Through her 19 seasons ashead volleyball coach at BedfordHigh School, Jodi Manore has cul-tivated, and come to expect, excel-lence in her Kicking Mules. Her1998 and 2001 teams won Michi-gan Class A (big school) state cham-pionships, and this year’s squad isoff to a 25-3 start and a No. 4 rank-ing in the latest state poll.

Led by senior right-side hitterLauren Keiser, who Manore said hasbeen the Mules’ most consistent all-

around player,and sophomoremiddle hitterVeronica Rood,the team’s leaderin kills and killpercentage, Bed-ford, a state semi-finalist last sea-son, has lost onlyto the three teamsranked above it in

the state poll — No. 1 East Kent-wood, No. 2 Fraser and No. 3 GrandHaven.

The Mules, 3-0 in the South-eastern Conference, face an SCchallenge tonight against Chelsea,the only conference team to beatthe Mules last year, and has a big-ger test Jan. 24 at the 24-team EastKentwood Invitational. That tour-nament field includes perennialpowers Portage Northern andPortage Central, both top-10 rankedteams.

BASKETBALL1,000 and countingFostoria junior guard Jacob

Diebler surpassed the 1,000 markin career pointsFriday when hescored 38 in an81-66 NorthernOhio League winover Tiffin Col-umbian. The 6-2Diebler is aver-aging 24.3 pointsand 8.1 reboundsper game. His 6-5freshman broth-

er, Jon, is second on the team inboth categories (16.7 points, 6.7boards).

Chapman honoredJustin Chapman, a former

Rogers and Wayne State Universi-ty basketball standout who died lastsummer in a Detroit-area boat-ing accident, will be honored dur-ing the Martin Luther King Jr. Clas-sic Monday at Libbey.

The most valuable player atthe 1999 MLK Classic, Chapmanwas a standout football and bas-ketball player for Rogers. He ledWayne State in scoring (13.1) andwas among the team leaders inrebounds and blocked shots forhis 2002-03 senior season.

“He was a tremendous youngman,’’ said Rogers football coachRick Rios. “He was a pretty good ath-lete but, more importantly, he wasa top-notch person.’’

The Northwest Ohio BlackMedia Association has created asportsmanship award named inChapman’s honor. The formal ded-ication will come at halftime ofthe 3 p.m. Libbey-Trotwood Madi-son game on Monday.

SWIMMINGTitans make wavesSt. John's Jesuit coach Andy

Dugan has plenty to be pleasedabout,

The Titans (5-1 in dual meets),who face Erie Mason tonight, arecoming off a close victory over astrong Northview team. It requiredSt. John's 400-meter freestyle relayteam of Greg Szmanski, DavidBraunreuther, David Fournier andStott Dittemore to win the finalrace with a time of 4:01.

“It was more of a mental win forus than anything,” Dugan said.“To win, it really was a confidencebuilder for us. They should havevery positive thoughts for them-selves going into other meets.”

Fournier, a senior, ranks fifth inthe state in the 50-yard free witha school-record time of 21.90.David Colturi, a freshman, ranksthird in the state among diversafter posting a season-best 281points on six dives.

HOCKEYIcy hot

Veteran coach Dan DeWitt’sBowling Green Bobcats are on a roll.

Their 2-0 win Saturday at ParmaPadua Franciscan was their 15thstraight victory, avenging the onlyblemish on a 17-0-1 record. Bowl-ing Green is 6-0-1 against teamsfrom the Cleveland area’s top divi-sion, including a win over defend-ing state champ University School.

The Bobcats, 6-0-0 in the topdivision of the Northwest HockeyConference, have been led by sen-ior forwards Kevin Rawlik (26 goals,13 assists), Steve Culbertson (16, 11)and Casey Horner (11, 16).

Senior goalie Dan Marcson hasa 1.37 goals-against average and a.937 save percentage.

GYMNASTICSGym dandies

Catie Wolf and Lindy Curlis ledthe way as Findlay ran away withthe team title at the 19-teamSouthview Invitational.

