“We (had) high confidence and expectations to play well because we knew what we were capable of,” Kilburn said. “It just wasn’t really what we wanted to put up.”
Oakwood’s Andy Mayhew and Connor Quigley each had rounds of 79. Fenwick sophomore Miles Jena was ninth and Valley View senior Andrew Bruns 19th as D-II individuals.
Chaminade Julienne was fourth among D-II girls. The Eagles were led by Ellie Cronin (79-81-160). The junior also was the Greater Catholic League Co-Ed division player of the year. Tippecanoe’s girls were fifth in D-II and were led by Erika Brownlee’s 88-81-166. Kenton Ridge was eighth.
Also, Eaton freshman Sarah Willis was 10th among D-II individual girls and Minster senior Austin Brackman was 33rd in the boys D-III state tourney at NorthStar in Sunbury.
- Vandalia-Butler grad John Goldsberry is headed to the University of North Carolina-Wilmington athletic hall of fame. The Seahawks' career assist leader played basketball there from 2002-06 for former Seahawks and Wright State coach Brad Brownell, now Clemson's head coach.
Goldberry also played professionally in Germany. Brose Baskets Bamberg, which Goldsberry played for his final six pro seasons, retired his jersey number 5.
Goldsberry is the son of Frank Goldsberry, who held multiple local AAU, girls and boys high school and University of Dayton women’s basketball coaching positions in a long coaching career. He’s in his third season as a women’s assistant at Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
John Goldsberry also played on several outstanding Butler football teams. He was the go-to receiver for standout Butler QB Josh Betts.
- Sidney boys soccer is facing an end of an era when veteran coach Eric Harlamert retires from coaching after this season. Self-taught, he helped start the program in 1980 and has been the Yellow Jackets' head coach for 29 seasons.
Sidney won consecutive GWOC North titles from 2007-11. Sidney (7-7-2) was at Troy in a D-I sectional opener on Monday.
- Katie Borchers, a Russia grad and Ohio State senior, ran a personal-best 16:19.40 over 3.1 miles (5K) to win the recent Notre Dame Invitational and earn Big Ten cross country athlete of the week honors. It was the second time this season that Borchers had won the award.
- Carroll grad and Southeastern Louisiana senior Ryan Adams kicked field goals of 55, 50 and 46 yards in a recent 30-22 defeat of Southland Conference rival Northwestern State. The 55-yarder was a school record.
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