MEDIA RELEASE__Lima Central Catholic defeated Upper Scioto Valley 16-0 in five innings on Thursday in a Division VII sectional final at LCC. LCC will advance on to play Minster on May 28 at Elida in the district semifinals.
McGUFFEY__The visiting Ada High School baseball team held traditional backyard rival Upper Scioto Valley to one hit and posted a 5-1 win on Tuesday, May 19.
The Rams scored their lone run in the bottom of the first inning to lead early. Ada answered with two runs in the top of the second, then scored a single run in the third to seize a 3-1 edge.
The Bulldogs added two insurance runs in the top of the sixth. After USV was held scoreless in the home sixth, hard rain caused the game to be called. Since five frames had been completed, it was an official game.
MEDIA RELEASE__On Saturday, May 16, Upper Scioto Valley and Ridgemont concluded a Northwest Central Conference game that had been suspended and then played another nonconference game.
Ridgemont won the NWCC game 13-12 and the nonconference game 15-7.
Upper Scioto Valley is back in action on Tuesday, playing Ada at 5 p.m.
ADA__The Ada High School track and field teams hosted the annual 11-team Blanchard Valley Conference championship meet on Friday, May 15 in War Memorial Stadium.
The Bulldog girls took sixth place, while the Ada boys ended up ninth in the league standings.
Van Buren captured the girls team crown by 26 points ahead of second-place Elmwood, 131.5-105.5. Riverdale edged Liberty-Benton for third (97-95), with Arlington coming in fifth (84). The Ada girls tallied 44.5 points.
