ThePRESSSportsSports

March 21, 2016

Figuringout

college game

SeepageB-7

State qualifiers, but not county champs...See page B-4

All Press Boy’s Basketball TeamALAN MILLERJEWELERS

Proud to Support Area

High School Boy’s Basketball Teams

by co-sponsoring the

By J. Patrick EakenPress Sports Editorsports@presspublications.com

Only three of 10 local boys’ basketball teams fi nished with winning records this year, so voting was wide open for the Alan Miller Jewelers All-Press Team. Perhaps part of the reason teams were down this year is that last year, all 10 fi rst and second team All-Press choices were seniors. In turn, programs went into re-building mode and local underclassmen responded. This year, there are two freshmen on the All-Press fi rst team, Genoa 6-foot-2 wing Jacob Plantz and Cardinal Stritch 5-9 guard Jordan Burton. There is also a sopho-more, Eastwood 5-11 guard Cade Boos, and two seniors, 6-2 Waite guard Eric Neal and 5-10 Gibsonburg guard Mateo Flores. The more experienced Flores is the fa-vorite among the 10 local coaches and 10 media members to be All-Press Player of the Year. Flores averaged 19.5 points, 4.4 assists, 2.1 rebounds, and three steals per game while shooting at a 44 percent clip from the fi eld and 63 percent from the char-ity stripe. “Mateo is an extremely hard worker who put together a great senior season for us,” Gibsonburg veteran coach Brent Liskai said. “He took over much of the scoring burden for us this season and continued to improve his game in spite of the fact that he was often face-guarded. Mateo worked on his outside shot and continued to attack the basket with regularity. “He is a great fi nisher at the rim and improved his foul shooting this season. I am very proud of Mateo and the constant effort that he brought to our basketball team this season. He is a tough-minded athlete who loves to compete and his competitive-ness fueled our basketball team.” Neal, a three-year varsity starter who led Waite to a 10-12 record, averaged 13.7 points. 7.7 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 2.8 assists, and was selected fi rst team All-Toledo City League, second team All-District 7 and honorable mention Associated Press all-district. As for the underclassmen, Boos’ role at Eastwood was similar to Flores’ and Neal’s, and all three received POY votes, but Flores was the overwhelming choice. Boos’ 62 steals broke the Eastwood single sea-son scoring record of 53, and he averaged 11 points, three rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.8 steals. He was fi rst team All-Northern Buckeye Conference and honorable men-tion all-district. “Cade had an exceptional year for us,” Eastwood coach Matt Routson said. “He has taken on the role of being our leading scorer, while also being our best defensive player. He is given the task of guarding our

The future is now, as youth dominate All-Press team

Points

2015-16 Alan Miller Jewelers

All Press Boys Basketball TeamPlayer of the Year: Mateo Flores, Gibsonburg

oach of the Year: Matt Routson, EastwoodC

FIRST TEAM

SECOND TEAM

THIRD TEAM

HONORABLE MENTION

Jordan Burton Cardinal Stritch 5’9 Fr Guard 13.1 3.2 asst

Mateo Flores Gibsonburg 5’10 Sr Guard 19.5 4.4 asst

Cade Boos Eastwood 5’11 So Guard 11.0 3.5 asst

Eric Neal Waite 6’2 Sr Guard 13.7 7.7 reb

Jacob Plantz Genoa 6’2 Fr Wing 14.9 5.5 reb

Alec Heslet Waite 6’3 Sr Guard 14.4 6.0 reb

Mitchell Miller Woodmore 6’1 So Guard 11.2 4.4 reb

Matt Bradfield Genoa 6’1 Jr Wing 12.4 1.9 asst

Nick Stowers Lake 6’2 Sr Wing 12.0 5.3 reb

Mark Boone Waite 6’6 Jr Forward 6.8 13.1 reb

Drew Bench Genoa 6’5 Fr Post 9.9 6.1 reb

Josh Kiss Clay 6’0 Jr Guard 6.9 2.0 reb

Chris Walter Clay 6’2 Sr Guard 7.2

Sam Sutter Genoa 5’10 Jr Guard 10.4 1.4 asst

Collin DeWese Eastwood 6’1 Jr Guard 8.7 2.0 asst

Derek Wank Woodmore 6’2 Jr Guard 9.4 4.5 reb

Josh Ernsthausen Gibsonburg 6’2 So Post 8.3 6.1 reb

Adam Bruckner, Cardinal Stritch; Alex Gezo, Oak Harbor; Bryce Pratt, Cardinal Stritch

Dillan Cathers, Northwood; J.T. Atkin, Woodmore; Jay Leasure, Waite

Jeff Winterfield, Oak Harbor; Jimmy Urias, Lake; Joey Woody, Northwood

Matt Harris, Oak Harbor; Nate Bush, Clay; Nathan Permar, Lake; Nick Coffman, Eastwood

Nick Kille, Gibsonburg; Tate Smith, Oak Harbor; Trent Besgrove, Cardinal Stritch

Gibsonburg senior guard Mateo Flores. (Press fi le photo by Jeff Holcomb)

opponents’ best guard and also being pro-ductive on the offensive end of the fl oor. He is a very hard worker and been a consistent player for us all year.” The two fi rst team freshmen, Burton and Plantz, both led their respective teams in scoring. Plantz, although listed at 6-2, seems to have grown since the start of the season, and his team seemed to grow in their ability to play together as the season wore on. Meanwhile, Plantz has already demonstrated on the fl oor that he is willing to take on a leadership role. Genoa had 12 freshmen, seven sopho-mores, two juniors and no seniors in the program, and there are reports that trans-fers may be coming over next year. So, even though the Northwest District was well-represented at the state tourna-ment with two highly-ranked teams from Allen County and one from Van Wert County, if you’re tired of other parts of Northwest Ohio dominating at that level,

these Comets have the opportunity to make it happen if they stay with the course. As for Burton, he is the start of reset-ting a Stritch program that went to the Division IV regional tournament a year ago. “Jordan was asked to lead the way which is a lot to ask for a freshman,” Stritch coach Jamie Kachmarik said. Burton averaged 13.1 points, 3.3 re-bounds, 3.2 assists and 1.7 steals, led a young Stritch team to a 13-11 record and he was named second team All-Toledo Area Athletic Conference, District 7 HM and AP Northwest Ohio all-district HM.

Coach of Year Meanwhile Routson, whose Eastwood team had the best record (15-8) locally, won Coach of the Year honors, beating out Genoa’s Zach Ault, who was a close sec-ond in voting. Ault’s Comets reached the Division III district fi nals, losing 44-30 to eventual regional fi nalist Ottawa Hills.

