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Ohio Diamond Notes: April 28-May 4

A pair of state-ranked Division V teams, St. Clairsville and Triway, each made league statements during the week.

In a span of seven days, St. Clairsville won two league titles while improving to 15-3 on the season. 

Brody Saunders, who is 5-0 on the season with a 1.00 ERA, won the Buckeye 8 championship game on Saturday after pitching the sixth-rated Division V team in Ohio to the OVAC title a week prior. The 91st-rated senior right-handed pitcher in the state, an Ashland commit, was also 6-14 batting on the week with four RBIs, a double and four walks and is now hitting .400 on the season with 20 RBIs.

While St. Clairsville was pulling down two crowns, Triway won a pair of extra-inning games to stay unbeaten in the Principals Athletic Conference (PAC 7). DJ Corbett, a senior headed to Adrian College, came up huge for the 16th-ranked D-V team in the state with a walk-off hit in a home win over Northwest and the go-ahead base knock in a road victory over Northwest.

Triway capped off a perfect 3-0 week with a 10-2 win over Hillsdale, a Division IV state participant a year ago now with a 10-5 record playing in Division VI this season.

So what players had big weeks? Read on… 

HOT AT THE PLATE

A good-hitting catcher is a valuable commodity and Miamisburg, CVCA and Dublin Coffman are three teams that are fortunate enough to have one.

Bryce Vaughn went 7-10 with three walks, two doubles and two home runs while driving in nine for Miamisburg. The 36th-rated senior catcher in Ohio now has seven doubles, two home runs, 10 walks and 14 runs scored while hitting .313 with a .625 slugging percentage.

CVCA won all three games this week, including two over previously unbeaten opponents, and Ryan Wiehe was key. The 18th-ranked 2025 backstop in the state went 2-3 with a home run in a 7-2 victory over Lake Catholic on Monday, hit the go-ahead three-run homer in the top of the seventh in a 6-4 win over Lake Catholic the following day and was 2-3 with two RBIs in a 6-2 triumph Wednesday over Independence. The Hillsdale College commit is now batting .396 with three home runs, five doubles, seven walks and 18 RBIs.

Drew Walti was 6-12 with five RBIs, four runs and two doubles this past week for Dublin Coffman. The No. 13 junior catcher in Ohio is 24-55 on the year with 21 RBIs, 17 runs and 10 doubles, striking out just once. Walti also has stolen eight bases and hit a home run to go along with his .436 batting average.

There were others that came through at the dish worth mentioning as well…

- Production at the plate continued for Ty Householder, the fourth-rated 2025 outfielder in Ohio who went 5-10 with two home runs, a triple and double, scoring with runs, driving in three and stealing six bases for Indian Creek, the No. 5 D-IV team in the state. The Marshall commit is batting .564 on the year with four homers, three triples and eight doubles, scoring 28 runs and swiping 29 bases while striking out just once.

- Aidan Gorman of Troy was 9-13 with five runs, two doubles, two RBIs and a home run while stealing four bases. The 25th-rated senior shortstop in the state is batting .519 with five doubles, three triples and a HR, while scoring 24 runs and stealing 14 bases for Troy, which went 3-0 on the week to move into 20th in the Division II ratings.

- Sylvania Northview second baseman Colin Tomanski, the 361st-ranked senior in Ohio, went 6-12 with six RBIs for the week. The Capital University signee also had four runs, four stolen bases and a pair of doubles.  

- Griffin Scheiderer upped his season batting mark to .415 by going 6-10 with a double, three walks, four runs and two stolen bases for Marysville. The No. 10 senior SS in Ohio, a Bowling Green signee, has now scored 18 runs on the year with eight stolen bases.

- Ryan Wilkinson went 3-6 with a home run, double, RBI and run scored for North Canton Hoover. The 49th-ranked junior outfielder in the state is now batting .452 with a .469 OBP, 1.082 OPS and .613 slugging percentage for the No. 11 D-II team in Ohio.

