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Aprile to lead athletics department PHS North AD gets five-year contract, department reduced by one position By NATE ELLIS ThisWeek Community Newspapers Pickerington High School North athletics director Mark Aprile has been selected to lead the district’s newly restructured athletics department for the next five years. The Pickerington Board of Education on Monday unanimously approved hiring Aprile, PHS North’s athletics director the past eight years, as the Pickerington Local School District’s director of student activities, effective Aug. 1.
As director of student activities, he will lead athletics programming at the district’s two high schools as well as its two junior highs. He will be paid a base salary of $98,950 annually, plus benefits. According to information provided by the district, the only change in Aprile’s benefits package is that he will be eligible to begin accruing vacation time on Aug. 1 since he now will be a year-round employee. He will receive up to 25 vacation days a year. As part of his medical insurance, he will pay 20 percent of his medical costs.
Assistant Superintendent Jim Sotlar said Aprile, in addition to leading the athletics department and programming, will be charged with “overseeing all extracurricular activities, especially in the pay-to-participate program.” Aprile said he’s looking forward to his new duties. “Any time you deal with education and athletics, there are challenges, and this certainly will be a challenge,” he said. The five-year contract was recommended by the PLSD administration, according to Lee Cole, the district’s direc-
tor of communications. “Athletics is a huge portion of the district and we wanted someone to be there for the long-term as the district goes through this restructuring,” she said. “Mark Aprile also has a business degree, so he really can look at this with a broad view.” The director of student activities position was created after the board approved approximately $13 million in cuts in January to balance the district’s budget for the 2011-12 school year. As part of those cuts, some 120 teach-
ing and staff jobs were eliminated. In an effort to reduce athletics department costs by up to $1 million, the district raised pay-to-participate fees for sports to $500 per student, per sport at the high school level, and $325 per student, per sport at the junior highs. The board also created the director of student activities position and reduced the number of athletics department administrators who will serve the district in 2011-12 from six to five. See APRILE, page A5
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Pickerington High School Central’s “Top 10” students for the class of 2011 are (front row, from left) Riley Hampton, Sarah Cohen, Annie Curie, Noah Taylor, (back row, from left) Anthony Smith, Rachel Leist, Callie Busby, Jennifer Pence, Kathryn Oehlman and Ethan Stahlman.
Pickerington High School North’s “Top 10” students for the class of 2011 are (front row, from left) Christina Ciccone, Martina Stojanovska, Lindsey Logsdon, Erin Tracy, Victoria Nguyen, (back row, from left) Alex Fultz, Benjamin Prewitt, John Weibel, Michael Lee and Isaac Gephart.
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This year’s top students, in alphabetical order, are: • Callie Busby, daughter of Robert and Christina Busby, currently is undecided on a college and major following graduation. • Sarah Cohen, daughter of Barry and Debra Cohen, plans to attend Ohio State University, where she will study political science. • Anne Curie, daughter of Timothy and Brenda Curie, will attend OSU, where she plans to study political science and international affairs. • Riley Hampton, son of Mark and Linda Hampton, will attend Purdue University, where he plans See CENTRAL GRADS, page A2
By NATE ELLIS ThisWeek Community Newspapers Pickerington High School North will celebrate its class of 2011, as well as its “Top 10” seniors during the school’s June 4 graduation ceremonies. Some 486 PHS North seniors are expected to participate in commencement ceremonies next month. North’s graduation will take place at 1 p.m. at World Harvest Church, 3595 Gender Road, Canal Winchester. While class valedictorians or salutatorians are not named, PHS North does honor the “Top 10” students in each graduating class, based on gradepoint average.
This year’s top students, in alphabetical order, are: • Christina Ciccone, daughter of Michael and Kathleen Ciccone. She will attend Ohio Northern University, where she plans to study pharmacy. • Alex Fultz, son of Dan and Carla Fultz. He will attend Ohio State University, where he plans to study pre-medicine. • Isaac Gephart, son of James and Sherri Gephart. He will attend OSU, where he’s considering studying engineering. • Michael Lee, son of Michael and Vicki Lee. See NORTH GRADS, page A2
Pickerington, Violet Township consider planning agreement By NATE ELLIS ThisWeek Community Newspapers For years, Pickerington and Violet Township have had a less than sterling reputation when it comes to cooperation and communication. In recent months, the two sides have taken steps to promote harmony and regionalism, as evidenced recently by Violet Township’s proposal to share township economic de-
velopment specialist Joy Davis with PIckerington, which currently has no designated economic development director. Now, the two governments are working together on a new pact aimed at yielding developments which, at a minimum, would be less obtrusive to each entity and possibly could result in mutually beneficial projects. Following discussions between township director of operations Bill
Yaple and Pickerington city manager Bill Vance, Violet Township trustees and Pickerington City Council currently are mulling a proposed “joint planning agreement.” Under the proposal, which still requires approvals from the trustees and council, the governments would inform each other of all land-use and development applications they receive. A panel with at least two repre-
sentatives of both governments also would be formed, which would offer recommendations based on the landuse and development proposals coming before the township and city. “This agreement coordinates an understanding that all land-use and development applications received by the city or the township will be copied and sent to either the city or
A closer look As proposed, the agreement wouldn’t strip either the township or city of any existing authority to approve or deny land-use or development applications. In most case, the trustees and council still would have final say as to what projects are accepted or denied within their respective borders.
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Recurring rain delays Violet Township dog park opening By NATE ELLIS ThisWeek Community Newspapers Record rain in April, compounded by a continuing onslaught of water from the heavens over central Ohio, have wreaked havoc on everything from local crop planting and spring baseball and softball games to the renovation and opening of numerous area parks. According to the National Weather Service, the Columbus area received 7.14 inches of rain last month, beating previous rainfall records for April. Forecasters say chances are good for a rain-filled May. Already, 4.3 inches of rain have fallen — 2 inches more than normal. The wetness has upset farmers’ plans, kept people indoors and kept local dogs and their owners out of Fairfield County’s new public dog park in Violet Township. Township officials and the volunteer group, Friends of the Violet Township Dog Park, have planned for more than two years for the construction of an 8.9-acre public dog park at the corner of Pickerington and Stemen roads. It will be the only one in the county. The Friends also have raised money — approximately $42,000 — to match the township’s
share of the project in hopes of having the park open this spring. Yet Mother Nature continues to bog down the project. “Weather has pushed the opening date back,” said Bill Yaple, Violet Township’s director of operations. “The real problem is there was some reseeding of grass done in the last month. Because of the cool, wet weather we’ve had, the root structure just hasn’t developed.” Rather than turning dogs and their owners loose on the park and risking uprooting the grass seed — something Yaple said would turn the park into a mud pit and likely lead to another reseeding effort — the township continues to restrict access to the area. Yaple said a few other finishing touches, such as the installation of gating at the park’s entrance, also are being completed. “If we don’t get the grass established now, we’ll have to close the park at some point later to get it established,” he said. “One of the hardest uses you can get on a piece of sod is people and animals being on it over and over again. “There’s areas were the grass is good, and there are areas where the grass is not good.”
