OHS baseball notches 3-win week
After two rainouts at the beginning of the week, Oakwood’s varsity baseball team closed the week with three straight wins to raise their season record to 12-1.
The Jacks hopped on board the Charbat Express on Wednesday, as sophomore righty Connor Charbat hurled a six-hit shutout at Waynesville. Oakwood’s steady defense, led by catcher Ian Munn, who gunned down two Spartan baserunners, and center fielder Andrew Morris, who made a diving catch, gave Charbat all the support he needed, as the Jacks coasted to an 8-0 win. At the plate, Oakwood could only manage six hits, but alert baserunning and some shaky defense by Waynesville provided plenty of run support. The Jacks’ only extra-base hit was a double by Munn, while Greg Ambrose chipped in two RBIs.
Ian Munn’s home run swing against Brookville.
On Friday, Oakwood hosted Milton-Union and pounded their way to a 10-2 win. With the Jacks trailing 1-0 in the fourth, Tony Lamb evened the score with a blast over the visiting bleachers at Mack Hummon Stadium. It was all Oakwood from that point, as the Jacks tallied four runs in the fifth and five more in the sixth. Plenty of Oakwood hitters got into the act, as Colin Morris had three hits, including a triple, and Charbat and Kyle Kissock chipped in two hits apiece. Ben Roess was his usual stingy self on the mound, scattering five Bulldog hits over six innings to pick up the win for Oakwood, before giving way to Hank Beasore, who pitched a scoreless seventh to nail down the win.
Oakwood survived a wild see-saw battle on Saturday, escaping with a 12-11 win at Brookville. Shaky defense by both teams and a blustery wind made for a very interesting game. The Blue Devils pounced on starter Tyler Philo for three runs in the first. Only a great diving stop by third baseman Justin Reeder with the bases loaded prevented more damage. The Jacks answered back in the top of the second with four runs of their own, fueled by a two-run round tripper by Munn, but Brookville knotted the score at 4-4 in the bottom of the inning. Again, a bases-loaded defensive gem snuffed out a big inning, as Kissock started a 4-6-3 double play to end the inning.
The Jacks opened up what appeared to be a commanding lead with six more runs in the top of the third, but Brookville’s center fielder flashed some leather of his own, reaching over the fence to haul in Lamb’s home run bid to end the inning and hold the Jacks to a 10-4 lead after 2 innings. Brookville closed the gap to 10-6 with a two-run dinger in the third. Andrew Morris took the mound for Oakwood in the fourth, and the teams traded two-run innings in the fifth, with Beasore coming out of the Oakwood bullpen to slam the door for the Jacks. Brookville pounded out two doubles and a homer off Ambrose in the sixth, closing the gap to 12-11 and setting up some last-inning drama. After holding Oakwood scoreless in the top of the inning, the Blue Devils opened their half of the seventh with a single.
The next batter hit a shot up the middle that Ambrose snagged and threw to first to double up the runner. Ambrose then struck the next man out to close out a hard-fought SWBL win for the Jacks. Five Oakwood hitters had multi-hit games, including Charbat with three, and Scott Harman, Colin Morris, Reeder, and Jack McIntyre with two apiece. Ambrose hit a double for the Jacks.
The Jacks (4-1 in the SWBL) enter a pivotal week in the league race, hosting rival Bellbrook yesterday, then playing back-to-back games against league-leading Franklin at home on Tuesday and at Franklin on Wednesday. The team returns home against Brookville on Thursday, then closes the week with a double-header at Carroll on Saturday.
Track team splits up to run two venues
The Oakwood High School Track team split on Friday evening to run at the Waynesville Invitational and Dayton Relays. At Waynesville, the Jills finished third of eleven teams and the Jacks fifth of eleven. The top individual finisher for the Jills was M.E. Labrie who was first in the 400M dash. Labrie also anchored the first place finishing 4x400M relay team of Karin Mueller, Sara French and Stephanie Telek. Mueller finished third in the 200M dash. Maddie Maney finished third in the 1600M Run. Laura German long jumped to a third place finish and carried the baton home for third in the 4x100M relay with Bria Meade, Maddie Lehrner, and Emi Banke. Fourth place finishers for the Jills were Rachel Griep in the long jump, Anna McGovern in the 300M hurdles and Erin Taylor in the 3200M Run.
