Softball

ONTARIO — They led Ontario to a share of the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference championship and the program’s first regional tournament berth since 1986 and were rewarded accordingly. Ontario’s Taylor Mullins and Joslynne Frazier were selected to the All-MOAC first team, while teammates Trista Jewell and Kylie Snow were second-team picks. Autumn Taylor was an honorable […]

ASHLAND — Hailey Lang outdid herself. Lang, Ashland’s senior utility player, repeated as the Ohio Cardinal Conference Player of the Year when the postseason awards were unveiled earlier this week. Madison’s Layla Azmoun was selected the OCC Pitcher of the Year, while Madison’s Tim Niswander was the Coach of the Year. Niswander shared the award […]

GIBSONBURG — Makenzie Back and her Plymouth teammates were in complete control for six-and-a-half innings Wednesday afternoon, but it all came undone in the bottom of the seventh. Edgerton scored three unearned runs with two out in the bottom of the seventh inning for a stunning, 3-2 walk-off win in a Division IV regional semifinal […]

MANSFIELD — Plymouth’s last trip to the Sweet 16 came in 2016. Ontario’s wait has been considerably longer. The Big Red and Warriors are the last two local teams standing as softball reaches regional play this week. Division IV Plymouth will meet Edgerton at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Gibsonburg. Division II Ontario, making its first […]

WILLARD — The Warriors finally broke down the door Friday afternoon. Joslynne Frazier belted a two-run home run in the fifth, propelling third-seeded Ontario to a 5-0 win over No. 4 Clyde in the Division II district championship game at the Willard Sports Complex. The district title is just the third in program history and […]

WELLINGTON — It was a meeting better suited for the state final rather than a district final — and heavyweights Hillsdale and Keystone didn’t disappoint. The top-seeded Wildcats scored an unearned run in the bottom of the first and added an insurance run in the sixth to hold off third-seeded Hillsdale 2-0 in the Division […]

SHELBY — The Polar Bears never relented. Second-seeded Margaretta scored in every inning and thundered to a run rule-shortened 11-1 win over No. 5 Clear Fork in the Division III district semifinals Wednesday at Shelby High School. The Polar Bears (19-9) banged out 11 hits and drew five walks off two Clear Fork pitchers. Margaretta […]