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Coffman girls fall short at OCC By SCOTT HENNEN THISWEEKSPORTS.COM

Coffman’s Andrew Kraly (right) and Jerome’s Steve Kidwell battle on a face-off May 15. The Celtics won 13-7 to earn the Emerald Cup for the ninth consecutive year. LAURIE STEVENSON/THSIWEEKSPORTS

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Jerome retains Emerald Cup

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A rough stretch at midseason didn’t get in the way of one of the Dublin Jerome High School boys lacrosse team’s annual goals this year. The Celtics beat Scioto 17-0 on April 17 and built a 7-0 lead on the way to defeating Coffman 13-7 on May 15 to secure its ninth consecutive Emerald Cup trophy in the series between the three Dublin programs. From April 19-30, Jerome lost four of five, and it also lost to Cincinnati St. Xavier 8-7 on May 11 in the game before facing Coffman. “We’ve bounced back from a couple losses,” said junior attacker Mikey Bano, whose team is 12-6. “In the first half we jumped all over (Coffman).” Bano, who is the brother of 2012 graduate Joe Bano and has verbally committed to St. Joseph’s, scored five goals against the Shamrocks. Jerome lost to Buffalo (N.Y.) Timon St. Jude 19-9 in the North American Lacrosse Festival on May 18 at Bloomfield Hills (Mich.) Brother Rice but beat Cincinnati Moeller 7-5 the next day in

the event. The Celtics enter the Division I Northwest Region tournament having given up 10 or more goals just five times this season. “I think we’ve started to patch everything up and have been learning from each game,” junior close defenseman J.B. Smith said. “There was big pressure this year because we never want to be that team to lose (the Emerald Cup).” Jerome earned the top seed in the Northwest Region and opens the postseason Saturday, May 25, at home against Whitehouse Anthony Wayne or Scioto. The winner plays Sylvania Southview, Toledo St. John’s or Westlake in a regional semifinal Wednesday, May 29. The regional final is June 1. Olentangy, the second seed in the Northwest, lost to Jerome 13-5 on April 5. “I felt like we played a great first half (against Coffman) but we made some mistakes that we have to tighten up,” coach A.J. Auld said. “(Mikey Bano is) a very good player, a very tough player. It doesn’t hurt to have an older brother who played lacrosse.

Austin Paalz (left), Reston Randall (center) and Tanner Barco celebrate with

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Coach Greg King had the OCC-Central Division meet mapped out for his Dublin Coffman High School girls track and field team. He had an idea of which teams would be in the top three after the meet concluded May 18 at Thomas Worthington, but he wasn’t sure of the order. His Shamrocks ended up finishing a close second (140) to Hilliard Davidson (141.5), with Olentangy Liberty taking third (110). “We had the sprints and Davidson had the distance and Liberty was between the two of us,” King said. “I knew it was going to be a tough meet no matter what, and that helps get us ready for district.” Upper Arlington was fourth (97), followed byThomas (79.5), Central Crossing (49), Marysville (36) and Westland (9). Junior Beatrice Hannan won the 100 meters (12.55 seconds) and 200 (25.74) and was a member of the first-place 800 relay (1:43.41) with seniors Rylee Axner, Kaylee Taylor and McKenzie Bailey. Sophomore Oyesade Olatoye won the shot put (42 feet, 1/2 inch) and discus (138-0), Taylor won the 400 (59.02) and senior Emily Mangelson was second in the 300 hurdles (47.1) and third in the 100 hurdles (16.16). The third-place 400 relay (51.38) consisted of freshman Shannon Downie, senior Emily Barber, junior Sarah Handy and Axner. The fourth-place 3,200

