Flood Advisory issued July 27 at 1:10PM EDT until July 27 at 4:15PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...The following counties, in west central Ohio, Auglaize and Mercer.
* WHEN...Until 415 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 110 PM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Coldwater, New Bremen, Minster, St. Henry, Fort Recovery, New Knoxville, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Carthagena and Maria Stein.
Flash Flood Warning issued July 27 at 1:08PM EDT until July 27 at 4:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
FFWILN
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for... West Central Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Northeastern Shelby County in west central Ohio...
* Until 400 PM EDT.
* At 108 PM EDT, trained weather spotters reported flash flooding across the warned area. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are possible.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Trained spotters reported.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that may experience flash flooding include... Anna, Jackson Center, Botkins, New Knoxville, Kettlersville, Montra, Mccartyville and Maplewood.
Today 86° Today 86° likely 75° 75° chance Tomorrow 89° Tomorrow 89° slight chance 76° 76° slight chance
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Celina rolls to an easy victory over St. Henry

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

Celina's Caleb Shreves, right, reaches third base safely ahead of the tag from St. Henry's Nathan Uhlenhake, left, during their ACME contest at Montgomery Field on Monday evening. Celina defeated St. Henry, 12-0 in five innings.

After playing a combined 18 innings in its first two meeting with St. Henry, Celina looked to have no interest in working overtime on Monday night in the rubber match between the two Mercer County ACME teams.
The Bulldogs scored five times in the bottom of the first and Caleb Shreves pitched a three-hit shutout as Celina drilled the Redskins 12-0 in five innings at Montgomery Park.
Celina, which has won two of three over St. Henry, moves to 15-7 on the summer as the Redskins suffer their second straight run-rule loss to drop to 7-9.
After losing in 10 innings at St. Henry a couple weeks ago, then needing eight innings to win the game at the Celina round-robin tournament later that week, Celina looked ready to put the game out of reach early.
It started by sending 10 men to the plate in the bottom of the first. Hayden Heiby, Darin Waterman, Kyle Markle and Shreves combined for consecutive hits and Kahl Knapke lofted a sacrifice fly to help with the scoring. St. Henry helped Celina out with one error and a wild pitch that scored Shreves.
After a scoreless second, Celina put the game out of reach in the third, sending 12 men to the plate and coming back with seven runs, not only chasing Redskin starter Tyler Bruns after just 21/3 innings, but knocking out reliever Nathan Uhlenhake, who allowed four runs while getting just one out. Darin Waterman tripled in two runs and scored when the throw back into the infield relay was wild, allowing him to scamper home.
Celina collected seven hits in the third and 12 hits in the game. Of the 12 players that got at-bats in the game, eight managed to tally a base hit.
"We've been doing a good job being focused at the plate," said Celina coach Rob Howell. "Standing back, being selective, looking for our pitch.
"We've hit a lot more ground balls than we've had the last two weeks. That's a key to our success right now."
Meanwhile, Shreves was managing well on the mound, giving up a single in the second and two more in the third, but getting solid defense in not allowing a Redskin to reach third base safely the entire game.
Shreves helped his cause, going 3-for-3 and scoring twice. Darin Waterman went 2-for-3 with three RBI, adding a double with his triple.
Both teams host county circuit doubleheaders tonight. Celina hosts 9-4 Marion Local while St. Henry faces Fort Recovery. Both twinbills kick off at 6 p.m.
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