Patrick Martin and his Clay baseball teammates got a second chance at Whitmer in last night's Division I district semifinals, and the Eagles made the most of it.

Clay grabbed a 3-0 lead in the opening inning to back Martin on the mound, and Eagle ace A.J. Achter came on to close the door for the final six outs in a 4-2 victory at Skeldon Stadium.

Whitmer co-captains Kendall Kulakowski and Melissa Gorsuch responded like leaders in a Division I district softball final against Notre Dame yesterday at Rolf Park in Maumee.

Kulakowski tagged a two-out base hit off Notre Dame ace Kristin Gramling in the bottom of the ninth inning that allowed Gorsuch to score from second base to give the Panthers a 4-3 extra-innings victory.

Bowling Green State University has hired former Seton Hall basketball coach Louis Orr. Orr will take over a team that failed to reach the NCAA tournament in 10 seasons under Dan Dakich.

Orr led Seton Hall to the NCAA tournament twice and to the NIT in 2003 before he was fired last March.

The Toledo Mud Hens let a 4-0 lead get away in Louisville on Thursday night and they wound up losing 5-4 in 10 innings.

Highlights for the Mud Hens were Ryan Raburn, who crushed a 2 run homer in the first. David Espinosa drilled a 2 run triple off the left field wall soon after.

As the final days count down for the Toledo Sports Arena, the Storm has played better on ice.

Their second straight victory was a 3-1 decision over the Johnstown Chiefs on Wednesday. Toledo goals were scored by Scooter Smith, Jeremy Hall, and Nick Parillo. The win moves the Storm alone in 3rd place in their division.

Findlay never made it past the Division I girls basketball regionals in the previous two seasons to claim the regional championship.

All that changed yesterday when the Trojans beat Central Catholic 49-43 for the coveted regional title.

Things are looking brighter and brighter for all of the Buckeye fans out there.

Unsurprisingly, Greg Oden heard the chants for one more year from the Ohio State fans and did his best to ignore them. Time will only tell if the 7-foot freshman grants their wish or answers the call of the NBA, but his mind was on other things Sunday.

If a state championship is the goal, it seems best to lose the city championship. The Libbey Cowboys experienced the negative "power of three" last night at Savage Hall, absorbing a 75-70 loss to St. John's Jesuit in the Division I boys district championship game.

This marked the third straight year that a CL champion lost in the district final to a league rival it had beaten twice earlier in the season. Scott beat St. John's in 2005, and St. John's paid the Bulldogs back last year.

Toledo St. John's Jesuit captured the OHSAA State Boys Ice Hockey Championship today, beating Parma Padua 6-4.

St. John's beat perennial hockey power Hunting Valley University School in the semi-final 5-3 yesterday, before putting on another scoring show today.

Get ready for the upcoming tournament games!

The Toledo Storm's (15-13-1) road struggles continued yesterday as they dropped the New Year's Eve game to the Johnstown Chiefs (14-13-3) by a 5-2 count at Cambria County War Memorial.

Toledo struck first when defenseman Paul Crosty, playing forward as a result of injuries and illness, sent a wrist shot through the pads of goaltender Morgan Cey at 14:02 of the first period.