September 8, 2005

sports

Jerrico Stubblefield tries to evade tacklers from the Lockland Panthers during Friday's game.

Bulldog sports roundup

Compiled by Lauren Heaton

Football team loses to Lockland
The YSHS football team fared better this year than last against the tough Lockland Panthers, who shut out the Bulldogs early last season. But the Panthers proved too tough last Friday night, spoiling the Bulldogs’ home opener, 35–19. The Bulldogs are now 1–1.

With the ’Dogs down 14–0 early in the second half, Matt Hull gave the Bulldog fans some hope when he returned a kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown. But it was all the Bulldogs could muster, before several minutes later, the Panthers scored another TD.

The Bulldogs’ Anthony Carter intercepted a Panther pass with just a minute left in the second quarter, but YSHS could not score before the half.

Hall rushed for 55 yards on 19 carries, while Carter rushed for 64 yards on seven carries and threw for 31 yards. The Bulldogs special teams accumulated 200 yards, 125 from Hall and 75 from Joey Bailey.

Volleyball splits 2 matches
On Wednesday, Aug. 31, the YSHS volleyball team outplayed Belmont, taking all three games, 25–17, 25–22, 25–21. The following day, the Lady Bulldogs lost to Dayton Christian, 25–12, 25–12, 26–24. YSHS is now 2–3.

The Lady Bulldogs showed great agility on the court on Wednesday, with winning serves by Ashlee Jackson and Alisha Walker. Scorers for the game were Jackson, Walker, Alisha Lucas, Crystal Reedy, Olivia Dixon, Bailey Linse and Niquelle Orr.

Playing in their first home match of the year on Thursday, the Lady ’Dogs were worn out from the previous day’s win and gave up the lead early in the competition. Scorers for that game were Orr, Reedy, Jackson, Walker, Katy McEvoy, Lucas and Dixon.

Girls soccer seizes Middletown
The YSHS girls soccer team lost, 1–0, to a tough Miami Valley team last Tuesday, Aug. 30. The Lady Bulldogs tied Wilmington 1–1 on Saturday, Sept. 3, in their first home game of the season, then crushed Middletown Christian, 7–1, on Tuesday, Sept. 6. The Lady Bulldogs are 2–2–1 this season.

The Lady Bulldogs held the Miami Valley Lady Rams to only 5 shots on goal. The Rams scored the game’s only goal just over 12 minutes into the game. Despite several scoring opportunities, the Lady Bulldogs were unable to put one in the net. Jennifer Smith and Ellen Swisher racked up several non-goalie saves.

In Saturday’s game, Wilmington got on the board in the first half with a goal off a corner kick. Yellow Springs came back early in the second half when Megan Burrick scored an unassisted goal. Defensive players Smith, India Scarver, Swisher, Amanda Chapman and Rachel Trumbull were able to hold off the rest of the Wilmington attacks. Goalie Sarah Morrison had three saves.

Against Middletown Christian, Tenia Scarver scored 3 goals and had an assist, while Burrick scored twice and Olivia Chen scored a goal. Erin Silvert-Noftle had an assist. The Lady Bulldogs players forged new ground by switching from their normal positions on the field against the Lady Eagles.

Sam Borchers places 2nd
The YSHS boys cross country team finished 17th of 29 schools in the Wendy’s Cross Country Extravaganza at Liberty Park in Hillsboro on Saturday, Sept. 3.

Individually, the team had several outstanding performances in the varsity 5K race. Sam Borchers ran a season best time of 16:13 and placed second. Andy Peters finished 36th in 17:58, his best time this year. Ben Adams had a lifetime best of 19:28 to finish 81st. Matt Halm and Earnest Johnson both ran season best times to place 174th and 190th. Halm finished in 22:34 while Earnest, 25:11.

Competing against many girls from Division I schools on Saturday, Tina Peters placed 46th out of 196 in 21:45, a minute faster than her previous race.

Golfers lower team score
The YSHS golf team met up with four of its conference rivals in a quad match on Aug. 22 and came in third with 194 points. Xenia Christian won with 196, while Middletown Christian had 183 and Miami Valley, 161. On Aug. 25, the Bulldogs came in third again with 199 points against Dayton Christian (207 points), Troy Christian (182) and Miami Valley (159). On Aug. 31, YSHS had its best outing of the season, lowering its score to 168 against Belmont’s 219. The Bulldogs are 5–7.

In the match on Aug. 22, Alex Visbal and Kevin Sikes-Gilbert shot 43 and 46, respectively. On Aug. 25, Visbal and Max Fleishman with individual scores of shot 45 and 51. Against Belmont, Fleishman and Sikes-Gilbert each shot season best scores of 40. Also contributing to the win were Visbal, Joe Fugate, Jill Bothwell and Ethan Brown.

Boys soccer loses to Greenon
The YSHS boys soccer team fell 3–1 to Greenon on Monday, Aug. 29. Greenon scored 2 goals in the first half, and Kevin Sikes-Gilbert scored 1 for the Bulldogs in the second. Greenon’s goalie had 12 saves.

Scores for the games against Springfield Catholic on Sept. 1, Troy Christian on Sept. 3 and Fairborn on Sept. 6 were not available by press time.

Schedule changes of note
The following are changes for the YSHS and McKinney School sports schedule:

The YSHS and McKinney cross country teams have added a race at Fort Loramie on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 4:30 p.m.

The McKinney football team will play an additional game, against West Liberty on Saturday, Sept. 10, 11 a.m., at home.

The seventh-grade volleyball team has added a match at West Liberty-Salem on Monday, Sept. 12, at 5 p.m. For the McKinney volleyball tri-match on Saturday, Sept. 10, the teams will travel to Kingdom Sports Center in Franklin. The seventh-grade team will play against Middletown Christian at 9 a.m., followed by the eighth-grade team against Middletown Christian and then Dayton Christian.

2005 Yellow Springs Fun Run

See the complete list of runners and times here