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Arcanum Baseball won the 2025 WOAC Championship and has league three titles in the just the 4th season of the Western Ohio Athletic Conference.

Story & Photos by Dale Barger

ARCANUM – Here is a look at the final WOAC 2025 baseball All-WOAC Conference selections, final league standings and top five statistical category leaders based on league games played.  

FIRST TEAM ALL-WOAC
Asher Shives  Ansonia
Regan Christ  Arcanum
Lucas Miller  Arcanum
Kaiden Hypes  Dixie
Dillon Phillips  Dixie
Brandt Filbrun  Franklin Monroe
Cole McGlothlin  Mississinawa Valley
Cooper Smith  National Trail
Rhett Koffer  Newton
Austin Tippie  Newton
Gavin Schmidt  Preble Shawnee
Ben Knife  Tri-County North
Carter Lake  Tri-County North
Lucas Brown  Tri-Village
Dustin Miller  Twin Valley South

SECOND TEAM ALL-WOAC
Darby Gilland  Ansonia
Bryce Kramer  Arcanum
Luke Stephens  Arcanum
JR Bemis  Dixie
Chase Stebbins  Franklin Monroe
Kyle Wehrkamp  Mississinawa Valley
Mason Leal  National Trail
Cole Alexander  Newton
Will Bowser  Newton
Lane Lovely  Preble Shawnee
Kaid Runyon  Preble Shawnee
Braylen Keener  Tri-County North
Lane Bierly  Tri-Village
Laiden Carver  Twin Valley South

SPECIAL MENTION ALL-WOAC
Kam Ingle  Ansonia
Ethan Kearney  Arcanum
Colton Gambill  Bradford
Brayden Puckett  Dixie
Ty Riffle  Franklin Monroe
Seth Kiser  Mississinawa Valley
Grady Ott  National Trail
Brady Wackler  Newton
Brennan Arvai  Preble Shawnee
Peyton Fannin   Tri-County North
Mason Stansberry Tri-Village
Aidan White  Twin Valley South

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Regan Christ - Arcanum


Arcanum junior hurler Regan Christ was selected as the WOAC 2025 Baseball Player of the Year.  Christ was among the league leaders in strikeouts 52 and ERA at 0.81.  Christ pitched a two-hit, 3-1 win over Newton to help the Trojans clinch the 2025 WOAC league title.

COACH OF THE YEAR
Randy Baker - Arcanum

Arcanum coach Randy Baker’s team won the league championship for the third time in four years of the Western Ohio Athletic Conference and earned his third WOAC Baseball Coach of the Year award.

FINAL WOAC BASEBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
Arcanum  10-1
Newton  8-3
Tri-County North 8-3
Dixie  8-3
Franklin Monroe  8-3
Preble Shawnee 7-4
National Trail 4-7
Twin Valley South 4-7
Ansonia 3-8
Tri-Village 2-9
Mississinawa Valley 2-9
Bradford 1-10

Top Five players in Six Statistical  Categories based on Conference games played.

Top 5 Batting Average based on conference games only

Dustin Miller (So) Twin Valley South .536
Gavin Schmidt (Sr) Preble Shawnee .517
Kaiden Hypes (Sr) Dixie .513
Carter Lake (Sr) Tri-County North .500
Luke Stephens (So) Arcanum .500

Top 5 RBI’s based on conference games only

Kaiden Hypes (Sr) Dixie 21
Gavin Schmidt (Sr) Preble Shawnee 18
Ty Riffle (Sr) Franklin Monroe 16
Luke Stephens (So) Arcanum 13
Carter Lake (Sr) Tri-County North 12
Lucas Miller (So) Arcanum 12
Ryan Shively (So) Tri-County North 12
Lander Shives (So) Ansonia 12

Top 5 Home Runs based on conference games only

Carter Lake (Sr) Tri-County North 3
Gavin Schmidt (Sr) Preble Shawnee 3
Austin Tippie (Jr) Newton 2
Will Bowser (Jr) Newton 1
Colt Camacho (Fr) Tri-Village 1
Darby Gilland (Sr) Ansonia 1
Jacob MaNutt (Fr) Ansonia 1
Cooper Smith (Sr) National Trail 1

Top 5 Pitching Wins based on conference games only

Lucas Miller (So) Arcanum 5
Austin Tippie (Jr) Newton 5
Brandt Filbrun (Jr) Franklin Monroe 4
Brayden Puckett (Jr) Dixie 4
Chase Stebbins (Sr) Franklin Monroe 4

Top 5 Pitching ERA based on conference games only

Ben Knife (Fr) Tri-County North 0.00
Lucas Miller (So) Arcanum 0.23
Mason Stansberry (Fr) Tri-Village 0.45
Chase Stebbins (Sr) Franklin Monroe 0.61
Austin Tippie (Jr) Newton 0.75

Top 5 Pitchers Strikeouts based on league games only

Lucas Miller (Fr) Arcanum 60
Gavin Schmidt (Sr) Preble Shawnee 59
Regan Christ (Jr) Arcanum 52
Cole Alexander (So) Newton 49
Brandt Filbrun (So) Franklin Monroe 48

Congratulation to all baseball athletes recognized.
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Tri-Village sophomore Emma Greer collects a round trip on a home run. She was named the WOAC 2025 Softball Player of the Year.  The Patriots were 11-0 in the league and won back-to-back WOAC Softball Conference Championships. 

Story & Photos by Dale Barger

NEW MADISON  – Here is a look at the final WOAC 2025 league standings, top five statistical category leaders based on league games played and Softball All-League selections.  

WOAC 2025 ALL-CONFERENCE

FIRST TEAM ALL-WOAC
Addison Geyer  Ansonia
Miley Wall  Ansonia
Mackenzie Byrne  Arcanum
Jordyn Garbig  Arcanum
Hayven Evans  Bradford
Chloe Hocker  Bradford
Bethany Himan  Dixie
Ella Godfrey  Mississinawa Valley
Carley Hamm  National Trail
Layla VanCulin  Newton
Mattie Colburn  Preble Shawnee
Kasidi Daugherty  Tri-County North
Kora Lykins  Tri-County North
Emma Greer  Tri-Village
Camryn Osborne  Tri-Village

SECOND TEAM ALL-WOAC
Shyann McKenna  Ansonia
Ava Thatcher  Ansonia
Grace Fry  Arcanum
Matty Noe  Arcanum
Kaylie McConnell  Dixie
Gentry Newbauer  Mississinawa Valley
Taylor Reynolds  National Trail
Isabelle Prickett  Newton
Hannah Williams  Newton
Layla Roberts  Preble Shawnee
Bella Cherry  Tri-County North
Hailey Burk  Tri-Village
Emma Cantrell  Tri-Village
Elizabeth Poling  Tri-Village
Emilee Zinn  Twin Valley South

SPECIAL MENTION ALL-WOAC
Jayda Mangen  Ansonia
Marli Morris  Arcanum
Lilly Canan  Bradford
Haley Mohr  Dixie
Layni Ressler  Franklin Monroe
Cora Hoggatt  Mississinawa Valley
Morgan House  National Trail
Cori Haines  Newton
Ava Niehoff  Preble Shawnee
Gracie Hemp  Tri-County North
Caley McCarroll Tri-Village
Rylee Caldwell  Twin Valley South

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Emma Greer  Tri-Village

Tri-Village sophomore Emma Greer was named the 2025 WOAC Softball “Player of the Year” She led the WOAC in three offensive categories, based on league games played with .676 battering average, 8 home runs and 23 RBIs.  

