Knights’ Dzierwa, Kelly shut down Eagles, 1-0

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OTSEGO 1, EASTWOOD 0

TONTOGANY — In a key Northern Buckeye Conference game, Otsego pitchers Joseph Dzierwa and Gabe Kelly combined to shut out Eastwood, 1-0, handing the Eagles their first loss Friday.

Dzierwa struck out five and walked one, allowing four hits and no runs over 5.1 innings.

Kelly closed the final 1.2 innings, striking out two, walking none and allowing one hit in recording the win.

Tyler O’Brien scored the winning run for the Knights in the bottom of the sixth off an RBI by Jaxon Jeremy.

Until that point, Eastwood pitcher Lake Boos had held the Knights scoreless. He struck out 11, walked four, and allowed two hits and one run.

O’Brien and Jeremy had the Knight’s only hits, but both were doubles. Blake Steele had a stolen base and Jared Crozier reached after getting hit by a pitch.

For state-ranked Eastwood (20-1 overall, 10-1 NBC), Case Boos went 2-for-3 and he had three stolen bases. Dylan Hoffman doubled, and Isaac Cherry and Jackson Bauer had base hits for the Eagles.

Andrew Badenhop had a sacrifice bunt and both catchers, Otsego’s O’Brien and Eastwood’s Andrew Arntson, threw out one base runner trying to steal.

LAKE 18, WOODMORE 2

WOODVILLE — Richie Hayward and Caleb Tobias combined to pitch a two-hit shutout as the Lake routed Woodmore, 18-0, in Northern Buckeye Conference baseball Friday.

Hayward struck out two, walked one and allowed two hits over three innings and Tobias struck out three, walked none and did not allow a hit over the final two innings to lead Lake’s 18-hit attack.

Cam Hoffman went 3-for-5 with two doubles and two RBIs, Michael Tolles went 3-for-3 with two RBIs, and Conner Moore had a home run, two RBIs, walked twice and scored twice.

Matt Perry was 3-for-4 with a triple and three RBIs, Hayward was 2-for-3 with a triple and three RBIs, and Drew Tajblik was 2-for-2.

Andrew Kelly doubled, and Aiden Young, Keagon Henry and Steven Wymer had base hits for Lake.

Henry and Noah Robie had sacrifice flies and Tajblik had a stolen base.

PERRYSBURG 10, MAUMEE 0

PERRYSBURG — Perrysburg pitcher Matt Hubbard pitched a complete game two-hitter as the Yellow Jackets defeated Maumee, 10-0, in a Northern Lakes League tilt Friday.

Hubbard struck out three and walked three, throwing 85 pitches over six innings, including 51 for strikes. He faced 23 batters.

At the plate, Kyle Gagich was 2-for-3 with a triple and three RBIs, and Hubbard, Ryan Thompson and Jack Losee hit doubles.

Will Rettig, Connor Trzcinski, A.J. Bernthisel, Guillermo Materan and Max Heltzel had base hits for Perrysburg, which has a one game lead for sole possession of first place in the NLL.

Ben Robeson, who was hit by a pitch twice, had two stolen bases and Connor Walendzak, Matt Gast, Thompson, Gagich and Bernthisel had one stolen base each.

T.J. Takats was also hit by a pitch and Bernthisel, Heltzel and Abram Hire had sacrifice flies.

Sam Archambeau and Ethan Kujawa had base hits for the Panthers, and Michael Dembski took the loss on the hill.

ROSSFORD 13, TOLEDO BOWSHER 3

ROSSFORD—Rossford scored seven runs in the second inning on its way to cruising to a 13-3 non-league win over Toledo Bowsher Friday.

Logan Walder got the win, striking out five, walking four, allowing two hits and three runs, but just one was earned.

Landon Reiter was 2-for-3 with a double, Seth Walters had a double, and Trent Bachmayer, Alex Williams, and Jacob Tuczynski had base hits for the Bulldogs, which only needed six hits.

Rossford took advantage of five walks, six stolen bases and three Blue Racer errors, ending the game by mercy rule after five innings.

