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Springfield Shawnee softball won 13-11 against Western Brown, scoring six runs in the seventh inning. This victory sets up an undefeated matchup against Kenton Ridge on April 17.
Springfield Shawnee softball rallied with six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat Western Brown 13-11 on Thursday, April 16, setting up an undefeated matchup against Kenton Ridge with big implications for the Central Buckeye Conference.
With two outs in the bottom of the seventh Byanca Dubie walked it off with her second home run of the night. Dubie powered the Shawnee offense with four hits, four RBI and three runs scored.
Adalyn Beach added a 2-for-4 day out of the leadoff spot with two runs scored and one RBI and Emma Holland drove in a pair of runs.
The Braves improved to 15-0 with the win and up next is a meeting with 13-0 Kenton Ridge on Friday, April 17 at Shawnee High School.
Baseball
Springboro 13, Miamisburg 1: Kohen Hill drove in two runs off two hits with two runs scored, Dylan Brabston tossed five innings to earn the win and ‘Boro recovered from its first loss of the season to improve to 9-1.
Middletown Madison 4, Dayton Christian 3: Ashton Altman doubled and scored twice from the leadoff spot and Owen King pitched a complete game to help Madison earn a seventh straight win.
Arcanum 14, Tri-Village 1: Regan Christ struck out eight over five innings to improve to 4-0, Derek Longstreth doubled and drove in three runs and Arcanum bumped to 5-0 in the WOAC.
Twin Valley South 14, Ansonia 4: Dustin Miller struck out 14 over six innings and Wyatt Harrod hammered a two-run home run for TVS.
Newton 9, Mississinawa Valley 2: Willy Bowser blasted a two-run home run to pace Newton.
Dixie 16, Franklin Monroe 11: Logan Williams, Noah Thompson and Dillon Phillips finished with three RBI apiece and the Dixie bats exploded with eight runs in the eighth inning to earn the win.
Yellow Springs 4, Emmanuel Christian 3: Emmanuel Christian tied the game with two runs in the top of the seventh, but Yellow Springs won it in the bottom of the frame.
Anna 7, Fairlawn 2: Ezra Egbert went six innings with 10 strikeouts to pick up the win for Anna.
Coldwater 7, St. Henry 3: Derek Dues and Karsyn Homan hit home runs and Coldwater gave St. Henry its first loss of the season.
Delphos St. John’s 11, New Knoxville 0: Andrew Elwer pitched a perfect game over five innings for DSJ.
Softball
Tecumseh 10, Piqua 9: Kiera Matthews tagged two home runs, Mackenzie Chafin added a solo shot and Savannah Saltis chipped in four hits with three RBI to lead Tecumseh.
Bellbrook 3, Brookville 2: Lauren Nicholson struck out five in a complete game and Riley Burke tallied the lone RBI to lead Bellbrook. Rylan Eagle hit a home run for Brookville.
Tri-Village 9, Arcanum 2: The victory marked five straight for Tri-Village and bumped the Patriots to 5-0 in the WOAC.
Tri-County North 11, Bradford 2: Alayna MtCastle struck out 13 in a complete game and Lola Grieshop homered on a three-hit day to pace TCN.
The final score was 13-11 in favor of Springfield Shawnee.
Byanca Dubie hit the walk-off home run for Shawnee, marking her second of the night.
The game between Shawnee and Kenton Ridge is significant as both teams are undefeated, with Shawnee at 15-0 and Kenton Ridge at 13-0.
The game is scheduled for April 17 at Shawnee High School.

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Cedarville 7, Washington C.H. 5: Aubrey Lide tallied five strikeouts in a complete game and Cedarville improved to 9-0.
New Bremen 15, Fort Recovery 14: Abby Homan finished 3-for-5 with a double, a home run and four RBI and New Bremen picked up its first MAC victory.
PREP RESULTS
Baseball
Thursday’s Results
Anna 7, Fairlawn 2: A: Wannemacher 1-3 2 RBI, Egbert W 10 K.