COACH OF THE YEAR
Emily Osborne  Tri-Village

Tri-Village Emily Osborne was named the WOAC Softball “Coach of the Year” for 2025.
Osborne’s team won the league title going undefeated at 11-0 and 23-0 overall in the regular season as is ranked number one in the state in DVI.  This makes back-to-back league titles for Osborne.  The Lady Patriots will be looking to make a deep post season run.

FINAL WOAC SOFTBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
Tri-Village  11-0
Arcanum  9-2
Tri-County North 9-2
Ansonia  8-3
Newton  7-4
Mississinawa Valley 6-5
Bradford 6-5
Dixie   4-7
Preble Shawnee 3-8
Twin Valley South 2-9
Franklin Monroe 0-11

Top Five players in Six Statistical  Categories based on Conference games played.

Top 5 Batting Average

Emma Greer (So) Tri-Village .676

Jordyn Garbig (So) Arcanum .615

Addison Geyer (So) Ansonia .600

Miley Walls (Jr) Ansonia .581

Kenzie Byrne (Sr) Arcanum .563

Top 5 RBI’s

Emma Greer (So) Tri-Village  23

Isabelle Prickett (Fr) Newton 18

Kenzie Byrne (Sr) Arcanum 17

Jordyn Garbig (So) Arcanum 17

Addison Geyer (So) Ansonia 17

Matty Noe (So) Arcanum 17

Camryn Osborn (Jr) Tri-Village 17

Top 5 Home Runs

Emma Greer (So) Tri-Village 8

Camryn Osborne (Jr) Tri-Village 6

Kenzie Byrne (Sr) Arcanum 4

Jordyn Garbig (So) Arcanum 3

Hailey Burk (Jr) Tri-Village 2

Ella Godfrey (So) Mississinawa Valley 2

Lillian Kaiser (Jr) Ansonia 2

Caley McCarroll (Jr) Tri-Village 2

Shyann McKenna (Fr) Ansonia 2

Isabelle Prickett (Fr) Newton 2

Layla Van Culin (Sr) Newton 2

Top 5 Pitching Wins 

Kasidy Daugherty (Sr) Tri-County North 9

Cam Garbig (So) Arcanum 9

Elizabeth Poling (Jr) Tri-Village 8

Bre’ana Walker (So) Ansonia 7

Ella Godfrey (So) Mississinawa Valley 6

Layla VanCulin (Sr) Newton 6

Top 5 Pitching ERA 

Kasidy Daugherty (Sr) Tri-County North .78

Elizabeth Poling (Jr) Tri-Village 1.83

Mattie Colburn (Fr) Preble Shawnee 2.17

Cam Garbig (So) Arcanum 2.41

Bre’ana Walker (So) Ansonia 3.12

Top 5 Pitchers Strikeouts 

Kasidy Daugherty (Sr) Tri-County North 132

Ella Godfrey (So) Mississinawa Valley 118

Mattie Colburn (Fr) Preble Shawnee 72

Elizabeth Poling (Jr) Tri-Village 67

Vivian Harleman (So) Bradford 55

Tri-County North senior Kasidi Daugherty was the statistical leader in all three Pitching Categories with 132 strikeouts, a .78 ERA and 9 WOAC conference wins.
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The Ansonia Boys Track & Field Team made it back-to-back WOAC League Championships and 3rd in four years.  

Story & Photos by Dale Barger

NEW MADISON – The Ansonia Boys Track Team won the 2025 Western Ohio Athletic Conference Track & Field Championship.

It would be a competitive meet with the Tigers notching out first place with 138 points for back-to-back championships.  They have won the title three out of the first 4-years of the WOAC Conference with Twin Valley South winning the title in 2022-23.

The Newton Indians finished in second place with 99 points and Arcanum was third with 74.

It was a record setting Track and Field event with 12 new WOAC meet records in the 17 events scored.

Milesplit the official timekeeper also tracks elite performances amongst all high school athletes for each state and the nation, and five elite performances were registered in Ohio. 

They were Seth Coker of Newton in the 400m, 49.26, Tri-Village’s Noah Finkbine 6-6 in High Jump, Ansonia’s Cade Shellhaas 15’ in Pole Vault, Tri-Village’s Dominic Black with a 52-9 in shot put and Preble Shawnee’s  Cooper Shrout with a 53-0.5 in the shot.


Preble Shawnee junior Cooper Shrout took home the WOAC Field Athlete of the Year for the 2nd year in a row.

Cooper Shrout won both throwing events with a new league record in shot 53-0.5 and in the discus with a toss of 147 feet.  Those throws earned him the WOAC 2025 Field Athlete of the Year, repeating the feat he accomplished in 2024 as well.

There were a number of impressive running performances, but two Ansonia runners would emerge as WOAC 2025 Co-Runners of the Year, sophomore Cade Shellhaas and senior Brayden Bromagem.


Ansonia Sophomore Cade Shellhaas was the WOAC Co-Runner of the Year.

Shellhaas broke records in both the 110m and 300m Hurdles.  He ran the 110m and won in a record time of 15.10 and the 300m in 40.86. Shellhaas also was a member of the 4x200 winning relay team that set a record at 1:30.98 and Cade won the Pole Vault setting a new league record at 15’.  He would earn WOAC 2025 Co-Runner of the Year honors.

Ansonia senior Brayden Bromagem was also be named the WOAC Co-Runner of the Year.

Bromagem shattered the league record in the 100m dash with a flat 11.0 in prelims and in the finals that he won, ran 11.36.  He also was a member of the 4x200 winning relay team that set a record at 1:30.98 and was second in the 200m and was named WOAC 2025 Co-Runner of the Year.

Other notable performances were turned in by Newton’s Seth Coker setting records in both the 200m and 400m runs.  Coker won the 400m dash with a record time of 49.26 and set a record in the 200m with a 22.80 in prelims but slipped into 6^th place in the finals.

In the 800m and 1600m Ansonia teammates sophomore Bennett Lehman and senior Ethan Sparks were a 1-2 combo.  Lehman won both the 800m in 4:36.19 and 1600m in 2:02.01, with Sparks finishing just behind in both events for 2^nd place.

