Baseball Jacks undefeated in SWBL with 3-0 tally

The Oakwood varsity baseball jacks ran their league record to 3-0 with recent home wins over Bellbrook and Valley View.

Early against Bellbrook it was the Mitch Jones show, as the senior pitcher mowed down the Eagles batters in the 1st and 2nd innings, and then it was Jones who got Oakwood on the scoreboard with a two run HR in the home second.  This incited a frenzy of hitting as the Jacks scored 6 more in the 2nd and 5 in the 3rd to take full command of the game.  

Pitching with the lead, Jones challenged the Eagles to hit his pitches, and he went on to hold Bellbrook to 5 earned runs while his teammates added more runs each inning.  Freshman pitcher Greg Amborse came on to relieve Jones and protected the hard earned lead, giving up only a single 5th inning run.  By that time, Oakwood led 17-8, and senior designated hitter Brian Ditmer mercifully ended it with a line drive RBI single to right to plate the 18th run for the walk off run rule victory.   Other hitting stars included junior Chris Hardy (triple, 3RBI’s, 2 runs), junior Josh Parrish (single, HR, 2 RBI, 4 runs), senior Kris Soward (3 hits and 3 runs), junior Andrew Carpenter and senior Jesse Kell (2 runs each), and Jones also doubled in another RBI later in the game.

Thursday Parrish pitched 6 exciting innings against Valley View.  Early Lumberjack errors spotted the Spartans 2 unearned runs in the 1st, but then the junior right-hander retired the next 10 batters and allowed only one more hit and 1 earned run through 6.  At the plate it was Andrew Carpenter’s day to shine brightly. The junior shortstop had homered in the 1st and singled in the 3rd, but the Jacks had stranded six runners and still trailed 3-1 in the 5th inning. Junior right fielder Ben Scott brought the fans to their feet when he lined the first pitch of the home 5th into the left field bleachers, and then two pitches later Carpenter blasted his 2nd long ball of the game to tie it at 3.  The Jacks weren’t done though, as senior Matt Vail singled and Soward doubled for the RBI.  In the 6th sophomore catcher Tony Lamb and Hardy led off with walks and scored on RBI efforts by Vail and Parrish.  Carpenter then came on to relieve Parrish in the 7th and yielded only 1 meaningless run for the save as the Jacks prevailed 6-4.

Oakwood’s record is now 7-3. This week the Jacks host Belmont Friday at 5 p.m. and have road games at Brookville Wednesday, Franklin Thursday and Northridge Saturday.

Track team places at Bellbrook and Troy meets

By H.W. Sizek

The Oakwood High School track team had a busy week running in the Bellbrook Relays Tuesday and Troy Christian Invitational on Friday. At Bellbrook the top relay team for the Jills was the 4x1600m (D. Reese, N. Denka, S. Hallinan and J. Sizek) which finished third. Fourth place finishing teams were the 4x100m Hurdles (M. Irvin, C. Hartel, L. Johnsen and A. Harmony); the Distance Medley (L. Whalen-800m, H. Beyer-400m, Reese-400m and L. Connelly-1600m); and the 4x400m (Whalen, M. Hughes, Sizek and Reese).

The Shot Put combo of Jake Mays and Matt Money was the Jacks’ top team at Bellbrook finishing second. Third place finishing teams were: the 4x110m Hurdles (E. He, T. Buffington, D. Tyler and K Sharkey); the 4x100m (B. Achterman, M. Blossom, A. Nadrasy and N. Thomas); the 4x200m (Nadrasy, B. Hogan, Blossom and Thomas); and the 4x400m (Hogan, Blossom, Thomas and Achterman). The 4x1600m team of G. Svobodny, J. Hewer, M. Skill and C. Wolcott finished fourth.

Friday evening at Troy Christian, the Jills finished second overall, just one point behind meet winner Middletown. Senior Dani Reese was named the Outstanding Female Track Athlete of the Meet, finishing first in the 800m and 1600m runs and anchoring the 4x400 relay (with L. Whalen, M. Hughes and K. Blossom) to a first place finish. Reese also established a new meet record for the 800m run. Close behind Reese in the 800m run were L. Whalen and L Shafer in third and fifth respectively. In the 1600m run the Jills other finishers were J. Sizek in second and L. Connelly in fourth. Sizek and Connelly with S. Dietz were first, third and fourth in the 3200m run. Meredith Irvin led the Jills’ in the 100m and 300m Hurdles with third place finishes. The 4x800m team of S. Hallinan, A. Bruno, A. Harmony and S. Deitz finished fourth for the Jills.

Elizabeth Connelly, Julia Sizek and Dani Reese line up for mile run.

The Jacks finished sixth out of twelve teams at Troy Christian. Gabe Svobodny was the top finisher for the Jacks, finishing first in the 3200m run. Teammates C. Wolcott
and M. Skill were fifth and seventh in the 3200m run. Peter Hix finished fourth and J. Hewer sixth in the 1600m run. The 4x100m relay team of B. Achterman, E. He, A. Nadrasy and N. Thomas finished fourth. In the field events D. Reveal finished tied for fourth in the High Jump. Z. Rodabaugh had seventh place finishes in the High Jump and Long Jump. Matt Money heaved the shot put to a seventh place finish.

Sports camps

Boys Basketball Camp Info

June 11-14: 9-11 a.m. incoming 4th, 5th, & 6th graders
The Pit: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. incoming 7th & 8th graders

Football Camp Info

June 18-21: 9-11 a.m. incoming 4th-8th graders

You can pick up a brochure at the high school athletic office or download the basketball brochure by going to www.oakwoodbasketball.tk

Any questions please call Paul Stone at 307-5818.

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