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runner for Scioto, placing 90th in 21 minutes, 29.98 seconds. “When Shayla came back, she was so much slower than before that she thought maybe she would never make it back to that level,” Suttle said. “She was used to being the No. 1 or No. 2 runner, and she had a long way to go for that. “Shayla continued to work hard and was able to run well in the postseason. She did what she needed to do to stay in shape, with weightlifting and other activities. She never sits around. She’s always doing something.” This spring in her junior season, Wigand has been running relays in an effort to work her way back to excelling in the 400 and 800 meters, both in open
The Dublin Jerome High School boys tennis team entered the week having won nine of its previous 12 matches. The Celtics, who split their first four matches, were 11-5 overall after losing to Coffman 3-2 on May 12. Jerome defeated DeSales 50 on May 9 behind wins by Pranav Kaza (first singles), Tyler Stohr (second singles), Jack Bennett (third singles), Asish Katta and Ryan Worthen (first doubles) and Jason Liu and Michael Lin (second doubles). “Our second doubles has been our strongest court thus far with Jason Liu and Michael Lin,” coach Tyler Stephen said. “We just need to find some more consistency in the middle of our lineup. “Our goal is to deal with adverse situations during a tight match more maturely as the year goes on. They’re young and will improve if they keep the right mindset.” The Celtics will compete in a Division I sectional Thursday, May 15, and Saturday, May 17, at Reynoldsburg. The top four finishers in singles and doubles from each sectional advance to district May 23 and 24 at Hilliard Davidson. Katta and Worthen are seeded first in doubles and Stephen believes Liu and Lin have the potential to upset the fourth seed, Reynolsburg’s Zach Kahl and Raymond Truong, in the second round to advance to district. Playing singles at sectional are Kaza, Stohr and Chris Zhu.
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Scioto junior Shayla Wigand missed last season after she found out the pain in her right ankle was caused by an extra bone floating atop a tendon. She opted for six months of rest rather than surgery. She has returned to compete in the 400 and 800 meters as well as the 1,600 and 3,200 relays. RYAN M.L. YOUNG/THISWEEKSPORTS
Track & Field
Wigand works way back to form By SCOTT HENNEN THISWEEKSPORTS.COM Running had been easy for Shayla Wigand. Then, in February 2013, it became difficult for her to walk, let alone run. During preseason workouts with the Dublin Scioto High School girls track and field team, Wigand began experiencing pain in her right ankle that ultimately would force her to sit out her sophomore season. Initially, Wigand figured she had shin splints or another minor discomfort, and so she lightened her workouts. But when the pain didn’t subside, she headed to a doctor. “It turns out I was born with an extra bone in my ankle, and that (bone) was floating on top of my tendon causing
the pain,” Wigand said. “That was what was causing the pain. It wasn’t shin splints. “(The doctors) said if I were to have surgery, I would be out two years, and I couldn’t sit around that long. That would have driven me crazy.” After her diagnosis, Wigand spent about six months resting her ankle, either on crutches or in a walking boot. “Sitting around was driving me insane because I’m used to working out every day,” she said. “I did a lot of painting. I’m into art. That helped me get through it.” Last fall, Wigand, who also is a member of the girls cross country team, gradually worked her way back to competing in that sport. “I walked around the track for the first week or two, but I was ready to
get moving,” she said. “By the third week, I could run some. But I remember my first time back in a (cross country) race, it went horribly. I wasn’t sure if I could do it anymore.” Matt Suttle, who is the head coach of the girls track and cross country programs, could see that the slow comeback was trying Wigand’s patience. “This girl never stops and to have her run five minutes like she did on the first day back instead of five miles was tough on her,” Suttle said. “She was used to running at the varsity level and she was nowhere near that. She had to build up from ground zero.” Wigand had to rebuild her endurance for distance and middle-distance running during the cross country season and competed in the Division I regional meet at Pickerington North as the sixth
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Scioto rallies to capture tourney opener
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Celtics begin play in district tourney
Scioto’s Matt Messick delivers a pitch against Coffman on April 19. The Irish defeated Groveport 6-5 on May 12 to post their first tournament victory in three seasons. RYAN M.L. YOUNG/THISWEEKSPORTS
Scioto's only victory in its final four regular-season games came against Hilliard Darby. The Irish's 21 win on May 6 eliminated the Panthers from contention for the OCCCardinal Division title.
