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Tri-Village boys track team won the Austin Bruner Invitational & the girls were runner-up.

Mens Team Scores
1               Tri-Village – 152
2               Ansonia – 86.50
3               Dixie – 76.50
4               Preble Shawnee – 75
5               Brookville – 66
6               Newton Local – 65
7               Bradford – 59
8               Franklin Monroe – 45.50
9               Tri-County North – 9
10            Tri-Village – B Team     7.50

Boys 100m Dash Finals
1 Cade Shellhaas 11 Ansonia 11.70
2 Ethan Fields 12 Preble Shawnee 11.82
3 Avery Felver 12 Bradford 11.87
4 Jacson Cress 11 Newton Local 12.19
5 Isaiah Purpus 10 Bradford 12.24
6 Luke Cornett 12 Newton Local 12.29
7 Bentley Spiers 9 Tri-Village 12.47
8 Van Patterson12 Tri-County North 12.86

Boys 200m Dash Finals
1 Jacson Cress 11 Newton Local 23.94
2 Avery Felver 12 Bradford 24.34
3 Jacob Stamper 12 Preble Shawnee 24.37
4 Luke Cornett 12 Newton Local 24.63
5 Evan Marker 12 Dixie 25.36
6 Lathen Wehr 12 Tri-Village 25.41
7 Samuel Hester 12 Brookville 25.80
8 Isaiah Purpus 10 Bradford 25.83

Boys 400m Dash Finals
1 Jackson Felver 9 Bradford 52.89
2 Lincoln Smith 10 Newton Local 53.95
3 Keagan Wells 11 Dixie 54.31
4 Chase Wackler 9 Newton Local 54.78
5 Graham Coppess 10 Ansonia 54.84
6 Treyton Spence 10 Ansonia 55.20
7 Elijah Dillon 9 Dixie 55.22  
8 Donald Clark 12 Preble Shawnee 56.91

Boys 800m Run Finals
1 Collin Day 12 Dixie 2:07.32
2 Cooper Angle 10 Newton Local 2:09.14
3 Coleman Trantham 10 Tri-Village 2:09.24
4 Carsen Dyson 11 Tri-Village 2:10.56
5 Evan Pentecost 12 Brookville 2:12.30
6 Kellen Sargent- Eckert 12 Preble Shawnee 2:13.98
7 Van Patterson12 Tri-County North 2:15.89
8 Eli Leingang 10 Newton Local 2:16.00

Boys 1600m Run Finals
1 Evan Shields 11 Preble Shawnee 4:49.89
2 Carter Tranthamb10 Tri-Village 4:51.28
3 Dylan Trost 9 Newton Local 4:54.95
4 Oliver Kutter 9 Tri-Village 5:01.51
5 Christian Seitz 12 Brookville 5:18.43
6 Gavin Stachler 12 Ansonia 5:20.87
7 Zeb Lavey 10 Bradford 5:22.81
8 Anthony Moore 9 Tri-Village 5:26.10

Boys 3200m Run Finals
1 James McNew 11 Dixie 10:52.51
2 Carter Trantham 10 Tri-Village 10:54.24
3 Oliver Kutter 9 Tri-Village 10:55.17
4 Miles Bland 9 Brookville 10:55.92
5 Wyatt Unrast 11 Ansonia 10:57.74
6 Kyle Bruno 10 Preble Shawnee 11:48.64
7 Zeb Lavey 10 Bradford 11:49.84
8 Carson Barr 10 Brookville 12:38.19

Boys 110m Hurdles Finals
1 Noah Finkbine 12 Tri-Village 16.43
2 Teddy Miller 11 Tri-Village 16.93
3 Keven Huang 11 Franklin Monroe 17.54
4 Caleb Miller 9 Tri-Village 17.85
5 Country Ford 12 Preble Shawnee 18.01
6 Zurich Bess 12 Newton Local 18.60
7 Prestyn Hardin 11 Dixie 18.78
8 Kaiden Osborne 12 Bradford 19.74


Ansonia's Cade Shellhaas was a double winner in the 300m hurdles and Pole Vault.  