This would be the third league championship for Ansonia boys track and field coach Clint Neil who along with girls coach Craig Riethman basically coach both programs across the board.

Coach Neil talked about the winning the team championship again.

“We knew going in that if we did our job, that things were going to come out the way we wanted, so the focus was to dial in on the details all week and stay together, make sure to keep each other in line. It's a long two days, and so to be there for each other and to do your job. And that's what they did,” Neil stated.

Not everything went perfect or according to plan, but the coaching staff plans for contingency, and they would be pushed by the Newton and Arcanum’.

“Everything went according to plan. I mean, there's a couple races where we finished maybe second instead of first. But we kind of planned for those things, for the worst-case scenario, so if it doesn't happen, we're still sitting okay with total points. We knew Newton was going to come in and push us a little bit. Fortunately, things just went our way, and we were hitting PRs, and hitting those goals we had in mind,” Neil concluded.

Ansonia Tigers boys coach Clint Neil was the WOAC Coach of the Year.

The Tigers will look to continue their success with the District Meet coming up this week.

Here are the are the team and individual results for the Boys WOAC 2025 Track Meet.

======================================================================= Men - Team Rankings - 17 Events Scored
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 1) Ansonia 138                                                                     2) Newton Local 99

 3) Arcanum 74                                                                     4) National Trail 67

 5) Twin Valley South 59                                                6) Tri-Village 56

 7) Dixie 54                                                                                8) Preble Shawnee 30

 9) Bradford 28                                                                       10) Franklin Monroe 27

 11) Tri-County North 21                                               12) Mississinawa Valley 3

Event 2 Boys 4x800 Meter Relay

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WOAC Record 8:23.80 5/13/2025 Twin Valley South - H Matsumoto, H Todd, S DeHart, G Roell
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 1 Twin Valley South 8:23.80* 10

 1) Hibiki Matsumoto 11, 2) Hunter Todd 10

 3) Samuel DeHart 10, 4) Griffin Roell 12

 2 Ansonia 8:41.50 8

 1) Bennett Lehman 10, 2) Gavin Stachler 11

 3) Luken Longenecker 11, 4) Ethan Sparks 12

 3 Arcanum 8:43.60 6

 1) Will Beisner 11, 2) Clark Lemons 11

 3) Carson Hittle 11, 4) Owen Netherly 12

 4 Newton Local 8:57.10 5

 1) Cooper Angle 9, 2) Tanner Long 9

 3) Brensen Skinner 11, 4) Liam Woods 12

 5 Tri-Village 9:01.00 4

 1) Chris Brinley 11, 2) Carsen Dyson 10

 3) Coleman Trantham 9, 4) Carter Trantham 9

 6 National Trail 10:02.30 3

 1) Bryce Couvutsakis 9, 2) Gabe Miracle 11

 3) Cody Cole 10, 4) Braydan Lee 11

 7 Preble Shawnee 10:22.90 2

 1) Kyle Bruno 9, 2) Braylen Haerr 9

 3) Alex Meyers 10, 4) Bryce Osborne 9

 8 Bradford 10:27.80 1

 1) Stephen Stewart 12, 2) Treyl Manuel 12

 3) Eli Hoffman 9, 4) Kaiden Osborne 11

 9 Tri-County North 10:39.80

 1) Bruno Millas 11, 2) Donovan Dohner 9

 3) Ethan Bruggemann 12, 4) Pierce Anders 9

Event 4 Boys 110 Meter Hurdles 39"


Cade Shellhaas was a double winner in the Hurdles.

======================================================================= WOAC Record 15.10 5/13/2025 Cade Shellhaas, Ansonia =======================================================================

 1 Cade Shellhaas 10 Ansonia 15.13 10

 2 Elliot Cook 11 Newton Local 15.89 8

 3 Noah Finkbine 11 Tri-Village 15.99 6

 4 Colt Barnes 12 Tri-County North 16.03 5

 5 Teddy Miller 10 Tri-Village 16.79 4

 6 Zurich Bess 11 Newton Local 16.98 3

 7 Jake Pierre 9 Ansonia 17.60 2

 8 Hudson Knaus 9 Arcanum 18.15 1

 

Event 6 Boys 100 Meter Dash

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WOAC: Record 11.00 5/13/2025 Brayden Bromagem, Ansonia =======================================================================

 1 Brayden Bromagem 12 Ansonia 11.36 10

 2 Christian Maxwell 12 Newton Local 11.51 8

 3 Nate Good 12 Ansonia 11.69 6

 4 Colt Foster 9 National Trail 11.71 5

 5 Caden Bishop 12 Twin Valley South 11.83 4

 6 Isaiah Purpus 9 Bradford 11.87 3

 7 Cameron Ball 11 Arcanum 11.94 2

 8 Zage Harleman 12 Bradford 12.03 1

Event 8 Boys 4x200 Meter Relay

======================================================================= WOAC Record 1:30.98 5/13/2025 Ansonia, B Bromagem, N Good, C Shellhaas, J Pierre =======================================================================

 1 Ansonia 1:30.98* 10

 1) Brayden Bromagem 12, 2) Nate Good 12

 3) Cade Shellhaas 10, 4) Jake Pierre 9

 2 Newton Local 1:32.56 8

 1) Seth Coker 12, 2) Dakota Craig 12

 3) Luke Cornett 11, 4) Jacson Cress 10

 3 National Trail 1:34.66 6

 1) Jody Wintrow 11, 2) Jonah Brinkley 10

 3) Korbin Sullivan 10, 4) Tayten Reynolds 11

 4 Bradford 1:34.75 5

 1) Griffin Trevino 12, 2) Zage Harleman 12

 3) Isaiah Purpus 9 4) Owen Canan 12

 5 Arcanum 1:36.04 4

 1) Hudson Knaus 9, 2) Camden Pfahler 11

 3) Micah Arbogast 11, 4) Charlie Weiss 11

 6 Dixie 1:36.74 3

 1) Jacob Ingram 12, 2) Braden Hall 12

 3) Evan Marker 11, 4) Noah Gentry 10

 7 Franklin Monroe 1:39.28 2

 1) Evan Addis 9, 2) Eddie Heck 10

 3) Tysyn Miller 12, 4) Vail Cox 10

 8 Twin Valley South 1:42.04 1

 1) Mason Crews 12, 2) Hunter Todd 10

 3) Conner Mowell 12, 4) Carson Hurst 12

Event 10 Boys 1600 Meter Run


Ansonia teammate sophomore Bennett Lehman and senior Ethan Sparks were a 1-2 punch in both the 800m and 1600m runs.

