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Badin finds more state frustration, falls to Licking Valley on ninth-inning walkoff in D-III semifinal

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Newark Licking Valley High School's Brandt Lichtenauer scores the winning run past Badin catcher Kyle Anderson in the bottom of the ninth inning June 13, 2025, during a Division III state baseball semifinal at Canal Park in Akron. Licking Valley won 2-1 in nine innings. RICK CASSANO/STAFF

AKRON — Chase Luebbe could only watch from right field Friday afternoon as Badin High School’s baseball season took another unfortunate state turn.

Zane Hancock’s one-out single to right plated Brandt Lichtenauer, who barely beat Luebbe’s throw to the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning, as

 
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