Sports

PIQUA — Six athletes from National Trail’s track teams will continue their seasons moving on to compete in the regional track meet next week at Troy High School.

PIQUA — Eaton’s boys and girls track teams will be sending seven individuals and two relay teams to the regionals after top four performances during the Piqua Division II district meet on Thursday and Saturday, May 18 and 20.

PIQUA — Several strong performances by Brookville athletes at the Division II district track meet in Piqua propelled the Blue Devils to first place in the boys team standings with 118.50 points ahead of second place Waynesville with 105.

TROY — Several Northmont track and field athletes qualified for regional with strong performances at the Division I district meet held at Troy last Wednesday and Friday.

CASSTOWN — Preble Shawnee’s baseball team hadn’t won a postseason game since 2018 and had won only two since the 2012 season – until this week.

WEST ALEXANDRIA — With a dominant pitching performance and timely hitting, Twin Valley South’s baseball team is heading back to the district semifinals for the first time since the 2016 season.

ARCANUM — Arcanum exploded for six second inning runs and made it stand up in defeating the Brookville girls softball team 8-2 Monday in the sectional final. The loss ended the Lady Devils softball season with a record of 12 wins and 14 losses.

BROOKVILLE — A leadoff single to left field in the bottom of the fifth inning by Nathan Waggoner followed by a sacrifice bunt by Coltin Lawson and a two-out, RBI single to shallow right field by Jace Wood gave Brookville the only run of the game as the Blue Devils edged West Liberty-Salem 1-0 Wednesday in the Division III, Southwest III sectional final.

CENTERVILLE — Even though the final score ended up 3-0 Monday in favor of Centerville during the district semifinal, it only took one swing of the bat to determine the outcome of the game.

PIQUA — In a wild game at Hardman Field Tuesday in D-I sectional action, seventh seed Piqua opened an 8-0 lead over Northmont after five innings, then needed a walk-off run on a wild pitch in the home eighth inning to come away with a 9-8 victory.