Three Local Teams Advance To District Finals

Several local teams have played their way into their respective district finals:

• The Mentor girls soccer team blanked Eastlake North 5-0 Tuesday.

The top-seeded Cardinals will play against Chardon at 7 p.m. Saturday in the district championship

• Meanwhile, the Lake Catholic volleyball team swept Crestwood 25-8, 25-20, 25-10 to force a matchup with rival Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin in the Div. II final Thursday at Jefferson.

• The Lake Catholic girls soccer team also played their way into their district final with a 2-1 win over West Geauga in double overtime Monday.

The Cougars will face Hathaway Brown this week.

• The Mentor volleyball team fell to Riverside in five sets -- 25-21, 25-20, 21-25, 17-25, 15-11. (For complete coverage of that game, check out The News-Herald's story.)

• Both the Mentor and Lake Catholic boys soccer teams play in district semifinals today. The Cardinals play Cleveland Heights; the Cougars, West Geauga.

• Mentor's Natalie Weaver won the sectional tennis singles championship last week, according to the Mentor Schools site.