Max Callender started on the mound against Darby, allowing one run, five hits and one walk in 5 1/3 innings. “When we cut down on our defensive mistakes, we are capable of beat-
ing good teams,” coach Ken Carpenter said. “As for Darby, we got a terrific outing from Max Callender and had a timely hit from Clint Conner. Our up-and-down defense played well. It was good to see after losing 10-0
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Coffman starts postseason with OCC meet
Jerome stops UA in first round of regional play ByAARON BLANKENSHIP regional semifinal May 13 at Buckeye Valley. The winner THISWEEKSPORTS.COM faces Gahanna or Olentangy The Dublin Jerome High Liberty in a regional final FriSchool boys volleyball team day, May 16, at Davidson. The regional champion defeated Upper Arlington 2516, 25-19, 25-12 in the first advances to a state quarterfiround of the Division I East nal May 24 at Hamilton. In the state poll last week, Region tournament May 10 at Davidson was seventh and Buckeye Valley. “I thought all our guys Gahanna and Liberty were 10th played pretty well,” coach Phil and 12th, respectively. Jerome lost twice to Liberty Cagnoli said. “But our servereceive guys, Jon Shih, Peter in OCC-Cardinal Division play, Moseley, Trent Jones and falling 25-13, 25-16, 25-13 on Tommy Scott, really stood out. April 8 and 25-21, 25-16, 25I haven’t graded the passing 16 on May 1. “We’ll need to bring our best yet, but collectively it was probably our best passing match of effort if we want to advance,” the year. It really allowed us to Cagnoli said. “I know we’re execute and run a smooth an underdog, but that doesn’t mean we're going to show up offense.” Jerome was 10-10 before playing timid or conservative. playing Hilliard Davidson in a We need to maintain our
Seeded 25th, Jerome was 13-9 overall before playing 18th-seeded Westerville South in the first round of the Division district tournament May 13. The winner played at 14th-seeded Pickerington North in the second round May 14, with the second-round winner facing sixth-seeded Marysville or 33rd-seeded Westerville North in a district semifinal Monday, May 19, at Grove City. The semifinal winner likely will play top-seeded Thomas Worthington or 12th-seeded Hilliard Davidson in a district final Wednesday, May 21, at Otterbein. The district champion
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Scioto’s Paul Lombardo tries to spike the ball against Coffman’s Matt Fries (left) and Mike Kim on May 2. The Irish lost to Gahanna in the tournament May 9. PAUL VERNON/THISWEEKSPORTS
aggressiveness and show that 15, 25-12, 25-19 in the first round of the Division I East we belong here.” Region tournament May 9 at Irish’s season ends Buckeye Valley. The Irish, who ended their
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Scioto lost to Gahanna 25-
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The OCC-Central Division meet will serve as a postseason primer for the Dublin Coffman High School track and field teams. The league meet is being held Thursday, May 15, and Saturday, May 17, at Thomas Worthington. Last season, the girls team scored 140 points in the OCCCentral meet to finish second behind Hilliard Davidson (131.5) and ahead of thirdplace Olentangy Liberty (110). The boys team finished fourth (72.5) behind champion Davidson (204.5). After competing in the league meet, the Shamrocks will prepare for the Division
I district meet next week at Hilliard Darby. The girls team will compete in the 18-team district 2 meet. The field events will be held Tuesday, May 20, followed by the preliminaries in the running events Wednesday, May 21, and the running finals May 24. Last season, Coffman won the 16-team Division I, district 3 meet with 141 points, finishing well ahead of runner-up New Albany (86). The boys team will be one of 17 teams competing in the district 1 meet. The running preliminaries will be held Tuesday, May 20, followed by the field events May 22 and the running finals May 24.
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The Dublin Scioto High School baseball team rallied in its final atbat to post its first postseason win in three years, beating 37th-seeded Groveport 6-5 in the first round of the Division I district tournament May 12. Seeded 32nd, the Irish improved to 11-14 overall and advanced to play at fourth-seeded Olentangy Orange in the second round May 14. The second-round winner faces 11th-seeded Gahanna or 30th-seeded Central Crossing in a district semifinal Tuesday, May 20, at Coffman. The district final will be played May 22 at Otterbein University. Scioto led visiting Groveport 3-2 through four innings, only to see the Cruisers score one run in the fifth and two in the top of the seventh to take a 5-3 lead. The Irish, however, answered with three runs in the bottom of the seventh to post their first postseason win since 2011 in dramatic fashion. Scioto won its district opener despite having lost three of its last four regular-season games and four of its last six. Prior to that, the Irish had a stretch in which they won four of five games.
