Brown hits hole-in-one

BELOIT — Gig Brown of East Liverpool hit his first hole-in-one Saturday during the West Branch Alumni Association Chili Open at Westville Lake Country Club

He used a 9-iron to ace the 130-yard sixth hole.

Witnesses were Jeff Wallace and Whitney Wallace of Salem and Clyde Davis of East Liverpool.

It was the first hole-in-one at the course this year.

Chili Open winners

BELOIT — The team of Gary Allison, Lane Allison, Reed Williams and Kaleb Votaw shot a 29 to win the West Branch Alumni Association Chili Open at the Westville Lake Country Club on Saturday.

The team of Zach Ruggles, Corey Snyder, Zach Milat and Andrew Hrusovski was second with a 31.

Finishing third with a 32 was the team of Jack Steele, Hunter Steele, Mike Lyons and Jim Caserta.

HOLE WINNERS: Closest to pin No. 3, Debbie Martig; Long drive No. 4, Andrew Hrusovski; Closest to pin No. 6, Gig Brown (hole-in-one); Long putt No. 9, Mike Lyons.

Jacksonville State regains NCAA bowling title

PARMA HEIGHTS — The Jacksonville State women’s bowling team captured its second NCAA national title in two years.

The top-seeded Gamecocks defeated fourth-seeded Wichita State, 4-1, in the baker best-of-seven national championship match Saturday night at Yorktown Lanes. The Gamecocks lost to Youngstown State in the championship match last year.

After Wichita State closed the first game with six straight strikes for a 216-208 win, Jacksonville State took over by winning the final four games, 246-213, 240-196, 185-169 and 191-184.

Jacksonville State sophomore Erin Klemencic was named the most outstanding bowler with a 266 baker average during Friday’s first two rounds and she had five strikes during the championship match. The Gamecocks roster also includes sophomore Emma Yoder, who led Wooster Triway to its first state championhip in 2022 when she also was the Ohio Division II individual champion, and junior Abbie Leiendecker, a Wooster High School graduate.

The Gamecocks will compete for another national championship this week in Green Bay, Wisconsin, during the USBC’s Intercollegiate Team Championship and Intercollegiate Singles Championship.

Denver gets 11th title

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Denver has thrived in the uncomfortable, refusing to panic even when the opponent is dominating play.

Much of that is because of the freshman in the Pioneers’ net.

No goalie has been better than Johnny Hicks, and he is the main reason Denver is yet again the best team in college hockey.

Kyle Chyzowski tipped in a shot from the point with 5:52 left to back up another sensational performance from Hicks and rally Denver to a 2-1 victory over Wisconsin on Saturday for the Pioneers’ third national championship in five years.

The victory also extended the Pioneers’ record to 11 national titles overall and denied the Badgers their seventh overall and first since 2006.