Routson’s Eagles downed Ottawa Hills, 70-67, during the regular season, but blew their chance for a D-III district rematch with the Green Bears and repeat trip to the re-gional tournament when they lost to Otsego in the sectional tournament. However, Routson likes the way his team over-per-formed the last half of the season, blowing away any predetermined expectations. “We were very proud of the success we had this season. We had a fairly inex-perienced group playing varsity basketball and we were able to win some big games,” Routson said. “It was tough to know what to expect with this group because of our lack of ex-perience. At one point we were 7-7 and weren’t sure what direction we were head-ed but our players responded and we fi n-ished the regular season on an eight-game winning streak. We went 4-3 in the league the fi rst round and 6-1 the second round which showed our improvement through-out the season. “I very much enjoyed working with this group of players. They kept things loose and really meshed together which made our season very special.”

B-2 THE PRESS MARCH 21, 2016

24 Hour Service24 Hour Service

419-243-6115 3401 Woodville Rd., Northwood

www.bobshomeservicehvac.com

Bob’s Home Service Heating & CoolingLicense #19337

Like our facebook page for discounts!

Helping families in Northwest Ohio since 1975Helping families in Northwest Ohio since 1975

For Furnace check to be valid, furnace has to be in working order and parts

Are not included. Gas Furnace Installed, does not include chimney liner if needed,

does not include any work on ducts, and minimal sheet metal work.

Must be presented at time of service.

Not valid with any other offers Expires 3/31/16

$79.95

Bob’s Home Service Heating & Cooling

Furnace Check

Check: heat exchanger, burners, vent pipe and

draft, chimney, gas valve, blower assembly.

(It’s a 22 point inspection and we can provide the list)

Must be presented at time of service.

Not valid with any other offers Expires 3/31/16

$2200.00

Bob’s Home Service Heating & Cooling

Gas Furnace Installation

Reconnect into existing duct work, reconnect

into existing gas and electrical, flue venting

to existing chimney liner

(add'l for new chimney liner drop)

Keep Warm

this Winter!

By J. Patrick EakenPress Sports Editorsports@presspublications.com

At the nine-team Northwood Powerlifting Meet, the Northwood team took second, scoring 10,420 points to trail champion Edon (10,565) and move ahead of third place Waite (10,375).

Clay (5,570) was fourth, followed by Genoa (5,210), Lake (4,480), Gibsonburg (4,250), St. John’s (1,105) and Ottawa Hills (1,005).

In the 125 pound weight class, Genoa’s Eric Traver won the championship, lift-ing 315 pounds in the squat, 45 pounds in the bench press despite a shoulder in-jury and basically lifting with one arm, and 275 in the deadlift to total 635 pounds. It is Traver’s fourth championship at the Northwood meet. Lake senior football player Branden Short had the best total of the event, scor-ing 1,425 pounds, including a 505 pound squad, a 370 pound bench press and 550 pound deadlift to win the 225 pound class. Genoa and Northwood had three champions each. Genoa’s champions in-cluded Traver, Connor Chapinski (165) and Tony Perry (175). Northwood champions were Joey Heise (135), Lukas Cousino (250) and Brianna Carbe won the girls class.Waite’s two champions were Neko Brown (155) and senior football standout Anthony Ashford (195). The Northwood event is a regional qualifi er with the state meet held in Kenton, Ohio. At the 2015 state meet, Genoa’s Nathan Szymanski set a state record for the 165 weight class with a total lift of 1,385 pounds.

Jake Cramer sixth at NCAATiffi n University’s Jake Cramer (21-

9) (21-9), an Oak Harbor graduate, fi n-ished in sixth place at 197 pounds at the NCAA Division II National Wrestling Championships at Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Cramer started the day in the Final Four taking on Joe Gomez of Northern State, where he dropped a razor thin 5-3 decision in sudden death. Gomez entered the match with a 31-3 record.

Falling to the consolation rounds, he was then pinned by Ryan Beltz of Maryville in 1:06. He fell in the fi fth place match to Garrett Lineberger of Notre Dame by anoth-er close score of 6-2.

Cramer won his fi rst two bouts and advanced to the 197 pound semifi nals at the NCAA Division II National Wrestling Championships at Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

In the opening round, Cramer posted wins over Jacob Hart of Pitt-Johnstown 6-5 and Ryan Parmely of Upper Iowa 7-4.

Cramer was the lone Dragon to escape the opening day’s competition. Former Clay wrestler Garrett Gray (285) opened with a win by fall in 2:49 but then lost two close decisions 4-2 to a Minnesota St.-Mankato opponent and 4-1 to a Mercyhurst wrestler.

However, Gray has been named Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Wrestler of the Year. Gray, sporting a 36-2 regular season record, was the top wrestler at 285 pounds at the NCAA Division II lev-el entering the national tournament.

Garrett also received fi rst team All-GLIAC recognition for his performance this season. Jared Chambers (Oak Harbor)

Northwood second, Waite third at powerlifting meet

Tiffi n University wrestler Jake Cramer (Oak Harbor) fi nished sixth at the NCAA Divi-sion II national tournament. (Photo courtesy Shane O'Donnell/Tiffi n University SID)

NORTHWOOD POWER LIFTING MEET RESULTS

Edon 10,565 Northwood 10,420 Waite 10,375 Clay 5,570 Genoa 5,210 Lake 4,480 Gibsonburg 4,250 St. John’s 1,105 Ottawa Hills 1,005

125 POUNDS SQUAT-BENCH-DEADLIFT=TOTAL

1. Eric Traver, Gen 315 45 275 635 135 POUNDS

1. Joey Heise, North 230 145 285 660 3. Noah Pfaff, Waite 205 125 250 580

145 POUNDS 2. Tyler Baer, North 280 160 340 780

155 POUNDS 1. Neko Brown, Waite 315 210 365 890 3. Deshawn Harris, Waite 270 180 325 775

165 POUNDS 1. Connor Chapinski, Gen 400 225 380 1005 2. Grant Wend, Clay 325 255 385 965 3. Christian Vickers, North350 205 370 925

175 POUNDS 1. Tony Perry, Gen 460 255 450 1165 3. Aaron Conley, Gen 310 245 480 1035

185 POUNDS 2. Deyjaun Oliver, Waite 325 205 335 865 3. Andrew Claus, North 300 185 370 855

195 POUNDS 1. Anthony Ashford, Waite 405 245 475 1125 2. Solomon Mutchler, Gen 405 245 405 1055 3. Jason Lord, North 350 210 375 935

210 POUNDS 2. Ryan Clark, Gib 405 245 405 1055 3. Russell Vascik, Clay 400 250 365 1015

225 POUNDS 1. Branden Short, Lake 505 370 550 1425 2. Hugo Camarillo, Clay 420 275 370 1065 3. Trent Hovis, Gib 330 275 420 1025

250 POUNDS 1. Lukas Cousino, North 475 285 460 1220 2. Nick Steveson, Clay 455 260 405 1120 3. Michael Cluckey, Lake 355 295 350 1000

UNLIMITED 2. Ben Goins, North 435 285 360 1100 3. Anthony Arzuaga, North 415 205 415 1035

GIRLS 1. Brianna Carbe, North 240 85 260 585 2. Lynnsie Briones, Gen 95 65 125 285

The The PressPress

BoxBox

capped his conference season with a fi rst team All-GLIAC selection at 184 pounds, and Mike Screptock (Clay) also earned All-GLIAC honors, collecting a second team ci-tation in the 149 pound weight class.