Boys 300m Hurdles Finals
1 Cade Shellhaas 11 Ansonia 40.89
2 Aaron Bruner 10 Tri-Village 43.74
3 Caleb Miller 9 Tri-Village 45.77
4 Prestyn Hardin 11 Dixie 47.05
5 Zurich Bess 12 Newton Local 47.33
6 Uriah Berry 10 Dixie 49.26
7 Ethan Scott 11 Preble Shawnee 50.91
8 Dallan Hewitt 11 Bradford 50.91

Boys 4x100m Relay
1 Preble Shawnee 46.28
2 Franklin Monroe 46.40
3 Ansonia 46.65
4 Tri-Village 47.44
5 Dixie 47.54
6 Brookville 49.14
7 Bradford 50.55
8 Tri-County North 54.38

Boys 4x200m Relay
1 Preble Shawnee 1:35.71
2 Bradford 1:38.67
3 Dixie 1:39.63
4 Tri-Village 1:39.95
5 Ansonia 1:41.66
6 Newton Local 1:42.56
7 Brookville 1:46.09
8 Tri-County North 1:56.21

Boys 4x400m Relay
1 Tri-Village 3:43.68
2 Dixie 3:48.16
3 Preble Shawnee 3:48.46
4 Franklin Monroe 4:02.35
5 Tri-County North 4:11.71
6 Brookville 4:28.34

Boys 4x800m Relay
1 Tri-Village 8:48.19 
2 Brookville 9:12.31
3 Dixie 9:21.92
4 Preble Shawnee 9:33.88
5 Franklin Monroe 11:04.39


Noah Finkbine was also a triple winner in the 110m hurdles, high jump and long jump.  

Boys High Jump
1 Noah Finkbine 12 Tri-Village 6-4
2 Teddy Miller 11 Tri-Village 5-8
3 Kaiden Osborne 12 Bradford 5-6
4 Tyler Fugett 9 Franklin Monroe 5-6
5 Cade Shellhaas 11 Ansonia 5-4
5 Evan Addis 10 Franklin Monroe 5-4
7 Caleb Miller 9 Tri-Village 5-4
7 Evan Marker 12 Dixie 5-4

Boys Long Jump
1 Noah Finkbine 12 Tri-Village 20-5.5
2 Avery Felver 12 Bradford 19-10
3 Ethan Fields 12 Preble Shawnee 18-9
4 Vail Cox 11 Franklin Monroe 18-8.5
5 Prestyn Hardin 11 Dixie 18-5
6 Teddy Miller 11 Tri-Village 18-4
7 Branson Landis 9 Ansonia 18-3
8 Sawyer Hainline 10 Newton Local 18-0

Boys Pole Vault
1 Cade Shellhaas 11 Ansonia 15-6
2 Samuel Hester 12 Brookville 12-0
3 Zachary Zerkle 9 Ansonia 11-6
4 Kegan Metcalf 9 Brookville 11-0
5 Aaron Bruner 10 Tri-Village 10-6
6 Jason Myers 10 Dixie 10-0
7 Will Eikelberger 10 Preble Shawnee 9-0
8 William Glyptis 9 Preble Shawnee 8-0

Boys Discus
1 Alex Stacy 12 Brookville 128-0
2 Dominic Black 11 Tri-Village 124-8
3 Gabe Fergerson 10 Ansonia 123-4
4 Calvin Allen 12 Brookville 123-1
5 Ethan Wilson11 Franklin Monroe 121-9
6 Ben Barnt 12 Ansonia 119-1
7 Madex Skidmore 12 Franklin Monroe 118-8
8 Miller Berter 9 Preble Shawnee 108-5

Boys Shot Put
1 Dominic Black 11 Tri-Village 52-10.5
2 Gabe Fergerson10 Ansonia 43-8.75
3 Madex Skidmore 12 Franklin Monroe 42-2.25
4 Calvin Allen 12 Brookville 41-11.5
5 Ben Barnt 12 Ansonia 41-11
6 Ayden Kane 10 Newton Local 40-11
7 Levi Welz 11 Dixie 37-8.5
8 Payton Stacy 12 Brookville 37-3.5

Dom Black won the Shot Put and placed 2nd in the Discus to help the Patriots win the Tri-Village Austin Bruner Invitational Track Meet.

