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May 12, 2011
Lacrosse
Kilbourne boys hoping to learn from loss By PAUL BATTERSON ThisWeek Community Newspapers
the half,” said May, whose team also had defeated Sewickley Academy 14-4 on May 1. “We continued to put our foot on *May 11 — Played Hilliard Davidson the gas and take the team out (in the secMay 13 — At New Albany ond half).” Of note: The Wolves were 11-5 overall and 3Thomas Worthington went 1-1 in the 2 in the OCC-Buckeye before May 11. MSLCA tournament, defeating Western THOMAS Below are the recent results and coming schedReserve 11-10 on May 6 and losing to ules for the Kilbourne and Thomas boys *April 20 — Def. Dublin Coffman 13-12 *April 22 — Lost to Dublin Jerome 8-3 lacrosse teams: Detroit Country Day 6-5 on May 7 in a *April 27 — Def. Scioto 11-7 KILBOURNE round-robin tournament. April 30 — Def. Cincinnati Sycamore 11-0. It *April 20 — Defeated Dublin Scioto 12-3 Against Western Reserve, the Cardiwas the Cardinals’ second shutout since 2005. April 30 — Def. Pittsburgh Shady Side Acadnals trailed 7-2 midway through the first May 4 — Def. St. Charles 6-3 emy 12-7 half but cut the deficit to 7-6 by halftime. May 1 — Def. Sewickley (Pa.) Academy 14-4 May 6 — Def. Hudson Western Reserve Acad*May 3 — Lost to Upper Arlington 11-9. The emy 11-10 in the MSLCA round-robin tournaThomas took an 11-8 lead in the second game was a rematch of last year’s Division I ment in Hudson half before Western Reserve scored the May 7 — Lost to Detroit Country Day 6-5 state final, which UA won 10-8. final two goals. *May 11 — Played Upper Arlington May 6 — Def. Sewickley (Pa.) Academy 13-4 Of note: The Cardinals were 8-8 overall and 2Kyle Gratz had one goal and five asin MSLCA “B” bracket semifinals in Hudson May 7 — Lost to Pittsburgh Mount Lebanon 3 in the OCC-Buckeye before May 11. sists against Western Reserve and Ian *OCC-Buckeye game 10-9 in “B” bracket final Anderson and Ross Mauck each had two goals. on goal in the final 20 seconds but could- Academy in a “B” bracket semifinal. The Cardinals matched their season n’t score. Charlie Bassani had five goals. low for offense against Detroit Country May was pleased with his team’s ef“We came out real strong and man- Day, which was 5-8 entering the game. fort in a 13-4 win over Sewickley (Pa.) aged to get a nice lead (5-0) going into “We put everything we had into that
At a glance
For the Worthington Kilbourne High School boys lacrosse team, the Midwest Scholastic Lacrosse Coaches Association tournament May 6-7 at Hudson Western Reserve Academy was a painful refresher course on what happens when a team lets an opponent hang around. The Wolves placed second in the fourteam “B” bracket after squandering a sixgoal lead in the second half of a 10-9 loss to Pittsburgh Mount Lebanon. “We need to view this as a lesson,” coach Drew May said. “We have to learn how to put away a team when we have the chance. We were up 9-3 in the third quarter, but we couldn’t put them away. “That’s been a little bit of an issue this season. You just have to go out and execute.” After Mount Lebanon took the lead with 3:30 left, Kilbourne had two shots
first game and didn’t have anything left for the second day,” coach John Galipault said. “Western Reserve is a top-notch team and Detroit Country Day wasn’t that much. We didn’t respond the way we should have.” •Thomas girls coach Ally McCarthy doesn’t anticipate an easy road for her team in the postseason. Seeded fourth in the Division I North/Central Region tournament, the Cardinals will open against Olentangy Liberty or Delaware in the second round on Wednesday, May 18. The winner plays Toledo St. Ursula or Stow-Munroe Falls in a regional semifinal May 23. “We could have some very tough games in the tournament. We have to be prepared for that,” McCarthy said. “If we win that (first-round) game, then we could face Toledo St. Ursula in the second round. They’re always a tough competitor. We’re See LACROSSE, page B3
Boys Tennis
Players turn attention to sectional tourney From staff reports Hilliard Darby, Hilliard Davidson, Pickerington Central and Upper Arlington high schools will play host to the Division I boys tennis sectional tournaments Thursday, May 12, and Saturday, May 14. The top four finishers in singles and doubles at the sectional sites advance to the district tournament May 20-21 at Davidson. At the UA site, Dublin Coffman’s Hiromi Nakayama, a twotime state qualifier, is the top seed in singles, followed by UA’s Brandon Griffin (second), Olentangy Orange’s Doug Ganim (third) and UA’s Jeff Melvin (fourth). UA’s Billy Weldon and Stu Little are seeded first in doubles, with Coffman’s Jack Buchan and Leon Cai (second), UA’s Eric Vannatta and Nate Wallace (third) and Orange’s Tanner Greene and Ryan Jay (fourth) rounding out the top four. Losing to New Albany 3-2 in the first round of the OTCA Division I team tournament on April 20 not only ended UA’s string of eight consecutive appearances in the state team tournament, it forced the Golden Bears to put extra emphasis on individual success. “It stings a little bit, but it’s not like our season is ruined,” said Weldon, who won the state doubles championship with Little last season. “We still have the goal of getting as many individuals as we can on to the state tournament.” New Albany dominated the seeds in the Darby sectional, as Sean Yun, Steve Miller and Sam Romanoff are seeded first, second and fourth, respectively, in singles and John Hendrix and Oliver Sybert (first) and Jordan Rabe and Ameen Farwana (third) are two of the top three seeds in doubles. St. Charles’ Dennis Gleason is seeded third in singles, and St. Charles’ Grant Dolven and Weston Niermeyer and Pickerington North’s Sam Prewitt and Dylan Bhaerman are seeded second and fourth, respectively, in doubles.
