Sports

The Galion High School tennis team placed fifth in the annual Jim Grandy Tennis Invitational held Saturday at Bucyrus High School. The invite featured doubles play only.

My favorite springtime activity is almost here. There is nothing more exhilarating to experience in the woods in the spring than to trick a gobbler to come to your calling. With the early spring weather this year, the turkeys should be in the heart of their breeding season which should make the season opener a good one.

Victory Lanes in Galion hosted the PBA50 Sherry Bodkins Women’s Health Awareness Memorial Central Open March 29-31. The weekend featured a junior pro-am, adult pro-am, PBA senior qualifying and senior round robin match play. Pictured (left to right) are placers in the adult pro-am event: Jeffrey Rocks (champion), Nick Campbell (runner-up), Ed Tennis (third place), Brian Gingerich (fourth place), Kevin Inscore (fifth place), PBA Regional Champion Bill Rowe, as well as Laurie Rinehart and Ken Bodkins Sr. of Victory Lanes.

After churning out five state qualifiers a year ago, the Galion boys track team is hoping to build on its success with the return of an experienced and talented core.

After losing six players from last year’s 8-8 team, ninth-year Galion boys tennis head coach Tom Pawsey believes this season will be about rebuilding as the Tigers return just half its team. But while there are plenty of new faces on the roster this season, the Tigers return some firepower at the top led by star senior athlete Cooper Kent.

Under the direction of head coach Kenny Fagan, the Galion baseball team is hoping this season serves as a continuation of the improvement it showed last year in a winning campaign.

What the Galion girls track team lacks in overall numbers, it will make up for in top-notch athletes this season led by returning shot put state-placer Miranda Stone.

Few additions to the Ohio State roster have drummed up more excitement and anticipation than safety Caleb Downs, who transferred from Alabama to Columbus in January following legendary head coach Nick Saban’s retirement.

Galion’s Carson Frankhouse scored the winning run for the Tigers in a 3-2 victory over Wynford in game one of a doubleheader Saturday at Heise Park. In game two, the Royals handed the Tigers (5-1, 2-0) their first loss of the season by a score of 7-5.

The Galion varsity boys and girls track teams both placed third in the the Bucyrus Elks Track Invitational held Saturday. On the boys side, the Tigers finished with 100.5 points, behind Oak Harbor (135) and Waynedale. On the girls side, the Tigers totaled 88 points, finishing behind Oak Harbor (126) and Waynedale (93).