Centerville High School · Centerville, Ohio
Elks Athletics Weekly
Post Season
Edition
Elk
Softball Blanks Walnut Hills 10-0 · 5 Innings · Belcher 13 Ks Boys Volleyball Stuns #11 Hilliard Davidson 3-2 — Down 0-2 Girls Track GWOC Champions — 30th Title in 51 Years Girls Lacrosse Rolls Miamisburg 19-4 MS 4×400 Breaks State Meet Record · 4:10.16 Softball Blanks Walnut Hills 10-0 · 5 Innings · Belcher 13 Ks Boys Volleyball Stuns #11 Hilliard Davidson 3-2 — Down 0-2 Girls Track GWOC Champions — 30th Title in 51 Years Girls Lacrosse Rolls Miamisburg 19-4 MS 4×400 Breaks State Meet Record · 4:10.16
Softball
 · OHSAA Tournament First Round
May 19, 2026 · At Centerville
Centerville softball
Photo: Rev Studios
Win
Centerville Elks
10
Walnut Hills
0
Final · 5 Innings (Run Rule) · At Centerville
The Elks didn't just win — they dominated. Caitlyn Belcher put on an absolute clinic in the circle, striking out an eye-popping 13 batters in five innings while allowing just one hit and zero walks. She didn't need help — but she got it anyway. The offense erupted for 10 hits and 6 walks, posting a .593 team on-base percentage. Shelby Cotterman made the most of her one at-bat, delivering a massive 4-RBI knock. Kenley Bakan went a perfect 3-for-3 with two stolen bases. Riley Bakan didn't record a hit — but drove in 2 runs anyway. This program is built different. Not a single error in the field.
 Hitting Stats
PlayerABRHRBI2BBBSOSBAVGOBPSLG
Chayse Adkins (Sr)222001001.0001.0001.000
Kenley Bakan (Fr)323000021.0001.0001.000
Riley Bakan (Sr)20020000.000.000.000
Caitlyn Belcher (So)30000000.000.000.000
Natalie Carr (Jr)20010000.000.000.000
Shelby Cotterman (Fr)111401001.000.6671.000
Alyssa Hillberg (Fr)111102001.0001.0001.000
Lillie Hopf (Jr)22111100.500.6671.000
Adriana Mauro (Fr)01000000.000.000.000
Ava Ponichtera (Jr)212111001.0001.0001.500
Team181010102602.556.593.667
 Pitching Stats
PitcherIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Caitlyn Belcher (So)5.010001300.00
Team5.010001300.00
 Fielding Stats
PlayerPOAEFP
Riley Bakan (Sr)13101.000
Caitlyn Belcher (So)0101.000
Natalie Carr (Jr)1001.000
Lillie Hopf (Jr)1001.000
Team15201.000
Baseball
 · GWOC Champions · 14-0
#1 Ranked D-I in Ohio
Centerville Baseball
Photo: Rev Studios · vs. Troy
🏆 #1 Ohio D-I · GWOC Champions
Centerville Elks
21–3
OVERALL
14–0
GWOC
Postseason begins next week · At Centerville
The Centerville baseball program enters the postseason as the #1 ranked Division I team in the entire state of Ohio. Let that sink in. The Elks went a perfect 14-0 in GWOC play — the only unbeaten team in the conference — and finish the regular season 21-3 overall. The pitching staff is historically good: Ryan Sidwell (Sr) leads all GWOC pitchers with a jaw-dropping 0.32 ERA. Bronson Weng (So) sits at 1.06 ERA with 6 wins. Offensively, Lucas Clark (Jr) bats .455 — 4th in the entire conference — and both Colten Burleson and Ryan Muchmore rank among the GWOC's RBI leaders with 24 each. Luke Maciejewski (Sr) and Weng are tied for the conference wins lead at 6 apiece. A loss to Moeller on Monday closes the regular season, but it does nothing to dim the picture — this program is playing its best baseball at exactly the right time.
Final GWOC Standings
TeamConf W-LPctOverall
★ Centerville14-01.00021-3
Beavercreek10-4.71419-5
Northmont10-4.71416-9
Springboro8-6.57117-7
Fairmont7-7.50010-15
Springfield3-11.2148-14
Wayne2-12.1436-18
Miamisburg2-12.1435-19
Pitching Standouts
#1 GWOC ERA — Ryan Sidwell (Sr) · 0.32
#4 GWOC ERA — Bronson Weng (So) · 1.06
T-#1 GWOC Wins — Maciejewski & Weng · 6 W ea.
