Vandercook Lake's senior Chad Marriott is congratulated by his coach after his team's win of Thursday night's home game against East Jackson. The Jayhawks were able to overcome an early deficit to pull ahead and win a share of the Cascades Conference championship for the first time since their 1969-70 season. They won, 53-45.
Southview's freshman Helen Waldie catches her breath after running with three other teammates in the 4 by 200 meter relay during the Northern Lakes League track and field championship meet at Maumee High School. Southview's team won the relay. The tennis ball halves Waldie held are used to mark runner position on the track.
Brunswick's Andre Bollam-Godbot, right, keeps an eye on the Brunswick's Game Szalay in the 1600 Meter Run at the Division I Region II Track and Field Championship meet Friday, May 26, 2017, at Amherst Steele High School.
Rogers' Tanaziah Hines, center left, and Tasya Gant, center, right, embrace as their teammates celebrate after the Rams beat Gilmour Academy in the Saturday, March 17, 2018, OHSAA Division II state championship game at Value City Arena in Columbus. Rogers beat Gilmour Academy, 51-37, to win their first state championship.
Nick Scholl, of Deerfield, left, congratulates his daughter Megan, 15, right, on bringing down her first pheasant while hunting Saturday, October 31, 2015, on land near Clinton, Mich. Megan and her sister Erika,18, were pheasant hunting for the first time as part of a youth hunt organized by Gene Merx, 79, who lives on the land. Both girls said that while hunting isn't particularly popular with their friends, they were excited to get into the sport.
Jessica Black, center, slips as she tries to help a teammate up as they climb out of the submerged volleyball court in the seventh annual Mud Volleyball Tournament at the Lucas County Fairgrounds in Maumee, Ohio, on Aug. 25, 2018. The event was organized by Toledo Sport and Social Club to raise money for the Kidney Foundation of Northwest Ohio. More than 1,000 people participated in this year's tournament, including 800 players.
Mason Smith, 13, kept his shoes taped on in the mud during the seventh annual Mud Volleyball Tournament at the Lucas County Fairgrounds in Maumee, Ohio, on Aug. 25, 2018. The event was organized by Toledo Sport and Social Club to raise money for the Kidney Foundation of Northwest Ohio. More than 1,000 people participated in this year's tournament, including 800 players.
Alton Moran of Fostoria, center, flies down a mound as he and other riders work on creating a new jump park in a vacant area of West Toledo, Ohio, on July 24, 2013. The new BMX park I a grassroots effort by riders from around the region.
The sun pushes through the clouds as the Maverick, owned by Mark Keesey, heads toward the start line with the JAM C class at the President's Trophy race Friday, June 8, 2018, in Lake Erie north of Toledo. Sailboats in three races, the Mills Trophy Course, the Governor’s Cup Course, and the President’s Trophy Course, began at the same place and will end at Put-in-Bay in the Erie Islands.
The Stryker football team is led by Max Wonders (80) Alex Grice (55) and Wyatt Short (21) as they take the field for their season home opener Friday, August 24, 2018. This was the first varsity game for the high school since 1931. The team began with junior varsity two years ago and made their varsity debut Friday against Holgate.
Deb Tilton, of Clinton, Mich., screams as she waited in line with her poster of NASCAR racer Jeff Gordon in downtown Brooklyn, Mich., ahead of meeting Gordon on June 16, 2012. Tilton said she had been a fan of the driver for nearly 15 years. Gordon was in town the day before Michigan International Speedway’s race weekend to hand off a check for $10,000 on behalf of Jeff Gordon, AARP and AARP Foundation to the Food Bank of South Central Michigan.
Driver Darrell Wallace, Jr. greets fans before the 49th Annual FireKeepers Casino 400 race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., on Sunday, June 18, 2017. Thousands of fans turned out for the first of the speedway’s two annual NASCAR race weekends.
St. Ursula's April Galloway attempts nine feet, six inches in the pole vault Friday, April 27, 2018, at the Nancy Erme Relays track meet at Whitmer High School.
Perkins' Maria Schoder (34) and Central Catholic's Maverick Delp dive for a loose ball in the OHSAA Division II Northwest District Semifinal matchup at Anthony Wayne High School in Toledo on March 1, 2018. Perkins won, 49-42.
