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JR Brody Hatfield recognized at BOE Meeting - All Ohio in two sports
Congratulations to junior Brody Hatfield for being named All Ohio in two sports: football and basketball. On Monday, April 21, 2025, the Big Walnut Board of Education recognized Brody for his outstanding accomplishments. The great news is that we will have Brody back for one more year at Big Walnut High School. He is not only an exceptional athlete but an even better person and leader within Big Walnut Athletics.
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8th Softball Highlights
The 8th grade softball team continued their winning ways by beating Olentangy Berlin 7 to 3 in some difficult playing conditions. Ashlyn Greathouse had another complete game win from the circle and she was helped by some outstanding defense from Maggie Adams, Josey Durst, and Joslyn Shaver. Offense was highlighted by a perfectly executed bunt by Chloe Rice that scored an insurance run in the 7th. The 4-0 Eagles play Olentangy Shanahan Thursday at home.
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MS Track Highlights 4.16.25
Congrats to the boys on track and field team for beating NA with a score of 69-50. 1st place finisher 110 & 200 Hurdles - Cohen Winters100 & 200 Meter - Braydan Giesler4x200 - Camden Stephens, Titus Brockman, Louie Formen, Charlie Gray-Douce4x100 - CJ Brown Jr, Camden Stephens, Cohen Winters, Grant Patterson400 M - Charle Grey-Douce4x400 - Jacob Leach, Andy Nieset, Colton Evans, Wyatt BurtonDiscus - Chris Wolfe Congrats to the girls on track and field team for beating NA with a score of 81-38. 1st 100 & 200 hurdles - Brylnee Buirley100 m - Emma OwingsGirls sweep the relays1600 - Cambrie Eifert800 m - Lindsey Cochran200 m - Kenley NevermanShot - Soleil Stanford Big Walnut travels to Granville for their 1st invitational on Friday
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MS Boys Tennis Highlights 4.15.25
Great job goes out to the boys tennis team last night on their 4-1 victory over Olentangy. They are now 4-1 for the season. Winning in doubles for the Ealges were Rui Bateman and Dalton Robertson, Vincent and Ronan Fisher, Jacob Anthony and Pierce Campbell, Jesse Rehmert and Gavin Nagra.Good luck against Gahanna.
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8th Baseball Recap 4.16.25
27-1 Win over Shanahan. Owen Leffler lead the offense going 4-5 at the plate. Parker Albright, Anthony Rodriguez, Zavier Buckley each had 5 RBIs. Cullan Dunson and Jackson haught had 2 hits a piece. Bentley Collins started and got the win striking out 4 over 2 innings, Jacob McDonough threw 2 innings of relief and Colton Moseley got the save.
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MS Boys Tennis Victory vs Dublin Sells 4.14
Great job goes out to the boys tennis team last night on their 5-0 victory over Dublin Sells. They are now 3-1. Winning in singles for the Eagles were Caiden Lumby and Evan Valenzuela. Winning in doubles for the Eagles were Rui Bateman and Vincent Fisher, Jacob Anthony and Dalton Robertson, Ronan Fisher and Pierce Campbell. Good luck tonight against Olentangy!
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7th Softball Highlights vs Genoa 4.14
7th grade softball had a heartbreaking loss against Westerville Genoa (8-7). It was a highly competitive game with Abby Hershberger, Kori Batt, Lilly Franklin and Zella Crumley each hitting doubles. 7th grade record is now 2-2.
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MS Girls Lacrosse Defeats Berlin Bruins 9-2
Girls Lacrosse had an awesome night last night beating Berlin 9-2! The continued hard work paid off as the offense controlled the game play for the majority of the game and the defense prevented the ball from coming close to the goal. Both Katherine Nichols and CeCe Baby did amazing in goal! Come out to support the lacrosse program on Wednesday 4.16 when girls play Shanahan @ 6:45 and the boys play Hilliard Memorial @ 5:30.Let's GO EAGLES!!
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MS Boys Lacrosse Victory Over Olentangy Orange 4.14
The boys lax team improved their season record to 4-0-1 with a tough fough 10-5 victory over Orange. Scoring for the Eagles were the usual suspects of Gavin League and Jackson Willms each with 3 goals. Auggie Precht with 2 goals and Peyton Pillion with a goal as well. Maclain Baker scored his first goal of the season, and he absolutely laid the BOOM on an Orange player with a huge hit that led to a turnover and goal for BW. Jalen Jones played a great game, grabbing 9 ground balls and Max Shearer was strong as always in goal, stopping 10 shot attempts. Finally, a big shout out to Preston Layton who made a great defensive call in the second half, thereby stopping Orange's rally attempt.The boys return to action against Hilliard Memorial at HOME tomorrow night at 5:30. Come out and support your EAGLES!
