Osgood Journal Sports
June 20, 2006

2006 M.I.S.T. participants are excited, aggressive, disciplined and impressive
Gary Franklin - Sports Writer

These are but a few of the terms supporters use to describe the (MIST) Milan Indian Swim Team. Paula Karsteter reports the team roster for 2006 and shared some updates as were available about the team's events thus far in the new season.
The team consists of 73 members between the ages of 4 & 18 and this year includes: Sarah Ake, Lydia Asbury, Patrick Baker, Danielle Baugh, Jacob Baugh, Alex Billingsley, Marisa Combs, Brett Cook, Brianna Crawley, Zoe Despres, Michaela Diem, Natalie Douglas, Shelby Egbert, Elizabeth Elmer, Michael Elmer, Hayley Fossett, Josh Gardner, Kaleigh Gardner, Anthony Grippo, Larry Grippo, Lauren Grippo, Steven Gutzwiller, Brook Lynn Halcomb, Kiera Hall, Natalie Hardy, Bradlee Heath, Alex Hooker, Dustin Hornberger, Liz Houze, Ciera Ison, Keana Ison, Kolton Ison, Kurtis Kimla, Christine Lamar, Luke Lamar, Sam Layden, Cody Marsee, Tatiana Marsee, Ashley McClanahan, Elise Meyer, Tyler Mills, Jessica Nichols, Arielle Noel, Kaleigh Ollman, Staci Ollman, Darian Owens, Desiree Parsons, Destini Parsons, Russell Pitts, Chyenne Reese, Dillon Richardson, Devin Riley, Madelynn Roell, Elijah Roepke, Devon Rosenbarger, Sydney Ross, Casey Ryan, Danielle Schaeffer, Seth Schutte, Molly Scudder, Elizabeth Smith, Rachel Smith, Emily Snyder, Ashley Stenger, Makenzie Stratton, Jared Sutton, Samuel Thompson, Olivia Voss, Carter Wade, Cooper Wade, Heath Weston, Hayley Zornes and Shelby Zornes. The coaches for this year's team include Zach Wade, Rhonda Goodpaster, and Sarah Kraushar.
On Thursday, June 1, MIST competed with Lawrenceburg at Milan, claiming 954 points to Lawrenceburg's 276 for the meet.
On Monday, June 12, MIST competition slated them at home against the Hidden Valley Gators with the final score recorded giving Milan 950 points to the Gator's 482.
The next scheduled competition for MIST is set for Monday, June 19, at 5:30 pm at the Batesville Memorial Pool against the Batesville swimmers.

Cooper Wade gets set for the 100 yard individual medley start

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GARY FRANKLIN PHOTO 2006 Gunter Enterprises Little League Team Pictured front, from left are: Ryan Lengerich, Andrew Richter, Thomas Gray, Ethan Cumberworth, and Christian Lee. Row 2: Devin Sykes, Matt Strimple, Kendall Miller, Brandon Sizemore, and Trey Sparks. Row 3: Coach Rick Sizemore, Coach Chuck Gunter, and Coach Jeff Cumberworth.

GARY FRANKLIN PHOTO 2006 Ohio Rod Little League Team Pictured front, from left are: Joey Ayers, Bryttan Rodgers, Caleb Huntington, Josh Huntington, Austin Allen, and Barry George. Row 2: Cole Engle, Hunter Ballard, Tyler Gabbard, Derrick Lewis, Jason Dilk, and Jake Holman. Row 3: Coach Engle, Coach Huntington, and Coach Gabbard.

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Eagle bats continue to stir the summer air
Gary Franklin - Sports Editor

Coach David Bradshaw's Eagle baseball summer league team is wasting no time getting a leg up on competitors. The Eagles' winning drive has taken them to victory in three straight games. The first against the Milan Indians on Wednesday, June 7, where the Eagles won by a 16-6 score. They followed on Saturday, June 10 with a double header victory over Rushville by scores of 9-3 and 15-5.
The Milan Game
The Indians rallied to score 3 runs in the top of the first inning after sending 7 batters to the plate. However, the Eagle response was to even the score with 3 runs of their own by the end of the first. The Eagles likewise sent 7 batters to the plate, opening their at bat with David Busch, fielding at second base. Justin Huff, the left fielder, followed in the second batting position. Brandon Gehl opened for the Eagles from the mound and batted in the third spot. Tucker Brown held the clean up position in the line-up and played first base on defense. Daniel Leonetti batted in the #5 spot and caught. Blake Sutton handled the short stop duties, Eric Horan took right field, Aaron Harmeyer was the center fielder, Matt Gehl covered third base, Brock Billman and Andrew Huff assumed roles as EH.
The Indians scored 1 in the second inning and 2 in the top of the fifth for a total of 6 for the game. The Eagles added 6 in the second, were scoreless in the third, added 3 in the fourth and closed the game with a 10 run win in the bottom of the fifth adding 4 for a 16-6 final score.
Rushville -
First Game of Double Header
The Lions' battery were held scoreless through 5 innings before scoring one run in the sixth and adding a pair in the seventh for a total of 3 in the opening game. The Eagles opened their half of the first inning putting 3 runs on the books while sending 7 batters to the plate, added 3 more of the next 7 batters in the second, and were held scoreless in the third, batting only four.
In the fourth, the Eagles were again held scoreless, but in the fifth added 1. In the sixth, a pair of runs crossed the plate for the Eagle victory for a final score of 9-3.
Rushville -
Second Game of Double Header
The Lions scored first to open the second game of the double header with JCD. They added 3 in the second inning, and were held scoreless in the third and fourth before scoring their final run in the top of the fifth inning.
The Eagles' bats sang as David Busch, Justin Huff, and Daniel Leonetti both crossed the plate in the first inning for 3 runs. The 3 RBI's were posted by Tucker Brown, Brandon Gehl, and Blake Sutton.
The Eagles batted 7 batters in each of their first three first inning appearances. Failing to score in the second inning, 11 runs were added in the third and 1 more in the fourth for a total of 15, cutting the game short on the 5 inning-10 run rule. Final score JCD 15 - Rushville 5.