty Carstensen's long term Tree Seedling Distribution Program.

Nearly 200 first graders with the Coy, Jerusalem and Starr Schools

received a seedling for planting at home. Colleen met with each

class individually to explain why trees are important. The seedlings

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Despite losing a number of key players from a team that won its fi rst league title in 35 years last season, Gibsonburg appears to be headed toward another successful sea-son. Currently 10-2 and 4-1 in the Toledo Area Athletic Conference, the Golden Bears are in the midst of good season that has seen them dominate in most of their victories while winning some close games as well. And their two defeats have come to quality opponents (Woodmore, Ottawa Hills), too. Gibsonburg has outscored its opponents by a combined 95-34, including 36-10 in the TAAC. A number of players have contributed throughout the season to help the Bears get to this point. Three players -- Preston Arriaga, Brent Hayward and Moses Sanson -- lead the team with 10 RBIs apiece; three players -- Arriaga, Hayward and Ryan Clark -- are all hitting above .400 thus far; and six play-ers -- Arriaga, Clark, Sanson, Madison Jaso, Josh Ernsthausen and Fred Sisco -- have won at least one game while four -- Clark, Jaso, Sisco and Sanson -- have won two games apiece. Sanson, a sophomore, is in his fi rst year as a starter and is hitting a whopping .480. “He’s a good hitter. Those are big num-bers for a fi rst-time starter on varsity,” said Gibsonburg coach Kyle Rase. “I knew he’d be a good hitter; he’s been hot.” Hayward is hitting .429, Clark sports a .407 average and Arriaga is fourth on the team with a .345 average. On the mound, Clark, who excelled for the football team as quarterback and was named the TAAC’s Offensive Player of the Year, is 2-1 with a 1.45 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 24 innings of work. Sisco is 2-0 (2.33 ERA), as is Sanson (2-0, 1.90 ERA) and Jaso. Ernsthausen is 1-1 and has allowed no earned runs in 12 innings thus far. Arriaga, who pitched very well in 2015, is 1-0 and has made just one start because of so many postponements due to the weather.

Balanced Golden Bears off to a fast start in TAAC

“We’re off to a good start. It’s such a quick season, (and) we hope to keep it go-ing. I’m pleased things are going well and being competitive,” said Rase, who has compiled a 176-127 record with the Bears, including a state championship in ‘05. “I thought we had some talent coming back with big shoes to fi ll what we’ve lost. It’s kind of what I expected with people play-ing different positions and fi guring out where to move people around.” One of the reasons for the program’s sustained success is due to the senior lead-ership, according to Rase. “I’m very pleased (with our success). I think it’s something that with our program,

the seniors the past few years have really worked with the younger kids,” he said. This year’s team has six seniors -- Arriaga, Hayward, Logan Damschroder, Jake Blausey, Eric Jahna, Marcus Tille. With a lineup that is still somewhat in fl ux, Arriaga has started things off at the top of the order, followed by Clark, Jaso, Hayward, Sanson, Sisco, Ernsthausen and Bryce Mendoza with Tille, Jahna and Damschroder all splitting time in the fi -nal spot. Depending on who’s pitching, the infi eld consists of Ernsthausen (fi rst), Mendoza (second), Jaso (shortstop) and Clark (third) with Hayward catching. Arriaga plays center fi eld, as does Sisco,

who is usually in left, and Tille, Jahna and Damshroder usually play in right fi eld, but also sometimes in left. Gibsonburg is seeking to set itself up for a playoff run after nearly winning its second district title in four years last sea-son. “The tournament draw is coming up,” said Rase, whose teams have won fi ve con-secutive sectional titles. “Hopefully we can get a good seed and set ourselves up for key positioning in the TAAC to be there at the top or competing for a league title at the end (of the season).” Speaking of the TAAC, it is fi lled with a number of competitive teams like Ottawa Hills, Tiffi n Calvert, Danbury, Cardinal Stritch and Toledo Christian that are capa-ble of beating anyone in the conference on a given night. Four of the nine teams in the conference won sectional titles last season. “There are a lot of competitive teams; it’s balanced, it makes for a fun confer-ence. You’re always going to have close games and it’s very competitive and bal-anced,” said Rase. “There are good coaches and solid programs, and it’s an enjoyable league to play in.”