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WOAC Record 4:34.12 2023  Matthew Lee, Ansonia =======================================================================

 1 Bennett Lehman 10 Ansonia 4:36.19 10

 2 Ethan Sparks 12 Ansonia 4:42.56 8

 3 Collin Day 11 Dixie 4:43.53 6

 4 Hibiki Matsumoto 11 Twin Valley South 4:44.56 5

 5 Tucker Denlinger 10 National Trail 4:48.22 4

 6 Samuel DeHart 10 Twin Valley Soth 4:52.53 3

 7 Evan Jackle 10 Dixie 4:53.75 2

 8 Evan Shields 10 Preble Shawnee 4:57.30 1

Event 12 Boys 4x100 Meter Relay

======================================================================= WOAC Record 44.60 5/13/2025 Newton Local,  J Lowry, L Cornett, D Craig, C Maxwell =======================================================================

 1 Newton Local 44.84 10

 1) Jaemyn Lowry 12, 2) Luke Cornett 11

 3) Dakota Craig 12, 4) Christian Maxwell 12

 2 Tri-County North 45.55 8

 1) Nick Meyer 12, 2) Clint Barnes 11

 3) Franklin Filbrun,  4) Colt Barnes 12

 3 Bradford 45.91 6

 1) Avery Felver 11,  2) Zage Harleman 12

 3) Griffin Trevino 12,  4) Isaiah Purpus 9

 4 Franklin Monroe 45.98 5

 1) Evan Addis 9,  2) Wesley Baker 10

 3) David Reed 11,  4) Tysyn Miller 12

 5 Tri-Village 46.56 4

 1) Shawn Crawford 12,  2) Lathen Wehr 11

 3) Carson Bedinghaus 11,  4) Mason Weathington 12

 6 Twin Valley South 46.74 3

 1) Mason Crews 12,  2) Caden Bishop 12

 3) Conner Mowell 12,  4) Carson Hurst 12

 7 Preble Shawnee 47.14 2

 1) Clayton Brandenburg 10,  2) Jayden Forrer 12

 3) Country Ford 11,  4) Tyler McKee 12

Event 14 Boys 400 Meter Dash


Newton's Seth Coker and Ansonia Brayden Bromagem battle in the 400m.  Coker won the race and set a new league record.

======================================================================= WOAC Record 49.26 5/13/2025 Seth Coker, Newton Local =======================================================================

 1 Seth Coker 12 Newton Local 49.26* 10

 2 Brayden Bromagem 12 Ansonia 50.12 8

 3 Noah Gentry 10 Dixie 52.10 6

 4 Jonah Brinkley 10 National Trail 52.71 5

 5 Griffin Roell 12 Twin Valley South 52.89 4

 6 Tayten Reynolds 11 National Trail 53.26 3

 7 Owen Canan 12 Bradford 53.56 2

 8 Lathen Wehr 11 Tri-Village 53.78 1

Event 16 Boys 300 Meter Hurdles 36"

======================================================================= WOAC Record 40.86 5/13/2025 Cade Shellhaas, Ansonia =======================================================================

 1 Cade Shellhaas 10 Ansonia 40.86* 10

 2 Aaron Bruner 9 Tri-Village 41.47 8

 3 Lincoln Smith 9 Newton Local 42.80 6

 4 Camden Pfahler 11 Arcanum 43.04 5

 5 Elliot Cook 11 Newton Local 43.25 4

Event 18 Boys 800 Meter Run

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WOAC Record 2:00.88 2023 Seth Coker, Newton =======================================================================

 1 Bennett Lehman 10 Ansonia 2:02.01 10

 2 Ethan Sparks 12 Ansonia 2:02.70 8

 3 Tucker Denlinger 10 National Trail 2:03.11 6

 4 Hibiki Matsumoto 11 Twin Valley South 2:06.50 5

 5 Coleman Trantham 9 Tri-Village 2:08.08 4

 6 Owen Netherly 12 Arcanum 2:12.35 3

 7 Will Beisner 11 Arcanum 2:13.10 2

 8 Carsen Dyson 10 Tri-Village 2:13.58 1

Event 20 Boys 200 Meter Dash

=======================================================================WOAC Record 22.80 5/13/2025 Seth Coker, Newton Local =======================================================================

 1 Noah Gentry 10 Dixie 23.49 10

 2 Nate Good 12 Ansonia 23.74  8

 3 Cameron Ball 11 Arcanum 23.87  6

 4 Brayden Bromagem 12 Ansonia 23.96  5

 5 Colt Foster 9 National Trail 24.17  4

 6 Christian Maxwell 12 Newton Local 24.21  3

 7 Seth Coker 12 Newton Local 24.25  2

 8 Jody Wintrow 11 National Trail 24.41 1

 9 Isaiah Purpus 9 Bradford 24.65 1

Event 22 Boys 3200 Meter Run

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WOAC Record 10:14.50 2022 Matthew Lee, Ansonia =======================================================================

 1 Tucker Denlinger 10 National Trail 10:15.50 10

 2 Collin Day 11 Dixie 10:18.40 8

 3 Samuel DeHart 10 Twin Valley South 10:34.70 6

 4 Evan Jackle 10 Dixie 10:35.20 5

 5 Wyatt Unrast 10 Ansonia 10:49.60 4

 6 Dylan Bauer 12 Newton Local 10:51.30 3

 7 Tanner Long 9 Newton Local 10:51.60 2

 8 Malachi Wright 11 Arcanum 10:51.70 1

Event 24 Boys 4x400 Meter Relay

=======================================================================WOAC Record 3:30.54 5/13/2025 Newton Local, J Cress, L Woods, L Smith, S Coker =======================================================================

 1 Newton Local 3:30.54* 2 10

 1) Jacson Cress 10,  2) Liam Woods 12

 3) Lincoln Smith 9 , 4) Seth Coker 12

 2 Arcanum 3:30.95 2 8

 1) Carson Hittle 11,  2) Camden Pfahler 11

 3) Cameron Ball 11,  4) Micah Arbogast 11

 3 National Trail 3:35.55 2 6

 1) Korbin Sullivan 10,  2) Jonah Brinkley 10

 3) Tayten Reynolds 11,  4) Tucker Denlinger 10

 4 Twin Valley South 3:36.43 2 5

 1) Griffin Roell 12,  2) Hunter Todd 10

 3) Mason Crews 12,  4) Hibiki Matsumoto 11

 5 Dixie 3:38.10 2 4

 1) Noah Gentry 10,  2) Evan Jackle 10

 3) Collin Day 11,  4) Braden Hall 12

 6 Ansonia 3:38.80 2 3

 1) Ethan Sparks 12,  2) Bennett Lehman 10

 3) Elijah Kocher 9,  4) Graham Coppess 9

 7 Franklin Monroe 3:39.10 2 2

 1) David Reed 11,  2) Tysyn Miller 12

 3) Evan Addis 9,  4) Eddie Heck 10

 8 Bradford 3:47.95 1 1

 1) Owen Canan 12,  2) Treyl Manuel 12

 3) Eli Hoffman 9,  4) Griffin Trevino 12

Event 26 Boys Discus Throw

Preble Shawnee's Cooper Shrout won the discus and shot put.

