Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 22 at 9:27PM EDT until March 22 at 10:15PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

SVRILN
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Shelby County in west central Ohio... Northwestern Champaign County in west central Ohio... Western Logan County in west central Ohio... Darke County in west central Ohio... Southern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Southeastern Mercer County in west central Ohio... Miami County in west central Ohio...
* Until 1015 PM EDT.
* At 927 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near New Bremen to near Fountain City, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Law enforcement.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible.
* Locations impacted include... Troy, Sidney, Piqua, Bellefontaine, Greenville, Tipp City, West Milton, New Bremen, Minster, Versailles, Covington, Arcanum, Newport, Bradford, Anna, Fort Loramie, Jackson Center, Russells Point, De Graff, and Pleasant Hill.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 67 and 106.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 22 at 5:43PM EDT until March 23 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 73 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO RIPLEY SWITZERLAND
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE CAMPBELL KENTON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
ADAMS HIGHLAND PIKE ROSS SCIOTO
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BROWN BUTLER CLERMONT CLINTON HAMILTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ADA, ALEXANDRIA, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, CELINA, CHILLICOTHE, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OXFORD, PEEBLES, PICKERINGTON, PIKE LAKE, PIKETON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, PORTSMOUTH, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SEAMAN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WEST UNION, WHEELERSBURG, WILMINGTON, WINCHESTER, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.

Friday, July 10th, 2015

Bulldogs move on to district

ACME Sectional Tournament

By Gary R. Rasberry

Photo by Nick Wenning/The Daily Standard

Celina's Tanner Freeman, 17, starts his slide into third base as Fort Recovery's Jacob Homan waits for the ball during Thursday's ACME Mercer County sectional loser's bracket game at Coldwater's Veterans Field.

COLDWATER - Celina spotted Fort Recovery a run in the top of the first inning before scoring three runs in the bottom of the third to go in front. The Bulldogs then stayed ahead to pick up a 5-2 win in the loser's bracket final of the ACME District 4 Mercer County sectional at Veterans Field in Coldwater.

Celina advances to the district tournament as Mercer County's second seed and plays on Saturday against Auglaize/Shelby top seed Minster at 1 p.m. Minster defeated Celina 3-1 in the team's meeting June 2 at Hanover Street Park

The second game on Saturday has Mercer County top seed Coldwater against Russia at 3:15 p.m.

"Our guys didn't quit," Celina coach Scott Montgomery said. "We hit the ball decent.

"We got guys on and scored runs. You can't score without getting guys on. We did a good job."

The Indians jumped out early as Ben Homan reached on a one-out walk off C.J. Kimmel. One out later, Jacob Homan followed with a double to the fence in right-center to bring home the first run of the game.

Fort Recovery starting pitcher Chase Bruns kept Celina off the board for the first two innings before the Bulldogs struck in the bottom of the third. Kole Murlin led off with a single. One out later, Isaiah Eichler grounded to third, but the throw to force out Murlin at second base was wild, putting runners on the corner for Justin Keeling, who singled in Murlin for the equalizer. A wild pitch scored Eichler to break the tie, with Keeling scoring when the throw back to the plate was off the mark.

"That was huge," Montgomery said. "(Fort Recovery) made some wild pitches and our guys capitalized on that to bring in some runs."

Fort Recovery got a run back in the fourth as Ross Homan scored on Hunter Boughman's double. Montgomery called on Kevin McGohan to relieve Kimmel. McGohan got the Bulldogs out of trouble with three straight outs to strand Boughman at third.

"We have a guy on third base and couldn't get him in," Fort Recovery coach Jeff Wendel said. "We got good swings, but (the ball) got into the air and (Celina) made some plays."

"Kevin did a nice job of keeping the ball low and throwing strikes," Montgomery said. "He had a good defense behind him (Celina did not commit an error) that made some plays."

Insurance runs came in the bottom of the fourth as Jacob Smalley scored on an error and Seth Lonsway doubled in Murlin for the final run.

"The boys played hard, like they have all summer," Wendel said. "Unfortunately, we didn't make a couple of plays, and Celina capitalized. The rest is history."

McGohan retired 10 straight batters before Will Homan singled in the top of the seventh. Tanner Freeman recorded the final two outs, the last by snagging a line drive by Ben Homan.

Photo by Nick Wenning/The Daily Standard

Celina's Kole Murlin keeps his eye on a fly ball during Thursday's game with Fort Recovery in Coldwater.

Photo by Nick Wenning/The Daily Standard

Fort Recovery's Jackson Hobbs dives to try and catch a foul ball against Celina.

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