At the NCAA tournament, Screptock (149) had two heartbreaking defeats, falling to Central Oklahoma 6-4 in sudden death, then fell to Upper Iowa 3-2.

Also wrestling for Tiffi n this year was Kyle Holliday (Waite),

Lashaway joins Cubberly Clay wrestling has benefi tted from one Eastwood graduate, Ralph Cubberly, who is the Clay wrestling coach. Now, another Eastwood champion joins Cubberly. Lashaway, an Ohio state champion and Mid-American Conference champion wres-tler, will become an assistant coach at Clay and has also been hired as both a teacher and coach in the Oregon City School sys-tem. At a board meeting Monday, Lashaway was approved as the STEM coordinator at Fassett Middle School. Before coming to Oregon City Schools, Lashaway spent two years as a volunteer wrestling coach at his collegiate alma ma-ter, Kent State University. He then obtained a teaching and coaching position at peren-nial state and national wrestling power-house Massillon Perry High School. While at Perry, Lashaway developed the Career Tech program at Edison Middle School. Lashaway also had a major impact on the Massillon Perry wrestling program. In 2014, the National Wrestling Coaches Association named Lashaway the National Assistant Coach of the Year for his work on the Perry staff. In a statement from Cubberly, it is said Lashaway’s “leadership, ability, dedication and knowledge aided the Perry wrestling team” in winning both a state dual meet team title and the state

individual team championship in 2014. Perry broke many school and state records while Lashaway was on the staff and the team was ranked as high as sixth nationally during his tenure. In 2015, Lashaway was offered and accepted a position as an assistant wres-tling coach at Kent State. Last weekend Lashaway was coaching the Kent State Golden Flashes at Madison Square Garden in New York City at the Division I NCAA Wrestling Championships. Lashaway graduated from Eastwood in 2004 where he was a three-time state qualifi er for the Eagles and won an indi-vidual state championship as a senior. Throughout high school, he posted a re-cord of 145-20. Lashaway accepted a schol-arship to Kent State University where he wrestled in the 141-pound weight class for the Golden Flashes. He ended his career at Kent State University with a 31-7 record and winning a Mid-American Conference Championship in 2009. Lashaway was also a two-time Division I NCAA qualifi er in the 2008 and 2009 sea-sons respectively. As a sophomore at KSU, he was named to the Academic All-Mid-American Conference team. During his ca-reer he was a two-year captain and posted 91 victories in four years as a starter for the Golden Flashes.

York, Scott playing baseball On the Lourdes University baseball team this spring are 5-7, 150 pound right-handed sophomore infi elder Matt York (Clay) and 5-9, 190 right-handed junior/senior infi elder Derek Scott (Cardinal Stritch).

The Gray Wolves have the luxury of having solid bats come off of the bench to serve either as the designated hitter or in a pinch-hitting role. Scott and Alex Samson

(Orrville/Owens Community College) will both be called upon to swing the stick this season. The depth and versatility, both at the plate and on defense gives Lourdes nu-merous lineup options this season.

The Gray Wolves are looking to qual-ify for the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference tournament for the fi rst time in program history. Interim head coach Jeremy Snow returns 19 players from last year’s squad, which went 14-36 overall and 8-25 in the WHAC. He has added 10 fresh-men and several transfers to the roster in hopes of fi nishing higher than ninth place in the league standings. Sports announcements Woodmore High School is looking to fi ll its varsity football coach vacancy. Any interested candidate should forward a let-ter of interest, resume, and references to Steve Barr, Athletic Director, Woodmore High School, 633 Fremont Street, Elmore, Ohio 43416 or via email at sbarr@wood-moreschools.com. Deadline is March 31.

THE PRESS MARCH 21, 2016 B-3

Available for • Weddings• Graduations • Office Parties

• Holiday Parties• Retirement Parties

VFW Post 9963Banquet Hall

(formerly Roll by the Rails)109 N. Main St., Walbridge

To Reserve:419-666-8987 or 419-666-5314

Friendly and professional staffserve the exquisite cuisine prepared by:

CountryCatering

Chef Butch Molnar

Contact Butch: 691-3056

Catering Specialties Include:

Weddings • Bridal/Baby Showers • Graduations

• Retirement Parties • Family Gatherings

• Employee Luncheons/Dinners

Friendly and professional staffserve the exquisite cuisine prepared by

The Perfect Pair foryour Dream Wedding...

Like us on acebook

1460 Woodville Rd, Millbury, OH419-836-8766 419-836-3606

sunrisecarolyns.com

When only the best is good enough.Convenient packages designed

for your perfect day.

The diamond that says

“I Love You” Forever

Ideal Cut Hearts & Arrows

Hearts & Arrows Ideal Cut Diamonds are created from the nest diamond roughs

available - cut to the strictest ideal proportions, and nished with perfect symmetry and polish.

