Edison's Sarah Rospert earned All-Ohio Athletic Conference Second Team honors in cross country at Baldwin-Wallace this season at the OAC Championships at Ohio Northern.

She placed 13th out of 157 runners and completed the 6

The junior runner led the Yellow Jackets to a fourth-place finish with a team score of 106 points.

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Midview graduate Josiah Holt was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance in the Yellow Jackets’ 75-0 victory at Wilmington College on Saturday.

The Baldwin-Wallace sophomore is a wide receiver and kickoff return specialist for the Yellow Jackets.

Holt returned the second half kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown. It marked his second kick return for TD in his two years with the Yellow Jackets. This season, Holt tops the Yellow Jackets in both receiving and kick returns. He has a team-high 20 catches for 220 yards and two TD’s. He also has returned eight kickoffs for a 27.6-yard average.

The victory improved B-W’s record to 6-1 overall and 5-1 in the OAC.

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Huron’s Sara Sage continues to thrive in her senior season at UCLA as her and the No. 6 nationally-ranked Bruins swept Utah on Saturday at the John Wooden Center. Set scores were 25-12, 25-14, 27-25.

Sage, who had right shoulder surgery in April, and has had three knee surgeries, has battled with injuries. However, in 31 sets played this season, Sage has 45 kills.

The Bruins improve to 18-3 overall and 11-2 in Pac-12 play, and hit a season-best .411 for the match.

The Bruins travel to the Bay Area to face a pair of Top 10 teams next weekend, facing California on Friday and Stanford on Saturday.

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Perkins graduate Cierra Bravard was selected to the Preseason All-ACC Team as she gets ready for her senior season at Florida State.

Bravard led the Seminoles in scoring (15 ppg), rebounding (7.8 rpg), field goal percentage (54.5 percent) and blocks (27) in 2010-11 en route to All-ACC First Team honors and honorable mention All-America accolades from the WBCA. Bravard also led the ACC in free throws made with 156.

The ACC honor adds to a growing list of preseason awards for Bravard, who was named a preseason First Team All-American by the Sporting News as well as a member of the Wade Award and Wooden Award Watch Lists.

The Seminoles finished third in the ACC in 2010-11, compiling an 11-3 ACC mark. FSU tied for first in the conference in 2009 and 2010 and the squad’s 35 conference wins over the past three years are tied for the most in the ACC with Duke over that span.

FSU advanced to its seventh straight NCAA Tournament in 2010-11, capturing a three-seed for the second consecutive season, and finished with a 24-8 record. In addition to Bravard, FSU returns starters Alexa Deluzio and Natasha Howard.

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Avon Lake’s Brian Mihalik recorded his first tackle while playing in his second game for Boston College in a game against UMass.

Mihalic was an All-Ohio Division II Second Team selection and All-Northeast District First Teamer as a defensive lineman. He also earned All-Lorain County and All-Southwestern Conference First Team honors.

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The Baldwin-Wallace College defense forced five turnovers (4 interceptions and one fumble) and running backs Willie Jackson (Citrus Springs, Fla./Crystal River) and Tyler Lohr (Kent/Roosevelt) rushed for 119 and 112 yards as the Yellow Jackets defeated Marietta College, 17-7, today in an Ohio Athletic Conference game in the Don Drumm Stadium.

With the victory, the Yellow Jackets improved to 3-1 overall and 2-1 in the OAC.

Both teams were held scoreless both were responsible for causing three turnovers in the opening period. The Yellow Jackets first forced a fumble by senior linebacker Matt Higginbotham (Hartville/Uniontown Lake) and senior linebacker John Harasyn (Mentor) fell on the loose ball. B-W tallied its second takeaway when junior cornerback Brandon Russo (Olmsted Falls) intercepted from Marietta quarterback Andrew Keller. The Pioneers were able to intercept Yellow Jacket junior quarterback Ryan O’Rourke (Avon) in the back of the end zone.

In the second quarter, B-W and Marietta each continued to be plagued by turnovers as both teams each threw an interception. Sophomore corner back Kevin Johnson (Maple Heights/St. Ignatius) recorded his first career interception for the Yellow Jackets. B-W got the lone points of the half when sophomore placekicker Chris Mohler (Kent/Roosevelt) connected on his first career field goal from 20-yards as time expired.

The Pioneers took their first lead of the game when wide receiver Tannon Roberts caught the nine yard touchdown pass off the hands of senior linebacker Brett Thompson (Shelby) from quarterback Kyle Shackle with the 3:01 left in the third quarter. Nathan Zarnoksi tacked on the extra point for the 7-3 advantage. The Marietta drive was aided by two 15-yard penalties (roughing the punter & pass interference) by the Yellow Jackets.

B-W regained the lead (10-7) when Lohr scored the go ahead touchdown on a nine yard run and Mohler add his first career extra point with 14:00 minutes remaining in the game. Lohr accounted for all 44 yards on the Yellow Jacket drive.

B-W extended its lead with 6:59 left as Harasyn gathered his second turnover of the game on an interception off the tipped pass from junior safety Tom Goebel (Parma/Padua Franciscan) and took it 48 yards to paydirt. Mohler tacked on the extra point to make the lead 17-7. Harasyn has accounted for all of the Yellow Jacket defensive touchdowns this season as he already returned a 68-yard fumble against Wooster in the season-opener.

In addition to the five turnovers, B-W tallied six sacks as senior defensive end Derron Hamilton (Euclid) accounted for three and half sacks. Hamilton has had seven sacks in the last two games.

courtesy of Baldwin-Wallace