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Hillsboro Girls, Miami Trace Boys Win FAC Bowling Tournaments; Indians Squads Take Regular Season Titles

Presented by Chillicothe VAMC

(Update: Correcting the location of the tournament. Also clarifying Miami Trace Boys won the tournament, Hillsboro Boys and Girls are regular season champions)

The Hillsboro Girls and Miami Trace Boys were crowned Champions of the Frontier Athletic Conference Bowling Tournament hosted by Hillsboro’s Highland Lanes.

both Indians squads were regular season FAC Champions. The Hillsboro Girls recorded a 15-0 mark while the Hillsboro Boys were 14-1.

In Friday’s FAC tournament, Hillsboro scored a total pinfall of 2414 for the Girls title while the Panthers tallied a pinfall of 2658 on the Boys side. Miami Trace was 13-2 on the season.

Behind the Hillsboro Girls was second place Chillicothe (2066), Miami Trace (2035), Jackson (1562), Washington CH (1536) and McClain (1309).

Following the Miami Trace Boys was second place Hillsboro (2556), Washington CH (2509), Jackson (2480), Chillicothe (2317) and McClain (1614).

FAC All-Conference Girls: Player of the Year – Taylor Jordan, Hillsboro (211 avg.); Madison Tomko, Hillsboro; Onesti Evans, Miami Trace; Julie Lemaster, Chillicothe; Maddy Gilbert, Chillicothe; Brianna Callahan, Hillsboro; Macie Caudill, Miami Trace.

FAC All-Conference Boys: Player of the Year – Jake Manbeavers, Miami Trace (233 avg.); Conner Collins, Miami Trace; Shawn Woodyard, Jackson; Zach Ison, Hillsboro; Hunter Springer, Hillsboro; Mason Mullins, Washington CH and Shaun Rodgers, Hillsboro.

2021-22 Regular Season Standings:

GIRLS: Hillsboro (15-0), Miami Trace (11-4), Chillicothe (8-7), Jackson (5-10), Washington CH (5-10), McClain (1-14).

BOYS: Hillsboro (14-1), Miami Trace (13-2), Washington CH (8-7), Jackson (7-8), Chillicothe (3-12), McClain (0-15).

All-FAC Girls: (left to right) Macie Caudill (Miami Trace), Brianna Callahan (Hillsboro), Maddy Gilbert (Chillicothe), Julie Lemaster (Chillicothe), Onesti Evans (Miami Trace), Madison Tomko (Hillsboro) and Player of the Year Taylor Jordan (Hillsboro). Photo submitted by Knute Bonner
All-FAC Boys: (left to right) Shaun Rodgers (Hillsboro), Mason Mullins (Washington CH), Hunter Springer (Hillsboro), Zach Ison (Hillsboro), Shawn Woodyard (Jackson), Conner Collins (Miami Trace) and Player of the Year Jake Manbeavers (Miami Trace). Photo submitted by Knute Bonner.
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Play For 21 Bowling Event To Benefit Tristan Miller Foundation

Presented By Rathkamp Financial

A fundraising event geared for family and friends is planned for Thunder Alley Bowling and Fun at Shawnee Lanes on March 5th.

(Tristan Miller Foundation)

Here’s how it works:
1.) Put together a team of up to 6 individuals (any and all ages)
2.) Each individual can either raise the registration fee ($50) or MORE or pay $50 to participate.
3.) Choose a bowling time for your team, either 12pm or 2:30pm.
4.) Register your team by texting Jennifer at (740) 703-4285 include your captain and all team members names and T-shirt sizes.
5.) Please pay registration ($50) via Venmo at PlayForXXI. Additional monies raised can be turned in the day of the event and added to your team total.

Here is what is included for each bowler:
Bowl 2 free games with free shoe rental, free Julio’s Pizza, free Pepsi and a free Play For 21 T-shirt. Youth sizes will be available if you signup before the deadline of 2/24/22. They will also have a Chinese auction and 50/50 Raffle.

All proceeds benefit the Tristan Miller Foundation.

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Branson Leads All SVC Boys Basketball Honors

Presented By Hometown-Motors, Inc.

Unioto’s DeSean Branson has been voted SVC Boys Basketball Player of the Year and Zane Trace’s Gary Kellough is Coach of the Year as the All SVC Boys Basketball team has been announced.

Branson was one of the top offensive players in the conference, while Kellough led the Pioneers to their third SVC crown in the last four years.