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FM girls track team edged TV to win Austin Bruner Invitational. (Submitted Photo)

Girls Team Scores
1               Franklin Monroe – 113
2               Tri-Village – 105
3               Ansonia – 85.50
4               Dixie – 74
5               Brookville – 73
6               Bradford – 41
7               Preble Shawnee – 37.50
8               Tri-County North – 28
9               Newton Local – 27
10            Tri-Village – B Team     6

Girls 100 Meter Dash Finals
1 Adalynn Hines 12 Tri-Village 13.05
2 Jayla Coby 10 Tri-Village 13.20
3 London Reichert 11 Ansonia 13.28
4 Hannah Wolfe 11 Franklin Monroe 13.77
5 Quincy Cox 9 Franklin Monroe 14.01
6 Savannah Beachler 11 Bradford 14.13
7 Charlotte Barga 10 Ansonia 14.16
8 Aribella Huggins 10 Brookville 14.20

Girls 200 Meter Dash Finals
1 Sydney Baker 11 Franklin Monroe 26.24
2 Adalynn Hines 12 Tri-Village 27.04
3 London Reichert 11 Ansonia 27.25
4 Jayla Coby 10 Tri-Village 27.29
5 Savannah Beachler 11 Bradford 29.44
6 Quincy Cox 9 Franklin Monroe 29.59
7 Sallie Montgomery 12 Preble Shawnee 29.84
8 Autumn Best 10 Ansonia 29.85

Girls 400 Meter Dash Finals
1 Savannah Beachler 11 Bradford 1:02.72 
2 Josie Mondello-Garrett 10 Preble Shawnee 1:03.83
3 Mayson Cosby 9 Newton Local 1:07.30
4 Bentley Hess 9 Newton Local 1:09.26
5 Charlotte Barga 10 Ansonia 1:09.99
6 Adissyn Bosserman 10 Franklin Monroe 1:11.38
7 Alainah Hess 10 Franklin Monroe 1:13.14
8 Eliza Jones 10 Preble Shawnee 1:14.68

Girls 800 Meter Run Finals
1 Cayleigh Tipton 10 Brookville 2:42.17
2 Natalie Wood 11 Bradford 2:42.68
3 Riley Lake 10 Brookville 2:44.51
4 Mylie Myers 11 Tri-County North 2:50.92
5 Ellie Bradshaw 10 Newton Local 2:51.33
6 Sophie Goins 9 Tri-Village 2:51.39
7 Josie Mondello-Garrett 10 Preble Shawnee 2:53.22
8 Scarlett Cantrell 9 Dixie 2:53.41

Girls 1600 Meter Run Finals
1 Stella Fugate 10 Franklin Monroe 5:50.59
2 Gentri Deaton 12 Newton Local 6:01.29
3 Mackenzie Woodrey 10 Tri-County North 6:03.80
4 Ella Renner 10 Brookville 6:16.05
5 Ellie Bradshaw 10 Newton Local 6:21.71
6 Mylie Myers 11 Tri-County North 6:39.07
7 Addison Gelhaus 9 Ansonia 6:39.53
8 Scarlett Cantrell 9 Dixie 6:53.35

Girls 3200 Meter Run Finals
1 Stella Fugate10 Franklin Monroe 12:49.38 
2 Raegan Griffith-Burchfield 9 Brookville 13:47.70
3 Lindsay Rieder 12 Brookville 14:54.59

Girls 100 Meter Hurdles Finals
1 Maddison Caldwell 11 Dixie 17.71
2 Hannah Whaley 10 Tri-Village 18.68
3 Regan Hambly 9 Dixie 18.83
4 Mia Brookey 11 Franklin Monroe 18.84
5 Olivia Creager 12 Ansonia 20.07
6 Bailey Garnett 11 Preble Shawnee 20.53
7 Maddie Shofner 11 Franklin Monroe 21.69
8 Allyson Marshall 10 Ansonia 21.70

Girls 300 Meter Hurdles Finals
1 Maddison Caldwell 11 Dixie 53.49 
2 Mia Brookey 11 Franklin Monroe 54.10
3 Sophia Clifford 11 Dixie 54.42
4 Tara Seger 9 Ansonia 54.59
5 Hannah Whaley 10 Tri-Village 59.22
6 Allyson Marshall 10 Ansonia 1:00.56

