Sports

BLANCHESTER — Riley Ledford’s walk-off single in the first game helped Blanchester earn a doubleheader split with Mercy McAuley Friday at BHS.

TIFFIN, Ohio – Faith Duncan and Simon Heys earned conference distance runners of the year honors Friday at the Ohio Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships.

ADAMS TOWNSHIP — The Clinton-Massie lacrosse team lost its home finale Friday to Franklin 15-10 at Frank Irelan Field.

BLANCHESTER — Bryce Sipple homered and Blanchester stole 15 bases Thursday in a 7-3 win over McClain in non-league baseball at Bott Field on the BHS campus.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Cole Irvin extended his scoreless streak to 20 2/3 innings, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-0 on Friday night.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — As a record crowd cheered, American Pharoah rallied from behind and took aim at his remaining two rivals in the stretch. The bay colt and jockey Victor Espinoza surged to the lead with a furlong to go and thundered across the finish line a length ahead in the 2015 Kentucky Derby.

LEESBURG — With a trio of first-place finishes, East Clinton’s boys and girls were both fifth Thursday in the 10-school Fairfield Invitational track and field meet.

ADAMS TOWNSHIP — Kaylee Ramsey set a new Clinton-Massie record in the pole vault Thursday in a tri-meet with Wilmington and Blanchester at the Chick Brown track.

BLANCHESTER — With a 13-4 win over Walnut Hills Thursday, Blanchester won its 17th game of the year for the third straight season.

XENIA — Sydney Doyle erupted for seven runs batted in Thursday in Clinton-Massie’s 24-7 blowout of Xenia in a non-league softball game.