http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/ Our writers provide live updates from sporting events and insider information on high school and college sports in Clark, Champaign and Greene counties that you can't get anywhere else. en-us djablonski@coxohio.com 2009-07-02T13:45:33-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/entries/2009/07/02/former_cedarville_u_athlete_ei.html Mike Marsh, a 2002 graduate of Cedarville University, finished eighth in the decathlon at the U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships on June 27.... 13664103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/ Cedarville University 2009-07-02T13:45:33-04:00 djablonski@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/entries/2009/07/02/columbus_comets_complete_80_re.html The Columbus Comets women’s football team, featuring Clark County natives Erin McEnaney and Andrea Judy, finished the regular season June 27 with a 21-12 victory over the Kentucky Karma. The Comets went 8-0 in the regular season and play... 13659903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/ Women's Football 2009-07-02T11:10:51-04:00 djablonski@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/entries/2009/06/28/wittenberg_golf_wins_womens_ci.html Carrie Frey, a sophomore at Wittenberg University, won the 2009 Springfield Women’s City Am. Her two-day total of 167 was one better than Donna Warfield (168), the 2005 champ.... 13593703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/ Wittenberg 2009-06-28T15:28:43-04:00 bplasters@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/entries/2009/06/26/ivory_hired_as_kr_softball_coa.html Kenton Ridge High School has chosen Sarah Ivory to guide the softball team. Ivory replaces Ed Foulk, who retired after 23 years and five trips to the state softball tournament. Ivory is a Kenton Ridge graduate and was an assistant... 13572103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/ High School Softball 2009-06-26T10:42:45-04:00 bplasters@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/entries/2009/06/24/aplingtonparkersburg_coach_ed.html The sports world was shocked today by the murder of Ed Thomas, the longtime high school football coach at Aplington-Parkersburg in Iowa. Thomas made headlines last season when the football field at the school was rebuilt to help restore pride... 13541503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/ High School Football 2009-06-24T17:00:15-04:00 mcooper@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/entries/2009/06/16/wooster_basketball_player_john.html College of Wooster point guard Brandon Johnson, who missed all of last season with a torn ACL, has torn the same ACL again this summer. Coach Steve Moore said Johnson plans to play again.... 13399803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/ College Men's Basketball 2009-06-16T12:12:51-04:00 djablonski@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/entries/2009/06/15/ncac_executive_director_collin.html Dennis Collins, the only executive director in the 25-year history of the North Coast Athletic Conference, died on Sunday of a heart attack. Here is the NCAC’s press release on the news.... 13384203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/ North Coast Athletic Conference 2009-06-15T14:32:28-04:00 djablonski@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/entries/2009/06/13/unruly_fans_take_note_you_know.html From the Associated Press: WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa — An umpire has emptied the stands at a high school baseball game, ejecting the entire crowd of more than 100 fans for being unruly. Umpire Don Briggs said he had no problem... 13365603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/ High School Baseball 2009-06-13T21:39:42-04:00 bplasters@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/entries/2009/06/12/ronais_wife_undergoes_surgery.html In May, I wrote a story about the Krista Ronai, the wife of former Catholic Central basketball player Jason Ronai, and her battle with brain cancer. I was amazed by the number of responses to that story, but not... 13347903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/ Catholic Central High School 2009-06-12T11:59:47-04:00 djablonski@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/entries/2009/06/12/firestone_stadium_to_keep_ohsa.html From the OHSAA: The initial three-year contract with Firestone Stadium in Akron has been extended to 10 years to host the Ohio High School Athletic Association softball finals, the OHSAA Board of Directors unanimously approved Thursday during its June Board... 13348203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/ High School Softball 2009-06-12T10:16:31-04:00 djablonski@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/entries/2009/06/08/steward_named_cedarville_high.html Austin Steward will take over the as Cedarville High School’s head football coach. Steward has been an assistant for five seasons at Cedarville as the Indians’ defensive coordinator. Steward replaces Jim Villinger, who came out of retirement in 2008... 13264603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/ Cedarville High School 2009-06-08T15:40:23-04:00 bplasters@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/entries/2009/06/06/springfields_bass_wins_divisio.html Springfield High School sophomore Josh Bass won the long jump crown with a leap of 23 feet, 2.5 inches at the Division I state track and field championships at Ohio State’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium on Saturday, June 6. “I’m... 13238703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/ Track and Field 2009-06-06T14:20:00-04:00 mcooper@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/entries/2009/06/06/live_updates_from_the_state_tr.html 11:32 a.m.: Several athletes grabbed top-8 finishes this morning in Division III and D-II. Katie Bunker placed second in the D-II 800 with a time of 2:14.9. It’s the third straight season she’s finished in the top-4, progressively placing better... 13234903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/ Track and Field 2009-06-06T11:30:00-04:00 mcooper@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/entries/2009/06/05/live_updates_from_the_ohio_sta.html 6:15: All the Springfield-area athletes are finished here at Ohio State’s Jesse Owens Stadium in Columbus. West Liberty-Salem’s Nate Bratka finished sixth in the D-III discus with a toss of 160 feet, 4 inches. He won the event last season... 13219403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/ Track and Field 2009-06-05T18:15:00-04:00 mcooper@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/entries/2009/06/02/high_school_pitcher_throws_201.html After throwing 13 innings and 201 pitches, Warroad pitcher Lars Anderson had enough Saturday night. With the Warriors’ Class 2A, Section 8 baseball playoff game against Thief River Falls tied 3-3 and a runner on second, Anderson slammed the book... 13153903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldpreps/ High School Baseball 2009-06-02T14:00:47-04:00 djablonski@coxohio.com