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SWBL Tennis Tourney Postponed to Wednesday
SWBL Gameday Grille & Patio Athletes of the Week
The Southwestern Buckeye League is proud to introduce the SWBL Athlete of the Week program for the 2023-24 school year. The SWBL AOW is sponsored by Gameday Grille & Patio. Each Tuesday during the school year, a male and female scholar-athlete will be selected Athletes of the Week and announced on site. Winners will receive an award patch for their varsity jacket, a $25 gift card to Gameday and an SWBL AOW T-Shirt. An athlete may win the award once per season. Nominations will come from athletic directors, coaches and data (stats, results) entered on the SWBL website. Individuals may also submit nominations to swblsid@yahoo.com.
Boys: Silas Borders, Carlisle Baseball
Senior struck out a career-high 14 batters and allowed one hit in five innings in a 1-0 win over Eaton. Leads the SWBL in Ks (63) and ranks second in wins (four). Also picked up the save and K’d six and went 3-for-3 with three runs, two stolen bases and an RBI in a 7-5 win over Valley View. The reigning SWBL Player of the Year has a 13-1 career record with a 1.94 ERA and 176 Ks in 112 innings. Also a career .396 hitter with 56 runs and 42 stolen bases in 57 games.
Girls: Savannah Brown, Carlisle Softball
Senior and reigning SWBL Pitcher of the Year struck out 30 and went 3-0 with wins over Waynesville (two) and Madison. Is currently 9-1 with a 2.03 ERA and 114 Ks (leads the SWBL). Owns a 47-5 career record with a 1.78 ERA, 438 Ks and 19 shutouts.
SWBL HS Tennis Apparel Shop Open
This store will close to new orders on Sunday May 5, 2024 at midnight. All orders will be processed, printed, and shipped or delivered to the Schools after the close of this store, All sales at this point are final. All orders will either ship or be delivered to the athletic director at each school on Friday May 10 depending on the delivery/shipping option that was selected. Please note: Order emails and credit card charges will show Alley Cat Designs, not SWBL or Franklin Schools. If you have questions regarding your order please contact Franklin Athletic Director John Berry (jberry@franklincityschools.com).
North-South Football Classic Will Have SWBL Flavor
Waynesville head coach Ben Johnson leads the Division IV-VII South team in the prestigious OHSFCA Ohio North-South Football All-Star Game, which will be held for the 77th time today (4/27) at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium in Massillon. In addition to Johnson, Waynesville senior Matt Wilkerson (DL) and Valley View seniors Caden Henson (QB), Micah Valenti (DB) and Bryce Reed (LB) will play in the game. The Ohio North-South Game is the longest running high school all-star game in the United States.
Carlisle, Waynesville Ranked in D-III State Softball Poll
Carlisle and Waynesville are ranked sixth and ninth, respectively, in the Division III Ohio High School Softball Coaches State Poll. The two meet twice this week with games scheduled Wednesday at Waynesville (5:15 p.m.) and Friday at Carlisle (5 p.m.).