3239 Navarre Ave. • 419.693.4311 M.T.W.F. 10 - 6 • Th. 10 - 8 • Sat. 10 - 53239 419 693 4311

The The WeddingWedding PlannerPlanner

• Wedding Cakes• Birthdays

Haas Bakery2306 Starr 419-698-2000

Cakes for all Occasions

Wedding

Photography

By John Pollock

419-509-5293

johnpollockphoto@gmail.com

Gents Alternative Wedding Bands4725 Woodville Rd. Northwood419-691-6352

in-store Bridal Event

April 16

By Yaneek SmithPress Contributing Writersports@presspublications.com

In Brent Liskai’s first year as head coach of the Gibsonburg Golden Bears, his new team lost its first 15 games and went 2-19. Today, he is the school’s all-time lead-er in wins with 175. The 1989 Gibsonburg graduate has built a consistent winner at his home-town school, one that competed in the old Suburban Lakes League and is currently holding its own in the Toledo Area Athletic Conference. As with any successful coach, there are the seasons that stand out, like the district title (2006), the two league cham-pionships (2006, 2015) and the three sec-tional titles (2006, 2011, 2015), but it’s the consistency of competitiveness and steady improvement that stands out. For instance, in two of the Bears’ recent rebuilding years, they’ve bounced back from early-season losses and started to shine late in the season. This year, Liskai’s club rebounded from an 0-4 start to win six consecutive games before losing 63-31 to Ottawa Hills, the league champion and a regional final-ist, only to rebound and defeat a strong Toledo Christian club, 40-38, in the very next game. Gibsonburg finished 14-9 and enacted revenge on a number of teams it had lost to early in the season like TC, Tiffin Calvert and Cardinal Stritch. The 60-57 victory over the Cardinals on January 26 gave Liskai his 169th win at his alma mater, breaking the record previously held by well-known coach Keith Diebler, who Liskai played for during his heyday. That victory and its meaning is a rep-resentation of all the players and assistants who have helped Liskai build the program. A number of assistants have been there along the way, men like John Ernsthausen, Mike Haar, Mark Sworden, Tom Hiser, Jeff Cantrell, Jay Morlock and Wade Weaver. In fact, the sons of several of these men have played for Liskai over the years. “First, it’s the players and the assistant coaches and I’d put the head coach behind those. I’ve had really good assistant coach-es,” said Liskai. “There are so many suc-cessful guys. I’ve had great people around me. When you get the guys on the same page, that’s when you get it going, and I think the past few years we’ve had it going pretty well. It’s not anything that one person does. I’m just proud that we put a

Now all-time leader, Liskai coaches for ‘human element’

Gibson-burg coach Brent Lis-kai. (Photo courtesy Innova-tions Portrait Studio/In-novations-VisualIm-pact.com)

product out there where we get after it and hopefully we play our best and we can play with the best teams.” During his tenure at Gibsonburg, five of Liskai’s player have earned All-Ohio honors — Jordan Kreglow, Tony Egbert, Matt Kreglow, Brent Ernsthausen, Gage Beaber — four were named player of the year in the conference — Ernsthausen, Beaber, Jordan Kreglow, Matt Kreglow — and at least two — Beaber, Jordan Kreglow — played or are playing collegiately. There were others who passed up the chance to continue their career at the next level.

Championships ‘overrated’ Those players have been on some of Gibsonburg’s best teams, but it isn’t just the winners that give Liskai fulfillment. “I think championships are oftentimes

overrated. I think the things you treasure most are when you take a team that should win in the single digits and then they get to 10 to 12 wins. I have some great kids that let you coach them and get after them and allow you to push them and be the best they can possibly be,” he said. “More than anything, I’m just proud of the fact that I’ve been able to stay at a place for 14 seasons. “It’s about watching the kids devel-op and seeing them come back during Christmas and push the players in practice. It’s cliché, but that’s like cutting down the net for me. I’m more proud of the type of kids we put out. We’ve had three teams be in the top-five academically in the state. Some kids are engineers and bosses at their jobs. I think we need to build leaders and we’ve done a decent job of that.” As with any coach, Liskai says there is

the human element, too. “I think any coach will tell you it’s about the relationships. Just to play a small part (in their lives) is awesome. They’re all successful because they have great drive, and it’s awesome when they come back. I love seeing them all. I don’t think I’m any more proud of a kid that’s first team versus a kid that busts his tail. When they put in the time, it’s all like a fraternity and it’s neat to see how they interact with one another.” But there are certain teams that do stand out. “Some people ask which players are better, and I guess the biggest thing is they’re all different. The first group is meaningful because of where we all came from (and) we started two freshmen,” said Liskai, who has gone 175-137 at Gibsonburg, including 82-33 since joining the TAAC. “In 2011, we were 4-7, got on a roll and went 12-11 and made it to the district final and beat Western Reserve, who had about 20 wins, by 20 points in the tournament. And I remember beating Liberty-Benton by three points in the district final in ‘06.” The 2006 team, which consisted of eight seniors and finished 19-5, shared the SLL title with Elmwood and had two close victories in the tournament, beating Seneca East, 59-56, in the sectional final and outlasting Liberty-Benton, 55-52, in the Division III district final before falling to Archbold, which advanced to state. The 2011 team struggled early in the season but hit its stride late and nearly won a district title, blowing a seven-point lead in the fourth quarter before falling to Ontario, 71-63, in overtime in the finals. Last year’s team might’ve been the best of them all, going 22-0 and winning anoth-er sectional title. That team, led by Jordan Kreglow and Bryce Ernsthausen, was prob-ably one of the best teams in Division IV but lost in the district semifinals to Stritch. Two other teams (2012, 2014) went a com-bined 34-11 and lost very close games in the sectional final both times. It’s never been easy for the Bears. For years, Gibsonburg competed with the best in the SLL despite being one of the smallest schools in the conference before moving to the TAAC in 2011, only to be greeted by the likes of Ottawa Hills, Toledo Christian and Stritch, always quality programs. When the Bears compete in D-III, they’re one of the smallest teams in the division, and when they’re a D-IV school, they compete in one of the toughest small school districts in the state.

B-4 THE PRESS MARCH 21, 2016

By J. Patrick EakenPress Sports Editorsports@presspublications.com

Among three county teams that reached the state tournament, none won a Wood County Tournament championship. In 1951, Grand Rapids became the fi rst Wood County school to win a state basket-ball title and to this day remains the only county school to win a state champion-ship. The Pirates, coached by Dale Reichenbach, defeated Lockland Wayne, 50-44, in a Class B state semifi nal and then clipped Waynesburg, 52-51, in the fi nal. Grand Rapids was led by all-county play-ers Joe Keifer and 6-foot-9 Don Trumbull. Keifer continued his basketball career at Toledo University. However, the Pirates failed to win the county tournament, losing to Olney, which was led by playmaker Bud Felhaber, 40-39, in the fi nal. In the district tournament, the Pirates defeated Lake, Gibsonburg, and Margaretta, and then avenged their loss to the Rangers with a 63-48 district fi nal vic-tory. After winning the state title, a three-mile long caravan of cars toured Wood County, starting at New Rochester, passing through Bowling Green, and ending up in Grand Rapids. Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune Sports Editor Ivan E. “Doc” Lake wrote about how they were escorted by emergency and police vehicles, sirens screaming and multi-colored lights glaring, and met by bands at various stages of the tour. Grand Rapids was not the only team to advance to state but not win the county tournament. In 1942, Webster fi nished 24-2 and reached the Class B state quarterfi nals. Yet, the Scots lost to Lake, 30-22, in the Wood County semifi nals. Harold Anderson, a former Waite and BGSU coach, was the manager of the Wood County Tournament and witnessed the Flyers’ county champi-onship victory. Webster, located in Scotch Ridge, had been Wood County’s undefeated Eastern League champions and won district and regional titles on a stage at Fremont Ross. Webster averaged 48.6 points and gave up 26 points per game. The Scots closed the regular season undefeated in 16 games, including a 34-29 victory over Lake in an Eastern League con-test. At the Fremont district and regional, Webster defeated Clyde, 50-21, Norwalk St. Paul, 44-26, Elmore, 43-34, and Troy-Luckey, 49-21, to advance. The state tournament was usually held at the Columbus Fairgrounds Coliseum, but Class B in 1942 was moved to Wittenberg University in Springfi eld. At the time, the state tournament included 16 teams,

