AVON — For the first time, Avon has won a Little League Major district softball championship. And the Eagles did it in a walk Thursday night.
Literally.
They routed Tallmadge 10-1 as two pitchers walked three Eagles with the bases loaded and hit three others with the bases full. The two Tallmadge hurlers allowed just five hits, [...]

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Three of the top 17 high school softball players in America are from Lorain County representing two schools 10 miles apart.
You don’t believe it? Ask Louisville Slugger and the National Fastpitch Coaches Association, which named their All-America teams Monday.
Two are players softball fans might expect, Tess Sito of state champion Elyria and Kara Dill of [...]

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WELLINGTON — Another day, another district championship for Ohio Action Images.
Oberlin’s Class D powerhouse waxed Wellington, 11-2, on Sunday to win its fourth consecutive OGSO Lorain-Medina district crown. It was the Images’ 72nd victory in their last 73 games dating to 2006.
With the victory, they advance to the state quarterfinals Saturday in Lordstown. A win [...]

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WELLINGTON — Christine Lyzen pitches sparingly but effectively for Columbia’s Class C softball team.
The smoke-throwing ninth-grader, whose fastball has been clocked at 64 mph, struck out 13 Wellington Lightning batters Thursday night and pitched a one-hitter in a 9-3 victory.
The win, Lyzen’s fifth of the season, secured a Lorain-Medina OGSO district championship and earned Columbia [...]

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WELLINGTON — Thinking of putting a big rally together? Fine, but make sure Lauren Evans isn’t around.
The Lorain Internationals’ little second baseman is making a habit of killing opponents’ rallies in the annual Lorain-Medina OGSO district tournament at Community Park.
Her catch deprived South Amherst of a couple of runs in their Class A semifinal Monday [...]

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WELLINGTON — Lorain County teams will sweep the Class A brackets in the OGSO Lorain-Medina district tournament tonight at Community Park.
A sweep was assured Tuesday when Keystone Armor Fire routed the Amherst Vipers, 13-3, to round out the field of four finalists. The quartet will compete at 6 p.m. for two spots in the OGSO [...]

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WELLINGTON — Two one-hitters, a two-hitter and a three-hitter produced four Class B routs Monday night as the OGSO district tournament continued at Community Park. The winners meet in a pair of championship games Wednesday.
In Monday’s Class A action, three winners scored 10 runs and the fourth 11 runs to narrow the field for 6 [...]

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It seems that Tess Sito’s name is destined always to be followed by a comma, some parenthetical material and a lot of laudatory text.
For instance: Sito, who led Elyria to the Division I state softball championship Saturday morning, is Gatorade’s Ohio player of the year.
Or: Sito, who four nights later shared the Lorain County Miss [...]

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AMHERST — Two high school All-Americans are sharing the Lorain County Miss Softball Award for 2009.
It goes to Tess Sito, who pitched and batted Elyria to the Division I state championship this season, and Kara Dill, whose hitting and pitching propelled Keystone to still another Division II district crown and regional final.
Both are first-team All-Ohio [...]

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AKRON — Tess Sito was in top pitching form and the cosmic forces were in Elyria’s corner Thursday afternoon.
With a huge — but unfortunate — fourth-inning break, the Pioneers defeated Hilliard Darby 2-0 to advance to their fourth consecutive Division I softball state championship game. First pitch is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday in Firestone [...]

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