Braves pick up another league win
By BRAD MORRIS
SPORTS EDITOR
Published: Friday, September 10, 2010 9:06 AM EDT

Boys golf

Derek Greenlee took medalist honors with a two-under-par 34 as the host Braves defeated Teays Valley 156-169 in a Mid-State League Buckeye Division match on Thursday.

Kyle Schecter followed with 40 and Brandon Hemming and Luke Caudill each had 41 for Logan Elm. Also playing for the Braves were Josh Arnold with 50 and Tyler Reeser shooting 60.
Jadee Davis led the Vikings with 38, followed by Codi Burley at 43 and Evan Faler and Chris Mills each shooting 44. Also playing for Teays Valley were Bradley Bragg with 47 and Kyle Barnett with 52.

Girls golf

Logan Elm 188,

Jonathan Alder 209

Taylor Saxton shot a dual best 40 and Bailey Pontius followed with 45 as the Braves defeated host Jonathan Alder 188-209 on Thursday in a non-league match.

Emily Robinson chipped in 46 and Kayla Fox added 57 for the Braves. Also playing for Logan Elm was Margo Current with 58.

Girls tennis

Teays Valley 5,

Hamilton Township 0

The Vikings improved their MSL-Buckeye ledger to 2-0 on the season with a 5-0 win over host Hamilton Township on Thursday.

Adrien Leatherwood won 6-0 and 6-0 at first singles, Jamie Weber took a 6-0 and 6-1 decision and Connie Monteney completed the singles sweep with a 6-1 and 6-1 win at third singles for Teays Valley.

The TV first doubles team of Emily Studebaker and Kelsey Clay took a 6-1 and 6-0 win. Bailey Welch and Ashia Martin won 6-3 and 6-0 at second doubles.

Logan Elm 5,

Bloom-Carroll 0

The Braves (8-0, 2-0) remained undefeated on the season with a 5-0 MSL-Buckeye win on Thursday over visiting Bloom-Carroll.

Kelly Speirs won 6-0 and 6-1 at first singles, Kari Willard pitched a 6-0 and 6-0 shutout and Demi Martin won on twin 6-1 scores at third singles for Logan Elm.

The Logan Elm first doubles team of Lydia Linton and Brittany Pontious earned a 6-1 and 6-0 decision. Katie Willard and Shae Manson won 6-0 and 6-2 at third singles.

Circleville 4,

Canal Winchester 1

The Tigers (5-4, 1-1) swept all three singles courts on Thursday in a 4-1 MSL-Buckeye win over visiting Canal Winchester.

Circleville’s Amber Huston won 6-1 and 6-1 at first singles over Alexus Johnson, Sarah Keller defeated CW’s Samantha Haug 6-0 and 6-0 and CHS teammate Rebecca Maddox took a 7-5 and 6-0 win at third singles over Allison Haug.

The CHS second doubles team of Brittany Carruthers and Alyson Holycross won 6-3, 2-6 and 6-3. Brianna Roush and Megan Thomas fell to CW’s Haylie Gross and Alex Jackson 4-6 and 3-6.

Volleyball

Logan Elm 3,

Circleville 0

A strong attack led by Halie King and Ashton Riffle sent the host Braves to their first MSL-Buckeye win of the season with a 25-13, 25-17 and 25-22 decision over Circleville.

“We had a good game at the net, starting with Halie King doing a fabulous job of blocking at the net and being aware of her surroundings,” Logan Elm coach Lisa Eveland said. “Ashton also did a nice job on offense.”

King contributed 10 kills and 10 solo blocks and Riffle had 13 kills. Nikki Young and Courtney Caudill each tallied 12 points and Danielle Crosby added nine. Kayla Rhoads added two aces for the Braves (2-5, 1-2), who travel to Hamilton Township on Tuesday for a league game.

Circleville (0-3,0-3) travels to the Unioto Invitational on Saturday.

Hamilton Township 3,

Teays Valley 2

Caitlin Cain contributed 17 kills and 24 digs, but visiting Hamilton Township handed Teays Valley a 24-26, 25-17, 22-25, 25-19 and 13-15 MSL-Buckeye setback on Thursday.

“The kids played hard;it was a tough one to lose,” Teays Valley coach Kim Martin said. “Every game came down to the last point. Caitlin and Cammi Prantl both hit the ball well. Jess Passen did a nice job running the offense, and Hannah Millian and Rachel Teets both had some big blocks.”

Prantl had 12 kills and 16 digs and Passen dished out 40 assists and 16 digs for the Vikings. Allie Holstein collected 11 digs and Tricia Dresbach had 10. Hannah Milligan had seven blocks and Rachel Teets chipped in six for the Vikings (2-4, 1-2), who travel to Amanda-Clearcreek on Tuesday for a league game.

Amanda-Clearcreek 3,

Fairfield Union 0

The Aces rebounded from their first loss of the season earlier this week by sweeping host Fairfield Union 25-9, 25-14 and 25-16 in a MSL-Buckeye match on Thursday.

“We still need to be a little more consistent and dominating at the net,” A-C coach Sue Kilbarger said. “We had a solid performance, played 13 players and looked good in spots, but there are still some things we need to take from our loss to Canal Winchester a couple of days ago and work on.”

Jenna Ruble collected 12 kills, Alana Smith had 11 and Kacee Salyers added six kills. Kendyl Tatman tallied 13 points and 10 assists for the Aces (4-1, 2-1), who travel to Bishop Ready on Saturday for a non-league match.

Westfall 3,

Southeastern 1

The Mustangs picked up their intensity following a opening game loss to defeat host Southeastern 18-25, 25-20, 25-13 and 25-10 in a Scioto Valley Conference match on Thursday.

“Southeastern came out in the first game and served and played aggressively,” Westfall coach Lori Merriman said. “Our girls did a nice job of picking up their focus after that.

“In the third and fourth games, our girls executed some of the adjustments we made, like where to hit the ball in the gaps in Southeastern’s defense.”

Olivia Cobb had 15 kills and eight digs and Alex Phillips added 14 kills and three blocks for the Mustangs. Hannah Gabriel dished out 27 assists and had eight aces, including seven straight to close the match. Olivia Beavers chipped in five kills and eight digs and Haylie Joyce accounted for seven digs and three aces.

Westfall (3-1, 3-1) hosts Paint Valley on Tuesday in a conference game.

Cross country

Logan Elm boys third, girls sixth

Scott Blubaugh (fifth, 18:48); Joey Wright (23rd, 19:39); Mark Trobaugh (31st, 20:04); Adam Agosta (32nd, 20:10) and Ethan Smith (34th, 20:19) led the LE boys to a third-place finish out of 12 teams with 121 points on Wednesday at the Fairfield Union Invitational.

Brooke Gardner (16th, 23:15); Ashley Trobaugh (24th, 23:56); Makayla Martin (33rd, 24:45); Emily Wright (61st, 26:36) and Hannah Frost (82nd, 28:33) led the LE girls to a sixth place finish out of 12 teams with 174 points on Wednesday at the Fairfield Union Invitational.