St. Marys’ grad Trevor Kill who graduated in 2009 committed to play baseball at NCAA Division I Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Kill played 2 years at Butler Community College.
Division II
Bucyrus Regional
Shawnee
Miller City District
Shawnee, Wapakoneta, Elida, Ottawa-Glandorf, Defiance, Celina, St. Marys, Bath, Van Wert
New Riegel District
Kenton
Player of Year: Anthony Kidston, Defiance
Coach of the Year: Tom Held, Defiance
1st Team
Anthony Kidston – Junior – Defiance
Johny Simindinger – Senior – Bath
Mickie Grothause – Senior – Wapakoneta
Casey Schroeder – Junior – Ottawa-Glandorf
Greg Stoll – Senior – Wapakoneta
Kurt Belau – Senior – Defiance
Kahl Knapke – Senior – Celina
Trey Runneals – Junior – Shawnee
Ryan Cordray – Senior – Defiance
Clint Spencer – Senior – Shawnee
2nd Team
Kaleb Coil – Senior – Wapakoneta
Joe Gentile – Junior – Defiance
Jake Hashberger – Sophomore – Ottawa-Glandorf
Kyle Markle – Senior – Celina
Dominic Crea – Senior – Shawnee
Michael Huber – Junior – St. Marys
Drew Ellerbrock – Senior – Ottawa-Glandorf
Nate Heffner – Junior – Bath
Dalton Martz – Junior – Elida
Johnny Crawford – Sophomore – Wapakoneta
3rd Team
Kyle Zimmerman – Senior – Bath
Cale Tabler – Senior – Wapakoneta
Kody Heitz – Junior – Van Wert
Austin Zuber – Senior – Elida
Derek Waterman – Junior – Celina
Mackenzie Hampshire – Junior – Elida
Jared Dupes – Senior – Shawnee
Alex Kissling – Senior – Kenton
Cory Imm – Sophomore – Ottawa-Glandorf
Dustin Gerlach – Senior – Wapakoneta
Honorable Mention
Gabe Vittorio – Senior – Defiance
Joey Hurless – Sophomore – Van Wert
Adam Von Sossan – Senior – Elida
Mitch Albers – Senior – Celina
Cody Bockrath – Sophomore – Ottawa-Glandorf
Dustin Zachariah – Senior – Kenton
Cory Wilder – Sophomore – Shawnee
Matt Wise – Junior – Bath
Mitch Newbauer – Senior – St. Marys
Zach Ferenbaugh – Senior – Wapakoneta
Player of the Year: Sam Bullock, Shawnee
Coach of the Year: Lou Seddelmeyer, Shawnee
1st Team
Ali Best – 3B/OF – Senior – Bath
Camille Martin – SS – Sophomore – Bath
Katie Kerr – P – Sophomore – Celina
Leah Rose – 3B – Sophomore – Celina
Sam Bullock – P – Junior – Shawnee
Britt Lauck – C – Sophomore – Shawnee
Shelby Lucas – SS – Sophomore – Shawnee
Erika Thornsberry – P – Senior – St. Marys
Morgan Williams – P – Senior – Van Wert
Emily Whetstone – 1B/P – Senior – Wapakoneta
Taylor Rupert – 3B – Senior – Wapakoneta
2nd Team
Mari Deppe – C – Junior – Bath
Abbey Zacharias- SS – Senior – Celina
Christine Thobe – OF – Senior – Celina
Megan Turner – P – Senior – Defiance
Jenn Eilerman – C – Junior – Elida
Jessie Kreinbrink – SS – Junior – Ottawa-Glandorf
Liz Aller – CF – Junior – Shawnee
Mo Truxal – 3B – Junior – Shawnee
Haylee Kill – 3B – Senior – St. Marys
Carli Sammons – 2B/P – Sophomore – Wapakoneta
3rd Team
Emily Jordan – 1B – Senior – Bath
Kimmy Reynolds – P – Freshman – Bath
Kaitlin Rodriguez – 1B – Junior – Defiance
Jackie Stalder – C – Junior – Kenton
Sara Price – OF – Senior – Kenton
Katie Ruhe – OF – Senior – Ottawa-Glandorf
Colleen Magee – RF – Sophomore – St. Marys
Samantha Fiegal – CF – Senior – Van Wert
Ashley Knippen – OF – Junior – Wapakoneta
Honorable Mention
Madison Clark – RF – Junior – Bath
Kylee Bader – 2B – Sophomore – Celina
Natalie Maxey – C – Senior – Defiance
Jordan Haidle – 3B/SS – Senior – Elida
Morgan Goecke – P – Sophomore – Kenton
Kylee Pothast – P – Senior – Ottawa-Glandorf
Megan Buettner – 2B – Junior – Shawnee
Rachel Wale – OF – Senior – St. Marys
Brittany Bingham – 1B – Sophomore – Van Wert
Kati Sawmiller – C – Sophomore – Wapakoneta
Former Bath Coach Gretchen Prichard and Bath grad Amy Prichard will be inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame on 5/21. Gretchen Prichard coached for 31 years and posted 485 wins including the 1987 State Championship and 1996 State Runner-Up teams. Her daughter Amy played 1975 to 1979 at Bath where she was All-Ohio and a Parade All-American. She went on to play Northwestern University where she scored over 1,500 points and was an honorable mention All-American.