=======================================================================WOAC Record 159-00 2023 Garrett Stammen, Ansonia =======================================================================

 1 Cooper Shrout 11 Preble Shawnee 147-00  10

 2 Madex Skidmore 11 Franklin Monroe 134-09  8

 3 Paul Hickey 12 Dixie 131-09  6

 4 Truman Knaus 12 Arcanum 130-07  5

 5 Ethan Wilson 10 Franklin Monroe 121-06  4

 6 Jacob Ditton 12 Twin Valley Soth 118-09 3

 7 Carson Lipps 9 Tri-Village 118-05  2

 8 David Johnson 12 Dixie 111-08  1

Event 28 Boys High Jump


Tri-VIllage junior Noah Finkbine broke the league record in the High Jump at 6'6"

======================================================================= WOAC Record 6-06 5/13/2025 Noah Finkbine, Tri-Village
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 1 Noah Finkbine 11 Tri-Village 6-06.00* 10

 2 Clint Barnes 11 Tri-County N 6-02.00 8

 3 Zurich Bess 11 Newton Local 6-00.00 6

 4 Evan Addis 9 Franklin Mon 5-10.00 5

 5 Mason Weathington 12 Tri-Village J5-10.00 4

 6 Tyler McKee 12 Preble Shawnee 5-08.00 2

 6 Elliot Cook 11 Newton Local 5-08.00 2

 6 Charlie Weiss 11 Arcanum 5-08.00 2

 9 Samuel DeHart 10 Twin Valley Soth J5-08.00

Event 30 Boys Long Jump

=======================================================================WOAC Record 21-03 2024 Wyatt Spencer, Ansonia =======================================================================

 1 Charlie Weiss 11 Arcanum 21-01.50 3 10

 2 Caden Bishop 12 Twin Valley South 19-06.00 3 8

 3 Tayten Reynolds 11 National Trail 19-03.00 3 6

 4 Avery Felver 11 Bradford 18-11.00 3 5

 5 Owen Canan 12 Bradford 18-07.00 2 4

 6 Bryce Watson 11 Mississinawa Valley 18-03.75 2 3

 7 Josh Brubaker 9 National Trail 18-01.25 3 2

 8 Owen Netherly 12 Arcanum 17-08.00 2 1

Event 32 Boys Shot Put

=======================================================================WOAC Record 53-00.50 5/13/2025 Cooper Shrout, Preble Shawnee =======================================================================

 1 Cooper Shrout 11 Preble Shawnee 53-00.50* 10

 2 Dominic Black 10 Tri-Village 52-09.00  8

 3 Truman Knaus 12 Arcanum 49-07.50 6

 4 Isaiah Frazee 10 Arcanum 48-03.75  5

 5 Killian O'Connor 11 National Trail 47-06.75  4

 6 Paul Hickey 12 Dixie 47-05.50 3

 7 Carson Hurst 12 Twin Valley South 43-03.25  2

 8 Madex Skidmore 11 Franklin Monroe 40-02.25  1

Event 34 Boys Pole Vault

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WOAC Record 15-00 5/13/2025 Cade Shellhaas, Ansonia =======================================================================

 1 Cade Shellhaas 10 Ansonia 15-00.00* 10

 2 Nate Good 12 Ansonia 13-06.00 8

 3 Micah Arbogast 11 Arcanum 12-06.00 6

 4 Matthew Waller 11 Newton Local 11-00.00 5

 5 Jaemyn Lowry 12 Newton Local J11-00.00 4

 6 John Nestor 12 Preble Shawnee J10-06.00 3

 7 Logan Riesenbeck 12 National Trail J10-06.00 2

 8 Alex Zawacki 11 Arcanum 10-00.00 1

Congratulations to all the WOAC Track & Field winners and participants.


Ansonia coaches couldn't escape the ice and water bath after their Boys and Girls Track and Field Teams won the 2025 League Championship.
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The Lady Tigers made it 3-Peat winning the 2025 WOAC League Championship.

Story and Photos by Dale Barger

NEW MADISON – The Ansonia Lady Tigers won the 2025 Western Ohio Athletic Conference Track Championship going away scoring 170 points.  Arcanum was 2^nd with 92 points and Tri-.Village 3rd with 80.

Ansonia made it a 3-Peat winning the track title for the third time in the four years since the conference started.  Arcanum won the initial league title in 2021-22.

 There were a number of record setting performances and standout athletes at this year’s championship event.

Milesplit the official timekeeper also tracks elite performance amongst all high school athletes for each state and the nation, and five elite performances were registered in Ohio. 

They were Ansonia’s London Reichert in Pole Vault 11’6”, Arcanum’s Faith Wooten in both Shot Put  37-9.5 and Discus 129-9, Ansonia’s Olivia Creager 17-7 and Tri-Village’s Adalynn Hines 17-10.5 both in Long Jump.

Ansonia London Reichert was 2025 WOAC Co-Runner of the Year.

Ansonia’s London Reichert won the Pole Vault, 400m, 200m and finished 2^nd in the 100m.  Along the way she set WOAC league records in three running events: 400m, 59.9, 200m, 26.2 and 100m in prelims with a 12.70 second run.

Tri-Village’s Adalynn Hines also shined in several events and found herself going toe-to-toe with Reichert in several running events as well. 

Adalynn Hines of Tri-Village was 2025 WOAC Co-Runner of the Year. 

Hines won the long jump, 100m, and was 1^st in the 4x100m relay and 2^nd in the 200m.

Hines league records included 17’-10.5” in the long jump and her 4 x 100 relay team of Heidi Bell, Emma Whaley and Jayla Coby set a record time of 51.44.

Reichert and Hines were both named 2025 WOAC Co-Runners of the Year.

Adalynn Hines and London Reichert battled a number of times and very little could separate the two in 100m and 200m races.

Arcanum junior Faith Wooten swept the throwing events to earn the 2025 WOAC Field Events Athlete of the Year. She won the shot put with a throw of 37’-09.5” and the discus at 129’-9”.

Arcanum jr. Faith Wooten would be names the WOAC 2025 Girls Track Field Athlete of the Year by way of winning both Discus and Shot Put events.

Other notable performances turned in was from Newton freshman Michaela Flora setting a new league record winning the 3200m in 11:53.40  and the 1600m in record time of 5:28.44.

The Twin Valley South relay team of Josey Butler, Grace Childers, Kelsie Maggard and Karsyn Roell set a new WOAC record of 4:20.20 in the 4x400.

The Newton relay team of Cole Thompson, Gentri Deaton, Claire Stull 10 and Michaela Flora set a new record in the 4x800 in a time of 10:32.90.

