Flood Watch issued September 20 at 1:07PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union and Wayne and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...From 7 PM EDT this evening through Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rain will impact the area overnight. Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are expected with locally higher amounts. The heavy rain combined with saturated ground will lead to potential flash flooding.

Flood Warning issued September 20 at 1:05PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

...Forecast flooding changed to Minor severity and increased in duration for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 12:40 PM EDT Sunday the stage was 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.0 feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage just after midnight tonight. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.

Monday, September 24th, 2012

Koesters repeats as the girls Golfer of the Year

Midwest Athletic Conference Boys Golf Tournament

By Gary R. Rasberry

Photo by Gary R. Rasberry/The Daily Standard

Coldwater's Kelsey Koesters chips the ball onto the green during Saturday's Midwest Athletic Conference girls golf tournament at The Fox's Den. Koesters, the MAC Golfer of the Year, shot a 78 and was medalist of the tournament.

CELINA - As has been the case all season, when all the scores were tallied, Coldwater's Kelsey Koesters was on top of the leaderboard.

The Cavaliers' golfer braved the gusty winds of The Fox's Den and earned medalist honors on Saturday at the Midwest Athletic Conference's girls golf tournament to sew up Golfer of the Year honors for a second straight season.

Koesters, who medaled in each of the Cavaliers' MAC matches this season, was the only golfer to break 80 on the day by firing a six-over 78, four strokes better than Versailles' Brooke Wehrkamp.

Koesters and Wehrkamp were the only sub-90 scores of the day. Minster's Claire Fisher was third with a 92 and the Wildcats' Marissa Conrad tied at 93 with the Tigers' Elizabeth White.

Rounding out the top 10 were Marion Local's tandem of Mindy Puthoff (97) and Kelsey Smith (98), St. Henry's trio of Taylor Koesters (98), Haley Hogenkamp (98) and Kelly Siefring (102) and Versailles' Katie Heckman (102).

"It was fun. I shot well and played well," said Kelsey Koesters. "... It meant a lot to do it again (repeat as Golfer of the Year). There's a lot of good girls that play in the MAC.

"I knew I could play good, but I was happy with what I shot today."

Joining Kelsey Koesters, Wehrkamp, Taylor Koesters, Fischer, Smith, Siefring, Hogenkamp, Conrad, Puthoff and White on the first team All-MAC list were New Bremen's Mackenzie Howell and Versailles' Danielle Cochran.

Versailles, which ran the table in conference dual matches during the season, made it a clean sweep for the overall title after winning the tournament crown with a 308. St. Henry was second at 402 with Minster finishing third via the tiebreaker with Marion Local after both teams shot a 423. Coldwater shot a 435 with New Bremen a 458. Parkway did not field a full team.

The MAC teams, minus Versailles, return to The Fox's Den on Tuesday for the Division II sectional tournament. Teams will tee off from the first and 10th holes starting at 9 a.m.

Photo by Gary R. Rasberry/The Daily Standard

St. Henry's Taylor Koesters was named first team All-MAC after Saturday's girls golf tourney.

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