Wolf won the vault and thefloor, while Curlis finished secondin the bars and the balance beamon her way to a second-place fin-ish in the all-around.

Amber Dennie of Napoleonwon the all-around by taking firstplace in the bars and the beam.

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B O Y S B A S K E T B A L L

Perrysburg triotake down foes

By DONALD EMMONSBLADE SPORTS WRITER

espite having as many freshmen dress for theboys varsity basketball team as sophomores,juniors and seniors combined, MonclovaChristian Academy believes its prayers have

been answered this season.The Thunder is on a major roll, just two seasons

removed from a 3-18 inaugural campaign in whichthe majority of its games came against junior var-sity teams.

Monclova Christian has opened its third seasonby winning seven of its first ten games, includingnotable victories over Swanton and Seneca East. Notbad for a team that employs an ironman starting five,with few substitutions, and has been a member of

the Ohio High School AthleticAssociation for just two years.

“We’re pioneering a pro-gram,” coach Russ Merrin

said. “If we stay at our levelwe feel no one is going to

humiliate us.”With approximately

20 boys and 20 girls enrolled in the entire highschool, Monclova Christian is among the smallestschools in Division IV. By comparison, Swantonhas 189 boys in the upper three grades alone, andSeneca East 126.

Basically, in no time flat, the Thunder rose fromnothing into the (Very) Little Engine That Could.

The Thunder finished last year at 13-7 whilealso playing well enough to garner a Buckeye Chris-tian League championship. Based upon the Thun-der’s start to this season, expectations are to exceedlast season’s win total.

“We’re gaining some respect,” said Derek Mer-rin, the coach’s son, a 6-4 junior who is averaging 19points and a team-leading 11 rebounds. “We real-ly were embarrassed the first year.

“We’re a small school, but we’ve shown that wecan come out and play with the rest. We’ve done thatthis year.”

Exactly how Monclova Christian has succeededis not typical. For instance, tryouts for the varsity havebeen non-existent during the past three seasons.

“If you come out you’re on the team,” said MattVelazquez, a 6-1 junior who leads the Thunder in scor-ing with 21.7 points a contest.

The Thunder relies on its three seniors — 5-10Brian Boes, 6-2 Tony Russell and 6-4 Josh Rose — andjuniors Merrin and Velazquez to log most of theminutes in each game. Two of the seniors had neverplayed organized basketball until last year.

“It’s all still kind of new to me,” said Russell,who transferred from Bowling Green to MonclovaChristian two years ago. “To start out on varsityand never having played basketball before, I thoughtthat was kind of cool. It was all confusing at first. Ihad no idea of what was going on.”

Meanwhile, the bench is made up of even moreinexperience — one sophomore and six freshmen.The underclassmen also make up the Thunder’sjunior varsity team.

Merrin is limited in the number of substitu-tions he can make in a game based upon OHSAA rulesthat limit students from playing in more than five quar-ters of basketball on a given day.

Generally, Merrin doesn’t substitute in the firstquarter, which then allows him to use his non-starters as subs for the rest of the game, although nonecan play in more than one quarter.

A lack of players also hinders his coachingoptions. Applying full-court pressure is out of the ques-tion. He keeps it simple.

On defense the Thunder plays some man-to-man,but it also employs a half-court zone to preventplayers from becoming overly fatigued. On offensethe team has relied heavily on Velazquez and Mer-rin — the best and most experienced players.

Still, should any of the starters end up in foul trou-ble it creates a major breakdown.

“That’s the worst-case scenario for us,” coach Mer-rin said. “When we get in foul trouble we don’t havethat many players to go to other than the fresh-men.”

Nonetheless, the Thunder continues to roll.“It’s good to finally taste success,” Derek Merrin

said. “The hard work is finally paying off.”Russ Merrin, also the church pastor, worked as

a high school coach more than 20 years ago beforebeing called into the ministry. He has taken on thedouble-duty task of pastor and coach with open armsthe past three years.