The Ansonia relay team of Rose Barga, Olivia Creager, Gabby Leeper and Lauren Warner set a new record in the 4x200 with a time of 1:47.97 10.

While Ansonia coach Craig Riethman and Clint Neil both coach the boys and girls track program together they each earned coach of the year honors. Craig was recognized as WOAC 2025 Girls Track Coach of the Year.

Ansonia girls track coach Craig Riethman accepts the 2025 Coach of the Year Award for the 3rd straight year.

“We had a really good meet, and the girls came out and did a great job of competing and did everything we asked of them,” Riethman stated.

“We got to give praise to our senior leadership on both the girls and the boys side. It has been incredible. The way the team responds to them with the themes they had throughout the year. There was a cowboy theme, ever a meet that didn’t even know about, they had a tattoo theme. They do a lot of things, it may not look the way we would have wanted it to look … but the culture is being set and excellent examples being led by the seniors,”
Riethman concluded.

Here are the are the team and individual results for the Girls WOAC 2025 Track Meet.

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Women 2025 Final Team Rankings - 17 Events Scored
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 1) Ansonia 170                                 2) Arcanum 92

 3) Tri-Village 80                                4) Newton Local 65

 5) Franklin Monroe 58               6) Bradford 54

 7) Twin Valley So. 53                   8) Preble Shawnee 27

 9) National Trail 22                       9) Mississinawa Valley 22

 11) Dixie 9                                            12) Tri-County North 4

Event 1 Girls 4x800 Meter Relay Finals
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WOAC Record - 10:32.90 5/13/2025 Newton – C Thompson, G Deaton, C Stull, M Flora =======================================================================

Newton Local 10:32.90* 10 (1st)

 1) Cole Thompson 9, 2)Gentri Deaton 11

 3) Claire Stull 10, 4) Michaela Flora 9

Ansonia 11:02.20 8 2nd)

 1) Alexa Kreiner 10, 2) Savanna Hartings 9

 3) Camryn Winner 11, 4) Lydia Hahn 11

Arcanum 11:12.70 6 (3rd)

 1) Grace Psczulkoski 11, 2) Maci Pechie 9

 3) Kamryn Beisner 11, 4) Kennedy Hayes 9

Franklin Monroe 11:59.10 5 (4th)

 1) Andrea Kleismit 11, 2) Hailee Osborne 9

 3) Piper Hackney 11, 4) Stella Fugate 9

 Twin Valley South 12:14.20 4 (5th)

 1) Baylee Bailey 11, 2) Mary Clark 9

 3) Katie Clopper 9, 4) Hailey Turpin 9

Preble Shawnee 13:30.50 3 (6th)

 1) Faith Jessie 12, 2) Bella Adkins 11

 3) Diana Rodriguez 12. 4) Regina Rodriguez 12

National Trail 13:41.50 2 (7th)

 1) Hailey Dane 10, 2) Taygen Toothman 9

 3) Natalie Blumenstock 9 4) Kira Rutan 9

Event 3 Girls 100 Meter Hurdles 33" Final


Arcanum Savannah Miller won the 100m Hurdles.
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WOAC Record 16.30 5/13/2025 Heidi Bell, Tri-Village =======================================================================

 1 Savannah Miller 10 Arcanum 16.48 10

 2 Heidi Bell 11 Tri-Village 16.59 8

 3 Gabby Leeper 12 Ansonia 17.30 6

 4 Mia Brookey 10 Franklin Mon 17.86 5

 5 Kendall Kreusch 10 Arcanum 18.25 4

 6 Ollie Mason 11 National Tra 18.32 3

 7 Hannah Whaley 9 Tri-Village 18.40 2

 8 Maddison Caldwell 10 Dixie 18.53 1

Event 5 Girls 100 Meter Dash Final

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WOAC Record 12.70 5/13/2025 London Reichert, Ansonia =======================================================================

 1 Adalynn Hines 11 Tri-Village 13.34 10

 2 London Reichert 10 Ansonia 13.37 8

 3 Josey Butler 9 Twin Valley South 13.45 6

 4 Presley Cox 12 Franklin Monroe 13.79 5

 5 Eavy Clark 12 Franklin Monroe 13.91 4

 6 Jayla Coby 9 Tri-Village 14.01 3

 7 Avery Helman 12 Bradford 14.04 2

 8 Cole Thompson 9 Newton Local 14.07 1

Event 7 Girls 4x200 Meter Relay Final

======================================================================= WOAC: Record 1:47.97 5/13/2025 Ansonia - R Barga, O Creager, G Leeper, L Warner =======================================================================

1 Ansonia 1:47.97 10

 1) Rose Barga 11, 2) Olivia Creager 11

 3) Gabby Leeper 12, 4) Lauren Warner 12

 2 Bradford 1:51.85 8

 1) Savannah Beachler 10, 2) Piper Burgett 9

 3) Natalie Wood 10, 4) Avery Helman 12

 3 Tri-Village 1:52.86 6

 1) Heidi Bell 11, 2) Emma Whaley 11

 3) Jayla Coby 9, 4) Bella Bunting 9

 4 Arcanum 1:54.40 5

 1) Savannah Miller 10, 2) Kamryn Beisner 11

 3) Grace Psczulkoski 11, 4) Brooklynne Eley 9

 5 Twin Valley So. 1:57.87 4

 1) Karsyn Roell 11, 2) Amelia Suggs 10

 3) Clara Meyers 12, 4) Grace Childers 9

 6 Dixie 1:59.07 3

 1) Vanessa Hughes 10, 2) Rylie Green 11

 3) Sophia Clifford 10, 4) Maddison Caldwell 10

 7 National Trail 2:00.12 2

 1) Evie Hoffman 11, 2) Ollie Mason 11

 3) Megan Irvin 12, 4) Hannah Henderson 12

 8 Preble Shawnee 2:00.21 1

 1) Nora Feck 11, 2) Jillian Murphy 9

 3) Kamryn Bradley 10, 4) Josie Mondello-Garrett 9

Event 9 Girls 1600 Meter Run

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WOAC Record 5:28.44 5/13/2025 Michaela Flora, Newton Local
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 1 Michaela Flora 9 Newton Local 5:28.44* 10

 2 Lydia Hahn 11 Ansonia 5:44.46 8

 3 Claire Stull 10 Newton Local 5:55.01 6

 4 Emma Lavey 12 Bradford 5:57.79 5

 5 Mackenzie Woodrey 9 Tri-County N 5:59.11 4

 6 Stella Fugate 9 Franklin Mon 6:12.85 3

 7 Kayaa Mote 10 Mississinawa 6:13.08 2

 8 Sydney Whalen 11 National Tra 6:16.22 1

Event 11 Girls 4x100 Meter Relay

======================================================================= WOAC Record 51.44 5/13/2025 Tri-Village,  H Bell, E Whaley, J Coby, A Hines =======================================================================

