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Weeks 6-8 Highlights - 2008 (Sep 27 - Oct. 16)

10/16/08 - Norwalk St. Paul tunes up for post season with straight set win over Celina

10/11/08 - Balanced Gilmour Academy squad stops Independence in straight sets

Parma Heights Holy Name, which entered the Coaches’ Poll at 20^th this week, nipped number four Parma Padua at Padua Thursday night 25-21, 21-25, 25-17, 17-25, 17-15. Players, coaches, and fans from Holy Name broke down in tears after the victory, which left the teams tied for first at 11-2 in the North Coast League.

Lebanon broke open a tight match in game four and downed Centerville 25-21, 30-32, 25-22, 25-15 in the Great Western Ohio Conference Tournament championship.

Toledo Notre Dame Academy defeated Toledo Central Catholic for their second straight City League crown (see Toledo Blade under Newspaper Links).   

10/08/08 - Harrison defeated Anderson for the second time this year to go undefeated in the Buckeye Division of the Fort Ancient Valley Conference.

10/08/08 - Ursuline Academy fended off a furious comeback by Mt. Notre Dame to finish a perfect 10-0 in the GGCL Scarlet Division. The host Lions prevailed 25-16, 25-19, 17-25, 18-25, 18-16, and are now 21-0 overall. Two weeks ago Ursuline themselves had to rally on the road from an 0-2 to defeat Cincinnati St. Ursula. The loss dropped Mt. Notre Dame into a tie for second with Mother of Mercy, which beat Seton.

Mansfield Madison clinched at least a tie for the Ohio Cardinal Conference title with a three set win over visiting Wooster. The Rams can clinch outright with a victory over last place Clear Fork on Thursday. Wooster set the stage for a possible three-way tie by upending Orrville last week, but the Generals are now third a game behind the Red Riders.

New Bremen moved into sole possession of first in the Midwest Athletic Conference with a 25-23, 23-25, 13-25, 25-22, 15-7 win over visiting and then co-leader Marion Local.

Tiffin Columbian nipped Norwalk on the road 25-20, 17-25, 25-20, 20-25, 15-13 to clinch the Northern Ohio League championship. The Ladies in Blue would have tied for the lead with a win.

Kenston finished unbeaten in their division of the Chagrin Valley Conference for the fourth straight year with a 26-28, 25-17, 25-16, 25-17 win over second place Chagrin Falls.

Grafton Midview nipped Bay 22-25, 25-22, 25-19, 20-25, 15-9 to take sole possession of first place in the West Shore Conference. Bay fell into a second place tie with Rocky River.

Midview, by the way, provides living proof that it's hard to beat a team three times - even when you do it. On September 27, they won their third match over Rocky River 25-20, 23-25, 25-21 in the championship of their own Cannon Classic tournament, and that was the easiest of their three victories over the Pirates. The Middies had rallied to win the teams' first league encounter 19-25, 23-25, 25-20, 25-13, 18-16. But their second meeting took the cake. The Middies rallied there too 23-25, 23-25, 25-17, 32-30, 16-14 in a match that featured 58 ties. Midview appeared to have won game four 28-26, but the wrong player served that volley and Rocky River was awarded the point. After three more ties, Midview finally won to force the tiebreaker fifth game. Alas, the two schools are in different divisions and cannot meet in the state tournament.

10/04/08 - No. 5 Northwestern downs No. 2 Smithville to grab share of first place in WCAL

10/04/08 - "Team effort" lifts lineup-shuffling Walsh Jesuit over Cloverleaf

10/01/08 - Cincinnati Ursuline dominates strong Northeast Ohio Power Volleyball tourney field

09/28/09 - Northeast Ohio Invitational Tournament results

09/27/08 - Walsh Jesuit defeated Bowling Green, Mentor and Toledo Notre Dame Academy to advance to tomorrow's championship match of the Northeast Ohio Invitational Tournament.

Gilead Christian won last weekend’s Ridgedale Invite, defeating Sparta Highland (13-4) in the final 25-22, 21-25, 25-20. Kendra Votaw paced the Eagles with 46 kills on the day. Gilead Christian is now 15-2 and ranked 20th in Division IV.