Here is the All SVC Selections:
(1st Team)
DeSean Branson (Sr) Unioto
Xzander Ream (Jr) Zane Trace
Dax Estep (Jr) Paint Valley
Tra Swayne (Sr) Piketon
Casey Cline (Jr) Westfall

(2nd Team)
Cordell Grubb (Sr) Paint Valley
Levi Gullion (Sr) Piketon
Ethan Carroll (Sr) Southeastern
Joedy Ater (So) Adena
Nalin Robinson (Jr) Zane Trace

(3rd Team)
Evan Park (Sr) Unioto
Kyle Stonerock (Jr) Zane Trace
Trevor Wolfe (Sr) Westfall
Dalton Black (Jr) Huntington
Blake Hoops (Fr) Unioto

(Honorable Mention)
Davis Kerns- Adena
Cody Rawlings- Adena
Seth McCloskey- Huntington
Noah Potter- Huntington
Trent Mettler- Paint Valley
Cole Miller- Paint Valley
Brady Coreno- Piketon
Kydan Potts- Piketon
Connor Smith- Southeastern
Luke Corcoran- Southeastern
Jordan Perkins- Unioto
Jude Little- Unioto
Ashton Nunemaker- Westfall
Tyler Shipley- Westfall
Donavin Baker- Zane Trace
Ben Nichols- Zane Trace

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All SVC Wrestling Team

Presented By Atomic Speedway

Scioto Valley Conference All-League Wrestling Team

106 pound weight class Layton Vennon- Unioto

113 pound weight class Antony Hoty- Westfall

120 pound weight class Zane Pickerrell- Zane Trace

126 pound weight class Mars Coste- Unioto

132 pound weight class Quinton Puckett- Huntington

138 pound weight class Wayne Kitchen- Westfall

144 pound weight class Griffin Sams- Unioto

150 pound weight class Mavrick Smith- Huntington

157 pound weight class Bryce Wickline- Westfall

165 pound weight class Isaac Gray- Adena

175 pound weight class Wesley Stewart- Southeastern

190 pound weight class Matt Griffin- Unioto

215 pound weight class Jesse Lett- Huntington

285 pound weight class Hunter Freeman- Paint Valley

League Champions:   Westfall

Coach of the Year: Will Breyer  (Westfall)

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Sheridan Wins D-2 Bowling Sectional Tournament Crown

Presented By Accurate Heating, Cooling & Plumbing

The Lady Generals of Sheridan claimed the Division 2 Sectional Bowling Championship Tuesday at Shawnee Lanes in Chillicothe.

(Photo: Zane Trace Girls Bowling- Litter Media/Mike Smith)

Fairfield Union, Zane Trace and Lynchburg Clay round out the top four teams, meaning each qualify for the Monday, February 21st District Tournament, also to be held at Shawnee Lanes.

Individual bowlers not on a qualifying team to advance to the district are: Samantha Fiore of New Lexington, Julia Kitchen of Logan Elm, Mackenzie Drone of Westfall and Shelby Hixon of Circleville.

Here is the rundown of all 19 teams in order of their finish:

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Hillsboro Boys Win D-2 Bowling Sectional Title

Presented By Scioto Valley Dumpsters, LTD

Four teams have advanced to the Division 2 Boys District Bowling Tournament at Chillicothe’s Shawnee Lanes following Monday’s sectional tournament Monday, February 14th, where Hillsboro took the team title out of 21 teams.

Four teams from both the boys and girls plus four individual boys and girls not on a qualifying team will return on Monday, February 21 for the District tournament.

Here are the sectional team tournament results for those qualifying for district play:
1.) Hillsboro 4352
2.) Logan Elm 3891
3.) Whiteoak 3661
4.) Zane Trace 3619

Qualifying individuals not on a qualifying team are:
John Blankenship- Gallia Academy
Mitchell Barnes- Unioto
Andrew Allen- Ironton
Mason Mullins- Washington CH

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Teays Valley MSL Buckeye Champ/Westfall SVC Champ In Wrestling

Presented By Hometown-Motors, Inc.

The Mid State League Buckeye and Scioto Valley Conference crowned their wrestling team champs over the weekend.

In the MSL, Teays Valley won the team title with 225 points. Here is the order of finish for other MSL squads:
Teays Valley 225
Amanda Clearcreek 151
Circleville 104
Bloom Carroll 103
Logan Elm 88
Liberty Union 64
Fairfield Union 62
Hamilton Township 44

In the SVC, Westfall won their 7th straight conference title with 245 points. Order of team finish:
Westfall 245
Huntington 174
Unioto 163
Zane Trace 143.5
Southeastern 88.5
Paint Valley 71
Adena 54

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Athens Boys/Marietta Girls DII Sectional Swim Champions | Chillicothe Boys Earn 2nd, Girls 3rd

Presented by Ross-Chillicothe Convention and Visitors Bureau

On the heels of winning their respective Frontier Athletic Conference Meet, the Chillicothe Cavaliers Swim teams finished near the top at Saturday’s Sectional Meet at Ohio University.

The Athens Boys and Marietta Girls were DII Southeast Sectional Meet Champions, while Chillicothe was the Boys runners-up and the Girls were third behind Athens.

The DII Southeast District Swim Meet is combined with the Central District this Thursday at McCorkle Aquatic Center at Ohio State University. 30 swimmers in each individual event and 20 teams in relay events will compete at the District Tournament.

The Division I District Tournament will be held Saturday.