 1 Tri-Village 51.44* 10

 1) Heidi Bell 11, 2) Emma Whaley 11

 3) Jayla Coby 9, 4) Adalynn Hines 11

 2 Ansonia 52.04 8

 1) Autumn Best 9, 2) Lauren Warner 12

 3) Gabby Leeper 12, 4) Olivia Creager 11

 3 Preble Shawnee 53.08 6

 1) Aunaleisa Newhart 12, 2) Nora Feck 11

 3) Sallie Montgomery 11, 4) Bailey Garnett 10

 4 Arcanum 55.81 5

 1) Lexi Dillman 9, 2) Mazie Rose 10

 3) Kendall Kreusch 10, 4) Brooklynne Eley 9

 5 National Trail 55.88 4

 1) Annabelle Mackie 10, 2) Hallie Rogers 9

 3) Evie Hoffman 11, 4) Hannah Henderson 12

Event 13 Girls 400 Meter Dash
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WOAC Record 59.90 5/13/2025 London Reichert, Ansonia =======================================================================

 1 London Reichert 10 Ansonia 59.91 10

 2 Rose Barga 11 Ansonia 1:00.39 8

 3 Cole Thompson 9 Newton Local 1:02.09 6

 4 Karsyn Roell 11 Twin Valley 1:02.76 5

 5 Savannah Beachler 10 Bradford 1:04.29 4

 6 Bella Bunting 9 Tri-Village 1:05.05 3

 7 Josie Mondello-Garrett 9 Preble Shawn 1:05.07 2

 8 Vanessa Hughes 10 Dixie 1:05.95 1

Event 15 Girls 300 Meter Hurdles 30"

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WOAC Record 46.85 2023 Torie Richards, Tri Village =======================================================================

 1 Savannah Miller 10 Arcanum 46.90 10

 2 Presley Cox 12 Franklin Monroe 49.10 8

 3 Mia Brookey 10 Franklin Monroe 50.03 6

 4 Gabby Leeper 12 Ansonia 50.10 5

 5 Olivia Creager 11 Ansonia 52.39 4

 6 Ollie Mason 11 National Trail 52.99 3

 7 Sallie Montgomery 11 Preble Shawnee 53.47 2

 8 Maddison Caldwell 10 Dixie 54.41 1

Event 17 Girls 800 Meter Run
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WOAC Record 2:27.45 2022 McKenna Downing, Newton =======================================================================

 1 Lydia Hahn 11 Ansonia 2:29.34 10

 2 Taylee Woodbury 12 Mississinawa 2:30.80 8

 3 Megan Wood 12 Bradford 2:32.69 6

 4 Grace Psczulkoski 11 Arcanum 2:34.64 5

 5 Michaela Flora 9 Newton Local 2:39.90 4

 6 Camryn Winner 11 Ansonia 2:41.93 3

 7 Claire Stull 10 Newton Local 2:45.81 2

 8 Stella Fugate 9 Franklin Monroe 2:50.56 1

Event 19 Girls 200 Meter Dash
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WOAC Record 26.20 5/13/2025 London Reichert, Ansonia =======================================================================

 1 London Reichert 10 Ansonia 26.47 10

 2 Adalynn Hines 11 Tri-Village 26.80 8

 3 Rose Barga 11 Ansonia 26.95 6

 4 Josey Butler 9 Twin Valley South 27.07 5

 5 Cole Thompson 9 Newton Local 27.81 4

 6 Hannah Wolfe 10 Franklin Mon 28.04 3

 7 Avery Helman 12 Bradford 28.05 2

 8 Jayla Coby 9 Tri-Village 28.33 1

Event 21 Girls 3200 Meter Run


Newton Freshman Michaela Flora proved to be a force in the long distance events dominating with records in the 3200m and 1600m runs plus a win in a relay race.

======================================================================= WOAC Record 11:53.40 5/13/2025 Michaela Flora, Newton Local =======================================================================

 1 Michaela Flora 9 Newton Local 11:53.40* 10

 2 Claire Stull 10 Newton Local 12:36.30 8

 3 Emma Lavey 12 Bradford 12:50.50 6

 4 Kayaa Mote 10 Mississinawa 13:19.20 5

 5 Stella Fugate 9 Franklin Mon 13:21.10 4

 6 Sydney Whalen 11 National Tra 13:22.00 3

 7 Olivia Schmitmeyer 11 Ansonia 13:32.80 2

 8 Hailey Turpin 9 Twin Valley 13:54.50 1

Event 23 Girls 4x400 Meter Relay
=======================================================================WOAC Record 4:20.20 5/13/2025 Twin Valley  J Butler, G Childers, K Maggard, K Roell =======================================================================

 1 Twin Valley So. 4:20.20* 2 10

 1) Josey Butler 9, 2) Grace Childers 9

 3) Kelsie Maggard 10. 4) Karsyn Roell 11

 2 Arcanum 4:25.67 2 8

 1) Kamryn Beisner 11, 2) Maci Pechie 9

 3) Grace Psczulkoski 11, 4) Savannah Miller 10

 3 Mississinawa Valley 4:25.73 2 6

 1) Taylee Woodbury 12, 2) Syenna Purdin 12

 3) Marley Purdin 10, 4) Paige Emrick 11

 4 Bradford 4:30.73 2 5

 1) Savannah Beachler 10, 2) Megan Wood 12

 3) Emma Lavey 12, 4) Piper Burgett 9

 5 Tri-Village 4:31.46 2 4

 1) Lauren Porter 12, 2) Hailey Lovett 9

 3) Aubrey Eley 9, 4) Bella Bunting 9

 6 Ansonia 4:34.14 2 3

 1) Lauren Warner 12, 2) Olivia Schmitmeyer 11

 3) Camryn Winner 11, 4) Lydia Hahn 11

 7 Dixie 4:39.65 1 2

 1) Vanessa Hughes 10, 2) Sophia Clifford 10

 3) Rylie Green 11, 4) Maddison Caldwell 10

 8 Franklin Monroe 4:42.06 2 1

 1) Alainah Hess 9, 2) Mia Brookey 10

 3) Hailee Osborne 9, 4) Andrea Kleismit 11

Event 25 Girls Discus Throw
=======================================================================WOAC Record 141-07 2024 Sierra Brinson, Dixie =======================================================================

 1 Faith Wooten 11 Arcanum 129-09 3 10

 2 Alexis Moody 11 Ansonia 112-08 3 8

 3 Leah Clark 10 Bradford 98-02 3 6

 4 Mya Hundley 10 Twin Valley 92-03 3 5

 5 Gabrielle Wooten 9 Arcanum 91-03 2 4

 6 Zoe Ayette 10 Tri-Village 89-00 3 3

 7 Leana Metzcar 12 Tri-Village 88-09.50 3 2

 8 Kaitlin Schweizer 12 National Tra 88-00 3 1

Event 27 Girls High Jump


Franklin Monroe senior Presley Cox clears 4'11 to win the High Jump Competition.  

