Trojans stretch win streak to eight

FINDLAY &emsp;&emsp;11 ELMWOOD &emsp;&emsp;1 BLOOMDALE – Findlay High freshman Landon Echelberry did a bit of everything on Wednesday in the Trojans' 11-1 baseball win over Elmwood. Echelberry earned the pitching win, allowing one run on two hits and striking out five in four innings on the mound. At the plate, Echelberry homered, doubled and drove in five runs as the Trojans improved to 15-6 with their eighth straight win. Sophomore second baseman Jacob Gebhardt had two singles and a double, knocked in one run and scored four times. Jack Rhoades and Reece Stillings added a single and a double each as the top five hitters in the Trojans lineup combined for 10 hits, nine RBI and nine runs scored. Colton Bradford had a double for Elmwood (14-7). Findlay &emsp;&emsp;301 &emsp;&emsp;410 &emsp;&emsp;2—11 11 &emsp;&emsp;1 Elmwood &emsp;&emsp;000 &emsp;&emsp;100 &emsp;&emsp;0—1 3 &emsp;&emsp;4 WP—Echelberry. LP—Gross. TOP HITTERS: (Fin) Gebhardt 2-1B, 2B, RBI; Echelberry 2B, HR, 5 RBI; Rhoades 1B, 2B, RBI; Stillings 1B, 2B, 2 RBI. (Elm) Bradford 2B. LEIPSIC &emsp;&emsp;4 KALIDA &emsp;&emsp;3 LEIPSIC – A bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the eighth inning gave Leipsic a 4-3 walk-off win – literally –in Wednesday's pivotal Putnam County League baseball battle with Kalida. The loss knocked No. 5-ranked Kalida (14-6, 4-2 PCL) out of a first-place tie in the league standings with Miller City (18-3, 4-1 PCL). The Wildcats have a May 20 PCL game at Pandora-Gilboa. Miller City has league games with Fort Jennings today and Ottoville on May 22. The win also put Leipsic (15-10, 5-2 PCL) in position to gain a possible piece of the PCL title as well. Tommy Offenbacher and Avery Paris delivered RBI singles fort Leipsic. John Dewar earned the pitching win with two hitless innings of relief. Griffin Klausing and Jacob Stechschulte had RBI singles for Kalida. Kalida 001 &emsp;&emsp;101 &emsp;&emsp;00—3 4 &emsp;&emsp;2 Leipsic 002 &emsp;&emsp;100 &emsp;&emsp;01—4 4 &emsp;&emsp;2 WP—Dewar. LP—Siebeneck. TOP HITTERS: (Kal) Smith 2B; Klausing 1B, RBI; Stechschulte 1B, RBI. (Leip) Niese 2B. MCCOMB &emsp;&emsp;4 N. BALTIMORE 1 MCCOMB – McComb pitchers Jace Wartgow and Braydon Shoop combined on a two-hitter with 11 total strikeouts in the Panthers' 4-1 win over North Baltimore. Shoop, Haiden Ebright, Grady Schroeder and Trace Bryan all had two hits for McComb (8-12-1). The Panthers outhit North Baltimore (9-8) 10-2 and went up 4-1 with two-run rallies in the second and fifth innings. N. Baltimore &emsp;&emsp;000 &emsp;&emsp;010 &emsp;&emsp;0—1 2 &emsp;&emsp;2 McComb &emsp;&emsp;020 &emsp;&emsp;020 &emsp;&emsp;x—4 10 &emsp;&emsp;1 WP—Wartgow. LP—Meggitt. TOP HITTERS: (McC) Shoop 2-1B, RBI; Ebright 1B, 2B; Schroeder 2-1B, RBI; Bryan 1B, 2B. L-BENTON &emsp;&emsp;5 T. COLUMBIAN 1 TIFFIN – Liberty-Benton broke a close game open with three runs in the top of the fourth inning and went to beat Tiffin Columbian 5-1 on Wednesday. Conner Hiss allowed one run on five hits and delivered an RBI single for L-B (17-3). Reid Irwin, Landon Stansbery and Kooper Leatherman also had RBI singles. Jamison Woessner had a pair of base hits for Columbian (6-12). L-Benton &emsp;&emsp;101 &emsp;&emsp;300 &emsp;&emsp;0—5 7 &emsp;&emsp;0 T. Columbian 000 &emsp;&emsp;100 &emsp;&emsp;0—1 7 &emsp;&emsp;5 WP—Hiss. LP—Little. TOP HITTERS: (L-B) Stansbery 1B, RBI; Hiss 1B, RBI; Irwin 1B, RBI; Leatherman 1B, RBI. (TC) Woessner 2-1B. TRACK & FIELD NBC MEET PEMBERVILLE – Fostoria's Adori Bishop placed second in the girls discus with a throw of 115 feet, 5 inches on the first day of the Northern Buckeye Conference track meet being held at Eastwood High School. Ezekiel Sensabaugh was fourth in the boys pole vault (11-6). SCHEDULE Thursday's Events BOYS TENNIS OHSAA Sectional Tournament PREP BASEBALL Columbus Grove at Ada Vanlue at Cory-Rawson Hopewell-Loudon at Liberty-Benton Van Buren at Lake Northwood at North Baltimore Fairview at Ottawa-Glandorf Arlington at Kenton Bluffton at Hardin Northern PREP SOFTBALL OHSAA TOURNAMENT DIVISION VII Vanlue at Mohawk Arcadia at North Baltimore Arlington at New Riegel Ridgemont at Hardin Northern Winners advance to district at Kenton, May 20-21 Sandusky St. Marys at Hopewell-Loudon REGULAR SEASON Columbus Grove at Pandora-Gilboa