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MS Track & Field Highlights vs Olentangy Berlin 4.10
BOYS-Congrats to Cohen Winters for placing 1st in the 110 and 200 meter hurdles. CJ Brown, Camden Stephens, Cohen Winters, and Grant Patterson finished 1st in the 4x100. Alex Dull finished 1st in the high jump. GIRLS-Congrats to the Laine White, Cambrie Eifert, Emma Shultz, and Lindsey Cochran for finishing 1st in the 4x800.Emma Owings finished 1st in the 100-meter dash. Laine White finished 1st in the 1600 meter run. Katelyn Schumm finished 1st in the 400 meter dash. Kyah Rossman finished first in the 200 meter hurdles. Lindsey Cochran finished 1st in the 800 meter run. Kenley Neverman finished 1st in the 200 meter dash. Soleil Stanfrod finished 1st in the Shot put and Discus. Congrats on a girls victory of 74 to 43. Come out and support your BW track and Field team on Tuesday, April 15 vs New Albany. Go Eagles!!
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8th Softball Highlights Thursday 4.10 and Saturday 4.12
Last Thursday the 8th grade softball team opened up the season with a win against Olentangy Orange by a score of 12-8. The Eagles scored 8 runs off 17 walks by Orange pitchers. Avery Moravitz and Chloe Rice accounted for 4 of those runs. Maddy Baucke started the season off right by leading the team with 2 RBIs at the plate and having 6 putouts on defense. Ashlyn Greathouse recorded a complete game win in the circle recording 8 strikeouts in 7 innings. On Saturday, the Eagles traveled to Marysville for a doubleheader with Bunsold Middle School. The Monarchs took a one run lead in the first but it was short lived after Josey Durst executed a perfect bunt down the third base line, scoring 2. Gabby Delgenio added another RBI to make it 3-1 and the Eagles didn't look back after that. Jenna Couser added a couple of hits and an RBI and Maddy Baucke added a couple of more RBIs when she doubled to left field, sealing the victory. Ash
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Team News
Boys Middle School Lacrosse vs. Berkshire Middle School
Boys Middle School LacrosseThe boys team won again last night, this time hammering a very over matched Olentangy Berkshire team by 19-0. Amazing performance took place up and down the field, as the Big Walnut offense dominated the possessions, ground balls, and scoreboard. Several players scored their first goals of the season, including Jalen Jones, Clark Reckner, Jace Leonard and Brady Ruegg who scored twice.The duo of Jace Leonard and Max Osborne combined for a perfect 18 out of 18 on faceoffs, as well as combining for a total of 16 controlled balls. A special shout out to the goalies Max Shearer and Tyler Grannell who each stopped every shot attempt by Berkshire. Tyler also had a fantastic outlet clearing pass that eventually led to another Eagle goal.
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Girls 8th Softball vs. Teays Valley West MS - Double Header
Girls 8th SoftballThe 8th grade softball team split a doubleheader with Teays Valley on Saturday. The Eagles could not recover from an early Vikings lead in the first game. Maggie Adams had 3 hits and Joslyn Shaver had a run in the comeback attempt. The Eagles bats came alive in the second game recording 16 hits. Avery Moravitz had 3 of those including 2 doubles and Jenna Couser added 3 hits with one being a triple. Gabby DelGenio used quality at bats and nifty baserunning to contribute to the win. The Eagles are 7-4 on the season and take on Orange, Berlin, and Pickerington Lakeview this week.
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CoEd Middle School Track @ Joe Lenge Memorial Invite (Dublin)
CoEd Middle School TrackBig Walnut Track and Field travelled to Dublin Scioto on Saturday to compete in the Joe Lenge Memorial Invitational. There were 16 total teams there. Both Boys and Girls battled and fought hard. Girls finished 1st in the invitational with a total score of 65. 4x800 relay - 7th place - Reagan Crawford, Ella Evans, Emma Shultz, Carlie McGann4x200 relay - 3rd place - Rachel Kofi-Opata, Kenley Neverman, Addison Elliott, Emma Owings 4x100 relay - 6th place - Rachel Kofi-Opata Addison Elliott Madeline Chhuom Kenley Neverman 100 m - 5th place - Rachel Kofi-Opata 800 m - 2nd place - Cambrie Eifert and Lanie White in 6th place 1600 m - 5th place - Lanie White and Cambrie Eifert in 6th place 200 m hurdles - 4th place - Brynlee Buirley Long jump - 2nd place - Brynlee Buirley Shot put - 1st place - Soleil Stanford Discus - 2nd place - Soleil Stanford and Ava Andreini finishing 6
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Boys 8th Baseball vs. Teays Valley West MS - Double Header
Boys 8th BaseballGame 1: 33-2 Win Cullan Dunson threw 3 innings allowing 2 hits and no earned runs, striking out 5. Kane Horba led the offense going 4-5 with 3 RBIs Owen Leffler had 4 RBIs Jackson Kolesar, Anthony Rodriguez, and Jacob McDonough each had multiple hits. The team drew 11 walks and collected 17 hits. Game 2: 15-0 Win Colton Moseley threw 3 innings allowing 0 runs, 1 hit and striking out 4. Jacob McDonough got the save allowing no runs on no hits. Parker Albright and Owen Leffler each had 2 hit and 2 RBIs. Jackson Kolesar, Cullan Dunson, and Zeke Buckley each had a hit. The team drew 10 walks.