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‘The Hanna House’ Then: Property records indicate that this house at 36 W. Columbus St. was constructed about 1854. However, the land changed hands many times before then. For instance, in 1821, it was purchased for 64 gallons of whiskey. When this photo was taken in 1918, the house served as the first real-estate office in Pickerington for Ray Houser Real Estate and Insurance. Pictured in front of the building are Mr. and Mrs. Ray Houser and Wyland Houser, Evelyn Myers and Dee Young. In 1922, Harry and Sylvia Hanna bought this house for $1,400. While Harry Hanna was busy with his auto-repair business next door, Sylvia greatly expanded the size of the house. It became known as “The Hanna House” and visitors were welcome to stop in any time. Now: The Hannas, then their son, Bill, and his wife, Betty, lived in the home until Bill died in 1986. Denise Griffith purchased the property in 2001 and has been operating a popular Olde Pickerington Village boutique, Feather Your Nest, in this historic building. Be sure to visit Feather Your Nest at 36 W. Columbus St. and other historic buildings during Cruisin’ to the Shoppe Hop scheduled for Friday, June 3, from 5 to 9 p.m. Vintage cars, trucks and bikes will line West Columbus Street and strawberry shortcake can be purchased on the plaza at the Pickerington-Violet Township Historical Museum, 15 E. Columbus St. Admission to the museum is always free, so stop in during this event to learn more about Olde Pickerington Village homes and history. The museum also is open each Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Details about the museum and the June 3 event are available at www.pickeringtonhistoricalsociety.com.
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APRILE Continued from page A1 “This is a very important change,” PLSD Superintendent Karen Mantia said. “This is a restructuring of the delivery of athletics. … “We are reducing one athletic director and consolidating many of the duties,” she said. “The cost is the reduction of one personnel. That’s significant.” Under the district’s current structure, PHS North and PHS Central each have an athletics director and an assistant athletics director; Lakeview and Ridgeview junior highs each have a single athletics coordinator. When the new structure is implemented Aug. 1, Aprile will be assisted by two administrators at the high school level and a single junior high athletics coordinator. The move, according to Sotlar, will save the district $100,000 to $140,000, depending on who fills the positions under Aprile. As part of the previously approved spending cuts, the contracts for April as North AD, Central AD Pete Laihr, Central assistant AD Jim Campbell, North assistant AD Missy Henrich, Lakeview athletics coordinator Debbie Kose and Ridgeview athletics coordinator Scott Barrett each were suspended, effective Aug. 1. Now that Aprile is in place, Sotlar said, the district will fill the remaining four athletics department positions. Four of the five remaining employees whose contracts were suspended could be reinstated, but likely at lower salaries. Sotlar said he hopes to have the positions finalized by the board’s June 13 meeting. “I wasn’t moving forward before we got (the director of student activities) in place because he’ll be part of the interview process,” Sotlar said. “This is a work in progress and this is going to be the trial year. “I don’t think any district has something like this. Most high schools have their own ADs.” As North’s AD, Aprile earned $94,454 this year. Aprile has worked in the district since 1993. He was named Pickerington High School AD in 1997. Chief among his priorities, he said, would be revising the district’s athletics transportation system and finding ways to curb department costs. “Obviously, we need to be a little more efficient,” he said. “We’ll take a look at all the aspects of the athletic department to see if we can make some changes to be more efficient.”
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IRS recognizes Culp for volunteer efforts Glenn Culp of Pickerington was recently named Volunteer of the Year for his participation in the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. VITA volunteers provide free tax assistance to taxpayers whose incomes are generally $49,000 and below and who cannot prepare their own returns. Culp’s initial VITA involvement began more than four years ago when he started volunteering at the Columbus Public Library’s Livingston Avenue branch. This year, he became the site coordinator at the Livingston branch. Through Culp’s leadership, the Livingston Branch Library’s VITA site achieved an increase in number of volunteers and tax preparation days, doubling the number of taxpayers served with respect to the previous year. Culp also received the 2011 Franklin County EITC Coalition Volunteer of the Year award.
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PLANNING AGREEMENT Continued from page A1 the township for the purposes of ensuring open lines of communication in support of complementary development,” Vance said. As proposed, the agreement wouldn’t strip either the township or city of any existing authority to approve or deny land-use or development applications. In most cases, the trustees and council still would have final say as to what projects are accepted or denied within their respective borders. However, Yaple said, the proposed agreement is an attempt to keep both sides in the loop about projects that might be in the development pipeline. By doing that, both governments can discuss how a certain development or land-use plan might affect each other. “I think it would allow for the blending of boundary line areas to eliminate incompatible uses,” Yaple said. “It would be for the benefit of existing residents — to make sure they’re protected against a planned land use or development — and the benefit of road uses. “If we work together, it will make for more and better developments for the township and city,” he said. “It’s better than just saying, ‘We’re going to put this here because we can.’ That’s the way a lot of things have been done in the past.”
Vance agreed, noting the city and township have gone to court in recent years over land-use and development issues. Those lawsuits are costly, he said, and can result in potential developers and investors being leery of real or perceived hoops they may encounter in bringing a project to the area. “The (joint planning agreement) proposal created by Violet Township’s administrator and Pickerington’s city manager is, in my estimation, a positive indication to the business community that our local governments are coming together and remain dedicated to better ways to accommodate development proposals more efficiently and at less cost to all involved,” Vance said. Pickerington City Council’s planning, projects and services committee has endorsed the proposed agreement. Now the matter will go before the full city council. Violet Township trustees also must approve the agreement before it can be finalized. Yaple said the trustees have been presented with the plan but have not had time to discus it publicly. He said township likely will further examine the role of the panel, which will have representatives of both the township and city, prior to accepting the agreement. nellis@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com
DOG PARK ing date,” Anderson said on April sending out personal invitations 26. “The gate to the dog park will to those really big donors who If the area can dry out and be locked in the interim. contributed hundreds and even warmer temperatures prevail, “Needless to say, once an open- thousands of dollars.” Yaple said, he still foresees the ing date is set, you all will be the nellis@thisweeknews.com dog park opening this summer. first to know. And we will be www.ThisWeekNews.com “At best, we’re looking at late June right now,” he said. “That’s if the weather turns to normal conditions very quickly. FortyAre you living with aches and pains? degree temperatures are not helping us.” Would you like pain-free living? The latest development isn’t disTherapeutic Massage can help. similar to those over the past month, as local dog enthusiasts have waited • Deep Tissue to see their vision and volunteer work • (NMT)/Trigger Point come to fruition. • Pregnancy Massage However, Jan Anderson, a • Swedish/Relaxation Massage Friends of the Violet Township • Myofascial Release Dog Park member, said late last • Lymphatic Drainage month her members understand Diane Kelley LMT, LLC • Passive Stretch Therapy 6422 E. Main St. Suite 102 the matter is beyond local leadReynoldsburg, OH 43068 ers’ control. Licensed By 614-561-9183 “The real key now is getting The Ohio State Medical Board the grass seed down and a chance Member of the American Massage to germinate, in order for the townTherapy Association (AMTA) ship to decide on a proposed openContinued from page A3
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Memorial Day Dear Friends and Families of Forest Lawn, You are cordially invited to share with us the privilege of honoring and celebrating the memory of our veterans and loved ones this Memorial Day. This weekend event will include family location assistance, VFW military service presentations, a bagpiper and a general information station. We invite you to visit the Veterans Wall of Honor Memorial located in our Veterans Garden. In addition, we would appreciate your support in donating to Operation Feed and the American Red Cross. Join us in honoring those who have dedicated their lives to keep our country free. We invite you to bring your children (of all ages) to experience this event to help educate them on what the meaning of Memorial Day is. We look forward to your attendance and thank you for giving us the privilege of serving your family. Sincerely, Staff at Forest Lawn Memorial Garden
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of Hookahville. As always, Columbus jammers ekoostik hookah will host and perform during the festival, Friday-Sunday, May 27-30, at Legend Valley. This spring’s list of great acts includes Yonder Mountain String Band, Slightly Stoopid, Tropidelic and Todd Snider. Todd Snider For a full schedule, prices, times any number of touch points by and camping information, visit which they might identify you. www.legendvalley.net. Those touch points can sometimes overshadow the longevity 2 Career longevity for those itself, so, for example, some might in the public eye means that forget that Willie Nelson is one folks across generations will have of the great songwriters of his day
exactly do the modifiers work when you’re a melodic death metal band? Is it melodic-death metal or melodic death-metal?” when Michigan metalheads The Black Dahlia Murder play the Ravari Room Wednesday, June 1. Deriving its name from the unsolved 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short, the band anticipates releasing its fifth record sometime later this year. Tickets are $12/$15. Call (614) 263-4058. rocker Robin 4 Psych-blues Trower can still play, although his hair might be what you’d call a paler shade of white. (Yes, of course. We stretched for that play on words, as Trower joined the underrated prog outfit Procul Harum after the release of its signature tune.) Nonetheless, Trower remains a master of blues-rock, a titan from a time when British bluesmen ruled the rock n’ roll landscape. And he’s playing the Newport Music Hall Wednesday, June 1. Tickets are $22/$25. Call 1-800745-3000. Andrew Varner is just a 5 kid, so he’s exuberant, irreverent and radiates boyish charm. But his aesthetic is “thinkingman’s pop,” a latter-day Billy Joel-meets-Jeff Lynne. And he’s an Ohio boy down in Nashville making a go of it, so check him out Thursday, June 2, at the Scarlet and Grey Café. Call (614) 291-2347.