Girls 4x100 Meter Relay Finals
1 Franklin Monroe 50.83
2 Tri-Village 51.96
3 Preble Shawnee 54.49
4 Brookville 56.00
5 Dixie 58.58
6 Tri-County North 1:04.60

Girls 4x200 Meter Relay Finals
1 Ansonia 1:52.54
2 Tri-Village 1:54.80
3 Dixie 2:05.37
4 Brookville 2:05.50
5 Tri-County North 2:08.88

Girls 4x400 Meter Relay Finals
1 Brookville 4:40.14
2 Dixie 4:47.75
3 Tri-Village 4:56.72
4 Tri-County North 5:37.10

Girls 4x800 Meter Relay Finals
1 Brookville 11:20.65
2 Franklin Monroe 12:29.18

Girls High Jump Finals
1 Scarlett Cantrell 9 Dixie 4-10
2 Natalie Wood 11 Bradford 4-10
3 Hailey Lovett 10 Tri-Village 4-8
4 Allyson Risner 9 Preble Shawnee 4-6
4 Autumn Best 10 Ansonia 4-6
6 Kenli Romine 11 Brookville 4-6
7 Olivia Creager 12 Ansonia 4-6
8 Ava Camacho 9 Tri-Village 4-4

Girls Long Jump Finals
1 Adalynn Hines 12 Tri-Village 17-2.5 
2 Olivia Creager 12 Ansonia 16-10
3 Sallie Montgomery 12 Preble Shawnee 15-9
4 Hannah Wolfe 11 Franklin Monroe 14-8
5 Kenli Romine 11 Brookville 14-6.5
6 Maddison Caldwell 11 Dixie 14-0.5
7 Natalie Wood 11 Bradford 13-11.5
8 Adissyn Bosserman 10 Franklin Monroe 12-11.5

Girls Pole Vault Finals
1 Sydney Baker 11 Franklin Monroe 11-6
2 London Reichert 11 Ansonia 11-0
3 Chloe Poppaw 11 Brookville 9-6
4 Bailey Garnett 11 Preble Shawnee 7-6
5 Sophia Clifford 11 Dixie 7-6


Tri-Village Zoe Ayette was a double winner in the Shot Put and the Discus for the Patriots.

Girls Discus Finals
1 Zoe Ayette 11 Tri-Village 100-7
2 Alexis Moody 12 Ansonia 100-2
3 Leah Clark 11 Bradford 99-1
4 Faith Wintrow 11 Franklin Monroe 98-9
5 Audrey Fox 11 Tri-County North 91-7
6 Annie Wendel 10 Ansonia 89-7
7 Aubree Whitaker 11 Dixie 84-10
8 Hailey Smith 12 Dixie 80-4

Girls Shot Put Finals
1 Zoe Ayette 11 Tri-Village 32-8.25
2 Faith Wintrow 11 Franklin Monroe 32-1.5
3 Kenna Wilcox 11 Tri-Village 31-9.75
4 Annie Wendel 10 Ansonia 31-4.25
5 Lilly Heck 10 Franklin Monroe 30-8.5
6 Alexis Moody 12 Ansonia 29-11
7 Hailey Smith 12 Dixie 27-0.25
8 Haylee Bloom 11 Tri-County North 26-7

This event serves as a tune-up to the WOAC Track Championship that will take place at Bradford on Tuesday May 12th and Thursday May 14th.


Adalynn Hines was a double winner including this winning jump of 17'2.5".  She also won the 100m dash & 2nd in the 200m dash.
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Tri-County North pitcher Alayna MtCastle picked up the win on the mound and had 3 hits including an rbi double for the Panthers.

LEWISBURG – Tri-County North softball had to earn their 7-4 win over Dixie while the baseball team fell 11-0 to the Hounds on senior night.

Tri-County North pushed a run across the plate to start the game on a sacrifice bunt from Alyssa Arnett in the bottom of the 1st inning.

Dixie's Jacie Hartimer triples and drove home a run for the Hounds.

Dixie responded with a rbi triple from Jacie Hartimer tying the game in top of second.

