Roundup: Beair, West toss no-hitter

VW independent sports

Softball

Van Wert 2 Celina 1

CELINA — Van Wert’s Kaitlyn Beair and Emma West combined to no-hit Celina and the Cougars defeated the Bulldogs 2-1 on Monday.

Beair went 4 ²/₃ innings and walked three while striking out eight, and Emma West pitched the remaining 2 ¹/₃ innings and struck out three while walking two.

Aubrey Wollet scored on a sacrifice by Callie Garber in the top of the sixth inning and that was enough to give Van Wert a 2-1 win over Celina on Monday. The Cougars also scored in the third inning, when Emma Kennedy singled home Alexis Prangle, who opened the inning with a single of her own. Celina’s only run came in the fourth, after a pair of Cougar errors.

Van Wert will play at Coldwater on Wednesday. 

Continental 6 Crestview 5

CONTINENTAL — No. 7 seed Crestview came up short in the Division IV sectional semifinals, losing to No. 5 seed Continental 6-5 on Monday.

Violet Dirr, Dakota Thornell and Katie Sawmiller each had an RBI and Kaylee Mollenkopf struck out 10 on the mound.

Crestview (7-13) will host Lincolnview on Wednesday.

Paulding 11 Lincolnview 8

Paulding outslugged Lincolnview and the Panthers defeated the Lancers 11-8 on Monday.

Lainey Spear hit two home runs and drove in three runs, while Taylor Post also homered for the Lancers.

Lincolnview (18-4) will play at Crestview on Wednesday.

Tennis

Van Wert 4 Lehman Catholic 1

Van Wert cruised to a 4-1 win over Lehman Catholic on Monday. The match was scheduled to be played on the road, but was moved to Van Wert due to rain in the Sidney area.

Devon Story got the nod at first singles and defeated Tommy Lins 6-4, 6-0, while Caleb Bledsoe enjoyed a 6-1, 6-2 win over Logan Linson at second singles. Lehman Catholic’s Ethan Taylor beat Nash Pugsley at third singles, 6-2, 6-3. At first doubles, Fletcher Smith and Kaedyn Swander topped Luke Courtad and Adam Flood 6-2, 6-1, and the second doubles team of Keaton Sudduth and Cole Story defeated O’Keefe Cooper and Calvin Linson 7-6 (7-3), 6-3.

“I’m really proud of our guys’ effort tonight,” head coach Eli Alvarez said. “We mixed up our lineup and allowed some JV players to get varsity experience. Nash, Keaton and Cole really played well tonight against good competition. We’re hoping this match gives us momentum heading into the final days of our season.”

JV players Je Je Rilometo and Kole Swander picked up wins as well.

Van Wert (8-8, 3-6 WBL) is scheduled to host Bluffton today.