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The Advocate SPORTS Saturday, April 26, 2003 Martin Sophomore sets Utica strikeout mark also tosses no-hitter in Redskins' victory mmm 3 fi i I i m.t if 4 i -V irii ii lirlMmi iiiiiiiii' iiiiiiiiiriirtiiiiiiriimiiiiiriirr ri in Willoughby- Continued from Page 1 "You don't have any tools or props to take up on stage, so you have to take your body up there and you need to know how to present yourself," Blakelysaid. "She's trying to be the epitome of feminism. She's strong and sexy." Expectations are high for Willoughby, although she remains humble. "If I wasn't getting ready for competition, I'd be in here lifting anyway," she said. "Everybody's expecting me to go to the nationals later this year.

I'd like to take this as far as I can go. I wish I would've starting doing it a long time ago." Even if it means that she has to remain on a strict diet, Willoughby is committed to reaching her goals. "Everything else outweighs it," she said. "After all, once prejudging is over, I'm eating. I already have my honey-graham cereal ready." Seth Seymour can be e-mailed at shennennncogannett.com Dan Wheeler had a solo homer and a single and Dan Fawcett had an RBI triple.

Kevin Benge had a single and 2 RBI and Colin Green had a single and an RBI. Dustin Spray got the win, relieving Bobby Phillips in the 6th inning. Spray struck out 5 and walked 2. Utica is at East Knox on Monday. JOHNSTOWN 5, WORTHINGTON CHRISTIAN 2: Blake Linger scattered 6 hits as Johnstown defeated host Worthington Christian in MBC play.

Linger (4-1 struck out 7 and walked 2 in going the distance for Johnstown (10-5, 7-1). Tyler Ponchak and Brant Nau both slugged a triple and a single. Mick Reilly laced 2 singles and Derrick Holter added a single and double. The Johnnies play host Newark Catholic in a doubleheader today. MEN'S BASEBALL NEWARK CAMPUS SWEEPS: The Titans took care of previously unbeaten Miami-Hamilton and moved into first place with a sweep, winning 7-1 and 9-3.

In the first game, Chet Stillion (3-1) went the distance, logging 3 strikeouts and giving up 2 hits and 4 walks. Tyler Thress lashed 3 singles and Travis De-Vault had 2. In the second game, Jeremy Field (4-4) pitched all 7 innings, recording 5 strikeouts while allowing 4 hits and 3 walks. David Regan went singled 3 times and had 2 RBIs. Stillion singled twice.

Newark Campus (1 0-1 3, 7-1 ORCC) closes the regular season with Monday's doubleheader against Ohio University-Lancaster. WOMEN'S SOFTBALL NEWARK CAMPUS DROPS PAIR: The Titans lost both games of a doubleheader to the Muskingum College reserves, 9-3 and 10-0. In the first game, Michelle Nixon led the Titans with 3 singles. Brooke Miller doubled, singled and had 2 RBIs, while Janna Gosnell and Robin Black both singled. Nixon (3-3) went the distance for Newark, giving up 8 hits.

Courtney Nash kept the Titans scoreless in the second game. Amanda McKinney (1-2) took the loss. Newark (7-6, 2-0) is the host team in the Ohio Regional Campus Conference tournament today, battling Ohio University-Zanesville in the first round. From staff reports Heather Martin pitched a no-hitter and set a school record for strikeouts in Utica's 8-0 win over Danville in Mid-Buckeye Conference Softball action Friday. Martin notched 18 strikeouts, breaking the previous Utica record of 17 set by Brooke Phillips.

Heather Jones scored twice off her 2 singles and also drove in a run. Kate Terry singled twice with an RBI, Emma Guinsler ripped 2 doubles and Katie Newton smashed a 2-run single. Utica (12-1, 8-0) is at East Knox on Monday. NEWARK CATHOLIC 11, DAYTON CHAMINADE-JULIENNE 5: Jayme Thissen went the distance for the Green Wave, grabbing a win over' Chaminade-Juilenne in the Toledo St. Ursula Fastpitch Invitational.

Thissen (7-3) struck out 7, and gave up 5 hits and 2 earned runs. Newark Catholic cracked 13 hits off Chami-nade-Julienne (5-8), led by a double and single from both Becca Washburn and Mindi Amomyard. Thissen and Brittani Pickering each clubbed 2 singles for the Green Wave (7-5). Newark Catholic faces Toledo St. Ursula and Parma Heights Holy Name in a doubleheader today.

LICKING VALLEY 15, BEXLEY 2: Katie Felumlee ripped two homers and drove in 4 runs in the Panthers' Buckeye Athletic Conference rout. Stacy Vanover belted a solo homer, while Jessica Bartimus and Shannon Trost each had 3 singles. Lena Messina tripled and doubled. Toni Clossman supplied 2 doubles, a single and 3 RBIs and Amber Dwiggins drove in 3 runs with a double and 2 singles. Ashley Henry added 2 singles.