Hitting Standouts
#4 GWOC AVG — Lucas Clark (Jr) · .455
T-#3 GWOC RBI — Burleson & Muchmore · 24 ea.
T-#2 GWOC HR — Ryan Muchmore (Sr) · 4
Next: OHSAA Tournament · vs. Wayne · At Centerville · Next Week
Boys Volleyball
 · OHSAA D-I Tournament
Rounds 1 & 2
Centerville Boys Volleyball
Photo: Rev Studios
Round 1 Win
Round 2 Upset
Round 1 · vs. Westland
Centerville
3
Westland
0
Round 2 · vs. #11 Hilliard Davidson
Centerville
3
#11 H. Davidson
2
⚡ Down 0–2. Won 3 straight. On the road. Against a Top-15 state program. ⚡
Set Scores vs. Hilliard Davidson
Set 1
20–25
Set 2
17–25
Set 3
25–22
Set 4
25–23
Set 5
16–14
Nobody gave the Elks a chance after dropping the first two sets on the road to a state-ranked opponent. They won anyway — in five. Three consecutive set wins, including a white-knuckle 16-14 fifth set, sent Centerville to the next round and Hilliard Davidson home. This is what tournament volleyball looks like. The Elks don't blink.
Next: Wed., May 20 · vs. Dublin Jerome · At Dublin Jerome
Track & Field
 · GWOC Championship
Girls: 1st · Boys: 3rd
Centerville Track & Field
Rev Studios · 51st Elk Relays
🏆 GWOC Champions
The Elks girls are GWOC Champions — for the 30th time in 51 years. That's not a dynasty. That's a standard. Eight individual event victories and two meet records on one afternoon. Alianne Boehm swept the 800 and 1600. Ellie Davenport shattered the Seated 400 meet record. The 4×200 relay — Turner, McComb, Carter, Hogendoorn — took down another meet record. And Ethan Ireland on the boys side set both a GWOC record AND a stadium record in the pole vault. This program shows up every single year.
Girls Track & Field
🏆 GWOC Champions — 1st Place
1st Team
Pole Vault — Ashlyn Rickert
High Jump — Alyssa Grim
Discus — Kelly Horky
200m — Addison Hogendoorn
3,200m — Suhani Verma
800m — Alianne Boehm
1,600m — Alianne Boehm
Seated 400m — Ellie Davenport ★ Meet Record
4×200 — Turner · McComb · Carter · Hogendoorn ★ Meet Record
2nd Team
100m — Addison Hogendoorn
Seated 100m — Ellie Davenport
#4 All-Time CHS 4×100 — Rickert · McComb · Wickenheiser · Hogendoorn
4×400 — Carter · Tolbert · Wickenheiser · Turner
Honorable Mention
Long Jump — Taylor McComb
Seated Shot Put — Ellie Davenport
400m — Sariah Turner
800m — Chloe Sorrenson
3,200m — Shayda Hart
4×800 — Leonard · Verma · Haines · Coppock
Boys Track & Field
3rd Place — GWOC
1st Team
Pole Vault — Ethan Ireland ★ GWOC Record & Stadium Record
2nd Team
Long Jump — Gabe Gillem
400m — Simon Young Linck
4×400 — Jones · Swan · Eatough · Young Linck
Honorable Mention
Discus — Jamison Jones
Shot Put — Isaac Nott
4×800 — Jones · Ellis · Cutright · Weckesser
4×200 — Stevens · Young Linck · Parks · Capogna
Girls Lacrosse
 · OHSAA Tournament
First Round
Centerville Girls Lacrosse
Photo: Rev Studios
Win
Centerville Elks
19
Miamisburg
4
OHSAA Tournament First Round
Nineteen goals. Lucia Christofano was everywhere — 5 goals, 2 assists, and 10 ground balls. That's a complete performance from one of the most dynamic players in the GWOC. Laurel Schultz added 3 goals, and three more Elks found the net twice each. Kara Bentley made it look easy in goal. The Elks advance and keep their postseason run alive.
