(11-24-19) Mercer County teams competed on Saturday at the 16th Annual Ohio High School State Invitational “Kick-Off” Tournament held at The Bowling Palce in Columbus. 32 boys and 32 girls teams competed.
In the boys tournament Coldwater placed 4th after qualifying for the championship round. Celina ended the day in 23rd and St. Henry 29th, neither team made the cut-off for the championship round.
Coldwater was eliminated by eventual tournament champion Fairmont in the 2nd championship round 3-1, they won their first round match over Vandalia-Butler 3-1.
The Cavs were led by Michael Schoenherr who was named to the all tournament team as an individual with a 4th place finish thanks to a 632 series. His teammate Hayden Beougher had a 595 series and was 18th.
Despite the 23rd place finish Celina Coach Kieth Kiefer talked about his team’s effort –
My overall thoughts is that with a squad of mostly sophomores and lacking some Varsity experience/confidence, is that we did really well for playing against some of the best teams in Division 1 and Division 2.
There is now a more calming and positive feeling as we left Columbus knowing that even though we aren’t peaking at our highest level that we are very well capable of doing some great things this season.
Celina’s Britt Hole rolled a 556 series to lead the Bulldogs.
Boys
Championship Round
Qualifying Rounds
Girls
Celina and Coldwater both qualified for the championship round, with the Bulldogs finishing 7th and Coldwater 12th.
In the championship round Celina knocked of their neighbors from Coldwater 3-0, but would lose to Struthers in in the next round 3-0.
The Bulldogs were led by a 23rd place finish by Brianna Henning with a 514 series.
The Cavs on the day were led by Emily Sudhoff with a 14th place finish and 531 series and Rachel Miller rolled a 502 and ended the day at 29th.
Championship Rounds
Complete Results – 16th Annual Ohio High School State Invitational “Kick-Off” Tournament
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