“I enjoy the kids and enjoy basketball. I don’t havea problem separating the two,” the coach said. “I’ma little hoarse sometimes on Sundays, but as long asI don’t get called for a technical in a game then I thinkmy testimony is still good.”

WRESTLING

FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

NOTEBOOK THE DOCKET

WRESTLING■ Tomorrow and Saturday:

The Mary E. Kerr MemorialInvitational wrestling tourna-ment begins with preliminarycompetition at 4 p.m. tomorrowat the Waite High School fieldhouse.

In its 28th year as one of thearea’s top regular-season invi-tationals, this year’s tourna-ment features a 26-team field,with schools that sent a com-bined 42 wrestlers to the statetournament last year.

Included in the field areClay, Delta, Franklin Heights,Galloway Westland, Genoa,Grove City, Hilliard Darby, Libbey,Lorain Southview, MassillonWashington, Maumee, Mid-dlefield Cardinal, Montpelier,Mount Vernon, Newbury, North-wood, Perry, Reynoldsburg,Sandusky, Scott, Start,Southview, Springfield, hostWaite, Whitmer and Wood-ward.

The tournament resumesSaturday at 10 a.m. with cham-pionship-bracket semifinalsand consolation-bracket match-es, and concludes with first,third and fifth-place matches at5 p.m.

SWIMMING/DIVING■ Tomorrow: The Sylva-

nia Invitational takes place atNorthview, with diving at 4 p.m.and swimming at 6 p.m. Swim-mers from as many as 16schools are expected to com-pete.

■ Saturday: Napoleon willhost the Greater Buckeye Con-ference Championships. Themeet is scheduled to start at9:30 a.m.

GYMNASTICS■ Saturday: Central vs.

Southview and Notre Dame vs.Northview at Sunrise Gym-nastics Academy at 4:30 p.m.

■ Jan. 21: Southview andNotre Dame at Perrysburg — atPerrysburg Gymynastics Clubat 7 p.m.; Northview and Bow-sher at Maumee — at SouthToledo YMCA at 7 p.m.

FLASHBACK■ 30 YEARS AGO: On

Jan. 18, 1974, Jeff Shaneckset the Genoa single-gamescoring record with 42 points ina 94-71 basketball win overGibsonburg. All-Ohio playerRon Hammye added 20 for theComets, who would go on thatseason under coach DaveHitchen to reach the Class AAstate semifinals.

By STEVE JUNGABLADE SPORTS WRITER

With 14 different weight class-es in high school wrestling, com-petitors obviously come in allshapes and sizes.

At Perrysburg this winter, the topthree wrestlers, according to theirrespective No. 1 individual rankingsin the area coaches poll, are at nearopposite ends of the size spec-trum. This trio also represents adiversity in their backgrounds andapproach to the sport.

Despite their differences, jun-ior 112-pounder Tony Rodriguez(23-6), senior 119-pounder NoahZyduck (21-3) and senior heavy-weight Dave Wyper (24-2) all havethe same aspiration — to maxi-mize their success on the mat.

Two things that distinguishRodriguez are his intelligence andhis preparation. He ranks third inhis class academically with a grade-point average just under 4.4, and hiswork ethic, according to Perrys-burg coach Jeff Bucher, is top shelf.

Rodriguez’s commitment toexcellence has endured despitehis battle, for more than a year,with crohn’s disease and its relat-ed digestive-tract ulcers.

“There’s some pain and it’s notfun to deal with, but I don’t think itreally affects my wrestling toomuch,’’ Rodriguez said. “There’s alot worse [health issues] out there,and I’m not going to let it get medown.”

Rodriguez was a Northern LakesLeague and Division I sectionalchampion a year ago.

“Tell Tony something and that’swhat he’s going to do,’’ Bucher said.“You get his best every day and hebrings a great attitude. His intelli-gence pays off. When he’s in amatch you can see him thinkingthings through and making goodchoices.’’

Zyduck, an NLL and sectionalchampion in 2003, has also paid hisdues. He began wrestling in thirdgrade and has been a spring andsummer tournament regular since.Last summer he traveled to Bulgariaon a national youth team that com-peted in a Greco-Roman meet.

