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Pitch, hit and run winners
Winners of the recent Pitch, Hit and Run competition sponsored by Kenton Little League were (from left, front) Kyle Orians, Cole Dearing, Brady Donnelly, Troy Goodin, Benjamin Tanner; (back) Nathan King, Alan Spangler, Logan Nichols, Mychael Spangler and Matt Bahr.
Area youth show off baseball skills
There were 35 participants in the Pitch, Hit and Run competition hosted by Kenton Little League on May 17 at Home Run Memorial Park.
Winning first place in their respective age groups were:
Age 7/8 - All-Around, Kyle Orians; pitching, Kyle Orians; hitting, Cole Dearing; running, Cole Dearing.
Age 9/10 - All-Around, Brady Donnelly; pitching, Brady Donnelly; hitting, Benjamin Tanner; running, Troy Goodin.
Age 11/12 - All-Around, Alan Spangler; pitching, Nathan King, Alan Spangler, Logan Nichols; hitting, Alan Spangler; running, Logan Nichols.
Age 13/14 - All-Around, Mychael Spangler; pitching, Matt Bahr; hitting, Mychael Spangler; running, Mychael Spangler.
The winners will now compete in the sectional competition.
Sectional all-around champions become eligible to qualify for the team championship to be held at a Major League Baseball ballpark.
Pitch, Hit and Run is a baseball skills competition that allows youngsters to showcase their talents in pitching, hitting and running with scores determined by individual performance in each skills event.
(Refer to page 7 of the Kenton Times)

Falcons end season with loss to Ontario
ONTARIO - Ontario scored three runs in the first inning and that was all the Warriors needed as the were able to shut down Riverdale 7-0 in North Central Conference baseball action on Tuesday.
Ontario, which claimed a share of the CBC title with the win, held the Falcons to just two hits in the contest.
Levi Brown and Derek Draper had the hits for Riverdale, which finishes its season with an 8-15 overall mark and 5-9 NCC record.
Draper threw a complete game for the Falcons, allowing six earned runs on 10 hits and 4 walks, while striking out nine batters.
Refer to page 7 of the Kenton Times)

TUESDAY MAY 27, 2008

imes photo/Kendrick Jesionowski
Setting a record
Riverdale's Shaye Eatherton hands off to Kylie Brown during the finals of the 400 meter dash during the district track competition on Saturday. The two combined with Vanessa Stewart and Kayla Brown to finish second in the race and set a new Riverdale school record.
Riverdale, Hardin Northern athletes advance to regionals
By KENDRICK JESIONOWSKI
Times sports editor
SPENCERVILLE - Riverdale's Kayla Brown and Hardin Northern's Shelby Stump qualified for regionals in two individual events to lead area competitors at the Spencerville Division III district track and field meet on Saturday.
Brown easily won the 300 hurdles and added a fourth place effort in the 100 meter hurdles, while Stump ran to a third place in the 200 dash and a fourth in the 400 dash to earn a spot in this week's regional meet in Tiffin.
The top four in each event advance.
Brown, whose 300 hurdles time of 45.83 seconds was more than two seconds faster than the second place time of 48.07 seconds by Ottoville's Holly Heitmeyer, also moved on as part of the Falcons 4 by 400 relay team.
(Refer to page 7 of the Kenton Times)

Getting a piece

Ben Logan's Trent Kuhn fouls off a pitch dur-
Times photo/John Blake
ing the Raiders 2-0 district final loss to Cincinnati McNicholas on Saturday afternoon at Kettering Fairmont High School.
Ben Logan falls to Cincinnati McNicholas in district finals
By JOHN BLAKE
Times sports writer
KETTERING - Willy Corbett just had that feeling. As his left-handed starting pitcher toed the rubber to start Saturday's Division II district final baseball game against Ben Logan, the Cincinnati McNicholas head baseball coach knew a great outing was forthcoming.
"I don't know why I just felt like he was going to pitch lights out," Corbett said of his southpaw, Paul Uhl. "And he did. He pitched real well up here last year so I thought, Wow, this just might be his day again."
The day certainly belonged to Uhl, who held the Raiders to just one base hit as Ben Logan fell victim to a 2-0 loss at the hands of the Rockets (20-10) at Kettering Fairmont High School.
Opportunities to put runs on the board did not come often for the Raiders, whose strong run through the playoffs came to an end.
Despite his team being held scoreless in the season finale, head coach Doug Rutan was appreciative for the Raiders' 19-9 season.
Winners of 12 of its last 14 games, Ben Logan sprinted to the finish line and grabbed its second straight Central Buckeye Conference title since the 1996-97 seasons.
(Refer to page 7 of the Kenton Times)