Columbus-area boys high school sports notebook, Jan. 25

•The Dublin Coffman wrestling team is well on its way to adding to its run of five consecutive league championships.

With a 61-12 win over Hilliard Davidson on Jan. 20, the Shamrocks are 3-0 in the OCC-Central Division with matches remaining Jan. 27 at home against Upper Arlington and Feb. 10 at Hilliard Bradley.

Against Davidson, senior Seth Shumate (190 pounds) picked up the 150th win of his prep career. Shumate won state championships at 195 as a freshman and junior and was a state qualifier at that weight as a sophomore, but the state tournament was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coffman, which won the Licking Heights Invitational on Jan. 15, is preparing for the Rieman Invitational on Jan. 29 at Delaware Hayes and then will be host to one of the district sites for the Division I state dual tournament Feb. 5.

Qualifiers from each district tournament advance to the state duals Feb. 12 at Lakewood St. Edward.

—Jarrod Ulrey

•The DeSales wrestling team enters the Jimmy Wood Invitational on Jan. 29 at New Lexington, not to mention its entire CCL schedule taking place over the next two weeks, with six state-ranked wrestlers.

Max Shulaw is ranked first statewide at 215 pounds by BoroFanOhio.net, leading a group that also includes Andrew Barford (157, 16th), Owen Eagan (144, 10th), Zack Lopez (126, eighth), David McClelland (132, second) and Lincoln Shulaw (165, 10th).

One of coach Collin Palmer’s concerns entering February is bringing the rest of the team up to speed and continuing to get them varsity experience.

“We’re improving on things we needed to improve on from back in December. We have to keep capitalizing and growing as a team and a unit,” Palmer said. “The biggest issue is having a younger team, they have not been in this situation yet in high school. Our freshmen are running into seniors who are well-developed muscle- and technical-wise, so it’s an awakening for them. All these matches going into the postseason are all practice. Hopefully by the time we get to early February, we’ll be clicking.”

—Dave Purpura

•The Olentangy Berlin hockey team has a slim lead in the CHC-Red title race heading into the final two weekends of regular-season play.

The Bears are seeking their first title after finishing second twice — in the CHC-Blue in 2018-19 and in the CHC-White last season.

Berlin has 19 points and is 9-3-1 in the 16-game CHC-Red schedule. Olentangy Liberty (9-1) and Upper Arlington (9-3) are tied for second with 18 points apiece, and St. Charles (17, 8-3-1) is fourth.

The Bears have had a balanced attack in league play led by forward Carson Jankowski with seven goals and four assists. Forward Nick Piccioni has four goals and five assists, and forwards Tyler Ebare and Zack Zielinski also have four goals.

—Scott Hennen

•The Olentangy Liberty hockey team outscored opponents 18-0 on its way to a pair of league wins last weekend.

Gage Schlotterbeck scored three goals and Tyler Foskey had a goal and three assists in the Patriots’ 10-0 win over Olentangy Orange on Jan. 23.

Liberty has won eight consecutive games and gone 9-0-1 in its last 10 to improve to 26-5-3 overall and 9-1 in the CHC-Red, tied for second with Upper Arlington at 18 points, one behind Olentangy Berlin. The Patriots are well-positioned to win the division, as UA has played 12 CHC games and Berlin has played 13.

Schlotterbeck, Jacob Kempa and Brian Savage each scored twice and Vincent Rengel had three assists in Liberty’s win 8-0 win over Thomas Worthington on Jan. 22.

Benton Roberts recorded the win in both games, completing the shutout with 15 saves against Thomas and stopping both shots he faced against Orange before giving way after two periods to Caleb Ross, who had six saves.

Jake Struck has 29 points (10 goals, 19 assists) and Sully Piancon has 28 points (10 goals, 18 assists) to lead the Patriots’ offense.

Roberts is 15-5-3 and has allowed 47 goals while saving 445 shots.

—Michael Rich

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•The Hilliard Bradley boys basketball team began the OCC-Central schedule 0-3 but has worked its way back into the league race and is in the hunt for a sixth consecutive championship.

The Jaguars have won 10 consecutive games and are 12-3 overall and 3-3 in the OCC-Central entering a game Jan. 28 at Hilliard Davidson. They are tied with the Wildcats and Dublin Coffman, one game behind co-leaders Olentangy Liberty and Upper Arlington.

Cade Norris had a career-high 33 points with five 3-pointers as Bradley defeated visiting UA 61-55 on Jan. 21. The sophomore son of coach Brett Norris leads the Jaguars in scoring, averaging 16.4 points.

—Scott Hennen

•Columbus Academy boys basketball coach Jeff Warstler reached a career milestone with his team’s 37-32 win over visiting Bexley on Jan. 21.

The victory was Warstler’s 150th career win, all at Academy.

“Those wins are all because of great kids that work hard, defend and make plays in big moments,” he said.

Kevin Reeves led the Vikings with 10 points.

Academy is 8-4 overall and 3-3 in the MSL-Ohio.

—Frank DiRenna

•Carter Street rolled a season-high 289 game to help the Olentangy Liberty boys bowling team defeat Whetstone 2,067-1,918 on Jan. 20.

It was the third consecutive win for the Patriots, who are 6-3 this season.

Street followed up his performance with a 738 three-game series with a top game of 277 at the Winter Shootout on Jan. 22. He is averaging 234.2 over 28 games, which leads the COHSBC.

Dave Hart is averaging 202.2 over 28 games and Ethan Shek is averaging 186.1 in 29 games to back Street.

—Michael Rich

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