Leipsic edges Columbus Grove in five games

LEIPSIC 3 COLUMBUS GROVE &emsp;&emsp;2 LEIPSIC – One night after a tough five-set loss to Liberty-Benton, Leipsic's volleyball team was pushed to the limit once again. This time the Vikings came out on top, outlasting Columbus Grove 25-19, 25-14, 21-25, 18-25, 15-13 on Tuesday in a Putnam County League battle. Liz Sheckelhoff and Peyton Heitmeyer hammered 15 kills each. Kasey Brough had 10 and Ava Henry eight. Scheckelhoff (14-17 serving, 2 aces) was 36 of 41 spiking with four blocks. Heitmeyer (19-20 serving) was 32 of 39 spiking and had 26 digs and Brough (18-18 serving, 2 aces) was 23 of 30 spiking. Jocie Hermiller had 26 digs and Henry (21-27 spiking) had 23. Serenity Siefer (13-14 serving) was 137 of 141 setting with 46 assists and 16 digs. LEIPSIC (2-2, 1-0 PCL) ACES: Liz Scheckelhoff 2, Kasey Brough 2. SERVING: Scheckelhoff 14-17, Peyton Heitmeyer 19-20, Brough 18-18. KILLS: Scheckelhoff 15, Heitmeyer 15, Brough 10, Ava Henry 8. SPIKING: Scheckelhoff 36-41, Heitmeyer 32-39, Brough 23-30, Ava Henry 21-27. ASSISTS: Serenity Siefer 4. SETTING; Siefer 137-141. DIGS: Heitmeyer 26, Jocie Hermiller 26, Siefer 16, Henry 23. BLOCKS: Scheckelhoff 4. WOODMORE 3 ELMWOOD &emsp;&emsp;1 &emsp;&emsp; BLOOMDALE – Elmwood won the first set, but Woodmore took over from there in posting a 15-25, 25-21, 25-17, 27-25 Northern Buckeye Conference volleyball win. Brooklyn Thrash had 18 kills, 25 digs and eight total blocks for Elmwood (1-3, 0-1 NBC). Mackenzie Mareches also had a double-double for the Royals with 14 digs and 26 assists on 94 of 95 setting. ELMWOOD (1-3, 0-1 NBC) ACES: Sophie Piper 4, Maddie Daniels 3, Anna Meyer 3. KILLS: Brooklyn Thrash 18, Liliana Blachuta 6, Cara Frank 5. ASSISTS: Mackenzie Mareches 26. SETTING: Mareches 94-95. DIGS: Bre Gonyer 19, Anna Meyer 15, Marches 14, Maddie Daniels 13. BLOCKS: Thrash 8, Frank 2. JUNIOR VARSITY: Elmwood 25-23, 25-17. LIMA SHAWNEE &emsp;&emsp;3 BLUFFTON &emsp;&emsp;1 BLUFFTON – Lima Shawnee broke 1-1 tie with two close wins in getting by Bluffton 25-20, 19-25, 25-19, 27-25 in a nonleague volleyball match. Kylie Stackhouse and Taylor Schwab collected 16 kills each for Bluffton. Skyler Scoles led the Pirates (2-2) with 39 assists and added eight digs. Kylie Monday had 12 digs and Schwab eight. BLUFFTON (2-2) ACES: Taylor Schwab 2. KILLS Kylie Stackhouse 16, Schwab 16. ASSISTS: Skyler Scoles 39. DIGS: Kylie Monday 12, Schwab 8, Scoles 8. ADA 3 LIMA PERRY 0 ADA – Ada's volleyball team dominated start to finish in chalking up a 25-13, 25-13, 25-15 win over Lima Perry. Ada's Megan Light and Kylie Acheson both had seven kills and eight digs. Miranda Wills added six kills and Kirsten Poling had five kills and 16 assists. ADA ACES: Courtney Sumner 3, Kylie Acheson 2, Alexis White 2. KILLS: Megan Light 7, Acheson 7, Miranda Wills 6, Kirsten Poling 5, Sumner 3. ASSISTS: Poling 16. DIGS: Sumner 10, Light 8, Acheson 8, BLOCKS: Light 2. EASTWOOD 3 FOSTORIA 0 PEMBERVILLE -- Eastwood controlled its match with Fostoria, sweeping the Redmen 25-8, 25-12, 25-15. Fostoria was led by Kamari Fodfrey, who had 12 digs, and Mauryana Jones, who had five kills and two blocks. Madi Delarosa and Arielle Scott each had five digs for Fostoria, while Zoe Rice had all 11 of her team's assists. FOSTORIA KILLS: Mauryana Jones 5, Ali Sierra 3, Madi Delarosa 3. BLOCKS: Jones 2. DIGS: Kamari Godfrey 12, Zoe Rice 5, Delarosa 5, Arielle Scott 5, Sierra 4. Assists: Rice 11. VAN BUREN 3 CORY-RAWSON 0 VAN BUREN – Van Buren won one close game with Cory-Rawson and cruised in the other two Tuesday night, sweeping the Hornets 25-14, 25-23, 25-13. Black Knight Ava Cramer had a team-high 18 digs, while teammate Maddy Marks had 13. Sasha Busey added three blocks, while Sophia Reineke smashed nine kills and had six digs. Cory-Rawson fell to 2-2. The Hornets were led by Maddie Wellington, who had 13 assists and 10 digs, and by Alli Garmatter (12 digs) and Averie Elchert, who lined five kills