Division II
Archbold District
Defiance, Van Wert
Bluffton District
Wapakoneta, St. Marys, Elida, Kenton, Bath, Celina, Shawnee
Division III
Lima District
Ottawa-Glandorf
Boys
1. Celina 91, 2. Ottawa-Glandorf 64, 3. Bath 62, 4. Kenton 61, 4. Van Wert 61, 6. Defiance 59, 7. St. Marys 57, 8. Shawnee 49, 9. Wapakoneta 12, 10. Elida 11
Girls
1. Defiance 131, 2. Celina 104, 3. Shawnee 95, 4. Ottawa-Glandorf 57, 5. Van Wert 50, 6. St. Marys 48, 7. Bath 17, 8. Wapakoneta 16, 9. Kenton 8, 10. Elida 1
2011 WBL Champions
Boys
4×800 Meter Relay: Bath (Mault, Bishop, Gordon, Lee)
100 Meter Hurdles: Devon Fitzgerald, St. Marys
100 Meter Dash: Cory Lee, Bath
4×200 Meter Relay: Celina (Bader, Sutter, Buxton, Miller)
1600 Meter Run: Abel Flores, Defiance
4×100 Meter Relay: Kenton (Tillman, Howell, Morrison, Mauk)
400 Meter Dash: Colin Bishop, Bath
300 Meter Hurdles: Devon Fitzgerald, St. Marys
800 Meter Run: Brandon Heckman, Ottawa-Glandorf
200 Meter Dash: Chadd Phillips, Van Wert
3200 Meter Run: Abel Flores, Defiance
4×400 Meter Relay: Bath (Lee, Gordon, Mault, Bishop)
Discus Throw: Gabe King, Kenton
High Jump: Jacob Myers, Van Wert
Long Jump: Derron Pritchett, Defiance
Shot Put: Freddie Hardin, St. Marys
Pole Vault: Janson Finkbeiner, Celina
Girls
4×800 Meter Relay: Celina (Wenning, Bell, Coon, Fleck)
100 Meter Hurdles: Brooke Lime, Defiance
100 Meter Dash: Lakesha Young, Defiance
4×200 Meter Relay: Shawnee (Morgan Redick, Maegan Redick, Roberts, Beverly)
1600 Meter Run: Hannah Fleck, Celina
4×100 Meter Relay: Van Wert (Mohr, Riethman, Scheidt, Clay)
400 Meter Dash: Samantha Murray, Defiance
300 Meter Hurdles: Victoria Beverly, Shawnee
800 Meter Run: Hannah Fleck, Celina
200 Meter Dash: Lakesha Young, Defiance
3200 Meter Run: Kristen Fett, Defiance
4×400 Meter Relay: Shawnee (Wolery, Scott, Redick, Beverly)
Discus Throw: Mekayla Breland, St. Marys
High Jump: Megan Hayzlett, Wapakoneta
Long Jump: Sydney Riethman, Van Wert
Shot Put: Mekayla Breland, St. Marys (WBL Record 43-05.50)
Pole Vault: Sonya Yarnell, Defiance
The 2011 Western Buckeye League Track and Field Championships will be held at Van Wert High School. Competition will begin on Wednesday, May 11 at 4:30 p.m. and will conclude on Friday, May 13. We will begin at 4:30 p.m. on Friday with the remainder of the field events and running events beginning at 5:30 p.m.
The opening round and the quarterfinals will be played on Thursday, May 5th at UNOH at 11:00 am. The backdraw, semi-finals and finals will be played Saturday at UNOH beginning at 10:00 am.
The tournament contributes 50% of the final league standings, with the regular season standings contributing the other 50%.
At each of the five positions, tournament points will be awarded as follows:
12 pts for 1st,
10 for 2nd
8 for 3rd
6 for 4th
4 for 5th
3 for 6th
2 for 7th
1 for 8th
Brackets
St. Mary’s Memorial is designated with an (M), with Shawnee being an (S)
1st Singles | 2nd Singles | 3rd Singles | 1st Doubles | 2nd Doubles
Bath’s Liz Brock has verbally committed to play volleyball at NCAA Division I University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware.
Ottawa-Glandorf’s Cody Gerdeman will continue his education and play football at NCAA Division III College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Kenton grad Garrick Sherman announced his transfer from Michigan State University to the University of Notre Dame.
Defiance’s Megan Turner will continue her education and play softball for NAIA Notre Dame College in South Euclid, Ohio. She will be studying biology.
Ottawa-Glandorf’s Matt Peck will continue his education and football career at NCAA Division III Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio.
Defiance ranked 4th in Division II in the Week 2 Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association Poll.
Van Wert’s Blake Doidge signed a National Letter-of-Intent to play golf for NCAA Division II University of Findlay in Findlay, Ohio.
