Captain Brinn's Ohio Varsity

BRINN'S ROUNDUP FOR SATURDAY SOFTBALL

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:45:00 +0000

Statewide Action from 4/4!

Greenville Invitational took place wich featured a plethora of great teams!
D2 #2 St Mary's had a good showing defeating D1 #9 Lebanon and D4 #6 Triad.
D1 #7 Greenville also showed just how tough they are early with a nice win over Lebanon and Akron SVSM.
Triad had a good victory over Centerville in extra innings.

Division I
#3 Holland Springfield picked up 2 good wins over the weekend including Metamora Evergreen.

Division II
Both my #4 and #5 teams falled with Circleville losing to Unioto and Poland Seminary falling to unranked Tallmadge.
#8 Licking Valley split over the weeknd with Northridge.

Division III
Metamora Evergreen, unranked, made a case yesterday with a strong showing against D1 power Holland Springfield. Evergreen has 2 D1 commits on their roster.
#6 Bishop Ready rolled in 5 innings over Buckeye Valley.
#9 Mt Gilead continues to roll.
#10 Archbold also picked up 2 wins as well.

Division IV
Soon to be ranked New Riegel rolled over Fostoria and Marion Harding.
#9 Strasburg Franklin won easily.
#5 Ansonia also flexed their muscle well with an a victory over DeGraff Riverside but then got upset in their 2nd game against Riverside by a score of 9-3.

DIVISION TWO SOFTBALL RANKINGS

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:53:00 +0000

First and foremost, toughest division to rank. Not a lot of depth to me this year in this division.

Here ya go for the very very early season rankings!

1.)Lagrange Keystone
2.)St Mary's Memorial
3.)Akron Archbishop Hoban
4.)Circleville
5.)Poland Seminary
6.)Clyde
7.)Lima Bath
8.)Licking Valley
9.)Thornville Sheridan
10.)Springfield Kenton Ridge

Others:
Defiance, New Concord John Glenn

DIVISION THREE SOFTBALL RANKINGS

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:04:00 +0000

Here ya go for the early D3 Season that is upon us...

Let me just say that D3 in Ohio this season is absolutely LOADED! Whomever wins the D3 state title will have gone through a gauntlet of teams. Have fun for those in D3 this season...it's going to be a tough road!

1.)Hebron Lakewood
2.)Jeromesville Hillsdale
3.)Carroll Bloom Carroll
4.)Columbia Station
5.)Wellington
6.)Bishop Ready
7.)Loudonville
8.)Andover Pymatuning Valley
9.)Mt Gilead
10.)Archbold

Others:
West Liberty Salem, Gibsonburg, Wheelersburg, North Robinson Colonel Crawford

*Lorain County is a monster!
*Wellington at #5 due to their early loss to D4 Berne Union
*Gibsonburg had a big victory over D2 Clyde already

DIVISION ONE SOFTBALL RANKINGS

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:41:00 +0000

1.)Elyria
2.)Grove City
3.)Holland Springfield
4.)Gahanna Lincolnv
5.)Ashville Teays Valley
6.)Hilliard Darby
7.)Greenville
8.)Mason
9.)Lebanon
10.)Hudson

Others:
North Royalton, Whitehouse Anthony Wayne

BRINN'S ROUNDUP FOR THURSDAY SOFTBALL

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:40:00 +0000

Scores of Interest statewide from 4/2:

D1 power Teays Valley romps Miami Trace 10-0. No hitter for Teays Valley.
D1 Lebanon continues to roll with a 5 inning mercy rule over Wayne.
D1 Greenville stays unbeaten as well with a 10-0 slam over Brookville.
Most impressive is D1 force Gahanna Lincoln who remains unbeaten after their spring break tour in Florida garnering some big time wins! D1 Ohio...beware!

D2 Defiance outlasts D3 Archbold in Extra Innings 1-0.
D2 Licking Valley picks up impressive win over Columbus DeSales 4-3.

D3 West Liberty Salem squeaks out a win over D4 Houston 2-1 in 8 close innings.
D3 Mt Gilead back on the radar again this season as they continue to win early defeating Newark.

