Carey edges LCC in tournament opener

Tournament Softball CAREY 9LIMA CC 8CAREY – Carey outhit Lima Central Catholic 19-7, but still needed to scratch out a lone run in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat the Thunderbirds 9-8 in a Division VI softball tournament game.Danika Hanna (2-1B, 2B, RBI) Tylinn Stoll (2-1B, HR, RBI), Ashley Hohman (3-1B, RBI) and Trinity Reinhart (3-1B, 2 RBI) all had three hits for Carey, which advances to face Ada Tuesday in a district semifinal at Lima Bath. Ada advanced with a 27-0 rout of Lima Perry.Lima CC 400 400 0—8 7 1Carey 500 102 1—9 19 4WP—Hanna. LP—Stevenson. TOP HITTERS: (LCC) Van Meter 2-1B, RBI; Kill 2-1B; Schneider 2B, 2 RBI. (Car) Harsanje 2-1B; Bouillon HR, 2 RBI; Hanna 2-1B, 2B, RBI; Stoll 2-1B, HR, RBI; Hohman 3-1B, RBI; Reinhart 3-1B, 2 RBI; Niederkohr 2-1B. L. CENTER 5VAN BUREN 2VAN BUREN – Liberty Center scored five runs in the second inning and that proved enough for the Tigers to get past Van Buren 5-2 in a Division VI tournament softball game.Addi Davis (2-1B, 2B, 2 RBI), Kylie Pinson (3-1B) and Abby McGreevey (3-1B) all had three hits for No. 7-seeded Liberty Center, which will face No. 8 seed Fairview Tuesday in the district semifinals at Archbold.Claire Miller and Ava DeCooman had RBI singles for Van Buren (9-13).L. Center 050 000 0—5 15 1Van Buren 000 000 0—0 4 1WP—Fuller. L_P—Beall. TOP HITTERS: (LC) Davis 2-1B, 2B, 2 RBI; Fuller 11B, 2B, RBI; Pinson 3-1B; McGreevey 3-1B; Culler 2-1B, RBI. (VB) Miller 1B, RBI; DeCooman 1B, RBI. VANLUE 6ARLINGTON 5ARLINGTON – Candace Saltzman singled, doubled and drove in three runs in leading Vanlue to a 6-5 BVC softball win over Arlington.Aubree Higgins also had a single and a double for Vanlue (6-12, 2-8 BVC), which scored the game-winning run in the top of the seventh inning.Mireya Velazquez doubled, tripled and drove in a run for Arlington.Vanlue 202 010 1—6 6 0Arlington 011 021 0—5 6 2WP—M. Brooks. LP—Velazquez. TOP HITTERS: (Van) Brooks 2B; Saltzman 1B, 2B, 3 RBI; Higgins 1B, 2B. (Arl) Glick 1B, RBI; Velazquez 2B, 3B, RBI. CONTINENTAL 5LEIPSIC 0LEIPSIC – Continental's Gracie Homier pitched a three-hit shutout in the Pirates 5-0 Putnam County League softball win over Leipsic.Homier struck out 14, did not walk a batter and was backed by errorless defense.Continental 300 200 0—5 6 3Leipsic 000 000 0—0 3 4WP—Homier. LP—Tussing. TOP HITTERS: (Con) Homier 1B, RBI; Barnhart 1B, RBI; K. Searfoss 1B, 2 RBI. ARCADIA 15FOSTORIA 1ARCADIA – Alanna Tucker and Ellie Sherman combined on a one-hitter in pitching Arcadia to a 15-1 softball win over Fostoria.Tucker also homered and drove in two runs. Phoebe Tesnow drove in four runs with three doubles, Addyson McCartney had three hits and Averie Smarr singled, doubled and had three RBI.Fostoria 000 10—1 1 3Arcadia 555 0x—15 17 1WP—Tucker. LP—Rood. TOP HITTERS: (Arc) Tesnow 3-2B, 4 RBI; Carter 2-1B; Smarr 1B, 2B, 3 RBI; Tucker 1b, HR, 2 RBI; Al. McCartney 2-1B; Ad. McCartney 3-1B, 2 RBI; Kennedy 1B, 2 RBI; Hatcher 1B, 2 RBI. N. BALTIMORE 3ELGIN 2NROTH BALTIMORE – Elgin tied the game in the top of the seventh, but North Baltimore pushed across the winning run in the bottom of the inning to beat the Comets 3-2 in a Northwest Central Conference softball game.Ava Delancy singled, tripled and scored two runs. Jayme Zeigler and Avery Benedict added RBI singles for the Tigers (13-7, 6-2 NWCC). Allena Lenard earned a complete game win, allowing two runs on six hits while striking out seven.Elgin 000 001 1—2 6 0N. Baltimore 101 000 1—3 6 1WP—Lennard. LP—Hill. TOP HITTERS: (Elg) Hill 2-1B, RBI; Edmonstone HR, RBI. (NB) Delancy 1B, 3B; Zeigler 1B, RBI; Benedict 1B, RBI. Tennis TOL. CC 3FINDLAY 2FINDLAY – Toledo Central Catholic swept the singles matches in straight sets in chalking up a 3-2 boys tennis win over Findlay on Tuesday.Sebastian McDonald defeated Owen Vick 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1 singles, Max Moody topped Tyler Asel 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2 and Ben Mackowiak, No. 3, posted a 6-1, 6-0 decision over Jake Best.In doubles matches, Findlay's Ashton Barger and Aidan Buddelmeyer (No. 1) doubled up Logan Smarkel and Logan Miller 6-2, 6-2, and Grant Basinger and Noah Klink outlasted Donovan Greene and Landon Greene 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.Findlay (6-10) returns to the courts on Thursday when Findlay will host the first round of the OHSAA tournament. Hole in oneFINDLAY – Allan Sharninghouse scored a hole-in-one at Findlay's Hillcrest Golf Club on Tuesday, acing the 129-yard 12th hole with a 6-iron. Witnessing the shot were Adam Altman and Dan Altman. Golf outing FINDLAY – The annual Hancock Sports Hall of Fame golf outing will be held Friday, June 26 at Findlay's Hillcrest Golf Club.Entry fee is $300 per four-man team and includes prizes and meal. Proceeds benefit the Hancock Sports Hall of Fame.Registration and payment can be submitted online at https://hancockhof.com/events.If questions, contact Mike Tabler at 419-306-1800. ScheduleWednesday's EventsBASEBALLTiffin Columbian at Upper SanduskyVan Buren at MohawkBucyrus at VanlueMcComb at Hardin NorthernPandora-Gilboa at Upper Scioto ValleyAllen East at Ottawa-Glandorf (WBL)Fostoria at Rossford (NBC)Tiffin Calvert at Arcadia SOFTBALLREGULAR SEASONElida at FindlayMcComb at Hardin NorthernNorth Baltimore at Allen East OHSAA TOURNAMENTDIVISION IVOttawa-Glandorf at Lima BathKenton at Liberty-BentonDIVISION VWillard at ElmwoodFostoria at EastwoodBluffton at Swanton PREP TRACKNLL Championships at Napoleon