Caraboolad leads Firestone to City Series tennis title; Ellet's Allen no-hits Hoban

BOYS TENNIS

City Series Championship Tournament

Junior Reece Caraboolad won the first singles bracket to lead Firestone (7-3, 5-0) to a City Series team championship Monday at Hyre Park's Glenn Young Tennis Courts.

Caraboolad (7-2) topped Ellet junior Niko Vitor 0-6, 6-0, 6-2 in the final round.

"I had to pull through today," Caraboolad said. "[Vitor] was getting in my head. The first set, for sure, going 0-6. I had to get out of my head and play my game that I know best and pull through. I was able to bring the fire back in the second set and the third set."

Caraboolad was one of Firestone's five champions. Falcons junior Antonio de Ceballos Alvarez (second singles), senior Nico Teodosio (third singles) and second doubles partners senior Enzo Lewis-Baranyai and junior Leonard Wendler were the others.

Ellet seniors Tanner Contos and Dylan Wargowsky won the first double championship with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 victory over Firestone seniors Ethan Koehler and Charlie Johnson. Contos and Wargowsky have an 8-0 record.

"The guys played great," Firestone coach Craig Sampsell said. "Everybody expected to win. The big one was the first doubles team. They lost to Ellet twice during the season, but played really well today taking it to the third set. I am satisfied with what they put out there. Everybody improved across the board."

The following Ellet players finished second: Vitor (first singles), senior Tim Wisner (second singles), junior Nacho Munoz (third singles) and senior second doubles partners David Le and Evan Merideth.

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Revere 3, CVCA 2

Merit Wagstaff, Ben Lazbin and Colin McDonald won singles matches to lead Revere (12-0) past CVCA (9-5).

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SOFTBALL

Firestone 5, Medina 2

It just hits different when the Falcons (11-3) play at Shatto Field. Seeded 14th, Firestone won just its third playoff game since 2000 and its second at home in the same time frame to eliminate the 15th-seeded Bees (6-11) in an Avon Lake Division I sectional semifinal. Up next is a sectional final at 12th-seeded Rocky River Magnificat (8-8) on Wednesday.

“We love this field a lot and take good care of it,” Falcons left fielder Ally Shkolnik said. “It was very important to win at home. … Just getting that win on our field felt great.”

The Falcons jumped out to a 1-0 lead after one and erupted for four in the bottom of the fourth with Shkolnik adding a two-run single to close the scoring.

“That inning gave us a lot of confidence,” Shkolnik said. “For me, especially. I was like, ‘Oh man. We can do this now. We’re ahead. We got them.’”

Firestone's Katie Emery added two singles and a run. Anna Morrow and Katie Morehouse each had an RBI and a run. Jordan Williams added an RBI, and Lauren Toth and Jalynn Milini both scored a run. Falcons ace Madison Dies pitched all seven innings and struck out seven. The Bees were led by Trista Melcher (single, double).

Walsh Jesuit 11, Parma Padua 0

McKayla McGee (4-1) threw a four-hitter and struck out seven to help the Warriors (14-3, 5-0) clinch the Crown Conference. She also had a double and three RBIs. Caleigh Shaulis added a double and Zoey Schmitt notched two singles.

Brecksville 8, North Royalton 3

The Bees (21-2, 11-0) stayed undefeated in Suburban League National Conference play and went bonkers at the plate with Kaleigh Urbanowicz (two singles, double, RBI), Grace O'Malley three singles, three RBIs), Anna Wise (two singles, RBI), Stephanie Myers (two singles, RBI) and Chelsea Mack (two singles) adding multi-hit games.

St. Vincent-St. Mary 11, Cloverleaf 0 (5 innings)

Kaitlin Shuber threw a two-hitter, Kaidyn Schrader belted a grand slam and Jane Clark had two singles, a double and two RBIs for the Irish (7-12).

