GHS Sports Roundup

By JON KLEINKNECHT

Inquirer Sports Editor

sports@galioninquirer.com

GOLF

The Tigers scored an easy 162–184 win against North Cen­tral Con­fer­ence oppo­nent Buck­eye Cen­tral on Thurs­day, improv­ing to 5–1 in the NCC in the process.

Galion’s Clay­ton Kendall and Seth Van Dine tied for match medal­ist hon­ors with 39s. Con­nor Camp­bell and Evan Hug­gins rounded out the scor­ing with 42.

Junior var­sity action had Buck­eye Cen­tral claim­ing a 209–218 vic­tory. Scor­ing for Galion were: Dylan Fra­ley, 44; Joh Pof­fen­baugh, 52; Jeremy Mason, 55; and Karissa Rine­hart, 67.

On Tues­day against con­fer­ence foe Ontario, the locals picked up a 168–172 victory.

Seth Van Dine secured match medal­ist hon­ors with a 38 for the vic­tors. Clay­ton Kendall was one shot of with a 39. Eric Pow­ell, 45; and Con­nor Camp­bell, 46; rounded out the scor­ing for the Orange-and-Blue.

Blake Balogh was low man for the War­riors with a 39.

There was no junior var­sity match.

VOLLEYBALL

BUCYRUS — Galion routed NCC host Bucyrus 3–0 on Thurs­day, claim­ing games by scores of 25–6, 26–24 and 25–8.

Car­line Del­greco was the top scorer for the vic­tors, tal­ly­ing 16 points. Jen­nifer Harsh and Addi­son Zeisler added 11 apiece.

Other sta­tis­ti­cal lead­ers for the Orange-and-Blue were: Reanne Neal and Tay­lor Valen­tine, 6 kills apiece; Del­greco, 9 assists; Harsh, 11 recep­tions; Neal, 2 blocked shots; and Ellie Frye, 14 digs.

In the junior var­sity match, Galion won 2–0, tak­ing the games by 25–13 and 25–11 counts.

Lyn­d­say McMullen gar­nered 11 points, Maddy Garv­er­ick had 7 kills, and Bradley Sater­field dealt out 17 assists.

The Lady Tigers began their sea­son with a 3–0 white­wash­ing of non-conference foe Mount Gilead.

The Orange-and-Blue made quick work of the Lady Indi­ans, win­ning the first game 25–3, game two 25–10, and the third game 25–7.

Ellie Frye was the top scorer for the win­ners with 29 points. Car­o­line Del­greco added 15, and Jen­nifer Harsh, 10. Harsh also tal­lied 18 digs in 22 tries.

Del­greco was also suc­cess­ful on 16 ball han­dling attempts, Addi­son Zeisler, 14; and Harsh, 13. Reanne Neal was 9-for-15 on kill attempts, Kris­ten Bene­dict reg­is­tered 4 kills, to go along with a trio of blocks by Kait­lyn Sutton.

CROSS COUNTRY

SHELBY — At Shelby on Tues­day, the hosts won both sides of a meet.

The Whip­pets topped the Galion boys, 23–34. The Lady Whip­pets dropp-ed the Lady Tigers, 24–37. Galion’s Chris McEl­lig­ott crossed the fin­ish line first in the boys’ race at 17:21. Also for the Tigers, Dominic Erl­sten was fourth, 17:59; Con­nor Kempf, eighth, 18:57; Zane Ekin, ninth, 19:00; and Adam Rine­hart, 12th, 19:29.

M. Gon­za­les led the Whip­pets with a second-place fin­ish at 17:22.

“We ran well,” stated Galion head coach George Guins. “Again, we need to work on our depth. We showed great improve­ment over the first meet by both teams.”

Galion’s Jus­tine Yunker was the top female run­ner, clock­ing in at 22:21.

Also for the Orange-and-Blue, Sam­mie Gates was third, 22:33; Macy John­son, 10th (actual 11th), 24:22; Sadie Willacker, 11th (14th), 25:33; and Tay­lor Burkhart, 12th (17th), 26:11.

Miranda Shaf­fer ran to a second-place spot to lead the winners.

“We ran very well up front, but need work on our depth,” noted Guins. Shelby is a very good team.”

The Lady Whip­pets grabbed nine of the top 11 places. Only their top five run­ners fig­ured into the scoring.

The har­ri­ers opened the sea­son with a win against vis­it­ing Mar­ion Hard­ing on August 23.

In the boys’ race — won by Galion 16–44 — the locals claimed four of the top five spots. Chris McEl­lig­ott was first at 18:12, Dominic Erl­sten, sec­ond, 18:39; Con­nor Kempf, third, 19:42; and Adam Rine­hart, fourth, 19:43. Zach James was the fifth Tiger who scored, fin­ish­ing sixth at 20:21.

Chris McCo­mas was the Pres­i­dents’ top run­ner, tak­ing fifth at 19:46.

The Lady Tigers also won. Mar­ion Hard­ing only had two runners.

For Galion, Jus­tine Yunker was tops at 22:05, Michaela Slone, fourth, 24:55; Sammy Gates, fifth, 24:49; Sadie Willacker, sixth, 26:41; and Tay­lor Burkhart, sev­enth, 26:48.

Paige Mont­gomery grabbed sec­ond place for the vis­i­tors with a 23:50.

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