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Boys Volleyball

Scioto fails to match up to Mount Vernon ByAARON BLANKENSHIP THISWEEKSPORTS.COM

Dublin Scioto High School boys volleyball coach Doug Arden believed his team needed to play a near-perfect match to defeat Mount Vernon in a Division II East Region semifinal. Unfortunately for Arden, the Irish didn’t play particularly well in a 25-23, 25-12, 25-19 loss to the Yellow Jackets on May 15 at Buckeye Valley. Scioto finished 15-7 overall. “We knew we needed to play error-free to beat Mount Vernon because they’re a very good team, but we just didn’t execute to that level,” Arden said. “Mount Vernon played error-free and we didn’t execute well at all. They passed and hit well and we didn’t have any answers.” The loss ended one of the most successful seasons in program history, during which the Irish won their first league title since 2003 and won the Battle of Dublin for a second consecutive season. Scioto went 11-1 in the OCC-Cardinal Division to finish ahead of Westerville North (9-3), Worthington Kilbourne (9-3), Olentangy Liberty (66), Westerville Central (4-8), Westerville South (3-9) and Jerome (0-12). On May 3, the Irish won the Battle of Dublin for the third time in the event’s nine-year history by beating Jerome 255, 25-5 and Coffman 25-17, 25-10. The Irish avenged a 25-15, 17-25, 25-21 loss to Coffman during a quad March 30 at Pickerington North. Scioto went 3-0 against

21 players in our program coming back. Our expectations will probably be a little different next year, but losing so many seniors creates opportunities for the rest of our guys to work hard so they can fill those spots.”

At a glance COFFMAN •Record: 11-17 overall, 3-7 (fourth) in OCC-Ohio •Seniors lost: Colin Hayes, Connor Patterson, Trent Rantala, Kyle White and Gus Williams •Key returnees: Michael Kim, Patrick Smith and Joel Sotos JEROME •Record: 1-19 overall, 0-12 (seventh) in OCC-Cardinal •Seniors lost: None •Key returnees: Mitch Hunt, Tommy Keller, Peter Moseley, Luke Neff and John Shih SCIOTO •Record: 15-7 overall, 11-1 (first) in OCC-Cardinal •Seniors lost: Yoshi Akutsu, Josh Ashwill, Nathan Esker, Matt Latimer, Ryan Link, Mason Matheny, Michael Orender, Colin Pierce, Noah Schuster and Travis Wehder •Key returnee: Zach Spoelstra

Jerome this season, also defeating the Celtics 25-18, 25-23, 25-14 on April 4 and 25-14, 25-17, 25-12 on April 25 in league matches. The Irish opened the East Region tournament May 11 at Westerville South with a 2517, 13-25, 25-18, 25-16 victory over Kilbourne. “We start every year wanting to be the best team in Dublin and to win the OCC, and we accomplished both of those goals,” Arden said. “We went 4-1 against the other Dublin teams and we had a couple of exciting five-(game) victories over Liberty in OCC matches. Beating Kilbourne was a big deal to the kids, too, because of the rivalry between our schools.” The Irish lose eight senior starters inYoshi Akutsu (opposite hitter), Josh Ashwill (setter/outside hitter), Ryan

Cole Blough and the Jerome boys volleyball team finished 1-19 overall. PAUL VERNON/THISWEEKSPORTS

Link (defensive specialist), Mason Matheny (libero), Michael Orender (middle hitter), Colin Pierce (setter/outside hitter), Noah Schuster (opposite hitter) and Travis Wehder (middle hitter). Ashwill was first-team allregion and all-league, Orender was second-team all-region and first-team all-league and Matheny was second-team all-region and all-league. Pierce was second-team allleague, Akutsu was special

mention all-league and Schuster was honorable mention allleague. One varsity player is expected to return in sophomore setter/outside hitter Zach Spoelstra. “Our seniors are awesome leaders and great kids,” Arden said. “But it would be silly to say we’re going to have a rough season next year just because we’re losing most of our players, because Zach’s a good player and we have a total of