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Michael Brewer has two severed heads and a set of daggers on his bed and a moose head on his dining room table. It goes with the territory when you’re working on Evil Dead The Musical. “I’ve been waiting for the scary dreams to start,” Brewer said, only half-joking. Brewer is set designer for CATCO’s production of Evil Dead The Musical, which opens next week. He said that, from a special-effects standpoint, it’s the biggest show he’s ever done, including operas and large-cast musicals. “We’re having (production) conversations about a singing beaver,” Brewer said. The show is a spoof of the popular cult slasher films, CATCO artistic director Steven Anderson, who also directs Evil Dead, told The Beat. As such, Brewer explained, the effects are designed to be “cool and awesome, but not scary. Believable, but not realistic.” “It’s a musical,” Anderson added. “We have eight good voices. The show is good fun, good comedy. Folks are going to walk out of the theatre humming the melodies. The other stuff is just icing on the cake.” Actually, the other stuff is not so much cake decoration but severed body parts (“I’ve spent hours looking for and buying body parts,” Brewer said, ostensibly meaning fake ones) and blood. Lots of blood. The theatre will include a “Safe Zone” and a “Splatter Zone.” The splattering blood has been measured at a maximum of 18 feet. “We’ll be providing protection,” Anderson assured. Josef Matulich was brought in to be the show’s “blood czar.” “There’s no such thing as an expert,” Matulich explained. “It’s
CATCO will present Evil Dead The Musical June 1–19 at the Vern Riffe Center Studio Two Theatre. For show times and ticket information, call (614) 469-0939 or visit www.catcoistheatre.org.
more mad inventor status.” He said he’s worked with a variety of mixtures — that, in addition to the visual effect, the blood formula must also be washable (costumes must last the threeweek run, for example), must be safe enough for actors to be sprayed in the face and needs to not jam the pumps and fixtures used to deliver the blood. For example, there is a scene in which an actor is stabbed with a dagger that is followed by a song delivered while using a hand pump to pump blood from the “wound.” “When an actor has to sing and dance while spurting blood, it complicates things,” Matulich said. Indeed — the functionality of the blood delivery mechanisms impacts more than just the technical aspect of the show. “The challenge in blocking the show was, whereas normally you are concerned with stage fixtures and the relationships of the ac-
tors, you have to get the actors to where things can happen, but get them there in a way that makes sense,” Anderson explained. “I’m comfortable we’ve achieved the goal of making it plausible and natural,” Brewer added. Apart from the times actors are asked to handle certain effects, much of the rest of the bleeding is coordinated from a single workstation under the stage, designed and built by Matulich. “It’s like a command center with gang valves,” he said. “I’ve discovered more types of plumbing fittings than I knew existed.” “You start out with an ideal of what you want and then work with the team to discover what you can do,” Anderson said. “I’ve been amazed at how close to ideal you can get.” For more on CATCO’s production of Evil Dead The Musical, read the BeatBlog at www.ThisWeekNews.com.
New lunch menu unveiled at Sage American Bistro Last week, some lucky tablemates and I basically had Sage all to ourselves for a few terrific lunches. See, the top-tier North Campus place was attempting to roll out its new midday service slowly and on the down-low. Yeah, sorry Sage, that’s not likely to happen now that G.A. Loudmouth is on your case. And as word breaks out that Sage is making great soups, salads and lusty, handcrafted sandwiches for only a couple more bucks than fast food, I doubt I’ll be enjoying many more allalone nooners in there again any time soon. Working from a restrained menu that emphasizes tricked-out familiar sandwiches, Sage’s lunchtime fare is rife with bold, compound bites that wrangle the sweet and spicy, the salty and hearty, the leafy and meaty. And that includes soups and salads because Sage certainly excels in these culinary phases, too. Take, for instance, a recent Daily Soup ($6) flaunting deeply developed flavors. At its heart were tons of long-cooked,
MENU by G.A. Benton transparent onions with the texture of soft noodles. The soup’s body, which was creamy — but not excessively thick or gloppy — benefited handsomely from blue cheese pungency and a backbone of bacon. Instead of forgettable ephemera, the salads I tried at Sage actually provided me with something memorable to sink my teeth into. For example, “steaky” is not a word generally associated with a pile of greens, but it aptly describes the Grilled Caesar ($7). About half an intact head of smoky and grill-marked romaine was trimmed to its heart and embellished with hard-cooked egg, anchovies and a brashly rich dressing. The excellent Spring House Salad ($7) elegantly balanced delicate, chopped thin asparagus spears, shallots and a
do, melted Swiss and a sweet and spicy, chutneylike house-made chipotle ketchup. This grill-crusted black Angus big boy might’ve been a royal mess to handle but it was a princely feast to eat. The BLT+ ($9) similarly dressed up another old favorite. Its buttery and thick, Texas-toasty “grilled By Jodi Miller/ThisWeek brioche” bread held up Bistro Banh Mi with a side of bright red slaw from under the weight of much the new Sage lunch menu. super crispy bacon, good L and T plus a rich oncreamy, semi-sweet, rosemary-tinged dressing with upscale pork and beans. I slaught of black-pepper mayo, avocado especially liked how its generous cubes and a fried egg. Exactly. Southeast Asia met South Carolina of salty, seared pancetta placed al dente white beans and the salad’s other ele- on a baguette-y roll in Sage’s Bistro Banh Mi ($9). This hearty hybrid comments into crisp relief. Racy southwestern accents perked up bined huge hunks of tangy-sauced pulled Sage’s massive and marvelous Bistro pork with a slaw of pickled carrots, Burger ($11). A large, toasted, soft roll daikon, jalapeno and cilantro. As with embraced a handmade juicy patty flat- all sandwiches, it comes with top-notch tered by cumin-kissed smashed avoca- house-made potato chips dusted in a bar-
Sage American Bistro Address: 2653 N. High St., Campus Phone: 614-267-7243 Web: sageamericanbistro.com Lunch hours: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday-Friday becue-flirting paprika-based spice mix. Speaking of sides, Sage’s other extras, like the addictive, hand-cut fries ($3), the bright, sweet and tart red cabbage slaw ($2) and a not-so-simple Simple Salad ($3), were standouts in taste, size and price. If sandwiches aren’t your thing, there are also a Smoked Salmon pasta ($11) and a full-flavored, salt-edged meatball with a kicky “smoked tomato” gravy, killer tater-tot-riffing risotto cake and niftily contrasting arugula salad ($11). These entrees might even call for a nice libation from Sage’s fine drinks menu. I know my toast to Sage’s welcome and new — if no longer secret — lunch menu certainly did.