- Medina’s Joe Johnson was 5-9 with a double, triple, two walks, five runs, three RBIs and a stolen base. The junior now has 21 runs and 20 RBIs with 13 walks, three home runs and a .444 average.

- Mount Union signee Trey Martin had a .556 slugging percentage on the week, with the senior outfielder going 4-9 with a double, RBI, run scored and stolen base for Padua Franciscan.

- A 5-6 week has Blake Bogenrife batting .524 on the year for West Jefferson. The 23rd-rated junior catcher in the state had a double, triple, three runs and two walks and now has 15 runs scored on the season.

- Brodie Quinn Jr. also came through in two wins this week for the eighth-rated D-VI team in Ohio. The senior for West Jefferson reached bases six of eight plate appearances, with two singles, three walks and a HBP, scoring three times and stealing a base. The 274th-rated senior in Ohio, a Frontier CC signee who is 3-0 pitching this season, is batting .541 on the year.

- Braxton Mefferd drove in five runs and scored four times for Perrysburg, the ninth-ranked D-I team in Ohio which went 4-0 this week. The 27th-ranked 2025 outfielder had two triples, a double and two stolen bases. For the year, the Wittenberg commit has a .561 average, .660 OBP and 1.098 OPS with 22 RBIs, 16 runs, seven doubles, four triples and nine stolen bases. 

- Zach Ward had seven consecutive hits during a 9-13 week for Girard. The senior 1B/C hit four doubles and drove in 10, upping his season total to 21 RBIs.

- Ross Szollosi was 4-6 with a walk for Upper Arlington. The 16th-rated junior OF in the state is batting .480 with 16 runs and seven stolen bases.

TWO-WAY STANDOUTS

Getting the job done at the plate and on the mound is a common occurrence in Ohio these days and it was no exception this week with a trio of players leading the way.

One of them was Drew Jones who went 4-6 with a .727 OBP and 2.394 OPS, hitting three doubles and a home run while driving in five, walking four times and scoring three runs for Lakewood in wins over Westlake and St. Edward. The third-ranked junior third baseman in Ohio hit a game-tying two-run homer in the top of the seventh against Westlake and the go-ahead RBI double versus St. Edward in the sixth.

Jones was also the winning pitcher in each game, fanning six while allowing five hits and one earned run.

Cole Wells also had a big week for Lynchburg-Clay, going 4-10 with four runs, five walks, a double, RBI and stolen base for the 19th-ranked D-V team in Ohio. The No. 101 senior RHP in the state also struck out 16 in six innings of a three-hit win, walking just one.

For the year, the Thomas Moore College signee is batting .600 with 19 RBIs, 18 runs, 15 walks and four home runs while boosting a 5-0 record, fanning 48, walking four and allowing seven hits and no earned runs in 23.2 frames.

Not to be outdone, Conner Hiss of Liberty-Benton was the winning pitcher against both state-ranked Leipsic and Columbus Grove, striking out 13 in nine innings pitched to improve to 5-0 on the year with 45 Ks and five walks in 26 innings. The senior shortstop also excelled at the plate for the 11th-rated Division V team, going 4-8 with two home runs and a double, scoring three runs and driving in four. Hiss now has 16 runs, 11 RBIs, four home runs and three doubles on the season.

There were other players also worth noting that came up big at the dish as well as pitching this week.

- Drew Tajblik led Lake to the state tournament last year and is on track to help the Flyers make another run this year. The Toledo commit did not give up an earned run in a complete-game win over D-V eighth-rated Oak Harbor while also going 7-11 on the week for the eighth-ranked D-IV team in Ohio. Tajblik had three RBIs, scored twice and swiped two bases. For the season he is hitting .440 with 32 steals, 23 RBIs and 22 runs while fanning 48 in 33 innings with a 6-2 record.