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Girls 7th Softball vs. Teays Valley West MS
Girls 7th Softball7th grade softball lost one and won one against Teays Valley. There was great pitching from Courtney Boudinot, Zoey Greenawalt, and Brooklyn Harper. We also saw an amazing double from Mackenzie Mitchell in the second game. Our record is now 7-4.
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Big Walnut scores 3 runs in the bottom of the 7th to win on Buirley's walk-off single
Boys Varsity BaseballBig Walnut scores three runs in the bottom of the 7th to win on Buirley's walk-off single.Big Walnut has three big league games next week.Let's go!!
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Kayden Miller scores 8 goals to lead Big Walnut over Gahanna - Boys Lacrosse
Boys Varsity LacrosseOn Saturday, April 26, 2025, Kayden Miller scored 8 goals to lead the Big Walnut varsity boys lacrosse team over Gahanna by a score of 11-8. Kayden's 8 goals is a school record. Go Eagles!!
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Boys Middle School Tennis vs. Marysville Bunsold MS
Boys Middle School TennisGreat job goes out to the boys tennis team 5-0 victory over Marysville. They are now 8-2. Winning in singles for the Eagles was Evan Cunningham, Logan Ewing and Nickolai Akruzhnou. Winning in doubles were Danny Vo and Evan Palmer, Leyton Lumbra and Evan Valenzuela, Ronan Fisher, Vincent Fisher and Pierce Campbell.
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Girls 8th Softball vs. Kilbourne Middle School
Girls 8th Softball8th grade softball dropped a close one to Worthington 3 -1. Maddy Baucke and Ashlyn Greathouse provided excellent pitching but the Eagles hitters had a tough night at the plate. Josey Durst had the lone run and Joslyn Shaver used some nifty baserunning to get into scoring position but it wasn't enough. The Eagles have a doubleheader with Teays Valley at home Saturday 4/26.
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Boys 8th Baseball vs. Olentangy Berlin Middle School
Boys 8th BaseballAnthony Rodriguez with the win throwing 4 innings allowing 1 hit with 6 strikeouts. Sander Largent with the save throwing 1 inning allowing 0 hits. Kane Horba 3-4 at the plate. Dom Vitale 2-4 with 6 RBIs Jacob McDonough, Jackson Haught and Zeke Buckley each had 2 hits.
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Boys Middle School Lacrosse vs. Kilbourne Middle School
Boys Middle School LacrosseThe boys' lacrosse team improved their season record with a 10-5 victory over the Worthington Cardinals. The team was led on the offensive side by Gavin with 4 goals, Peyton with 3 and Auggie with 2. Defensively, the Eagles played fast, aggressive and physical. The defense was led by Max Ryba, Jalen Jones, Cody Cox and Brock Eckelbarger. The coaches also wanted to recognize midfielders Aiden Elsey, Carter Weatherhead, and Maclain Baker for their great effort and performance on both sides of the field. The team plays again on Monday against Olentangy Berkshire as the second game of a home double header. The first will feature the girls' lax team facing Delaware Hayes. Come out and show your support for both teams! Go Eagles!
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Boys Middle School Tennis vs. OPEN
Boys Middle School TennisGreat job goes out to the boys tennis team 5-0 victory over Olentangy. They are now 7-1. Winning in singles for the Eagles was Evan Cunningham, Logan Ewing and Anderson Roby. Winning in doubles were Lucas Erwin and Danny Vo, Evan Palmer and Nickolai Akruzhnou, Leyton Lumbra and Ronan Fisher, Evan Valenzuela and Vincent Fisher. Congrats!!