Losing in county tourney didn’t stop Pirates, Scots

1942 state qualifying Webster Scots

and the Scots promptly defeated Fairport Harbor 40-31 in the opening round. Starting 5-foot-10 junior forward Merlin Brinker missed part of that game be-cause he was dealing with tonsillitis, but still led the Scots with 16 points. One of the offi cials for the tournament was Gus Skibbie of Bowling Green, and in-stead of riding with the team, because of his tonsillitis Brinker rode to Springfi eld in an automobile with Skibbie. Leonard “Gus” Wright, Webster’s 5-6 sophomore ju-nior varsity forward, fi lled in for Brinker while he rested on the bench. In the quar-terfi nal, eventual Class B state cham-pion Somerset of Perry County ended Webster’s record-setting season with a 37-24 victory. Webster scored fi rst, but Somerset ran off 10 straight points and held an 18-12 lead by halftime. Webster was coached by Myron “Brick” Long and other key players were 5-7 junior forward Donald Kuhlman, 5-9 senior guard Clark Duncan, 6-2 sophomore center Ralph “Charley” Christen, 5-11 se-nior guard Harold Seifert, 6-1 senior guard Clarence Meder, 5-10 junior guard Russell Gottschalk and 6-1 senior center Lawrence Lynch. The Sentinel-Tribune named Kuhlman

and Brinker to the All-County cage team. Meder was an honorable mention selec-tion. Christen and Seifert were selected to the Wood County all-tournament team. Webster had been the fi rst Wood County team since North Baltimore in 1936 to reach the state tournament. However, even that North Baltimore team did not win the county tournament. The fact that you didn’t have to win the county tournament to advance to the district often resulted in teams not giving

their best effort in the county fi nals, says Joe Helm, who played for Troy-Luckey in the late 1950s. “The strange thing about it, and I think it weighed against us going in to win the county championship, was that fi ve schools at that time went on to the district. Once you got past the quarterfi nals, you

knew you were home,” said Helm. “I personally think there was a little bit of a letdown. We won the district more than we won the county. It’s kind of, ‘Oh, we’re over that hurdle.’ There were many times we did play (the same teams) again (in districts). My senior year we beat North Baltimore in the county tournament and then we beat them again in the fi nals in Fremont. One thing that year is we knocked

off Castalia Margaretta — they had a heck of a ballclub, and we went onto the Sweet 16 in the regional.” County champs, but never reached state There was one school, Troy-Luckey, which did the opposite. The Trojans won three county championships, but never reached the state tournament, even though they were considered a state powerhouse. It started with the 1955-56 prep basket-ball season, which brought two fi rsts to Wood County. First, Troy-Luckey coach Doyce “Frenchy” Filiere was named the Associated Press Class B Coach of the Year. That same year, Olney’s Bob Kimball became Wood County’s fi rst player to earn fi rst team All-Ohio honors, averaging 34.4 points per game. Helm says the Rangers were a powerhouse at that time. In addi-tion, Troy-Luckey’s Curt Juergens was third team all-state and his teammate, Joe Sandwisch, was honorable mention. “Joe (Sandwisch) was like the best little player that I ever played with,” said Troy-Luckey guard Bob Filiere, the coach’s son. “Curt and Joe were the really good players. We were not as small my junior year because we had Curt. I would com-pare Curt Juergens to anyone. When we went through that tournament, he played against guys who were 6-6, and he would score 27 points and play defense and get our rebounds.” Still, everyone was counting on the Trojans having a lengthy tournament run. They did, but fell short of a trip to Columbus. In 1955-56, Troy-Luckey went 25-2 and reached the regional fi nals. In 1956-57, Troy-Luckey was 20-2. The No. 3 ranked 1956 Trojans, which came closest to reaching the state tourna-ment, were nicknamed “the Giant killers” after defeating a taller Sycamore team, 64-59, in a regional semifi nal. The 1956 team scored points, too, defeating Lake 72-58, Gibsonburg 96-61, Risingsun 84-46, Olney 84-69, Tontogony 94-52, Oak Harbor 82-52, and Rossford 87-77. Bob Filiere, now 76-years-old, says the 1957 team got its No. 1 state ranking in the AP poll because of the success of the 1956 team. In 1957, Bob Filiere became Wood County’s second player to earn fi rst team All-Ohio honors his senior year. Coach Filiere was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame in 1968 after his Troy-Luckey and Eastwood teams went 337-84 over 19 seasons. In 1959, the Ohio state legislature passed a resolution honor-ing him as one of Ohio’s outstanding men. Coach Filiere’s teams won eight district championships and 18 of 19 teams quali-fi ed for district tournament play.

“

“I personally think there was a little bit

of a letdown. We won the district more than we won the county.

Lee Williams’

• Ohio Directional Cards, Mastercard, Visa, Discover Accepted• We Guarantee Satisfaction Of Our Products

Prices are subject to change without notice - We reserve the right to limit quantities

Open 7 Days A WeekMon. - Fri. 9-6, Sat. 9-5:30, Sun. 10-5

419-698-27312521 Starr Ave. (Near Wheeling)

Mon.-Fri. 9-6:30, Sat. 9-5:30, Sun. 10-4ROSSFORD STORE

419-666-0091941 Dixie Hwy Rt. #65

BONELESSPORK CHOPS

FRESH EASTERKIELBASA PORKPORK

ROASTROAST

BONELESSBONELESSROLLEDROLLED

SPIRALSLICED

69 PLAIN PLAIN OROR

MARINATEDMARINATED

CUT & CUT & WRAPPEDWRAPPED

FREEFREE

EA.

Prices are subject to change without notice - good 3-20-16 thru 3-26-16

QUARTER POUNDTOLEDO’S BEST

4$ 39LB.

NEW YORKSTRIP STEAK

22$$ 6969LB.LB.

10 LB.10 LB.$3.99$3.99

LB.LB.

