PARALYMPICS
(Xenia Christian senior Grace Norman is with Team USA at the 2015 Paralympic Athletics World Championships this week. Her mother, Xenia Christian cross country coach Robin Norman, is sending updates from Doha, Qatar. Norman will compete in the women’s 400-meter race today at approx. 1:50 p.m. Eastern. You can follow her race at: http://www.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics/Live-Stream/Track-Livestream .)
Norman reaches Qatar
DOHA, Qatar — Grace arrived late Sunday night in Doha, Qatar after nearly 24 hours of travel. We were greeted warmly by a welcoming committee dressed in traditional Qatarian attire even that late at night. The people of Qatar are very excited to be hosting Paralympians from so many nations. Signs and flags are everywhere!
The weather in Qatar is quite different from Ohio. The sun rises at 5:30 a.m. with remarkable heat. Ninety five degrees is the normal daytime temperature. The only reasonable place to be at midday is the pool! The sun sets at 5:30 p.m. and with it comes a very welcome temperature change to the low 80’s. All track practice and events don’t start until then! — Robin Norman.
HIGH SCHOOL
Girls Volleyball
Local athletes named All-OHC
Cedarville sophomore Sara Beste was named to the Ohio Heritage Conference girls volleyball first team, and Greeneview’s Valery Nix was named to the OHC second team, earlier this week. Cedarville’s Kylie Beste and Emily Peabody were named to the OHC’s Honorable Mention team.
West Liberty-Salem senior Jamie Peterson was named the league’s Player of the Year. Other first-team selections were Lauren Hoendorf of Springfield Catholic Central, Katie Bush of Mechanicsburg, Sydney Peters of Springfield Northeastern, and Libby Hudson of South Charleston Southeastern.
Football
OHSAA Area Football Computer Ratings
As of Oct. 27, 2015
Division I (top 16 from both Division I regions will qualify for the playoffs)
Region 2 — 1. Cin. Colerain (8-1) 32.6278, 2. Hilliard Davidson (8-1) 30.4778, 3. Lancaster (7-2) 27.3833, 4. Huber Hts. Wayne (9-0) 26.8889, 5. Gahanna Lincoln (7-2) 24.1197, 6. Upper Arlington (7-2) 23.2653, 7. Mason (7-2) 23.2273, 8. Cin. Elder (6-3) 22.2595, 9. Pickerington Central (7-2) 21.7333, 10. Cin. St. Xavier (5-4) 21.3944, 11. Fairfield (7-2) 20.6, 12. Hilliard Darby (8-1) 20.5611, 13. Springboro (7-2) 20.2323, 14. West Chester Lakota West (6-3) 17.9278, 15. Centerville (6-3) 17.8722, 16. Reynoldsburg (6-3) 17.3535, 17. Grove City Central Crossing (6-3) 17.0455, 18. Cin. Archbishop Moeller (4-5) 16.5533, 19. Beavercreek (6-3) 15.6616, 20. Dublin Coffman (6-3) 15.3778
Division II (top 8 from all regions in Divisions II through VII will qualify for the playoffs)
Region 6 — 1. Cin. La Salle (8-1) 35.4, 2. Kings Mills Kings (8-1) 25.8, 3. Cin. Turpin (8-1) 24.7278, 4. Miamisburg (8-1) 21.8, 5. Lima Senior (8-1) 21.7389, 6. Vandalia Butler (7-2) 20.0889, 7. Cin. Winton Woods (5-3) 19.9739, 8. Cin. Glen Este (7-2) 18.9091, 9. Ashville Teays Valley (7-2) 17.1833, 10. Trenton Edgewood (7-2) 17.0111, 11. Riverside Stebbins (7-2) 14.0657, 12. Harrison (6-3) 13.8278
Division III
Region 10 — 1. Wapakoneta (9-0) 24.0833, 2. Tipp City Tippecanoe (8-1) 23.0722, 3. Trotwood-Madison (6-3) 20.4056, 4. New Richmond (7-2) 18.9, 5. Celina (6-3) 16.4056, 6. Cin. Mount Healthy (6-3) 16.1944, 7. Goshen (7-2) 14.6587, 8. Dayton Belmont (7-1) 14.6322, 9. St. Marys Memorial (6-3) 14.3611, 10. Piqua (5-4) 14.2111, 11. Wilmington (7-2) 12.4111, 12. Cin. Woodward (5-3) 12.0553
Division IV
Region 14 — 1. Middletown Bishop Fenwick (9-0) 25.2056, 2. Clarksville Clinton-Massie (8-1) 21.7667, 3. Cin. Indian Hill (9-0) 21.0606, 4. Kettering Archbishop Alter (8-1) 20.9222, 5. Reading (9-0) 18.899, 6. Hamilton Badin (7-2) 16.7222, 7. Cin. Wyoming (7-2) 16.6349, 8. Cin. Taft (6-2) 16.375, 9. Monroe (5-4) 13.6389, 10. Day. Oakwood (5-4) 13.5333, 11. Circleville Logan Elm (6-3) 12.9778, 12. Middletown Madison (6-3) 11.3111
Division V
Region 18 — 1. Brookville (9-0) 21.1778, 2. Cin. Hills Christian Acad. (8-1) 20.5378, 3. Coldwater (9-0) 20.1611, 4. West Milton Milton-Union (6-3) 13.9944, 5. Jamestown Greeneview (6-3) 11.6222, 6. Cin. Shroder (5-4) 9.3507, 7. Carlisle (5-4) 9.0278, 8. Bethel-Tate (5-3) 8.8403, 9. Cin. Aiken (6-3) 8.8194, 10. Richwood North Union (4-5) 7.4394, 11. London Madison Plains (4-5) 6.9778, 12. Cin. Clark Montessori (4-5) 6.8197
Division VI
Region 22 — 1. Maria Stein Marion Local (8-1) 17.816, 2. Mechanicsburg (9-0) 17.2056, 3. Spencerville (9-0) 15.8833, 4. West Liberty-Salem (7-2) 15.1833, 5. Cin. Country Day (8-1) 14.7424, 6. Delphos Jefferson (8-1) 14.4167, 7. Williamsburg (7-2) 14.0355, 8. Casstown Miami East (7-2) 11.8838, 9. Bluffton (6-3) 11.05, 10. Lewisburg Tri-County North (6-3) 10.3788, 11. Fayetteville-Perry (6-2) 10.0795, 12. Harrod Allen East (6-3) 9.7111
Division VII
Region 26 — 1. Minster (7-2) 14.5, 2. Covington (7-2) 13.9091, 3. Fort Recovery (7-2) 11.1944, 4. DeGraff Riverside (8-1) 10.5667, 5. Cin. Miami Valley Christian Acad. (7-1) 9.0697, 6. Sidney Lehman Cath. (5-4) 8.9111, 7. Ada (5-4) 8.5611, 8. Fort Loramie (5-4) 8.0444, 9. McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley (5-4) 7.3944, 10. Troy Christian (4-4) 5.2083, 11. Springfield Cath. Central (4-5) 4.2525, 12. Bradford (4-5) 4.0287.
(The complete listing of OHSAA computer rankings can be found on xeniagazette.com)
Girls Soccer
Scores from Monday
DIVISION I
Beavercreek 2, Huber Heights Wayne 1
Next: District championship vs. Loveland, 7 p.m. Thursday at West Carrollton HS
DIVISION II
Carroll 2, Tipp City Tippecanoe 0
Next: District championship vs. Hamilton Ross, 7 p.m. Thursday at Wayne HS
DIVISION III
West Milton Milton-Union 1, Greeneview 0, OT
