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, July 8th, 2017

Lonsway heading to Ohio State

Celina lefty turns down Reds, hopes to be high pick in 2020

By Colin Foster
Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

Celina pitcher Seth Lonsway delivers during a game last season. Lonsway was taken by the Cincinnati Reds in the 19th round of last month's MLB draft, but decided to honor his commitment to Ohio State.

CELINA - Seth Lonsway fell to the Reds in the 19th round of last month's Major League Baseball draft. That wasn't supposed to happen.
"I put in all the hard work and I started seeing the results, you know, I came out this spring and touched 94 miles per hour and was sitting at 91 to 93 all of spring ball," Lonsway said. "Guys were saying all the way up until two weeks before the draft that you're definitely a second-to-fifth rounder. We heard that numerous times from numerous scouts.
"It was disheartening being told this and that, being told things that don't actually amount to what they were."
Lonsway is already focused on rising his stock for the 2020 draft.
He gave some thought to signing with the Reds, but officially turned them down on Friday and chose to honor his commitment to Ohio State.
It was the final day for MLB clubs to sign players with remaining college eligibility. Just before the 5 p.m. deadline, the Reds reached an agreement with right-hander Hunter Greene, who they had taken with the second overall pick in the draft. Greene signed a minor league contract with a $7.23 million signing bonus - the highest ever bonus for a high school pitcher.
"Me and Hunter Greene were the only guys not to sign and they were looking to get both of us, but they just didn't have enough money and he wanted the max pay," Lonsway said.
Last season's Division II co-Player of the Year is currently pitching for the Midland Redskins, a team comprised of many high-profile Division I college players. He will report to Columbus in August and expects to lock up a starting spot in his freshman season.
And with continued development over the next three years, Lonsway has his sights set high when he's eligible for the draft again in 2020.
"I'm full-steam ahead," Lonsway said. "My mindset is be drafted in the top 25 picks overall. I'm going to make sure the Reds regret not signing me and wanting to pay me more. That's my mindset right now."
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