April 19, 2007

sports

Bulldog sports roundup

Diamond squad over Jefferson
The Yellow Springs High School baseball team defeated Jefferson, 12–2, on Tuesday, April 10, to take its record to 3–2–1 for the season, and 2–0 in the Metro Buckeye Conference. Other games were postponed because of weather.

Against Jefferson, the Bulldogs jumped out to a 2–0 lead on a couple of walks and an error, but Jefferson tied it up at 2 by the third inning.

Then the Bulldog batters came alive. A double by Todd Sheets and a single by Jonathan Haller scored a run in the fourth. In the fifth, Cory Daniel singled, stole two bases, and scored on a ground ball by Tyler Fox. Lucas Donnell led off the sixth inning with a single, and Sheets, Haller, Joe Fugate and Daniel added other hits to score 5 runs.

In the seventh, doubles by Ben Armstrong and Kilan Brown scored 1 run, and Sheets drove in another with a single.

Sheets pitched the complete game for his second straight win, striking out 12 while giving up only five hits.

A makeup game with Dayton Christian will be played at home at noon on Saturday, April 21.

Bulldog softballers dominate
The YSHS softball team also got in only one game last week, dominating Jefferson, 40–0, for the Bulldogs’ first win of the season.

Lauren Miles pitched five innings, with a three-hit shutout.

Every Bulldog scored at least once, with most players scoring several times.

Miles, the leading hitter, had five hits with 6 runs batted in. Following her closely was freshman Danielle Franklin with four hits and 4 runs scored.

Altogether, the team had 20 hits and 22 walks.

The softball team will play a makeup game at home against Dayton Christian at noon on Saturday, April 21.

Boys track third in KTC
The YSHS boys track team placed third out of eight teams in the annual Kenton Trace Conference meet, Friday, April 13, in Waynesville.

Clinton Massie won the meet with 144 points, with Cedarville finishing second with 87. Yellow Springs had 79 points, Greeneview 76, Madison Plains had 57 points and host Waynesville had 38.

Bulldog senior Sam Borchers won his specialties, the 800- and 1600-meter runs, in 2:06.9 and 4:47.1. Capturing the Bulldogs’ other first-place individual finish was Andy Peters, who won the 3200-meter run in 10:04.9.

Borchers and Peters combined with Brock and Jacob GunderKline to win the 4x800-meter relay in 8:45.2.

Second-place points were earned by Peters in the 300-meter hurdles (44.3) and Alexis Onfroy-Curley in the 1600-meter run (4:48.6). Earning third-place finishes were Brock GunderKline in the 3200-meter run (10:37.9) and Onfroy-Curley in the 800 (2:09.9). Borchers, Peters, Onfroy-Curley and Birch Robinson-Hubbuch combined to place third in the 4x400 relay (3:44.7).

In the 100 relay, the squad of Ron Cobb, Asa Casenhiser, Jerimiha Stubblefield and Jacob GunderKline finished fourth (49.1). Ron Cobb placed sixth in the 100-meter dash to complete the Bulldogs’ scoring. Chris McElroy had a personal best in the discus.

The Bulldog girls, short several athletes, finished eighth out of the eight schools competing. The squad’s top finish was a third-place effort by Kristen Foster in the 200-meter dash (29.4) with Leslie Holland adding a sixth in 30.3.

The 100 relay squad of Foster, Maxine Midtbo, Maiya Thornton-Hodge and Holland placed fourth in 56.7. Midtbo, a freshman, added a fifth-place finish in the long jump with a leap of 13'7.5".

Anna Carlson had a pair of seventh-place finishes in the 1600 run and 800 runs, and Anna Carlson and Meg Franklin also performed well.

Tennis team wins at Southeastern
The Bulldog tennis team managed to get in one match last week, taking all six courts in straight sets on Friday, April 13, against host Southeastern.

In singles, Olivia Chen won 6–0, 6–0, Alex Turner, 6–3, 6–2 and Eduardo Garafillo, 6–3, 6–3.

In doubles, Raphael Allen and Zeke Hardman won 7–5, 6--2, and Erin Silvert-Noftle and Kyle Buchwalder took their court 6–0, 6–0.

Aiysha Walker and Emile Fleming had a strong 6–2, 6–2 win on the doubles reserve court.

YS Soccer Inc. to host soccer camps
Yellow Springs Soccer Inc. will host summer soccer camps during the week of June 18–22 for kids in Yellow Springs and surrounding areas. Half-day camps are offered for ages 6–9, 10–13 and 14–18. Registration has begun and if completed by Friday, May 4, the participants will receive a free shirt and ball. The cost of the week-long camp is $96. The camp focuses on teaching key techniques and the technical components of soccer.

A free coaches’ clinic will also be offered. The date and time will be announced closer to the onset of the camp.

Those interested in participating can easily sign up on line at www.challengersports.com. Brochures can also be found at a number of Yellow Springs locations including Yellow Springs Community Library and the Bryan Community Center. For more information, contact Lauren Miller at 767-2072 or Matt Hoy of British Soccer Challenger Sports at 888-290-9200.