Barbecue veteran moves center of operations to new restaurant At 34, Stan Riley already is a 17-year veteran of the barbecue industry. As a junior in high school, Riley began washing dishes for Art Yoho, the man who would become his mentor — and later partner — in the restaurant business. Yoho, then owner of Yoho’s Café and Catering on Westerville Road in the North Linden area, showed Riley the ropes: how to cook, work the smoker, control food costs and manage labor. “Everything he taught me, I took with me,” said Riley, who opened his second Holy Smoke Barbecue last week at 5251 N. Hamilton Road near
New Albany. “We’re in a good place to grow,” he said. “I needed a commissary and catering facility that also had a retail setting.” The store, in 2,100 square feet of space that was formerly home to Baja Sol, is more than just a sit-down restaurant: It is now is the barbecue center of his universe. It is where he prepares all the meats for his two eateries (the original is in the North Market) in Southern Pride Smokers located out back. The space, which seats 50 inside and another 30 outside, is designed in a way that allows customers to take a visual survey of the offerings: a glass case out front houses the brisket, pork, ribs, sausage and chicken, plus a variety of Southern sides. “Hopefully, you see what you want to eat today and see what you want to eat tomorrow,” he said. When orders are prepared, patrons By Lorrie Cecil/ThisWeek retrieve their meals from the counter. Stan Riley stands in his second Holy Smoke Barbecue restaurant, which reRiley uses two cently opened at 5251 N. Hamilton Road. The original store is in the North kinds of wood: Market. For video of Riley at the restaurant, visit www.ThisWeekNews.com.
shagbark hickory and cherry, which are cut from the log right before they enter the smoker. Beer will join the beverage list in the next week or so. Riley said he will have the typical American macro-brews in the bottle while offering a reperwww.ThisWeekNews.com/foodandwine toire of micro-brews on tap. For the time being, there’s Frostop Root Beer on tap, along with other Recipe of the week cold beverages. Holy Smoke has its own brand of barbecue sauces — “Sweet and Smokey” and “Spicy Chipotle” — available tableside and for retail sale. And, Riley stresses, the ribs are slathered with sauce before serving, unless otherwise specified. He also offers several sauces for retail made by CaJohns Fiery Foods, a specialty-foods manufacturer located in Westerville. Incidentally, Riley and John Hard, the founder of CaJohns, were partners in the North Market before Hard left to concentrate on his salsas, sauces and spice mixes. He also makes Holy Smoke’s private label. The new store means the end of an era at the Westerville Road site, from which Riley was doing all of his cooking for the market and catering operations. Riley bought out Yoho, who still distributes Roasted portobello mushrooms, courtesy of the Southern Pride smoker, in 2005. Yoho’s family Richard Blondin of the Refectory. still owns the property but has no intention of re- wine inventory has been moved to the back. turning to the restaurant business. There are several new small plates on the menu, Holy Smoke is open for lunch and dinner hours including steamed mussels, crab and shrimp salad daily. For more information, call 614-471-8844. on fried wontons and Kobe beef and ahi tuna sliders. Pizzas and other small dishes remain. All are Spagio Wine Cellars is now Spagio Wine Lounge, priced in the $3 to $10 range. reflecting a remodeling effort and an update in the Doubling its wines by the glass and flights, Spafood and wine service. gio Wine Lounge now offers eight wine flights and “After 10 years, I think it was time to give the 28 glass pours, Meilstrup said. place a facelift,” manager Spencer Meilstrup said. Theme tastings are still held from 6 to 9 p.m. The store is located at 1295 Grandview Ave. Thursdays but they have taken on a less formal tone. Additional seating has been added near the front Reservations are only necessary for large parties, of the store, which has an updated look, while the Meilstrup said.
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Coming up To add, remove or update a 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays in the firstlisting, email editorial@thisweek- floor conference room at Kroger, news.com. 1045 Hill Road N. Visit pickerington.freetoasthost.net. Pickerington Lions Club, Meetings meets the second and fourth Pickerington-Violet TownThursdays of the month. For loship Historical Society, Thurscation and time, call 920-0800. day, June 2, at 8020 Groveport Reynoldsburg/Pickerington Road. This is a general meeting; arrive after 5 p.m., at your con- Rotary Club, noon Tuesdays at venience. Food and beverages Wesley Ridge Community Center, 2225 state Route 256. Visit will be provided. Pickerington AmSpirit, 8:30- www.rprotary.com or email viper9:45 a.m. Fridays at Pizza Cot- office@viperprotectionservices.com tage, 1000 Old Diley Road. This for more information. Pickerington Area Kiwanis is a business networking and referral group meeting. Visitors are Club, noon the second and fourth welcome. Visit amspiritpicker- Tuesdays of the month at Romeo’s Pizza, 80 W. Church St. All are ington.com. Central Ohio 9-12 Project, 5 welcome. Call Deblin Jennings at p.m. the second Wednesday and (614) 833-3803. Violet Grange, 7:30 p.m. the 7 p.m. the fourth Saturday of the month. Meeting location varies. second and fourth Mondays of For information, call Mike Lyons the month at the Grange Hall, 36 at (614) 561-4040 or email Lockville Road. Beta Sigma Phi-Xi Kappa info@CentralOhio912.com. Pickerington Toastmasters, Omega chapter meets the first
Tuesday of each month. For meet- otherwise specified. CPR Review, 6-9 p.m. Thursing location and time or for membership information, call Norma day, May 26. Fee is $25 to $35 depending on desired certificaat (614) 837-4265. tion. Registration required. Infant and Child CPR BlendHealth ed Learning Skills Challenge, Medical clinic, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 10 a.m.-noon Thursday, May 26. the first Wednesday of the month Class fee is $45. Registration reat Vineyard Community Church, quired. 15187 Palmer Road, ReynoldsBloodmobile, 8 a.m.-noon Satburg. Free sports and school phys- urday, May 28, at Lithopolis Uniticals, health screenings and treat- ed Methodist Church, 80 N. Marment for non-emergency illness- ket St. Call (614) 837-2230 to es are offered. The VCC food schedule an appointment. pantry will be open. Interested health care professionals who Support groups would like to volunteer, call (740) MOMS Club Pickerington 927-7729. North Chapter, 10 a.m. the third Wednesday of the month at Peace Red Cross United Methodist Church, 235 The following events are of- Diley Road. This is a support fered by American Red Cross of group for stay-at-home moms livFairfield County. Call (740) 687- ing in Pickerington north of 5585 to register. Classes are held Refugee Road, Etna, Reynoldsat the Chapter House, 121 W. burg and Pataskala. Email momMulberry St. in Lancaster, unless sclubpn@yahoo.com or call
Susan at (513) 349-4081. Southeast Moms Group, 10 a.m. the fourth Wednesday of the month at Peace United Methodist Church, 235 Diley Road. For information, visit pickeringtonmoms.tripod.com.