Neff was honorable mention all-region and Hunt was honorable mention all-league. “Every member of our varsity team started at some point and that’s huge for our future because we aren’t losing any seniors,” Fogg said. “We had the most kids try out that we’ve ever had, and I’m hoping some Celtics lose of them will play club volleytourney opener ball and grow even more as Jerome opened the Division players next year.” II East Region tournament May 11 at Westerville South with a Shamrocks fall in 25-11, 25-11, 25-13 loss to regional semifinal Mount Vernon. Coffman opened the DiviThe Celtics finished 1-19 overall, beating Coffman 25- sion I East Region tournament 18, 14-25, 25-12 in the Battle May 11 at Hilliard Davidson of Dublin for their lone vic- with a 21-25, 20-25, 25-22, 25tory. 6, 15-13 win over Westerville Jerome also was competi- Central. tive in OCC-Cardinal losses to The Shamrocks then lost to Westerville Central (25-18, 25- Liberty 25-18, 26-24, 21-25, 17, 15-25, 23-25, 18-16 on 25-13 in a semifinal May 15 April 18) and Westerville North at Pickerington North to fin(25-6, 25-18, 20-25, 17-25, 15- ish 11-17 overall. 7 on April 15). Coffman finished fourth (3“We didn’t start the year with 7) in the OCC-Ohio behind much varsity experience, but Hilliard Darby (10-0), Hilliard the boys had fun while learn- Bradley (7-3) and Davidson ing the technique and skills of (7-3) and ahead of Upper volleyball and they made a ton Arlington (2-8) and Thomas of improvement,” coach Worthington (1-9). Katherine Fogg said. The Shamrocks are losing “Westerville Central beat us three second-year starters in in an exciting match and that put the taste of competition in seniors Colin Hayes (middle our boys’ mouths. Beating hitter), Trent Rantala (outside Coffman was obviously our hitter) and Kyle White (midhighlight because it’s always a dle hitter). Rantala was second-team big deal to beat one of the other all-region and Hayes was honDublin teams.” None of the 29 players in orable mention all-region. Expected to return are junJerome’s program is a senior and five starters are expected iors Jarrod Sotos (opposite hitto return in junior setters Mitch ter) and Patrick Smith (libero) Hunt and Tommy Keller, jun- and sophomores Michael Kim ior outside hitter Luke Neff, (setter), Evan Oates (opposite sophomore middle hitter Peter hitter) and Joel Sotos (setter). Moseley and freshman defenablankenship@thisweeknews.com sive specialist John Shih.

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“Olentangy is a big threat (in the regional tournament). They’re a very, very good team.”

Coffman girls fall in regional semifinal

The Coffman girls team lost to Cincinnati Mount Notre Dame 13-12 in a Division I South/Central Region semifinal May 20 at home to finish 11-8. The Shamrocks trailed 139 with 4 minutes, 11 seconds remaining but scored three consecutive goals to cut their deficit to one with 46.7 seconds left. The final goal was scored by senior midfielder Lexi Minnick with an assist by senior attacker Brianna Turner. Coffman got the ball back and called a timeout to set up a play with 39 seconds left, but the Shamrocks committed a turnover and Mount Notre Dame ran out the clock. “I put them in position to win with that last play,” coach

Scioto’s Graham Smith works against the Delaware defense on May 13. CHRIS PARKER/THISWEEKSPORTS

Michael Murphy said. “We had four or five other plays that should have been goals that weren’t. We were down 13-9 with a couple minutes left and had a chance to tie it. The girls fought back all season like that.” Turner finished the game with four goals and two assists. Minnick had three goals and two assists and midfielder

Amanda Freutel and attacker Kelly Murphy both had two goals. The Shamrocks opened the postseason by beating Hilliard Bradley 15-12 on May 14 and defeated Thomas Worthington 13-12 in the second round May 15 before falling to Mount Notre Dame. They had lost to Thomas 11-7 in an OCC-Buckeye Division contest April 9