For the Oakwood men, the 4x400M relay team of Dan Roll, Tory Tomlinson, Troy Gould and Chris Mullins were second. Dan Roll tied for third in the High Jump. Marc Skill was third and Alec Snead fourth in the 3200M Run. Other fourth place finishers for the Jacks were, Michael Baumgartner in the discus, T. Gould in the 1600M Run, and Keith Mueller in the 800M Run. The 4x800M Relay team of Tory Tomlinson, Steven Hix, Ben Georgin, and Will Reese was also fourth.
At Welcome Stadium, Kelsey McDonald, Julia Sizek, Hannah French, and Lucy Shafer ran to a fourth place finish in the 4x800M relay. In the distance medley, Shafer ran the 800M leg, McDonald the 400M, Molly Reese the 1200M, and Julia Sizek closed with the 1600M. The Jills finished third, just twenty-seven one-hundredths behind Chaminade-Julienne but three-tenths ahead of Kettering Fairmont.
OJHS softball team beats Bellbrook MS 14-13
Congratulations to the Oakwood Jr. High girls softball team on beating Bellbrook MS, 14-13.
The girls rallied from behind, 10-0 in the bottom of the fifth. Ali Lamb and Shannon O’Connor split their pitching duties. All the girls played extremely well defensively, especially third baseman, Kinsey Barhorst. The team is coached by Chris Gilbert, Linda Fortener and Mike Sherrill.
Pictured left to right; Ali Lamb, Abby Seyfang, Shannon O’Connor, Jamie Lauterbach, Elizabeth Rogers, Rachel Neff, Sarah Moulton, Tayler Borkenhagen, Georgie Murdock, Kayla Barnes, Kinsey Barhorst & Rachael Bolmida. Not pictured; Emily Perry.
Junior rowers take home medals
In their first regatta of the season, Greater Dayton Rowing Association Junior Crew brought home three medals. The Hoover Invitational Regatta was held April 18 at the Hoover Reservoir in Westerville, Ohio. Rowers from 32 clubs, 22 cities and seven states competed. “We’re thrilled about our first competition,” said Elizabeth Reed, junior head coach. “Both our experienced and novice rowers performed well. I look forward to a great season for us.”
The following junior rowers received medals: Women’s 4 scull, Silver: Lauren Sobol (Oakwood HS), Katie Woodie (Oakwood HS), Jenny McCarthy (Oakwood HS), Annie Scott (Stivers HS); Men’s 4 scull, Bronze: Hye-Seung Kim (Centerville HS), Jon Wittoesch (Oakwood HS), Ryan Deffet (Oakwood HS), Alex Caswell (Centerville HS); Women’s double scull, Bronze: Merideth Snead (Oakwood HS), Julianna Struble (Vandalia-Butler HS).
Oakwood siblings medal in rowing >
Camps, Camps, and more Camps... OJHS Jills volleyball camp Oakwood Jills basketball summer camp Session 1: Grades 7-8 Session 2: Grades 4-6 Wooster summer soccer camp Wooster Girls Soccer Camp, a residential girls only soccer camp, held at The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH is accepting registrations for its June 14-17 and July 5-8 sessions. Group discounts are available. Register before May 1 and receive price break. All information is at www.woostersoccercamp.com. Girls soccer camp July 13-17 Any girl CURRENTLY in grades first through fifth that would like to attend the Flyers were passed out to all elementary students~ if you have any questions or need a new form, please email Coach Dawn Gaydosh at dawngaydosh@aol.com or feel free to call at 439-0753. This camp promises to be a lot of fun! We hope to see you all this summer! OHS Summer Sports Camps 2009 Basketball Camp Session 2 2009 Football Camp Any questions: contact Paul Stone at 307-5818 or pws4141@gmail.com
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Camps, Camps, and more Camps... OJHS Jills volleyball camp Oakwood Jills basketball summer camp Session 1: Grades 7-8 Session 2: Grades 4-6 Wooster summer soccer camp Wooster Girls Soccer Camp, a residential girls only soccer camp, held at The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH is accepting registrations for its June 14-17 and July 5-8 sessions. Group discounts are available. Register before May 1 and receive price break. All information is at www.woostersoccercamp.com. Girls soccer camp July 13-17 Any girl CURRENTLY in grades first through fifth that would like to attend the Flyers were passed out to all elementary students~ if you have any questions or need a new form, please email Coach Dawn Gaydosh at dawngaydosh@aol.com or feel free to call at 439-0753. This camp promises to be a lot of fun! We hope to see you all this summer! OHS Summer Sports Camps 2009 Basketball Camp Session 2 2009 Football Camp Any questions: contact Paul Stone at 307-5818 or pws4141@gmail.com
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April 28, 2009
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