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SOUTH RANGE TO STATE
BARBERTON -- The unbeaten South Range volleyball team is heading to the state semifinals for the first time.
The Raiders gave up the first four points in the fifth set and came back to beat Orrville, 25-18, 25-21, 21-25, 19-25, 15-13, for a Division V regional championship Saturday at Barberton High School. It was was the second five-set match of the season for the Raiders.
Anna Toy led the Raiders with 31 kills, 26 digs and one ace. Parker Zwingler had 29 assists -- including the 1,000th of her career -- along with 11 digs and two aces.
Lily Weaver collected 11 kills, 19 digs and two aces. Haylie John had 31 digs and Natalie Burnett 16 assists and 17 digs.
South Range rallied from the early deficit in the fifth set to take leads of 5-4 and 12-9.
Fifth-ranked South Range (27-0) will play sixth-ranked Versailles (21-6) at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Wittenberg University. The other semifinal pits top-ranked Coldwater (24-4) against second-ranked Byesville Meadowbrook (25-1) at 11:30 a.m.
The winners will play for the state title at 3 p.m. Saturday at Wright State University.
Coldwater and Versailles finished first and second in the Midwest Athletic Conference this season.
YELLOW JACKETS STING
ALLIANCE -- The Baldwin Wallace football team captured its first Ohio Athletic Conference title since 1994 by topping Mount Union, 27-21, Saturday in front of 3,458 fans at Kehres Stadium.
Baldwin Wallace (9-0, 7-0 OAC) claimed the OAC title outright and the league’s automatic NCAA Division III playoff bid.
Mount Union (6-3, 5-2 OAC) has lost three games in a season for the first time since 1988.
Baldwin Wallace led in offensive plays (97-53), yards rushing (212-63) and total yards (430-263) and recovered three Purple Raider fumbles.
Baldwin Wallace senior receiver Seandelle Gardner from Springfield Local had four catches for 59 yards, including a 49-yard touchdown reception that gave the Yellow Jackets at 17-7 lead midway through the third quarter.
Also for the Yellow Jackets, sophomore running back Boston Mulinix from West Branch ran for 68 yards on 20 carries; sophomore defensive lineman JD Crouse from South Range had a team-high five solo tackles with three sacks; senior defensive back Donnie Oesch from Salem made three tackles, forced a fumble and broke up a pass; senior linebacker Jackson Johnson from Salem made one tackles; and sophomore Tristan Toy from South Range had four punt returns for 24 yards.
Both teams wrap up the regular season this Saturday as Baldwin Wallace hosts Heidelberg and Mount Union travels to Otterbein.
YSU RECORDS
MURRAY, Kentucky -- Youngstown State quarterback Beau Brungard had a record-setting day at the Penguins rolled over Murray State, 62-35, on Saturday afternoon.
Brungard completed 31-of-34 passes for a school-record 423 yards and four touchdowns along with 31 yards rushing on six carries. He completed 22 consecutive passes at one point, another school record.
Antuan Gardner and Jaden Gilbert both ran for two touchdowns.
YSU improves to 8-2 overall and 6-1 in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The Penguins have school-record six straight MVFC victories.
YSU wraps up the regular season this Saturday with a home game against Illinois State.
LOCAL WRESTLERS MEET
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS -- The University of Mount Union women’s wrestling team split its two duals at John Carroll on Sunday.
Mount Union beat Heidelberg, 28-5, and lost to host John Carroll, 33-15.
Mount Union freshman Auston Brown from United won both of her matches. Brown decisioned Heidelberg’s Sienna Sanborn, 5-1, at 138 pounds and pinned John Carroll freshman Paige Menough from Salem in 2:24 at 145 pounds.
Menough pinned Heidelberg’s Grace Vandergrift in 1:14 at 145 pounds during a 43-6 win over Heidelberg.
The Purple Raiders will compete in the Adrian (Mich.) Invitational this Sunday.