Erin Willeke (11-4) allowed 1 hit and whiffed 8 before yielding to Natasha Mohler, who gave up 1 hit and 1 walk, fanning 4. Licking Valley (12-5, 7-1) battles Westerville South and then Cincinnati Northwest today in Westerville. NORTHRIDGE 21, EAST KNOX 6 (5 The host Vikings pounded out 13 hits and cruised to a Mid-Buckeye Conference victory. Jackie Liggett (3-7) surrendered 3 hits and 4 walks, striking out 3. 1 1 JUSTICE LINGER Licking Heights (7-8, 3-5 MSL) plays host to Liberty Christian today.

NEWARK CATH. 12, CENTENNIAL 2 (5 The Green Wave used a 17-hit uprising, including 3 home runs, to crush host Centennial. Scotty Lake (1-1) allowed 5 hits, walked 2 and struck out 6. Dusty Layton and George Biddle both ripped 2-run homers and Troy Nichols connected for a solo home run. Biddle also doubled and singled, finishing with 3 RBIs.

Layton added a single and produced 3 RBIs. Nichols also smacked a triple. Matt Haycook added 2 singles, a triple and 2 RBIs and Lake doubled, singled and scored twice. Doug Stevens, Tony Cannizzaro and Jimmy Hobson all added RBI doubles for Newark Catholic (8-3). The Green Wave is at Johnstown today for a doubleheader.

LICKING VALLEY 6, BEXLEY 1: Jake Butler sparked Licking Valley with a first-inning, inside-the-park homer as the visiting Panthers won in Buckeye Athletic Conference action. Bryan White yielded 3 hits and a walk, while fanning 4. White also singled and had 2 RBIs. Kyle Rawlings had the loss for Bexley (8-6, 4-4). Butler tripled and drove in 2.

Wes Myers and Ryan Frenton also had RBIs. Tri-Valley visits Licking Valley for twin-bill today. UTICA 9, DANVILLE 8 (8 Charlie Rowley scored on a wild pitch for the winning run, capping a Mid-Buckeye Conference comeback for the host Redskins. Ted Londot had 2 singles, a double and an RBI for Utica (5-12, 4-4), which rallied from an 8-4 deficit to force extra innings. Kim Willoughby shows off one of the poses that she will take in today's competition in West Virginia.

Willoughby, of Centerburg, works out in Newark at The Gym. (Kevin Graff, The Advocate) Miller then stepped to the plate and hit a rocket through the middle, tying the game. "I had a lot of adrenaline flowing," Miller said. "It felt pretty good to get the run in." The Bulldogs then forced Beck out at home on a grounder to third base. But Manos raced home on a wild pitch for a 2-1 Blue Ace lead.

Mindi Graham then walloped a double into the left-center field gap, chasing two more runs home. Ron Wintermute can be reached by e-mail at shennennncogannett.com Memorial 9-7 in the second game of a non-league Saturday doubleheader. Lachowsky was misidentified in Sunday's Advocate. Utica has coaching openings UTICA Utica High School is currently looking for a freshman cheerleader coach, a freshman assistant football Coach, and an assistant volleyball coach. For more information please contact Utica Athletic Director Mark McDaniel at 740-892-2850.

Compiled from staff reports NewarkAdvocate.com Lilly, A's send Tribe to fourth straight defeat I didn't do my part to keep my team in the game. When you give up three runs early that kind of puts the team on their heels." Blake, who also had a first-inning single, homered for the second straight game. He hit a two-run shot in the first inning of the Indians' 4-2 loss to the Mariners on Thursday. AL MVP Miguel Tejada, l-for-14 in his previous three games, went 0-for-3 with an intentional walk. Macha said before the game he has considered holding the star shortstop out of a game to regroup, though Tejada has insisted that's not the answer for him to get out of his offensive funk.

WASHBURN BARTIMUS Heidi Vest paced the Vikings (4-1 0, 3-4) with a double and 2 singles. Liggett doubled and singled and Johnna Trimmer tripled and doubled. Jenna Smith, Sandi Zarley and Cassie Bias all laced 2 singles. The Vikings are at Crooksville today for a doubleheader. LICKING HEIGHTS 3, NEW ALBANY 1 Maureen Brandel scattered 3 hits as the Hornets topped visiting New Albany (3-12, 2-7) in Mid-State League action.

Brandel (11-3) struck out 2. Dominique Macioce, Melissa Hewitt and Brandel all slugged a double for the Hornets (11-3, 6-2). Licking Heights entertains Berne Union on Monday. BASEBALL NEWARK 12, GAHANNA 1: The Wildcats erupted for 1 1 hits in the Ohio Capital Conference rout. Jared Justice went the distance for Newark (9-9, 6-3), striking out 4, and giving up just 2 hits and 3 walks.

