FORCE PLAY … N. Central’s Ben Pettit receives the ball at second base for a force out. (PHOTO BY RICH HARDING, STAFF)
BASEBALL
North Central 13 Hilltop 1
WEST UNITY – The Eagles took sole possession of first place in the BBC by scoring six runs in the seventh to secure a 13-1 victory.
Zach Hayes tossed a complete game one-hitter to get the win for North Central and Connor Gendron had three hits and two RBIs
Records: North Central 8-3 (5-0 BBC), Hilltop 2-7 (1-3 BBC)
WINNING PITCHER: Hayes (7 innings, 1 hit, 1 run, 0 earned, 10 strikeouts, 6 walks)
LOSING PITCHER: Dempsey (2.2 innings, 5 hits, 6 runs, 6 earned, 3 strikeouts, 6 walks) OTHER: Hoffman
LEADING HITTERS: (NC) Wheeler-2 singles, 2 RBIs; C. Hicks (double, single, RBI); Hayes-2 singles, RBI; Gendron-3 singles, 2 RBIs; Pettit-triple, single, 2 RBIs; Burt-double, 2 RBIs; (Hilltop) Runkel-single, RBI
N. CENTRAL 033 010 6 – 13 15 2
HILLTOP 000 100 0 – 1 1 3
Montpelier 2 Holgate 1
MONTPELIER – Garrett Girrell lifted a solo blast in sixth and Jaxon Richmond locked down the Tigers bats as the Locos handed Holgate their first loss in the BBC 2-1.
Richmond allowed just two hits in seven innings of work while chalking up nine strikeouts.
HOLGATE 100 000 0 – 1 2 3
MONTPELIER 000 011 x – 2 4 3
Records: Holgate 6-4-1 (4-1 BBC), Montpelier 6-3 (2-1 BBC)
WINNING PITCHER: J. Richmond (7 innings, 2 hits, 1 run, 0 earned, 9 strikeouts, 1 walk)
LOSING PITCHER: Bok (5 innings, 4 hits, 2 runs, 1 earned, 11 strikeouts, 4 walks) OTHER: Gerschutz
LEADING HITTERS: (Holgate) Thacker-double; (Montpelier) Garrett Girrell-home run; E. Richmond-double

Edon 7 Stryker 0
STRYKER –Gannon Ripke recorded the 13th no-hitter in school history and had 10 strikeouts in a 7-0 win at Stryker. Ripke also helped himself with bat by going 3-4 with an RBI and scoring two runs.
EDON 200 040 1 – 7 8 3
STRYKER 000 000 0 – 0 0 5
Records: Edon 4-4 (4-1 BBC), Stryker 0-8 (0-4 BBC)
WINNING PITCHER: Ripke (7 innings, 0 hits, 0 runs, 10 strikeouts, 6 walks)
LOSING PITCHER: Donovan (7 innings, 8 hits, 7 runs, 4 earned, 4 strikeouts, 4 walks)
LEADING HITTERS: (Edon) Ripke-3 singles, RBI, 2 runs; Nester-double

Pettisville 16 Fayette 6 (6 innings)
PETTISVILLE – Fayette took a 5-4 lead in the third before the Blackbirds 12 of the game’s next 13 runs including four in the sixth to wrap-up a 16-6 win in six innings.
Josh Norr paced Pettisville by going 3-4 with 2 RBIs and Mason Wyse went 3-4 and knocked in two runs.
FAYETTE 014 001 – 6 6 3
P’VILLE 403 414 – 16 11 6
Records: Fayette 2-5 (0-5 BBC), Pettisville 2-5 (2-2 BBC)
WINNING PITCHER: Myers (5.2 innings, 6 hits, 6 runs, 1 earned, 5 strikeouts, 2 walks)
LOSING PITCHER: W. Mitchell (2 innings, 4 hits, 4 runs, 2 earned, 1 strikeout, 3 walks) OTHER: Leininger, Moats, Lester, Alvarez

LEADING HITTERS: (Fayette) Lerma-triple, 2 runs; (Pettisville) Norr-3 singles, 2 RBIs, 2 runs; VanDenBurghe-two singles, 3 RBIs, 2 runs; Basselman-single, double, 2 RBIs, 4 runs; Wyse-3 singles, 2 RBIs, 2 runs
Archbold 16 Patrick Henry 1 (5 innings)
ARCHBOLD – DJ Newman went deep twice in the third inning and finished the night with eight RBIs as Archbold routed Patrick Henry 16-1.
