Someone should tell Eastwood baseball coach Kevin Leady he deserves a much-needed vacation. Next year’s baseball season is going to be filled with high expectations, and he will have to prepare for that. This year, his team went 26-4, tying a school record for wins, but it came with growing pains. Next spring, he gets nearly his entire team back. Eastwood finished second in the Northern Buckeye Conference at 11-3, but two of Eastwood’s league losses were in back-to-back games where the Eagles were shut out. “We had a really bad week. Welcome to baseball. We didn’t score,” Leady said.
Andrew Arnston’s bat leads Eastwood to 10-0 start Published by sports@presspub. on Thu, 04/15/2021 - 1:51pm
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J. Patrick Eaken
Eastwood base runner Isaac Badenhop slides into second during the Eagles 8-0 non-league victory over visiting Northwood. (Press photo by Lee Welch/www.FamilyPhotoGroup.com)
In Eastwood’s 5-4 non-league win over Maumee, junior catcher Andrew Arnston belted a two-run homer to the deepest part of the Panthers’ field in the third inning. That proved to be the difference in Eastwood’s third win of the season, coming after the Eagles swept a doubleheader over Tiffin Calvert. Now the Eagles are 10-0 and Arnston is hitting .538 with three home runs, four doubles, 21 RBIs and 16 runs. In the win over future Northern Buckeye Conference foe Maumee, Arnston reached base three times, including on an infield single and an error, scoring twice.
Eagles tested against the best Northwest Ohio offers Published by sports@presspub. on Thu, 03/11/2021 - 12:18pm
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J. Patrick Eaken
Eastwood senior shooting guard Isaac Badenhop takes off in transition in the Eagles tournament victory over Maumee Valley Country Day. (Press photo by Lee Welch/www.FamilyPhotoGroup.com)
Considering that two losses came to the state’s No. 4 ranked Division II team, Rossford, and two others to Division III regional qualifiers Archbold and Ottawa-Glandorf, Eastwood’s 15-9 boys basketball season looks impressive. “Some of our losses have been against quality opponents Archbold beat us (39-28), Ottawa-Glandorf beat us (76-40), Rossford beat us twice (72-40 and 58-34), so hopefully those losses can benefit you,” Eastwood coach Todd Henline said.
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Oak Harbor’s Blake Booker named Bay’s top player Published by sports@presspub. on Thu, 02/25/2021 - 1:54pm
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Oak Harbor senior guard Blake Booker. (Photo by Laura Bolander)
Oak Harbor 5-foot-10 senior guard Blake Booker was named Sandusky Bay Conference Bay Division Most Outstanding Player after averaging 19.4 points, and is a unanimous first team selection. “Blake is well deserving of this honor, he has put many hours into his game over the years. His skill set was on full display this season,” Oak Harbor coach Eric Sweet said. “The SBC Bay Division has many great players in it and it is a great honor for Blake to receive this award. He is the best shooter I have ever coached in my career. He is an outstanding young man and one that I had the honor to coach.”