Pat Schofield crushed a triple and double and Graham Holmberg powered a double and single. Brandon Hill and Donnie Fbrgey also doubled and Brice Copenhefer had 2 singles. The Wildcats will play host to a four-team tournament today with DeSales, Dublin Coffman and Hilliard Davidson invading. LICKING HTS. 9, NEW ALBANY 8: Aaron Puskac smashed a 3-run homer as the Hornets edged New Albany in a Mid-State League thriller.

Coleman Woodruff (4-3) pitched the first six innings, but the Eagles (7-7, 4-4) scored 6 in the seventh. Ben Merrill stopped the bleeding to earn the save. Merrill also led the Hornets in hitting, belting a double and 2 singles, knocking in 2 runs. On Deck TODAY: Cleveland (7-16) at Oakland (13-10), 4.05 p.m. STARTERS: Jake West-brook Davis (1-2) vs.

John Halama(M) TV: FSN (52) RADIO: WCLT-AM (1430) "I used my sinker to get more groundballs," said Lilly, who had no decisions in his past three starts, all A's losses. "Ideally, that's the way I'd like to pitch." Shane Spencer also homered off his former New York Yankees teammate, sending a 1-2 pitch over the wall in the seventh. Keith Foulke pitched the ninth for his fifth save in six chances. Ellis hit a 2-1 pitch from Jason Davis (2-3) over the fence in left field to lead off the first inning, and Oakland got good contributions from the top and bottom of the batting order. SPORTS NET Kl K.

-m I UCJUUUzt' I Aces Continued from Page 1 Megan Dye (4-4) took the tough-luck loss, allowing just three hits in six innings before faltering in the seventh. Heath took its 1-0 lead in the third. Ashley Vandine singled and Meghan Miller walked before Steph Bevard drove the run home with ground single through the right side. The top half of the seventh started innocently with a pop out to right field. But No.

9 hitter Ann Marie Locke slapped a single up the middle. Katalin Beck walked and Mallory Manos beat out a bunt to load the bases. LV searching for girls basketball coach HANOVER Licking Valley High school is seeking a girls varsity basketball head coach. Teaching openings at this time are in math and science. Any interested candidates should contact Randy Baugh-man at (740) 763-3186.

Northridge baseball correction ALEXANDRIA Ben La-chowsky homered with two singles as the Northridge baseball team past Watkins Advocate a slice of your life. on over 100 of the the Country! OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Oakland's hitters keep saying how determined they are to take some pressure off their pitchers and start producing. Their bats finally came through Friday night. Mark Ellis went 3-for-4 with a home run as the Athletics backed up a strong start by Ted Lilly, defeating the Cleveland Indians 5-2.

Ellis homered in the first, singled in the fifth and doubled in the seventh. He also scored two runs as the Oakland offense showed signs of waking up. "We're anxious," Ellis said. "It's about time we got going. We had our little lull but we've got to help our pitchers.

You don't want to put all that pressure on your pitching staff. They can't throw a shutout every time. We've got to score some runs." Eric Chavez, Ramon Hernandez and Chris Singleton each had two hits, and Singleton stopped an 0-for-7 slump with his second-inning single. Hernandez continued his strong play at the plate with an eighth-inning homer. Lilly (2-0) made one of his most effective starts of the year in his fifth appearance.

He hadn't won since beating Anaheim in his first outing on April 4. He retired seven of his first nine batters before a two-out solo homer by Casey Blake in the third. The Indians have lost four straight on their current 10-game road trip, including getting swept in Seattle. Cleveland has lost the last six meetings against Oakland. Lilly allowed six hits and two runs, striking out two and walking one.

He kept his pitch count down by getting ahead in the count. In his last start Sunday against Texas, he threw 96 pitches in 5 2-3 innings. This time, he made only 88 pitches. WHflL TRAIL BfiGHBOT COLUMBUS, OHIO MAY 3-4-5 2002 Mariners Indians 4 2 "You go out and play as a team and try to make it all happen together," Singleton said. Hernandez, whose success at the plate caused manager Ken Macha to move him up two spots to sixth in the order, singled and scored on an RBI single by Eric Byrnes in the second.

Byrnes started in left because Terrence Long moved to right to replace Jermaine Dye, who injured his knee when he slipped fielding a ball Thursday. Byrnes has shown he is steady with his bat and has also made some athletic plays in the outfield. He ran down a hard-hit ball by Omar Vizquel in the third, making the catch against the wall. Davis gave up four runs and 10 hits in 6 1-3 innings. "I felt pretty good out there," he said.

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