Tess Bucher headlines five Hoover tennis players who qualified for OHSAA state tournament
Led by district singles champion Tess Bucher, the North Canton Hoover girls tennis team will send a program-record five players to next week’s Division I state tournament in Mason.
Bucher and the Vikings doubles team of senior Cecilia Holben and junior Bridget Fink already had secured their spots during Thursday’s opening two rounds of the district tournament at Springside Athletic Club. Hoover’s doubles team of seniors Claire Wood and Angelina Koinoglou joined the party during Saturday’s action, advancing to the fifth-place match out of the consolation bracket to ensure their spot next weekend.
The top six singles players and top six doubles teams out of Springside qualified for the state tournament at the Lindner Family Tennis Center near Cincinnati.
The five Hoover players will join four from Jackson in Mason next weekend. The Polar Bears doubles teams of seniors Madison Altman and Paige Reese, along with junior Addyson Utterback and senior Divya Shanmugam had punched their tickets on Thursday by advancing to the semifinals.
Wood and Koinoglou beat Avon’s Amelia Tomak and Julia Kacenjar 6-0, 6-1 Saturday to get to the fifth-place match, then took down Medina Highland’s Sarah Sgambati and Madison Pawlak 6-3, 6-2 to earn fifth.
Altman and Reese – headed to state for a fourth straight year – finished second in the district Saturday after beating Holben and Fink 6-2, 6-2 in the semifinals, then losing to Magnificat’s Caroline Moritz and Anna Mancino 7-5, 6-3 in the championship match. Holben and Fink rebounded to beat Utterback and Shanmugam 6-2, 6-4 for third place. Utterback and Shanmugam had lost to Moritz and Mancino 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the semifinals.
Bucher earned her second straight district championship after finishing as runner-up as a freshman. She beat Avon junior Natalie Smitek 6-2, 6-3 in Saturday's semifinal, then bested Magnificat freshman Anna Bennett by the same score in the final. Bucher has finished fourth at state each of the past two seasons.
Marlington boys dominate EBC cross country meet
It was truly a perfect day for the Marlington boys cross country team at Saturday’s Eastern Buckeye Conference meet.
All five Dukes scorers finished in the top five in a dominating performance at Salem Memorial Park. Marlington won the team title with a perfect score of 15.
Marlington’s Colin Cernansky was the overall winner in 16:01.64. Nash Minor of the Dukes finished second, Michael Nicholls came in fourth, Logan Citino placed fourth and Cohen Boyce was fifth.
Bella Graham made it a Marlington sweep with her victory in the girls race. Her time was 18:43.23.
Minerva won the girls team title by five points over Salem. Hera Hoffee finished second overall for the Lions.
East Canton cross country sweep of IVC individual titles
East Canton’s Brylan Holland and Audrey Wade won the individual titles at the Inter-Valley Conference Cross Country Championships.
Holland finished first in the boys race in 16:05.20. Wade took the girls race in 19:32.80.
The East Canton boys and Sandy Valley girls successfully defended their team titles. Casey Russell of the Cardinals was runner-up in the girls race.
Northwest’s Madelyn Begert wins first PAC-7 cross country title
Madelyn Begert’s first PAC-7 meet race was a very successful one.
The Northwest freshman won the girls conference title at Nickajack Farms. Her time was 19:20.76.
Northwest was runner-up to CVCA in the boys and girls races.
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Federal League Championships
Team standings: 1, Jackson 53; 2, Perry 62; 3, Green 68; 4, GlenOak 72; 5, Hoover 79; 6, Lake 193; 7, McKinley 197.
Top individual finishers: 1, Rice (GO) 15:08.90; 2, Zuckett (J) 15:31.86; 3, Con. Reed (P) 15:43.56; 4, T. Papas (Gre) 15:44.33; 5, Young (GO) 15:46.98; 6, Hill (P) 15:52.28; 7, Ilg (J) 15:59.27; 8, Johnson (H) 16:00.48; 9, S. Papas (Gre) 16:02.04; 10, Coo. Reed (P) 16:05.61.
Eastern Buckeye Conference Championships
Team standings: 1, Marlington 15; 2, Minerva 49; 3, Salem 82; 4, West Branch 110; 5, Alliance 129; 6, Carrollton 147.
Top individual finishers: 1, Cernansky (Mar) 16:01.64; 2, Minor (Mar) 16:16.03; 3, Nicholls (Mar) 16:31.92; 4, Citino (Mar) 16:51.66; 5, Boyce (Mar) 16:59.41; 6, Dorris (WB) 17:05.33; 7, Rettig (Min) 17:10.22; 8, Madison (S) 17:19.13; 9, Grubb (Min) 17:23.16; 10, Cassidy (Min) 17:24.23.