Arcanum 14, Tri-Village 1: A: Longstreth 2-3 2B 3 RBI, Quigney 2-4 2B 2 RBI, Brewer 2-3 2B 3B 2 RBI.
Cin. Christian 13, Cin. Country Day 9
Coldwater 7, St. Henry 3: C: Dues 2-3 HR 3 RBI, Homan 1-3 HR 2 RBI.
Delphos St. John’s 11, New Knoxville 0: DSJ: Elwer W.
Dixie 16, Franklin Monroe 11: D: L. Williams 2-3 3 RBI, Thompson 2-5 3 RBI, Phillips 1-4 2B 3 RBI.
Fairbanks 16, Ridgemont 9
Fort Loramie 3, Jackson Center 0: FL: Bergman W.
Fort Recovery 3, New Bremen 1
Madeira 22, Middletown 2: Mi: Needham 2-2 RBI, Araujo 1-3 RBI.
Marion Local 11, Parkway 7
Middletown Madison 4, Dayton Christian 3: MM: King W 4 K, Cockerham 1-2 RBI, Ashley 2 RBI. DC: Schmidt 1-3 2B RBI, Thoma RBI.
National Trail 16, Preble Shawnee 1
Newton 9, Mississinawa Valley 2: N: Bowser HR.
Norwood 18, Middletown Christian 0
Russia 10, Botkins 4: R: Goubeaux HR, Prenger HR, Unverferth W 13 K.
Springboro 13, Miamisburg 1: S: Brabston W 3 K, Veletean 2-3 RBI, Hill 2-3 2B 2 RBI.
Tri-County North 16, Bradford 6: TCN: Knife W, Heltsley 4 RBI, Shiveley 2 2B 3 RBI.
Twin Valley South 14, Ansonia 4: TVS: Miller W 14 K, 2-4 3B 3 RBI, Harrod 2-4 2B HR 3 RBI, Burkett 2-3 RBI.
Versailles 13, Minster 3: V: Bergman W, Treon HR, Magoteaux 2-3 4 RBI.
Yellow Springs 4, Emmanuel Christian 3
Wednesday’s Results
Badin 5, Chaminade-Julienne 0: B: Driessen W 10 K, Taylor 1-2 2 RBI.
Bellbrook 8, Franklin 4: F: Rebholz 1-3 3B 2 RBI.
Carroll 4, Alter 3: C: Price W 5 K, 1-3 RBI, Gazdik RBI, Williams RBI. A: Tishaus 1-2 2B RBI.
Centerville 18, Springfield 5: C: Kristbaum W, Muchmore HR 4 RBI.
Edgewood 7, Ross 5: Roesch 3-4 2B HR 3 RBI, Gulley 3-3 RBI, Vogel W 6 K, 2-4 2B RBI.
Fairfield 8, Middletown 1: F: Benge W 5 K, Hembree 1-1 2 RBI. M: Klatt 1-3 RBI.
Fairmont 6, Springboro 0: F: Vance W 10 K, Slifer 3-4, Doty 2-4 2B.
Graham 5, Ben Logan 4: BL: Tinsman 3-4 2B RBI, Hawley 1-2 RBI.
Greenon 21, Catholic Central 1
Indian Lake 14, North Union 2
Jonathan Alder 4, Urbana 1
Kenton Ridge 16, Bellefontaine 2
Lakota West 14, Hamilton 4: LW: Bramble 3-3 3B HR 5 RBI, Gaalaas 2-3 3B 3 RBI, Johnson 2-3 2B RBI.
Lebanon 5, West Clermont 4: L: Keffaber 2B 3 RBI, Mellott W 5 K.
London 11, Tecumseh 1
Mason 7, Colerain 1
McNicholas 7, Fenwick 4: F: Enderle 2-3 2 RBI.
Monroe 9, Talawanda 5: M: Tarin 3-3 2B HR 2 RBI, Watts 2-2 3B 2 RBI, Hounchell 2-3 3B 2 RBI. T: Hainline 2-3 2 RBI, Fletcher 2B 2 RBI.
