http://fairborndailyherald.com en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 11:16:20 GMT Daily feed of articles http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177612 DAYTON, Ohio. — The Dayton Dragons scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to overcome a 6-5 deficit, defeating the West Michigan Whitecaps 7-6 on Thursday night. The win was the Dragons sixth in their last seven games. They will try for their first series sweep of the 2013 season on Friday night after winning the first two games of the set. Sports Fri, 24 May 2013 05:43:00 GMT http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177611 DAYTON — There might be a little car race over in Indianapolis this weekend, but the local area will be hopping as it hosts one of the nation’s largest amateur youth soccer tournaments — the adidas Warrior Soccer Tournament — this Memorial Day Weekend. Approximately 25,000 soccer players, coaches, referees, family members and spectators will fill the Greater Dayton community for this weekend’s 27th annual adidas Warrior Soccer Tournament. Competitors range from ages U8-10 to U14-19 and adults.   Sports Fri, 24 May 2013 05:42:00 GMT http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177610 GREENE COUNTY — The Dayton area girls high school rugby team is made up of players entirely from Greene County. In fact the squad should be called the Beavercreek rugby team because that is where every player hails from. They are all tough and talented and will represent the Miami Valley area at State this weekend. Sports Fri, 24 May 2013 05:40:00 GMT http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177604   The Carroll boys reserve Track and Field Team won the Greater Catholic League (North and Central combined) Championships this past Monday/Tuesday at Fenwick High School. This is the 3rd year in a row that Carroll has won under the new combined division format for the reserve meet. Carroll finished in 1st place (out of 8 teams) with a total score of 254 points. Sports Thu, 23 May 2013 05:28:00 GMT http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177603 DAYTON, Ohio — Jesse Winker belted a tie-breaking two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the Dayton Dragons to a come-from-behind 6-4 victory over the West Michigan Whitecaps on Wednesday night. The win was the Dragons fifth in their last six games, three of which have been decided on Dragons late-inning home runs.   Sports Thu, 23 May 2013 05:27:00 GMT http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177602 NILES, Ohio — Down 3-0 early, the Wright State baseball team scored the final six runs of the game for a 6-3 decision over Youngstown State in the opening game of the Horizon League Tournament Wednesday in Niles, Ohio. Sports Thu, 23 May 2013 05:26:00 GMT http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177593 NEW YORK (AP) — Any time a starting pitcher steps into the batter’s box before he stands on the mound, he’s in pretty good shape. Mike Leake enjoyed that luxury Tuesday night. Leake pitched three-hit ball for seven sharp innings and the Cincinnati Reds parlayed star third baseman David Wright’s early error into a 4-0 victory over the New York Mets. Sports Wed, 22 May 2013 05:45:00 GMT http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177592 TROY — Carroll High School senior Ryan Dull met his preseason goal of representing the team at the district tournament by finishing in third place at the sectional final on Saturday afternoon. Dull competed in the sectional final, which was held at Dayton Center Courts due to in-climate weather at Troy High School, for the second time in his high school career. Sports Wed, 22 May 2013 05:43:00 GMT http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177591 SPRINGFIELD, Ohio —  As he continues to build the Wittenberg women’s golf program, Head Coach Jeff Roope has gained recognition from his peers after being named Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year for the 2012-13 season. Sports Wed, 22 May 2013 05:41:00 GMT http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177583 NEW YORK (AP) — Jay Bruce hit a tiebreaking homer and drove in two runs to back Johnny Cueto’s wild but effective return from the disabled list, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the New York Mets 4-3 Monday night. Sports Tue, 21 May 2013 04:49:00 GMT http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177582 GREENE COUNTY — Women’s professional soccer is underway in the Dayton area once more, as the Dayton Dutch Lady Lions hosted their first tournament of the season at Beavercreek High School’s Miami Valley Hospital Stadium.     