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Pickerington High School Central seniors Chase Thomas and Dallas Stang improved in their second appearance in the Division I district boys tennis tournament. After losing their first-round match last season, Thomas and Stang posted a first-round win May 20 at Hilliard Davidson, but the season ended with a loss to Upper Arlington’s Eric Vannatta and Nate Wallace in a quarterfinal. “They fought hard, but a point here or there cost them a few games,” coach Kelli Rings said. “They gave it their best and certainly there are no regrets. You’re disappointed any time you lose, but they came out, played with confidence and got one win.” Thomas and Stang defeated Worthington Kilbourne’s Roger Juang and Sam Lazaroff 6-1, 62 before falling to Vannatta and Wallace 6-3, 6-4. Vannatta and Wallace, who had beaten Pickerington North’s Sam Prewitt and Dylan Bhaerman 6-2, 6-1 in the first round, qualified for state by finishing second at district after losing to Dublin Jerome’s Kent Seitz and Sean Stein 6-4, 7-5 in the final. “Sam and Dylan didn’t bring their ‘A’game,” North coach Brian Hoff said. “The UA kids were the second-best doubles team there and they stepped up and played well, obviously, since they finished second. We would’ve had to play our absolute best to win, and even then I’m not sure it would’ve been enough. They just didn’t give us any openings or chances.” The doubles-team losses at district signaled the end of the season for the Tigers and Panthers. Central will lose senior Jacob DeVore from its lineup in addition to Thomas and Stang, who were seeded first in the home sectional and won the title May 14. The other doubles team of DeVore and sophomore Lucas Stang won their first-round match at sectional before losing to Mitchell Lothes and Alexander Hathaway of Olentangy Liberty 6-1, 6-3. Central went 0-3 in singles at sectional, with juniors Sanjeev Kolli, Mayuran Ravindran and Darree Billings all losing their first matches. The Tigers finished 14-5 overall and 5-2 in the OCC-Ohio Division. In the final league standings, the Tigers totaled 50 points to finish third, behind Gahanna (68) and North (55) and ahead of Reynoldsburg (34), Grove City (26), Groveport (16), Newark (11) and Lancaster (9). Kolli won Central’s lone league title at No. 3 singles. The Tigers were runners-up on every other court with Thomas at first singles, Dallas Stang at second singles, DeVore and Lucas Stang at first doubles and Ravindran and Billings at second doubles. See TENNIS, page C4
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Central’s Andy Smith makes a diving catch on a ball hit by Westerville Central’s Jake Simmerman in the seventh inning of their Division I district semifinal May 20 at Delaware. The Warhawks won 4-2 with a two-run home run by Kyle Pollock in the bottom of the ninth inning.
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The end came suddenly for the Pickerington High School Central and North baseball teams. The Tigers rallied from a 2-0 deficit to force extra innings against fourth-seeded Westerville Central in a Division I district semifinal May 20 at Delaware. But Westerville Central catcher Kyle Pollock, an Ohio State recruit, hit a two-run home run to right field with two outs in the ninth to lead the Warhawks to a 4-2 victory. The Tigers finished 15-8 overall. “The one guy we didn’t want to beat us, beat us,” coach Chick Campbell said. Senior Kyle Smith had scored from second base on a passed ball and an error to tie the score at 2 in the top of the sixth inning. All of the game’s other runs came on homers, as Westerville Central’s Jake Simmerman hit a two-run homer in the
At a glance
CENTRAL •Record: 15-8 overall, 8-6 (fifth) in OCCOhio •Seniors lost: Isaac Beller, Tyler Hammond, Alex Roesch, Andy Smith and Kyle Smith •Key returnees: Greg Basalyga, Zach Beaver, Nick Ellis, Evan Jensen and Nick
first inning, and senior Tyler Hammond brought the seventh-seeded Tigers back to within 2-1 with a solo home run in the fifth. Pitching was the dominant force, however. Senior Isaac Beller, a Wright State recruit, went six innings for the Tigers before being relieved by junior Zach Beaver. Connor Sitz pitched a three-hitter for the Warhawks, who went on to capture a district title by defeating
Jensen-Clagg NORTH •Record: 25-4 overall, 12-2 (first) in OCCOhio •Seniors lost: Austin Butler, Kyle Chontos, Evan Doughty, Nathan Edwards, Alex Green, Zack Huskey, Mason McGrew, Matt Murtha, Scott Pancoast, Kyle Sorenson, Tyler Swanson, Erik Tessmer and Drew Williams •Key returnees: Cale Giddings and Tyler Pagano
Reynoldsburg 12-7 in a final on May 21. Fifth-seeded Gahanna and ninthseeded Grove City also won district titles to advance to regional play. “It was a well-played game on both sides,” Campbell said of the semifinal, which had been postponed by bad weather three times. “Unfortunately, someone had to lose.” See BASEBALL, page C3
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Central’s Tyler Hammond can’t reach the ninth-inning home run that ended the Tigers’ season.
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North’s Sam Lambert spikes the ball past Hilliard Davidson’s Reyad Rasul (2) and Matt Briskey during their second-round match May 18. The Panthers lost 25-16, 25-27, 25-21, 25-22.
Marcie Truex saw constant progress in her Pickerington High School North boys volleyball team and wasn’t ready for the season to end. The Panthers finished 16-10 overall after losing to Hilliard Davidson 25-16, 25-27, 25-21, 2522 in the second round of the Division I East Region tournament. They defeated Thomas Worthington 25-14, 25-17, 25-18 in the opening round on May 14. “We had some injuries and found ourselves in a hole early, but we were able to finish strong with a winning streak to end the (regular season),” said Truex, whose team went 13-2 in its 15 matches prior to losing to Davidson. “We played hard and went out swinging.” The Panthers finished third in the OCC-Capital Division at 6-4, behind Mount Vernon (10-0) and Gahanna (7-3) and ahead of Hilliard Bradley (5-5), Delaware (2-8) and Pickerington Central (010). North had five seniors in outside hitter Jesse Fausnaugh, setter/right-side hitter Jacob Kurga, outside hitter Sam Lambert, middle hitter Ben
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CENTRAL •Record: 2-16 overall, 0-10 (sixth) in OCC-Capital •Seniors lost: Jarrod Cunningham, Nick Downing, Kevin Grundey and Grant Holcomb •Key returnees: Brick Bankes, Hassan Farooqui, Kevin Hill, Scott Hungerman, Toby Katz, Nick Reade and Xavier Robinson NORTH •Record: 16-10 overall, 6-4 (third) in OCC-Capital •Seniors lost: Jesse Fausnaugh, Jacob Kurgan, Sam Lambert, Ben Schneider and Danny Wajnryb •Key returnees: Scott Conway, James Klamo, Eli Lambert, Jimmy Martin and Evan Shvach
Schneider and utility player Danny Wajnryb. Fausnaugh was named first-team all-region and allleague and Lambert was honorable mention allregion and first-team all-league. Schneider was honorable mention all-region and second-team allleague. See VOLLEYBALL, page C4
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Pickerington High School Central boys lacrosse coach Ryan Cook believes there is evidence to support the idea that his team has improved significantly since the beginning of his program’s first season in 2010. There was an additional piece of proof added to the mix when the Tigers bounced back from a 12-10 loss to Pickerington North on May 13 to win the rematch with the Panthers 12-11 on May 19 to open the Division I Central Region tournament. Central lost 22-3 to Upper Arlington in a second-round game on May 21 to finish 7-12 overall. “This is what I told the boys: We are at the start of something,” Cook said. “There is only one starter on this team who was playing high school lacrosse at any level two years ago.” During the tournament game against North, sophomore Devon Maki scored six goals, including the final two of the game. The Tigers led 4-1 at the end of the first quarter, but North rallied to take leads of 10-8 and 11-9. Central junior Jake Raymond then scored with 3 minutes, 21 seconds remaining to make it 11-10 before Maki scored with 1:54 and 1:21 to go. Maki should be among the key returnees next season, along with Raymond, juniors Brad Bowers and Garyck Todd, sophomore Brent Walton and freshman Luke Rust. Junior Pete Brobeck became the team’s goalkeeper three weeks ago when sophomore Cole Naylor went down with a season-ending broken thumb. Central’s seniors were Jack-
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Central’s Jackson Murphy (left) and North’s Jay Huffman fight for the ball during their game May 13 at North. North won 12-10.