Jerome goalie Hayley Hannan looks to stop a shot by NDCL’s Karen Glasier during the Celtics’ 15-4 victory on May 13. CHRIS PARKER/THISWEEKSPORTS

and 13-12 in overtime in a scored five goals and goal- and Minnick both had four regional semifinal last season. keeper Sarah Watson had 10 Turner and Minnick both saves against Bradley. Turner BOYS >> B9

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Meredith Mockler was one of six seniors for Coffman, which finished 9-18 overall and 5-9 in the OCC-Central Division. PAUL VERNON/THISWEEKSPORTS

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ries in a season that was set last spring when the team went 12-12. Prior to last year, the Celtics' high mark for wins came in 2008, when they finished 11-16. This season also marks the first time Jerome has finished with a winning record. “That’s definitely a positive and I hope the girls take it that way,” Muessig said of the winning season. “I hope they continue to build on that. It was a pretty solid season.” Seeded 20th of 42 teams, Jerome opened the Division I district tournament May 14 with a 4-1 win over 15th-seeded Chillicothe before losing to 11th-seeded Westerville Central 8-5 in the second round May 16 to close the season. The Celtics went 4-9 in the OCC-Cardinal Division to finish sixth, behind Worthington Kilbourne (13-1), Westerville Central (11-3), Westerville South (10-4), Westerville North (8-6) and Hilliard Bradley (67) and ahead of Hilliard Darby (3-11) and Scioto (0-14). A league contest between Jerome and Bradley was canceled after being postponed three times because of bad weather. Among the highlights this

At a glance COFFMAN •Record: 9-18 overall, 5-9 (seventh) in OCC-Central •Seniors lost: Kelsey Hansen, Tiffany Kula, Megan Mills, Meredith Mockler, Madison So and Megan Sutula •Key returnees: Maddie Darby, Sam Isaly, Haley Marshall, Jennifer Pietrusik and Hannah Sabatino JEROME •Record: 14-13 overall, 4-9 (sixth) in OCC-Cardinal •Seniors lost: Kaitlin Beebe, Caitlin Clancy, Madison Colvin, Erin Hammett and Stephanie Hirth •Key returnees: Brittney Berberick, Abby Haab, Kylie Huesman, Katie Kendall and Lauren Watts SCIOTO •Record: 4-22 overall, 0-14 (eighth) in OCC-Cardinal •Seniors lost: Marissa Gibson,Taylor Martin and Mackenzie Nelsen •Key returnees: Kelsey Esterline and Kathleen O’Brien

season, the Celtics won both games in the inaugural Dublin Classic on April 13, defeating Scioto 6-1 and Coffman 3-2. Jerome loses five seniors, including outfielders Kaitlin Beebe and Caitlin Clancy. Beebe had a .423 batting aver-

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age in limited playing time because of a concussion, and Clancy hit .299 and was named second-team all-league. Among those expected to return are juniors Brittney Berberick (utility), Abby Haab (P), Kylie Huesman (3B) and Katie Kendall (SS) and freshman Lauren Watts (2B). Haab, who hit .472 with 24 RBI and a team-high 23 runs and went 12-13 in the circle with a 1.43 ERA, made first-team all-league. Kendall hit .452 with 22 runs and a team-high 30 RBI and was secondteam all-league, and Huesman hit .347 and was honorable mention all-league. Watts and Berberick batted .304 and .273, respectively. Berberick was special mention all-league. Also expected to return are juniors Lauren Daugherty (OF/3B), Emma Frazier (INF) and Katie Zimlich (OF), sophomores Leslie Boothe (1B/3B), Katie Burke (OF), Natalie Christman (OF), McKenzie Ciminillo (P/OF), Megan Longbrake (C/3B) and Taylor Porter (2B) and freshmen Sadie Gearhart (INF) and Madison Miller (1B/3B). “What’s kind of nice this year is we went into every game thinking we could win every game, which is a change and a nice positive,” Muessig said. “I wish the seniors well. I hope that everybody had a good experience playing.”