“The more [competitive] mattime you get, the better wrestleryou’re going to be,’’ said Zyduck, whowas first in the Perrysburg Invita-tional Tournament (PIT) last Sat-urday. “You know situations betterthan other people. The Bulgariatrip was a great experience. I onlywent 1-4, but I learned a lot.’’

“Noah enjoys competing morethan anything,’’ Bucher said. “Prac-tice he doesn’t quite enjoy so much,but when its time for a match he’sready.’’

Wyper never wrestled before

high school, and this late start kepthim off the varsity team as a fresh-man. His sophomore season was cutshort by academic ineligibility.

That year, the 6-6 Wyper hadtrimmed from 295 pounds to belowthe 275 heavyweight maximum,and had just placed second in thePIT when his season stopped.

But this setback sent Wyper amessage — if he wanted to wrestle,he had to turn things around inthe classroom. Wyper says he haslifted his cumulative GPA fromaround 1.4 to above 2.9.

“I didn’t really concentrate awhole lot my freshman and soph-omore years,’’ Wyper admitted.“My parents were always hasslingme about doing my homeworkand it finally sank in. I started doingmy work and getting the grades.’’

His reward was a 36-13 recordlast year, including qualifying for andgoing 2-2 at the state meet. Nowdown to 255 pounds, Wyper’s goalis a state title.

“It’s been a huge leap for me,’’Wyper said.

“Because of what’s happened,’’Bucher said, “it’s led Dave to climba ladder, success-wise. He workedand worked to get to the pointwhere, now, he’s a dominating guy.Academically, athletically andsocially, he’s grown tremendously.’’

Name: Niki McCoySchool: NorthviewClass: JuniorSport: Basketball

The Wildcats’ 5-11 postplayer scored a game-high21 points and grabbedseven rebounds in a pivotalNorthern Lakes League vic-tory over Perrysburg.

McCoy, the only under-classman in starting lineup,leads the Wildcats in scor-ing (16.4) and is second inrebounding (6.0).

MALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEKName: Mike DhondtSchool: PerrysburgClass: SeniorSport: Basketball

The 6-0 guard scored 28points in an 89-84 NLLovertime loss Friday atSouthview, then set aschool single-game recordwith 41 points in an 84-47

victory Saturday over Bellevue. Dhondt, who hit13 3-pointers (9 vs.Bellevue) in the two games,lifted his season scoringaverage to 23.4.

Bedford among state’sbest in volleyball again

GIRLS BASKETBALL

THE BLADE/DAVE ZAPOTOSKY

Perrysburg wrestlers Tony Rodriguez, left, Dave Wyper andNoah Zyduck are all ranked No. 1 in their respective weightclasses in the area coaches poll.

THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH

Monclova Christian’s varsity players are joined by junior varsity players as they getpumped up for a game. The JV players are used as substitutes in the varsity game.

S E C T I O N C P A G E 6 S E C T I O N C P A G E 7

HHiigghh--ff llyyiinngg 55Monclova Christian gains

respect, wins with few players

DJodi

Manore

JacobDiebler

THE BLADE/JEREMY WADSWORTH

Monclova Christian coach Russ Merrin waits totake the court with his varsity team of DerekMerrin, left, Josh Rose, Matt Velazquez, TonyRussell and Brian Bose. The school has just 20boys and 20 girls.

