April 12, 2007

sports

Bulldog sports roundup

Tennis beats Dayton Christian
The Yellow Springs High School tennis team played only one match last week, beating Dayton Christian 3–2 on Tuesday, April 3. The team was frozen out of its two other matches against Greeneview and Southeastern.

The Bulldogs tried a different lineup against Dayton, bringing Alex Turner up to first singles for a crushing 6–0, 6–2 win, while Emile Fleming slid onto the number two singles court with a smashing 6–3, 6–1 victory. Max Fleishman covered the third singles spot but lost in straight sets.

At number one doubles Erin Silvert-Noftle and Alexis Onfroy won 7–6(7–5), 6–2. While many Yellow Springs players were off enjoying spring break, the Dayton Christian team consented to allowing 9-year-old Mills Lawn tennis player Alex Taylor to step in with Raphael Allen to win the second doubles match in three sets. Dayton officially took the court by default but the Bulldogs went home with the day’s win.

Baseball beats Xenia Christian
The Bulldog baseball team beat Xenia Christian 6–3 on Tuesday, April 3, and the Bulldog junior varsity team lost to Troy Christian 16–7 on Monday, April 9. The varsity win takes Yellow Springs to 2–2–1 in the season and 1–0 in the Metro Buckeye Conference.

Against Xenia, though the game was called in the sixth inning due to lightning, Todd Sheets was the winning pitcher, giving up only one earned run and striking out seven. Jonathon Haller had 2 hits, including a double, and had 2 runs batted in. Andrew Ferguson also had 2 hits.

The JV Bulldogs took an early 4–0 lead against Troy with the help of three walks, three errors and a hit batter. Yellow Springs was still up 6–5 in the fifth when the wheels fell off. Zach Reichert threw well, but Troy still got six hits, while the ’Dogs made two critical errors that led to their loss. Kilan Brown pitched for the first time and did well for the first four innings. He also had six stolen bases. Logan Sage had two hits, and Jamie Kitzmiller launched a deep double to highlight the offense.

Softball games cancelled
Two of the YSHS softball team’s three scheduled games last week were postponed due to cold and rainy weather. The Lady Bulldogs managed to play three innings against Xenia Christian on Tuesday, April 3, before weather closed out the game with Yellow Springs batting in the bottom of the third and the score tied at 14. The game will continue when the team travels to Xenia Christian for the second matchup of the season on April 24.

Rescheduled games
The softball team’s 5 p.m. game at Greenon and the tennis team’s 4:30 p.m. match at Southeastern were both rescheduled for April 13. The baseball and softball teams were rescheduled to play at Troy Christian on May 7 at 5 p.m.