D4 Rockford Parkway escapes early defeat over D2 Celina 5-4.
D4 power Convoy Crestview remains perfect with a 6-1 win over D2 WBL foe Van Wert.
D4 Berne Union continues to impress with a victory over Newark Catholic.
D4 Ansonia wins big over Mississinawa Valley.

BRINN IS BACK! DIVISION FOUR SOFTBALL RANKINGS!

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:55:00 +0000

Yes, I'm back and better than ever!!

I will be doing a division for the next couple of days!

Starting from the small school and moving up--here's a look at the early D4 State Rankings!

1.)Rockford Parkway
2.)Convoy Crestview
3.)Warren JFK
4.)Ansonia
5.)Danville
6.)North Lewisburg Triad
7.)Willow Wood Symmes Valley
8.)Dalton
9.)Strasburg Franklin
10.)Pleasant Hill Newton

Others:
South Charleston Southeastern, East Canton

*Remember, it's very early! Things will change, but the top 3 are legit contenders for a state title.
Thought maybe Convoy Crestview may come back a bit slow after their State Final Four run in Basketball too...but in their first outing they dismantled D2 Elida 20-1...Nedderman with 2 homeruns and Eickholt was 4/4. Junior Pitcher Lare had a grand slam too.

WE SHALL RETURN!

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:36:00 +0000

So, where has Captain Brinn gone? Well, if you have been on the treacherous JJ Huddle website, where they operate their forums like a censorship playground, we have explained that due to JJ Huddle's tyranny, we have not been doing our rankings or updating our site. Hopefully our fans on the Huddle and of this blog are passionate enough to miss what we do and say and will join us in saying farewell to JJ Huddle! We know very soon, we will be back doing what we do, and we know from the support we are receiving on JJ Huddle that we are missed and supported. Stay tuned to this blog for more soon!

The Brinn 15: Week Three, Division One

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:30:00 +0000

1.) Cincinnati Mount Notre Dame
2.) Beavercreek
3.) Dayton Chaminade-Julienne
4.) Lakota West
5.) Youngstown Boardsman
6.) Shaker Heights
7.) Pickerington North
8.) Cincinnati Princeton
9.) Toledo Start
10.) Kettering Fairmont
11.) Perrysburg
12.) Toledo Waite
13.) Cincinnati Winton Woods
14.) Dublin Scioto
15.) Pickerington Central

Watch Out For: North Canton Hoover, Wadsworth, Anthony Wayne, Toledo Central Catholic

The Brinn 15: Week Three, Division Two

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:10:00 +0000

1.) Lima Bath
2.) Hathaway Brown
3.) Kettering Archbishop Alter
4.) Warsaw River View
5.) Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit
6.) Akron Hoban
7.) Tipp City Tippecanoe
8.) Millersburg West Holmes
9.) Miami Trace
10.) Wapakoneta
11.) Tiffin Columbian
12.) Bucyrus
13.) Akron SVSM
14.) Salem
15.) Eastmoor Academy

Watch Out For: Clyde, Wauseon, Indian Lake, Shelby

The Brinn 15: Week Three, Division Four

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:09:00 +0000

1.)Columbus Africentric
2.)Convoy Crestview
3.)Berlin Hiland
4.)Waterford
5.)Bedord St Peter Chanel
6.)Cleveland Heights Lutheran East
7.)South Webster
8.)Carey
9.)Minster
10.)Delphos St Johns
11.)Ft Recovery
12.)Mogadore
13.)Ft. Loramie
14.)New Riegel
15.)Delphos Jefferson

Watch Out:
Kalida, Arlington, Fostoria St Wendelin, Pettisville, Gilead Christian

The Brinn 15: Week Three, Division Three

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:07:00 +0000

1.)South Euclid Regina
2.)Casstown Miami East
3.)Oak Hill
4.)Marion Pleasant
5.)Sugarcreek Garaway
6.)Smithville
7.)Findlay Liberty Benton
8.)Haviland Wayne Trace
9.)Mt Blanchard Riverdale
10.)Middletown Madison
11.)South Point
12.)Genoa Area
13.)West Liberty Salem
14.)Colonel Crawford
15.)Manchester