City League League OverallBowsher 5-0 10-1Central Catholic 5-0 7-3Notre Dame 3-2 7-3Waite 3-2 7-4Clay 3-2 6-3Whitmer 3-2 6-4St. Ursula 3-2 5-5Start 2-3 6-3Rogers 1-3 2-6Scott 1-4 2-4Libbey 0-4 0-6Woodward 0-5 1-7

SCORING LEADERS G PTS AVGKate Achter, Clay 9 234 26.0Jazlyn Davis, Bowsher 10 234 23.4Sara Sheperd, Whitmer 9 146 16.2Domonique Ervin, Start 9 128 14.2Evette Mosby, Libbey 8 112 14.0Vicki Brown, Start 9 123 13.7Olivia Griswold, Rogers 6 82 13.7Jena Blosser, St. Ursula 10 133 13.3Nina Mlynek, Clay 9 112 12.4Jessica Minnfield, Central 10 123 12.3Linda Ubokudom, Whitmer 10 121 12.1Claire Anderson, St. Ursula 10 111 11.1Heather Wiczynski, Notre Dame 10 110 11.0Jana Wilsch, Libbey 5 55 11.0Ellen Herman, Central 9 98 10.9Breanna Robinson, Central 10 107 10.7Stephany Johnson, Bowsher 10 101 10.1Octavia Griswold, Rogers 6 59 9.8Eilsa Hickman, Start 9 85 9.4Mallory Myers, Notre Dame 10 93 9.3

REBOUNDING LEADERS G RBS AVGOlivia Griswold, Rogers 6 72 12.0Nina Mlynek, Clay 9 98 10.9Vicki Brown, Start 9 93 10.3Octavia Griswold, Rogers 6 62 10.3Jana Wilsch, Libbey 5 46 9.2Ellen Herman, Central 9 77 8.6Linda Ubokudom, Whitmer 10 84 8.4Melinda Franco, Bowsher 10 82 8.2Lindsey McDonald, Rogers 8 64 8.0Kadyia Gregory, Libbey 8 60 7.5Breanna Robinson, Central 10 69 6.9Ali Florian, St. Ursula 7 48 6.9Jazlyn Davis, Bowsher 10 66 6.6Danyelle McCary, Libbey 8 48 6.0

Bobbi Jo Dixon, Whitmer 10 58 5.8Bri Smith, St. Ursula 10 58 5.8Kate Achter, Clay 9 51 5.7

Not reporting: Woodward, Waite, Scott

NLL League OverallNorthview 4-0 9-0Perrysburg 3-1 8-1Bowling Green 3-1 5-5Southview 3-1 4-4Maumee 2-2 2-7Rossford 1-3 2-7Springfield 0-4 2-6Anthony Wayne 0-4 0-8

SCORING LEADERS G PTS AVGLaura Markwood, Perrysburg 9 213 23.7Niki McCoy, Northview 8 131 16.4Chassidy Tooson, Rossford 9 142 15.8Liz Chibucos, Bowling Green 9 115 12.8Liz Tansey, Southview 8 93 11.6Brooke Amstutz, Northview 7 79 11.3Nikki Smith, Northview 8 85 10.6Katie Greisiger, Maumee 7 74 10.6Aubrey Vandiver, Bowling Green 8 83 10.4Mikki Sutherland, Maumee 9 90 10.0Allison Vallas, Perrysburg 10 100 10.0

REBOUNDING LEADERS G RBS AVGLaura Markwood, Perrysburg 9 101 11.2Aubrey Vandiver, Bowling Green 8 88 11.0Sarah Carstensen, Springfield 8 59 7.4Stephanie Hoover, Anthony Wayne 8 59 7.4Liz Tansey, Southview 8 53 6.6Lindsay Vannett, Bowling Green 10 65 6.5Julia Dempster, Northview 8 51 6.4Michelle Trumbull, Springfield 8 51 6.4Niki McCoy, Northview 8 48 6.0

SLL League OverallGibsonburg 5-1 6-3Eastwood 5-1 6-4Lakota 4-2 7-3Otsego 3-2 4-7Elmwood 3-3 7-3Genoa 2-4 4-6Woodmore 2-4 2-6Lake 0-6 1-10