Shamrocks looking to build on season

Coffman finished 9-18 overall after losing to 31st-seeded Franklin Heights 163 in five innings in the first round of the Division I district tournament May 14. The Shamrocks were the 26th seed. “We had a disappointing end to our sea-

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son, our final game, but I don’t think that reflects the successes that we had throughout the season,” coach Leah Howard said. “We were young and we grew a lot with some of our very young players, so that is promising for the future.” The Shamrocks went 5-9 in the OCCCentral to finish seventh, behind co-champions Marysville (11-3) and Olentangy Liberty (11-3), Thomas Worthington (95), Upper Arlington (8-6), Central Crossing (6-8) and Hilliard Davidson (6-8) and ahead of Westland (0-14). According to Howard, among the season highlights were league wins over Central Crossing (8-5 on May 1), Davidson (8-4 on April 8) and UA (9-6 on May 8). The game against UA was tied at 5 until the Shamrocks scored four runs in the top of the seventh inning. Coffman loses six seniors, including outfielder Meredith Mockler, who hit .372. “The seniors were good kids,” Howard said. “They worked hard and they did what I asked them to do.” Among the key players expected to return are juniors Maddie Darby (1B), Haley Marshall (P) and Hannah Sabatino (OF) and freshmen Sam Isaly (C) and Jennifer Pietrusik (3B). Isaly batted .419 with a team-high 28 RBI and was first-team all-league and Sabatino hit .415 with 16 RBI and was second-team all-league. Pietrusik, who batted .362, was special mention all-league and Darby, who hit .348, was honorable mention all-league. Marshall was 6-6 with a 4.56 ERA. Also expected to return are sophomores Lizzie Colchin (INF), Brooke Durthaler (C/3B), Jordan Mathias (P), Megan Paolini (3B), Amelia Sagun (1B), Sammie Skuce (OF) and Megan Stevens (P) and freshmen Lauren Blair (SS/2B), Caroline Carney (2B), Jessica Flynn (P), Elizabeth

Fraas (C), Megan Miller (OF) and Jamie Rhodes (P).

Young Irish losing three seniors

Scioto finished 4-22 overall after losing to 17th-seeded Westerville South 110 in five innings in the first round of the Division I district tournament May 14. The Irish, who were seeded 35th, went 0-14 in the OCC-Cardinal. “I’m somewhat disappointed,” coach Larry Howell said. “I didn’t go (into the season) in the win-loss category with super expectations. But I thought we would better last year’s record (6-18), so I’m a little disappointed with that. We knew going in that we were young.” Scioto’s wins came against Briggs (21 on April 4), Westland (6-2 on April 27), Whetstone (3-2 on April 27) and Bexley (4-3 on May 11). The Irish lose three seniors, including pitcher/shortstop Mackenzie Nelsen and shortstop Taylor Martin. Nelsen, who hit .333 and was 4-13 in the circle with a 2.57 ERA, was named first-team all-league and Martin was honorable mention all-league. Expected to return are juniors Kaitlyn Cameron (OF), Kelsey Esterline (OF/SS), Andi Smith (1B/OF), Abby Willman (2B) and Abby Wittenauer (OF), sophomores Erica Harrigan (OF/P), Bailey Loew (OF), Logan McKeever (C/3B) and Kathleen O’Brien (1B) and freshmen Jade Bortz (C) and Kelsie Heasley (P/SS). “We’re still young, we’re still growing, we’re still trying to learn the game, which is probably the hardest part to understand,” Howell said. “We are still trying to work toward the right strides.” fdirenna@thisweeknews.com

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Baseball

Jerome outlasts Braves to reach district semifinal The Dublin Jerome High School baseball team overcame a challenge from 24th-seeded Whetstone to advance to a Division I district semifinal. The ninth-seeded Celtics scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat the visiting Braves 4-3 in a second-round game May 15. The Celtics, who had a firstround bye, were 19-7 before playing fourth-seeded Thomas Worthington in a semifinal May 21, with the winner playing fifth-seeded Olentangy or seventh-seeded Grove City in a district final at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 23, at Otterbein University. The district champion plays Dresden Tri-Valley, Gahanna, Olentangy Orange or Upper Arlington in a regional semifinal May 30 at Coffman. The regional final is May 31 at Coffman. Against Whetstone, Jerome managed just two hits but had 13 walks. Infielder Colin Seeley’s squeeze bunt scored Tyler Bookmyer (OF/INF) with the winning run.

