The Cleveland Heights boys needed a good finish and the Tigers got it just in time to win their Ned Weingart Relays on Saturday by the slimmest of margins.
While they did not win the finishing 4x400 relay, taking second place was good enough to give the Tigers a 104-103 win over Cuyahoga Falls, the Black Tigers settling for fourth in the last event.
Winning three relays and with individual winners in Jacquez Riggs in the 400 and William Robinson in the 300 hurdles, Glenville placed third with 95 points.
Cleveland Heights won the 4x100 relay and high jump relay, with Marcus McShepard second in the 100.
Yellow Jacket Relays: Midpark broke its three-man pole vault relay state record during the meet in Mount Vernon. Seniors Aaron Owens (15-0), Jerry Hopkins (15-0) and Branson Repasy (14-6) combined to total 44 feet, 6 inches. It bettered the 44-1 mark the Meteors had set last week.
Penn Relays: St. Edward finished second in the 4x100 relay and senior Aaron Zedella took third in the discus at the prestigious national meet at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.
The team of Solomon Warfield, Shaun Crawford, Steele Wasik and Anthony Young clocked a 41.80, edged by Knightdale, N.C., in 41.78. Zedella's throw of 192-11 was bettered by Fedrick Dacres of Jamaica at 225-5.
With Mike Navratil replacing Warfield in the 4x400, the Eagles finished fourth in 3:21.55. Union Catholic from Scotch Plains, N.J., won in 3:14.00. St. Edward junior Wasik was 13th in the high jump at 6-3.5, with Jamaica's Christoff Bryan winning in 7-0.5.
Ranger Relays: Solon used all its depth to handle the field in Eastlake, putting up 158 points to second-place Mayfield's 81. Solon senior Kegan King won both the 110 and 300 hurdles, with the Comets also taking four field event hurdles.
Mayfield senior Caleb Mellon won the 800 for the Tigers. Willoughby South senior Kareem Hunt won the 100 and had top efforts in the high jump and long jump.
Poland Invitational: Austintown-Fitch won the team title with 73 points, but Euclid earned points in nine events to claim second with 65.
Euclid junior Jeremiah Peters was second in both the discus and shot put, with senior teammate Michael Coleman second in the 300 hurdles and third in the 110 hurdles.
The Panthers, who did not win an event, got points from senior Joe Farley, who was fourth in the 400 and fifth in the 200. Senior Tremell Jones was sixth in the 100 and led off the fourth-place 4x100 relay.
St. Vincent-St. Mary edged Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy for third place, the Irish scoring 56 points to the Royals' 54. SVSM junior Parris Campbell won the 100 in 11.24, besting Collinwood senior Demonte Brown at 11.55. Campbell was also on two second-place relays.
Triway Invitational: North Royalton won two relays, Sam Robinson took the long jump and the Bears used their overall depth to win the meet with 122 points, holding off Orrville at 98.
North Royalton got second-place finishes from Carl Lint in the 100, Nick Woods in the 200, Ben Esser in the 300 hurdles, Jay Stazie in the discus and Jason Bohland in the high jump to pile up points.
Girls track
Ned Weingart Relays: Cuyahoga Falls won five relays and two individual events on its way to 132 points, holding off host Cleveland Heights at 121.
The Black Tigers got a win from Nicol Waibel in the 300 hurdles and one-two finish from Liz Hoenigman and Madelyn Bauer in the 3,200. They were also victorious in the discus, shot put, high jump, pole vault and shuttle hurdle relays.
Cleveland Heights won all three sprint relays, the 800 medley and the long jump relay.
Buchtel's Emani Griffin won the 1,600, anchored the winning 4x800 and was fourth in the 3,200.
Ranger Relays: Solon senior Therese Haiss was involved in four winning efforts as the Comets dominated the Eastlake meet with 162 points. Shaker Heights was second with 97.
Haiss won the 800, 1,600 and anchored the winning 4x400 and distance medley relays. Junior Jelvon Butler won the 200 and freshman Louiza Wise took the 3,200. The Comets won four of the five field relays.
Shaker Heights sophomore Asya Reynolds won both hurdles.
Poland Invitational: Sophomore Imani Davis helped defending Division II state champion St. Vincent-St. Mary run off with the team title as the Irish totaled 99 points, with Canfield (48) and Austintown-Fitch (44) trailing by wide margins.
Davis won the 200 in 25.75 and was second in the 100. She led off both of the winning 4x200 and 4x400 relays, with senior Chelsea Laury anchoring in each of those wins.
SVSM senior Marissa Rossetti won the 3,200 in 11:15.
Triway Invitational: North Royalton fell just short of matching its boys team as host Triway won its meet with 123 points, the Bears settling for second place with 116.5.
The Bears got their lone individual win from Holly Dombrowski in the high jump. Their other top finishes were in the 4x400 and 4x800 relays.
Ally Palmer was second in the 800, with Dombrowski third, and Natalie Vidacs was second in the 1,600. The Bears also got a runner-up effort from Klaire Roggeman in the pole vault.
Baseball
Kenston 6, Chardon 5: Senior Dalton Yost knocked in three runs as the Bombers improved to 12-1 in the Cleveland Indians Charities Hardball Classic at Progressive Field. The Hilltoppers rallied from a 6-2 deficit in the sixth inning, but dropped to 5-8.
Eastlake North 1, Austintown Fitch 0: Jay Milo drove in the lone run in the fifth inning and pitched two scoreless innings in the second game at Progressive Field.
Stow 8, Boardman 7: Alex Damschroder hit a two-run homer with one out in the bottom of the seventh to win it for the Bulldogs (11-3).
Medina 7-3, Westlake 4-4: Cory Teachout had three hits, including a double, and scored two runs in the opener for the host Bees (9-7). Matt Leonard had three hits, including a double, for the Demons (9-7) in the nightcap.
Midview 9, St. Edward 4: Eric Lauer and Brett Gerbec each had three hits, with Lauer driving in three runs for the Middies, who scored five runs in the top of the first.
Walsh Jesuit 9, Nordonia 0: The Warriors (14-2) took care of business early as they scored eight runs in the first two innings of the nonleague game played at Canal Park.
Softball
North Ridgeville 4, Strongsville 3: Marissa Caraballo singled home the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning for the Rangers (9-5). She also had a solo home run to back the seven-hit pitching of Kailey DeMarco. The Mustangs drop to 7-3.
Medina 8, Cloverleaf 2: Madison Tata drove in two runs and scored three times for the host Bees (10-4).
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