Lake seniors Forrest Bennett, 17, center, and Casey Blank, 17, right, lead the student section as they attempt to distract Rossford's sophomore Nate Childress during a free throw in the the second quarter of the game at Lake High School on Dec. 18, 2012.
Indianapolis' Eric Wood (14) Christopher Bostick, center and Gift Ngoepe, right, can't make the catch off a Mud Hens hit in the bottom of the first inning during the Saturday, April 15, 2017, baseball match up at Fifth Third Field in downtown Toledo.
Austin Proctor, 8, center, broke from his group's huddle to look back at his opposing teammates in a scrimmage during basketball team practice at Fairfield Elementary in Maumee. The Panthers have taken to wearing colorful socks to augment their uniforms.
Northview's goalie Preston Due (30) embraces his teammate Cody Estrel (12) as their student section goes wild after the team clinched the Saturday, March 1, 2014, district final match up against St. John's Jesuit at Tam-O-Shanter in Sylvania. Though St. John's Jesuit scored two goals early in the first period, Northview came back to win, 4-2.
From left, Toledo's Janice Monakana is hugged by Kaayla McIntyre as Mariella Santucci, center, embraces by Sara Rokkanen (1) and Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott (11) hugs Sophie Reecher, right, after the team beat Northern Illinois to clinch the MAC championship at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, on Saturday, March 11, 2017. Toledo won, 82-71.
Michigan's Chris Evans (12) leaps over the Michigan State defense on the run in the first half of the Saturday, October 7, 2017, football match up at the Big House in Ann Arbor. Michigan State won, 14-10.
Toledo Walleye Martin Frk (19) bypasses fallen South Carolina Stingrays defender Wade Epp (27) in pursuit of the puck during the first period of the series Game 6 match up at the Huntington Center in downtown Toledo, Ohio, on May 26, 2015.
Notre Dame's Sydney Unverferth, left, rushes to cheer Lexa Bauer (20) after she scored against Brunswick's Cece Peer (13) keeper Allison Mysliwiec (5) and Emily Kazimore (3) in the second half of the Saturday, November 5, 2016, Division I Region II Championship soccer match up against Brunswick at Perkins High School in Sandusky. Notre Dame won, 1-0.
Ashland's Healther Jamieson is carried off the track after collapsing at the finish line of the 1600 Meter Run at the Division 1 Region 2 Track and Field Championship meet Friday, May 26, 2017, at Amherst Steele High School.
Young boxers practice as Robert Easter, Jr., bottom right, talks with assistant coach Michael Stafford during a work-out at Glass City Boxing Gym in Toledo, Ohio, on Jan. 9, 2018. Easter, the IBF lightweight champion, still works out in his neighborhood gym when he’s home. He will defend his title against Javier Fortuna on Jan. 20, 2018, at the Barclays Center Brooklyn.
Erian Gambriell, 12, left, leads the pack as he and other children run through basketball drills together during the 2015 Dribbling with Dads Initiative Saturday, June 20, 2015, at the Frederick Douglass Community Center in West Toledo. About 125 children attended the 1k walk, dribbling basketballs with their parents and families through the neighborhood around the Frederick Douglass Community Center. The event was organized by the Lucas County Metropolitan Housing Authority for the fourth year of their Fatherhood Initiative Celebration, held to recognize fathers and support male involvement in children's lives.
Springfield's Kevin Brake, left, and Shawn Oliver, center, force Perrysburg's Connor Meredith (1) to fumble on the tackle in the first quarter of the Friday, September 16, 2016, football match up at Springfield. Perrysburg recovered the fumble. Springfield won, 48-17.
Bedford's senior Jeremy Harris (90) Lucas Mayo (21) Boss Brad (2) Alec Hullibarger (11) and Jack Maison (35) carry their teammate Colton Durbin's number 3 jersey off the field before the start of the Friday, Oct. 25, 2013, match up between Monroe Jefferson and Bedford. Bedford senior Colton Durbin was taken off life support Thursday after being injured in a car accident Wednesday. In addition to a moment of silence held before the beginning of the game, Colton's family and friends wore buttons, face painting and held his number aloft in his honor.
Napoleon's Andrew Pettit, center, his coaches and supporters cheer together as Pettit pins Maumee's Brandon Phillips during the 220 pound weight class match at the Saturday, February 7, 2015, Northern Lakes League Championship meet at Springfield high school.