Reiter and Kaidyn Herrick had two stolen bases apiece and Bachmayer and Williams had one each.

Bachmayer and Brandon Swope also reached after getting hit by a pitch, and Herrick and Williams had sacrifice flies.

OTSEGO 8, LIBERTY CENTER 0

TONTOGANY—Otsego softball advances to the Division III district tournament at Holland after shutting out Liberty Center Friday, 8-0.

Otsego senior Lexi North, who will pitch at Mercyhurst University next year, struck out 13, walked none and allowed just one hit over seven innings.

North threw 91 pitches, including 68 for strikes. She got two groundouts, five fly outs and faced 23 batters, tossing 18 first pitch strikes.

The game was scoreless entering the third inning, but Otsego scored in every inning after that.

At the plate, Summer Berry was 2-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs, Riley Rowe was 2-for-3 with a double, and Evelyn Rider was 2-for-3.

Moira Yaney had a triple, Ashtyn Gregory doubled, and North, Makayla Dingledine, and Riley Miller had base hits for the Knights.

Rowe had a sacrifice bunt and Berry and Dingledine had stolen bases.

EASTWOOD 11, ROSSFORD 0

ROSSFORD — Eastwood rebounded from its only loss of the season Friday to Otsego (1-0) to defeat Rossford, 11-0, in a five-inning mercy-ruled Northern Buckeye Conference game Saturday.

Jackson Bauer struck out seven, walked two and pitched a complete game two-hitter to pace the Eagles, who are 21-1 overall and 11-1 in the NBC.

Andrew Badenhop was 2-for-2 with a double and two RBIs and Case Boos was 2-for-4 with a double and RBI for the Eagles.

Tristan Schuerman and Lake Boos hit doubles and Jordan Pickerel, Isaac Cherry, and Caleb Recker had base hits.

Schuerman had two sacrifice bunts and Andrew Arntson, who walked twice and scored twice, had Eastwood’s only stolen base.

For Rossford, Brandon Swope doubled, and Kaidyn Herrick had a base hit, accounting for all of the Bulldogs’ hits.

Jackson Yerkes, Jackson Grimm, and Swope contributed on the mound for Rossford.

OTSEGO 20, FOSTORIA 7

FOSTORIA — Otsego scored in every inning on its way to a 20-7 Northern Buckeye Conference baseball victory over Fostoria Saturday.

Joseph Dzierwa went 4-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs, Devin Coon was 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs and Tucker Hunsberger was 3-for-4 with three RBIs to lead the Knights’ 19-hit attack.

Max London was the winning pitcher.

GENOA 5, LAKE 3

MILLBURY — Lake took a 3-1 lead after four innings, but Genoa scored one in the fifth and added three runs in the sixth to win, 5-3, in a Northern Buckeye Conference tilt Saturday.

Lake outhit Genoa 7-6, but of the Comets’ five runs, only two were earned because of four errors.

Michael Tolles was 2-for-4 with a triple to lead Lake, and Cam Hoffman, Conner Moore, Drew Tajblik, Noah Robie, and Keagon Henry had base hits.

Henry and Tajblik had sacrifice bunts and Tajblik and Richie Hayward had stolen bases for the Flyers.

Hoffman started on the mound, striking out eight, walking five, and allowing four hits and one earned run over 4.2 innings.

Moore pitched the final 2.1 innings, striking out two, walking one, and allowing two hits and one earned run.

LAKE 6, WOODMORE 4

MILLBURY — Lake scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to come from behind and defeat Woodmore, 6-4, in Northern Buckeye Conference softball Saturday.

Addison Boehm went 3-for-4 with two RBIs, Diem Isbell went 2-for-4, Kali Bedford went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and Jessie Materni was 2-for-3 for the Flyers.

Abbie Rymers doubled, and Kylee Pietrzak and Alivia King had base hits for Lake. Sarah Patrick had a sacrifice bunt, Isbell had two stolen bases, and King and Boehm had one SB each.

Patrick was the winning pitcher, striking out eight, walking two, and allowing six hits and two earned runs over seven innings.

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