BOYS DII SECTIONAL TEAM RESULTS: 1st – Athens (619); 2nd – Chillicothe (438.5); 3rd – Greenfield McClain (258); 4th – Marietta (232.5); 5th – River Valley (185); 6th – Warren (165); 7th – Zane Trace (159); 8th – Portsmouth Notre Dame (158); 9th – Northwest (144); 10th – Portsmouth (126); 11th – Hillsboro (117); 12th – Miami Trace (105); 13th – Washington CH (75); 14th – Wheelersburg (74); 15th – Adena (57); 16th – Logan Elm (40); 17th – Fairfield Union (31); 18th – Circleville (28); 19th – Portsmouth West (14).

GIRLS DII SECTIONAL TEAM RESULTS: 1st – Marietta (530); 2nd – Athens (335); 3rd – Chillicothe (304); 4th – Fairfield Union; 5th – Warren (276); 6th – Portsmouth Notre Dame (243); 7th – Greenfield McClain (236); 8th – Washington CH (234); 9th – Wheelersburg (211); 10th – Zane Trace (184); 11th – River Valley (165); 12th – Miami Trace (152); 13th – Hillsboro (140); 14th – Northwest (82); 15th – Portsmouth (69); 16th – Logan Elm (62); 17th – Crooksville (45); 18th Circleville (44); 19th – Adena (23); 20th – Portsmouth West (9).

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Vinton County Pulls Away Late For Win at Wellston

Presented By McDonald’s

What was a close game through the first three quarters, saw the Vinton County Vikings pull away in the fourth quarter for a 56-44 win at Wellston Friday night.

Wellston grabbed a 6-0 lead with the Vikings not scoring until 2:12 left in first quarter, which then saw VC go on 7-0 run for their first lead of 7-6. After a brief 8-7 by the Rockets, Vinton County got the lead back 9-8 at the end of the quarter.

Vinton County started getting some distance in the second quarter at 18-13 with 4:31 left in half and went into halftime up 24-20. 

The second half saw VC lead by as many as 27-20, 29-22 before Wellston cut it to 40-39, then the Vikings went on 7-0 run for a 47-39 lead. Wellston got as close as 47-41 with 1:53 left but never got any closer.

Score by quarters:
Vinton County  9/24/34/56
Wellston             8/20/34/44

Vinton County Team Scoring:
Eli Radabaugh 16 points *McDonald’s Player of the Game*
Zane Karr 15 points
Braylon Damron 10 points
Brayden Cain 5 points
Asa Davidson 5 points
Ashton Allman 2 points
Jack Davidson 1 point

Wellston Team Scoring:
Cyan Ervin 14 points
Garrett Brown 14 points
Michael Schober 10 points
Isaac Molihan 4 points
Evan Brown 2 points 

Vinton County improves to (9-2/13-7) and remains tied with Alexander for the TVC lead after their 57-46 win over Athens. Alex plays their last TVC game tomorrow and Vinton County plays River Valley on February 21st.

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Waverly’s SOC II Boys BKB Title Drought Ends in a 68-47 Win Over Portsmouth West

Presented by Atomic Speedway

Finally… the SOC II title has found a home in Waverly, the first outright title for the Tigers since 1992.

30… long… years.

“We’ve had some really nice teams” said Robinson “teams I thought we probably would win the league. But, crazy things happen. No excuses – we just didn’t get it done.”

The Senators were able to hang with the Tigers early, trailing 16-12 after the first period, but Waverly’s inside-out game complimented by Trey Robertson’s 34-point effort began to overwhelm West on the defensive end.

“They’re tough to guard” said West Coach Caleb McClanahan. “You try to chase Trey around and he’s seen every kind of defense and everything you’re gonna try to throw at him. They hit somebody that’s open or hit (Will) Futhey underneath… They’re the Number 1 seed in D-2 for a reason. They’re a good team.”

Waverly began to pull away in the second period after back-to-back baskets by Hudson Kelly and a lay in by Mark Stulley. Robertson drilled a three and to put the Tigers ahead by 10 at 29-19 with 2:56 remaining before intermission. Waverly widened its margin to 51-39 through the third quarter.

The Tigers have their sites set for Lucasville Valley Friday night to close out the regular season, which will be a night filled with emptions.

“Tomorrow’s gonna be tough” anticipated Robertson, thinking about his class of six seniors. “Brad Stulley and I started coaching these guys when they were in the third grade. We’ve spent a lot of time together. It’d be nice to win that one and send these guys out on a positive note.”

Watch for highlights and interviews Friday night on the Litter Media Games of the Week Post Game Show on the Litter Media Facebook Page.

SCORING: Portsmouth West (47) – Jake Jordan, 2; Jesse Dixon, 12; Jeffrey Bishop, 8; Noah Coleman, 7; Ryan Sissel, 16; Jacob Davis, 2. Waverly (68) – Mark Stulley, 7; Hudson Kelly, 8; Trey Robertson, 34; Wade Futhey, 3; Penn Morrison, 2; Will Futhey, 14.