Riders, Rangers record wins

DEFIANCE — Adam Tobin came to play and Defiance was there to watch.

The St. Marys senior tallied a career-high five goals en route to a 7-0 Western Buckeye League victory against the Bulldogs on Thursday.

Tobin scored the first two goals of the evening at the 38:05 and the 29:02 mark of the first half off assists from Kyle Steininger and Preston Wilson, respectively.

Steininger scored at the 17:52 mark on an assist from Ryan Ibrahim and Joey Vanderhorst put a ball in the back of the net on a feed from Spencer Trogdlon.

The rest was Tobin.

His third goal came with 7:16 remaining in the first half thanks to a pass from Aiden Jeffries. After a PK by Tobin, the senior notched his fifth goal with 30:29 remaining in the second half on an assist from Steininger.

St. Marys — now winners of five straight — recorded 27 shots compared to Defiance’s three. Correy Nelson had three saves.

The Roughriders will travel on Monday to stateranked Shawnee.

NEW KNOXVILLE 8, FAIRLAWN 2

FAIRLAWN — The New Knoxville Rangers boys soccer team snapped their three-game losing skid with an 8-2 victory in Western Ohio Soccer League play on Thursday.

Patrick Covert broke the school recorder for most goals in a season with six. Carson Bierlein and Kaley Merriam also recorded goals for the Rangers (3-5-1, 2-2-0 WOSL).

Covert, Bierlein, Ryland Dyrness and Faith Bower each recorded an assist.

Josh Deitsch tallied two saves.

New Knoxville will host Toledo Christian at noon Saturday.