Masashi Sakamoto earned the win in relief of Jason Johnson. “It doesn’t matter how pretty it is, you just have to survive,” coach Chris Huesman said.

Coffman loses at Olentangy

Coffman finished 14-13, losing to host Olentangy 3-1 in a second-round tournament game May 15. The 29th-seeded Shamrocks, who had a first-round bye, left nine runners on base. Outfielder Robbie Numbers had two singles. Catcher Jacob Gilbert singled to drive in shortstop Brett Griffey in the first inning. “It was one of those games,” coach Tim Saunders said. “I thought we outplayed them. We outhit them, we played better defense. (The) pitching was good. We left the bases loaded twice and didn’t get any runs out of it. We just didn’t get the timely hits.” The Shamrocks had defeated the Braves 10-3 on April 3. fdirenna@thisweeknews.com

Sports briefs Camps offered at Huntington Park

Ron Golden’s Baseball Academy will hold various camps in June at Huntington Park. A camp for high school players will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 10-12. An “elite” pitching and catching camp is scheduled for 9 to 11:15 a.m. June 1720, followed by an “elite” hitting camp from 11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. A youth camp will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 25-27. To register, visit www.RGbaseball.com or contact Golden at (614) 236-8141.

Camps to be held at St. Charles

St. Charles Preparatory School is holding basketball camps from 1 to 4 p.m. July 8-11 (grades 5-7) and July 15-18 (grades 8-9). Also, basketball shooting camps for grades 5-9 are scheduled for 10 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 2 p.m. July 1 and 2. For more information, contact coach Will Gruber at (614) 260-2303 or wgruber@cdeducation.org. Boys and girls volleyball camps will be held July 29Aug. 1 from 9 a.m. to noon (grades 4-6) and 1 to 4 p.m. (grades 7-9). Email vbstcharles@gmail.com.

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Boys Tennis

Coffman advances three to district tourney

Three members of the Dublin Coffman High School boys tennis team qualified for the Division I district tournament Friday, May 24, and Saturday, May 25, at Hilliard Davidson. Advancing out of the sectional held May 16 and 18 at Davidson were the doubles team of Tyler Buchan and Leon Cai and Brian Do in singles. Buchan and Cai went 4-0 to win the sectional title and Do went 4-1 and placed second, losing to Gahanna's Canyon Teague 6-1, 6-0 in the final.

The top four finishers in singles and doubles at each sectional advanced to district. The top four finishers at district will advance to state. Last season, Buchan and Cai went 3-1 and placed third at district to reach state, where they lost in the second round. Also at sectional for the Shamrocks, Rohit Joshi went 2-1 in singles, falling one win shy of qualifying for district. The doubles team of Connor Geelan and KenYoshino went 1-1 and Vishesh Javangula went 1-1 in singles.

Celtics’ doubles teams advance to district

Both of Jerome's doubles teams that competed in the Division I sectional May 16 and 18 at Reynoldsburg qualified for district. Adam Seitz and Kent Seitz went 4-0 to place first and Patrick Liu and Pranav Kaza went 3-1 and placed fourth. Kent Seitz will be making his fourth district appearance. He qualified in singles last season, going 1-1, after qualifying in doubles in 2010 and

2011 with 2011 graduate Sean Stein. Seitz and Stein reached state both seasons, placing fourth in 2010 and losing in the second round in 2011. Competing in singles at sectional for the Celtics were Jack Bennett, Nikil Rangaswamy and Tyler Stohr. Rangaswamy went 2-1, falling one win shy of a district berth. Bennett went 1-1 and Stohr went 0-1. Jerome was 14-3 before playing Upper Arlington in a semifinal of the Division I Ohio Tennis Coaches Association tournament May 21. The