PLACE YOUR EASTER ORDER IN-STORE OR ON-LINE AT HOUSEOFMEATS.COMLIKE US ON FACEBOOK - LEE WILLIAMS HOUSE OF MEATS-STARR AVENUE

.

5

2

$

$

99

99

BONELESSHAM

HAM

OLD FASHIONED HONEY GLAZED

OLD FASHIONEDSEMI-BONELESS

HALF POUND

¢

LB.

LB.5$ EA.ADD AADD A

SHRIMP SHRIMP KABOBKABOB

$2.69 EA.$2.69 EA. 9

39

$

$

$

99

69

99

RIBS

BONELESSPRIME RIBROAST

WHOLE BEEFTENDERLOIN

PORK BABY BACK

LB.

LB.

LB.

ALL

ERG

IES

•N

EUR

OP

ATH

IES

ARTHRITIS • ASTHMA • SPORTS’ INJURIES • MIGRAINE • NEUROPATHIES

SP

RA

INS

•B

UR

SIT

IS

SMOKINGCESSATIONS•HEADACHES•SCIATICA•TENDONITIS

Live Healthier Through Acupuncture

Dr. Z’s Acupuncture Clinic, Inc.Norman Zavela M.D., DABMA Acupuncturist, Board-Certified

3775 Truman Rd. Perrysburg (just west of I-280)419-346-9202 www.drzacupuncture.com

Reduce your pain and relieve stress,using your own body’s natural healing energies.

THE PRESS MARCH 21, 2016 B-5

Trusted, Comfortable & Caring Dentistry

Appointments Before & After Work or School!

One Trusted Office for All Your Dental NeedsCaring & Courteous Staff • Gentle Private-Practice Dentist

Low-Radiation Digital X-Rays • Convenient Payment Options

Special Financing Available ~

WelcomingNew

Patients!

125 West Main Street (Route 20)

Woodville, OH 43469

419-849-2641www.WoodvilleDentalCare.com

© c

hris

ad 2

015

Now Enrolling!Fall 2016 | Grades K-8

653 Miami StreetToledo, Ohio 43605

(419) 705-3411www.hollingworthschool.com

L. Hollingworth School for the Talented and Gifted is an equal opportunity school and no child will be turned away due to gender, race, religion, color, national origin, disabling condition, intellectual ability, measures of achievement or aptitude, or athletic ability.

L. HOLLINGWORTHSCHOOL

A Spirit of Excellence and ExpectationsA Spirit of Excellence and Expectations

March 21st-26th

www.northwoodjeweler.com

30-50% offMountings

All the work isdone in house byone of these twoExpert Craftsmen

30% offDiamonds &Gemstones

Northwood JewelersNorthwood Jewelers"Service After The Sale"

Northwood Jewelers

Diamond Blow-Out

Specials!

We Buy

Gold &

Silver

We Buy

Gold &

Silver

4725 Woodville Rd.

Northwood, OH 43619

M-F 9-6, Sat. 9-3

419-691-6352

www.northwoodjeweler.com

1.51 Ct Princess Cut VS2, Jfor $7500

1.60 Ct Round I1,Gfor $6970

2.02 Ct Round SI2, Jfor $12930

2.05 Ct Princess Cut VVS2, Ifor $11515

Allison

Dollman M.D.

Dr. David Kouba

Welcomes

Oregon Dermatology

Navarre Medical Building

2702 Navarre Ave., Suite 320

Oregon, OH.

419-724-5820

The Toledo Clinic

Specializing in the diagnosis

and treatment of

skin cancer

Specializing in the diagnosis

and treatment of

skin cancer

Allison brings over 10

years experience of

caring for patients.

Dr. David Kouba , MD, PhD

B-6 THE PRESS MARCH 21, 2016

By Mark Griffi nPress Contributing Writersports@presspublications.com

Eastwood boys track and fi eld coach Brian Sabo and his wife, Nikki, the Eagles’ girls coach, know it’s never too early to get prepared for the outdoor season.

A good way to do that is to compete indoors during the offseason, which is just what Eastwood has done for several years. That extra work has paid off, especially for the Eagles’ boys’ team, which won Division II state titles in 2009 and ‘10 and took third in 2014 and ‘15.

On March 5, several individuals from both Eastwood programs competed at the Indoor State Meet at the University of Akron. The event is run through the Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches.

Sabo said the annual indoor meet started in either 2004 or 2005 and was held in Findlay for one year. It has been held in Akron ever since. Seventy-four schools were represented in the boys’ events this year, with Eastwood’s boys fi nishing 14th with 12 points.

“There were indoor meets before it be-came an offi cial state meet,” Sabo said. “We did some stuff a long time ago at indoor meets because it gave our kids a chance to do some fi eld events. Normally the fi rst three weeks of the (outdoor) season are usu-ally in bad weather. It’s tough to get in any fi eld event work at all and not be freezing and doing high jumps in the parking lot.”

The Sunday track practice schedule and OATCCC meet, which is held on a Sunday, Sabo said, gives athletes who play basketball and wrestle a chance to get their feet wet for the upcoming outdoor season.

“We would rather our athletes be in-volved in other sports,” Sabo said. “If a kid wants to play basketball and high jump, you can high jump on a Sunday. The OATCCC said, let’s do a much bigger meet and kind of jump-start the outdoor season. It’s always 70 degrees and no wind at this meet because it’s indoors. It’s become a very competitive meet.”

Athletes have to qualify for the OATCCC state meet, based on their perfor-

Eastwood fi nishes 14th at state, Oregon’s Kubicki eighth

Eastwood indoor track team — Front row: Corey Johnson, Jon Bowlus, Issac Emahiser, Jack Chappuies, Erik Fertig, Josh Bi-erley, Ryan Reiter, Brian Sabo, and Zach Conkle. Back Row: Nikki Sabo, D.J. Michel, Hannah Sponaugle, Jessica Lang, Allie Abke, Dalton Andrews, Tyler Bernot, Josh Harper, Sam Church, Logan Baugher, and Tom Heckman.

mance at other indoor meets.“They take the top 18 marks that want

to go to this meet,” Sabo said. “For exam-ple, if the best pole vault is 13 feet, every-one who jumps 13 feet qualifi es. We had a massive graduation of talent last year. We did very well (this year) for a lot of peo-ple having been there for the fi rst time. I was happy with how we placed, with how young we are.”

Sabo also noted that Eastwood’s boys track program dropped from D-II to D-III this season.

“That’s good, because we’re young,” he said. “In certain events D-II is tougher. In certain events D-III is tougher.

The Eagles had two girls qualify for the state indoor meet, but neither was able to score. Junior Hannah Sponaugle competed in the 1600 and sophomore Jessica Lange competed in the pole vault.