- Brady Kaufman threw a two-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts and no walks in Tri-Valley’s win over Sparta Highland. The 34th-rated 2025 RHP in Ohio was 4-9 at the plate with six RBIs, five runs and four stolen bases. The Princeton commit is 5-0 on the year with 53 Ks and three walks in 34.1 frames, sporting a 0.82 ERA. Kaufman is also hitting .508 with 36 RBIs, eight home runs, six doubles and two triples for the No. 17 D-III team.

- Defiance's Cody Shaw did not permit an earned run in a four-hitter against Elida, striking out six and walking one. A Findlay commit, the 102nd-ranked 2025, who pitches and catches, also drove in six in a 5-11 week with a double, run scored and walk.

- Jack McKee had 10 hits and threw 10 innings for Dublin Scioto. The junior outfielder, who is batting .463 on the season, was 10-20 at the plate with five RBIs and three doubles. On the mound McKee fanned six and gave up two earned runs.

- Centerville’s Gavin Kent had two doubles and two triples, scoring five times, stealing four bases and driving in a pair while going 6-9. The Southern Wesleyan commit was the winning pitcher against Miamisburg fanning three in five innings. The 37th-ranked senior OF in Ohio is hitting .419 on the year while sporting a 2-0 pitching record for the No. 8 D-I squad.

- Ben Kubicz did not allow a run in 6.2 innings of a four-hit performance, striking out 10 and walking none in picking up the win for Maumee. The junior outfielder was also 5-7 with six runs, four walks, three RBIs and a double. Kubicz is hitting .383 on the year with 18 runs scored and is 3-0 pitching with 45 Ks and five walks in 30.2 innings.

- Zach Deel was 8-10 with a double and three RBIs to move his batting average to .475 and OBP to .625. The Kenton Ridge senior also fired a three-hitter in an 11-1 win over London and stands 7-0 on the season with a 0.667 ERA.

- Columbus Academy’s Dominic Dunkle went 7.1 innings for a win, striking out 10 and walking one while also going 6-10 on the week with five runs and six steals. The junior, who has not struck out this season, is batting .467 overall with 19 runs and 16 stolen bases while boosting a  1-0 record and one save.

- What a week for Ben Burleson of Bishop Watterson. The junior C/RH/3B went 6-9 including a 4-4 performance against rival St. Francis DeSales. Burleson also had a double and HBP while throwing a two-hit shutout in his first start of the season against Hartley, throwing 51 of 66 pitches for strikes. He now has a 0.538 ERA with three saves in three chances.

- Marlington’s Dylan Heatherington tossed his third straight complete game, throwing 88 pitches in moving to 5-0 on the year with a 1.071 ERA, striking out 41 in 32.2 frames. The senior LHP/1B, who bats in the two-hole, also scored six runs, stole five bases and hit a triple while going 7-11 with an RBI.

- Zack Oyster threw a three-hit shutout during the week and also went 2-4 with the stick for West Jefferson, hitting a double, driving in three and scoring two runs. The senior is 5-0 with a 1.265 ERA.

STRONG PITCHING

It was a big week for strikeouts and Miami Trace’s Gaige Stuckey and Walsh Jesuit’s Shawn Sullivan both did their part.

Stuckey, an Ohio University commit ranked 14th among left-handers in the senior class in the state, did not give up an earned run while fanning 17 in his sixth win of the season. The ace for the No. 10 Division III team in Ohio has 74 strikeouts and just 10 walks while surrendering only 15 hits and two earned runs in 39.1 innings.

Sullivan, the 23rd-rated 2026 RHP in the country and an Alabama recruit, put 15 down on strikes, including 10 looking, in 7.2 three-hit shutout innings for win number three this year. The top-ranked junior right-hander in the state is now 3-0 with a 0.273 ERA, striking out 51 in 25.2 innings while holding the opposition to a .129 batting average. 

There were more solid outings reported on the mound…

- Licking Valley, the No. 18 D-III team, entered this week with a 13-3 record and the one-two punch of Ohio U commit Evan Lichtenauer and Evan Roberts is a big reason why. Lichtenauer, the 17th-rated senior LHP, allowed two hits and his first earned run of the season in a win over Granville, fanning nine and walking none to improve to 5-0 with 48 Ks and three walks in 25 innings. Roberts, an uncommitted senior RHP, struck out 11 in a three-hit shutout of Hebron Lakewood to move to 5-1 on the season with 49 Ks in 30.1 frames.