Elida’s Ross Harmon will continue his education and football career at NCAA Division III Wittenburg University in Springfield, Ohio.
Athletes must carry at least a 3.75 GPA and have earned at least two varsity letters in recognized WBL sports as a junior and a minimum of three varsity letters in recognized WBL sports as a senior.
Bath
Seniors
Caitlin Kiracofe
Johny Simindinger
Juniors
Jacob Bible
Jason Lauf
Celina
Seniors
Nate Loughridge
Long Nguyen
Erin Dorsten
Christine Thobe
Kabe Eichenauer
Ryan Paulus
Ryan Rutschilling
Abbey Zacharias
Justin Wenning
Emily Pottkotter
Maggie Miller
Juniors
Sean Mertz
Jeremy Walls
Emily Zender
Samantha Manci
Andrea Bell
Alexandra Parker
Audra Manci
Danielle Bihn
Defiance
Seniors
Adam Bates
Natalie Maxey
Katie Straley
Megan Turner
Drew Small
Sebastian Miler
Alec Blake
Victoria Mayer
Ty Parrish
William Johns
Juniors
Jacob Behringer
Shea Murray
Katherine Koester
Hanna Lamb
Zach McCarthy
Jacob Rosebrock
Kyle Maxey
Betsy Lawson
Doug Herrett
Jacob Moore
Justin Kahle
Brittany Froelich
Henry Weisgerber
Kristen Fett
Elida
Seniors
Stacy Alexander
Jacob Luhn
Kayla Smith
Michele Theodore
Juniors
Elizabeth Boyle
Austin Etzler
Keaton Greeley
Nathan Jenkins
Robin Klaus
Michael Lee
Angela McVey
Katrina Meeks
Christopher Radebaugh
Monica Tieu
Kenton
Seniors
Katie Brim
Brittany Merold
Adam Beverly
Zach Audette
Mckenzie Butterman
Jarrod Kindell
Adrian Bailey
John Dulin
Juniors
Kate Sherman
Claire Long
Demi Snider
Brice Fackler
Morgan Tudor
Olivia Watkins
Ottawa-Glandorf
Seniors
Nathan Kruse
Brook Fortman
Alex Selhorst
Melissa Verhoff
Brandon Heckman
Drew Ellerbrock
Travis Schomaeker
Jason Fischer
Ross Heringhaus
Hannah Kaufman
Kari Schroeder
Katelyn Utendorf
Juniors
Brooke Zynda
Jessica Krienbrink
John Lammers
Kelsey Hoehn
Alison Nash
Kathy Arnold
Brad Siefker
Nate Brickner
Jill Recker
Alexis Osting
Jacob Siebeneck
Casey Schroeder
St. Marys
Seniors
Allie Boley
Joseph Brenneman
Cassi Charboneau
Katie Elsass
Wyatt Falasco
Brad Hogshead
Dylan Koch
Kaitlyn McBride
Liz Sampson
Rachel Wale
Angie Wilker
Jeremy Wilson
Juniors
Marie Bertke
Jennifer Bowersock
Jenny Brown
Molly Hertenstein
Jessica Jeffries
Erica Keysor
Austin Riggs
Anthony Tenney
Ryan Wendel
Ryan Wilker
Sarah Wilker
Shawnee
Seniors
Mitchell Herold
Shannon Gorman
Matthew Tucker
Jonathan Ellis
Amanda Lawson
Joshua Vondran
Monica Paik
Ryan Barton
Amanda Kuhlman
Hunter Pay
Juniors
Cara Murphy
Garrett Diltz
Zachary Diltz
Emily Wolery
Timothy Taviano
Lauren Rovner
William Madley
Braden Croft
Taylor Worman
Seth Rosenbauer
Van Wert
Seniors
Katie Bono
Katey Gamble
Anthony Hauter
Kristen Lantz
Ashley Mohr
Rebecca Ries
Kevin Yeung
Juniors
Luke Brubaker
Erin Dingle
Molly Gamble
Taylor Grooms
Danielle Hitchcock
Brooke Keber
Nathan Knodel
Vince Moreland
Trey Stemen
Wapakoneta
Seniors
Amy Snider
Ashley Beach
Emily Henderson
Kayla Limbert
Morgan Wiseman
Annika Bowersock
Taylor Rupert
Zachary Ferenbaugh
Rachel Buzzard
Caleb Wasmund
Juniors
Joseph Jose
Ryan Kremer
Mallory McDevitt
Michelle Mosler
Christopher Schwartz
James Knippen
Alicia Sawmiller
Caleb Hennon
Paige Klopfenstein
Claudia Grumblis
Shyla Ruppert
Cole Thrush
Courtney Knippen
Kristine Stinebaugh
Connor Metz
Shawnee’s Sam Rutter will sign to play tennis at NCAA Division II University of Northwestern Ohio in Lima, Ohio.
Shawnee’s Hunter Bosch will continue his education and football career at NCAA Division III Bluffton University in Bluffton, Ohio.