ThisWeek Community Newspapers Canal Winchester
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May 19, 2011
Sports briefs North. A year ago, Canal Winchester placed third (78) in the district 1 meet behind Gahanna (132) and Dublin Coffman (97.5). “We picked the earliest district finals because our girls have prom that night, too,” Bender said. •The baseball team opened the Division II district tournament on May 10 by routing Linden-McKinley 37-0. Two days later, the Indians upset sixth-seeded Watterson 7-6 in the second round. Chaz Palmer went 2-for-4 with two RBI and Josh Miller, Tim Hawkins, Kevin Ilich and John Sharp each drove in one run. “Watterson has a big field, and that’s one of the reasons we chose to play here, because the way we hit the ball we tend to spray it all over the place,” coach Jay Bartos said. Trey Kiser pitched 6 2/3 innings with seven strikeouts to earn the win. “This was my best game of the season,” Kiser said. “I threw the ball across the plate and tried to make them hit it to our defense. My defense saved me a couple of times.” After Watterson scored two runs and had runners on first and third with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Bartos pulled Kiser for Nick Zaluski, who induced a groundout to earn the save. The Indians improved to 1610 heading into a district semifinal against fourth-seeded DeSales on May 18. The winner plays third-seeded Hartley or eighth-seeded Big Walnut in a district final Friday, May 20, at Grove City. The district champion advances to a regional semifinal May 26 at Zanesville. Last year, third-seeded Canal Winchester was upset by fifthseeded Hartley 6-5 in a Division II district final. “The reason we were able to win (at Watterson) is because we made good defensive plays,” Kiser said. “The key to winning in the tournament is our defense, because we’re getting production out of everyone in our lineup and we have good enough bats to score a run per inning like we did against Watterson.” •The softball team opened the Division II district tournament by defeating Columbus East 19-0 on May 9. Lauren Arndt pitched a no-hitter and Andrea Peer hit a solo home run. After losing a regular-season game to Grove City 15-5 in five innings on May 10, the Indians beat Olentangy Orange 10-4 in the second round of the district tournament on May 11. Arndt held Orange to four hits and Peer hit a two-run homer. The Indians lost to secondseeded Lakewood, the defending Division II state champion, 6-5 in a district semifinal on May 16 at Pickerington North to finish 17-11 overall. Trailing Lakewood 6-1 after five innings, the Indians scored one run in the top of the sixth inning and three in the top of the seventh. Arndt pitched a complete game, allowing eight hits.
Donald Tucker won the 200 (23.38) and was second in the 100 (11.49). Corey Bell won the pole vault (14-6) and was second in the 200 (23.63). Other first-place finishers for Canal Winchester were Tyler Jenkins in the 110 hurdles (15.25), Jordan Dalton, Bell, Orlando Basanta and Jaquan Ransome in the 800 relay (1:33.18), Dalton, JaVaughn Morris, Fred Elious and Sam Decker in the 1,600 relay (3:30.7), Alex Pickens, Bell, Tucker and Ransome in the 400 relay (44.42) and Bryn Campbell in the discus (150-0). “We won 13 of the 17 events and we had two guys score in every event except one,” Olson said. “We had only three individuals compete in four events because of our depth. Jarrod Genther, Corey Bell and Donald Tucker did well in their four events and we won all four relays.” The Indians are competing in the Division I, district 1 meet, which began May 17 and continues Thursday, May 19, and Saturday, May 21, at Hilliard Bradley. The top four placers in each event advance to the regional on Wednesday, May 25, and May 27 at Pickerington North. Last year, Canal Winchester scored 33 points to tie Walnut Ridge for 10th in the Division I, district 3 meet behind champion Brookhaven (89). “We’ve improved enough that we’re hoping to finish in the top five of our district this year,” Olson said. •The girls track and field team scored 173 points to win the MSL-Buckeye meet for the fifth time in six seasons ahead of Circleville (125), Bloom-Carroll (84), Hamilton Township (72), Teays Valley (64), Logan Elm (50), Fairfield Union (50) and Amanda-Clearcreek (43). “For the first time, we qualified two girls into the finals of every running event,” coach John Bender said. “We scored in every event except the long jump. Hurdles were a problem for us last year, but we did well in the hurdles this year.” Freshman Joscelyn Powell scored 38 points for Canal Winchester. She won the 300 hurdles (37.02), 100 (12.85) and 100 hurdles (15.32), and finished second in the 200 (26.94). Kayla Scott won the 1,600 (5:21.4), anchored the 800 relay to a second-place finish (1:50.84) and placed third in the 800 (2:27.11). Scott, Haley Adams, Ali Stauffer and Kelly Henderson won the 3,200 relay (9:59.7). Also finishing first for the Indians were Stauffer in the 3,200 (12:16.03) and the 400 relay (52.44). “Joscelyn and Kayla had great performances in their four events, but we knew they would score well,” Bender said. “We just had more depth than the other teams.” The Indians are competing in the Division I, district 4 meet, which began May 18 and continues Thursday, May 19, and Saturday, May 21, at Hamilton Township. The top four placers in each event advance to the regional Wednesday, May 25, ablankenship@thisweeknews.com and May 27 at Pickerington www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
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