Clay senior Andrew Mawhorter qualified for the Division I state track meet in the pole vault. The state meet was held Friday and Saturday, June 4-5, at Hilliard Darby High School in suburban Columbus.
Clay girls lacrosse team learning to become winners Published by sports@presspub. on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 1:05pm
By:
J. Patrick Eaken
Clay junior attack Hannah Haas (12) and freshman midfielder Kendra Stevens (21) try to fend off an Anthony Wayne defender. (Press photo by Russ Lytle/www.Facebook.com/RussLytle/RHP)
Last year, the Clay girls lacrosse sent its first player ever to the collegiate level Curtice native Jasmine Stringham is now a midfielder at Madonna University and the freshman is getting playing time. Two years ago, in Stringham’s junior year, the Eagles were 5-8. Key players this year include senior Emily Ashley, sophomore Lexi Huntermark and freshman Kendra Stevens at midfield, senior Kiri Thibert at attack and sophomore Lainey Davis at attack and midfield, but only four are returning letter winners from 2019.
Clay contending, but still can’t get over the hump Published by sports@presspub. on Thu, 01/28/2021 - 12:33pm
By:
J. Patrick Eaken
Clay 6-foot-9 post Frank Waganfeald tries to score in 59-56 loss to Whitmer. (Press photo by Russ Lytle/www.Facebook.com/RussLytle/RHP)
Clay boys basketball coach David Rodriguez believed this could be the year that his Eagles were going to compete with the best in the Three Rivers Athletic Conference. The Eagles are competing, only they are not winning. Last year, Clay went 4-18 but lost by an average of seven points per game. This year, it is déjà vu.
Clay’s seniors have been playing basketball together since they were in the third grade. They are a tight-knit group who want to win, but they play in one of the toughest leagues in Northwest Ohio the Three Rivers Athletic Conference. Now, they are 2-7 and winless in three TRAC games. This group includes Keeghan Calkins, Zach Woollard, Scotty Woollard, Ethan Spears, Noah Hagdohl, Logan Heintschel, Jakob Morris and Frank Waganfeald. Waganfeald is a 6-foot-9 forward who averages 11 points and seven rebounds and Hagdohl is a 6-4 guard averaging 17 points and 6.5 rebounds, and they scored 31 points in a 54-44 loss to Southview at Rossford’s Martin Luther King Showcase. That’s typically how it goes, with those two averaging over 50 percent of the team’s points.