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1 week ago | 
bryantimes.com | J. Patrick Eaken
BOWLING GREEN — Napoleon senior pitcher Owen Espinoza struck out six, walked one and allowed just three hits in pitching a complete-game 3-0 shutout victory at Bowling Green Tuesday. Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading. That did not bother Espinoza, or at least he didn’t show it. “It feels great — I was probably the warmest one out there,” Espinoza said.
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1 week ago | 
sent-trib.com | J. Patrick Eaken
PERRYSBURG — Perrysburg southpaw Tyler Palmer struck out 15 batters as the Yellow Jackets defeated Toledo Whitmer, 2-1, in a Northern Lakes League Buckeye Division baseball game at Jim Leyland Field Monday. Palmer had to work for the win because Whitmer right-handed pitcher Jaiden Mahon was keeping Perrysburg hitters off balance, too. Both pitchers had to throw into winds maintained at 25 miles-per-hour and gusting even higher, and any ball hit into the air was going to carry.
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1 week ago | 
sent-trib.com | J. Patrick Eaken
BLOOMDALE — A three-run fifth inning helped catapult the Elmwood baseball team to a 4-1 come-from-behind win over Eastwood on Friday. Elmwood coach Matt Malecha likes how his 4-1 team has started out the season. “We have really focused, since the off-season, on getting better each day,” Malecha said. “We have goals like everyone, but our main focus is to elevate our program each day.
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1 week ago | 
sent-trib.com | J. Patrick Eaken
Bowling Green boys lacrosse has had a tough week, losing to Perrysburg, 15-1 on Tuesday, Anthony Wayne, 17-2 on Thursday, and Avon Lake, 15-3 on Friday. The silver lining is that the game with Avon Lake was played under the lights at Bowling Green State University’s Doyt Perry Stadium. On top of that, there was a sighting of recently hired BGSU football coach Eddie George peeking out at the game from his office.
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2 weeks ago | 
sent-trib.com | J. Patrick Eaken
PERRYSBURG — Toledo St. John’s defeated Perrysburg, 9-3, in boys lacrosse Thursday at Steinecker Stadium, but every goal scorer was from the Perrysburg school district. Two Perrysburg residents who are senior attacks for St. John’s accounted for all nine of the Titans’ goals. Alexander Speer scored a double-hat trick six goals and Drew Duesing had three goals and two assists for the Titans.
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2 weeks ago | 
sent-trib.com | J. Patrick Eaken
HOLLAND — Perrysburg junior southpaw Tyler Palmer and senior right-handed pitcher Aaron Banks combined to pitch a no-hitter as the Yellow Jackets walloped Springfield, 16-0 in a mercy-ruled five inning Northern Lakes League opener Wednesday. Played in rain and temperatures that fell to below 40 degrees, Palmer struck out seven and walked three while facing 16 batters through four innings. Banks struck out two and walked one, facing four batters in the fifth.
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2 weeks ago | 
sent-trib.com | J. Patrick Eaken
Bowling Green boys tennis got its first win of the season, sweeping Napoleon, 5-0, in a match at Bowling Green State University on April 3. The Bobcats only lost three games in the match, sweeping two individual matches and outscoring the Wildcats, 60-3 in games. In first singles, BG’s Caleb Goff defeated Napoleon’s 6-0, 6-0, and in second doubles, BG’s Gavin Roessner and Tiegen Gulgin defeated David Rodriguez and Benny Aderman, 6-0, 6-0.
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2 weeks ago | 
bryantimes.com | J. Patrick Eaken
BOWLING GREEN — Napoleon junior pitcher Arianna Kiessling threw a complete-game five-hitter in leading the Lady Cats to a 6-2 Northern Lakes League win at Bowling Green Wednesday. Kiessling struck out eight, walked two and gave up just one earned run while facing 28 batters. She said a near-error free defense played a major role in helping her get the job done. “I’m just trusting my pitches, trusting my defense behind me, and trusting them to make plays that I need them to make,” Kiessling said.
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2 weeks ago | 
sent-trib.com | J. Patrick Eaken
Napoleon junior pitcher Arianna Kiessling threw a complete-game five-hitter in leading the Wildcats to a 6-2 Northern Lakes League win over Bowling Green Wednesday. Kiessling struck out eight, walked two, and gave up just one earned run while facing 28 batters. She said a near-error free defense played a major role in helping her get the job done. “I’m just trusting my pitches, trusting my defense behind me, and trusting them to make plays that I need them to make,” Kiessling said.
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2 weeks ago | 
sent-trib.com | J. Patrick Eaken
PERRYSBURG — Perrysburg lacrosse improved to 2-1 with a 15-1 win over Bowling Green in the Yellow Jackets’ Northern Lakes League opener at Steinecker Stadium Tuesday. However, with gametime temperatures hovering at the 39-degree mark at faceoff, the Jackets struggled to find the net in the first half, leading 6-0 at halftime. In the second quarter, Perrysburg fired 25 shots but scored just one goal.