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Thomas’ Carlos Wailbl returns a shot during doubles play earlier this season. The Cardinals will compete in the Division I sectional tournament at Pickerington Central.
At a glance
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The Wolves’ Jack Klein leaps to return a shot May 7 during the OCC-Central tournament.
At the Pickerington Central site, Thomas Worthington’s Casey Cempre is the top seed in singles, followed by Westerville Central’s Luke Buchanan (second), Grove City’s Joey Hemphill (third) and Westerville Central’s Blake Burns (fourth). In doubles, Pickerington Central’s Chase Thomas and Dallas Stang are the top seed, with Olentangy Liberty’s Mitchell Lothes and Alexander Hathaway (second), Thomas’ Mark Evans and Harrison Chang (third) and Liberty’s Vick Chhabria and Matt Wong (fourth) rounding out the top four. At the Davidson site, Dublin Jerome’s Kent Seitz and Sean Stein, who placed fourth at state in doubles last year, are the top
seed in doubles, followed by Gahanna’s Stephen Cheng and Canyon Teague (second), Worthington Kilbourne’s Sam Lazaroff and Roger Juang (third) and Davidson’s Zach Page and Greg Tiffan (fourth). In singles, Gahanna’s Jesse Shivener is the top seed, with Dublin Scioto’s Sean Ferguson (second), Jerome’s Frank Kuo (third) and Kilbourne’s Brian Aguirre (fourth) rounding out the top four. •OCC-CENTRAL — Upper Arlington won four courts in the league tournament on May 7 at Hilliard Davidson en route to winning its 29th consecutive league title. The Golden Bears had 76 points when the OCC-Central
Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Kilbourne and Thomas boys tennis teams: KILBOURNE May 2 — Match vs. Wellington postponed May 4 — Lost to DeSales 5-0 *May 5 — Lost to Thomas 5-0 in second round of OTCA Division I tournament May 7 — Competed in OCC-Central tournament at Hilliard Davidson. Play was suspended before all matches were completed. Sam Lazaroff and Roger Juang placed third at first doubles. May 9 — Defeated Olentangy Orange 4-1 May 10 — Played Olentangy Liberty May 11 — Played Watterson May 12, 14 — Division I sectional tournament at Davidson. Top four finishers in singles and doubles advance
tournament was halted because of bad weather, followed by Thomas Worthington (55), Dublin Coffman (48), Worthington Kilbourne (40), Davidson (37), Hilliard Darby (27), Westland (10) and Central Crossing (1). Two matches at first doubles — the championship match between UA’s Lucas Rooney and
to the district tournament May 20-21 at Davidson. Of note: The Wolves were 5-7 overall before May 10 and finished 3-4 in the OCC-Central. THOMAS May 2 — Lost to Lexington 4-1 *May 5 — Def. Kilbourne 5-0 in second round of OTCA tournament May 7 — Competed at OCC-Central tournament at Davidson. Play was suspended before all matches were completed. Joey Wortman and Dave Edison placed second at first doubles. May 11 — Played St. Charles in district semifinal of OTCA tournament. Winner plays Gahanna or New Albany in district final. May 12, 14 — Division I sectional tournament at Pickerington Central. Top four finishers in singles and doubles advance to the district tournament May 20-21 at Davidson. Of note: The Cardinals were 11-4 overall before May 11 and finished 6-1 in the OCC-Central. *OCC-Central match
and Central Crossing all completed competition on May 7. “(Winning the league title) means a lot to us,” said UA’s Wallace, who teamed with Vannatta to defeat Thomas’Joey Wortman and David Edison 6-2, 6-1 in the final at first doubles. “We have a really great tradition here at UA. We try to go out and win this every year.” “Nate and I are playing doubles together in sectionals, so this is good momentum to move forward,” Vannatta said. “Our net game was working, we were communicating well and we finished off points.” UA swept the three singles courts. At first singles, Weldon was leading Nakayama 6-2 in the final when Nakayama defaulted because of an injury. Stu Little defeated Coffman’s Leon Cai 60, 6-1 in the second singles final and Brandon Griffin defeated Buchan 6-3, 6-4 in the third singles final. UA went 7-0 in the OCC-Central regular-season dual matches. Thomas was second at 6-1, followed by Coffman (5-2), Davidson (4-3), Kilbourne (3-4), Darby (2-5), Westland (1-6) and Central Crossing (0-7).
Ben Minton and Coffman’s Bobby Lowe and Sam Dinnin and the third-place match between Davidson’s Michael Porter and Pat Holland and Thomas’ Paul Bohorquez and Matt Sisco — were suspended and were scheduled to be completed May 10. Kilbourne, Darby, Westland www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com