son Murphy and Elijah Wright. “We just worked as a team,” Maki said. “I just knew I had to step up and do my role.” “(Winning the rematch with North) was pretty fun,” Cook said. “It’s tough to beat somebody twice. I knew what they were going to do and we were able to make some tactical adjustments.” The Tigers tied Delaware for fourth in the OCC-Central Division at 2-4, behind Westerville North (6-0), Westerville Central (5-1) and Westerville South (42) and ahead of Pickerington North (1-4) and Big Walnut (05). The Panthers lose six seniors, including starters Adam Hunt and Sam Mattei. Junior Jude Warner and sophomores Austin Brady and Travis Huffman were the top scorers, according to first-year coach Marc Diemand. Diemand wasn’t able to coach the team for its first five games because of paperwork issues.
North lost its first seven games overall before beating the Columbus City Schools club team 9-3 on April 29. After the Panthers lost their next four, they closed the regular season with wins over Wellington (12-7 on May 11) and Central on the way to a 312 overall record. Other key returnees should include juniors Jarrod Culp, Jay Huffman and Chris Paulus and sophomores Seth Caudill, Alex Dankowski and A.J. Miller. Culp was the goalkeeper. “We kind of had a slow start (in the loss to Central),” Diemand said. “We made some mental mistakes but finished the first half pretty well. In the second half, we made some adjustments offensively and for the most part we had them right where we wanted them, but we couldn’t keep the pedal down. “We only graduate two starters, so we’ll have a lot of guys to work with who have played lacrosse for a long time.”
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•In the first season of Pickerington having separate girls teams at North and Central, the Panthers came away with the OCC-Central championship. North finished 13-4 overall and 6-0 in the league. Gahanna (6-1) was second in the league, followed by Westerville North (3-2), Westerville South (3-2), Westerville Central (24-1), Big Walnut (1-4-1), Delaware (0-4-1) and Pickerington Central (0-4-1). North loses only two seniors in Taylor Goddard (26 goals, 9 assists) and Cail Stemm (17 goals, 23 assists). Sophomore Abbey Paulus should be the top returnee next year for the Panthers after finishing with 72 goals and 21 assists. Also expected to return are juniors Katelyn Mickelson (17 goals, 3 assists), Madeleine Snare (116 saves as goalkeeper) and Laura Sullivan (11 ground balls, 9 forced turnovers), sophomores Katie Hunt (13 ground balls, 9 interceptions), Korri Titus (38 goals, 7 assists) and Kaitlin Beemiller (15 goals, 18 assists) and freshman Regan Hanood (20 goals). The Panthers opened the Division I South/Central Region tournament with a 15-9 win over Cincinnati McAuley on May 16 before losing to Cincinnati Sycamore 22-2 in a second-round game May 18. “We made lots of progress this year,” coach Megan Levins said. “The girls really stepped up and worked hard this year. They were sad (about the loss to Sycamore), but I think it was
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CENTRAL BOYS •Record: 7-12 overall, 2-4 (tied for fourth) in OCC-Central •Seniors lost: Jackson Murphy and Elijah Wright •Key returnees: Pete Brobeck, Devon Maki, Jake Raymond, Garyck Todd and Brent Walton NORTH BOYS •Record: 3-12 overall, 1-4 (sixth) in OCC-Central •Seniors lost: Jessey Allen, Rhett Allen, Josh Lister, Sam Mattei, Cody Titus and Adam Uxley •Key returnees: Austin Brady, Jarrod
a huge eye-opener, not only for the girls but for the coaches and the parents. That’s what we aspire to be like some day.” Winning the OCC title was a pleasant surprise for North’s players, according to Levins. “They actually didn’t really know because I don’t think they had an expectation about anything this year,” Levins said. “A lot of people doubted us this year, but they have a different mentality now.” Central went 1-8-1 overall, with its lone win coming against Marysville (22-10 on May 6). The Tigers, who tied Westerville Central at 11 on May 3, lost to Hilliard Darby 18-2 in the first round of the South/Central Region tournament on May 16. Juniors Chanelle Bondurant and Shannon Meyer and freshmen Gabrielle Johnson, Courtney Jones and Kelly Peterson
Culp, Travis Huffman, Adam Hunt and Jude Warner CENTRAL GIRLS •Record: 1-8-1 overall, 0-4-1 (tied for seventh) in OCC-Central •Seniors lost: Jessica Boone, Noelle Goehring, Kirstin Jones, Rachel Leist and Hannah Walters •Key returnees: Chanelle Bondurant, Gabrielle Johnson, Courtney Jones, Shannon Meyer and Kelly Peterson NORTH GIRLS •Record: 13-4 overall, 6-0 (first) in OCC-Central •Seniors lost: Taylor Goddard and Cail Stemm •Key returnees: Adrienne Hennerfeind, Katelyn Mickelson, Abbey Paulus, Laura Sullivan and Hannah Walters
are among those whom firstyear coach Meghan Ewart believes will be key leaders next season. “The greatest part about this season was that every game, every practice, they had some kind of improvement,” Ewart said. “Chanelle Bondurant is just a phenomenal athlete who, as a first-year player, picked up the sport and ran with it. Shannon Meyer is a junior but also a first-year player who’s a natural athlete. It was great to watch her pick it up. Courtney Jones is going to take this game and rock it. “My favorite part of the team is that we could have been down by 100 points and this team always would stay as positive as can be. They still had a desire to improve.” julrey@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
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Depth helps Tigers girls dominate at district By JARROD ULREY
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The Pickerington High School Central girls track and field team prides itself on having as much depth as any program in central Ohio. That might never have been more evident this season than in the Division I, district 2 meet that concluded May 21 at Hilliard Bradley. In all but the high jump and the 3,200 meters, Central placed among the top four as it qualified 10 individuals and all four relays to the regional, which began May 25 and concludes Friday, May 27, at Pickerington North. It added up to the district title, as Central finished first of 12 teams that scored with 126 points while Watkins Memorial was second (107). “We won by a pretty good margin,” coach Robb Hammond said. “It was just kind of like the (OCC-Ohio Division title we won May 14). “The girls stepped it up when the competition was there. We’ll have a good contingent of girls running (at regional).” The top four finishers in each regional event advance to the state meet June 3-4 at Ohio State. Capturing district titles were Ada Burley in the shot put, Jasmine Greene in the 300 hurdles and the 800 and 1,600 relays. The Tigers also showed a propensity for performing in the clutch. In finals races or events, Central