each. Brooke Shepherd added 13d digs, Faith Bowersox had 10, and Karissa Welte added seven. VAN BUREN KILLS: Sophia Reineke 9, Sasha Busey 6. DIGS: Ava Cramer 18. Maddy Marks 16. ASSISTS: Clare Hoerig 20, Faith Smith 7. BLOCKS: Busey 3. CORY RAWSON KILLS: Ali Garmatter 5, Averie Elchert 5. DIGS: Brooke Shepherd 13, Garmatter 12, Faith Bowersox 10, Karissa Welte 7. ASSISTS: Maddy Wellington 13, BLOCKS: Welte 5. JUNIOR VARSITY: Van Buren, 25-11, 25-20. OTTAWA GLANDORF 3 LIMA CENTRAL CATHOLIC 0 LIMA – Maddie White was dominant in Ottawa-Glandorf's match at Lima Central Catholic Tuesday, and made some history along the way. White served a school record 12 aces, while also collecting seven digs and 12 digs in the Titans' 25-7, 25-8, 25-13 win over the Thunderbirds. Miya Ellerbrock had 12 kills for the Titans, with Erin Kaufman registering 10. Saleigha Ellerbrock had 32 assists, 10 digs, three kills and two blocks. Lexi Fortman added 15 digs for O-G, while Chloee Glenn had six digs, six kills and three blocks. OTTAWA GLANDORFF ACES: Maddie White 12, Mia Verhoff 2. KILLS: Miya Ellerbrock 12, White 7 Glenn 6, DIGS: Lexi Fortman 15, Maddie White 12, Saleigha Ellerbrock 10, Miya Ellerbrock 9. ASSISTS: S. Ellerbrock 32. JUNIOR VARSITY: Ottawa-Glandorf 25-6, 25-10. CAREY 3 COLONEL CRAWFORD 0 CAREY – Baiey Tanner had 13 kills and six digs, Ellison Roark had 24 digs, and Carey upended Northern 10 Athletic Conference rival Colonel Crawford Tuesday, 25-18, 25-23, 25-22. Sadie Arend had 19 assists for the Blue Devils, while Lexia Clinger had 12. Arend added nine kills for Carey, while Alaina Tiell had five solo blocks. CAREY ASSISTS: Sadie Arend 19, Lexia Clinger 12. ACES: Ellison Roark 2, Clinger 2, Addi Miller 2. SERVING: Clinger 10-11. KILLS: Bailey Tanner 13, Arend 9. BLOCKS: Alaina Tiell 5, Arend 2. DIGS: Roark 24, Carmen Conigy 6, Tanner 6, Clinger 6 Schwartz places 11th ATTICA -- North Baltimore's Caitlin Schwartz placed 11th with a time of 22:31.73 in the girls White Division race of the Seneca East Invitational. Schwartz's time and place were not included in Monday's write-up of the meet. Games to be broadcast Two football games involving area schools will be broadcast by WTLW/WOSN. Leipsic's game at Liberty-Benton will be aired at 11 p.m. Friday on WTLW. Arlington's game at Pandora-Gilboa will be shown at 8:15 p.m. on Saturday on WOSN. Correction Liberty-Benton's Noah Miles shot a 41 in a match Monday. Prep Boys Cross Country PATRICK HENRY 19, MCCOMB 53 NORTH BALTIMORE 68 TOP 10 RUNNERS: 1, Ivan Delgado (PH) 18:46. 2, Kevin Ramirez (NB) 19:56. 3, Reegan Arps (PH) 20:03. 4, Brennan Yates (PH) 20:43. 5, Josh Munding (PH) 21:05. 6, Ryan Kurtz (PH) 22:02. 7, Anden George (McC) 22:09. 8, Andrew Baden (PH) 22:13. 9, Isaiah Cortez (McC) 22:20. 10, Gavin Eagleson (PH) 23:10. Prep Girls Cross Country PATRICK HENRY, NORTH BALTIMORE, MCCOMB TOP 10 RUNNERS: 1, Emma Carpenter (PH) 20:50. 2, Emily Gillson (PH) 23:32. 3, Caitlin Schwartz (NB) 23:49. 4, Madison Prigge (PH) 23:54. Lexi Holloway (PH) 24:06. 6, Alivia Delaney (NB) 25:18. 7, Rhiannon Powell (NB) 30:40. 8, Brooklyn Turner (McC) 31:09. 9, Lucy Trout (NB) 33:03. Wednesday's Schedule Prep Boys Golf Seneca East at Arcadia, Lakeland Golf Course, 4:30 Leipsic at Fort Jennings, Delphos Country Club, 4:30 Carey and Otsego at North Baltimore, Birch Run Golf Club, 4:30 Elmwood at Northern Buckeye Conference Shootout, Cross Winds Golf Course, 4 Bucyrus at Upper Sandusky (N10), Lincoln Hills Golf Club, 4 Danbury and Fremont St. Joseph at Lakota (SBC), Sycamore Hills Golf Course, 5 Prep Girls Golf Elmwood at Northern Buckeye Conference Shootout, Stone Ridge Golf Club, 4 Margaretta at Hopewell-Loudon, Loudon Meadows Golf Club, 4:30 Prep Girls Tennis Findlay at Elida, 4:30 Galion at Upper Sandusky, 4:15 Prep Volleyball McComb at Allen East, 7 Hardin Northern at North Baltimore, 5:30 Prep Boys Soccer Miller City at Ada, 5 Prep Girls Soccer Toledo Whitmer at Findlay (TRAC), 7 Columbus Grove at Riverdale, 7