Inter-Valley Conference Championships
Team standings: 1, East Canton 33; 2, Indian Valley 50; 3, Tusky Valley 62; 4, Garaway 123; 5, Claymont 141; 6, Sandy Valley 159; 7, Ridgewood 173; 8, Malvern 188
Top individual finishers: 1, Holland (EC) 16:05.20; 2, Heil (IV) 17:01.51; 3, Carlisle (IV) 17:11.85; 4, Martin (EC) 17:23.57; 5, Perkowski (TV) 17:27.51; 6, Kinsey (IV) 17:33.96; 7, Wertz (TV) 17:49.22; 8, Wade (EC) 18:00.97; 9, Collins (EC) 18:04.72; 10, Money (G) 18:07.86.
PAC-7 Championships
Team standings: 1, CVCA 22; 2, Northwest 76; 3, Fairless 93; 4, Tuslaw 95; 5, Triway 141; 6, Orrville 150; 7, Canton South 167; 8, Manchester 202.
Top individual finishers: 1, Curtis (CVCA) 16:42.09; 2, Mitchell (CVCA) 16:43.53; 3, Smith (CVCA) 17:00.44; 4, Easterling (N) 17:01.09; 5, Swartz (Tus) 17:02.57; 6, Rittigers (O) 17:10.82; 7, Lee (CVCA) 17:16.06; 8, Hearn (F) 17:16.36; 9, Maianu (CVCA) 17:28.50; 10, Slatzer (F) 17:35.16.
Central Catholic Crusader Invitational
Team standings: 1, Central Catholic 28; 2, Ursuline 31; 3, Cardinal Mooney 79.
Top individual finishers: 1, Vlacovsky (CC) 17:15; 2, Gordulic (U) 17:16; 3, DePasquale (CC) 18:50; 4, Straus (East Canton) 19:09; 5, Fernandez (U) 19:14; 6, Schmutz (U) 19:14; 7, Filler (Massillon) 19:24; 8, Eberhardt (CC) 19:29; 9, Precioso (U), 19:39; 10, Cantera-Quintero (CC) 19:40
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Federal League Championships
Team standings: 1, Jackson 60; 2, Lake 68; 3, GlenOak 70; 4, Perry 77; 5, Hoover 82; 6, Green 143.
Top individual finishers: 1, Scheffler (L) 18:29.68; 2, Zagst (J) 19:31.17; 3, Dostal (P) 19:38.79; 4, Tzouloufis (GO) 19:39.80; 5, Miller (H) 19:41.46; 6, Degenhard (J) 19:44.28; 7, Householder (P) 19:44.90; 8, Witmer (Gre) 20:13.82; 9, Cross (L) 20:14.88; 10, Williams (J) 20:18.43.
Eastern Buckeye Conference Championships
Team standings: 1, Minerva 35; 2, Salem 40; 3, Carrollton 70; 4, Marlington 84.
Top individual finishers: 1, Graham (Mar) 18:43.23; 2, Hoffee (Min) 19:24.09; 3, Hall (S) 19:56.28; 4, Hopple (Min) 20:07.63; 5, K. Crissman (Min) 20:10.64; 6, Hopple (S) 20:21.60; 7, Double (S) 20:30.35; 8, Funkhouser (Carr) 20:32.57; 9, Stafford (S) 20:37.89; 10, Martin (WB) 20:41.91.
Inter-Valley Conference Championships
Team standings: 1, Sandy Valley 48; 2, Tusky Valley 68; 3, Garaway 92; 4, Ridgewood 113; 5, Indian Valley 118; 6, East Canton 119; 7, Claymont 145; 8, Buckeye Trail 182.
Top individual finishers: 1, Wade (EC) 19:32.80; 2, Russell (SV) 20:25.25; 3, Hoover (SV) 20:28.76; 4, Bice (R) 20:31.30; 5, Lieser (TV) 20:35.11; 6, Raymond (IV) 20:41.11; 7, Pfeffer (SV) 20:46.32; 8, McKenzie (Strasburg) 20:51.15; 9, Schwartz (G) 21:13.73; 10, Yoder (G) 21:30.50.
PAC-7 Championships
Team standings: 1, CVCA 26; 2, Northwest 40; 3, Tuslaw 86; 4, Orrville 121; 5, Canton South 124; 6, Manchester 140.
Top individual finishers: 1, Begert (N) 19:20.76; 2, Ritzman (CVCA) 19:56.68; 3, Cooley (CVCA) 20:17.94; 4, Wackerly (CS) 21:07.34; 5, Blackburn (CVCA) 21:10.23; 6, Doane (F) 21:40.61; 7, Weaver (N) 21:47.89; 8, Wigal (Triway) 21:59.65; 9, Khalil (CVCA) 22:05.00; 10, Weaver (N) 22:05.96.
Central Catholic Crusader Invitational
Team standings: 1, Central Catholic 15; 2, East Canton 50.