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WOAC Record 5-00 2022 Maria Petry, Tri Village =======================================================================

 1 Presley Cox 12 Franklin Monroe J4-11.00 10

 2 Autumn Best 9 Ansonia J4-10.00 8

 3 Brooklynne Eley 9 Arcanum J4-10.00 6

 4 Hailey Lovett 9 Tri-Village J4-08.00 4

 4 Megan Wood 12 Bradford J4-08.00 4

 4 Olivia Schmitmeyer 11 Ansonia J4-08.00 4

 7 Aunaleisa Newhart 12 Preble Shawnee J4-08.00 2

 8 June Cooke 12 Arcanum J4-08.00 1

Event 29 Girls Long Jump


Adalynn Hines soars in a league record jump of 17-10.50.

=======================================================================WOAC Record 17-10.50 5/13/2025 Adalynn Hines, Tri-Village =======================================================================

 1 Adalynn Hines 11 Tri-Village 17-10.50* 2 10

 2 Olivia Creager 11 Ansonia 17-07.00 2 8

 3 Sallie Montgomery 11 Preble Shawn 17-05.50 2 6

 4 Autumn Best 9 Ansonia 16-03.50 2 5

 5 Amelia Suggs 10 Twin Valley 15-03.00 2 4

 6 Hannah Wolfe 10 Franklin Mon J15-03.00 2 3

 7 Hannah Henderson 12 National Tra 14-11.00 2 2

 8 Paige Emrick 11 Mississinawa 14-10.00 2 1

Event 31 Girls Shot Put


Faith Wooten won both throwing events and puts the shot 37-09.50.

=======================================================================WOAC Record 41-11 2024 Sierra Brinson, Dixie =======================================================================

 1 Faith Wooten 11 Arcanum 37-09.50 3 10

 2 Annie Wendel 9 Ansonia 31-10.75 3 8

 3 Zoe Ayette 10 Tri-Village 31-07.75 3 6

 4 Brylii Day 11 Twin Valley 31-03.50 3 5

 5 Mya Hundley 10 Twin Valley 31-02.00 3 4

 6 Gabrielle Wooten 9 Arcanum 30-08.00 3 3

 7 Alexis Moody 11 Ansonia 30-05.00 2 2

 8 Rae Brodie 9 National Tra 30-02.50 3 1

Event 33 Girls Pole Vault
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WOAC Record 12-02 2024 Colleen Steinmetz, Ansonia =======================================================================

 1 London Reichert 10 Ansonia 11-06.00 10

 2 Rose Barga 11 Ansonia 9-00.00 8

 3 Piper Burgett 9 Bradford J9-00.00 6

 4 Kamryn Beisner 11 Arcanum 8-06.00 5

 5 Adia Leal 12 Newton Local 7-06.00 4

 6 Bailey Garnett 10 Preble Shawn J7-06.00 3

 7 Jillian Murphy 9 Preble Shawn 7-00.00 2

 8 Sophia Clifford 10 Dixie J7-00.00 1


Ansonia Sophomore London Reichert pushes the pole away as she clears 11'6" in to win the Pole Vault.
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The Tri-Village Lady Patriots Softball Team clinched the WOAC 2025 Softball Championship with one league game remaining on the schedule.

NEW MADISON – The Tri-Village Patriots varsity softball team defeated Preble Shawnee via an 18-0 run rule to improve 21-0 overall and 10-0 in the WOAC.  The win clinched the Western Ohio Athletic Conference 2025 softball championship giving the Patriots back-to-back titles.

With the Thursday night conference win and a 9-6 loss by the second-place Arcanum Trojans to the Newton Indians, Tri-Village clinched the 2025 Western Ohio Athletic Conference title.

The Lady Arrows struggled on the mound, passing out eight walks while Tri-Village banged out nine hits in four innings at the plate for the 18-0 run rule win.

Elizabeth Poling has been perfect this year in the circle winning all 17 starts and leads the league in several categories. 

Elizabeth Poling was perfect on the mound for Tri-Village where she faced the minimum 15 batters in five innings of work, allowing no hits and no walks to earn the win. Poling a junior has missed a few games this year due to injury, but picked up her league leading 17th win this season with no losses.  She also leads the league with a 1.96 earned run average and is 4th in the conference with 109 strikeouts.

Sophomore Emma Greer is having an outstanding season at the plate.

Emma Greer paced Tri-Village at the plate, going 4-4 with 3 RBIs and 2 runs scored. Greer a sophomore plays 3rd base and is at the top of the league in several categories this year.  She is currently hitting .600 at the plate, 2nd best in conference, has 10 home runs and is 4th with 34 RBI’s.

Hailey Burk was 1-2 with 2 walks, 2 RBI and 2 runs scored. Burk a junior catcher is 5th in the conference in both Home Runs (5) and RBI’s (30). 

Camryn Osborne sends one deep and leads the league with 11 home-runs.  

Camryn Osborne went 1-1, scored 4 runs and the junior shortstop leads the WOAC with 11 home runs and 7th with 29 RBIs..

Aereonna Baker went 1-1 with 2 walks, 2 runs and the junior outfielder is among the league leaders in doubles with 7.

Emma Cantrell the lone senior on the Patriots softball team was recognized prior to their final regular season home game vs Preble Shawnee.

Emma Cantrell was 1-3, 1 walk, 1 RBI, 2 runs. Cantrell is the only senior on team and was recognized prior to the game for senior night. She currently is 2nd in the league with 20 stolen bases.  Emma recently signed to play softball next year at University of Northwest Ohio.

Addy Wright a junior went 1-2, 1 walk, 1 RBI, and 1 run scored.

Kash Mead a freshman drew a walk and scored 2 runs in the win.

Tai Mize a junior drew 2 walks and scored 2 runs. The junior second baseman has 7 doubles and scored 21 runs so far this year.

Mylee Bierly a sophomore outfielder walked twice and scored a run in the win.

Tri-Village has one regular season/conference game remaining on Tuesday at Twin Valley South where they will focus on finishing off the league and regular season perfect and then will turn their attention and focus on the post season.

The Patriots are currently ranked 2nd in the state softball coaches poll for DVI behind Danville and just in front of 3rd place West Jefferson.

Tri-Village is currently the number one seed in the OHSAA DVI Southwest District 1 and will play the winner of Franklin Monroe vs West Liberty Salem game.  The Patriots will host the winner at home on May 15th, at 5pm.


Hailey Burk shown in game at Greenville after hitting a home run, is an emotional leader for the PATS as they gear up for what should be an exciting post season run.

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