(in five innings to Darby on May 1).” Scioto finished 4-10 in the OCCCardinal as Westerville Central (131) won the title. Through 24 games, Andrew McKinley had a team-high .422 batting average, followed by Bradley Dinan (.333) and Spencer Talentino (.311). Talentino had a team-high 14 RBI, and Dinan, McKinley and Jack Suich each had 10. On the mound, Callender was 3-0 with a 2.02 ERA in 24 2/3 innings.
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Coffman girls finish second in OCC-Central By JARROD ULREY THISWEEKSPORTS.COM A year ago, the Dublin Coffman High School girls lacrosse team fell one win shy of equaling what is believed to be the program record for victories in a season when it went 11-8. The Shamrocks defeated Olentangy Orange 12-11 in their regular-season finale May 10 to improve to 12-3 overall, tying the program mark for wins set in 2003. Coffman also earned a runner-up finish in the OCC-Central Division, going 3-1 to finish behind Upper Arlington (40), marking their highest finish in league play. The Shamrocks are seeded fourth in the Division I North/Central Region tournament, according to coach Michael Murphy, and faced Perrysburg in the second round May 14. The second-round winner plays Jerome or Olentangy Liberty in a regional semifinal Monday, May 19, with the winner of that contest advancing to a regional final May 22. Among Coffman's offensive leaders through 13 games were Kylie Kayser (43 goals), Riley Steiner (33 goals, 46 draw controls) and Kelly Murphy (21 goals, 15 assists). Jerome opened the North/Central Region tourna-
Scioto’s Monique Lafond scoops up the ball in front of Marysville’s Kourtney Minon earlier this season. The Irish play Cincinnati Mariemont on Thursday, May 15. PAUL VERNON/THISWEEKSPORTS
Colffman’s Sophie Vander Stoep (right) works against Jerome’s Morgan Monaghan on April 29. The Shamrocks played Perrysburg on May 14 in the regional tournament. PAUL VERNON/THISWEEKSPORTS
ment by beating Orange 13-12 on May 12 to improve to 9-8. The Celtics, who lost to Columbus Academy 15-7 on May 8, played Liberty in the second round May 14. In an 11-10 win over Hilliard Davidson on May 6, Cameron Finnegan had four goals to lead Jerome. Kailee King added three goals and goalkeeper McKenna Russell had 10 saves.
Scioto opened the Division II South/Central Region tournament with a forfeit win over Morrow Little Miami in the first round May 12. The Irish, who improved to 9-7, play at Cincinnati Mariemont in the second round Thursday, May 15. The second-round winner advances to a regional semifinal Tuesday, May 20, at Cincinnati Summit
Country Day, Dayton Miami Valley or Dayton Chaminade Julienne. The regional final is May 22. The Irish beat Davidson 1710 on May 9.
Local boys teams prepping for tourney
At a glance Below are the coming schedules for the Coffman and Jerome boys lacrosse teams: COFFMAN BOYS May 16 – At Westerville Central JEROME BOYS May 17-18 – North American Lacrosse Invitational at Bloomfield Hills (Mich.) Brother Rice Note: Results can be found at ThisWeekSPORTS.com.
The Coffman, Jerome and set to start play in the Division Scioto boys teams are getting I Central Region tournament.
The tournament draw is Sunday, May 18. The Shamrocks beat Scioto 17-8 on May 10 and played Jerome on May 14 in the finale of the Emerald Cup series between the three programs. The Celtics defeated the Irish 23-2 on April 21. Jerome beat Cincinnati Moeller 8-5 on May 9 and was 11-3 overall and 4-2 in the OCC-Buckeye before playing Coffman. The Celtics lost to Liberty 4-3 on May 7 to fall
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The top four finishers in each district event advance to regional May 28 and 30 at Pickerington North. On May 9, the girls team placed second (112.5) in the eight-team Larkin/Crosten Invitational behind host Upper Arlington (126). Sade Olatoye won both the shot put (40 feet, 3 1/4 inches) and discus (133-7). Sana Qamar was second in the 3,200 meters (12 minutes, 10.22 seconds) and Megan Hoadley placed second in the 300 hurdles (49.67). The boys team finished fourth (94) in the Larkin/Crosten Invitational behind champion Lancaster (155). Scott Cameron won the pole vault (14-0) and Zach Bons won the 3,200 (9:44.59). Placing second were Steve Riley-Popovich in the 3,200 (9:56.16), David Gbenro in the high jump (62) and the 1,600 relay of Justin Boamah, Thomas Solomon, Matt Kiley and Simon Alford (3:30.99).