Top individual finishers: 1, Ries (CC) 21:41; 2, Tsarnas (Cardinal Mooney) 21:50; 3, Miller (Ursuline) 21:52; 4, Flauto (Ursuline) 22:25; 5, Rearick (Massillon) 22:48; 6, James (Massillon) 23:29; 7, Manson (CC) 23:49; 8, Klucinec (Ursuline) 23:52; 9, Bentzel (CC) 24:00; 10, Competty (CC) 24:48.
Girls soccer
Medina 2, Jackson 1
Goals: Perfect (M), Sipsock (M), Adams (J). Assists: Argento (J). Saves: Rozmajzl (J) 7, Blomquist (M) 3. Shots: Medina 9-4. Corner kicks: Medina 2-1. Halftime: Jackson 1-0. Records: Jackson 8-4-4, Medina 14-1-2.
Field 5, Fairless 1
Goals: Ashton (Fair). Saves: Seward (F) 10. Shots: Fairless 14-12. Corner kicks: Field 4-3. Halftime: Field 2-0.
Volleyball
GlenOak 25-25-25, Orrville 15-15-10
Top servers: Nameth (GO) 14 points. Kills leaders: Ayers (GO) 11. Assists leaders: Nameth (GO) 13. Defensive leaders: Davis (GO) 10 digs. Records: GlenOak 19-3.
Marlington 25-25-25, Perry 20-22-22
Top servers: Swisher (M) 12 points, Mohr (P) 12 points. Kills leaders: Graffice (M) 13, Weirich (P) 10. Assists leaders: Swisher (M) 29, Mohr (P) 25. Defensive leaders: Hilliard (M) 25 digs, Knop (P) 8 digs, Pettay (P) 8 digs, Graffice (M) 4 blocks. Records: Marlington 19-3, Perry 6-16.
Claymont 25-25, Malvern 12-17
IVC Showcase
Top servers: Ball (M) 6 points, 1 ace. Kills leaders: Sikorsky (M) 4, Wilkinson (M) 4. Assists leaders: Moody (M) 5. Defensive leaders: Ball (M) 7 digs. Records: Malvern 5-17.
Lake Center Christian 25-25-25, Ravenna 9-8-16
Top servers: Eves (LCC) 4 aces. Kills leaders: Harrington (LCC) 8, Eves (LCC) 8. Assists leaders: Levengood (LCC) 25. Defensive leaders: Levengood (LCC) 6 digs.
OHSAA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
MONDAY
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
East 1 Division II
Steubenville at Minerva, 6
BOYS SOCCER
Division II
Akron 1
Lake County Perry at Marlington, 6 p.m.
Streetsboro at West Branch, 6 p.m.
Akron 2
Niles at Alliance, 6 p.m.
Akron 4
Canton South at Cloverleaf, 5 p.m.
Akron 5
Villa Angela-St. Joseph at Northwest, 6 p.m.
Keystone at Fairless, 6 p.m.
Division III
Akron 1
Cornerstone at Lake Center, 4:30 p.m.
Loudonville at Central Catholic, 6 p.m.
Akron 2
Chippewa at Aquinas, 6 p.m.
Niles 1
Sandy Valley at Tusky Valley, 5 p.m.
TUESDAY
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Hudson Division I
Cuyahoga Falls at Jackson, 6
Mentor Division I
Madison vs. Perry, at Hoover, 6
Mayfield at Hoover, 7:30
Solon Division I
Ellet at Massillon, 6
Firelands Division II
Cle. Max Hayes at Northwest, 7:30
Parma Division II
Canton South at Copley, 6
East Division III
W.Muskingum at Sandy Valley, 6
Elyria Division III
Manchester at Triway, 7:30
Smithville Division III
Rittman at Tuslaw, 6
Lisbon Division IV
Aquinas at Warren JFK, 6
BOYS SOCCER
Cleveland 1
GlenOak at Louisville, 6 p.m.
Fitch at Chardon, 6 p.m.
Ellet at Euclid, 7:30 p.m.
Cleveland 2
Warren Harding at Lake, 6 p.m.
Cleveland 3
Massillon at Nordonia, 6 p.m.
Perry at Dover, 6 p.m.
McKinley at Akron North, 5 p.m.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 10 SCHEDULE
Thursday
St. Thomas Aquinas at Central Catholic
Friday
Hoover at Jackson
Perry at GlenOak
Green at Lake
Linsley (W.V.) at Louisville
Marlington at Alliance
Minerva at Carrollton
Fairless at Tuslaw
Northwest at Canton South
Manchester at CVCA
Orrville at Triway
East Canton at Malvern
Tusky Valley at Sandy Valley
Saturday
McKinley at Massillon, 2 p.m.
Salem at West Branch
This article originally appeared on The Repository: Hoover Vikings girls tennis sends five to OHSAA state tournament