Newman also earned the win on the hill by going four innings, allowing just three hits and tallying nine strikeouts.
P. HENRY 001 00 – 1 3 0
ARCHBOLD 109 6x – 16 12 0
Records: Patrick Henry 5-3 (2-1 NWOAL), Archbold 4-5 (1-2 NWOAL)
WINNING PITCHER: Newman (4 innings, 3 hits, 1 run, 1 earned, 9 strikeouts, 2 walks)

LOSING PITCHER: Behrman (2.1 innings, 7 hits, 9 runs, 9 earned, 2 strikeouts, 4 walks)
LEADING HITTERS: (PH) Johnson-triple, RBI; (Archbold) Newman-2 home runs, double 8 RBIs, 2 runs; Burrowes-double, 2 RBIs; Seiler-single, double, RBI, 2 runs; Kern-single, double, RBI, 3 runs
Evergreen 5 Wauseon 3
METAMORA – Evergreen ace RJ Shunck held the Indians to just one hit in 4 2/3 innings of work as Evergreen earned the 5-3 NWOAL win.
Shunck was also Evergreen’s leading hitter with three hits on the evening and an RBI.
WAUSEON 010 010 1 – 3 2 1
EVERGREEN 101 120 x – 5 6 2
Records: Wauseon 3-8 (1-1 NWOAL), Evergreen 6-3, (2-1 NWOAL)
WINNING PITCHER: Shunck (4.2 innings, 1 hit, 2 runs, 1 earned, 9 strikeouts, 5 walks) OTHERS: Vance, Smithmyer
LOSING PITCHER: Delgado (5 innings, 5 hits, 5 runs, 5 earned, 6 strikeouts, 5 walks) OTHER: Sherman
LEADING HITTERS: (Wauseon) Little-double; (Evergreen) 2 singles, double, RBI, 2 runs); Vaculik-single, 2 RBIs
Liberty Center 14 Swanton 0 (5 innings)
LIBERTY CENTER – Landon Amstuz got the win on the hill and had three hits and scored three times to lead the Tigers past Swanton 14-0.
Carter Dickman added two hits four RBIs while Teejay Moore smacked a double and batted in a pair of runs.
SWANTON 000 00 – 0 4 2
L. CENTER 518 0x – 14 9 1
Records: Swanton 4-4 (1-2 NWOAL), Liberty Center 4-4 (1-2 NWOAL)
WINNING PITCHER: Amstutz (5 innings, 4 hits, 0 runs, 9 strikeouts, 1 walk)
LOSING PITCHER: Smigelski (2 innings, 5 hits, 6 runs, 4 earned, 2 strikeouts, 1 walk) OTHER: Lemon, Eitniear, Ostrander
LEADING HITTERS: (Swanton) Swartz-double; (LC) Amstutz-3 singles, 3 runs; Dickman-single, double, 4 RBIs, 2 runs; Conrad-double, 2 runs; Moore-double, 2 RBIs, 2 runs; Kruse-2 runs, 2 RBIs
Bryan 29 Delta 2 (5 innings)
DELTA – Bryan scored double digits in two innings on their way to 29, three runs shy of the league record, as they moved to 3-0 in the NWOAL.
Carter Dominique homered for the Golden Bears with Quinn Brown and Taysen Deckrosh each adding 4 RBIs.