SCORING LEADERS G PTS AVGMallory Fleming, Gibsonburg 7 125 17.9Nicole Nissen, Genoa 10 163 16.3Julie Braschler, Gibsonburg 7 112 16.0Erin Limes, Otsego 11 144 13.1Whitney Hartman, Eastwood 11 137 12.5Kelly McPherson, Lake 10 124 12.4Keri Williams, Genoa 10 117 11.7Leah Garcia, Woodmore 9 99 11.0Kim Young, Eastwood 11 120 10.9Julia Weisenbor n, Otsego 11 119 10.8Courtney Nissen, Genoa 10 103 10.3Megan Abbey, Woodmore 9 91 10.1Lindsay Heidebrink, Lake 10 99 9.9Megan Jacks, Lake 10 95 9.5Carrie Netcher, Woodmore 9 80 8.9Stephanie Geisel, Lake 10 81 8.1

REBOUNDING LEADERS G RBS AVGMallory Fleming, Gibsonburg 9 117 13.0Nicole Nissen, Genoa 10 111 11.1Kelly McPherson, Lake 10 101 10.1Whitney Hartman, Eastwood 11 100 9.1Erin Limes, Otsego 11 99 9.0Ashley Murphy, Otsego 11 73 6.6Stephanie Asmus, Otsego 11 69 6.3Joni Rupke, Gibsonburg 10 62 6.2Megan Abbey, Woodmore 9 53 5.9Lindsay Heidebrink, Lake 10 58 5.8Keri Williams, Genoa 10 53 5.3Cadie Brown, Woodmore 9 47 5.2Julie Berschler, Gibsonburg 10 50 5.0

Not reporting: Elmwood, Lakota

NWOAL League OverallArchbold 3-0 10-0Patrick Henry 2-0 6-2Evergreen 2-1 6-1Swanton 2-1 6-3Wauseon 2-1 6-3Liberty Center 1-2 6-5Bryan 0-2 6-3Montpelier 0-2 4-5Delta 0-3 2-5

SCORING LEADERS G PTS AVGJennifer Keesey, Swanton 9 221 24.6Leslie Stong, Evergreen 7 134 19.1Amy Wanemacher, Archbold 10 145 14.5Sara Fee, Bryan 9 128 14.2

Sara Roth, Wauseon 9 118 13.1Abby LaV igne, Swanton 9 112 12.4Kara Buehrer, Archbold 10 122 12.2Sarah Grime, Archbold 10 121 12.1Kendra Stahl, Archbold 10 119 11.9Amanda Coressel, Patrick Henry 8 95 11.9Allison Myers, Patrick Henry 8 91 11.4Amanda Bell, Liberty Center 11 117 10.6Denise Matheny, Liberty Center 11 117 10.6

REBOUNDING LEADERS G RBS AVGAbby LaV igne, Swanton 9 93 10.3Leslie Stong, Evergreen 8 80 10.0Kelly Beer, Evergreen 8 62 7.8Chelsea White, Swanton 8 55 6.9Tarah Dominique, Swanton 9 52 5.8Jessica Davis, Delta 6 32 5.3Val Moxim, Wauseon 8 41 5.1

TAAC League OverallNorthwood 3-0 6-3Cardinal Stritch 2-0 6-2Ottawa Hills 2-1 5-4Danbury 2-1 5-3Toledo Christian 2-2 6-2Emmanuel Baptist 0-3 2-6Maumee Valley 0-4 0-8

SCORING LEADERS G PTS AVGJamie Flick, Northwood 9 160 17.8Charlotte Jones, Emmanuel Baptist 10 174 17.4Andria Barlage, Toledo Christian 9 140 15.6Brittany Bogart, Northwood 8 114 14.3Kristen Ameling, Cardinal Stritch 10 128 12.8Jackie Emmenecker, Toledo Christian 9 111 12.3Alissa Toth, Toledo Christian 9 110 12.2Rachel Garber, Ottawa Hills 9 100 11.1Julie Lorkowski, Ottawa Hills 8 86 10.8Amanda Agler, Northwood 9 96 10.7Kelcee Evans, Cardinal Stritch 10 105 10.5Kim Zura, Danbury 9 91 10.1

