Flood Advisory issued August 11 at 1:36AM EDT until August 11 at 1:45AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

The Flood Advisory will expire at 145 AM EDT early this morning for a portion of west central Ohio, including the following areas, Auglaize and Mercer.
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
A Flood Watch remains in effect until 800 AM EDT Wednesday for portions of Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio...

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.

Friday, February 24th, 2017

St. Marys wins title

Division II District Boys Bowling: Coldwater team, St. Henry's Buehler also advance to state tournament

By Gary R. Rasberry

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

The St. Marys boys bowling team came through with strong performances during the baker games to capture the Division II district team championship at Interstate Lanes in Rossford on Thursday to advance to the state tournament next week in Columbus.

The Roughriders finished with a final score of 4,094 pins to edge Woodmore by 12 pins for the championship. Coldwater was 32 pins back of St. Marys for third place to claim the final qualifying spot to state.

St. Henry missed qualifying for state by just 25 pins in placing fourthbut will be represented in Columbus by Trey Buehler, who earned one of the three individual qualifying places for the state tournament. Shawnee's Skyler Briggs and Wauseon's Nic Kearney earned the other two advancements.

Coldwater's Cory Whitacre earned district medalist accolades with a 650 series. Buehler was runner-up with a 645 followed by Briggs with a 643 and Kearney with a 641. Coldwater's Trey James was fifth with a 636, Kelsey Shannon of St. Marys rolled a 625 and Coldwater's Ben Schmitmeyer finished ninth with a 617 to round out the local bowlers in the top 10.

Fort Recovery's Gabe Grieshop finished with a 464 with teammate Chris Link rolling a 349 series.

Minster's Austen VanderHorst and Jordan Brackman finished with series of 464 and 462 respectively.

The Division II girls district tournament takes place this afternoon in Rossford.

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