BRYAN 3 (11)5 (10)0 – 29 23 1
DELTA 000 02 – 2 4 6
Records: Bryan 7-3 (3-0 NWOAL), Delta 0-11 (0-2 NWOAL)
WINNING PITCHER: D. Dominique (2 innings, 2 hits, 0 runs, 5 strikeouts, 1 walk): OTHER: Brown, Deckrosh, Kepler
LOSING PITCHER: Waugh (1.2 innings, 10 hits, 13 runs, 2 earned, 1 walk) OTHER: Pribe, Brown, Gillen
LEADING HITTERS: (Bryan) C Dominique-home run, 2 singles, 2 RBIs, 2 runs; Deckrosh-single, double, 4 RBIs, 2 runs; Brown-single, double, triple, 4 RBIs, 4 runs; Wolff-double, 2 singles, 3 RBIs, 3 runs; Miley-single, double, 3 RBIs; (Delta) Greisinger-2 singles, RBI
Wayne Trace 9 Edgerton 8 (8 innings)
HAVILAND – The Raiders battled back from an 8-5 hole with three runs in the seventh and then won it with a run in the eighth.
Wayne Trace cracked three home runs on the night led by Kyle Slade with four RBIs.
EDGERTON 000 620 00 – 8 5 2
WAYNE TRACE 002 102 31 – 9 10 6
Records: Edgerton 2-8 (0-5 GMC), Wayne Trace 10-1 (4-0 GMC)
WINNING PITCHER: Forrer (2 innings, 0 hits, 0 runs, 2 strikeouts) OTHERS: Davis, Anderson, Wenzlick
LOSING PITCHER: Bass (1 inning, 2 runs, 5 hits, 1 strikeout, 1 walk)
LEADING HITTERS: (Edgerton) Meyer-2 singles; Nichols-3 RBIs; Herman-2 RBIs; Picillo-2 runs, 2 RBIs; (WT) Morehead-home run, single, 2 RBIs, 2 runs; Slade-home run, 4 RBIs; Forrer-home run
SOFTBALL
Bryan 10 Delta 0 (5 innings)
DELTA – Bryan broke a scoreless tie with four runs in the fourth inning on their way to a 10-win at Delta. Addie Arnold fired a five inning no-hitter for the Lady Bears while striking out 13 Delta hitters.
BRYAN 000 46 – 10 11 1
DELTA 000 00 – 0 0 4
Records: Bryan 9-2 (3-0 NWOAL), Delta 0-8 (0-2 NWOAL)
WINNING PITCHER: Arnold (5 innings, 0 hits, 13 strikeouts)
LOSING PITCHER: Savage (4 innings, 7 runs, 4 earned, 4 hits, 3 strikeouts)
LEADING HITTERS: (Bryan) Arnold (2 singles, RBI; Yoder-2 singles, RBI; Thiel single, double, 2 RBIs; Mason-double; Voigt-double; Nagel-single, RBI
Archbold 12 Patrick Henry 2 (5 innings)
ARCHBOLD – Natalie Nofziger drilled a grand slam in the fifth to give the Bluestreaks a walk-off mercy rule win over Patrick Henry. Nofziger had five RBIs in the game while Bre Boysel had two RBIs and a home run.
P. HENRY 100 10 – 2 5 2
ARCHBOLD 401 25 – 12 11 0
Records: Patrick Henry 2-8 (0-3 NWOAL), Archbold 7-3 (2-1 NWOAL)
WINNING PITCHER: Nofziger (5 innings, 5 hits, 2 runs, 2 earned, 9 strikeouts)
LOSING PITCHER: Boyer (4.1 innings, 11 hits, 12 runs, 9 earned, 2 strikeouts 2 walks)
LEADING HITTERS: (PH) Meyer-double, RBI; Smith-single, double; (Archbold) Nofziger-grand slam. 3 singles, 5 RBIs; Thiel-single, double, 2 runs; Boysel-home run, 2 RBIs
Liberty Center 8 Swanton 7
LIBERTY CENTER –Swanton tied the game 7-7 in the fifth, but the Tigers tallied the game winning run in the sixth as they pulled out an 8-7 win.
Emma St. Clair topped Liberty Center with a 3-4 game at the plate and two RBIs. Rheannah Kesler went 2-3 for the Bulldogs with a triple, home run, and drove in two runs.
