Captain Brinn Announces Addition of New Member

We here at Captain Brinn's Ohio Varsity have begun a new expansion project.
We are creating new social networks (have you created your profile on Captain Brinn's Ohio Varsity Social Community yet?) and communities all the while promoting Ohio Girls Varsity sports focusing on basketball, volleyball, and softball. With this ever changing and growing format, we have decided to expand our staff here at Captain Brinn. With that, we have finally sorted through the emails and are pleased to announce the addition of Keane. Keane, has been a longtime blogger and contributor on JJ HUDDLE. He has an extraordinary background in volleyball and basketball as a former player and coach, and employs a great knowledge of the game. We here at Captain Brinn's Ohio Varsity are very pleased and fortunate to have him join our ever-growing
sports/social blogging and networking communities.

Tell the story of your school's athletic tradition!

If you are proud supporter of your school and want people to know about its athletic tradition, then write a blog feature for Captain Brinn's Ohio Varsity. No length requirements or anything specific like that. We want to learn about as many high school sports programs as possible. Tell us about state appearances, greatest teams, greatest athletes, athletes who made it big in the pros or at college, title runs, cinderella runs, etc. Simply put, tell about your high school program!
Email you blog feature to captainbrinn@gmail.com
We hope to feature them on here as we get them! And, you don't have to put who you are. Anonymous is fine. Looking forward to it!

What's to come?

Keep checking Captain Brinn's Ohio Varsity this week and all summer. The state championships are over, but the Captain is just getting warmed up! We just want this blog and the Captain Brinn network to grow and grow and we want you to be a part of it. You can submit story ideas or write blog postings of your own and submit them to captainbrinn@gmail.com!

In the meantime, here's what's next:
*The Captain will post pre-pre season softball rankings late this week
*The Captain will start looking ahead to volleyball season and football season
*The Captain will feature rankings all summer of the top Ohio programs in various sports and overall
*The Captain will launch the Ohio Varsity Social Community

Keep reading! Nearly 1700 unique visits in less than 3 weeks! Wow!

More to report from around the state...

Canal Winchester upset Notre Dame Cathedral Latin today in D2 baseball and now will contend for the state championship against Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit.

The Division IV softball championship is set and Triad used a big homerun in the bottom of the 10th against Warren JFK to advance to play for the title for the third time. Will it be a charm? Unknown Danville took advantage of Crestview's poor baserunning and some timely hitting to win 3-2 over the #1 Lady Knights, who once again fall short of the title game.

Division 3 softball is underway between West Liberty-Salem and Wellington. Currently 0-0 in the 2nd inning. WLS is trying to be the second school from Champaign County to advance to the title game today (Triad being the other). PeakofOhio.com has the game on their website now! Here's the link:
http://www.peakofohio.com/content/view/5544/116/

The hunt for state titles in baseball and softball begins

Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit needed 9 innings to do away with Kenton Ridge in the first baseball semi-final for D2.



Big upset of #1 Convoy Crestview by upstart Danville. Crestview made a huge error when senior Meghan Henry was set to score but for some reason stopped and turned around and was tagged out in an attempt to return to 3rd base. Cview would have been up 1-0. Danville then scored two, though it could have been worse as they loaded bases with no outs. Then Melissa Eickholt's 2-run homer tied things up. It looked like Crestview would get the last word in the bottom of the 7th as pitcher Chelsea Lare had 2 outs but then walked a batter and then Danville got on a roll and managed to send one to home for a 3-2 lead. Crestview would threaten again with runners on 2nd and 3rd and one out, but a double play sent Danville onto the championship game and Crestview was upset once again in the state semi's. Crestview has been favored going into the state tourney in 2001, 2005, 2006, and this year, but only in 2005 did they manage to win it all.

Word is Canal Winchester up 3-1 on Notre Dame Cathedral Latin.

More later....

Follow baseball and softball tournament action live!

OhioHSsports.com will feature live streaming video of all state baseball and softball tournaments from their site on Saturday and it looks like they will have updated inning-by-inning score updates on the site as well. If you can't make it to your game, follow along on this site!
Link:
http://www.ohiohssports.com/

Approaching the 1300 hit mark!!

Excited to notice that Captain Brinn's Ohio Varsity is approaching the 1300 unique visitor mark in just our 2nd week up-and-running! Wow! Lots of you like to read about Ohio Varsity Sports, which is to be expected because Ohio does have the best high school sports around! 1300 visitors in just 2 weeks is an astounding number!

Now, we want you to join the conversation and add to our content! Feel like sharing information and your opinions or featuring your school or team or athletes? Email us a blog post/article/story, etc. at captainbrinn@gmail.com and we will post it (as long as it is appropriate). We know that everyone wants to spread the word about their team of choice and the Captain cannot cover it all so here is your chance to write and get the word out through this blog.

If you don't feel like having a whole blog post, then email us links to newspaper articles, email us video, photos, etc. or just leave a comment and join the conversation here on the blog. Just click on the COMMENTS button below the blog you want to discuss or respond to and it will let you post a comment.

Thanks for reading! Hope to hear from you soon!

Captain's Roundup

A look at some articles previewing state teams in all sports. If you have one from your local paper you don't see here, email it or add it to the comments on the post!

