Academy Roundup

Swim teams second at sectional; set for district

At a glance

Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Columbus Academy boys basketball, girls basketball, bowling, swimming and wrestling teams:

BOYS BASKETBALL

*Feb. 3 — Defeated Heath 46-45. Daniel Aronowitz scored 13 points, Zach Ratcliff scored 12 and Tim Eldridge scored 10.

*Feb. 7 — Def. Lakewood 88-27. Jacob Mikalov scored 17 points, Aakash Paladugu scored 12 and Ratcliff scored 10.

Feb. 8 — Lost to Hartley 48-41. Ratcliff scored 13 points.

*Feb. 11 — Def. Whitehall 96-50. Aronowitz scored 18 points and Kyle Turner and Stephen Casey each scored 14.

*Feb. 14 — Played Granville

*Feb. 17 — Home vs. Bexley. Academy beat Bexley 52-50 on Jan. 20.

Feb. 22 — Cardington in first round of Division III district tournament, 7:45 p.m. at Central Crossing. Winner plays Berne Union in second round, 7:45 p.m. Feb. 29 at Central Crossing.

Of note: The Vikings were 15-3 overall and 11-1 in the MSL-Ohio before Feb. 14.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

*Jan. 31 — Def. Whitehall 44-42. Erin Simmons scored 16 points.

*Feb. 4 — Lost to Granville 60-53. Simmons scored 23 points and LaShaun Ransom scored 19.

Feb. 7 — Lost to Shekinah Christian 51-42. Simmons scored 14 points and Ransom scored 12.

*Feb. 10 — Lost to Bexley 31-28. Simmons scored nine points.

Feb. 16 — Mount Gilead in first round of Division III district tournament, 6 p.m. at New Albany. Winner plays Horizon Science Academy in second round, 6 p.m. Feb. 24 at New Albany.

Of note: The Vikings are 8-11 overall and finished 5-9 in the MSL-Ohio.

BOWLING

Feb. 11 — Boys: Finished ninth (3,002) in nine-team MSL tournament at Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl behind first-place Whitehall (4,078); Girls: Finished fifth (2,717) in nine-team MSL tournament behind first-place Whitehall (3,545)

Feb. 17 — Boys: Sectional tournament at Eastland Lanes. The top nine teams and top nine individuals not on qualifying teams advance to district Feb. 25 at HP Lanes.

Feb. 18 — Girls: Sectional tournament at Columbus Western Bowl. The top nine teams and top nine individuals not on qualifying teams advance to district Feb. 24 at HP Lanes.

Of note: The boys finished 8-8 overall and 7-7 in the Central Ohio High School Bowling Conference-Central. The girls finished 8-5 overall and 8-3 in the COHSBC-Central.

SWIMMING

Feb. 3 — Boys: Lost to St. Charles 106-46; Girls: Def. Columbus School for Girls 89-81

Feb. 4 — Boys: Def. Bexley 79-68; Girls: Def. Bexley 113-57

Feb. 11 — Boys: Finished second (196) in 22-team Division II sectional at home behind champion Granville (252); Girls: Finished second (223) in 18-team Division II sectional at home behind champion Granville (336)

Feb. 17 — Division II district meet at Ohio State

Below are the district qualifiers with sectional time and district seed:

Boys — Brian Burke: 500 free (5:55.08, 24th); Mitchell Dreisbach: 100 breast (1:06.91, seventh), 100 fly (59.2, 12th); Stephan Kim: 100 back (1:07.79, 27th), 200 IM (2:28.7, 21st); Andy Li: 100 fly (1:02.86, 27th); Matt Turney: 50 free (24.9, 28th), 100 free (53.93, 23rd); Dimitri Vasilkov: 100 breast (1:12.59, 22nd), 200 IM (2:27.64, 19th); William Westwater: 50 free (23.31, fifth), 100 back (57.99, second); Alec Wuorinen: 100 back (1:03.22, 18th), 200 IM (2:21.64, 14th); Conrad Wuorinen: 200 free (1:49.03, second), 100 fly (55.73, second); 200 free relay (1:36.40, third); 400 free relay (3:30.57, second); 200 medley relay (1:52.11, 11th); Girls — Abby Brown: 100 back (1:06.25, 10th), 100 fly (1:01.65, third); Lauren Burke: 100 free (1:00.32, 19th), 200 IM (2:26.61, ninth); Emily Carlin: 100 back (1:16.74, 29th); Alex Keith: 500 free (6:32.93, 30th); Anya Kone’: 50 free (25.42, second), 100 free (55.63, third); Annie Lee: 100 free (58.85, 12th), 100 back (1:04.7, sixth); Maggie McGuire: 100 back (1:10.43, 21st), 100 back (1:10.55, 16th); Cami Mampieri: 50 free (27.77, 25th), 100 free (1:02.3, 28th); India Sherman: 50 free (26.49, eighth), 100 breast (1:11.13, second); Abby Wilson: 100 back (1:00.43, second), 200 IM (2:15.79, third); Sarah Wilson: 200 free (2:01.75, fourth), 500 free (5:26.77, fifth); 200 free relay (1:47.85, third); 400 free relay (3:46.52, second); 200 medley relay (1:53.8, first)