SWANTON 013 120 0 – 7 9 2
L. CENTER 200 501 x – 8 12 6
Records: Swanton 3-2 (1-2 NWOAL), Liberty Center 5-6 (2-2 NWOAL)
WINNING PITCHER: Kessler (4.1 innings, 3 runs, 1 earned, 3 hits, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks)
LOSING PITCHER: Williams (4.2 innings, 3 runs, 3 earned, 6 hits, 5 strikeouts, 2 walks)
LEADING HITTERS: (Swanton) Williams-2 singles; Kesler-triple, home run, 2 RBIs; (LC) Gray-2 doubles, RBI; St. Clair-3 singles, 2 RBIs; Kern-2 singles, 2 RBIs
Pettisville 9 Fayette 6
PETTISVILLE – Pettisville started fast with a five-run first inning and were able to hold off the Eagles for a 9-6 BBC win.
Elisabeth Rochefort had two home runs and a triple as part of a 3-3 day at the plate with three RBIs. Emma Leininger had three hits and knocked in a pair of runs for the Eagles.
FAYETTE 040 200 0 – 6 9 4
P’VILLE 520 110 x – 9 11 3
Records: Fayette 0-3 (0-3 BBC), Pettisville 3-4 (2-4 BBC)
WINNING PITCHER: King (2 innings, 4 hits, 4 runs, 2 earned, 5 strikeouts) OTHERS: Lugbill, Rochefort
LOSING PITCHER: Leininger (6 innings, 11 hits, 9 runs, 6 earned, 8 strikeouts, 4 walks)
LEADING HITTERS: (Fayette) Leininger-triple, 2 singles, 2 RBIs, 2 runs; Morgan-2 singles, RBI; Reinking-2 singles; (P’ville) Rochefort-2 home runs, triple, 4 RBIs, 3 runs; Blosser-2 singles, RBI
Hilltop 10 North Central 0 (5 innings)
WEST UNITY –Lana Baker pitched her second no-hitter in as many weeks and nailed her eighth home run of the year in Hilltop’s 10-0 win. Leanna Baker added s single and three RBIs for the Cadets and Jocelyn Layman registered two doubles.
N. CENTRAL 000 00 – 0 0 2
HILLTOP 302 32 – 10 11 2
Records: North Central 4-7 (3-2 BBC), Hilltop 10-2 (4-0 BBC)
WINNING PITCHER: Lana Baker (5 innings, 0 hits, 0 runs, 9 strikeouts, 0 walks)
LOSING PITCHER: Stewart (3 innings, 9 hits, 8 runs, 7 earned 3 strikeouts, 3 walks
LEADING HITTERS: (Hilltop) Lana Baker-home run, single 4 RBIs, 2 runs; Layman-2 doubles, 2 runs; Leanna Baker-single, 3 RBIs
Montpelier 17 Holgate 7 (6 innings)
MONTPELIER – Down 5-0 entering the bottom of the third, the Loco bats came alive to score 17 runs in the last four inning to get a 17-7 win in six innings.
Alyssa Custer had a five-hit game for Montpelier while Kaycee Humbarger, Bianca Phongphiou, Custer, and Madelyn Hopper each drove in three runs.
HOLGATE 032 020 – 7 5 1
M’PELIER 002 393 – 17 18 4
Records: Holgate 1-6 (1-3 BBC), Montpelier 4-2 (3-0 BBC)
WINNING PITCHER: Hopper (4 innings, 4 hits, 5 runs, 4 earned, 6 strikeouts, 4 walks) OTHER: Phongphiou
LOSING PITCHER: I. Blaker (4 innings, 8 hits, 5 runs, 5 earned, 1 strikeout, 1 walk)
LEADING HITTERS: (Holgate) Wilhelm-double, single, 2 runs; I. Blaker-3 runs; (M’pelier) Hopper-home run, single, 3 RBIs; Mahan-2 doubles, singles, RBI, 4 runs; Humbarger-double, 3 RBIs; Phongphiou-single, 3 RBIs; Custer-2 doubles, 3 singles, 3 RBIs, 2 runs; Hillard-triple, 2 runs
Stryker 9 Edon 8 (8 innings)
STRYKER – Edon grabbed an 8-6 lead with six runs in the seventh, but Stryker bounced back to tally two runs in their half of the inning to force extra inning and scored a run in the eighth to get the walk-off win.
