A State runner-up last year, Dublin Coffman kept their hopes alive for a return trip to Wright State with a Disctrict Semi-Final match victory over Chillicothe Wednesday.

The Lady Cavs fell in straight sets, 25-7, 25-8 and 25-5.

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Tuesday, the Lady Cavs will face Dublin Coffman in the D1 District Semi-Final at Licking Heights High School at 6pm.

Coffman, a 2009 State Final Four team, dispatched Franklin Heights Saturday 25-4, 25-14 and 25-6.

Wednesday, the Boys Soccer team will meet Fairfield Union in the D2 District Semi-Final at Lucasville Valley High School, first kick at 8pm following the Zane Trace-Marietta game at 6pm.

The Cavs dropped a 4-0 decision at Fairfiled Union August 31st.

Chillicothe met both Zane Trace and Marietta in head-to-head competition. The Cavs tied Zane Trace (1-1) and also tied the Tigers in their last meeting (1-1) but lost the first meeting (4-2).

Chillicothe's Audra Metzler was the only Cavalier runner to qualify for next weekend's Regional Meet at Pickerington North High School.

The top 16 individual places advanced to the Regional Meet. Metzler finished 15th.
The Cavalier Girls team finished 10th in the Division 1 Sectional Meet at Watkins Memorial High School.

The Cavalier Boys placed 20th as a team in the Division 2 Sectional Meet at The Unversity of Rio Grande. Ben Haller was the top Chillicothe finisher, placing 79th.

                
Girls Finishers at Watkins Memorial:
15 - Audra Metzler, 20:24.47 * Regional Qualifier
52 - Alyssa Mathis, 22:27.19  
71 - Emmy King, 25:30.59  
77 - Kassie Stewart, 26:39.02
78 - Hannah Nelson, 26:45.18
83 - Megan Sparks, 29:18.00 

Boys Finishers at Rio Grande:                
79 - Ben Haller, 20:31.82
93 - Seth McGuire, 21:06.53
102 - Arick Parker, 21:47.56  
138 - Brandon Bonar, 25:48.21 
140 - Nate Dresbach, 26:20.96 
151 - John Bowen, 30:17.66 

Close, but no cigar.

While they yielded a number of yards in the first half, the Chillicothe defense held Jackson at bay until the 1:15 mark. Entering the game, the Ironmen offense had been averaging nearly 40 points per game. However, the Cavalier D didn't allow a score until Drew Ervin's 7-yard run just before halftime.

After the intermission, the Cavaliers began a 5-play 53-yard drive from their own 47and pulling within 7-6 on a 42-yard touchdown run by Isaac Beverly. Beverly was moved to tailback, following an injury suffered by Casey Oates this week in practice. A 2-point conversion attempt failed leaving the Cavs a point-shy.

The two sides exchanged punts through the end of the third quarter. The third closed when Jayson Howard sacked quarterback Kip Winchester at the Jackson 1-yard line.

The Cavs began their next possession at the Jackson 48. Max Corcoran completed a pass to get Chillicothe to the 40, then ran inside the 30, and face-mask penalty put Chillicothe inside the Jackson 20.

Chillicothe drove the ball to the Jackson 3, but were pushed back thirteen yards to the 16. Corcoran found Zach Johnson on the corner of the end zone on a 16-yard strike, making it 12-7 for the Cavs' first lead of the game. Corcoran hit Beverly on 2 point conversion to make it 14-7.

Late in the quarter, Winchester suffered a knee injury knocking the quarterback from the game. Ervin was called upon to call the signals and the Jackson offense went to a running attack.

With :58 remaining, Klay Arthur ran 3 yards to pull Jackson within one and then scored the go-ahead points on a 2-point conversion, 15-14.

Arthur led all rushers with 157 yards on 31 carries. 118 of those yards came in the first half, but Chillicothe's defense held him in check, allowing just 39 second-half yards.

Beverly led the Cavalier attack with 59 of their total 134 yards.

Jackson improves to (5-0) in the SEOAL, while the Cavaliers slip to (3-2) in league play. Chillicothe finishes the regular season at Logan Friday.