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2025 OHSAA Tournament: Division VI State Semifinal - #2 Lake Center Christian vs #12 Elmwood

AKRON - Lake Center Christian scored in every inning to advance to the Division VI state championship game with a 10-1 win over Elmwood on Saturday afternoon at Thurman Munson Stadium.

Luke Heckert drove in three runs with a single, double and triple to lead a nine-hit attack by the second-ranked team in the state, which jumped in front with an RBI single by Nathan Bryant in the first and run-scoring hits by Grant Coblentz and Heckert in the second.

Brayden Myers threw a one-hitter in a dominating victory, allowing a single to right in the fifth inning by Marshal Taft.

Coblentz scored two and drove in a pair while Bryant had two RBIs and Myers, Jacob Rainieri and Chance Klingelhofer all had two runs for the Tigers, which were aided by five Elmwood errors that resulted in four unearned runs.

After knocking off the 12th-ranked team in D-VI, the Tigers set their sights on two-time defending state champion Hiland, the No. 1 squad in the state, The finals will take place on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Canal Park.

HOT TAKES

PLAYER OF THE GAME: Myers had a big game, not only on the mound but at the plate in helping the Tigers improve to 28-4. The junior reached on an error and scored in the third and singled and came home in the fifth. But it was his pitching that earned the honor with a one-hitter, striking out nine and walking four, throwing 54 of 87 pitches for strikes.

WHAT’S NEXT?: Taft is one of four returning starters for Elmwood, at state for the second time in school history. Matt Melecha has 39 wins in his two years in charge and the head coach of the Royals looks to add onto that total with returning regulars Carter Goetz, Nico Allen, Kason Hammer and Taft. 

LINESCORE

Lake Center Christian  121  112  2  -  10  9  0
Elmwood                        000  010  0  -    1  1  5

Records: Lake Center Christian 28-4, Elmwood 22-9.

Winning Pitcher: Brayden Myers (7 innings, 1 run, 1 hit, 9 strikeouts, 4 walks).

Losing Pitcher: Landon Snow (5 innings, 7 runs, 3 earned runs, 7 hits, 5 strikeouts, 4 walks, 2 HBP). Other: Zack Gross.

Leading Hitters: (Lake Center Christian) - Grant Coblentz single, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Colton Smilek double, run; Luke Heckert single, double, triple, 3 RBIs, run; Nathan Bryant single, 2 RBIs; Brayden Myers single, 2 runs; Jacob Rainieri 2 runs; Wyatt Caudle single; Chance Kingelhofer single, 2 runs, RBI. (Elmwood) - Marshal Taft single; Nico Allen run.

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