High School Roundup (May 23): Field baseball wins PTC Metro Division title outright
Record-Courier staff report
FIELD 6, COVENTRY 1
The visiting Falcons wrapped up the PTC Metro Division title with a victory over the Comets in a makeup contest on Thursday.
Field finished with a 12-2 record in the division, finishing one game ahead of runner-up Ravenna (11-3).
The Falcons (20-8 overall) got a great pitching performance from Mitch Kisamore, who tossed a three-hit complete game to finish the season with an 8-1 record.
Michael Poole had a triple and an RBI and Joe Simpson added two singles and an RBI to lead the Field offense.
Nick Cerepak (double, RBI) and Vince Woicehovich (double) paced Coventry.
SALEM DIV. II DISTRICT
Field raced out of the gate quickly and grabbed the top spot in the team standing after six events at the Salem Division II Dsitrict meet at Salem High School on Thursday.
The Falcons have 24 points and have a pair of regional qualifiers, both in the long jump.
Brian Henshow won the event at 21-7.75 and teammate Preston Semler was second with a 21-6.
AUSTINTOWN FITCH DIV. I DISTRICT
The Kent Roosevelt and Aurora boy's team both qualified in two of the four event finals contested on Wednesday with top four finishes.
The Rough Riders will be represented by Grant Mercer, who took the runner-up spot in the long jump with a leap of 20-3.25; while the Greenmen advanced their 4x800-meter relay team of Ben Lazor, Justin Frankman, Zach Wykoff and D.J. Lieberth with a clocking of 8:18.65.
In the team standings, Aurora is in fifth place witgh 15.25 points, while Roosevelt is eighth with eight points.
CRESTON DIV. III DISTRICT
PTC County Division rivals Rootstown and Mogadore got off to a great start at the Division III District at Norwayne High School on Wednesday.
The Rovers lead the team stanidngs with 42 points, while the Wildcats are second with 36.
Rootstown's David Pailiscak qualified for the regional in both the shot put and discus.
Paliscak threw the shot a meet recortd of 59-5 and the discus 153-0.
Also qualifying for the Rovers was DAnny Lashley, fourth in the long jump (20-0.75) and the 4x800-meter relay team of Evan Ferrell, William Morgan, Keith Begue and Andrew Mazur with a second-place time of 8:43.55.
Mogadore's Kasey Beard won the high jump with a leap of 6-4.
The Southeast girls are tied for second after two events Thursday at the Salem Division II District meet at Salem High School.
The Pirates have 14 points, lead by Shayla White, advanced to the regional with a second-place finish in the shot put with a distance of 38-6.
Aurora and Kent Roosevelt have advanced in two of the three events completed on Wednesday at the Austintown Fitch Division I District.
The Greenmen, who are tied for fourth in the teams standing with 11 points, qualified Allison Howard in the shot put. with a third place finish with a toss of 37-1.75.
The Rough Riders' 4x800-meter relay team of Maya Davis, Sarah McClure, Andrea Krebs and Libby Bradford took third in 9:49.59. Roosevelt is in eighth place with six points.