TRACK AND FIELD

Suburban League American Conference Championship

Tallmadge senior Riley Murphy won two events on the first day of the meet at Tallmadge, placing first in the boys high jump (6-feet, 6-inches) and long jump (23-2.5).

The other boys champions were Copley's Trevin Jordan (shot put, 51-feet), Aurora teammates Ben Stockdale (pole vault, 12-0) and Max Bailey (discus, 140-7) and Highland's 3,200-meter relay (Daylen Madison, Zachary Paulus, Elijah Hadler, Ty Sgambati in 8:08.40).

Highland won three events in the girls meet: shot put (Sierra Podolan, 39-6.5), discus (Ellen Fuller, 118-5) and the 3,200-meter relay (Jillian Clark, Kylie Clark, Kendall Leatherman, Kelsey Sheridan in 10:02.21).

The other girls champs were Cuyahoga Falls' Ellie Brustoski (high jump, 5-3), Tallmadge's Kate Archer (pole vault, 10-0) and Aurora's Lauren Tincher (long jump, 18-6.75).

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BASEBALL

Ellet 6, Archbishop Hoban 0

Junior Cameron Allen (5-0) pitched a no-hitter to lead host Ellet (10-5) to a win over defending Division II state champion Hoban. Allen struck out 14 batters.

"Cameron had the 18-strikeout game against St. Vincent-St. Mary [in a 2-0 win on April 23]," Ellet coach John Sarver said. "He has been real consistent as far as his control and his velocity."

Allen has wins over Canton McKinley, Firestone, STVM, Jackson Gold and Hoban. Sarver said Allen relies on his fastball, breaking ball and change-up.

Ellet scored all six of its runs in the bottom of the fourth with Trevor Ingham, Trenton Fink, Devin Huwig, Allen, Chase Merring and Justin Williams crossing the plate.

Fink finished with two singles and Trace Fortunato hit a two-run double. Allen, Merring, Williams and T.J. Brown had an RBI apiece.

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Wadsworth 7, North Royalton 1

The Grizzlies (13-4, 9-0) clinched the SLNC with a six-run first inning. Skyler Kries struck out seven, hit a single and a double and had two RBIs. Erik Decker and Matt Thompson each hit a double and scored a run. Decker had two RBI and Thompson had an RBI.

CVCA 13, Orrville 5

The Royals (20-2, 10-0) left little doubt they are the kings of the Principals Athletic Conference thanks to pitcher Joey Lehner (3-0), who also had three hits. Andrew Hendrickx hit a three-run home run in the second and CVCA had two hits each from Tyler Wise, John Harabedian and Jules Hernandez.

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Manchester 10, Tuslaw 9

Owen Canter hit a two-run walk-off home run to lead the Panthers (9-7, 6-5 PAC-7). Ethan Wright picked up his fourth win of the season. Manchester's Kenton Duty, Riley Soles, Cooper Briggs, Logan Carr and Jaxon Monnard had multi-hit performances.

Norton 4, Streetsboro 1

George Antal went the distance, striking out eight and allowing two hits, no walks and no earned runs in a Metro Athletic Conference win at home. Daniel Hopkins keyed the Panthers (12-6, 11-1) offense with two hits and a RBI, Brandon Iceman had a hit and an RBI and Carter Metz, Justin Fuller, Paul Mattei and Dylan Madonia scored a run apiece.

GIRLS LACROSSE

Archbishop Hoban 8, Louisville 0

Angie George scored four goals, Lizzie Russo netted two goals and Rachel Alexander and Alex Korwin added one goal apiece for host Hoban.

"Mia Gallagher was 100 percent in between the pipes with 14 saves on 14 shots," Hoban coach Ben Wehmann said.

George and Hoban teammate Lane Shannon had two assists apiece. Alexander and Mary Kate Novak both had one assist.

— Compiled by Michael Beaven, Brad Bournival and Don Coughlin

This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Firestone wins City Series boys tennis championship