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Burg and Westfall , from SEO ?

Teams from SOC include

Clay 2007
West 2003
Minford 1997
Valley 1994

Paint Valley made the DIV Final Four in 2014, same year Westfall won state.

If memory serves me correct The SOC also had Symmes Valley Ladies as a State Runner-up vs Crestview. Crestview won 6-5 or 6-4 in 2005...I think.

Good info . I didnt know West made it in 03 ' . Nor Clay in 07 ' . Last ten years only PV outside of Burg and Westfall ?

Rock Hill Ladies were one game away from the Final four in 2011. They lost in the regional finals 6-1 to Baltimore Liberty Union.

A lot of very good Softball in Southern Ohio.....

ManitouDan2 wrote: ↑Mon May 14, 2018 11:29 am Good info . I didnt know West made it in 03 ' . Nor Clay in 07 ' . Last ten years only PV outside of Burg and Westfall ?

If I remember correctly West was final four for six consecutive years. 1998-2003

SOSoftball wrote: ↑Mon May 14, 2018 11:39 am

ManitouDan2 wrote: ↑Mon May 14, 2018 11:29 am Good info . I didnt know West made it in 03 ' . Nor Clay in 07 ' . Last ten years only PV outside of Burg and Westfall ?

If I remember correctly West was final four for six consecutive years. 1998-2003

That a heck of a run , back when 1 pitcher dominated the game at a deeper level than todays game . Distance was 40 feet as well.

Not a slight or a dig at what West accomplished , just that hot bats and many more athletes dedicated to the game now as opposed to back then . One arm was EVERYTHING back then , not so much now .

It would be hard to match the history of Clay softball

SeasonWinsLosesCoachSOCSectionalDistrictRegionalState
1978 12 1 Vice Won Won Won Won State Semi-finalist
1979 19 1 Vice Won Won Won Won State Runner-up
1980 29 0 Vice Won Won Won Won State Champion
1981 26 0 Vice Won Won Won Won State Champion
1982 26 2 Vice Won Won Won R-up
1983 41 1 Vice Won Won Won Won State Champion
1984 23 3 Vice Won Won Won Won State Semi-finalist
1985 24 2 Vice Won Won Won
1986 28 4 Vice Won Won Won Won State Semi-finalist
1987 24 3 Vice Won Won Won
1988 27 3 Vice Won Won Won Won State Runner-up
1989 18 2 Hempill Won Won Won
1990 22 2 Hempill Won Won Won
1991 23 4 Hempill Won Won Won
1992 20 2 Hempill Won Won Won
1993 19 2 Hempill Won Won Won
1994 22 2 Ruby Won Won Won
1995 16 7 Ruby Won Won Won
1996 17 3 Ruby Won Won Won
1997 17 5 Ruby Won Won
1998 14 7 Ruby Won Won
1999 12 6 Ruby Won record unverified
2000 12 9 Ruby Won
2001 16 6 Ruby Won Won
2002 17 3 Ruby Won Won
2003 10 7 Ruby Won
2004 8 11 White
2005 8 12 Ruby
2006 19 4 Ruby Won Won
2007 22 5 Ruby Won Won Won
2008 19 6 Ruby Won Won Won
2009 17 5 Ruby Won Won
2010 23 8 McCleese Won Won
2011 18 6 McCleese Won
2012 19 8 Gearheart Won Won
2013 18 9 Gearheart Won
2014 16 11 Gearheart Won
2015 17 11 Gearheart Won
2016 25 5 Gearheart Won Won
2017 28 2 Gearheart Won Won Won
2018 ?? (22) ?? (5) Gearheart Won Won
Totals 796 195 6 29 39 24 9 3

Coaches
Carol Vice
1978-1988. Career Record 262-20 (.929). Won the league, sectional, & district each year. Won the Regional 8 of 11 years. Advanced to the state final four 8 years. Won three titles & was runner-up twice. Member Clay LSD Coaches Hall of Fame. Inducted into Ohio High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association.

Teresa Ruby*
1994-2003 & 2006-2009. Career Record 228-80 (.740).
*1999 - 12-6 record as of April 30. Cannot verify May results.

