Upper Arlington grad Dane Goodwin returning to Notre Dame basketball for fifth season

Dane Goodwin, Notre Dame basketball’s second-leading scorer last season, will return to the Fighting Irish for his fifth year of eligibility, using the COVID-19 exemption granted to all athletes after the 2020-21 seasons.

The Upper Arlington graduate averaged 13.6 points and 4.7 rebounds per game this season, shot 50.4% from the field, 45.8% from 3-point range and was named to the All-ACC third team.

Goodwin had 14 points and eight rebounds in the second round of the NCAA Tournament as the Irish nearly upset third-seeded Texas Tech. It was Notre Dame’s first appearance in the Tournament since 2017.

He is one of a possible five fifth-year seniors who could return to help the Irish make a deeper run in next year’s postseason.

Goodwin is 14 games shy of breaking the school record for most career games played. He has played 126 through his four seasons.

At Upper Arlington, Goodwin set school records for points (1,951) and rebounds (817). In 2018 he was named Ohio Mr. Basketball and twice was named to the All-Ohio first team.

Ohio State-Michigan lacrosse gets an encore at the Shoe

With a 14-12 lacrosse victory over Michigan in the regular-season finale, Ohio State secured the No. 3 seed in this weekend’s Big Ten tournament and will once again host the Wolverines (No. 6 seed) in a quarterfinal match at Ohio Stadium.

Jack Myers had five assists against Michigan to give him 41 total, third most in program history, and 71 points on the season (ninth best). Colby Smith and Jackson Reid lead OSU with 36 goals apiece.

The game drew 3,705 fans, a non-Spring Game men’s lacrosse record. Saturday’s game is at 1 p.m. Tickets are available on www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-lacros/

OSU wrestlers to compete in U.S. Open

Jordan Decatur, Sammy Sasso and Tate Orndorff are among several Ohio State wrestlers who will compete in the U.S. Open Championships at Las Vegas this weekend. Decatur, will compete in the 65kg weight class, Sasso in the 70kg and Orndorff in the 125kg.

Tate will also wrestle in the in the senior Greco-Roman competition as will former Buckeyes Dylan Koontz (60kg) and Fritz Schierl (77kg).

In the U20 junior freestyle competition, Andre Gonzales (57kg), Alex Flerlage (61kg) and Bryce Hepner (74kg) are scheduled to compete.

Breaking records is a broken record for Abby Steiner

Chalk up another milestone for Kentucky’s Abby Steiner. The Dublin Coffman grad posted the third fastest 200-meter run in college history with a time of 22.05 at the Kentucky Invitational. It was also a school record and just two weeks after recording a time of 22.38.

This year Steiner has set school records in the 60m indoor, 100m indoor and outdoor, 200m indoor and outdoor, and was part of both indoor/outdoor 1600m relay record runs.

Area accomplishments

Savannah Amato (Findlay/River Valley) set an all-time Great Midwest Athletic Conference record in the pole vault, clearing 4.27 meters at the Al Owens Classic, hosted by Grand Valley State. It is currently the best mark in the nation and eighth best in NCAA Division II history.

Denison’s Daniel Spencer was nearly perfect last week, batting 8 of 9 with three doubles, seven RBIs, five runs and four walks. His .923 on-base percentage and 1.222 slugging percentage helped the Bishops defeat Kenyon and Ohio Wesleyan twice.

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