Watch out for:
Millbury Lake, Columbus Bishop Ready

The Brinn 15: Week Two, Division One

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:12:00 +0000

1.) Beavercreek
2.) Cincinnati Mt. Notre Dame
3.) Cincinnati Princeton
4.) Pickerington North
5.) Toledo Start
6.) North Canton Hoover
7.) Dayton Chaminade-Julienne
8.) Lakota West
9.) Toledo Waite
10.) Dublin Scioto
11.) Shaker Heights
12.) Cincinnati Winton Woods
13.) Kettering Fairmont
14.) Perrysburg
15.) Youngstown Boardman

The Brinn 15: Week Two, Division Two

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:02:00 +0000

1.) Lima Bath
2.) Hathaway Brown
3.) Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit
4.) Warsaw River View
5.) Kettering Archbishop Alter
6.) Akron Hoban
7.) Millersburg West Holmes
8.) Tipp City Tippecanoe
9.) Akron SVSM
10.) Salem
11.) Indian Lake
12.) Wauseon
13.) Miami Trace
14.) Wapakoneta
15.) Colonel Crawford

The Brinn 15: Week Two, Division Four

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:57:00 +0000

1.)Columbus Africentric
2.)Convoy Crestview
3.)Berlin Hiland
4.)Waterford
5.)Bedford St Peter Chanel
6.)Minster
7.)Cleveland Heights Lutheran East
8.)New Riegel
9.)New Bremen
10.)Delphos St Johns
11.)South Webster
12.)Mogadore
13.)Fostoria St Wendelin
14.)Kalida
15.)Ft Loramie

The Brinn 15: Week Two, Division Three

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:55:00 +0000

1.)South Euclid Regina
2.)Casstown Miami East
3.)Oak Hill
4.)Marion Pleasant
5.)Sugarcreek Garaway
6.)Findlay Liberty Benton
7.)Haviland Wayne Trace
8.)Smithville
9.)Mt Blanchard Riverdale
10.)Middletown Madison
11.)South Point
12.)Atwater Waterloo
13.)Genoa Area
14.)Garfield Heights Trinity
15.)West Liberty Salem

The Brinn 15: Week One, Division Three

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:18:00 +0000

1. South Euclid Regina
2. Casstown Miami East
3. Versailles
4. Oak Hill
5. Marion Pleasant
6. Sugarcreek Garaway
7. Findlay Liberty Benton
8. Haviland Wayne Trace
9. Mt Blanchard Riverdale
10. Middletown Madison
11. Atwater Waterloo
12. West Liberty Salem
13. Metamora Evergreen
14. South Point
15. Garfield Heights Trinity

The Brinn 15: Week One, Division Four

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:16:00 +0000

1. Columbus Africentric
2. Convoy Crestview
3. Berlin Hiland
4. Minster
5. Waterford
6. Beford St Peter Chanel
7. Cleveland Heights Lutheran East
8. New Riegel
9. New Bremen
10. Delphos St Johns
11. South Webster
12. Mogadore
13. Fostoria St Wendelin
14. Kalida
15. Ft Loramie

The Brinn 15: Week One, Division Two

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 04:51:00 +0000

1. Lima Bath
2. Kettering Archbishop Alter
3. Tipp City Tippecanoe
4. Hathaway Brown
5. Akron Hoban
6. Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit
7. Warsaw River View
8. Millersburg West Holmes
9. Akron SVSM
10. Indian Lake
11. Colonel Crawford
12. Salem
13. Bucyrus
14. Lexington
15. Miami Trace

The Brinn 15: Week One, Division One

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 04:47:00 +0000

1. Beavercreek
2. Lakota West
3. Pickerington North
4. Cincinnati Mt. Notre Dame
5. North Canton Hoover
6. Cincinnati Princeton
7. Anthony Wayne
8. Shaker Heights
9. Kettering Fairmont
10. Toledo Start
11. Dublin Scioto
12. Youngstown Boardman
13. Toledo Central Catholic
14. Vandalia Butler
15. Sylvania Northview

GIRLS' HOOPS COMING SOON!