- The battle between unbeatens Defiance and Wapakoneta lived up to the billing with pitchers Brez Zipfel and Grant Jolly excelling on the mound. Zipfel, the 56th-ranked senior RHP in Ohio and a Defiance College commit, gave up one run on three hits and two walks with 12 Ks to pick up the win for Defiance, the third-ranked D-III team. Jolly, a Marshall signee rated ninth among 2025 right-handed pitchers in the state, did not allow an earned run while giving up four hits and two walks with 10 strikeouts in seven innings for the sixth-rated Division III squad in Ohio.

- Toledo St. John’s senior southpaw Carson Bruning went the distance with six Ks in beating Detroit Catholic Central, the No. 14 D-1 team in Michigan. It was the third win of the season for Bruning, who has fanned 38 in 35 frames while allowing four earned runs and 21 hits for the 16th-ranked D-II team in Ohio.

- Avon’s Jensen Petro earned his second save of the season with three innings of one-hit pitching. The 77th-rated junior RHP in the state has yet to give up an earned run in 14.2 innings, holding opponents to a .163 batting average.

- Brady Haught lowered his ERA to 0.818 with this third victory in four decisions this season for Richmond Edison, an 11-0 three-hitter. The junior put nine down on strikes in five innings and now has 37 on the year in 25.2 innings. 

- It took nine innings but Elijah Fox threw a complete game with 11 strikeouts and no walks for Madison Comprehensive, allowing two runs on five hits. 

- Colin Bornino picked up his third win of the season for Olentangy Berlin with a one-hit shutout against Marysville. The junior RHP fanned 10 and now has 29 in 28 innings with a 3-0 record for the No. 10 D-I team in the state.

- Olentangy Orange senior right-hander Devin Parker did not allow an earned run in five innings with seven Ks and one walk, lowering his season ERA to 1.40 while boosting his strikeout total to 25 in 20 innings for the third-ranked team in Ohio in Division I.

- Parker Newburn now has a 20-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio after a win over Leetonia. The senior right-hander has given up just two hits on the season helping United Local to a 14-5 record through last week.

- Aiden Anders threw the third perfect game in Gilmour Academy history. The sophomore right-hander went six innings to beat Western Reserve Academy in the milestone win.

YOUTH SHINES

Nick Holland did it all for Amanda-Clearcreek this week.

The sophomore SS/RHP went 7-12 at the plate with three doubles and a triple, scoring four runs and stealing four bases helping A-C to wins over Bloom-Carroll, Liberty Union and Logan Elm. Holland scored the game-winning run against Bloom-Carroll and also struck out 14 and did not give up an earned run in a two-hitter against Liberty Union.

For the season, the 10th-grader is 3-0 with 25 Ks in 15.2 innings on the mound while carrying a .395 average at the plate with 22 runs and 15 stolen bases.

There were additional freshmen and sophomores that came up big this week…

- Sherwood Fairview 2028 Anthony Singer threw a six-inning no-hitter in an 11-0 win over Hicksville, striking out nine and walking two while also going 3-4 with two doubles and three RBIs. The son of Fairview head coach Andy Singer, the freshman right-hander is now 4-0 with 27 Ks in 16.1 innings, giving up no runs and just one hit for the No. 9 Division VI team in Ohio. Singer is also batting .404 with 19 RBIs.

 - Another freshman two-way, Jacobie Balo of Bishop Rosecrans, came up big going 4-8 on the week with a double, triple, run, three walks and five RBIs. The sixth-ranked freshman SS in Ohio is now batting .596 with a .648 OBP and 1.520 OPS, driving in 19 runs. Balo, who is 4-1 pitching, also gave up one hit in two shutout innings.