Eastwood qualifi ed three relay teams and three individuals. Junior Ryan Reiter placed fi fth in the high jump, sophomore

Dalton Andrews was fourth in the indoor weight throw, while freshman Erik Fertig did not place in the weight throw.

“They were No. 1 in the nation in their age group, for a freshman and a sopho-more,” Sabo said of Andrews and Fertig

The 4x200 relay of senior Jon Bowlus, junior Tyler Brenot, sophomore Isaac Emahiser and Reiter took 10th place. The 4x800 relay of juniors Logan Baugher and Josh Bierley and seniors Sam Church and Josh Harper fi nished ninth. Baugher, Bowlus, Church and Emahiser placed sixth in the 4x400.

“A lot of those guys did not compete at the indoor state meet last year,” Sabo said. “We had a lot of new faces, so we were hap-py with how they performed.”

In the Division I pole vault, Oregon resident Mitchell Kubicki, a Whitmer se-nior, tied for eighth in, clearing 14 feet, six inches.

“

“A lot of these guys did not compete at the

indoor state meet last year. We had a lot of

new faces, so we were happy with how they

performed.

For more information or to place

an order call 419-874-3526

or e-mail perrysburg@luckeyfarmers.com

General office 1200 W. Main St., Woodville

419-849-2711 1-800-589-9711

PICK

UP

Thursday, April 21

Oak Harbor & Perrysburg

1:00-5:00

Orders taken until April 1, 2016

Raise YourOwn Poultry

25

75 100

chicks will produce

to lbs of

meat in about 8 weeks!

Chicks • Turkeys • Poults • Ducklings

Also Feeders, Waters & Feeds

Get cracking now during

Luckey Farmers’

BIG CHICK DAYS

Order forms available at all locations or

www.luckeyfarmers.com

Owner, David Owens

2004 Waite High School graduate

3 time Toledo City League Wrestling

Champion 2002-2004

419-691-8171 • 34 years experience

Member of Bay Area Credit Union

2665 Navarre Ave., Oregon - 419-691-8171 • (In the Freeway Plaza, across from St. Charles)

Open Mon-Tues. & Fri 9-6, Thurs. 9-8, Sat. 9-2, Closed Sun. And Wed.

J.C. CumminsCall or text 419-917-8119

New Fresh Cut! Awesome Look!

Only at Owens Authen-i-cut!

Call For Your Appointment Today!

Walk-ins

Welcome

THE PRESS MARCH 21, 2016 B-7

©2016 Croghan Colonial Bank

EQUAL HOUSING LENDER • MEMBER FDIC

©2016 Croghan Colonial Bank©2016 CC hh CC l i l Bl B kk

EQUAL HOUSING LENDER • MEMBER FDIC

At Croghan, we want you to be able to bank when and

where you want. So we offer lots of digital services, such

as online and mobile banking, eStatements, online bill

pay and new Croghan Alerts by text or email. These will

alert you of account activity, balances, upcoming

payments and more. After all, what are friends for?

croghan.com 888-276-4426

Helping good people make good decisions.

Trine freshman guard Jordan Kreglow (Gibsonburg) runs the offense as an Olivet guard defends. (Photo by Matt Vader/Sports Information Director/Trine University)

By Mark Griffi nPress Contributing Writersports@presspublications.com

Jordan Kreglow is feeling a lot more comfortable now that he has a season un-der his belt at Trine University in Angola, Indiana.

Kreglow, a 5-foot-10 freshman point guard for the Thunder, led Gibsonburg to an unbeaten regular season and a No. 5 state ranking in 2014-15. Kreglow said he knew he would have a lot to learn about the college game, and he quickly realized that college ball, even at the Division III level, is no joke.

“The speed is a lot faster (than high school),” Kreglow said. “You have to be mentally and physically focused all year. It’s not like that in high school. Division III is good basketball, with very good players. I love it. It’s tons of fun.”

Trine, which is coached by former Evergreen High School standout Brooks Miller, had a solid season, going 18-9 and 7-7 in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association. It was Trine’s most wins ever in Division III, and the Thunder advanced to the MIAA tournament championship game, losing to Alma College, 62-54 on Feb. 27.

Kreglow had three points and two as-sists in 17 minutes in the loss.

“At the end of the year he played a very pivotal role in winning some games,” Miller said. “Only the top four teams get into the conference tournament. He stepped up and played a lot more minutes. We played at Hope College and we beat them (82-77) at their place, and Jordan had a great game (nine points, three assists, two rebounds and one steal in 27 minutes). It was the fi rst time we had ever beaten Hope at their place.”

Kreglow was offi cially introduced to the college game when he played six min-utes in the Thunder’s 65-50 season-opening win over Heidelberg. He missed his only fi eld goal attempt and had one turnover.

“I was really nervous,” said Kreglow, who averaged 21.5 points and 5.2 assists and was a second-team All-Ohio selection in Division IV and fi rst team Alan Miller Jewelers All-Press as a senior at Gibsonburg. “I went in halfway into the game and I wanted to do my part, get in there and get the offense moving. I didn’t play very well. I think the nerves got to me a little bit and I didn’t play to my full potential.”

As the season wore on, however, Kreglow started to learn his role and be-came accustomed to what it took to com-pete at this level.

By the time Trine faced Alma in the MIAA tournament championship game, Kreglow was a different player – both men-tally and physically. He had, for all intents and purposes, fi gured it out.

“I feel mentally I matured a lot,” Kreglow said. “That was the biggest part. The mental part was the main thing for me. I came in thinking I was going to play and play a lot toward the middle of the season. I wasn’t very strong. I have to get stronger physically and mentally.

“My expectations were I wanted to play and get good minutes. One of my goals was to contribute. Once I started fi guring out my role and what I needed to do for the team to be successful, that’s when I started playing more. It was a big leap.”

Kreglow played in 19 games and aver-aged 3.7 points a game, shooting 42.4 per-cent from the fi eld including 36 percent from 3-point range. Had 19 assists and 23 turnovers.

“He’s a real competitor,” Miller said. “He’s a competitor in the classroom and on court. He has a high basketball IQ and those guys have a tendency to get much better, much quicker than other players. He strug-gled like most freshmen do. He was behind defensively, which at the college level is not uncommon. He really improved de-fensively, which gave him a chance to get on the fl oor. He’s always been able to make plays with the ball in his hand. At the col-lege level, there are always guys who can do that.”

Kreglow said practicing against Trine’s top guards throughout the season helped him with his defense. He said watching op-ponents drive past him was “frustrating.”

