Kanney's RBI single sends Trojans past Little Giants

BASEBALLFINDLAY 3FREMONT 2FINDLAY – Caleb Kanney delivered the game-winning single that drove in the decisive run on Friday when Findlay High's baseball team nipped Fremont Ross 3-2 on a wet and windy day at Woody Curlis Field.Luke Crates and Hunter Sertell also had RBI singles for the Trojans, who evened their record at 4-4. Fremont Ross fell to 2-4. MCCOMB 10VAN BUREN 8MCCOMB – McComb built a big lead and needed every bit of it to survive a late Van Buren rally and hold off the Black Knights 10-8 in a Blanchard Valley Conference game on Friday.McComb surged into the lead with five runs in the bottom of the second inning. The Panthers (2-1, 2-0 BVC) led 7-3 after three and tacked on three more runs in the fourth. That turned out to be the difference when Van Buren (4-4, 1-1 BVC) erupted for five runs in the top of the seventh. Cameron Smith hit a solo homer for the Panthers. Finn Martin doubled, singled and drove in two for the Black Knights. Van Buren 102 000 5 –8 5 4 McComb 052 300 0 – 10 10 2 WP – Welty. LP – B. Mason. TOP HITTERS: (VB) F. Martin 2B, 1B, 2-RBI; Lance 1B, 2R, 2-RBI; Homan 1B, R, RBI. (McC) C. Smith HR, 1B, 2R, RBI; Drown 3B, R, 2-RBI; Schaublin 3B, R, RBI; Letso 3B, 1B, 3-RBI. UPPER 12BUCYRUS 2UPPER SANDUSKY – Caine Rupe and Roman Russell combined on a three hitter and Upper Sandusky used a strong start in rolling to a 12-2 Northern 10 Conference win over Bucyrus.Rupe, a 6-foot-2 sophomore right-hander, allowed both Bucyrus runs on three hits and struck out six in his four innings on the mound. Russell, a junior, struck out two of the four batters he faced in an inning of relief.Rupe also singled twice and drove in two runs. Josh Heilman had a pair of doubles for the Rams, who scored six runs in the bottom of the first inning, led 10-2 after three and, at 3-0 in the N10, remained tied with Seneca East (3-0 N10) and Carey (2-0 N10) atop the standings.Bucyrus 002 00—2 3 5Upper 622 02—12 8 0WP—Rupe. LP—Ross. TOP HITTERS: (Buc) W. Makeever 2B; I. Makeever 2B, 2 RBI. (US) Gottfried 2B; Craig 1B, RBI; Heilman 2-2, RBI; Rupe 2-B, 2 RBI; Plymale 1B, RBI.RECORDS: Bucyrus 0-6, 0-3 N10; Upper Sandusky 3-2, 3-0 N10. CAREY 12BLUFFTON 0CAREY – Carey upped its near-perfect record to 6-1 by blanking Bluffton 12-0 on Friday. O-GLANDORF 7SHAWNEE 2OTTAWA – Ottawa-Glandorf evened its overall record at 3-3, its Western Buckeye League record at 1-1 and handed Lima Shawnee to its sixth straight loss when the Titans beat the Indians 7-2 on Friday.Grant Leopold (1B, 2B), Hayden Aldrich (2-1) and Jordan Schumaker (2-1B) all had two hits for O-G. Carsen Yaeger added an RBI triple in support of winning pitcher Will Siefker, who gave up just two hits and two runs over 5-1/3 innings. FOSTORIA 12LIMAA SR. 2FOSTORIA – Fostoria picked up its first win of the season on Friday when the Redmen routed Lima Senior 12-2.Fostoria (1-2) trailed 6-3after four innings, but scored five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and added four run in the sixth. H-LOUDON 16GIBSONBURG 0BASCOM – Hopewell-Loudon's Kellen Frankart drove in three runs with pair of doubles – all in the same inning – in the Chieftains' 16-0 romp over Gibsonburg.Hopewell-Loudon led 8-0 and run-ruled Gibsonburg with another eight runs in the sixth inning. Frankart had an RBI double and a two-run double during the sixth-inning barrage. J. CENTER 6H. NORTHRN 2DOLA – Jackson Center chalked up its second win of the season on Friday when the Tigers topped Hardin Northern 6-2.Xaviour Emerine had two singles and a double for Hardin Northern (0-5).