Bloom Carroll’s Wade Bartholomew has reportedly told his players today (Wednesday) that he is stepping down as their head coach.
Wade Bartholomew (right) with his father Scott (left) as the Bloom Carroll Bulldogs defeated Waverly in the 2019 OHSAA Playoffs. Dan Ramey/Litter Media
Lancaster Eagle Gazette Sports Reporter Thomas Wilson first reported the breaking story on his Twitter feed.
Bartholomew has compiled a won loss record for the Bulldogs of (68-25) in eight seasons with two straight state semifinal appearances, five MSL-Buckeye titles, and six playoff berths.
In his six post-seasons, his record was (11-6), but is (10-3) the last three seasons.
Bartholomew was quoted in The Lancaster Eagle-Gazette as saying he wants the opportunity to eventually coach at the college level. “I believe right now is a really good opportunity for me to maybe take a bigger job in Ohio, whether it’s high school or college.”
Prior to coming to Bloom Carroll, Wade Bartholomew also served as a head coach at Huntington and Gallia Academy, while also serving as an assistant at Logan Elm.
The Bloom Carroll Bulldogs clinched no worse than a share of the Mid State League-Buckeye Division with a 49-0 win over Teays Valley.
The game started with Bloom Carroll and Teays Valley trading possessions without a score.
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The Bulldogs K.J. Benedict scampered 2 yards for a touchdown at 2:09 of the first quarter for a 7-0 lead, following the PAT kick.
The first quarter ended with Bloom Carroll driving to Teays Valley 27 yard line, leading 7-0.
The Bulldog’s Chase Plantz didn’t take long to add to their lead, scoring on a 1 yard TD run for a 14-0 advantage with 11:30 left in the first half.
Bloom Carroll extended their lead to 21-0 on a Dylan Armentrout TD run from 5 yards out at 6:05 left in the half.
Less than two minutes later, Armentrout scored on a 75 yard run to make it 28-0 at 4:18 in the second quarter.
Bloom Carroll then blew the game open on a 10 yard Chase Plantz TD run for a 35-0 halftime lead, which put the continuous clock in play for the rest of the game, since they had a 35 point deficit.
Bloom Carroll’s defense was as good as the offense in the first half, holding Teays Valley to only 35 yards of total offense and no first downs.
The second half picked up where the first half ended for Bloom Carroll, with QB K.J. Benedict connecting on a TD pass of 18 yards to Branyon Dodds to make it 42-0 at 7:47 of third quarter.
The Bulldogs defense also got in on the scoring act when Carter Bepler took a pick-six 98 yards for a touchdown and the final margin of victory of 49-0 with 4:09 left in the game.
Bloom Carroll quarterback K.J. Benedict was the “McDonald’s Player of the Game”.
The Bloom Carroll win clinches no worse than a share of the Mid State League crown. The Bulldogs conclude the regular season at Hamilton Township, while the Vikings host Logan Elm.
Both Bloom Carroll and Teays Valley are certain to gain post-season berths, with the Bulldogs now (6-0/9-0) and Teays Valley (5-1/8-1).
Next week’s Litter Media Game of the Week will be for the FAC Championship, as Chillicothe travels to Jackson. The Ironman have already clinched a share of the title, with Chillicothe needing a win to share the championship.
MSL Champ Bloom Carroll lost a 2-1, 10 inning heartbreaker in the OHSAA Division 2 State Baseball Championship Game, Sunday in Akron.
The game was scoreless until the top of the fourth inning, when Hoban took a 1-0 lead until Bloom Carroll answered with their lone run of the game in the bottom of the 6th, to even the score at 1-1.
(24-9) Hoban scored the eventual game winner in the top of the 10th.
The line score had Hoban with 2 runs, 5 hits, 1 error and 7 left on base. Bloom Carroll had 1 run on 6 hits, 1 error and also stranded 7 base runners.
D. Walsh picked up the win for Hoban, working 4 innings in relief, yielding only 1 base hit. Bloom Carroll’s Nic Feasel suffered the loss in relief, giving up 1 run on 2 hits in 2 innings of work. Josh Moore had started the game for the Bulldogs, giving up 1 run in 8 innings.
The Bulldogs advanced to Sunday’s final with a 4-0 win over Hamilton Badin in the state semi.
Bloom Carroll concludes the season at (28-6) and state runner-up.
(Photo courtesy of Teays Valley Athletic Department)
A scoreless game tilted in the Bloom Carroll column with a six-run fourth inning, as the Bulldogs went on to a 9-0 win over Hillsboro in the Division 2 Regional Baseball Championship at Teays Valley High School, Saturday.
The Bulldogs blew the game open in the fourth inning on a walk followed by a Joel Winters single, which put Bloom Carroll runners on 1st and 2nd. Beau Wisegarver singled with a line shot off the pitchers mound that went into centerfield, giving Bloom Carroll a 1-0 lead.
C.J. Carmichael’s two-run double to made it 3-0. An infielder error at first, allowed two BC runners to score making it 5-0.
Ryan Scott’s day on the mound was done after going 3.2 innings. Brad Miller came on in relief for the Indians, but the Bulldogs were not finished. A ground-out fielders choice scored another run. Bloom Carroll scored 6 runs in the fourth inning with three hits and one Hillsboro error. Bulldogs lead Hillsboro 6-0 after four innings.
BC added three more in the fifth inning with a hit batsmen and a walk, followed by a passed ball that put runners on 2nd and 3rd with nobody out for the Bulldogs. Beau Wisecarver hit into a fielders choice that scored BC’s 7th run. Zach Humphries relieved Miller on the mound with runners on the corners and one out in bottom of fifth.
A Hillsboro error on a pickoff throw to 1st base, made it 8-0. Another BC batter was hit by pitch. (3 hit batsmen in the inning) then a single scored a runner from third for 9-0 lead.
Hillsboro concludes season at (24-7) and regional runner-up. Bloom Carroll improves to (27-5) and headed to State Final 4 in Akron.
In other baseball regional finals, Lucasville Valley wins the D-4 crown with a 5-2 win over Berlin Hiland at Lancaster, while earlier in the day, Minford fell to Barnesville 10-7 in the D-3 title game, thanks to a six-run fourth inning for Barnesville.
In State Softball Semifinal action, Wheelersburg lost to Sherwood Fairview, 10-8.
For the first time in 31 years, the Teays Valley Lady Vikings have won a Mid State League Track & Field Championship. Teays Valley scored 163 team points for the Buckeye Division championship with Fairfield Union second with 141.
Third place was Logan Elm with 77.5, Circleville 67, Bloom Carroll 66.5, Hamilton Township 62, Liberty Union 56 and Amanda with 10.
On the boys side of the track, Bloom Carroll won the team title with 153 points followed by Hamilton Township 91, Circleville 90, Teays Valley 88, Liberty Union 83.5, Fairfield Union 60, Amanda 39 and Logan Elm 37.5.
For complete individual results, go to our link for Baums Page.