Top Performers
L. Christofano (Jr)
5G 2A
10 Ground Balls
L. Schultz (Jr)
3G
S. Baldridge (Jr)
2G
A.K. Burley (Fr)
2G
H. Eggert (Sr)
2G
E. Varhegyi (Sr)
1G 1A
 Full Game Stats
PlayerGAGBDCCTINT
Zahra Alaoui (Fr)100000
Sofie Baldridge (Jr)200000
Kara Bentley (Sr)000000
Ella Buckingham (Jr)100000
Anna-Kate Burley (Fr)200000
Lucia Christofano (Jr)5201010
Eden Dobson (Jr)000010
Hannah Eggert (Sr)200030
Rylie Gross (Sr)100000
Emma Muha (Jr)000001
Sam Poske (Jr)000501
Sydney Rose (Sr)000000
Laurel Schultz (Jr)300010
Zoey Stacy (Fr)000000
Taylor Stewart (Fr)100000
Elaina Varhegyi (Sr)114010
Team19341572
Next: Wed., May 20 · At Pickerington Central
Special Shoutout
 · Middle School Athletics
State Meet Record
State Meet Record · Girls 4 × 400 Relay
MS Track Makes History
The Centerville Middle School girls 4×400 relay team didn't just win at the state meet — they broke the meet record and took first place. These four athletes ran down history and claimed it. Time to remember this one: 4:10.16 A mark that sets the standard for every team that comes after them.
Maren Motley
Campbell Banks
Raelynn Banfield
Kinsley West
MS 4x400 relay team on OHSAA podium
Community Note
 · Lady Elks Basketball
A Tribute & A Search
Coach Adam Priefer
Stepping Down After 20+ Years
Thank You, Coach Priefer
Lady Elks Basketball · Centerville High School
420
Career Wins
20+
Years at CHS
1
WNBA 1st Rounder
After more than two decades and 420 career victories, Coach Adam Priefer is stepping down from the Lady Elks sideline — leaving behind one of the most accomplished coaching legacies in Centerville history. Under his watch, the program became a consistent GWOC contender and a regular postseason presence, developing elite talent at every level. Cotie McMahon went on to earn Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors at Ohio State and was selected 11th overall in the WNBA Draft by the Washington Mystics. Amy Velasco became one of only two players in Bowling Green State history with 1,500+ career points and 400+ career assists. Coach Priefer isn't walking away from Centerville — he remains part of our community as Career Pathways Coordinator, continuing to shape futures in the classroom just as he did on the hardwood. The program he built is in good hands — and his standard isn't going anywhere.
🔍
Head Coach Search Now Underway
Centerville Athletics is actively conducting a search for the next head coach of the Lady Elks basketball program.
Tradition Spotlight
 · Primary Village South
Est. 2011 · 15th Year
15 Years of Tradition · Primary Village South
Mat Ball
A PVS Championship Experience Since 2011
Est.
2011
Mat Ball action
Mat Ball Mat Ball
Mat Ball championship

For fifteen years, one of the most anticipated athletic traditions in Centerville City Schools has unfolded not under Friday night lights, but inside the gymnasium at Primary Village South — where first graders become athletes and classmates become teammates every spring. At the heart of it all is longtime P.E. teacher Mr. Suter, whose energy and imagination turned a playground game into one of the most celebrated events at PVS. Students kick a rolled ball into play, race around the gym, and navigate base paths in a fast-paced competition that rewards teamwork, communication, and pure competitive spirit — with first-grade neighborhoods battling bracket-style throughout May for the championship.

The tradition has real stakes and real records. Three current PVS teachers hold two championships apiece. Parker Holzapfel, now an 8th grader at Magsig Middle School, still owns the all-time home run record at 18. And in the final showdown, the championship team gets one more shot — a game against the PVS teachers, who currently hold a perfect 3–0 all-time record. This year's championship is the 15th in program history, with the only interruption coming in 2020.

Championship Game
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
⚾ Ceremonial First Pitch — PVS Resource Officer Deputy Brandon Williams ⚾ Pitcher — Mr. Jack Suter (Normandy Elementary) ⚾ Umpires — Jermaine Bailey · Ed Ramsey · Andy Ross