In girls volleyball, Amherst took the Norwalk Invitational by storm, beating Beaumount and Norwalk to get into the final. There, the Comets beat Lexington in straight sets to win the tournament.

In non-conference play, Avon beat Medina Highland 3-0 with the help of Sara Ladegaard who had 17 kills, and 9 digs.

Admiral King played in a tri-match, defeating Euclid, but falling to Columbia. Deidre Noble had a combined 15 kills and 2 blocks in the matches.

The Keystone-Margaretta match went the distance, ending in a 3-2 Margaretta victory. Alyssa Stechow of Keystone put up 10 blocks, while teammate Casidy Gregory was 35-for-39 hitting with 13 kills.

Finally, Firelands went 2-0 in a tri-match with Oberlin and Open Door.
In boys soccer, Green beat Avon Lake, despite a good effort by goalie Logan Crist.
North Olmsted routed Canton McKinley, 11-0. Adam Koehler and Mike Grazia each had a hat trick and Josh Sandoval scored two.

Oberlin and Norwalk had a scoreless tie with the help of Josh Kocsis of Oberlin in front of the net. Kocsis had fives saves.

Westlake and Rocky River also ended in a tie while no players scored.

Wellington edged EC 1-0 with a goal by Nick Dowdell, assisted by Kyle Bartolovich.

Norwalk controlled Admiral King, 7-1. Michelle Bailey scored the Admirals only goal. Lisa Patusky led the Truckers with four goals.

Elsewhere, Firelands beat Oberlin, 4-0, while Trinity blanked Brookside. Melanie McCowan saved 18 shots on goal for the Cardinals.

The Chris Green Invite cross country saw the likes of girls from Seneca East, Perkins, Bellevue, Oregon Clay. Seneca East took home a 1st place trophy with the help of Brittany Stockmaster 19:08. Samantha Jarrett of Perkins finished in 21:05 which was best in the area. At the Ashland invitational, Amherst took 1st with a score of 58. Five Amherst girl’s runners finished in the top 25. EC took 9th place at the Bucyrus Elks Invitational. Alexa Rick finished a team best 6th place with a time of 20:45.

The Chris Green Invite also was for boy’s cross country teams. Sandusky took 3rd with a score of 82, beating 4th place Perkins and 7th place Margaretta. Billy Fry finished an area best 5th place with a time of 16:42. Finally, EC boys got a big win thanks to a first place overall finish by Marty Coolidge who posted a time of 16:07.

- Matt Lofgren