Below are the regional qualifiers for the Central and North track & field teams with district event, place and time/distance/height: CENTRAL BOYS — Davion Bowers: discus (first, 152-8); shot put (fourth, 46-6 1/4); Grant Hammond: pole vault (second, 14-6); Kenny Johnson: high jump (tied for second, 6-0); Nick Scarberry: high jump (tied for second, 6-0); David Stephens: shot put (second, 48-6 1/2); Gemel Trent: 400 (third, 50.89); 1,600 relay: Grant Hammond, Vince Pritchard, Scarberry and Trent (fourth, 3:26.35) GIRLS — Ada Burley: shot put (first, 35-1/4); Aubrey Burwell: discus (third, 103-5); Elizabeth England: 100 (fourth, 12.57), 200 (third, 26.7); Jasmine Greene: 300 hurdles (first, 44.95); Allison Hammond: pole vault (fourth, 9-6); Jalisa Jarrett: 400 (second, 57.34); Kaitlyn Meyer: 1,600 (third, 5:16.68); Morgan Richardson: 800 (third, 2:19.74); Kendal Richmond: 100 hurdles (third, 15.81), long jump (third, 15-5 3/4); Elizabeth Weed: 1,600 (fourth, 5:18.27); 400 relay: England, Hammond, Richmond, Cortisha Short (third, 50.37); 800 relay:
only settled for a fifth- through eighthplace finish four times. Expected to compete in four regional events was Elizabeth England, who qualified in the 100 and 200 and on the 400 and 800 relays. Greene also was expected to run on the 800 and 1,600 relays in addition to her individual event, and Jalisa Jarrett qualified in the 400 and on the 800 and 1,600 relays. Kendal Richmond advanced in the
England, Greene, Jarrett and Short (first, 1:43.05); 1,600 relay: Greene, Jarrett, Richardson and Jordan Robinson (first, 3:54.52); 3,200 relay: Meyer, Richardson, Santele Smith and Weed (third, 9:39.36) NORTH BOYS — Michael Ballentine: high jump (first, 6-6), long jump (fourth, 20-10 1/2); Spencer Bentley: 800 (third, 1:56.87); Pat Elflein: shot put (first, 47-3); Kyle Mushill: discus (second, 143-11); 400 relay: Ballentine, Bryce Cordova, Stephon Goodwin and Alston Robertson (second, 43.54); 1,600 relay: Bennett Blazo, Zach Finegan, Sam Marotta and Desmond Palmer (fourth, 3:26.87) GIRLS — Julianne Ballog: 800 (fourth, 2:22.41), pole vault (tied for third, 10-0); Bria Booker: long jump (third, 16-5 1/4); Kristen Eisenhauer: 1,600 (second, 5:09.58); Andrea Hazelwood: 100 hurdles (fourth, 16.19); Zena Kolliesuah: 200 (first, 24.92), 400 (first, 55.84); Jasmine Simmons: discus (second, 117-0); 400 relay: Bria Booker, Becca Glenn, Kourtny Morgan and Omeliah Nembhard (third, 50.83); 800 relay: Booker, Kristian Carter, Paige McLaughlin and Morgan (fourth, 1:47.17); 3,200 relay: Ballog, Kim Black, Eisenhauer and Fayth Greegor (second, 9:40.61)
100 hurdles and the long jump, and on the 400 relay. The Central boys finished fifth (70.67) of 14 teams that scored in the district 3 meet at Bradley won by Dublin Coffman (116.5). Davion Bowers led the Tigers by placing first in the discus and fourth in the shot put. Grant Hammond finished as runnerup in the pole vault and also competed on the fourth-place 1,600 relay with
Vince Pritchard, Nick Scarberry and Gemel Trent. Trent added a third-place finish in the 400 and Kenny Johnson and Nick Scarberry both qualified in the high jump, while David Stephens advanced in the shot put. Pritchard was a late addition to the 1,600 relay in place of Roger Lewis, who was out with an injury. Coach Jason Roach was hoping to have Lewis back for regional. Sprinter Billy Eakins also was unable to compete at district because of injury. •The North boys and girls teams each earned district runner-up finishes and qualified large contingents to regional. The girls finished second (108) of 13 teams that scored in the district 4 meet at Hamilton Township won by Hilliard Davidson (110). Zena Kolliesuah advanced to regional by capturing district titles in both the 200 and 400. Two of the busier Panthers at regional were expected to be Julianne Ballog and Bria Booker. Ballog tied for third in the pole vault, added a fourth-place finish in the 800 and ran on the 3,200 relay that was second at district. Booker was third at district in the long jump and also competed on the 400 and 800 relays that advanced to regional. Kristen Eisenhauer ran a personalbest 5 minutes, 9.58 seconds in the 1,600, breaking the school record and
placing second at district. The Panthers placed fifth in five events. “I was pretty confident about the pole vault, but not really in my racing because it’s my first year running,” Ballog said. “I definitely ran better than I ever have before. I believe our (3,200 relay) has a shot (to advance to state) and I definitely have to focus a lot on the pole vault because it’s going to be a tough regional. I’m hoping to make it out since it’s my senior year.” The boys team finished second (78.5) of 16 teams that scored in district 1 at Bradley as Thomas Worthington (87) captured the title. Michael Ballentine won the high jump, was fourth in the long jump and ran on the 400 relay that placed second. Pat Elflein captured the shot put title and Spencer Bentley (800) and Kyle Mushill (discus) also advanced. The 1,600 relay added a fourthplace finish to advance. The Panthers placed fifth in four events and sixth through eighth in five others. Desmond Palmer had the second fastest preliminary time in the 300 hurdles but got disqualified from the final. “It was definitely our depth that helped us (place second as a team),” Ballentine said. “Most people don’t have the depth that we have.” julrey@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
BASEBALL Continued from page C1 The Tigers had opened the tournament with a 39-0, five-inning win over Independence on May 9 and beat Mount Vernon 13-2 in five innings in the second round on May 11. The Tigers went 8-6 in the OCC-Ohio Division to place fifth, behind North (12-2), Gahanna (10-4), Grove City (9-5) and Reynoldsburg (9-5) and ahead of Groveport (3-11), Newark (3-11), and Lancaster (2-12). The Tigers lose five seniors, including Kyle Smith, who will play football at Washington & Jefferson in Washington, Pa.