Oak Hills 3, Lakota East 1
Oakwood 13, Eaton 3: O: Kummerer 2-3 2 RBI, Thobe 1-3 2 RBI, Wilkins 2-3 2 RBI.
Piqua 15, West Carrollton 1
Springfield Shawnee 10, Northwestern 0: SS: Rodgers W 4 K, Kress 2-2 2B 3 RBI, Mounts 2-4 HR 3 RBI.
Stebbins 12, Fairborn 2: S: Henry 3-4 3B 2 HR 5 RBI, Duke 2-4 RBI, Mahaffey 1-4 3B RBI.
Tippecanoe 13, Greenville 3: T: Davis W, Harney HR. G: Jones 2-3 2B RBI, Baumann 1-2 2B RBI.
Trotwood 21, Thurgood 3
Valley View 5, Carlisle 2
Wayne 11, Miamisburg 3: W: Tengesdahl W 12 K, Barnes 3-3 RBI, Howard-Morrison 2-3 RBI.
Waynesville 14, Brookville 3: B: Griffin 1-2 2B RBI, Horn 1-2 2B RBI.
Xenia 21, Sidney 4: S: Conley 1-2 RBI, Fink 1-3 RBI.
Softball
Thursday’s Results
Anna 10, Fairlawn 4
Ansonia 11, Twin Valley South 1
Bellbrook 3, Brookville 2: Be: Burke 1-2 RBI, Nicholson W 5 K. Br: Eagle 1-3 HR RBI, Haydon 1-3 2B RBI.
Carroll 16, Belmont 1: C: Gross 3-3 3 2B 2 RBI, Newport 2-2 2 RBI, Weitz 1-1 2B 3 RBI.
Cedarville 7, Washington C.H. 5: C: Lide W 5 K.
Coldwater 2, St. Henry 1: C: Heyne W 9 K, Stough 2B RBI, Kunk RBI.
Fairborn 14, Greeneview 12
Middletown Madison 18, Dayton Christian 2
Minster 13, Versailles 3: M: Wolf 2B 3 RBI, Tyler 2B HR 4 RBI.
New Bremen 15, Fort Recovery 14: NB: Homan 3-5 2B HR 4 RBI. FR: Wendel 4-5 2 2B 5 RBI.
Newton 11, Mississinawa Valley 0
North Union 9, Bishop Watterson 5
Springfield Shawnee 13, Western Brown 11: SS: Dubie 4-5 2B 2 HR 4 RBI, Beach 2-4 RBI, Holland 1-4 2 RBI.
Tecumseh 10, Piqua 9: T: Matthews 2-4 2 HR 4 RBI, Chafin 1-3 HR RBI, Saltis 4-5 2B 3 RBI.
Tri-County North 11, Bradford 2: TCN: Grieshop 3-3 2B HR 3 RBI, Adkins 1-3 2B 2 RBI, MtCastle W 13 K, 2-4 2B RBI.
Tri-Village 9, Arcanum 2
Troy 12, West Carrollton 0
West Jefferson 11, Madison-Plains 0
Wednesday’s Results
Ben Logan 18, Graham 7: BL: Gregg 2-4 2B 3 RBI, Jacobs 2-3 HR 3 RBI, Harner W 5 K, 2-4 2 2B 2 RBI.
Brookville 14, Waynesville 0: B: Eagle W 9 K, 2-5 2B 2 RBI, M. Haydon 2-4 2B HR 3 RBI, K. Haydon 4-5 2 2B 3 RBI.
Carlisle 8, Valley View 5
Centerville 15, Springfield 1
Franklin 4, Bellbrook 0: F: Everitt 1-1 HR 2 RBI, Raby W 14 K.
Hamilton 5, Fairfield 3: H: Hoyte 2-4 2B HR 3 RBI, Schappacher W 11 K, 1-5 GW-RBI.