Sports Tue, 21 May 2013 04:45:00 GMT http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177568 FAIRBORN — The Wright State baseball team nearly rallied back from a 6-0 deficit, but fell just short as UIC held on for a 10-8 Horizon League victory Friday night at Nischwitz Stadium. The Flames scored five times in the second, the big blow being a grand slam home run to left by John Coen, and added another in the fourth to go up 6-0. Sports Sat, 18 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177566 SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Seth Mejias-Brean lined a tie-breaking home run to left field in the top of the 10th inning to lead the Dayton Dragons to a 4-3 victory over the South Bend Silver Hawks in the opener of a five-game series on Friday night. The Dragons improved to 14-26 with the win while South Bend fell to 24-13. Sports Sat, 18 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177567 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Domonic Brown drove in the tiebreaking run on an infield grounder in the eighth and the Philadelphia Phillies snapped the Cincinnati Reds’ six-game winning streak with a 5-3 victory on Friday night. Jimmy Rollins hit a two-run homer and Cliff Lee threw seven sharp innings for the Phillies, who’ve won four of five.   Sports Sat, 18 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177565 MONROE — A day after their sectional game was postponed due to rain, Mother Nature forced the Carroll and Monroe baseball teams to wait at least one more day to determine a winner by suspending play in the bottom of the first inning of Friday’s contest at Monroe. According to Carroll coach Mike Sheets, the game will likely be played at Monroe High School on Monday, but could possibly be played on Saturday or Sunday. Sports Sat, 18 May 2013 03:59:00 GMT http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177554 MIAMI (AP) — NL RBI leader Brandon Phillips homered in the sixth inning and drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the 10th, helping the Cincinnati Reds complete their second three-game sweep in a row by beating the Miami Marlins 5-3 Thursday night. Sports Fri, 17 May 2013 04:08:00 GMT http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177553 FAIRBORN — The Fairborn High School boys varsity tennis team made its season ending pizza party legitimate with Thursday’s 4-1 win at Community Park, over visiting Wayne. Skyhawks coach Terry Miller explained that the team goal had been to record five team match wins this season, and they had four wins and led another team match, before rain had canceled that match while Fairborn was ahead. So that was like five wins, wasn’t it? After Thursday, Fairborn got its fifth win. Sports Fri, 17 May 2013 04:07:00 GMT http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177552 Changes to Transfer Bylaw Approved; Competitive Balance Issue Fails for Third Consecutive Year           COLUMBUS, Ohio —  Seven of the nine proposed Ohio High School Athletic Association constitution and bylaw revisions passed as voted upon by OHSAA member schools, Commissioner Daniel B. Ross, Ph.D., has announced. Highlighting the voting was approval of a significant change to the transfer bylaw, but a proposal to change how schools are placed into their tournament divisions for team sports failed for the third consecutive year. Overall, changes were approved to two constitution items and five bylaw items.                     Sports Fri, 17 May 2013 04:05:00 GMT http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177551 MASON, Ohio — Fifth-seeded Southeastern manufactured a first-inning run and made it hold up for a 1-0 victory over the eight-seeded Cedarville in the second game of pool play at the NCCAA Division I World Series. Sports Fri, 17 May 2013 04:04:00 GMT http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177550 DAYTON, Ohio — The West Michigan Whitecaps scored five runs in the second inning and raced out to a 6-0 lead before holding off the Dayton Dragons 6-4 on Thursday night in the rubber match of a three-game series at Fifth Third Field. Sports Fri, 17 May 2013 04:03:00 GMT http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177544 DAYTON — Jeff Holm drilled a two-run home run and added a three-run triple to lead the West Michigan Whitecaps to an 11-3 victory over the Dayton Dragons on Wednesday night. The two teams have split the first two games of the series with the rubber match set for Thursday at 7:00 p.m.   Sports Thu, 16 May 2013 05:04:00 GMT http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177545 MIAMI (AP) — Shin-Soo Choo hit two homers and four pitchers combined on an 11-hit shutout Wednesday night to help the Cincinnati Reds extend their winning streak to a season-best five games by beating Miami 4-0. Sports Thu, 16 May 2013 05:04:00 GMT http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177542 MASON, Ohio — Defending champion and No. 1 seed California Baptist scored in every inning to ground No. 8 Cedarville, 15-2, in the first game of the NCCAA Division I World Series at Prasco Park. Sports Thu, 16 May 2013 05:02:00 GMT http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177543 FAIRBORN — Host Fairborn dug too deep of a hole for itself, and Hamilton’s pitchers made sure the Skyhawks stayed grounded, in Wednesday’s 6-5 upset win for the Hamilton Big Blue in Division I sectional tournament second round action. Hamilton (5-20), which had lost 14 of its last 16 games, sent 11 batters to the plate and six of them scored in the top of the first inning. Sports Thu, 16 May 2013 05:02:00 GMT http://fairborndailyherald.com/Main.asp?SectionID=195&SubSectionID=800&ArticleID=177541 Tuesday 7:30 P.M. Social Division – Church League Abiding Christ Lutheran, 1-0 Central Avenue Church of Christ, 0-1 Maple Avenue Church of God “A”, 1-0 Mary Help of Christians, 0-1 One Love Church, 1-0 Vandalia Nazarene Sports Thu, 16 May 2013 05:01:00 GMT