Danville's getting excited for their matchup with Convoy Crestview. Here's some articles from the Mt. Vernon News:
http://www.mountvernonnews.com/Sports/08/06/04/01.html
http://www.mountvernonnews.com/Sports/08/06/04/02.html
Triad is looking to getting over the "hump" and finally win that elusive title. This from the Bellefontaine Examiner:
http://www.examiner.org/sports06.03.1.php
Convoy Crestview's state tournament experience is infused with youth who have never been on the big stage before reports The Lima News:
http://www.limaohio.com/sports/softball_23780___article.html/crestview_youth.html
TV44's Sports Report previews Crestview's team, but also gives state track & field previews for Coldwater, Kenton, Van Wert, Lima Shawnee and more:
http://www.limaohio.com/video/index.php?bcpid=992398979&bclid=1032340849&bctid=1587942449

That's it for now. More later today...

Captain Brinn on MySpace

Expanding the ways to communicate and connect with like-minded Ohio High School Sports Fans, Captain Brinn's Ohio Varsity is expanding its presence and now has a page on MySpace. If you have a MySpace profile add me as a friend or sign-up, create your page, and add me as a friend. This is just one more way to talk about and spread the great things about Ohio High School Sports!

http://www.myspace.com/captainbrinn

Video Highlights

Here is a link to The Lima News, which features video from WTLW TV44 Sports Report. They have video highlights of regional track and field, softball, and baseball:

http://www.limaohio.com/video/index.php?bcpid=992398979&bclid=1032340849&bctid=1582123277

Yes, once again Convoy Crestview is in regional finals: http://www.limaohio.com/sports/crestview_23614___article.html/title_game.html

Coldwater's baseball team is back in regional finals for the first time since 2004:
http://www.limaohio.com/sports/advances_23613___article.html/regional_coldwater.html

Delphos St. John's eliminated by Patrick Henry:
http://www.limaohio.com/sports/defense_23610___article.html/eliminates_henry.html

Walsh Jesuit rocks Lima Shawnee's baseball team in regionals:
http://www.limaohio.com/sports/comes_23615___article.html/run_shawnee.html

Lebanon softball team gets revenge against Gahanna Lincoln from 2003 regional loss:
http://www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/high-schools/2008/05/29/ddn052908splebanon.html

Quick report on Vandalia Butler baseball, Greenville softball and Valley View track:
http://www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/high-schools/2008/05/29/ddn053008spprepsb1.html

West Liberty-Salem softball continues dream season with win over Cincinnati Madeira:
http://www.peakofohio.com/content/view/5520/1/

Other Baseball Results:
Springfield Kenton Ridge over Cincinnati McNicholas
Columbus St. Francis DeSales over Batavia
Fort Loramie over Franklin Monroe
Lakota West over Newark
Newark Catholic over Racine Southern
Delphos Jefferson over Sidney Lehman
Steubenville over Circleville
Heath over Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy
Hamilton Badin over Middletown Bishop Fenwick
Canal Winchester over Cambridge
Frankfort Adena over Sardinia Eastern Brown
New Middletown Springfield over Buckeye Central
West Branch over Poland Seminary
Berlin Hiland over Reedsville Eastern
Canton Catholic Central over Youngstown Ursuline

More Softball Results:
Holland Springfield over TSUA
Grove City over Hilliard Darby
Clyde over Pemberville Eastwood
Dover over Granville
Bloomdale Elmwood over Archbold
Hebron Lakewood over Zane Trace
Danville over Symmes Valley

Captain's Roundup II

Here are some more links to game articles. Thanks to our friend from Warren JFK for the links they provided!



Links to stories about the Dalton upset by Warren JFK:

http://www.tribune-chronicle.com/page/content.detail/id/505964.html?nav=5024



http://vindy.com/news/2008/may/29/pico-twirls-eagles-past-dalton-1-0/



Video Preview of the Convoy Crestview/New Reigel game from TV44:

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid992398979/bclid1032340849/bctid1578008702



Video Preview of the Celina/Western Brown game from TV44:

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid992398979/bclid1032340849/bctid1578017223



A preview of a Division I baseball regional underway now in Columbus from the Dispatch:

http://dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2008/05/29/hs_baseball29.ART_ART_05-29-08_C6_TCABF7V.html?sid=101



LaGrange Keystone dominance continues, sinks Canal Winchester in softball regional:

http://dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2008/05/29/hs_softball_canal29.ART_ART_05-29-08_C6_TCABF8V.html?sid=101



A good preview/feature of Walsh Jesuit's baseball team, which will face Lima Shawnee in regionals:

http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?/base/sports/1211963645112130.xml&coll=2



Hudson fell apart in 10th inning against Hoover:

http://www.cleveland.com/hssoftball/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/sports/1212050041154220.xml&coll=2

Calling all Ohio H.S. sports fans

If you have something you want to share on Captain Brinn's Ohio Varsity Blog as a contributor, email captainbrinn@gmail.com. I am looking for people throughout the state who love Ohio High School Sports! You can highlight athletes, teams, share opinions on tournaments, specific sports, the OHSAA, college recruiting, rich athletic traditions, or you can rant and/or rave about something. It's all welcome here in the Captain's blog. Just email me with your idea or your content and I will get it posted on the blog for further discussion. And, if you don't want to be known, you can use an alias. Hope to hear from you!

Welcome, Ohio high school sports lovers!

After many years on one of the most popular Ohio sports forums, JJ Huddle, I figured it was about time to lead a discussion all my own. So, Captain Brinn is setting up shop here in my Ohio Varsity Blog! I want my blog to be a discussion of all-things Ohio High School Sports. Feel free to leave comments or email me at captainbrinn@gmail.com to get things rolling.