But North got two runs in the bottom of the 2nd with a two single from Paityn Davidson and then a huge 3-run homer from Lola Grieshop in the bottom of the 3rd inning for a 6-1 lead.

Dixie didn’t go down without a fight plating 3 runs to draw to 6-4 heading in the 5th inning chasing off starting pitcher Alyanna MtCastle. 

Lola Grieshop gave North some breathing room with a 3-run blast over the left field fence.

MtCastle gave up 3 hits, 3 walks and gave up 4 runs to go along with 5 strikeouts and would eventually get the win.

North added an insurance run in the bottom of the 5th inning with MtCastle rapping her 3rd hit, this time a double scoring Allysa Arnett who had a two-hit night, to go up 7-4. 

Lola Grieshop came on in relief to get the save for Tri-County North throwing two innings, gave up one hit and had three strikeouts.

Dixie Kaylie McConnell doubled in the game at the plate and went the distance on the mound for Hounds.

Dixie senior pitcher Kaylie McConnell went the distance giving up 9 hits, 6 earned runs, 2 walks and 4 strikeouts.

All four Dixie hits in the game were extra bases with Beth Himan, Kaylie McConnell and Kierstin Alderman doubling and Beth Himan had a triple.

North with a 10-5 overall record is two games back of first place Tri-Village, one game behind Arcanum and in 3rd place overall in the WOAC at 5-2.  They will host Mississinawa Valley on Thursday.

Dixie fell to 5-10 overall and 1-7 in the WOAC.

Dixie hurler Dillon Phillips struck out 11 hitters and collected a win over Tri-County North.

The Dixie baseball team run-ruled a good North baseball team by pounding out 13 hits and getting a complete game on the bump from senior pitcher Dillon Phillips who struck out 11 batters on just three hit in an 11-0 win.

The Hounds jumped out front in the top of the first inning scoring 3 runs, two on an error and another on a rbi single from Brayden Puckett.

They added five more runs in the top of the 2nd inning with Wyatt Kettler, Landry Broyles, Garrett Williams and Puckett all with rbi hits in the inning.

Williams led the way for Dixie driving home four runs on three hits.  Puckett, Phillips, Broyles and Kevin Bowser all had multiple hits on the night.

The win for Dixie improved their league record to 6-2, while the loss dropped North to 6-2 with both teams two games back of undefeated Arcanum at 8-0 in the WOAC while Newton is 7-1 and TV South 6-1.

Dixie will host National Trail on Thursday while Tri-County North will play at Newton.


Dixie's Garrett Williams had 3 hits and 4 rbi's in win over Tri-County North.
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Arcanum's Eathan Kearney came through with the biggest swing of the night, Crushing two-run homer run deep to right-center in the top of the eight inning to send the Trojans past Mississinawa Valley 11-9 in WOAC League Play.

Story & Photos by Gaylen Blosser

UNION CITY – In a back-and-forth Western Ohio Athletic Conference battle played under blustery conditions, the Arcanum Trojans found a way to finish, defeating the Mississinawa Valley Blackhawks 11-9 in eight innings in a hard-fought road win.

The game had all the makings of a classic, featuring momentum swings, timely hitting, and a determined Blackhawks squad that refused to go away. In the end, it was Ethan Kearney’s clutch two-run home run in the top of the eighth inning that proved to be the difference.

With the game tied 9-9, Colton Quigney led off the eighth with a single to center, setting the stage for Kearney, who delivered a towering shot to right-center field to give the Trojans an 11-9 advantage.

Kolton Quigney leads off eighth with lead-off single setting up Ethan Kearney game-winning extra-inning home run.  

“Kearney went opposite field,” said Arcanum coach Randy Baker. “We had some decent hits during the game, not enough like I thought we should have.”

Mississinawa Valley threatened in the bottom of the inning when Elliott Seubert led off with a double, but Arcanum reliever Regan Christ shut the door with a lineout and back-to-back strikeouts to secure the win.

Elliott Seubert leads off bottom of eight inning with a Mississinawa Valley double in conference play with Arcanum.  

The Trojans struck first in the opening inning, taking advantage of a walk to push across an early run. Arcanum added two more in the second inning on a Derek Longstreth RBI single to build a 3-0 lead.