“Offensively I had it,” he said, “but de-fensively I didn’t. I wasn’t accustomed to the defense. It was different for me. We man up against everybody and it kind of threw me off at the beginning. Once I stopped thinking and started playing, I started do-ing better.”

Kreglow’s opportunity to get more playing time will increase next season. Trine graduates fi ve seniors from this year’s team, including four guards.

Kreglow fi gures out college game

“He needs to work on being more vo-cal than anything else,” Miller said. “That’s something he should be able to do.”

Kreglow, who is majoring in civil engi-neering – he has a summer internship lined up with the Lucas County Engineers – said he looks forward to showing the coaching staff what he learned this season.

“I have to work on being more talk-ative, louder on the court, and becoming a better leader,” he said. “I have to get big-ger, stronger and faster, but mainly I have to show more leadership and be more vocal on the court.”

“

“I have to work on being more talkative, louder on the court,

and becoming a better leader. I have

to get bigger and faster...

B-8 THE PRESS MARCH 21, 2016

By Mark Griffi nPress Contributing Writersports@presspublications.com

Christy Dazley, a 2015 graduate of Genoa High School, chose to attend Lourdes University to study nursing. Little did she know she would end up on the Gray Wolves’ lacrosse team this season.

Lourdes’ lacrosse program is in its third year, all under head coach Paul Sieben, and competes in the Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference. Sieben and Dazley crossed each other’s paths on one of Lourdes’ regis-tration days last year, and the rest is history.

“We were sitting at a table and coach Paul was there,” said Dazley, who played volleyball and basketball at Genoa. “He struck up a conversation with me and told me he was the lacrosse coach. He asked if I played any sports and I told him I’ve played sports since I was four years old. He knew I was looking at the volleyball pro-gram and he said, ‘How would you like to try out for lacrosse?’

“I told him I was thinking about trying another sport (other than volleyball or bas-ketball). We went on a tour of the campus and came back and he came up to me and said, ‘Here’s two sticks and some balls to get started.’ He had information on me from my high school career. He did some research.”

Sieben said several Lourdes coaches attend prospective students’ campus visits, which are scattered throughout the year, to see if they are interested in sports.

“I sat down with Christy and her fam-ily and introduced myself,” Sieben said. “I asked her fi rst if she knew anything about

She’s an athlete…and college lacrosse team needed athletes

lacrosse and she said she didn’t. I asked if she had any interest in playing a sport in college and she said she’d love to and would be interested in being a walk-on for the lacrosse team.”

Sieben followed up with Dazley last fall to see if she was still interested. The 5-foot-9 Dazley ended up playing in the Gray Wolves’ fall scrimmages as a defender and

“played really well,” according to Sieben.“She came back this spring and made

the team and has started her fi rst game,” Sieben said. “She’s a good student, very conscientious, very reliable, very mature. She has been attentive to learning the sport and applying her knowledge from her other athletic experiences. Her basketball skills on defense have transferred over.”

Dazley wasn’t the BMOC when she played basketball for Genoa coach Mike DeStazio in 2014-15. She was, however, a very valuable role player for the Comets, concentrating on defense and rebounding.

“She did a tremendous job being a role player,” DeStazio said. “She’s a real nice kid from a good family who works hard. She was my only senior (a year ago) and it’s not an easy spot for a senior to be in, being a role player. She helped us in ways that didn’t show in the stats.”

Dazley said she put in a lot of practice time preparing for the spring lacrosse sea-son, including practicing cradling with a lacrosse stick in her dorm room.

“It’s a fl icking motion, like throwing a softball or hitting a volleyball,” Dazley said. “I’ve always been pretty athletic, so some things are easier to pick up. It took a lot of work for me to work up to (the level of) the other girls. They’ve told me my stick skills have improved since fall ball.

“There’s a lot I like about lacrosse. It defi nitely was easy for me to pick up be-cause I already had my footwork from bas-ketball. Stick position is hard to realize because it has to be up all the time on de-fense. I love the speed of the game.”

The Gray Wolves are 3-3 overall and

0-1 in the WHAC. Lourdes plays all of its home games at Northview High School. There are 16 women on this year’s roster.

“Our fi rst year we had one win, and last year we had four wins,” Sieben said. “This year we’re 3-3, so we’re improving. Our fi rst year we had 10 walk-ons. They say it takes about six years for a college pro-gram to develop.”

Sieben added that he put Dazley on defense based on her experience playing other sports.

“It takes more stick work on offense than defense,” he said. “Defense is more footwork and body positioning. She has learned how to guard the opponent ag-gressively. She stays with the opponent, like guarding a basketball player going to the basket. She’s developed the ability to do that. I would take another Christy in a minute. She was our only walk-on this year and she’s a good example of what walk-ons can do.”

Dazley (whose mother, Debbie, is a nurse) said she enjoys volunteering and helping people. Christy considered be-coming a teacher, but she chose a career in nursing instead. She said her participation on the lacrosse team, and her college expe-rience in general, has been awesome.

“I didn’t expect to come to college and play lacrosse at all,” Dazley said. “I’m hav-ing a lot of fun. I’ve met a lot of different peo-ple from different places. I’ve met people in lacrosse and not in lacrosse. Lacrosse is time consuming. We have two-hour practices and you have to work on your own to improve your skills. Even if it is time consuming, it’s good to be committed to something.”

Christy Dazley. (Lourdes photo)

Offering English Lessons and Boarding with a 60 x 120 indoor arena and a 74 x 144 seasonal outdoor arena.

5723 Ayers Rd. • WalbridgeEnglish Lessons (Shelby):

419-704-6416For Boarding Info (Ruth):

419-367-5559www.wildheartfarm.net

Please make an appointment before visiting.Please make an appointment before visiting.

Spring is Here!Spring is Here!Come Ride With Us!Come Ride With Us!

Make your Make your dream a reality!dream a reality!

A fun, friendly place for people of A fun, friendly place for people of all ages to enjoy horseback riding!

Special OfferBuy 4 Lessons Get 1 FREEFREE!

New students only. Expires 04-30-16

329 RICE STREET

(across from Post Office)

ELMORE

419-862-3891

New Hours: Mon. & Tues. 10-5;Wed. 10-8; Thur. & Fri. 10-5, Sat. 9-12

Varsity Jackets

Hey CoachesIt’s Time toThink About

Team Uniforms!

GenoaWoodmore

• Shirts • Hats • Sweats • Nylon Jackets • Bags

• Scarfs • Mittens • Pants • Shorts • Socks

New Construction

Remodeling • Home Repairs

Call Bob Dedo today!419-466-5238

www.blakehomesltd.com

FreeEstimates

Blake HomesBlake Homes Ltd.