Celtics beat Bexley 3-2 on May Ferguson also was a district 13 and lost to Columbus Acad- qualifier in singles last year, emy 5-0 on May 14. losing in the second round. Going 2-1 and falling one win shy of a district berth were Three players qualify the doubles team of Krish Nair for district for Irish and Burkhon Yusupov and Scioto will be represented Rohith Koneru in singles. Also at sectional, Vijay Sinin the Division I district tournament in doubles and singles. garaju went 0-1 in singles. Scioto lost to Reynoldsburg Sean Ferguson went 4-1 and finished third in singles in the 3-2 on May 13 but beat Picksectional May 16 and 18 at erington Central 4-1 on May Upper Arlington and the dou- 14 and was 9-4 before playing bles team of Hemant Reddy Pickerington North on May 21. and Arjun Venkataraman went 3-1 and placed third. –Aaron Blankenship

Sports briefs high jump. The 800 relay of St. Brigid wraps up Amanda Springer, Reagan Bramlish, Tortora and D’Sa track season

The St. Brigid track and field team concluded its season in the diocesan championship meet May 4 at DeSales High School, with the boys fourth- and fifthgrade squad placing second while competing against 22 other schools. Andrew Kanney won the 100 meters and placed second in the 50. Jacob Hoying was second in the softball throw. The reserve boys team placed fifth, with the 400 relay of Kyle Bower, Matt Kanney, Tony Rogner and Gilberto Quintero finishing first. Quintero and Rogner also placed second and third, respectively, in the 400 and the 800 relay of David Grden, Bower, Jared Sommer and Rogner placed second. In the reserve girls division, St. Brigid placed fifth. Claire Ghidotti was second in the 1,600 and third in the 800, Elizabeth D’Sa was second in the 400 and Maddie Tortora was third in the

placed third. In the varsity girls division, Laura Schmeling placed third in the 400 and the 800 relay of Paige Fallon, Brenna Kenney, Schmeling and Grace Cochran was second. Eighth-graders Kenney, Alyssa King and Mark Mitchell were recipients of the diocesan five-year Track and FieldAward for competing in the sport every year since fourth grade.The other eighth-graders were Madi Arthur, Cochran, Fallon, Schmeling, Grace Voet, Cameron Hawthorne, Matthew Peabody and P.J. Reilly.

Wilmington to hold basketball camp

Wilmington College will play host to a basketball camp from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 17-19 for girls in grades 4-11. The camp will be led by 22-year Wilmington coach Jerry Scheve. Visit wilmingtonquakers.com.

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goals in the win over Thomas.

Scioto, Coffman boys set for tourney

The Coffman boys team’s loss to Jerome was its seventh in nine games to close the regular season. The Shamrocks, who got two goals from attacker Austin Seiple and midfielder Chandler Warren against the Celtics, open the Division I Central Region tournament Thursday, May 23, at home against Pickerington North in the play-in round. Coffman is 8-8. The winner plays Saturday, May 25, at third-seeded Thomas in a first-round game, with the winner to face topseeded Upper Arlington, Westerville North or Westerville South in a second-round game Wednesday, May 29. The regional final is June 1. The Scioto boys team lost to Hilliard Darby 12-9 on May 15 and lost to Westerville South 8-7 on May 20 to close the regular season at 1-16. The Irish opened the postseason May 22 at Anthony Wayne in the play-in round, with the winner to play at Jerome in a first-round game Saturday, May 25.