“We had a chance to put them down and left a couple runs on base when we were up 3-0,” Baker said. “You let a team like that hang around, and they are going to do what they did today.”

Blackhawks Bently Manning picks up a hit in MV home game with Arcanum.  

The Blackhawks answered in the bottom of the third inning, taking a 4-3 lead behind key hits from Caden Hanes and Bentley Manning, along with an Arcanum error.

Arcanum quickly responded in the fourth inning as Christ crushed a three-run home run over the center field fence and Quigney added an RBI double to give the Trojans a 7-4 edge.

“Regan had a nice shot early on,” Baker said. “It was a line drive shot – it wasn’t aided by the wind, it was a shot.”

Mississinawa Valley continued to battle, trimming the deficit to 7-6 in the fourth and eventually tying the game at 8-8 in the fifth inning behind a string of timely hits from Gavin Rehmert, Cole McGlothlin, Manning, and Seubert.

Neither team scored in the sixth, but Arcanum regained the lead in the seventh when Christ doubled and came around to score on a Longstreth RBI single for a 9-8 advantage.

Derek Longstreth knocks an RBI single giving Arcanum a 9-8 seventh-inning lead over Blackhawks.  

The Blackhawks again answered in the bottom half, as McGlothlin doubled and later scored on a passed ball to tie the game at 9-9 and force extra innings.

“I knew when they got that one-run lead… I knew they were going to bring Regan Christ in,” said Mississinawa Valley coach Kyler Guillozet. “We did score a runoff on him, so that is something to be proud of, and I am just very proud of my guys, they fight until the end – that’s for sure.”

Cole McGlothlin leads off Mississinawa Valley eighth with a double and came around to score on a passed ball sending the game to extra innings.

Despite the loss, Guillozet’s Blackhawks proved they could compete with one of the conference’s top teams.

“That was the No. 1 team in the conference,” Guillozet said. “Nobody expected Mississinawa Valley to take Arcanum into extra innings… I am just very proud of my guys.”

Christ earned the win in relief for Arcanum, allowing one unearned run on two hits over three innings while striking out six. Bishop Cartwright started for the Trojans, giving up six runs (four earned) over four innings.

Landon Brewer collects an Arcanum hit in Trojans WOAC win over Mississinawa Valley.

For Mississinawa Valley, Bentley Manning took the loss in relief, while Caleb Spradling started the game on the mound.

Both teams pounded out 12 hits apiece in the contest. Arcanum was led by Brewer, Christ, Longstreth, and Quigney with two hits each, while Seubert paced the Blackhawks with a 3-for-4 performance. Hanes, Seubert, and Manning each drove in two runs for Mississinawa Valley.

“They can hit, they battle,” Baker said. “We need some games like this… in a conference like this, you have to win tough games. We were fortunate to come out on top.”

Gavin Rehmert knocks a Blackhawks hit in-home game with Arcanum.
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TV's Liz Poling kept Arcanum hitters off balance most of night in match-up of last two undefeated WOAC Teams.  Poling scattered 8 hits & gave up 2 runs in 9-2 win.

Story & Photos by Dale Barger

ARCANUM – Tri-Village Lady Patriots softball cleared the biggest hurdle yet this year in the WOAC with a 9-2 win over Arcanum putting them in the driver seat looking for their third consecutive WOAC league title.

Over the last 4 years the title race has come down to Arcanum and Tri-Village.  The Bradford girls won the first ever league title in 2022 and went on to win a state championship. 

Arcanum won in 2023 and the Patriots in 2024 and 2025 with the PATS claiming a state championship last year as well.

Tri-Village collected 17 hits with five players having a multi-hit night while Arcanum scattered 10 hits in the game.

Emma Greer led off the game with a shot to center field that nearly left the yard.  She would go 3-4 in the game, 2 rbi, 2 runs scored.

Emma Greer continues to swing a hot bat for Tri-Village and got the game started with a line drive double that nearly went out in straight center hitting off the top of the fence.  Greer would score after back-to-back – ground ball outs by Kash Mead which got her to 3rd and Hailey Burk then sent her home for a 1-0 lead.

The Patriots touched up Arcanum pitcher Cam Garbig in the 2nd inning for 3 more runs to push the lead to 4-0.

