January 24, 2008

sports

Bulldog Sports Roundup

Girls in a split
Coach Duncan Thomas took advantage of a lopsided score to get his bench some playing time as the Lady Bulldogs defeated Xenia Christian 45–23 at home on Monday, Jan. 14. Ryder Comstock had 11 points and 12 rebounds, Ashantá Robinson had 17 points and 13 rebounds and Melodie Wright had 6 points and 7 rebounds. Previously, the team had lost two straight conference games at home.

“We still need to improve on some areas, but it is coming around,” Coach Duncan Thomas said after the game.

The girls didn’t fare as well on the road against Jefferson on Thursday. Robinson’s 22 points led the Bulldogs, but it was not enough as they lost 57–32. Jefferson controlled the game throughout with high-percentage shooting from the field and sealed the Lady Bulldogs fate by making seven of 10 free throws.

Next up is a home game on Thursday, Jan. 24, at 7:30 p.m. against Tri-County North. The J.V. game starts at 6.

Swimmers in prelims
The Yellow Springs High School swimmers competed in the County Invitational Swim Meet at Wittenberg University last weekend. The preliminary events took place on Friday, Jan. 18 and the finals were held on Sunday. Five Bulldog relay teams and several individuals qualified for the finals. However, none of the relays and only three individuals were able to come back on Sunday due to scheduling conflicts, Coach Dave Wishart said.

On Friday, the 200-yard medley relay including Claire Triplett (backstroke), Danielle Doubt (breaststroke), Barbara Jewell (butterfly), and Aprile Doubt (freestyle) finished 11th, qualifying for the consolation heat of the finals. Marlee Layh, Aprile Doubt, Triplett, and Miriam Barcus placed 11th in the 200-yard freestyle relay, also qualifying for the consolation finals. Danielle Doubt, Jewell, Layh, and Barcus placed fifth in the 400-freestyle relay to qualify for the championship finals. For the boys relays, Zane Reichert, John Michael Malone, Jake Kintner, and Francesco Amighetti placed 7th in the 200-yard freestyle relay to qualify for the consolation finals and the same foursome finished fifth in the 400-yard freestyle relay to qualify for the championship finals.

In individual competition on Friday, Danielle Doubt qualified for the championship finals, finishing fifth in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard breaststroke. Barcus qualified for finals, finishing seventh in the 200-yard freestyle. Jewell Layh placed seventh in the 200-yard freestyle and eighth in the 100-yard breaststroke. According to Wishart, Layh had strong swims in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle events, and Triplett, battling a virus, swam surprisingly well in the 100-yard freestyle and the 100-yard backstroke. Aprile Doubt swam her best times of the season in the 50 freestyle and the 50 breaststroke, Wishart said.

For the boys on Friday, Amighetti qualified for the 200-yard freestyle championship finals with a third-place finish and the consolation heat of the finals in the 100-yard freestyle with a ninth-place finish. Reichert swam to 15th place in the 100-yard freestyle. John Michael Malone had strong swims in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle events and likewise for Jake Kintner in the 50 freestyle and the 100 breaststroke, where he finished 12th to qualify for the consolation finals.

Barcus, Danielle Doubt, and Amighetti returned to swim in the finals on Sunday. Barcus placed eighth in the 200 freestyle and 6th in the 500 freestyle. Doubt finished 6th in the 50 freestyle and 5th in the 100 breaststroke. Amighetti was 5th in the 200 freestyle and 11th in the 100 freestyle. With just a handful of swimmers, Yellow Springs finished 10th out of 14 teams in the girls scoring and 11th out of 14 teams in the boys events.

The team’s next meet is the Yellow Springs Invitational at Wittenberg University on Friday, Jan. 25, with warm-ups beginning at 6:45 p.m. and the competition starting at 8 p.m.