Steve Hempill
1989-1993. Career Record 102-12 (.900). 1993 - Division III, District Coach of the Year

Kelly White
2004. Career Record 8-11 (.421)

Dick McCleese
2010-2011. Career Record 41-14 (.745)

Jason Gearheart
2012-present. Career Record 123-38 (.763) *does not count 2018 season

Other Clay HS Records - [OHSAA Records]
Ranked in the Top10 of all OH programs with 796 School Wins
Most Wins - Pitcher (career): 65-8 (1990)
Most Home Runs - Player (season): Jordan Jenkins, 10 (2011)
Most RBIs (season): Jordan Jenkins, 47 (2011)
Most Home Runs (season/team): 23 (2011)
Back-to-Back No-Hitters: Lyndsey Mader (3/28/11 v. Manchester & 4/2/11 v. Portsmouth)
Win Streaks: 42-game SOC I win streak (4/30/15-4/26/18)


OHSAA State Championships[22][23][33]
1980 - (d. Archbold 18-6 & d. New Madison Tri-Village 12-3 to finish season at 25-0)
1981 - (d. Jeromesville Hillsdale 7-2 & d. Beverly Fort Frye 21-0 to finish season at 29-0)
1983 - (d. Pioneer North Central 8-7 & d. Mineral Ridge 6-2 to finish season at 24-1)

OHSAA State Runner-up[22][23][33]
1979 - (d. New Madison Tri-Village 11-2 & lost to Jeromesville Hillsdale 1-4 to finish the season at 19-1)
1988 - (d. Sycamore Mohawk 10-0 & lost to Strasburg-Franklin 0-14 to finish the season at 27-3)

OHSAA Final Four Appearances (besides the Championships and Second Place Finishes)[22][23][33]
1978 - (lost to Jeromesville Hillsdale 5-0)
1984 - (lost to Arcanum 10-4)
1986 - (lost to Archbold 5-4)
2007 - (lost to Triad 13-3 to finish season at 22-5)

OHSAA Softball Tournament Records[34]
Most Runs (Game, One Team) - Portsmouth Clay (Division III) 21 v. Beverly Fort Frye, 1981
Most Hits (Game) - Portsmouth Clay (Division III) 19 v. Archbold, 1980
Most Hits (Game) - North Lewisburg Triad (Division IV) 13 v. Portsmouth Clay, 2007
Most Hits (Game, Both Teams) - Portsmouth Clay (Division III) 28 v. Archbold, 1980

Teresa Ruby - played in first four OHSAA state softball tournaments (1978-1981) & coach [Clay 2007, Wheelersburg 2016 (Div. III Champions) & 2017 (Division III Runner-up)]

Nice stats Bastonge .

Vice's numbers are crazy good. And Coach Gearheart is getting it done as well.

Ugh....hate and love this topic. It’s VERY close to my heart.

2013 Jackson Ironladies. Coach was Don Kunz and I was his assistant and 1st base coach. Rio Grande Coach Chris Hammond also on that coaching staff. We played a very tough schedule and were only 12-6 at the draw and 13-9 heading into the tourney. We face Chealsea McManaway 2x (Wellston), Kelsey Conkey 2x (Minford), Kendall Meeks 2x (Alexander), played Waverly 2x, Warren Local 2x (19-3), Ward 2x (Gailia Academy), Hailey Swayne (Piketon)....Chillicothe, Logan 2x each with their very crafty pitchers.....in total we lost 9x and the brutal schedule and tremendous pitching wore us down and even lost unexpectedly to Piketon in a crazy game that was bad in many ways.

Seeded #6 in a killer sectional that didn’t care about our strength of schedule. Had to go to 17-3 South Point for Sectional Finals. Beat them I think 7-1 in a game that was never in doubt. In district finals we square off against #2 seed Circleville and their 1st team all-state pitcher....but funny enough we had already seen McManaway and Conkey twice....she was good but we beat them 3-1 over a two day span (rain in 5th)....onto 20-3 Warren Local, they had already beaten us twice and a few hours later was our graduation. Our girls mashed the ball that day and had runners all over the bases in route to a 6-3 win.....2 hours after it end I got to watch my daughter give her valedictorian speech. That’s one special day for a parent.

