Dover hosted its 25th annual Dover Swimming Invitational Dec. 6 and the boys finished runner-up

Dover hosted its 25th annual Dover Swimming Invitational Dec. 6, and the Tornadoes had a great day in the pool.

The boys team was runner-up, its 170 points behind only the 323 compiled by Louisville.

The girls squad finished fourth with 118. Orrville won with 281, followed by Louisville (186) and St. Clairsville (167).

Winners for Dover included sophomore Tanis Handerhan (boys 200 and 100 butterfly) and senior Thomas Perkowski (boys 50 and 100 breaststroke).

The 400 free relay team of junior Evan Dorenkott, Kelvin Flores-Martinez, Handerhan and Perkowski finished first.

Notching a runner-up finish for Dover was Dorenkott (boys 100 backstroke).Junior Abigail Lane placed third in the girls 500 freestyle, which Dorenkott matched on the boys side in the same event. Freshman Ruth Cotlet added a third in the 100 breaststroke.

The foursome of Lane, Cotlet, freshman Sara Cotle and junior Teagan Hill finished fourth in the girls 400 free relay.

Girls basketball

The Tornadoes were off to a 2-1 start heading into the week, but things were bigger than that for Ansley Bollon. The 5-foot-8 senior scored a career-high 29 points in the team’s season-opening win over Tuslaw. Take away all those points and she still would have had five rebounds, six steals and five assists.

Dover also got nine points, five rebounds and two assists from sophomore point guard Jenna Festi; nine points and five rebounds from freshman post Maddie Minnis; and six points and five rebounds from junior post Olivia McCue.

Senior guard Katelynn Sines added four points, three assists and two steals; freshman point guard Anna Klaserner had three points and a pair of assists; and sophomore ewing Ariana Immel checked in with two points, seven rebounds and three assists.

On Dec. 6 the Tornadoes topped Lexington 36-29. Festi led the way with 11 points. Ansley Bollon scored 10. Dover started the week with a 53-38 loss to Wooster.

Boys basketball

The Tornadoes got 21 points from senior guard Robbie Copple and 10 more from sophomore Dieter Weber in a 50-45 victory over Lexington Dec. 5 as they started the season with a pair of victories. Dover made 14-of-14 free throws in the contest. The varsity win completed a clean sweep, with the Tornadoes junior varsity topping the Minutemen 51-25 — led by 14 points from freshman Rowdy Dailey and 13 from sophomore Jacob Noretto — and the freshman team winning 29-28.

Results

Coaches and/or team representatives are encouraged to send results, highlights and photos to tstumpf22@gmail.com.