Caley McCarroll who leads the league in homers in a tie with Greer, both have 6, roped a double down the left field line to start the top of 2nd inning.

Cam Osborne then singled to 2nd base that was followed by a walk to Miley Bierly to load up the bases.

Addy Wright hit one deep that was caught near the fence by left fielder Emily Fox that scored McCarroll tagging up on the play.

Addy Wright had two doubles for the Patriots and snared a nice catch in the outfield for TV.

Garbig got a hitter to pop-out … but then walked Greer to again load up the bases.  Kash Mead battled at the plate, and it paid dividends with a single into left field scoring Osborne and Bierly to put the Patriots up 4-0.

Tri-Village tacked on two more runs in the top of the 4th inning both coming with two outs.

Greer hit a single followed by a walk to Mead.  Hailey Burk singled to score Greer and then Mead scored on a base hit from Aereonna Baker to go up 6-0.

Arcanum in the bottom of the inning got a one-out hit from Rees Hoffman.  Meredith Laux hit one back to the pitcher, who then tried to get the force at 2nd … but the throw was late and Arcanum had their first threat of the game with runners at 1st and 2nd.

Rees Hoffman laced one of the Trojans 10 hits in the game.

Fox laid down a sacrifice bunt moving two runners into scoring position at 2nd and 3rd with two outs.  Poling then coaxed a ground ball to McCarroll at 1st base who stepped on the bag to end the scoring threat.

Arcanum again threatened in the 5th inning getting two hits, one from Grace Fry and the other by Jordan Garbig.

Poling kept the Trojans off balance most of the night as they struggled to get any real solid contact, she managed three infield pop-ups to get out of the inning unscathed.

The Patriots added a run in the 6th inning on a McCarroll RBI bringing home Burk stretching the lead to 7-0.

Arcanum rallied in the bottom of the inning … with two outs and Meridith Laux on with a hit, Poling threw a couple of wild pitches that allowed courtesy runner Brynn Byers to get to 3rd base and then walked Ella Flatter.

Grace Fry helped prevent the Trojans from getting shutout with this rbi single.

Lead-off hitter Grace Fry delivered with an RBI single to get Arcanum on the board scoring Byers and now they had runners on 1st and 2nd.

Tri-Village coach Emily Osborne was pleased with the effort she got from her senior leader Liz Poling on the mound against a good Arcanum team but decided it was time for a pitching change.

“I told Liz, she did a good job, making them hit outs and giving us a chance to make plays behind her.  She got ahead in the count, hit her spots and I thought maybe we'd get her to go all the way through for a shutout,” coach Osborne stated.

“But it’s a long season and it’s nice to have options so we brought in Caley McCarrolI. We're hoping to go deep in the tournament and having the flexibility of throwing the two and still have a third kid we can throw in at spots is nice to have,” Osborne added.

Senior pitcher Elizabeth Poling would eventually get the win, going 5.2 innings, giving up 8 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks and had 2 strikeouts.

Matty Noe fields ball for an out & hit a double to give Arcanum their 2nd run in the game.

Arcanum’s Matty Noe would touch up McCarroll in relief immediately with a hard shot to deep center field that just stay in the park.  The double scored Flatter and the Trojans trailed 7-2.

But the rally got cut short as Grace Fry also tried to score from first on the double  and the Patriots relay throw home was in time for Burk to apply the tag on Fry to get out of the inning preventing further potential damage.  

Tri-Village would get those two runs back in the top half of the final inning.  With one out Claire Royer slapped a double over third base.  Addy Wright followed it with her 2nd double  of the night scoring Royer.

Kaley Brandon singled with Wright going to 3rd base and then Greer collected her 3rd hit to score Wright as the Patriots held a 9-2 lead into the bottom of the inning.

Kaley Brandon gets a solid hit in game with Arcanum.

Caley McCarroll gave up one hit in the last inning, two in the game but shut down the Trojans to earn a save and the Patriots would remain undefeated in the WOAC with 9-2 win.

Offensively Emma Greer was 3-4, 2 runs, 1 rbi, 1 walk, Aereonna Baker 3-4 and rbi, Addy Wright 2-4, 2 rbi, 1 run, Cam Osborne 2-4, 1 run, Caley McCarroll 2-4, 1 run, 1 rbi, and Hailey Burk 2-4, 1 run, 2 rbi.

