LANCASTER, Ohio --
First-time champions were crowned in both girls and
boys competition, as Pemberville Eastwood took home the girls title
Friday and Springfield Kenton Ridge the boys honors Saturday.
Eastwood, a first-time state
qualifier, rallied back from a 2-0 deficit in the best-of-five Baker
score finals against Troy, which had reached the final match for the
first time and was the top-seeded team in the qualifying round.
Troy’s Alicia Benson was the top
individual, rolling a three-game score of 608 to best Eastwood’s Carrie
Lorenzen (601). Benson’s teammate Alicia Simpson finished in fifth
(594).
Kenton Ridge was the top-seeded
boys team, and after needing five games to knock off Beavercreek in the
semifinals, took down second-seed Kettering Fairmont 3-1 in the
championships.
Chase Carter from Riverside Stebbins won the
individual crown with a score of 723, while North Ridgeville’s Justin
Harnden (717) and Canfield’s Jeremy Hammond (715) were second and third,
respectively.