Jonathan Alder 13, Urbana 3
Kenton Ridge 15, Bellefontaine 0: KR: Fincham 3-3 2 2B 3B 2 RBI, Glass 2-3 HR RBI, Massie 3-3 2 RBI.
Lakota East 7, Sycamore 3: LE: Thompson 3-3 HR 3 RBI, A. Schulte 2-3 3B RBI, Morath 2-4 2B RBI.
Lebanon 15, Turpin 5: L: Kober W.
London 13, Tecumseh 4
Mason 10, Lakota West 2
North Union 6, Indian Lake 5
Northmont 10, Beavercreek 0
Oak Hills 14, Middletown 0
Piqua 10, West Carrollton 0: P: Price HR, Swartz HR.
Princeton 13, Colerain 3
Springboro 12, Fairmont 2: S: Breen W, Coffey 3-3 2 RBI.
Springfield Shawnee 21, Northwestern 13: SS: Dubie 4-4 2B 5 RBI, Beach 2-4 2 2B 3 RBI, Plummer 2-5 3 RBI.
Talawanda 17, Monroe 4: T: Hilbert 4-4 HR 6 RBI, Kerby 1-2 HR RBI, Yerigan W 7 K.
Troy 15, Butler 1
Wayne 22, Miamisburg 0: Hames 2-4 2B HR 5 RBI, Serrano 4-4 3B 2 RBI, Ames 3-3 2B 2 RBI.
Yellow Springs 18, Stivers 17
Boys Tennis
MVTCA Area Rankings
Division I
Division II
Thursday’s Results
Badin 3, Northwest 2
Batavia 4, Wilmington 1
Bellefontaine 5, Kenton Ridge 0
Greenville 5, West Carrollton 0
Legacy Christian 4, Yellow Springs 1
Lehman Catholic 4, Wapakoneta 1
Northwestern 4, Urbana 1
Oak Hills 5, Hamilton 0
Oakwood 5, Brookville 0
Princeton 5, Middletown 0
Sidney 5, Piqua 0
Springboro B 3, Talawanda 2
Tecumseh 3, Springfield Shawnee 2
Tippecanoe 5, Fairborn 0: Von Krosigk d. Ryan 6-0, 6-1; Labreck d. Kubicki 6-2, 6-3; Kleather d. Haskell 6-2, 6-0. Owen/Gagnon d. Engle/Merritt 6-0, 6-4; Patel/Gillenwater d. Sun/Cottermer 6-2, 6-2.
Troy 3, Stebbins 2
Wednesday’s Results
Beavercreek 5, Northwestern 0
Brookville 5, Northridge 0
Centerville 4, Tippecanoe 1
Chaminade Julienne 4, Kenton Ridge 1
Dayton Christian 5, Dixie 0
Fairborn 4, Trotwood 1
Lakota East 5, Badin 0
Little Miami 4, Talawanda 1
Northmont 3, Lehman Catholic 2
Sidney 3, Elida 2
Springboro 5, Wayne 0
Troy 4, Tecumseh 1
Boys Volleyball
Thursday’s Results
Centerville 3, Beavercreek 1
Edgewood 3, Summit Country Day 0
Fairmont 3, Northmont 0
Lakota West 3, Princeton 1
McNicholas 3, Badin 0
Wayne 3, Meadowdale 0
Boys Lacrosse
Thursday’s Results
Northmont 10, Waynesville 6
Xenia 17, Carroll 4
Wednesday’s Results
Centerville 19, Springboro 10
Clinton-Massie 18, Wilmington 1
Fairmont 13, Miamisburg 2
Lebanon 12, Bellbrook 11
Girls Lacrosse
Thursday’s Results
Centerville 19, Grove City 5
Lebanon 19, Mt. Notre Dame 15
Mason 20, Fairfield 3
Miamisburg 17, Princeton 0
Wednesday’s Results
Beavercreek 14, Fenwick 10
McNicholas 16, Carroll 1
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