Irish set to compete in OCC, district meets
Scioto will compete in the OCC-Cardinal meet Thursday, May 15, and Saturday, May 17, at Hilliard Bradley. Last season, the girls team finished third (88.5) in the league meet, behind Westerville South (123) and Westerville North (121), and the boys team was seventh (85) behind champion Westerville Central (87). Both the boys and girls teams will compete in the Division I, district 1 meet next week. Scioto competed in the Larkin/Crosten Invitational, with the girls team placing third (111) and the boys team finishing sixth (54). Winning for the girls team were Carolyn Hayes in the high jump (5-2), Mya Hodge in the 100 hurdles (15.25), Vanessa Robinson in the 800 (2:22.47) and the 400 relay of Nykee
Kayla Robinson and the Coffman track teams will open the postseason with the OCC-Central meet Thursday, May 15, and Saturday, May 17, at Thomas Worthington. PAUL VERNON/THISWEEKSPORTS
(12.59, the 800 relay of Scurlock, Scruggs, Tatayana Johnson and Ashlynn Leon (1:50.66), the 1,600 relay of Robinson, Shayla Wigand, Johnson and Jamie Ely (4:08.96) and the 3,200 relay of Robinson, Brittany Hinkle, Wigand and Ely (9:56.78).
in the Division I, district 1 meet next week. The Celtics competed in a tri-meet May 6. The boys team finished second (57) behind Coffman (89) and ahead of UA (30) and the girls team finished third (38) behind the Shamrocks (83) and Golden Bears (45). Individual winners for the boys team were Celtics prepped for Alex Jacobs in the 300 hurdles (42.83), Chris Jerome’s Maggie Arnold runs her leg of the 3,200 OCC, district meets Marek in the 800 (2:11) and Aaron Muresan relay May 3 in the Gary Smith Invitational. The Jerome is looking to finish higher in the in the 110 hurdles (14.72). Winning individual Celtics will compete in the OCC-Cardinal meet at events for the girls team were Courtney Go in OCC-Cardinal meet than it did a year ago. Hilliard Bradley. ERIC GEORGE/THISWEEKSPORTS Last season, the boys team finished fifth (75) the 800 (2:34) and Keemia Rashidi in the 300 Scruggs, Madison Scurlock, Hodge and Elio in the league and the girls team tied Worthing- hurdles (50.17). ton Kilbourne for seventh (53). Agbaike (49.85). Both the boys and girls teams will compete shennen@thisweeknews.com Placing second were Scurlock in the 100
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“We hope to get both doubles teams to district,� Stephen said. “Our No. 1 and 2 (singles players), Ryan and Asish, are playing doubles together and were able to get the No. 1 seed, so I think they have a good shot. The other (doubles) team of Jason and Michael are in the fourth-seed section, so although they're unseeded, they will have a good opportunity.� The Celtics went 4-2 in the OCC-Cardinal Division to place third, behind Westerville South (6-0) and Scioto (5-1). They were scheduled to compete May 10 in the third-place OCC tournament, but the event was canceled because of bad weather.