Hammond will play football at Ohio Dominican. Among those expected to return are junior catcher Evan Jensen, junior shortstop Nick Jensen-Clagg and sophomore third baseman Greg Basalyga. Also expected back are juniors Ty Clouse, Nick Ellis, Daniel Musso, Avery Walker, Michael Zwilling and Kyle Hyer, a catcher who missed the season with a hockey-related injury. Jensen made first-team allleague and Jensen-Clagg was second team. Both made first-team all-district. “It was a strange year,” Campbell said. “We battled the weath-
er every week, and it’s a shame we had to play through the same conditions during the tournament.” •North won its third league championship since the school opened in 2003-04. It also marked the seventh time in eight years that the Panthers have finished in the top two of the OCC-Ohio. North is 75-17 overall since 2009, finishing 25-4 this spring after a 2-1 loss to 22nd-seeded Worthington Kilbourne in a Division I district semifinal May 18 at Hilliard Davidson. Kilbourne’s Cody Strayer hit a solo home run in the top of the ninth inning for the decisive run. Senior pitchers Drew Williams
and Zack Huskey allowed just four other hits. “It was a typical high school baseball tournament,” Panthers coach Tim Thomas said. “You need a little bit of talent and a lot of luck.” The top seed, North defeated Groveport 5-0 in the second round on May 11 after having a firstround bye. Grove City captured last year’s OCC-Ohio championship, but the Panthers swept a key series with the Greyhounds — 3-2 on May 6 and 5-4 on May 10. Overall, North won seven one-run games, including a 5-4 victory over the Tigers on April 14. The Panthers
also won the teams’ other league contest, 6-3 on April 8. The Panthers lose 13 seniors, including co-captain Kyle Chontos and top pitcher Kyle Sorensen, who missed the second half of the season with an injury. Sorensen will play at Indiana-UniversityPurdue University Fort Wayne. Among the other seniors are Williams, who went 6-1 on the mound, and pitchers Nathan Edwards and Mason McGrew, who went 5-0 and 4-0, respectively. Butler shared OCC-Ohio Player of the Year honors with Gahanna’s Joey Tomko and Reynoldsburg’s J.C. Gibson. Butler, Chontos and Williams
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all made first-team all-league and first-team all-district. Chontos and Butler have been selected to play in the Minuzo all-state game June 11 in Chillicothe, and Williams is an alternate. Among those expected to return are juniors Cale Giddings and Nick Glanzman and sophomores Corey Black, Ryan Miller, Tyler Pagano and Matt Poland. Pagano was 3-1 on the mound. “Our expectations don’t change at North,” Thomas said. “But the seniors have set the bar pretty high.” kadams@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
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Wittenberg senior attacker Matt Lord, a Pickerington North graduate, has been named first-team all-North Coast Athletic Conference in men’s lacrosse.
Schools announce coaching vacancies
Butcher holding basketball camps Pickerington North girls basketball coach Dave Butcher will direct camps at the high school on June 20-23. The camps will be held from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. for girls entering grades 2-5 and from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. for girls entering grades 6-9.
The following schools are seeking coaches: DeSales — Boys and girls swimming. Send résumé to athletics director Tom Neubert at tneubert@cdeducation.org. Johnstown-Monroe — Girls basketball. Contact Mike Carter in the athletics department at wmcarter@johnstown .k12.oh.us. Watterson — Softball. Send résumé to Mike Roark, athletics director, Bishop Wat-
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Barcelona club holding tryouts The Barcelona Ohio Soccer Club will hold select tryouts for boys and girls players in the U8/U9-U18 age groups beginning May 31. The tryouts will be held at Pickerington Christian Church, 575 Diley Road. For more information, visit http://oh.fc barcelonaca.com.
TENNIS Continued from page C1 “We won a lot of good matches and the boys played hard,” Rings said. “We entered the season with so many new faces and just three returnees. Losing our top two singles players, with Chase being a four-year varsity player and Dallas a three-year varsity player, is a big punch. But I think if the boys work hard, we’ll have another good season next year. “Sanjeev really turned things around from what he was early in the season. By the end of the year, he was a whole new package. I think all of the returnees have that in them.” •Prewitt and Bhaerman were seeded fourth and finished third in the sectional at Hilliard Darby to lead North. They lost their semifinal to New Albany’s John Hendrix and Oliver Sybert 6-2, 6-3 but rebounded to beat New Albany’s Jordan Rabe and Ameen Farwana 6-3, 6-4 in the thirdplace match to earn their second trip to district. North’s other doubles team of Alex Bartsch and Ben Keen won its first two sectional matches before losing a district-qualifying
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CENTRAL •Record: 14-5 overall, 5-2 (third) in OCC-Ohio •Seniors lost: Jacob DeVore, Dallas Stang and Chase Thomas •Key returnees: Darree Billings, Sanjeev Kolli, Mayuran Ravindran and Lucas Stang NORTH •Record: 6-7 overall, 6-1 (second) in OCC-Ohio •Seniors lost: Alex Bartsch and Sam Prewitt •Key returnees: Dylan Bhaerman, Andrew Brady, Ben Keen, Eric Lovejoy and Patrick Yen
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said. “I think we should be a strong team, if we can get those guys to put in some work in the offseason. They’ve got to be committed to the game.” The Panthers finished 6-7 overall and 61 in the league to finish second behind Gahanna. North won league doubles titles with Prewitt and Bhaerman (No. 1) and Bartsch and Keen (No. 2), but did not reach the finals on the three singles courts. “It was a frustrating season in part because the weather kept you from playing consistently, sometimes going four to six days without seeing the guys,” Hoff said. “The other problem was we couldn’t finish close matches. Five of our seven losses were by 3-2 scores. We couldn’t win close ones, and it wasn’t always the same court we finished short. “All of them had a chance to pull out the decisive win on their courts and we came up short for whatever reason. We feel that we were a better team than what our record indicates.”
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basically had to teach them everything about the sport.” The Tigers lose four seniors in outside hitter Jarrod Cunningham, middle blocker Nick Downing, outside hitter Kevin Grundey and setter Grant Holcomb. All were three-year letterwinners except for Cunningham, who was in his first season with the program. Downing and Grundey were named second-team all-league and Holcomb was honorable mention all-league. Grundey was honorable mention all-region. “The seniors were basically assistant coaches who helped the other kids,” Hanagan said. “They were really encouraging and very patient. They pretty much carried the team with their experience.” Expected to return are juniors Brick Bankes (opposite hitter) and Kevin Hill (middle blocker) and sophomores Hassan Farooqui (libero), Scott Hungerman (outside hitter), Toby Katz (opposite hitter), Nick Reade (middle blocker) and Xavier Robinson (opposite hitter). “We’re trying to get them into gym to play around in the summer to keep their skills up and some of them also are looking to go to camp,” Hanagan said. “We will start in the weight room and with open gyms. These kids have some big shoes to fill from this year’s seniors, so they will have to step up some before next season.”
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“We had three seniors (Fausnaugh, Lambert and Schneider) who were four-year letterwinners and played year-round,” said Truex, who completed her seventh season leading the program. “They really helped us get back on track this season.” Expected to return for the Panthers are juniors Scott Conway (middle hitter) and Evan Shvach (utility player), sophomores Eli Lambert (setter) and Jimmy Martin (libero) and freshman James Klamo (outside hitter). Conway made honorable mention all-league. “We have a strong corps to build around and have some good j.v. players to fill in next year,” Truex said. •Central finished 2-16 overall after losing to Hilliard Davidson 25-12, 25-16, 25-10 in the opening round of the Division I East Region tournament on May 14. The Tigers finished sixth in the OCC-Capital at 0-10, behind champion Mount Vernon (10-0). “Of the 11 players we had, eight of them had never played before, so we spent a lot of time teaching the game,” said firstyear coach Rachael Hanagan, who shared duties with another first-year coach, Greg Moore. “They were better by leaps and bounds from the first day of practice. “We worked on blocking, serves, rotation and our serving accuracy went up a lot from shennen@thisweeknews.com the beginning of the year. We www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
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