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• Boys Soccer Troy Christian 1, Miami Valley 0 TROY — Troy Christian scored its biggest victory in four years Monday night Chris Dickens took a feed from Greg Peterson and scored the game’s lone goal, giving Troy Christian a 1-0 victory over Miami Valley Monday to open Division III Sectional tournament play. “It was our first tournament win in four years. We’re pretty stoked,” Troy Christian coach Ryan Zeman said. “Logan George had a great game in goal, as well.” Fairborn 1, Piqua 0 PIQUA — The Fairborn Skyhawks put a premature end to Piqua’s season — but they needed two overtime periods to do it, picking up a 1-0 victory in the Division I Sectional tournament’s opening round. • Girls Soccer Miami East 1, Milton-Union 0 CASSTOWN — Miami East finished out their regular season not just with a 1-0 win over Milton-Union, but with its 15th win of the season. That mark breaks the school record for wins in a season — which the Vikings tied last season with their win in the district finals. While the Vikings controlled possession the first half, they only got two shots off on goal. At the other end, Maddie Linn had two saves in the first half for East. But with 18:50 left to play in the second half, Katrina Sutherly crossed one far post that Lindsey Roeth walked into the goal. Linn recorded her 12th shutout of the season. “Tonight was definitely a team effort,” Miami East coach Lil Carson said. “We kept possession well the whole game, just didn’t create many opportunities on frame. Defensively, we were solid. We kept our composure and we really limited their chances.” Miami East (15-1) hosts Triad in the first round of tournament play tonight. • Volleyball Butler 3, Piqua 1 TROY — Butler beat Piqua in the regular season. The Indians got revenge in the Greater Western Ohio Conference tournament. But the Aviators got the last laugh, knocking Piqua out of the Division I Sectional tournament with a 3-1 win Monday night, 2519, 22-25, 25-22, 25-19. Lehman 3, Ansonia 0 PIQUA — Lehman — the No. 4 team in the state in Division IV — had no trouble against Ansonia Monday night, winning 25-4, 25-3, 25-11 to reach the DIV Sectional championship game.
Pressure is on Nellessen seeking 1st win at state BY JOSH BROWN Sports Editor jbrown@tdnpublishing.com Even when she was a freshman, nerves weren’t a problem for Sierra Nellessen. At least not that she recalls. “I remember being up 3-0 in the first set,” Nellessen said of her 2009 trip, where she took on then-senior Alex Power from Olentangy Liberty. “I wasn’t nervous at all. She had everything to lose. It was her last chance there, while me, I was just a freshman. I was like, ‘Oh, wow, this is cool! I’m at state! What’s going on?’” Now Nellessen is on the other side of that equation. The Red Devil senior is making her first trip back to state since losing to the more experienced Power 6-3, 6-2 in the first round. She will be looking for her first victory at the state level Friday morning at Ohio State STAFF FILE PHOTO/ANTHONY WEBER against Oak Harbor senior Tippecanoe senior Sierra Nellessen will make her second career Ashley LaFountain. trip to the state tournament Friday. “Now the pressure’s on me,”
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Mike Holmgren won’t be finishing the job he went to do in Cleveland. New Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam III said Tuesday that Holmgren was out as team president, although the Super Bowl-winning coach will remain with the franchise to help in the transition. Haslam was introduced as the Browns’ new boss after the 32 NFL owners unanimously approved his $1 billion purchase of the team from Randy Lerner. See Page 16.
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Trojans take 2nd at Yellow Springs Staff Reports YELLOW SPRINGS — Troy was able to finish second at the Yellow Springs Invitational on Tuesday despite giving their top five runners the day off. “We didn’t run our top five, so second was a good finish for the team,” Troy coach Bob Campbell said. The Trojans had three runners finish in the top 10. Alex
YELLOW SPRINGS Meier finished fourth (18:21), Josh Spayde finished fifth (18:27) and Nathan Fleischer finished seventh (18:31). “Alex, Josh, and Nathan got out strong and stayed up fron the whole race,” Campbell said. Also for Troy, Bryce Meier finished 33rd (19:33), Patrick McGail was 48th (20:12), Alec Prus finished 49th (20:14) and Carsen Clouser placed 63rd (20:36). “The focus now,” Cambell said, “is a strong, smart race by the varisty seven at the district meet on Saturday morning.” The Trojans run in the Division I District Saturday at Miami Valley CTC.
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Tippecanoe’s Oscar Freyre controls the ball against Milton-Union’s Cody Beeler during a Division II Sectional matchup Tuesday at Tipp City Park.
Domino effect Tipp scores in bunches to top M-U, 9-1 BY COLIN FOSTER Associate Sports Editor cfoster@tdnpublishing.com Milton-Union goalie Brian Yost did everything he could against the barrage of shots he faced from Tippecanoe in the
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Nellessen said. “Now it’s my last chance.” No matter how Nellessen’s career ends this weekend, though, her accomplishments are many. Not only has she won two sectional championships in a row and earned two state trips, but she went her entire career in the Central Buckeye Conference without losing a single match. And with no CBC athletes but Nellessen left, no one can possibly break that streak. “I had 76 as of my junior year — not including pro-set matches — and I won 28 this year. So … 104-0,” Nellessen said. “I honestly hadn’t thought about that (no other CBC players being left). I’m excited. I worked really hard. I never wanted to lose a single match, especially in conference. I’m proud of it.” In fact, the loss in the Division II District tournament
■ Cross Country
SPORTS CALENDAR TODAY Girls Soccer Division II Sectional Eaton at Milton-Union (7 p.m.) Division III Sectional Newton at Franklin Monroe (7 p.m.) Triad at Miami East (7 p.m.) Volleyball Division I Sectional Miamisburg at Troy (6 p.m.) Division IV Sectional at Tippecanoe Troy Christian vs. Russia (6 p.m.) at Piqua Bradford vs. Jackson Center (7:30 p.m.)
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Buccs top Patriots Staff Reports Covington’s road to the Division IV Sectional championship game may have been a short one. But it was still pretty stressful. In the end, though, the No. 10 Buccaneers upset No. 6 TriVillage with a sweep Tuesday night at Piqua High School, earning a shot at No. 8 Southeastern in
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TIPP CITY first fifteen minutes of Tuesday’s game — even getting help from the post a couple times. But when Tippecanoe’s Glenn Asbury finally got one to go with 24:46 left in the first, the dominoes began to fall one
Milton-Union goalie Brian Yost dives to make a stop during a
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Saturday’s title game. The Buccs were clutch at the end of the first game and pulled out a 26-24 win, cruised through Game 2 25-12 and once again pulled out a narrow 27-25 victory to close the match out. Covington will face Southeastern at 6 p.m. Saturday at Piqua.
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