Gabby Ramon collected four hits for the Panthers while Emmalee and Haylee Fulk each had three hits and drove in two runs.
Ashley Kaylor had a double for Edon and Emma Hickman connected for three hits and knocked in a run.
EDON 020 000 60 – 8 15 0
STRYKER 030 101 22 – 9 20 1
Records: Edon 3-5 (2-3 BBC), Stryker 3-4 (2-2 BBC)
WINNING PITCHER: Rethmel (6.2 innings, 13 hits, 8 runs, 8 earned, 9 strikeouts, 1 walk) OTHER: H. Fulk
LOSING PITCHER: Wofford (7.2 innings, 20 hits 9 runs, 9 earned, 5 strikeouts, 1 walk)
LEADING HITTERS: (Edon) Ashley Kaylor-double, single, RBI; Hickman-double, 2 singles, RBI, 2 runs; Wofford-double, single; (Stryker) Ramon-double, 3 singles, 2 runs; E. Fulk-double, 2 singles, 2 RBIs; H. Fulk-3 singles, 2 RBIs; Rethmel-3 singles, RBI, 2 runs; Myers-2 singles, 2 RBIs
Wayne Trace 10 Edgerton 9
HAVILAND – Wayne Trace jumped out to a 7-1 lead after two innings and then survived the Edgerton rally to move to 4-0 in the GMC.
Lola Giesige posted three RBIs for the Bulldogs, Noelle Ritter doubled, and Casey Everetts homered.
EDGERTON 012 223 3 – 9 12 2
WAYNE TRACE 610 021 x – 10 11 7
Records: Wayne Trace 8-2 (4-0 GMC), Edgerton 3-7 (2-2 GMC)
WINNING PITCHER: Bland (12 hits, 9 runs, 5 earned, 3 strikeouts)
LOSING PITCHER: Cape (5 innings, 9 hits, 4 runs, 3 earned, 5 strikeouts, 2 walks) OTHER: Sleesman
LEADING HITTERS: (Edgerton) Everetts-home run, single, RBI; Ritter-double, single, 2 runs; Giesige-1 single, 3 RBIs; (WT) Doster-home run, RBI, 2 runs; Thornell-double, single, 3 RBIs; Slade-3 singles, RBI; Zartman-double, 3 RBIs; Miller-single double
BOYS TENNIS
Ottawa Hills 5 Archbold 0 (@ Archbold)
SINGLES: 1. Burke (OH) d. Keiser 6-0, 6-0; 2. Harders (OH) d. Yoder 6-0, 6-0; 3. Posta (OH) 6-0, 6-0; DOUBLES: 1. Parikh/Vijpendra (OH) d. Rufenacht/Stuckey 6-2, 6-3; 2. Estesll/Xie (OH) d. Hageman/Nofziger 6-1, 6-0
Rossford 3 Wauseon 2 (@ Wauseon)
SINGLES: 1. Hire (R) d. Wenger 6-3, 7-6 (7-2); 2. Reiter (R) d. Seifker 7-6 (7-5), 5-7, 6-3; 3. Rossford won by forfeit; DOUBLES: 1. Scherer/VanDeilen (W) d. Misko/Boggs 6-1, 6-0; 2. Morr/Ritter (W) d. Madden/Linkous 6-2, 6-0
Bryan 3 Lima Shawnee 2 (@ Lima)
SINGLES: 1. Fortner (B) d. Burke 6-0, 6-0; 2. Stahl (S) d. Andrews 6-0, 6-0; 3. Davis (S) d. Jackson 6-0, 6-1; DOUBLES: 1. Brown/Hess (B) d. Muhammud/Rutter 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5; 2. Bassett/C. McCashen (B) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2