Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 15 at 11:57PM EDT until March 16 at 4:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 61 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES
IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY
LEWIS
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE BRACKEN CAMPBELL GRANT KENTON MASON PENDLETON ROBERTSON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
ADAMS HIGHLAND PIKE ROSS SCIOTO
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BROWN BUTLER CLERMONT CLINTON HAMILTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ADA, ALEXANDRIA, AUGUSTA, AURORA, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKSVILLE, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, BUTLER, CAMDEN, CAMP DIX, CELINA, CHILLICOTHE, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, CRITTENDEN, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, DRY RIDGE, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FALMOUTH, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HEAD OF GRASSY, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MAYSVILLE, MIDDLETOWN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT OLIVET, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OXFORD, PEEBLES, PICKERINGTON, PIKE LAKE, PIKETON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, PORTSMOUTH, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SEAMAN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TOLLESBORO, TROY, URBANA, VANCEBURG, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WEST UNION, WHEELERSBURG, WILLIAMSTOWN, WILMINGTON, WINCHESTER, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
Wind Advisory issued March 15 at 9:34PM EDT until March 16 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph becoming west southwest.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northern Kentucky, and central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Monday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
33° 33° Mon 36° Mon 36° chance 18° 18° chance Tue 28° Tue 28°
Saturday, April 19th, 2008

Roughriders tennis shuts out Bulldogs

By Gary R. Rasberry
Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

St. Marys second singles player Michael Schmitmeyer, pictured, hits a forehand back to Celina's Adam Turner during their match on Friday in Western Buckeye League action. Schmitmeyer defeated Turner, 6-0 and 6-3.

ST. MARYS - St. Marys rebounded from a tough loss to perennial Western Buckeye League power Elida to shut out Celina 5-0 in league play at the Memorial High School Courts.
The Roughriders even their league match mark to 2-2 as the NetDogs drop to 1-3 in the WBL.
All five St. Marys wins came in straight sets, with the most games lost in a set being three. It wasn't for a lack of trying though, as Celina forced a number of long rallies for points.
"We returned a lot of balls. We made St. Marys hit a lot of balls," said Celina coach Jan Morrison. "They ended getting the points and we didn't.
"I feel like we know the right things to do now. It's just instincts and execution. We're doing the right things, we're just not doing things right yet. But we can fix that."
Jameel Brenneman took the first singles match with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Kyle Miller. In second singles, Michael Schmitmeyer won the opener over Adam Turner 6-0 and had a battle in the second set before winning 6-3. Freshman Joseph Brenneman completed the singles sweep for the Roughriders with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Craig Everman.
In doubles, St. Marys' first doubles team of Adam Kuffner and Zac Martin and the second doubles team of Jeff Coleman and Blaise Katter each posted 6-1, 6-0 wins to finish the sweep. Kuffner and Martin defeated Jay McKirnan and Tyler Everman while Bryan Robbins and Ryan Rutschilling were defeated by Katter and Coleman.
St. Marys coach Brice Brenneman was happy his team rebounded from Thursday's loss to Elida, while also paying some compliments to the Celina squad.
"We had a tough one last night and it was good we could bounce back," said Brenneman. "You're never sure how you'd come back from that.
"I thought Celina, it's the first I've seen of them this year and for all that they lost from a year ago, competed very well. The scores look pretty one-sided, but it was a good competitive tennis match. Celina played some pretty good tennis here."
St. Marys is back in action on Monday, hosting Lima Central Catholic in nonleague play before traveling to Defiance on Tuesday for another WBL matchup. Celina is back in action on Tuesday, hosting Van Wert. The Celina junior varsity tennis team will compete in tournament play in Greenville today.
Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

St. Marys third singles player Joseph Brenneman, pictured, returns a shot to Celina's Craig Everman during their Western Buckeye League encounter on Friday. Brenneman defeated Everman, 6-0 and 6-1.

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Hall, who joined the local party in 1952 and has headed it since 1990, made the announcement last week.
The St. Marys baseball team got a strong pitching performance from Sam Rammel and took advantage of leadoff walks in two innings to slip past Celina 2-1 in Western Buckeye League play on Friday at Montgomery Field.
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