HIGH SCHOOL
Boys Basketball
Allen East 45, Lincolnview 39
MIDDLE POINT — Allen East’s Carson Clum scored 23 points and Keaton Lehman added 10 points. For Lincolnview, Austin Bockrath scored 14 points.
Basketball Polls
COLUMBUS — Ottawa-Glandorf finished ranked No. 5 in Division III in the final girls Associated Press Ohio High School Athletic Association poll released Monday.
The Titans finished 19-3 on the year and wrapped up another Western Buckeye League title Thursday.
In Division IV, Crestview moved up two spots to No. 7 and Leipsic finished at No. 12.
On the boys side, Ottawa-Glandorf moved up one spot to No. 3 in Division III and Kalida, who are coming off capturing at Putnam County League title, came in tied at No. 10 in Division IV.
ALL-PCL
Girls
Leipsic’s Whitney Langhals was named Putnam County League player of the year and her coach, Gary Kreinbrink was tabbed the top coach.
Joining Langhals on the first team were Lauryn Auchmuty (Columbus Grove), Bryn Tekenkamp (Continental), Camille Hovest (Kalida) and Erica Thorbahn (Ottoville).
Making the second team were Jaylen Sautter (Columbus Grove), Maggie Pothast (Fort Jennings), Ava Henry (Leipsic), Grace Pfau (Miller City) and Isabella Furley.
Honorable mention selections were Sage Clement (Columbus Grove), Nicole Nesby (Columbus Grove), Olivia Logan (Continental), Olivia Crossgrove (Continental), Rachel Von Sossan (Fort Jennings), Livia Recker (Kalida), Brooke Erhart (Kalida), Marisa Hermiller (Leipsic), Krysten Martinez (Leipsic), Ava Ruck (Miller City), Jordan Schnipke (Miller City), Skylar Turnwald (Ottoville), Becca Turnwald (Ottoville), Aliya Wise (Pandora-Gilboa), Savannaha Knueven (Pandora-Gilboa).
COLLEGE
Women’s Soccer
ONU hires new head coach
ADA — Ben Tierney has been named the head women’s soccer coach at Ohio Northern.
ONU welcomes Tierney to the position following the departure of Mark Batman, who is now the head coach at Toledo.
Tierney comes to ONU after three seasons as a women’s soccer assistant coach at Denison, which finished 7-9-4 overall and won the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 2022.
The Big Red went a combined 18-14-4 overall and 11-2-2 in conference play the past two seasons. The 2020 season, Tierney’s first at Denison, was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
At Denison, Tierney coached under Gail Murphy, who stepped down earlier this year after leading the Big Red to an overall record of 317-133-48 and 15 NCAA Tournament appearances in her 26-year tenure.
Prior to his time at Denison, Tierney spent two seasons as the assistant women’s soccer coach at Hanover (Ind.), helping lead the Panthers to a combined record of 28-8-2, including a 16-1-1 mark in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference and back-to-back trips to the HCAC Tournament championship game.
Tierney has also worked as a senior team coordinator and coach with the Columbus Express Soccer Club in Columbus, Indiana, where he has helped lead teams to multiple state and tournament championships.
Tierney is a 2018 graduate of Franklin College (Ind.) with a bachelor’s degree in sports management. At Franklin, he was a four-year starter and two-time all-conference defender as a member of the men’s soccer team.
A native of Wilder, Kentucky, Tierney holds a master’s degree in athletic coaching education from Ball State University and currently resides in Westerville.
