| Davis hit streak at 17 as Crushers avoid a sweep |
 The Lake Erie offense went to work again on Sunday as the Crushers pounded out eight runs on 14 hits, and came away with an 8-4 victory over the Rockford Aviators.
The victory for the Crushers, now 11-16, allowed them to avoid the sweep and snapped a three-game slide. The loss for the Aviators (6-20) prevented what would have been their first sweep of the season.
Lake Erie’s offense scored 25 runs on 35 hits over the final two games of the series, while Alex Kaminsky (2-3) tossed seven strong innings and held an early lead to assist in the victory.
Lake Erie scored several runs early on, and snapped a scoreless tie in the top of the second. Daniel Bowman walked to start the inning, and stole second before a pair of groundouts moved him around and he scored on Seth Granger’s ground out.
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| Warriors turn away Pirates in state lax title game |
 The Rocky River lacrosse team had faced many challenges throughout the 2013 season. And the Pirates had battled through most of them with successful outcomes.
But in Saturday’s OHSLA Division II state championship game, Mariemont’s first-half onslaught proved too much to overcome.
The Warriors, behind the four-goal effort of junior attacker Macko Saffin, scored the first five goals of the game. That proved to be just enough to hold off the Pirates’ second-half charge and come away with a 10-6 win at Upper Arlington High School.
Rocky River closed out the season with a 15-3 record, coming into the state title game with a five-game win streak. But on this day... |
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| Pirates take down Preppers, title goal within reach |
 Their goal is finally within reach.
The Rocky River lacrosse team, driven by their loss in last year’s Division II state championship game, now has its shot at redemption. On Wednesday, the Pirates earned a return trip to Upper Arlington with a convincing 11-8 win over University School in a state semifinal game at Medina’s Ken Dukes stadium.
On Saturday, Rocky River will take on Mariemont, a 16-9 winner over Columbus DeSales in the other state semifinal game. The Warriors are 14-6, champions of the OHSLA Southwest Division and ranked No. 19 in the Laxpower.com state rankings.
For Rocky River, it was the second straight win over its east side rivals in a state semifinal game.
“Getting off to that early lead was huge,” admitted senior co-captain Eric Sperli, who scored a hat trick goal that sparked a three-goal run late... |
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| Wilhelmy's goal in OT sends Pirates to state semis |
 With both teams’ goalies making clutch save after clutch save, it seemed like Monday’s OHSLA Division II lacrosse regional final between Rocky River and Toledo St. Francis DeSales would go on forever.
That all changed just 1:23 into the overtime period when Rocky River’s Mason Wilhelmy took the ball.
Wilhelmy, who got possession from about 10 yards out, rolled to his right past a defender up top and saw an opening. He whipped the ball past Knights goalie Nick Wagner for the game-winner as the Pirates claimed a 9-8 thriller at River Stadium.
The win allowed Rocky River to repeat as Northwest Region champions and put the Pirates back in the state semifinals Wednesday against tournament nemesis University School. Game time is 7 p.m. at Medina’s Ken Dukes Stadium. But that trip may not have been possible... |
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| Crushers drop series finale, head to Traverse City |
 The Joliet Slammers scored early and often at All Pro Freight Stadium Sunday evening and took the series finale with the Lake Erie Crushers by the final score of 9-5.
For Lake Erie (6-9), the loss dropped their record to 4-5 at home this season, while the victory for the Slammers (6-9) gave them the series victory.
The Slammers got out to a hot start, scoring three times on four hits in the top of the first inning. David Christensen drove in the first two... |
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| Bohan, Britton and Szabo lead area to state meet |
 As usual, the Westshore are will be well represented at the OHSAA Track and Field Championships in Columbus next weekend.
Bay’s Maddie Britton and North Olmsted’s Becky Szabo won regional championships, while Avon Lake’s Christine Bohan qualified in three events at the Amherst Division I Regional Track and Field Championships at Richard S. Cooley Track. The championship meet will be held June 7-8 at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.
Britton, a junior, captured the 3200 title with her time of 10:57.51. She also ran leadoff on the Rockets’ second-place 4x800 team that qualified for state. Britton, sophomore Maddie Voiers, junior Sarah Christel and junior Hallie Bechtel ran a... |
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| Riemenschneider goes off, Pirates banish Bengals |
 With 9:16 left in the third quarter, Rocky River’s Brock Riemenschneider scored his hat trick goal to give the Pirates a solid 7-0 lead over visiting Benedictine.
As it turned out, the Rocky River junior was just warming up.
Riemenschneider exploded for four consecutive goals in the first 4:14 of the fourth quarter as the Pirates demolished the Bengals, 14-2, in a Division II regional lacrosse semifinal at... |
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