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Simpson to play softball at Adrian College
After completing her senior year as a member of the Mount Gilead softball team, Greer Simpson will take her talents to Adrian College in Michigan. Simpson, who will major in exercise science, finished her high school career in style. She was a first-team All-KMAC competitor who completed her season with a .492 batting average that included six doubles and four home runs, while also stealing eight bases.
Asher Gates hits rare hole in one at Marion Country Club; Harding Amateur slated
MARION — Asher Gates, a 13-year-old eighth grader at River Valley, hit his first hole in one on Saturday at the Marion Country Club's 220-yard, par 3 fifth hole using a 3-wood. In the more than 100-year history of the club, he is the youngest to ace the hole that has seen fewer than 10 holes in one in its entirety, according to his father Grant Gates. Witnessing the shot were his dad, Don Wiley and...
RD1 RESULTS: 2024 Ohio Junior Girls Championship
On Monday, July 15th, the Northern Ohio Golf Association and the Women’s Ohio State Golf Association conducted the first round of the Ohio Junior Girls Championship at Marion Country Club in Marion, Ohio. Seventy girls ages 11-18 competed in today’s event to earn placement in tomorrow’s final round.
Aurora golfer sets 48-year-old record at Ohio Junior Girls Championship in Marion
MARION — Gracyn Vidovic never played golf like she did Tuesday afternoon. That's fine because in the 48-year history of the Ohio Junior Girls Championship no one else had either. More on how the tournament started:Founding pro Fischer returns to girls golf tournament. The lady who kept the Ohio...
Aces of Trades: Evan McGeorge's 'untraditional' career path is blazing a trail
It’s a successful, growing business − and to him, a family thing. “As a child I was always surrounded by friends and my siblings,” said Evan McGeorge. “I grew up very involved in sports. I always wanted to play sports or be involved in sports somehow. I originally started college with a major in sports medicine and didn’t switch majors until after a year and a half in. Still, I could have never told you I would...
USDNP Grant Helping U.S. Girls’ Junior Qualifier Tian Take Game to Next Level
Financial assistance via grants from the USGA's newly created U.S. National Development Program has been a major boost to two-time American Junior Golf Association champion and Delaware, Ohio, resident Meadow Tian. (Bing Ting) Any competitive golfer will tell you that it takes financial resources to succeed at the highest levels...
Five Bishops, men’s basketball team honored by NABC
Five Ohio Wesleyan University men’s basketball players received NABC Honors Court recognition from the National Association of Basketball Coaches, it was announced by the NABC. Junior guard Henry Hinkle, senior post Cole Metzler, senior wing Reece Mitchell, junior guard Ryan Smudz, and junior wing Landon Turnbull were named to...
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