- Leland Vargo threw a no-hitter with 10 Ks and one walk against Heartland Christian. The Newton Falls sophomore also hit .333 on the week with four runs scored to boost his average to .370.

- Will Hymes went 3-4 with two walks in two games played this week by Massillon Washington. The sophomore OF/1B is hitting .425 on the season with a .571 OBP and .625 slugging percentage, walking 13 times.

- Crestline sophomore Quentin Kapp was 3-5 with a double and two stolen bases and is now hitting .380 for the campaign with 18 runs, 12 RBIs, 10 doubles, nine stolen bases and eight walks.

THE TEAMS

Lynchburg-Clay has been dominant to say the least.

A pair of 10-0 wins this week against Manchester and Eastern pushed the season mark of shutouts to 10 for the 19th-ranked Division V squad in the Buckeye state.

Finishing up last week with a 12-2 record, Lynchburg-Clay has outscored opponents 162-21 on the season. The team ERA is 1.11.

- Olentangy Orange is rated third in Ohio in Division I despite losing their number two pitcher for the season with a broken leg. The top two pitchers this year for Orange have combined for 43 strikeouts in 36 innings with a 1.55 ERA.

- At 12-6 on the year, Marysville is on the cusp of being ranked in the Top 20 in D-I despite batting injuries. The number three pitcher and best outfielder has been unable to throw most of the season while a starting infielder was lost to mono three weeks ago and is yet to return.

- With wins over three state-ranked teams in one week (Leipsic, Van Buren and Columbus Grove), Liberty-Benton is now 12-3 and rated 11th in Division V. The three losses to date have been to a pair of second-ranked teams in Ohio, Defiance (Division III) and Tiffin Calvert (Division VII), along with Macon County from Tennessee.

- For the second time this season Caldwell went a whole week without playing a game due to weather. The seventh-ranked Division VI team’s lone loss so far in going 11-1 on the year came in the OVAC AA championship game to D-VI No. 2 Toronto, 4-3.

- Watch out for Padua Franciscan. The 12-6 squad rallied from a 4-1 deficit to beat Walsh Jesuit and now gets ace pitcher Nathan Krayzel, a Walsh commit, back from a shoulder injury which has forced the 47th-rated senior RHP in Ohio to miss the season up to this point.  

- Speaking of injuries, Perrysburg is 13-2 and rated ninth in Division I playing without shortstop Connor Kessinger who broke his hand. Kessinger, a senior who set the school record for runs scored in a season last year in helping Perrysburg to the state tournament, will hopefully be back by tournament time.

Midseason Player of the Year Watch

CLICK HERE for 75+ names that are up for Player of the Year in their respective division. These names were provided to us by their coaches, or found on gamechanger/team websites. Obviously, there are many others having outstanding years that should be considered, but no stats were provided.

- Matt Ponatoski, INF, Archbishop Moeller, 2026: 21-46, .457 AVG, .552 OBP, 4 2B, 2 HR, 15 R, 20 RBI, 10 BB, 1 HBP, 7 SB | 2 IP, 1 SV, 0.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 1 K, 1 BB

- Conner Cuozzo, INF, Archbishop Moeller, 2026: 17-47, .362 AVG, .464 OBP, 3 2B, 1 3B, 7 HR, 16 R, 26 RBI, 9 BB, 6 SB

- Zion Theophilus, RHP, Archbishop Moeller, 2025: 27 IP, 4-0, 2.33 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 49 K, 11 BB

- Luke Pappano, LHP/OF, Archbishop Moeller, 2025: 19-44, .432 AVG, .509 OBP, 2 2B, 1 3B, 18 R, 3 RBI, 8 BB, 8 SB | 16 IP, 3-0, 0.87 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 16 K, 11 BB

- Parker Van Engelenhoven, RHP/SS, Olentangy Liberty, 2026: 27-51, .529 AVG, .586 OBP, 11 2B, 1 HR, 12 R, 17 RBI, 8 BB | 29 IP, 5-1, 0.96 ERA, 0.88 WHIP, 36 K, 9 BB