Shamrocks ready for UA sectional
Bryan Yoshino is seeded fourth in singles for Coffman in the Division I sectional Thursday, May 15, and Saturday, May 17, at Upper Arlington. Robbie Markus and Matt Urwin also will play singles at sectional. Brian Do and Rohit Joshi will comprise one doubles team and Vishesh Javangula and Ken Yoshino will comprise the other. “I’m proud of how Bryan is playing against the top-level guys he has faced,� coach Brett
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Hundertpfund said. “He has to go against every team’s best player, and recently he's been playing the best of the best. As a freshman, that can be intimidating, but Bryan has managed to really hang with these guys and I couldn’t be more pleased with how he’s playing in these bigger matches. “On the doubles side of things, both of my teams have been putting together some great wins.â€? Coffman was 14-3 overall before playing New Albany on May 13. The Shamrocks defeated Bexley 4-1 on May 9, getting wins from Do (first singles), Markus (second singles), Ishan Sethi (third singles) and Joshi and Bryan Yoshino (first doubles). Coffman finished second (61) in the OCC-Central behind Upper Arlington (7-0). It was scheduled to compete May 10 in the second-place OCC tournament, but the event was canceled because of bad weather. “We had a great match against Bexley,â€? Hundertpfund said. “We both ran our sectional lineup, which meant that we both had a very strong first doubles team. There were some great points, with lots of emotion and cheering from both sides‌ It was some of the best doubles I’ve seen both Rohit and Bryan play. “I think the match of the day has to go to my senior, Ishan
Sethi. Ishan normally doesn’t play singles for me, but ‌ Ishan was able to come up with some great points and put away shots at the net to win the third set 7-5.�
Irish set to compete in Davidson sectional
Dublin’s St. John will compete in world juniors
Noelle St. John, 18, of Dublin, was named to the U.S. junior national synchronized swimming team following the final stage of trials May 4. She will compete at the FINA World Junior Championships from July 30-Aug. 4 in Helsinki, Finland. St. John has been training in California with the national team since Jan. 2. She will begin competing in the fall on the Ohio State synchronized swimming team.
Scioto's Sean Ferguson and Rohith Koneru are seeded first in doubles in the Division I sectional Thursday, May 15, and Saturday, May 17, at Davidson. Vijay Singaraju and Arjun Venkataraman also will play doubles at sectional, and Krish Nair, Ajaya Rai and Babur Umarov will play singles. “Sean and Rohith’s goal is to make the district tournament and play solid tennis,� coach Mike Wrigley said. “They haven’t played a great deal of doubles together before this sectional tournament. For the rest of the players, our goal is to play consistent tennis and see how far they can advance.� Scioto was 8-5 overall after beating Pickerington Central 5-0 on May 12 and before playing Lancaster on May 13. It will play Wednesday, May 21, at Pickerington North. The Irish were scheduled to compete May 10 in the secondplace OCC tournament, but the event was canceled because of bad weather.
one game behind league coleaders UA and Worthington Kilbourne. UA was 5-1 in the OCCBuckeye before playing Thomas Worthington on May 14 and Kilbourne was 5-1 in the league before facing Davidson on May 13. Coffman was 4-12 overall and 1-5 in the OCC-Buckeye before playing Jerome. Scioto lost to DeSales 12-2 on May 12 and was 6-11 overall and 1-4 in the OCC-Ohio before closing league play May 14 against Marysville.
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advances to a regional semifinal May 29 at Coffman. Through 21 games, Nick Thomas was batting .520, followed by Andrew Adolph (.488) and Jake King (.418). Clayton Colvin had a team-high 15 RBI and King and Adolph had 12 and 10, respectively. On the mound, Adolph was 4-1 with a 3.58 ERA in 29 1/3 innings. The Celtics finished 86 in the OCC-Cardinal.
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non in the second round May 14, with the second-round winner facing 15th-seeded Olentangy or 26th-seeded Hamilton Township in a district semifinal Monday, May 19, at Darby. The semifinal winner likely will play second-seeded Olentangy Liberty or 17th-seeded Delaware in a district final Wednesday, May 21, at Ohio Dominican. The district champion advances to a regional semifinal May 29 at Coffman. The Shamrocks finished 6-8 in the OCCCentral as Liberty (12-2) won the title. Through 24 games, Carter Leffler was hitting .377, followed by Aaron Pape (.357) and Alex Dennis (.338). Alex Berling had a teamhigh 19 RBI, followed by C.J. Saunders with 13 and Pape with 12. On the mound, Joey Murray was 3-1 with a 1.05 ERA and 32 strikeouts in 26 2/3 innings.
Football camp set for June 28
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season on a nine-match losing streak, finished 6-19. “Our senior middle blocker Kelton Topp had a real nice day with three solo blocks,” coach Wayne Tsai said. “It was his last high school (match), so it was good to see him playing well, closing blocks and getting kills on some nice runs. He did it all against a really good high school team.”
Coffman lost to Westerville North 29-27, 25-22, 25-16 in the first round of the Division I East Region tournament May 10 at Davidson. The Shamrocks, who entered the contest riding an eightmatch winning streak, finished 16-8.
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U8-U12, players should try out at the location where they want to train and play home games. U8/U9 U10 U11 U12
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