Black Knights claim Mid-Season BVC Tourney

BOYS GOLF LIMA – Four Van Buren golfers broke 80 and the Black Knights posted a 300 team total on Monday in winning the Mid-Season Blanchard Valley Conference Tournament held at Hidden Creek Golf Club.Jake Schroeder fired an even-par 72 and Cole Bishop had a 74. Ben Heitkamp and Andrew Hibbard both posted rounds of 77 as Van Buren, Ohio's Division III state runner-up last fall, beat out Leipsic (313) and Liberty-Benton (316) in the second of three tournaments that will determine the 2025 league champion.Leipsic's Reagan Wenzinger was meet medalist with a 70. Brevin Brandt added a 72 for the Vikings, Zac Lammers had an 83 and Andrew Hittle an 88.Jackson Knepper's 76 and Asher Norman's 77 led Liberty-Benton. Andrew Tomlinson's 80 and Luke Gerken's 83 completed the Eagles team total.Elmwood (347) finished fourth in Monday's event, followed by Riverdale (359), McComb (376), Arcadia (380), Arlington (381), Ada (396) and Pandora-Gilboa (434). Elmwood's Zachariah Patterson carded a 77 and Riverdale's Nathan Alge had a 78.Van Buren will look to lock up the 2025 BVC title on Sept. 19 in the final BVC tournament at Kalida's Moose Landing Golf Club.BVC TOURNAMENTOTHER RESULTS347 – ELMWOOD (Patterson 77, Mason Weiner 89, Ethan Johnson 89, Marshall Taft 92). 359 – RIVERDALE (N. Alge 78, Andrew Alge 89, Colin Vent 96, Owen Karcher 96). 376 – MCCOMB (Grant Schaublin 86, Casen Stateler 91, Braylen Welty 98, Ethan Rider 101). 380 – ARCADIA (Aiden Cline 83, Owen Green 87, Ruari McCarty 103, Caden Reinhart 107). 381— ARLINGTON (Deuce Davis 89, Cooper Hawkins 92, Dane South 95, Braylon Gast 105). 396 – ADA (Brody Rister 89, Lawson Klingler 93, Sam Crawford 106, Arden Shook 108.) 434 – PANDORA-GILBOA (Camden Verhoff 101, Aiden Dailey 108, Kaden Mullins 109, Paxton Verhoff 115). N1O SHOOTOUTTIFFIN – Scores of 41 by Toby Holman and Seth Smith powered Upper Sandusky to a 169 score and first place in a Northern 10 Conference shootout at the Mohawk Country Club. Led by a 42 from Chase Mullholand, Carey (189) was fourth in the eight-team field.OTHER RESULTSUPPER SANDUSKY – Levi Swavel 43, Arden Stansbery 44. CAREY – Landon Roberts 47, Andrew Resendez 48, Parker McLaughlin 52. GIRLS GOLFSBC SHOOTOUTTIFFIN – Aubrey Cline carded a 44 and Megan Boes a 46 in leading Hopewell-Loudon to a 200 team total and first place in a Sandusky Bay Conference Shootout at the Mohawk Country Club. Brooke Clouse added a 54 and Malory Rowe a 56 as the Chieftains edged Old Fort (204) by four strokes. TENNIS NORWALK INVIT.NORWALK – Two Findlay High doubles teams placed third in their brackets on Saturday when the Trojans were fifth in the team standings of the Norwalk Doubles Invitational.Both doubles teams went 2-1 in earning their third-place finishes.At No. 3 doubles, Reese Hagedorn and Maggie Bramel opened with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Shelby. They fell 6-3, 6-1 to Ashland in the semifinals, but rebounded to beat Amherst 8-3 in the consolation final.Findlay's No. 4 doubles team of Rosalynn Mayle and Lauren Taber staged two marathon matches, outlasting Norwalk's team 2-6, 6-3, 10-8 in its opener before dropping a 4-6, 6-4, 11-9 match to Northview. Mayle and Taber then defeated Edison's team 8-5 in the match for third place.Findlay's No. 1 doubles team of Abigail Russell and Kendall Beall went 0-2 in the tournament, while the Trojans No. 2 tandem of Audrey Stechschulte and Willow Wetzel went 1-2.Sylvania Northview won the event with 90 total points. Ashland (75) was second and Amherst (55) third, followed by Norwalk (40), Findlay (35), Shelby and Sandusky St. Mary's (25) and Edison (20). Local sports Monday's Results PREP TENNISU. SANDUSKY 3PLEASANT 2SINGLESNo. 1 – Madelyn Collins (US) def. Bailey Leslie 6-2, 6-3.No. 2 – Aeris Caudill (US) def. Carly Peyton 6-3, 7-5.No. 3 – Lily Wright (P) def. Adalee Wagner 6-3, 1-6, 6-2.DOUBLENo. 1 – Ardyn North/Abigail Gottfried (US) def. Mary Aurigemma/Kenzie Patterson 6-0, 3-6, 6-3.No. 2 – Keya Patel/Faith Perez (P) def. Erin Richey/Greer Krause 6-1, 7-6(7-5). GIRLS GOLFVAN BUREN 187FTRMONT 208MEDALIST: Addyson Adams, Van Buren, 39. OTHER SCORES: (VB) Lauren Hibbard 47, Peyton Griffin 53, Andrea Groman 48. BOYS GOLFBLUFFTON 170, LCC 197DEL. JEFFERSON 204MEDALIST: NickLovett, Bluffton, 39. OTHER SCORES: (Blu) Grady Coonfare 41, Gibson Meyer 44, Owen Brauen 46. O-GLANDORF 153Defiance 179MEDALIST: Grant Leopold, Ottawa-Glandorf, 37. OTHER SCORES: (O-G) Tyler Heckman 38, Alex Bellman 38. SCHEDULE Tuesday's Events VOLLEYBALLFremont Ross at FindlayUpper Scioto Valley at ArlingtonCory-Rawson at RiverdaleOttawa-Glandorf at Defiance (WBL) BOYS GOLFArlington at McCombArcadia, Ridgemont at Fostoria Country ClubLiberty-Benton, Patrick Henry at Sycamore Springs GIRLS GOLFFindlay, Toledo Whitmer at Bedford HillslVan Buren at Lima Shawnee BOYS SOCCERToledo Whitmer at Findlay, 7 p.m.Wapakoneta at RiverdaleSt. Marys Memorial at Liberty-BentonBluffton at Botkins GIRLS SOCCERWapakoneta at BlufftonColumbus Grove at Miller CityLiberty-Benton at Lima Bath TENNISAnthony Wayne at FindlayLima Shawnee at BlufftonOttawa-Glandorf at Defiance CROSS COUNTRYUpper Sandusky Ice Breaker Meet