Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 10 at 10:07PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

At 1007 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wapakoneta, moving southeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include... Celina, Wapakoneta, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Minster, Anna, Jackson Center, Botkins, New Knoxville, Moulton, Wabash, Port Jefferson, Kettlersville, Montezuma, Fryburg, Montra, Tama, Neptune, and Maplewood.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 96 and 112.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 10 at 9:51PM EDT until August 10 at 10:15PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

At 951 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Spencerville In Allen County, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include... Wapakoneta, Fort Shawnee, Cridersville, Rockford, Mendon, Buckland, Uniopolis, Chattanooga, Kossuth, Tama, St. Johns, Neptune, and State Route 116 at State Route 197.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 111 and 118.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 10 at 7:26PM EDT until August 11 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 560 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
WAYNE
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADA, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, CAMDEN, CELINA, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, DELAWARE, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, FAIRBORN, GREENVILLE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LOGAN, LONDON, MARYSVILLE, MINSTER, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, PICKERINGTON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, RICHMOND, SIDNEY, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WEST JEFFERSON, AND XENIA.

Flood Watch issued August 10 at 1:04PM EDT until August 12 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Pendleton and Robertson, and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...Through Wednesday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Several rounds of thunderstorms are expected through Tuesday night. Locally heavy rainfall can be expected with the potential for storms to repeatedly track over the same locations. This will result in the potential for flash flooding.

Monday, August 28th, 2006

Celina boys edge Findlay for Rotary Invite title

By Gary R. Rasberry

Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

Coldwater's Dusty Kuess, front, leads the St. Henry pair of Doug Ranly, left, and Dan Rex, back right, during the Division II-III race of the Rotary Invitational on Saturday at the Wright State University-Lake Campus. Kuess was second with the Redskins' pair taking third and fourth.

The area cross country season got underway on Saturday as area teams split their starts at two big meets.

Celina hosted the annual Rotary Meet at Wright State University-Lake Campus, bringing in top teams from Ohio and Indiana.

The Bulldog boys came up big in winning the Division I race as Celina edged out Findlay, 45-46, to capture the team title. Oregon Clay was third with 53 points.

Isaac Niekamp was the first Celina runner across the finish line, taking third with a time of 18:14. Chris Johnson was close behind in fifth at 18:34 with Luke Bonvillian taking ninth. Andy Goodwin was 11th with Peter Starnes, Dan Stose and Nick Siebert taking 17th, 18th and 19th for the Bulldogs. Eric Ballinger took 21st with Eric Adams 24th.

In the Division I girls, Celina placed fifth overall with 97 points. Clay took first with 45 with Jay County second with 68, one ahead of Findlay's 69.

Melissa Roth paced the Runnin' Women with a third-place effort while Heather Petrie was 11th and Beth Secrest 24th.

A number of Midwest Athletic Conference teams competed in the Division II-III races. In the boys meet, St. Henry placed second with 84 points behind Indiana-power New Haven. New Bremen was third with 112 with Coldwater seventh and St. Marys 10th.

The Cavaliers took the top two places in the race as David Wilker got his season started right with a win in a time of 16:57. Teammate Dusty Kuess was second at 17:36. The St. Henry tandem of Doug Ranly and Dan Rex captured third and fourth in the race while St. Marys' Jason Durkee placed sixth. Tony Kremer led New Bremen with a 13th-place showing with teammate Jeff Kremer taking 17th.

In the girls race, Coldwater battled with Fort Loramie for the top spot, but in the end it was the Redskins who took first with 86 points followed by Coldwater's 95. Fort Recovery was fourth, New Bremen fifth, St. Henry sixth and St. Marys seventh in the standings.

Former state cross country champion Sarah Schulze of Anna, a recruit for basketball at Ohio State, took the race in 20:09. Mindy Vogel of Fort Recovery was second at 20:16 with teammate Tina Roessner taking fifth at 21:22.

New Bremen's Amber Niekamp was ninth overall with Coldwater's Ashley Kanney taking 11th. Coldwater's Allison Honigford was 14th with New Bremen's Lori Timmerman taking 15th. Kendra Delzeith was the first St. Henry runner across taking 17th while Ashley Bubp led St. Marys with a 27th-place showing.

In the middle school two-milers, Coldwater captured the girls title over Clay. Larissa Kohn led Coldwater with a second-place showing. Clay took the boys title, but St. Henry's Mitchell Schulze won the race.

Coldwater will take over as host of the Mercer County Invitational this season, which takes place on Tuesday starting at 4:45 p.m.

Wildcats sweep the Schul

While most of the MAC teams were in Celina, the other portion headed to West Milton to run the Bob Schul Invitational.

Minster started its season by sweeping the Division III titles on Saturday.

The Wildcat boys took its title with a score of 46 points, 31 ahead of Lehman's second place showing of 77 points. Marion Local was fifth with Versailles taking sixth in the race.

Joby Stechschulte and Kregg Olding paced the Wildcats by taking second and third in the race while teammate Troy Niekamp was 12th. Ian Nisonger led Versailles with a 13th-place finish while Jordan Schmackers was the first Flyer to cross in 17th.

The girls race ended with a 1-2-3 MAC finish as Minster scored an impressive 19 points to win. Versailles was second at 44 while Marion Local took third with 114 points.

The first eight finishers were either Minster or Versailles runners. Minster's Bernadette Burke edged out Versailles' Mary Prakel by two seconds to capture the race in 19:36. Minster then took the next five placements. Brigitte Sherman (third), Jenna Fausey (fourth), Lauren Fausey (fifth), Lei Bornhorst (sixth) and Jessica Albers (seventh) were followed by Versailles' Caitlin Liette in eighth. Troy Christian's Jessica Brant was the first non-Minster/Versailles runner to cross the finish line in ninth.

Emily Wuebker paced Marion Local with a 20th-place showing. Stacy Evers (22nd) and Kristen Homan (23rd) were the next two Flyers to cross.

Minster also took the girls middle school race with 19 points as Averie Bornhorst won the individual portion in 12:30.

Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

Coldwater's David Wilker won the individual title of the Rotary Invitational Division II-III race on Saturday. Wilker ran the course at the Wright State University-Lake Campus in 16:57.

Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

Fort Recovery's Mindy Vogel finished second in the girls' Division II-III race during the Rotary Invitational on Saturday.

Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

Fort Recovery's Tina Roessner finished fifth in the girls' Division II-III race during the Rotary Invitational on Satur-day.

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