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One of the nice things about high school athletics is that the athletes have four years to prove themselves. After that, another group gets to step in and do the same thing.

Gibsonburg track and fi eld coach Glenn Owens graduated a chunk of standout performers from last year’s teams, including Colleen and Kendall Reynolds and Tyler Hovis, who holds school records in the shot put and dis-cus. Now, it’s time to reload.

“We were loaded in the boys and girls last year,” Owens said. “We lost six state qualifi ers who graduated or moved.”

The 2016 Golden Bears won the Toledo Area Athletic Conference boys and girls meets last season, and the girls also claimed a district title. Owens and his staff are still in the process of fi guring out which competitors belong in certain events this season. Reviews are mixed so far.

The boys’ team beat Maumee Valley and Northwood on Tuesday, while the Bears’ girls beat Maumee Valley and lost to Northwood by 1.5 points. The boys have also beaten Lakota and Margaretta, and the girls have a win over Lakota and a loss to Margaretta.

Neither team was able to beat any teams in a quad meet against host Woodmore, Bellevue and Swanton. Gibsonburg fi nished fourth in the boys and girls meets.

“It wasn’t an eye-opener because the Woodmore girls are really good, and Bellevue has huge numbers on the team,” Owens said. “They brought three buses. It was nice for us to have some decent competition.”

The boys’ team has seven freshmen and six sophomores, and the girls’ team has seven freshmen and three sopho-mores.

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Gibsonburg athletes want chance to prove their case

Trent Hovis and senior pole vaulter/hur-dler Wes Campbell.

“Trent is probably throwing about three feet farther than last year,” Owens said. “He’s improved quite a bit. He nev-er really threw for us in the big meets, be-cause we had two seniors. He had poten-tial and was right on the edge last year in the throw-offs. I knew he had potential. Wes Campbell has been doing pretty well in both events.”

Owens said some of the younger athletes have shown promise, including sophomore Nathan Shammo in the mid-dle distance events and long jump, soph-omore Camden Sondergeld in the middle

distance, long jump and pole vault, and junior sprinter Hunter Reineck.

“We will see them (all) improve and see what events we can get them into for the best chance of success,” Owens said. “We haven’t had the opportunity to fi g-ure that out because we haven’t had that many meets and the weather hasn’t co-operated.”

On the girls’ side, Owens is excit-ed about his three throwers – seniors Abbey Castillo, Sonia Pecina and Ashley Gerwin. Castillo is a three-time regional qualifi er in the shot put.

“They compete against each other every day and are pretty good,” Owens

said. “The question is which ones are go-ing to be the top two. They’re going to help us a lot. They’re pretty solid and have done well since they were fresh-men.

“In the distance events, Jasmine Stein is improving a lot for us. She’s go-ing to run at Lourdes next year. She was solid last year but didn’t make it to re-gionals. She’s in the 800 and 4x800 and will score points.”

Gibsonburg’s other top athletes are distance runners Jenna Lewandowski, a junior, and freshman Emily Mazurek; junior Heidi Rakay in the 300 hurdles and sprint relays; and senior Selena Alejandro and junior Annie Castillo in the sprints.

“Selena and Annie have both been regional qualifi ers in the sprint relays,” Owens said. “Marie Villarreal has been improving for us in the pole vault. Chloe Morelock has shown a lot of potential in the 400 or running on the 4x800 team with those other distance girls. We ha-ven’t fi gured out how to use her yet. I think she’s a 400 or 800 runner. We’re leaning towards the 800, but we’ll see how it goes.”