WRESTLING

Feb. 1 — Def. Columbus East 39-24 and Independence 57-18

Feb. 4 — Def. Herman (Pa.) Summit Academy 42-36 and Lake Forest (Ill.) Academy 36-33 and lost to Saltsburg (Pa.) Kiski 57-21 in quad match at Kiski

Feb. 11 — Finished fifth (84) in eight-team MSL-Ohio tournament behind champion and host Licking Valley (258)

Feb. 17-18 — Division III sectional tournament at Madison Plains. The top four in each weight class advance to district Feb. 24 and 25 at Heath.

*League contest

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Senior Sarah Wilson helped the Academy girls swimming team finish second in a Division II sectional meet Feb. 11 at home. The boys squad also finished second. The Vikings will compete in the district meet Friday, Feb. 17, at Ohio State. Buy This Photo

By FRANK DiRENNA

ThisWeek Community News Wednesday February 15, 2012 9:54 AM

Sarah Wilson of the Columbus Academy girls swimming team will be seeking her fourth Division II state berth when she competes in the district meet Friday, Feb. 17, at Ohio State.

This season, she’s hoping for the added bonus of competing at state with her freshman sister, Abby.

“It’s really important to me to get back to states,” Sarah said. “It’s been a really fun year with having my sister on the team and I just hope we finish strong.”

The top two individuals and relays in each district event automatically advance to the state meet Feb. 22-24 at Branin Natatorium in Canton. Sixteen at-large qualifiers will be selected for each event based on times from all the district meets.

The Wilsons helped the Vikings finish second (223) to Granville (336) in the 18-team home sectional Feb. 11.

The boys team finished second (196) to Granville (252) in the 22-team home sectional.

The girls opened the sectional finals by winning the 200-yard medley relay in 1 minute, 53.8 seconds with the Wilsons joining Abby Brown and Anya Kone’.

The Wilsons again teamed to help Academy finish second (3:46.52) in the 400 freestyle relay. Kone’ and Annie Lee also swam on the relay.

Abby Wilson was second in the 200 individual medley (2:15.79) and 100 backstroke (1:00.43), and Sarah was second in the 500 free (5:26.77) and third in the 200 free (2:01.75).

Sarah was pleased with her team’s showing.

“Granville is so tough; they’re so deep,” she said. “They have a lot of talent. Taking second to them, we take it with a grain of salt. We’re in a good position for (district), so we’ll just come back and swim fast.”

Last season at state, Sarah was 22nd (1:00.45) in the 100 fly and was part of the ninth-place 200 medley relay (1:51.04) and 15th-place 200 free relay (1:42.53).

The boys team qualified nine swimmers for district led by senior Conrad Wuorinen, who finished first in the 200 free (1:49.03) and second in the 100 fly (55.73) at sectional.

Wuorinen, Andy Li, Mitchell Dreisbach and William Westwater won the 400 free relay (3:30.57). Westwater was second in the 100 back (57.99) and part of the second-place 200 free relay (1:36.4) with Dreisbach, Matt Turney and Alec Wuorinen, Conrad’s brother.

“We have a good group of senior leadership that just brings our team together and they do a really nice job of it,” coach Craig Yakscoe said. “If we could get about half of these girls and half of the boys to the state meet that would be really cool.”

•The boys basketball team entered the week looking to clinch at least a share of the MSL-Ohio Division title.

The Vikings played Granville on Feb. 14 and close the regular season at home against Bexley on Friday, Feb. 17.

Before Feb. 14, Academy and Newark Catholic were tied for first at 11-1. Newark Catholic played Heath on Feb. 14 and visits Licking Valley on Friday, Feb. 17.

“It would be really nice,” coach Chris Jones said of winning a league title. “That’s always our first goal every year is to try and get at least a share of the league.”

Academy is seeded second behind Bloom-Carroll for the Division III district tournament.

The Vikings, who entered the week 15-3 overall, will play 22nd-seeded Cardington in the first round Wednesday, Feb. 22, at Central Crossing.

The Pirates, members of the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference, were 6-11 overall before playing Fredericktown on Feb. 14.

“They don’t have a lot of size,” Jones said of Cardington. “They have a nice guard (in senior Cameron Smith) who is probably their best player. They’re really scrappy. They hit the boards really hard, so we’re definitely going to have our work cut out for us.”

The winner will play 16th-seeded Berne Union in the second round Feb. 29 at Central Crossing.

“I didn’t think we would be up that high,” Jones said of the second seed. “It’s a good feeling. To be at that point and getting that kind of respect from your peers is always nice.”