Scioto girls again win eight games

The Scioto girls team’s season ended with a 16-9 loss May 15 at Loveland in the second round of the Division I South/Central Region tournament. The Irish, who opened the postseason with a 15-8 win over visiting Pickerington Central on May 13, finished 8-91. After winning just one game in 2011, Scioto went 8-8-1 a year ago. “(Loveland’s) girls were extremely fast and took very

At a glance JEROME GIRLS •Record: 4-14 overall, 0-6 (seventh) in OCC-Ohio •Seniors lost: Maria Foglietti, Morgan Johnson and Lily Perin •Key returnees: Tara Blake, Maddy Easdale, Taylor Giles, Hayley Hannan, Kailee King, Claire Koontz and Morgan Monaghan SCIOTO GIRLS •Record: 8-9-1 overall, 2-4 (fifth) in OCC-Ohio •Seniors lost: Jocelyn Aguilar, Maggie Brannam, Fathima Jabeer, Halle Lucas and Pamela Solano •Key returnees: Jenna Best, Catherine Howard, Cori Kinder, Cassie Lee, Angela Lontoc, Abby Smoot and Makenna Vargo

scored 50 goals and was firstteam all-league, Solano was second-team all-league and honorable mention all-district and Kinder was second-team all-league. Amanda Best was honorable mention all-league.

Jerome girls fall in second round

The Jerome girls team opened the Division II North/Central Region tournament with a 15-4 win over Chardon Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin on May 13 but lost 16-3 at Toledo St. Ursula on May 15 to finish 4-14. The Celtics’other wins came over Wellington (11-6 on April 2), Centerville (6-3 on April 13) and Watterson (15-14 on April 18). “We did not do a good job of controlling the ball and had poor shot selection (against St. Ursula),” coach Colleen Bender said. “Our basic stick skills beat us. My goalie, Hayley Hannan, played a great game. If it wasn’t for her, the outcome would have been much worse (because) she faced 28 shots.” The Celtics lose three seniors in defenders Maria Foglietti and Lily Perin and goalkeeper Morgan Johnson. Junior midfielder Maddy Easdale is the top expected returnee. Others eligible to return include juniors Tara Blake (defender), Taylor Giles (defender) and Hannan and freshmen Kailee King (midfielder), Claire Koontz (attacker), Morgan Monaghan (defender) and Kelly Sierschula (midfielder). “Having an entire team basically back with the loss of only three seniors is a great position to be in as a coach,” Bender said. “We need to improve our basic skills prior to the season to be more competitive next year.”

hard shots,” coach Amanda DeFluiter said. “It was a good experience. They definitely play differently than most of the central Ohio teams we face. “We definitely got better at our draws and transitions this year and we’re definitely going to do fall ball and play in the winter. We have a lot of girls who will be seniors next year.” The Irish went 2-4 in the OCC-Ohio to finish behind Olentangy (6-0), Bradley (51), Olentangy Liberty (4-2) and Olentangy Orange (3-3) and ahead of Hilliard Davidson (15) and Jerome (0-6). They lose five seniors, including attacker Maggie Brannam, midfielder Halle Lucas and defender Pamela Solano. Freshman attacker Catherine Howard had four goals against Loveland. Other key players eligible to return include juniors Angela Lontoc (goalkeeper), Cory Kinder (midfielder), Jenna Best (defender) and Makenna Vargo (defender), sophomores Abby Smoot (midfielder) and Cassie Lee (midfielder) and freshman Amanda Best (midfielder). According to DeFluiter, Lontoc made first-team all-league, first-team all-district and second-team all-state. Howard julrey@thisweeknews.com

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Sports briefs Middle school meet coming up

The ninth annual middle school track and field state meet is scheduled for this weekend at Dublin Scioto High School. Boys and girls from Division I schools will compete Saturday, May 25, and athletes from schools in Division II and Division III will compete the following day. More than 1,300 athletes in grades 6-8 are expected to participate. Visit ohioyouthrunner.org.

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Max Elite Lacrosse is offering a summer league at the Wellington School for elementary, middle and high school boys beginning June 10. Visit www.maxelitelacrosse.com.

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The Capital University softball program is offering camps for girls entering grades 4-12. The schedule includes a day camp from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 10-12; an advanced skills

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