To the regionals we face 22 win Philo....beat them 2-0. Then on to the favorite Licking Valley and their future Louisville and OSU ace Shelby McCombs. We fought and scraped and led 2-0 going to 6th. 1 out and 1 on and McCombs the cleanup batting. She hit a deep but high and lazy fly ball and it caught a little wind and fooled our LF. Would’ve been out #2 and next girl grounded out.....instead the snuck an infield seeing eye single to tie it. They scored a 3rd and go ahead run in the 7th....we got the batter to 2nd but couldn’t tie it up. Heartbreaker.

Licking Valley then won the state semis easily then won the state championship.

It still bothers me.

Then to see McCombs with 18 wins this year at OSU and she held Big 10 Champ Michigan to 1 run just a week ago....we got 2 off of her and my 4’11 daughter had a single, walk and an 11 pitch walk. Got on all 3x

Great memories.

Horse poop.

Ironman92 wrote: ↑Mon May 14, 2018 6:13 pm Ugh....hate and love this topic. It’s VERY close to my heart.

2013 Jackson Ironladies. Coach was Don Kunz and I was his assistant and 1st base coach. Rio Grande Coach Chris Hammond also on that coaching staff. We played a very tough schedule and were only 12-6 at the draw and 13-9 heading into the tourney. We face Chealsea McManaway 2x (Wellston), Kelsey Conkey 2x (Minford), Kendall Meeks 2x (Alexander), played Waverly 2x, Warren Local 2x (19-3), Ward 2x (Gailia Academy), Hailey Swayne (Piketon)....Chillicothe, Logan 2x each with their very crafty pitchers.....in total we lost 9x and the brutal schedule and tremendous pitching wore us down and even lost unexpectedly to Piketon in a crazy game that was bad in many ways.

Seeded #6 in a killer sectional that didn’t care about our strength of schedule. Had to go to 17-3 South Point for Sectional Finals. Beat them I think 7-1 in a game that was never in doubt. In district finals we square off against #2 seed Circleville and their 1st team all-state pitcher....but funny enough we had already seen McManaway and Conkey twice....she was good but we beat them 3-1 over a two day span (rain in 5th)....onto 20-3 Warren Local, they had already beaten us twice and a few hours later was our graduation. Our girls mashed the ball that day and had runners all over the bases in route to a 6-3 win.....2 hours after it end I got to watch my daughter give her valedictorian speech. That’s one special day for a parent.

To the regionals we face 22 win Philo....beat them 2-0. Then on to the favorite Licking Valley and their future Louisville and OSU ace Shelby McCombs. We fought and scraped and led 2-0 going to 6th. 1 out and 1 on and McCombs the cleanup batting. She hit a deep but high and lazy fly ball and it caught a little wind and fooled our LF. Would’ve been out #2 and next girl grounded out.....instead the snuck an infield seeing eye single to tie it. They scored a 3rd and go ahead run in the 7th....we got the batter to 2nd but couldn’t tie it up. Heartbreaker.

Licking Valley then won the state semis easily then won the state championship.

It still bothers me.

Then to see McCombs with 18 wins this year at OSU and she held Big 10 Champ Michigan to 1 run just a week ago....we got 2 off of her and my 4’11 daughter had a single, walk and an 11 pitch walk. Got on all 3x

Great memories.

Horse poop.

You are killing me Ironman

Great post!

Great post Ironman, I've shared it before but my kid and several other special seniors got beat 1-0 by the Paint Valley team mentioned here . Lost 1-0 o a full count, 2 out , bases loaded walk in the regional final. I helped coach that team , in retrospect I think we screwed it up , we should have embraced the small ball game instead of trusting our hitters to get it done . Newland was on that day and dominated us .

ManitouDan2 wrote: ↑Mon May 14, 2018 2:09 pm Nice stats Bastonge .

Can't take credit. from Clay website

Wheelersburg lost 1-0 in the State Final in 2004 or 2005. Woodsfield Monroe Central was the team. Burg couldn’t adjust to the slow style of pitching by the Woodsfield pitcher.

yabbadabbadoo wrote: ↑Thu May 17, 2018 12:56 pm Wheelersburg lost 1-0 in the State Final in 2004 or 2005. Woodsfield Monroe Central was the team. Burg couldn’t adjust to the slow style of pitching by the Woodsfield pitcher.

It was 2004 they made it to the state finals. I believe the shortstop from Monroe central made a great play deep in the hole that prevented a run from scoring.

Then the following year 2005 Zane Trace knocked Wheelersburg off in the districts I believe and made it to the state finals.