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:53:00 +0000

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CBOHIO VARSITY VOLLEYBALL HONORS

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:43:00 +0000

DI Coach of the Year--Dawn Moses, Olmsted Falls
DI Player of the Year--Lauren Whyte, Olmsted Falls

DII Coach of the Year--Tony Messina, Parma Padua Franciscan
DII Player of the Year--Kaitlyn Leary, Parma Padua Franciscan

DIII Coach of the Year--Bradd Jeffers, Albany Alexander
DIII Player of the Year--Kara Koch, Northwestern High

DIV Coach of the Year--Amy Steininger, Marion Local
DIV Player of the Year--Alyssa Winner, Marion Local

CHAMPIONS CROWNED

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:15:00 +0000

Here are our observations of a great weekend of Ohio High School Volleyball in Dayton this past weekend:

DIVISION ONE:
What a shocker it was to watch #1 Cincinnati Ursuline go down, and in the fashion they did. Ursuline embarrassed #3 Cincinnati Mt. Notre Dame in their semi-final and looked like a well-oiled machine. #2 Olmsted Falls easily handled #10 Brecksville-Broadview Heights in their semi-final, but that was no surprise. And, OF did not look they would be quite able to keep up with Ursuline based on their level of play in their semi. But the final was a classic, which began with an Ursuline rally that led to the longest single game in state tournament history, with OF pulling out a 39-37 win. The play of Olmsted's White was incredible to say the least, as well! She was dominant. It was strange to see a GGCL team turned on their heels. They were literally in shock after the match, as was most of the crowd, who had seen Cincy Catholic teams win the title every since 1998 except once in 2004.

DIVISION TWO:
#4 Parma Padua Franciscan was the deserving champion in the drama-free D2 division. The games were not that exciting, with Padua winning a four-gamer against #19 Alter. I thought #6 Columbus Bishop Hartley was a lot better than many gave them credit for and would have liked to have seen them push Alter to a fifth game in the semi-final, which should of happened before an Alter comeback. Mansfield Madison was disappointing, but they should be a contender next season. They were young and couldn't handle Padua's methodical, consistent level of play.

DIVISION THREE:
This division ended up being a complete surprise with the ease of #2 Albany Alexander winning the title. First they defeated #14 Versailles in three hotly-contested games in their semi-final and then easily handed #6 Gilmour Academy defeat in the D3 Championship match. The most excitement (or lack their of) came from Gilmour's incredible dominance of #1 Lima Central Catholic in the semi-finals.

DIVISION FOUR:
#2 Newark Catholic and #5 Marion Local had a classic back-and-forth semi-final match. Newark Catholic, though ranked higher than ML, had to be considered the underdog against the defending champions. They almost pulled it out, but fell 15-12 in the final game. For #1 Jackson Center, they advanced easily against #9 Buckeye Central, who has several young players with tremendous potential. While JC pulled out game one, Marion Local controlled the rest and claimed their second straight title. They also return nearly their entire team and are so young, we may see a new Hopewell-Loudon developing in D4.

BATTLE RAGING!

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:57:00 +0000

#1 Cincinnati Ursuline is getting all they can handle and more from the state's #2 D1 team Olmsted Falls. Game one was a classic, 40-minute back-and-forth that Olmsted pulled out 39-37. Ursuline won game two in easier fashion 25-16, but now Olmsted Falls has regained the momentum and captured game three 25-21! What a classic D1 match! We may see the GGCL and private schools' reign of D1 end today! Lots more volleyball to be played, however.

D2 Goes To Padua Franciscan

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:44:00 +0000

Alter had tradition going for them, but Parma Padua Franciscan has sheer talent and a better game plan that led it to its first state vollyeball championship today. Padua Franciscan won the Division 2 State Championship over Kettering Archbishop Alter 25-22, 26-24, 17-25, 25-21.

Division 3 coming up next!

TOURNEY TWEETS

noreply@blogger.com (Captain Brinn's Varsity Blog) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:11:00 +0000

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