Scott Nealon

Chris Nealon

Avon Lake’s twin brothers Chris and Scott Nealon were named to the All-Ohio Athletic Conference baseball team.

Chris was tabbed as a second-team pick at first base and Scott was selected to the honorable mention squad as a designated hitter. The duo had their finest seasons as collegians this spring.

Chris led the Yellow Jackets with a .390 batting average (48-for-123) and three home runs and tied for the team lead with 10 doubles. Chris also recorded 29 RBIs and scored 22 runs. Defensively, he posted a fine .993 fielding average with 266 putouts and 12 assists. Chris also made five pitching appearances and logged 7 1/3 innings on the mound. In 69 career games, which include 53 starts, he batted .391 with 47 RBIs.

Scott hit .361 (48-of-133) with two home runs and 28 RBIs after moving from third base to designated hitter midway through the season. He also scored 24 runs, walked 10 times and stole five bases. In 91 career games, which include 66 starts, Scott hit .359 with three home runs and 59 RBIs.

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Avon Lake’s Trey Stross caught three passes for 61 yards for Iowa as the Hawkeyes escaped with a 17-16 win over Northern Iowa. The game featured back-to-back blocks on two game-winning field goal attempts by Iowa State’s Billy Hallgren to seal the deal.

Elyria’s Danny Noble caught two passes for 18 yards for Toledo, as the Rockets were blasted by Purdue, 52-31 in West Lafayette, Indiana.

On Thursday night, Elyria’s P.J. Mahone and his Bowling Green Falcons took it to the Troy Trojans, winning 31-14 at Hoyt Perry Stadium. Mahone finished with eight tackles.

Also on Thursday, Amherst’s Alex Knipp led Ball State with 13 tackles on defense in its 20-10 loss to North Texas.

In Division II, Lake Erie College won a thriller in overtime, defeating Fairmont State University, 27-24. Brunswick’s Sean Bedevelsky threw the game-winning TD to Mentor’s Brandon James in the front right corner of the endzone in LEC’s home opener played at Jack Britt Memorial Stadium. Midview’s Scott Given was in on eight tackles, while Admiral King’s Cameron Bryant added four.

Notre Dame College of Ohio football will make its football debut on Sunday at 1 p.m. when they take on Hiram College on Korb Field in Lyndhurst.

In Division III action, North Ridgeville’s John McGraw scored a touchdown in Baldwin-Wallace’s 38-31 loss to Franklin at Berea. McGraw scampered from 9 yards out to score his first TD of the year, which happened to tie the game at 28 in the third quarter. He finished with 24 yards on six carries and he also caught four passes for 44 yards. Amherst’s Ryan Kish recorded a game-high 11 tackles on defense. Avon Lake’s Scott Nealon punted twice, averaging 42 yards a punt.

Midview’s Bobby Bott, a Division III All-American last season, helped 16th-ranked Case Western Reserve University get off to a good start, defeating Kenyon College, 33-21. The Spartans win is their 22nd straight regular-season victory and their eighth-straight season opening win. Bott recorded six tackles on defense and also returned a punt for eight yards.

Oberlin College lost to Washington and Jefferson, 35-9 in their opener. Amherst’s Shawn Chrapczynski recorded five tackles. Wellington’s Cory Kidd caught one pass for four yards and also punted eight times. Three of his punts were inside the 20-yard line.

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BEREA, OHIO - Wellington’s Cody Kidd ended his baseball career at Baldwin-Wallace College Saturday, but will leave with plenty of records and accomplishments.

Kidd is the Yellow Jackets’ all-time leader in hits (184), runs scored (143), triples (14) and hit-by-pitches (25). He also holds the single-season records for runs scored (52), triples (six), and hit-by-pitches (13). He also has more stolen bases (62) and the highest batting average (.387) than any other Yellow Jacket during the 2000’s.

This season Kidd batted .413 (62-for-150) and had on-base percentage of .492. He hit 13 doubles, six triples and three home runs. His 52 runs scored led the team and he was second on the team with 40 RBIs. He also stole 23 bases this season.

Despite splitting an Ohio Athletic Conference doubleheader with Wilmington College, Kidd hit a grand-slam home run to cap off his sensational baseball career at B-W on Seniors' Day at Heritage Field in Berea on Saturday. With the split, the Yellow Jackets finish the season at 19-19 overall and 8-10 in the OAC and had three 19-win seasons in the past four years.

Last year he was named an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American for the second-consecutive season. He was a co-captain last year and hit .386 and led the team with 34 runs scored and added 26 RBIs. He was named second team All-Ohio Athletic Conference and All-OAC Academic.

Other area players on the Yellow Jackets are: Scott Nealon and Chris Nealon (Avon Lake), Sam Wasylyshyn (North Ridgeville), Matt Bush (Midview), Colin Wright (Admiral King), Brenton Brada (Elyria), and Ben Kubuski (Elyria Catholic). Stay tuned for another update on B-W baseball.

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