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CoEd Middle School Track vs. Olentangy Orange Middle School
CoEd Middle School TrackFantastic job to both Boys and Girls Track and Field team. Boys won 72-47 and girls won 68-51 Boys 1st place finishers 4x800 Relay - John Coey, Wyatt Burton, Jay Osborne, Leo Bianconi110 and 200 hurdles - Cohen Winters100 dash and 200 dash - Brayden Giesler1600 m - Leo Bianconi4x100 relay - Chris Brown Jr, Brayden Giesler, Camden Stephens, Grant Patterson800 m - John Coey4x400 relay - Jacob Leach, Jacob McGough, Colton Evans, Cohen WintersShot - Chris Wolfe Girls1st place finishers 4x800 relay - Carlie McGann, Cambrie Eifert, Emma Shultz, Lindsey Cochran 100 and 200 hurdles - Brynlee Buirley1600 m - Cambrie Eifert4x100 relay - Rachel Kofi-Opata, Addison Elliott, Maddie Chhuom, Kenley Neverman800 m - Lindsey Cochran4x400 - Lindsey Cochran, Sophia Greene, Katelyn Schumm, Emma OwingsShot and Discus - Soleil Stanford
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Girls 8th Softball vs. Genoa Middle School
Girls 8th SoftballThe 8th grade softball team got back in the win column with an 11-2 victory over Genoa Middle School. Maddy Baucke lead the team with 4 hits and 6 RBIs. Olivia Long contributed 3 hits and 4 runs. After going down 2 to 0, the Eagles locked it down with solid defense from Avery Moravitz, Callie Bowman, and Chloe Rice, who threw out 4 runners from behind the plate.The Eagles are 6-2 and plan to improve on Thursday with a trip to Worthington.
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Boys Middle School Tennis vs. Hilliard Heritage Middle School
Boys Middle School TennisGreat job goes out to the boys tennis team 4-1 victory over Hilliard Heritage. Winning singles for the Eagles was Caiden Lumby and Ronan Fisher. Winning doubles was Rui Batemen and Dalton Robertson, Vincent Fisher and Pierce Campbell, Jacob Anthony and Rui Bateman.
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Boys Middle School Tennis vs. OPEN
Boys Middle School TennisGreat job goes out to the boys tennis team for their exciting 3-2 win victory over Gahanna. They are now 5-1. Winning in the singles for the Eagles was Evan Cunningham. Winning in doubles were Lucas Erwin and Anderson Roby, Danny Vo and Logan Ewing, Rui Bateman and Caiden Lumbra, Dalton Robertson and Lucas Erwin, Evan Valenzuela and Pierce Campbell.
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CoEd Middle School Track - Granville Invite
CoEd Middle School TrackBig Walnut Track and Field travelled to Granville for their 1st inventional this season. There were 9 teams there altogether including us. Boys had a bunch of 4th and 5th place finishes. The boys scores between all teams were close but we ended up finishing 7th. Congrats to the girls for finishing 3rd overall. Field Events - 1st - Brynlee Buirley in the long jump1st - Soleil Stanford in shot put2nd - Soleil Stanford in girls discus Track events 3rd - 4x800 relay - Lanie White, Cambrie Eifert, Emma Shultz and Lindsey Cochran2nd - 1600m - Lanie White2nd - 800m - Lindsey Cochran3rd - 800m - Cambrie Eifert Come out on Tuesday, April 22nd, as we host against Olentangy Orange MS.
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Boys Middle School Lacrosse vs. Karrer Middle School
Boys Middle School LacrosseThe boys lax team won against Dublin Karrer by a score of 17-0. A few notable plays include Peyton Pillion's underhand, between the legs goal, Landon Legg, Wes Shelby and Luke Fahner each netting their first goals of the season, the face off team of Max Osborne and Jace Leonard winning 90% of the faceoff opportunities, and Max Shearer going coast to coast, scoring the first goalie goal of his Big Walnut career. Another player to pay attention to is Gavin League, who with his 6 goal performance, is quickly closing in on the all time single season record for goals in one season at Big Walnut. Great job everyone!
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Boys Middle School Lacrosse vs. Hilliard Memorial Middle School
Boys Middle School LacrosseThe boys lax team lost for the first time last night to Hilliard Memorial by a score of 12-11. It was a hard fought game the entire time, with the Eagles making a great comeback to tie the score at 11-11 after being down by 3 goals to start the fourth quarter. The deciding goal came with just over a minute left in regulation time. Carter Weatherhead played a great game for the Eagles with great effort on defense and the transition game. Carter also scored twice, netting his first two goals of the season. Other goal scorers included Auggie, Peyton, Gavin, and Maclain. Jalen and Landon Legg played tough, physical defense as usual.
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Boys 8th Baseball vs. Dempsey Middle School
Boys 8th BaseballGame 1: 11-1 Win Jackson Haught with the win on the mound throwing 4 innings striking out 7 batters. Sander Largent had 2 hits. Parker Albright, zeke Buckley, Zavier Buckley each had a double with Zavier driving in 4 RBIs. Game 2: 12-2 win Cullan Dunson with the win on the mound throwing 3 innings allowing only 2 runs. Jacob McDonough led the team with 3 hits and 3 RBIs. Jack Sonagere got the save throwing 1 scoreless inning.
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