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Gibsonburg senior girls left to right — Back - Ashley Gerwin, Megan Walsh, Maria Ruggiero, and Sonia Pecina. Front - Abbey Castillo, Marie Villarreal, Jasmine Stein, Hannah Santiago, and Selena Alejandro. (Photo courtesy Innovations Portrait Studio/InnovationsVisualImpact.com)

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Welker Complex, Diane Rich Field dedicatedThe new Mark Welker Sports Complex Waite softball fi eld was dedicated on April 14. The new softball fi eld was dedicated in honor of Diane Rich, a former Waite teacher and school leader. The new Diane Rich fi eld is located at the Welker Complex, which was formerly Optimist Park. Welker was a standout three-sport athlete and 1941 Waite graduate. Bottom left, Toledo School Superintendent Ro-mules Durant. At right, Mark Welker. (Photos by Lacie Hayek www.facebook.com/wildandfreephotography.toledo)

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To fi ll the vacant posi-tion of varsity football coach, Woodmore offi cials found their choice among the ranks of teach-ers at the high school. The Woodmore school board Tuesday approved a recommen-dation by the administration to hire Lou Bosh, a physical educa-tion teacher. Bosh was issued a supple-mental contract for $6,176. Daren Cable was also approved as assis-tant coach with a supplemental contract for $3,382. Dan Weirich and Jon Collum were hired as volunteer coaches for the varsity team. Bosh had been head coach for 12 sea-sons but his contract wasn’t renewed for the 2010 season. He had compiled a record of 54-67 at Woodmore. “It’s a good feeling to be back coach-ing at Woodmore and being around the stu-dent-athletes here. I’ve always enjoyed in-teracting with our students and I’m excited about the challenges ahead,” Bosh said. He replaces Brian Spicer, who had completed two seasons as head coach of

Lou Bosh

Woodmore hires football coachthe Wildcats. Last season, the team fi nished with a 4-6 re-cord. In February, nine un-derclassmen members of the team attended a meeting of the school board to show their support for Spicer, submitting a petition to the board with signatures of 18 of 21 return-ing players to ask that his con-tract be renewed. In an email to The Press the next day, Spicer said his evaluation had gone well but he had been told some new

members of the board were unsure whether or not they’d support rehiring him for the 2016 season. The board voted 4-1 later that month to award varsity letters to two football play-ers, reversing a decision by Spicer and the coaching staff and upheld by the adminis-tration. The district’s procedure for determin-ing how letters are awarded came under scrutiny after a parent appealed the deci-sion to the board, saying the players did meet the criteria for earning a letter. Board members agreed the procedure is ambiguous and should be amended.

By Nicholas HuenefeldOwens Sports Information

Eastwood grad Grant Peters last week tossed a complete game shutout with 13 strikeouts for Owens Community College to help his team pick up a doubleheader split against No. 3 Sinclair Community College.

Owens is 17-9 overall and 2-2 in Ohio Community College Athletic Conference (OCCAC), while Sinclair is 36-5 overall and 10-2 in OCCAC play. Both teams are now tied in the loss column for second place in the conference behind Cuyahoga Community College (4-0).

Two of Sinclair’s five losses this year are to Owens.

After stranding the bases loaded in the first inning, the sophomore right hander struck out the side in the second, sixth and seventh. In fact, the final eight outs

Eastwood grad whiffs 13 in shutouthe recorded were via strikeout to lead the Express to a 1-0 win.

Following the first inning, the closest Sinclair came to scoring was when Chad Roberts doubled with one out. Peters, how-ever, struck out the next batter on three pitches and then finished the inning with another strikeout.

The game’s only run came via a solo home run to left field by Jake Wichlacz (Eisenhower/Macomb, Mich.) in the sec-ond inning.

Outside of his 13 strikeouts, Peters allowed just three hits and two walks. He improved to 3-1 this year and has now allowed just four hits and five walks over his last 12 innings pitched, which has included two complete game victories. His strikeout total was a career-high, and he came within one strikeout of tying the program’s single game record.



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