REBOUNDING LEADERS G RBS AVGChristine Loyd, Maumee Valley 6 60 10.0Alexis Holman, Maumee Valley 5 44 8.8Michelle Har nica, Emmanuel Baptist 10 83 8.3Kelcee Evans, Cardinal Stritch 8 66 8.3Apryl Poese, Cardinal Stritch 8 65 8.1Meryl Smith, Northwood 9 69 7.7Alissa Toth, Toledo Christian 9 69 7.7Kim Zura, Danbury 9 67 7.4

Jackie Emmenecker, Toledo Christian 9 66 7.3Brittany Bogart, Northwood 9 64 7.1Erin Steinbeck, Danbury 9 61 6.8Amanda Agler, Northwood 9 60 6.7Megan Jamieson, Ottawa Hills 9 57 6.3Charlotte Jones, Emmanuel Baptist 10 62 6.2Rachel Garber, Ottawa Hills 9 54 6.0Kristen Schweer, Toledo Christian 9 54 6.0Nicole Bergman, Cardinal Stritch 8 47 5.9Julie Lorkowski, Ottawa Hills 8 47 5.9Danielle Cooper, Emmanuel Baptist 10 57 5.7Laura Trickey, Ottawa Hills 9 51 5.7

Sandusky Bay Conference League OverallOak Harbor 8-0 12-0Clyde 6-2 6-6Port Clinton 5-3 9-3Margaretta 5-3 6-5Sandusky Perkins 4-4 5-7Huron 2-6 2-7Edison 1-7 2-9Sandusky St. Mary 1-7 1-11

Midland Athletic League League OverallNew Riegel 5-0 8-2Carey 5-0 6-4Mohawk 1-0 2-2Hopewell-Loudon 4-1 7-2Fremont St. Joseph 2-1 5-3Old Fort 1-2 2-4North Baltimore 1-3 4-3Tiffin Calvert 1-3 4-4Bettsville 0-3 0-9Seneca East 0-3 0-7Fostoria St. Wendelin 0-4 0-7

Blanchard Valley Conf. League OverallPandora-Gilboa 5-0 6-2McComb 4-0 10-1Van Buren 4-0 8-2Arcadia 4-1 7-2Cory-Rawson 1-2 5-5Vanlue 1-2 4-4Arlington 1-3 2-8Leipsic 1-3 2-8Hardin Northern 0-3 0-10Liberty-Benton 0-3 0-10

Green Meadows Conference League OverallFairview 2-0 3-7Wayne Trace 2-0 3-7Hicksville 1-0 6-4Ayersville 1-0 5-5Antwerp 0-1 4-7Tinora 0-1 0-10Edgerton 0-2 1-11Holgate 0-2 1-11

Putnam County League League OverallMiller City 4-0 10-0Ottoville 3-1 7-3Continental 2-1 9-2Fort Jennings 2-1 7-3Pandora-Gilboa 1-1 6-2Columbus Grove 0-2 5-5Kalida 0-3 4-4Leipsic 0-3 2-8

Buckeye Border Conference League OverallFayette 4-0 9-0Stryker 3-1 7-4Edon 3-1 6-5Hilltop 1-3 3-9Pettisville 1-3 1-7North Central 0-4 1-6

Other Northwest Ohio OverallOttawa-Glandorf 10-1Fostoria 9-2Findlay 7-3Napoleon 6-5Bellevue 5-3Defiance 4-6

COMING TOMORROW:t Boys basketball standings andstatistics

WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTSToday

Girls basketball: Rogers vs.Whitmer, midnight

TomorrowBoys basketball: CentralCatholic vs. St. John’s, 6:30 p.m.(live)Boys basketball: Libbey vs.Start, 8:30 p.m. (live)Boys basketball: Springfield vs.Perrysburg, midnight

SaturdayCollege basketball: Minnesota atOhio State, noon (live)College basketball: Owens CCwomen vs. Edison State, 8 p.m.College basketball: Owens CCmen vs. Edison State, 10 p.m.Boys basketball: Whitmer vs.Bedford, midnight

SundayGirls basketball: St. Ursula vs.Southview, noon

MondayBoys basketball: Libbey vs.Dayton Trotwood, midnight