- Bryson Wittmer, LHP/OF, Edison (Milan), 2026: 31-70, .443 AVG, .518 OBP, 3 2B, 2 3B, 7 HR, 33 R, 25 RBI, 12 BB, 11 SB | 31.1 IP, 4-0, 1.34 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 72 K, 24 BB

- Enzo DiCocco, OF, Brecksville-Broadview Heights, 2026: 17-34, .500 AVG, .622 OBP, 4 2B, 3 HR, 9 R, 11 RBI, 8 BB, 3 HBP, 6 SB

- Devlan Daniel, OF, Indian Hill, 2027: 30-54, .556 AVG, .609 OBP, 8 2B, 7 3B, 2 HR, 24 R, 25 RBI, 7 BB, 2 HBP, 12 SB

- Landon Doll, LHP, Massillon Jackson, 2025: 31 IP, 7-0, 0.21 ERA, 0.47 WHIP, 68 K, 6 BB

- Landon Thiel, LHP, Massillon Jackson, 2025: 28.2 IP, 4-0, 1 SV, 0.49 ERA, 0.73 WHIP, 49 K, 7 BB

- Shawn Sullivan, RHP, Walsh Jesuit, 2026: 29.2 IP, 4-0, 0.47 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 62 K, 19 BB

- Matthew Mansbery, INF, Walsh Jesuit, 2026: 26-55, .473 AVG, .517 OBP, 8 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 8 R, 13 RBI, 5 BB, 10 SB

- Caleb Driessen, RHP, Badin, 2026: 31 IP, 4-1, 0.00 ERA, 0.67 WHIP, 32 K, 6 BB

- Shane Coblentz, RHP/SS, Waynedale, 2025: 26-56, .464 AVG, .552 OBP, 8 2B, 4 HR, 32 R, 12 RBI, 9 BB, 2 HBP, 14 SB | 31 IP, 7-0, 0.22 ERA, 0.64 WHIP, 57 K, 7 BB

- Grant Jolly, RHP/SS, Wapakoneta, 2025: 22-37, .595 AVG, .704 OBP, 4 2B, 1 HR, 25 R, 11 RBI, 14 BB, 2 HBP, 10 SB | 22 IP, 3-1, 0.63 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 36 K, 9 BB

- Hunter Richardson, LHP/1B, Butler, 2025: 24-58, .414 AVG, .500 OBP, 6 2B, 3 3B, 26 R, 16 RBI, 10 BB, 1 HBP, 12 SB | 32 IP, 5-0, 1.09 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, 59 K, 8 BB

- Ashton Martin, SS/RHP, Jonathan Alder, 2025: 27-50, .540 AVG, 557 OBP, 8 2B, 5 3B, 1 HR, 22 R, 24 RBI, 6 BB, 1 HBP, 10 SB | 29 IP, 5-0, 0.72 ERA, 0.58 WHIP, 48 K, 4 BB

- Colin Coblentz, OF/LHP, Hiland, 2025: 23-27, .489 AVG, .523 OBP, 1 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 17 R, 11 RBI, 4 BB, 2 HBP, 10 SB | 3 IP, 3 SV, 0.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 5 K, 3 BB

- Brady Kaufman, RHP/SS, Tri-Valley, 2025: 30-59, .508 AVG, .628 OBP 6 2B, 2 3B, 8 HR, 36 RBI, 12 BB, 10 SB | 34.1 IP, 5-0, 0.82 ERA, 0.64 WHIP, 53 K, 3 BB

- Preston Zumwalt, INF, Tippecanoe, 2025: 20-47, .426 AVG, .603 OBP, 7 2B, 1 HR, 23 R, 13 RBI, 18 BB, 3 HBP, 11 SB

- Ben Winge, INF, Wooster, 2025: 24-27, .421 AVG, .595 OBP, 8 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 27 R, 19 RBI, 20 BB, 6 HBP, 9 SB

A Look Back At The 2024 Season:

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