Columbus St. Francis DeSales edged Wapakoneta 3-2 to take home the D-II crown. St. Francis DeSales (28-6) limited Wapakoneta (25-6) to three hits.

By BRYANT KIZER

Contributing Writer

St. Edward celebrated yesterday as they took home the Division I State Crown in track and field at Columbus. The Eagles led with 48 points while Lancaster and Pick. North finished tied for second with 36.

Junior Antwon Smith, of John F. Kennedy took home the D-I state crown in the 400 with the first-place time of 47.44. Chad Gentry of Louisville was second with 48.32.

Donovan Robertson of Berea defended his state title by once again sweeping the hurdles event. He won the 110H (13.66) and he smashed the 300H record which had stood for 11 years with the time of 35.96. Derrick Williams of Canton GlenOak had 36.34. That also broke the state meet set in 1988 by Glenn Terry of Cin. Sycamore (36.38) and Owens Stadium record of Michael Willey of Miamisburg (36.59) in 2008.

Solon’s junior Khoury Crenshaw became the 100 champion as he edged St. Edward’s junior Anthony Young 10.76 to 10.81.

For the Eagles, the step-ladder 4x100 team of freshman Shaun Crawford, sophomore Steele Wasik, junior Young, and senior Quincy Jones won the state title. Young took home the state title in the 200 by edging Cleveland Heights’ junior Shelton Gibson 21.61 to 21.76. Crenshaw finished fourth.

In the girls, Reynoldsburg took the state crown with 56 points, Solon finished third with 29.

Destinee Gause had four first-place finishes. She took home the state crown in 100 (11.95) and 200 (23.91). She was also on the winning 4x100 and 4x400 teams.  Senior Faith Washington set the stadium record in the 300H, with 41.33. Evanston Twp. had 41.72 in 2004. Washington was also on the winning relay teams.

Solon’s Therese Haiss took home the 800 (2:08.05) state title.

In D-II boys’ Dayton Dunbar took home the state crown with 49 points, Akron St. Vincent – St. Mary had 46. As usual, Dunbar won the title by winning the final event, the 4x400. That gave them the 10 points that put them over. The Irish 4x400 team did not make it to Columbus.

In the girls’ the Lady Irish took home the title with 55 points, Columbus Eastmoor Academy finished second with 46.

In D-III boys’ VASJ finished second (31 points) as they were 33 points away from first-place Gahanna Columbus Academy.

In the girls’, Versailles took home the crown with 39 points.

High School Baseball

Cincinnati Moeller defeated Westlake 9-6, to win the D-I state title. Moeller (26-5) scored eight runs in the first three innings as they held an 8-2 lead after three innings. Westlake (24-7) did not help themselves, as they committed six errors and they issued seven walks.

Columbus St. Francis DeSales edged Wapakoneta 3-2 to take home the D-II crown. St. Francis DeSales (28-6) limited Wapakoneta (25-6) to three hits.

In D-III, it was a good pitchers battle between Wade Martin and Nick Watkins. At the end, Martin from Wheelersburg had the best performance as they Martin’s Lima Central Catholic 1-0 to take home the state crown. Both pitchers went the distance. Martin pitched seven inning, he yielded only one hit and he struck out nine. He came close to pitching a perfect game. Through six innings, he had nothing but zeros across.

In D-IV, Cuyahoga Heights bid become state champs came to an end. They were edge by Minster 5-4. Minster (26-6) seem to be comfortable leading 4-0 after six, but the Redskins (25-5) did not go away easy. The Redskins, who only had two hits through the first six innings, scored four runs on three hits in the seventh to tie the game at 4. However, Minster, represented as the home team, had their last at bat.

High School Softball

In D-I, North Canton Hoover edged Lebanon 2-0. North Canton Hoover (30-3) had single run tallies in the first and fourth innings.

In D-II, LaGrange Keystone finished the season undefeated as they beat Greensville 7-2. Keystone (32-0) was down 2-0 to Greenville (29-5) after five. Keystone scored five in the sixth and two in the seventh.  

In D-III, Warren Champion is champions after last Saturday. They blanked Carroll Bloom-Carroll 2-0.

In D-IV, Convoy Crestview (25-3) beat Vienna Mathews (25-6) 6-2.