Girls Bowling
Division II
Minster sectional
Coldwater (3,575), St. Marys (3,463) and New Bremen (3,155) qualified for districts at Community Lanes. Coldwater’s Julie Bertke had the top three-game series (610) with St. Marys’ Kayla Homan (560), Coldwater’s Brittany Burden (529) and Jasmine Schulze (511), Parkway’s Breanna Berry (514) and New Bremen’s Leah Luedeke (505) also finishing in the top five.
Berry, Temple Christian’s Emma Engle (504) and Fort Recovery’s Megan Knapke (497) advanced as individuals.
Napoleon sectional
Ottawa-Glandorf’s Jaydyn Johns and Lincolnview’s Leigha Shatzer qualified for districts as individuals with 511 and 507 three-game series respectively at River City Bowl-A-Way. O-G (3,148) finished fourth and Lincolnview (3,041) was fifth with Napoleon (3,736), Wauseon (3,716) and Liberty Center (3,465) advancing by finishing in the top three.
Port Clinton sectional
Kenton’s Hayley Gallant finished 24th with a 374 three-game series at Thibodeau’s Seneca Lanes.
Girls Basketball
Sectional semifinals
Division II
Shawnee 49, Celina 40
HAMLER — Grace Freiberger had 25 points and 10 rebounds and Ania Pearson scored 10 and posted eight rebounds for Shawnee (9-14), which will play at 6 p.m. Saturday against Bath at Patick Henry. Amelia Lutz had 17 points and Kyilla Billingsley scored eight for Celina (5-18).
St. Marys 37, Van Wert 31
BLUFFTON — Morgan Hesse had 12 points and Ella Jacobs and Reese Rable each scored seven for St. Marys (14-9), which will play Fostoria at noon Saturday at Bluffton High School. Kyra Welch scored 11 for Van Wert (13-10).
Elida 61, Kenton 40
BLUFFTON — Addisyn Freeman had 16 points and Bella Lopez scored 11 for Elida (11-12), which takes on Bryan at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Bluffton High School. Macee Heckathorn (11) and Olivia Nolting (10) scored in double digits for Kenton (10-13).
Division IV
Marion Local 69, Ridgemont 23
SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP — Marion Local improved to 19-4 and will play at 6 p.m. Saturday against New Knoxville at Shawnee. Ridgemont finished its season 0-23.
All-NWC
Co-Players of the Year: Crestview’s Cali Gregory and Delphos Jefferson’s Lyv Lindeman (co-players of the year) and Jefferson’s Denise Lindeman (coach of the year) won top honors in the Northwest Conference.
Joining and Lyv Lindeman on the first teams were Lauryn Auchmuty (Columbus Grove), Whitney Langhals (Leipsic), Savana Brooks (Allen East) and Sami Scoles (Bluffton).
Boys basketball
Pandora-Gilboa 34,
Continental 26
CONTINENTAL — Aiden Harris had 12 points and Derek Maag scored 10 for P-G (18-4, 5-2 Putnam County League). Konner Knipp-Williams scored 21 for Continental (8-13, 3-4 PCL).
Bluffton 70, Elmwood 40
BLOOMDALE — Carson Soper (14), Landen Worcester (13) and Terron Boblitt (10) scored in double digits for Bluffton (14-8).
Paulding 57
Miller City 41
PAULDING — Brendan Barlage had 15 points and Silas Niese scored 14 for the visiting Wildcats (12-9).
Diving
Division II district
BOWLING GREEN — Kenton’s Riley Hunt finished fourth and Ottawa-Glandorf’s Alysha Diemer was 13th in the girls event and St. Marys’ Luke Hertenstein was 10th in the boys event to advance to state.
Summer coaching
COLUMBUS – The Ohio High School Athletic Association Board of Directors voted unanimously Thursday to expand the summer coaching period to include 13 days of coaching instead of 10, and to open the summer period May 15 instead of June 1. In addition, fall sports may begin practice Monday, July 31, instead of the previously established date of Aug. 1.
The changes were proposed by OHSAA staff in consultation with various coaches associations.
The summer period changes are effective immediately and apply to the team sports of football, soccer, girls and boys volleyball, field hockey, ice hockey, basketball, girls and boys lacrosse, softball and baseball.
Previously, team camps and 7-on-7 football competition were only permitted between June 1 and July 31.
Of note, there are no coaching restrictions in place for the individual sports of golf, tennis, cross country, swimming and diving, gymnastics, bowling, wrestling and track and field.
Continuing with a football regulation that was new last year, football teams are permitted to conduct their five days of acclimatization between July 17 and July 30.
New this year, girls and boys soccer teams also have an additional five days of non-mandatory practice between July 17 and 30.
Reach The Lima News sports department at 567-242-0451.
