PREP: Monroeville's Yoder reaches 1,000 digs
Oct. 10—MONROEVILLE — The state-ranked Monroeville volleyball team took the first set from visiting Mohawk by a 25-9 score, but then the Warriors (14-4) rallied for three close sets to take the win, 25-20, 25-20 and 30-28,
With the loss, Monroeville — ranked No. 13 in the Division IV state coaches poll — fell to 16-3 overall.
In the loss, Graisyn Yoder was 18 for 19 serving with three aces, finished with 21 kills and three blocks and added 16 digs. She became the third player in program history to reach 1,000-plus career digs.
Also for the Eagles, Maddie Daniel had 20 kills, Hannah Lyons had 39 assists and 17 digs, and Lilly White was 20 for 20 serving with three aces and had 22 digs. Grace Tonelli was 16 for 16 serving with two aces, Madi Clark had 14 digs, and Abbi Poths added 12 digs.
Monroeville's junior varsity team fell to 11-5 with a three-set loss, 22-25, 25-14 and 25-19.
BOYS SOCCER
Norwalk 0, Huron 0
HURON — The Truckers and Tigers were unable to find the back of the net in Saturday night's non-league match at Memorial Stadium.
With the tie, the Truckers, who had just two shots on goal, are now 7-5-2 overall. Jose Negrete made 10 saves for Norwalk to keep the Tigers (10-3-2) off the scoreboard.
Norwalk will close out the regular season this week with home non-league matches vs. Ashland (5-5-4) on Tuesday (7 p.m.) and Edison (8-3-2) on Saturday (2:30 p.m.).
CROSS COUNTRY
St. Paul boys win Olien Invite
NEW LONDON — In a tuneup for the Firelands Conference championships on Oct. 16, the St. Paul boys cross country team cruised to victory at the eight-team New London Dan Olien Invitational on Saturday.
The Flyers — ranked No. 5 in the latest Div. III state coaches poll — scored 18 points to finish ahead of Columbia (82) and Hopewell-Loudon (95). Plymouth (157) was fifth and host New London (161) was seventh.
The trio of Ian Deeter (17:18.78), Isaac Thimke (17:30.49) and Logan Rogers (17:37.5) finished first, second and third, respectively, for the Flyers. Sebastian Gomez (18:02.4) was fifth, while Gavin Ross (18:09.74) was seventh, Nick Centa (18:21.32) was eighth and David Forrest (18:42.85) was 11th, just ahead of teammate Seth Ridge (19:02) in 13th.
For Plymouth, Landon Blankenship (18:49.17) finished 12th, while New London's Aiden Ruggles (20:06.21) was 26th.
The top two runners for the host Wildcats, Tyler Twining and Braeden Geist, competed in the two-mile run. Twining was fourth (10:36.89) and Geist was ninth (10:51.46).
In the six-team 5K girls race, St. Paul (52) was second and Monroeville (107) was fourth.
Adele Dowdell was fifth in 22:13 for the Flyers, followed by Maddy McCall (22:29.01) in seventh and Dana Sumpter (23:17.78) in 11th. Also for St. Paul, Megan Lesch (23:30.83) was 14th and Isabel Howerton (24:05.06) was 19th.
For Monroeville, Rachel Herner (23:27.51) was 13th, Stacey Legg (23:39.95) was 15th and Lilly Brotzki (24:06.82) was 21st.
The FC championships are set for 9 a.m. on Oct. 16 at Ashland Crestview.
Willard's Rose second
FOSTORIA — Willard standout Destiny Rose finished second overall in 20:17.1 on Saturday out of 111 runners at the Fostoria Booster Invitational.
Lyndsey Vogel was 34th in 24:07.12 for the Flashes, who placed sixth out of 10 teams.
In the boys race, Fernando Huerta (18:36.69) was 10th in out of 116 runners for the Crimson Flashes, who placed fourth as a team. Also for Willard, Javier Lopez (19:31.41) was 22nd, Kevin Hernandez (19:36.45) was 24th and Jorge Uriarte (20:01.89) was 33rd.
GIRLS SOCCER
Firelands 3, Norwalk 2
NORWALK — The Falcons scored two unanswered goals in the second half to improve to 11-4-1 and defeat the Truckers in a non-league match Saturday night at Contractors Stadium.
Hannah Steffanni's goal late in the first half gave Norwalk (7-4-2) a 2-1 lead that it took into halftime. However, the Falcons scored twice, including with just over 12 minutes left, to claim the win.
Norwalk's first goal came from Nyah Daniels, her 36th of the season and the 146th of her career. Hailey Rinner made eight saves and Lilly Farmer had three at goalkeeper for the Truckers.
Norwalk is at Huron (4-9-1) at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and hosts Div. II No. 5-ranked Ontario (9-1-3) at 12 p.m. Saturday.
Edison 2, Vermilion 1
VERMILION — The Chargers improved to 5-6 with two goals in the second half of Saturday's non-league win over the Sailors.
Megan Coleman and Julianna Burnham scored for the Chargers, who visit Clyde on Monday.
FOOTBALL
Edison 21, Oak Harbor 20
OAK HARBOR — It took a return trip across the Thomas Edison Memorial Bridge, but the Chargers football team picked up a thrilling overtime win on Saturday afternoon.
With the win, Edison won its third game in the last four weeks to improve to 4-4 overall and 2-1 in the SBC Bay Division.
The game was stopped with 1:46 left in the first half on Friday because of lightning, and was rushed at 11 a.m. on Saturday.
Before the delay, the Chargers got a 12-yard touchdown run with 10:09 left in the second quarter. Nick Strecker's extra point gave Edison the 7-0 lead.
Edison then drove 74 yards in 10 plays and pushed the lead to 14-0 on a 1-yard TD run by quarterback Marcus Medina with 4:06 to play in the first half.
The Chargers got the ball back, but a pitch was deflected and caught in mid-air by Rocket defensive back Hayden Buhrow, who returned it 32 yard for a touchdown to get Oak Harbor on the board. Cade Petersen's extra point cut the deficit to 14-7.
When play resumed on Saturday, Oak Harbor scored with 5:58 left in the third quarter on a Buhro touchdown pass from Jaqui Hayward that covered 57 yards. The Petersen extra point tied the game at 14.
In overtime, the Rockets scored in two plays, with Dalton Witter scoring on an 8-yard run. But the extra point was blocked, leaving the Chargers down 20-14. On its overtime possession, Edison then scored on a 4-yard run by Medina, and the extra point from Strecker was good for the walk-off 21-20 win.
The Chargers rushed for 312 yards, with Cassel pacing the team with 20 carries for 123 yards and a touchdown. Clint Finnen carried the ball 22 times for 89 yards.
The victory vaulted Edison back into the playoff picture. It will enter Week 9 in the 16th and final spot in the Division IV Region 14 computer ratings, where a rematch at Bellevue (7-1) — a 21-14 loss on Aug. 27 — would await if the seeds remained the same.
