February 16, 2006

sports

Bulldog sports roundup

McKinney seventh-grade girls basketball team: from left, front row: Taylor Ennis, Hannah Kumbusky, Alex Beer, Alex Myers, Natasha Perry and Aprile Doubt; back row: Mariah Clark, Stephanie Scott, Stephanie Lloyd, Kelly Miller, Jenna Boettcher and coach Tiffany Newman.

Compiled by Lauren Heaton

GunderKline swims to districts
For the second consecutive year, Eve GunderKline became the lone Bulldog to qualify for districts after her performance in last weekend’s Division II Springfield sectional meet at Wittenberg.

GunderKline swam the 100 breaststroke in a lifetime best time of 1:18.66, finishing ninth to advance in the competition. She is seeded 12th among 26 swimmers who will compete at districts on Saturday, Feb. 18, at Miami University.

The Yellow Springs boys team scored 52 points to finish 13th out of 22 teams at sectionals on Friday, Feb. 10. The girls team finished 20th out of 23 teams the fol-lowing day.

The boys 200 medley relay (Jacob Wishart, Brandon Carver-Halley, Sam Borchers and Pete Lovering) placed 12th. The same team finished 11th in the 400 free relay.

In individual competition, Wishart swam season-best times to finish eighth in the 200 free and fifth in the 500 free. Lovering placed 12th in the 200 individual medley. Carey Dixon swam a gutsy race in the 200 free.

In girls relay competition, the 200 medley relay (Jenny Barnett, Olivia Dixon, GunderKline and Miriam Barcus) placed 15th. The same four girls finished 16th in the 400 free relay.

In individual competition, Liz Zaff and Claire Triplett both had personal best times in the 200 free.

Boys win MBC swimming title
Both the YSHS girls and boys teams competed in the third annual Yellow Springs Invitational at Wittenberg on Sunday, Jan. 29, in a meet that also served as the Metro Buckeye Conference Championships.

The YSHS boys won the MBC contest with 45 points, 13 points ahead of Xenia Christian. The boys were fourth overall. The Yellow Springs girls finished second in the MBC with 63 points, six points behind Dayton Christian. The YSHS girls placed fifth overall.

Relay results for the girls included a fifth place finish for the 200 medley relay (Barnett, Olivia Dixon, GunderKline and Tina Chen). The 400 free relay (Gunder-Kline, Chen, Barnett and Barcus) fin-ished second.

In individual competition, GunderKline placed third in the 100 free and second in the 100 breaststroke, and Chen finished third in the 50 free and fourth in the 100 free. Barcus place fifth in both the 200 and 500 free.

The boys 400 freestyle relay team (Wishart, Carver-Halley, Borchers and Carey Dixon) won the event. The same team finished fourth in the 200 medley relay.

In individual competition, Wishart placed fifth in the 200 free and fourth in the 500 free. Borchers finished sixth in the 100 fly and fifth in the 100 back. Carver-Halley placed fourth in the 100 breaststroke.

Bulldogs win 3 in 1 week
The YSHS boys basketball team won two conference games as well as a non-conference game last week, beating the Troy Christian Eagles, 59–49, on Tuesday, Feb. 7, knocking down Middletown Christian, 71–63, on Friday, Feb. 10, followed by a 56–54 win over Bethel on Feb. 11.

The Bulldogs go into their last game of the regular season 15–4 overall and 10–3 in the MBC.

In Tuesday’s game, the Bulldogs pulled ahead 13–3 in the first quarter and held a strong lead throughout the game. Brad Benning-Clark was the game’s high scorer with 19 points.

It was a similar story against Middletown. The Bulldogs outshot the Eagles to go ahead 22–14 in the first quarter, maintaining a clear lead. Benning-Clark scored 24 points, followed by Issa Walker with 18 and Ryan Silvert with 14.

Against Bethel, the Bulldogs gained a 35–20 point lead in the first half, and relaxed too much in the second while the Bees outscored them in both quarters and nearly took the lead. Walker led the team with 19 points, followed by Benning-Clark with 16 and Silvert with 12.

Lady ’Dogs win season finale
The Lady Bulldogs finished their regular season on a high note, beating MBC rival Middletown Christian, 39–32, on Thursday, Feb. 9. The team finished the year 14–6 overall and 7–5 in the Metro Buck-eye Conference.

The Lady Bulldogs started the game without one starter, and the handicaps kept coming. Carly Bailey and Megan Burrick both got into early foul trouble. The Lady Bulldogs slowed down the pace, and the score remained low and close. YSHS was up 23–15 at halftime.

The second half had its obstacles as well. Both Burrick and Bailey fouled out late in the third quarter, leaving the Lady Bulldogs with just two starters. Then one more starter was injured in the third period. Juniors Alisha Walker and Alisha Lucas coordinated defense coverage and directed the offense in the fourth.

Ryder Comstock and Ashanta Robinson pulled down a total of 12 rebounds. Robinson scored 9 points, while Burrick led the Bulldogs with 12 points and 5 rebounds.

7th-grade girls 2nd in league
The seventh-grade girls basketball team finished the regular season 8–4 and then fought its way to the league championship game against the top-seeded Troy Christian on Saturday, Feb. 11. The Lady Bulldogs lost to Troy, 22–16, to place second in the league.

The Lady Bulldogs defeated Dayton Christian on Tuesday, Feb. 7, to reach the championship.

The team was coached this year by -Tiffany Newman, who was aided by former coaches Rich Miller and Chris Lloyd.

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