Saturday's prep roundup

Saturday's prep roundup: O-G football advances

WOOSTER — Ottawa-Glandorf’s football team built a 13-0 lead by halftime en route to a 28-14 victory over host Wooster Triway in a Division IV regional quarterfinal game Saturday.

The Titans (9-2) will take on Pemberville Eastwood, who knocked off Galion on Saturday, at a site to be determinted today.

Mike Bendele kicked field goals of 26 and 35 yards in the first half and Craig Rieman added a 1-yard touchdown run. Logan Kaufman scored twice in the third quarter for O-G, running in from 1-yard and 7 yards. Titans’ quarterback Nathan Kahle threw for 133 yards and ran for 98 O-G.

Kenton 46, Germantown Valley View 21

KENTON — Maty Mauk put on a playoff clinic, completing 32-of-53 passes for 384 yards and five touchdowns in a Division IV regional quarterfinal victory at home.

Kenton will take on Clinton-Massie on Saturday at a site to be determined.

Max Morrison had 163 yards on 10 catches for two touchdowns for Kenton (10-1) while Daniel Lombardo added two touchdown catches, grabbing 10 catches for 67 yards.

Leipsic 34, St. Joseph CC 16

LEIPSIC — Leipsic quarterback Liam Nadler passed for 166 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a touchdown as Leipsic won its Division VI regional quarterfinal football game on Saturday.

Leipsic (10-1) will take on Delphos St. John’s on Saturday at a site to be determined.

Sonny Hernandez had 83 yards rushing and a touchdown for the Vikings on 22 carries while Derek Mangas added 80 yards on 17 runs. Leipsic finished with 330 total yards while St. Joe’s had 160.

Leipsic jumped out to a 17-0 halftime lead as Nadler found Derek Mangas for a 6-yard TD pass. Nadler later ran for a 1-yard score. Levi Haselman caught an 11-yard pass from Nadler while Mangas added a 27-yard field goal.

Marion Local 24, Lehman Catholic 3

SIDNEY — Niles Keller sprinted for 234 yards and two touchdowns as Marion Local beat Lehman Catholic in a Division IV regional quarterfinal game.

Marion Local will play Covington on Saturday at a site to be determined.

Keller scored on runs of 54 and 4 yards for the Flyers. Mitch Bergman added a field goal and three extra points. Marion Local finished with 350 total yards — 256 rushing, 94 passing.

Boys Soccer

Doylestown Chippewa 3, Ottawa-Glandorf 2

ASHLAND — Chance Wingling scored a goal with 7:12 remaining to give Chippewa the win in a Division III regional final at Ashland. Ottawa-Glandorf finishes its season 14-4-3 while Chippewa is 17-1-2.

Matt Recker scored on a penalty kick late in the first half for O-G to cut Chippewa’s lead to 2-1. The Titans tied the game at 2-2 with 18:43 to go in the second half when Zack Klausing scored. O-G outshot Chippewa 11-5 and keeper Nick Leatherman had two saves.

“We controlled everywhere but the scoreboard,” O-G coach Mike Weirauch said. “We outplayed them on defense, in the midfield and we outshot them.”

Volleyball

Marion Local 3, Sidney Lehman 0

VANDALIA — Marion Local hasn’t tasted defeated yet in 2009, and the Flyers were sure it wasn’t going to happen in the Division IV regional final. They took out Sidney Lehman in straight sets Saturday at Vandalia Butler, 25-20, 25-17, 25-20.

The Flyers (26-0) advance to the state tournament at Wright State’s Nutter Center, where they face Hopewell-Loudon (25-1) at 6 p.m. Thursday.

“Very focused. This team is just mentally tough,” Marion Local coach Amy Steininger said. “We were ready for (Saturday).”

Steininger pointed out strong play at the net; Marion Local had 44 kills and eight blocks.

Alyssa Winner had 22 kills. Alyse Bergman had 15 digs and Shelby Moeller added 12 digs and 19 assists. Stacy Huber had 20 assists and Kaylee Schaefer had a pair of aces.

“We were in the lead pretty much the whole time in each game,” Steininger said. “We controlled each game.”

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Carey bulldozes Bulldogs

By David Trinko

CAREY — Columbus Grove’s football players ran onto the field Saturday night to an air horn that sounded like a semi truck.

The Bulldogs were in a head-on traffic accident in their football playoff duel at Carey, but they weren’t driving the truck. Carey’s wishbone option offense was, with Trevor Phoenix in the driver’s seat.

Phoenix ran for 213 yards and two touchdowns in the game, leading Carey to a 34-0 win in the Division VI regional quarterfinal. In all, three rushers topped 100 yards. Carey racked up 472 rushing yards in retaliation to losing its regular season finale to Fremont St. Joseph last week.

“All week we talked about the loss,” Phoenix said. “The seniors said after we broke down last week, we should break them down this week.”

If the Blue Devils were a diesel truck of destruction, the Bulldogs, who finished the year at 7-4, were broken down on the side of the road. They managed just 77 yards of offense, led by Rayce Risser’s 12 carries for 48 yards.

Quarterback Jordan Travis threw three interceptions in the loss. Carey’s Cy Strahm had two interceptions, plus he had an interception returned for a touchdown called back by a penalty.

The third-seeded Blue Devils (10-1) advance to play Ada on Saturday at a site to be determined. The Bulldogs end the season at 7-4.

Phoenix and Carey quarterback Tyler Brodman ran the option to perfection. On the first play of the game, Brodman held on to the ball until the last second before pitching to Phoenix, who took it 59 yards and the end zone. Phoenix had a pair of nice cuts on the play to keep the run alive.

He tagged on another first-quarter score with an off-tackle play on the left side for 56 yards. The Blue Devils led 21-0 by the end of the first quarter, with Phoenix running for 137 yards in just the first 12 minutes of the game.

“The fun part is calling the plays and not knowing who’s going to get the ball,” quipped Carey coach Todd Worst, whose team made the playoffs for the third year in a row.

Carey fullback Logan Norden added 20 carries for 116 yards and a touchdown, while halfback Justin Jacoby tallied five carries for 100 yards, with a 37-yard touchdown run.

All of the Blue Devils’ touchdown runs topped 35 yards long except one.

“We had some trouble simulating the option offense in practice,” said Columbus Grove coach Scott Palte. “We were a step slow tonight.”

Palte remained upbeat after the loss. After all, the Bulldogs started the year 1-3 before rolling off six wins in a row.

“We had a lot of sophomores and juniors out there tonight, with almost our entire team coming back next year,” Palte said. “So we’re hoping we can be back in a playoff game again next year.”

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