Bethel Notes: Hamlin Wins At Versailles

Korry Hamlin led most of the race, and held off Joe Spitzer from Versailles with a time of 16:29 to capture the championship of the Versailles Tour de Sewer cross country race on Saturday in Darke County.

Also for the Bees, who finished tenth overall as a team, Ben Wright was 60th overall (20:18), Conner Whelan 62nd (20:23), Chase Heck 67th (20:37), Brian Pencil 94th (21:51), Max Schell 104th (22:17), Sam Pencil 124th (25:50), Brandon Gilbert 126th (26:00) and Jacob vanTilburg 128th (26:29).

The girls’, who were shorthanded on the day, were led by Kaitlyn Balkcom with a 52nd place finish (24:49), followed by Kaylee Baugh 57th (25:15), and Elli Wright 83rd (27:47).

*Also the Bethel football team struggled on the road at Tri County North, falling 28-0 on Friday night. They return to action this Friday hosting Miami East at 7:30.

Northwestern Notes: Golf Finishes Second In CBC

Northwestern finished second overall in the CBC boys’ golf tournament last week, as Kyle Glaser led the way with an 83, followed by a pair of 85s for Spencer Rinaldi and Brenden Huber. Also for the Warriors, Jake Parks fired a 98, and Evan Crew along with Trevor Scarberry each had 99.
On the girls side, the Warriors placed fifth in the Mad River Division, led by Megan Fricke 108, Erin Steiner 115, Sophie Kibler 117, Hannah Scarberry 132 and Makayla Stockhane 145.
Volleyball- The Warriors lost a tough four set match to Graham last week 25-21, 25-18, 20-25, 25-16 to drop into third place in the Mad River Division of the CBC.
On Saturday, they came back with a pair of victories in a tri-match. They defeated Twin Valley South 25-19, 25-22, then defeated Preble Shawnee 25-17, 25-20.
Soccer- On the soccer field, the Warriors had no trouble with Shawnee 7-3 in a boys game last week, but then fell to Tecumseh 3-1. The girls’ maintained their lead in the Mad River Division, despite tying Shawnee 1-1, and falling to Tecumseh 2-1.

Tecumseh Notes: Arrows Take Over CBC Lead

The Tecumseh volleyball team hosted Shawnee in what was a crucial game in the CBC race last week, with the winner vaulting to the top of the division standings. Both teams came in unbeaten in league play, and the Arrows will remain there.
In a four set match, Tecumseh defeated Shawnee 26-24, 25-20, 20-25, 25-23 to push their overall record to 13-2 on the season. Shawnee lost only their third game of the year.
“We needed to win this game at home, since we have to go to their place on the last game of the season,” said Tecumseh coach Angie Lizza.“We started off slow, but we fought back.”
Leading two games to one, the Arrows stared at a 22-18 deficit in game four, which would have given all the momentum to Shawnee had they gone to a fifth game. Tecumseh persevered for the win.
“The girls played well and fought back for that game,” Lizza said. “Cara Willardson had a big night for us, and Kirsten Nartker had a big ace during the fourth game comeback that fueled us. Lindsey (Nartker) then just turned it on and put them away.”
Nartker had 25 kills and 19 digs for the Arrows, along with five blocks. Willardson added nine kills, Baylee Pursifull had seven kills and three blocks, while Caroline Smith had 43 assists.
Tecumseh also defeated Greenon 27-25, 25-22, 25-10.
Tecumseh Soccer- The Arrows defeated Northwestern 3-1 last week in a CBC matchup. Kenyon Runner scored for the Arrows, along with Caleb Scaggs. In the girls’ game, the Arrows were also victorious 2-1 over Northwestern.
Tecumseh Golf- Tecumseh finished this season fifth overall in the CBC, after the league tournament was held last week at Kittyhawk Course in Dayton. Grant Heckman was low man for the Arrows with a 90, Brandon Kiminas had a 91, Brett Bogie 95, Will Sims and Michael Green each carded a 98 and Jason Holbrook had a 107.
Tecumseh Cross Country- The Tecumseh girls’ cross country team placed seventh overall at the George Rogers Invitational on Saturday. Danielle Franklin placed 25th overall on the day with a time of 22:37.21, while Morgan Crowley was 32nd (22:54.54), Emma Hoover finished 42nd (23:24.81), Breanna Crowley 44th (23:28.44) and Natalie Allen 47th (23:36.68).
For the boys, they placed eighth as a team, with Garrett Gemmaka finishing 17th overall (18:38.20), the only runner to finish in the top 50.