Running among a large and loaded field at the Ashland Invitational Aug. 29, Dover’s boys cross country team had a stellar day individually and as a group. Led by a sixth-place finish from senior Chase Danial the Tornadoes finished seventh in a 30-team field that included several regional powers.
Daniel finished in 16:07.5, about 23 seconds off the winning pace, to lead Dover. Sophomore Deacon Wise was next, placing 10th in 17:42.80. He was two spots ahead of junior Tyler Shuss, who cross about half-a-second later. Sophomore Hunter Anslow was next for the Tornadoes, finishing 47th. Sophomore Elijah Perkaly rounded out the scoring for Dover with a 67th-place finish. A total of 304 runners completed the bigger-school division of the race.
Girls cross country
The Dover girls turned in a 15th-place finish at Ashland among 24 teams to post scores. Wadsworth won with 53 points. The Tornadoes totaled 339. There were 224 finishers in the bigger school division. Sophomore Bethany Hutchison was Dover’s top placer, coming in 36th in 21:08.9. Senior Addie Hindman checked in 46th and sophomore Cassidy McKee placed 50th. Senior Lyela Miller (90th) and junior Ella Kitchen (100th) rounded out the Tornadoes’ scorers. Junior Adlee Klaiber (123rd) and Natalie Bambeck (130th) were the others in the team’s official seven-runner lineup.
Volleyball
It took another unbeaten team to knock the Tornadoes from the ranks of them. On Aug. 28, Dover fell in five sets to Wooster in a key early-season Ohio Cardinal Conference match-up that could not have been more even. Dover won the first and fourth sets before falling 16-14 in the third for a final count of 22-25, 25-22, 25-20, 20-25, 16-14.
The Tornadoes got a balanced attack at the net, with senior Caroline Hanner leading with 19 kills. Junior Alli Hupp added 19 and senior Hailey Kuecher tacked on 14 more. Dover had 61 kills to 56 for the Generals. Senior Quincey Werntz set her teammates up to the tune of 55 assists.
Werntz and Jenna Molk both had four block assists. On the back end of the defense, senior Chera Schmidt led with 13, two more than Hanner. Senior Lainie Keith led with 19 service receptions. Junior Meghan Ravine added 15 and Hanner had 14.
The teams will go at it again Sept. 25 in Dover.
Soccer
Dover’s teams came up empty, both in terms of wins and goals on trips to Mansfield to face Madison Compehensive last week. Dover’s boys team dropped to 2-2 overall after losing an Ohio Cardinal Conference match 3-0 at home against Mansfield Madison Comprehensive Aug. 26. That left the Tornadoes at 0-2 in the OCC. They were set to face rival New Philadelphia, also at home, Sept. 2. The girls squad fell 2-0 two days later to move to 3-2 overall, 0-2 in the conference. The Tornado girls were to host New Philadelphia Sept. 4 looking for their first league goal.