Arcanum’s Jordan Garbig was 3-4, Grace Fry 2-3, 1 rbi, Meredith Laux 2-2 and Matty Noe 1-4, 1 rbi.

Arcanum Coach Mike Morris gave credit to Tri-Village and knew going it they needed to keep it a low scoring game.

“We wanted to keep it low scoring, we're not going to get in a big home run match with them. We should have probably shifted earlier in the game, they probably had five, maybe six runs, if we shifted earlier.   We hit the ball tonight, we just didn’t hit it hard enough at times and the wind was a factor as well, no excuses, obviously, they're a great team,” Morris commented.

“We got a lot of ball left as we continue to work to get ready for tournament. I think we can do some damage in the tournament this year. We’ve got a big game tomorrow with Miami East and we'll see how we fare with them, they are another great hitting team, so we will see what we can do,” Morris concluded.

Arcanum fell to 9-6 overall and 4-1 in the WOAC tied with Tri-County North also at 4-1.  The Trojans will host North on May 7th.

Tri-Village improved to 10-3 overall and 5-0 in the WOAC.  The Patriots will host St. Henry on Saturday and Franklin Monroe on Monday.

Aereonna Baker turns on an inside pitch lacing a double down the left field line in win over Arcanum.
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Twin Valley South's Andrew Johnson hits the game winning RBI as the South earns a 5-4 win over rival Tri-County North.

Story & Photos by Dale Barger

WEST ALEXANDRIA – Twin Valley South baseball team handed Tri-County North their first WOAC loss.  South’s Andrew Johnson’s singled in the winning run in their last at bat for the 5-4 win.

Tri-County North got a one out double from Peyton Fannin and moved to third on a single from Koby Reynolds, but the Panthers would be unable to bring home the runners popping up to shortstop and to the first baseman with the next two hitters.

The outfielders were getting a workout in this game with the wind blowing out.  Peyton Fanning had to chase this one down going to the fence.  North fell short in this one 5-4.

Aiden White led off the bottom half the inning with a walk.  Dustin Miller hit a double moving White to third base. 

Laiden Carver who started the game on the bump for South helped himself at the plate in the bottom of first inning with a base hit that scored White and moved Miller to third.

Miller then scored on a wild pitch and Carver advanced to 3rd.  Tyler Wampler then hit ground ball to up the middle and fielded by shortstop who had to go to first and Carver scored to give TV South a quick 3-0 lead.

Tri-County North got two runs back in the top of the third inning.  Peyton Fanning walked to start. After a strikeout by Carver, Fannin stole second base.  Gabe Heltsley hit a line drive double to center bringing Fannin home. Heltsley would score a few batters later on a single from Joe O’Connell to make the score 3-2.


Ben Knife gave North a 4-3 lead with a towering 2-run homer.

In the top of the fourth Luke Baughman led off with an infield single.  As the game went along the clouds were ominous, dark and the wind picked playing in favor of Tri-County North and Ben Knife who timed it just right on one big swing getting the ball up in the air with the wind blowing out and the ball sailed way over the fence for a go-ahead two run homer with North going in front 4-3.

In the bottom of the 5th inning Parker Howard and Dustin Miller hit back-to-back singles.  One pitch to the next batter Miller attempted a steal to second and then Howard broke to home from third the relay back to home was late and Howard scored the tying run 4-4 where the score remained until the final at bat for South in the seventh inning.

Andrew Johnson would notch the big hit for the game winner.  Dustin Miller who came on in relief in the final inning had two strikeouts for TV South and with the game tied picked up the win.  Meanwhile Laiden Carver threw 6 innings giving up 8 hits, 4 runs, 4 walks and had 6 strikeouts.

Gabe Heltsley got the start for North and went 5.1 innings and he gave up 8 hits, 4 runs, 4 walks and had 5 strikeouts.  Ben Knife came on in relief and gave up 1 hit, 1 run, 3 walks and had 2 strikeouts and would be tabbed with the loss.

While starting pitcher Laiden Carver didn't get the win for TV South, he threw six good innings and helped his team at the plate as well.
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