2010 OHSAA Division II Softball State Championship
at Firestone Stadium in Akron, Ohio
Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 10 AM
Lakewood (28-5) vs. Poland (30-1)
Lakewood Lancers
Location: Hebron, OH
Conference: Mid-State League
2010 Record: 28-5
Head Coach: Criss Nadolson
Road to the Division Crown
State Semifinals: def. Greenville, 5-4 (6/3)Regional Championship: def. Clyde, 12-0 (5/29)
Regional Semifinals: def. Keystone, 8-0 (5/28)
District Championship: def. Canal Winchester, 8-0 (5/22)
District Semifinals: def. Olentangy, 10-0 (5/19)
Sectional Championship: def. Whitehall-Yearling, 8-1 (5/14)Championship Game Notes: The Lancers are playing for their third state championship in a row. Lakewood has defeated the third ranked team in Division II, Keystone, in the regional semifinals at Bucyrus High School on May 28, 8-0. Then in the state semifinals, Coach Nadolson’s group nipped the second ranked team in the division, Greenville, 5-4, on Thursday at Firestone Stadium in their morning matchup. The Lancers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second inning. Lakewood left fielder, Chelsea Brewer, tripled in the tying run in the sixth inning. Brewer, then, scored on a wild pitch for what would be the game winning run. The top four hitters in Lakewood’s lineup went 6-12 in the semifinal game. Alyssa Patznick (21-3) pitched seven innings of work allowing six hits and struck out four to collect the win and have the Lancers advance to the state finals.
Poland Bulldogs
Location: Poland, OH
Conference: All-American Conference
2010 Record: 30-1
Head Coach: Reid Lamport
State Semifinalist: None
State Finalist: 1 (2001)
State Championship: None
Road to the Division Crown
State Semifinals: def. John Glenn, 5-4 (6/3)Regional Championship: def. Fairless, 5-0 (5/29)
Regional Semifinals: def. Tallmadge, 12-6 (5/26)
District Championship: def. Edgewood, 10-0 (5/21)
District Semifinals: def. Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin, 3-0 (5/20)
Sectional Championship: def. Hubbard, 7-0 (5/14)Championship Game Notes: Poland’s right fielder Adriana Sikora scored the game winning run on a throwing error by the pitcher in the bottom of the seventh inning to have her Bulldogs advance to Saturday’s championship contest. Poland’s Jenna Modic went 3-3 with a double and a homerun against John Glenn in the semifinals. Sophomore hurler Erin Gabriel (21-0) tossed seven innings and allowed just one earned run and four hits against the Little Muskies on Thursday. Gabriel also struck out nine batters. In the 2001 Division II State Semifinal game against Edison at Ashland’s Brookside Park, the Bulldogs advanced to the state title game by ironically winning by one run (6-5) just like in the contest against John Glenn. The Edison Wildcats committed six errors in their June 1 matchup. The winning pitcher was Sarah Knill who threw seven innings to gain her twenty-first victory of the season (21-4). The same amount of wins that Erin Gabriel has this year.
Area OHSAA Softball Championship Games
Local Schools in Championship Games: 9-7
Year | Div. | Champion | Runner Up |
2009 | III | Hebron Lakewood 5 | Ursuline 0 |
2008 | II | Canfield 6 | Celina 0 |
2006 | III | Bloom-Carroll 2 | Champion 0 |
2001 | I | Boardman 4 | Hamilton 1 |
2001 | II | Lima Bath 1 | Poland 0 (11 Inn.) |
2000 | I | Hilliard Darby 3 | Boardman 1 |
1998 | III | Southington 1 | North Union 0 |
1994 | II | Champion 5 | Keystone 0 |
1993 | 1 | Akron Springfield 1 | Fitch 0 |
1987 | A | Strasburg-Franklin 9 | Mineral Ridge 0 |
1985 | A | Mineral Ridge 4 | Archbold 0 |
1983 | A | Portsmouth Clay 6 | Mineral Ridge 2 |
1982 | AA | Badger 7 | Columbus St. Francis DeSales 6 |
1981 | AA | Badger 6 | River View 2 |
1980 | AA | Champion 11 | Greeneview 1 |
1978 | AA | Champion 3 | Northwestern 1 |
