Zach Schaffner homered and Jordan Hughes provided a 2-run single for the Leopards, but the Greenmen still won 9-6. Connor Zwikc & Alex Hewitt combined for a no-hitter against Copley for the JV.
Louisville fell to New Philadelphia Tuesday 64-35 and Salem on Friday 47-43. Ronnie Carter & Blake Hoover were Louisville’s leading scorers in the two contests as they dropped to 3-9.
Boys Cross Country, Girls Cross Country, Girls Soccer, Girls Tennis, and Volleyball all won NBC Titles this Fall. Louisville also had 4 NBC Player of the Year & 5 NBC Coach of the Year Winners.
Mackenzie Rankin won the Girls Race for the second time in 3 years and Nick Koczwara also finished first place to lead the boys. Both teams took first place to continue their streak of dominance in the NBC.
Nick Thomas finished 3rd & Nick Koczwara 5th individually for the boys, while Mackenzie Rankin placed 7th & Michelle Stamp 8th in the girls race.
Nick Thomas placed 13th for the boys and Mackenzie Rankin took 16th for the girls. The Leopards Middle School teams swept the meet capturing 1st place in both boys & girls.
Nick Thomas took second place overall with a time of 17:30.00 and Nick Koczwara took fourth place overall with a time of 17:41.00 to lead the Leopards to a third place finish.
Jon Crank hit a 2-run homer in the top of the sixth and Riley Groves also pitched a complete game striking out 6 and also drove in a run at the plate to lead the 12-5, 8-2 Leopards.
Alliance broke open a 1-1 tie with 10 runs in the fifth and sixth innings en rout to beating the host Louisville 11-4 Thursday. Mike Kelly had two RBI’s for the Leopards and Jon Crank & Pavin Parks had two hits each to lead the Leps offensively.
Riley Groves threw a two-hit shutout and Pavin Parks delivered the game-winning RBI in the sixth to lead the Leopards past the Aviators 1-0.
