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2024 Friday Forecast: Predicting 10 Toledo-area games for Week 9
Each week, The Blade sports department’s Steve Junga, Mark Monroe, Kyle Rowland, Michael Burwell, and Ron Seibel predict winners for 10 intriguing high school football games in the Toledo area. Last week, Rowland, Monroe, and Seibel each went 10-0, while Junga went 9-1 and Burwell 8-2. For the season, Junga, Rowland, and Monroe are each 63-17, followed by Burwell at 60-20 and Seibel at 59-21. Here are the predictions for this week. Winning Drive Game of the Week presented by Renewal by Andersen: EASTWOOD (8-0) AT OAK HARBOR (8-0)■ Junga: Oak Harbor, 28-21■ Rowland: Oak Harbor, 28-21■ Burwell: Eastwood, 33-28■ Monroe: Oak Harbor, 35-28■ Seibel: Oak Harbor, 35-14
2024 high school state tournament scores for Oct. 17
Here are the OHSAA fall sport state tournament scores for Toledo-area teams on Thursday, Oct. 17. VOLLEYBALL Division IV: Gibsonburg district■ No. 1 Lake d. No. 8 Bryan 25-15, 25-8, 25-10■ No. 2 Clyde d. No. 7 Napoleon 25-15, 25-11, 25-15■ No. 3 Bellevue d. No. 6 Wauseon 25-8. 25-14, 25-21 Division IV: Mount Blanchard Riverdale district■ No. 3 Liberty-Benton d. No. 6 Upper Sandusky 25-20, 25-14, 25-16
BGSU says it's 'a surprise' band won't be able to perform at Battle of I-75 in Toledo
Members of the Bowling Green State University community reacted with surprise this week to the news that the marching band would not be given a chance to perform at halftime of the Battle of I-75 football game in Toledo. But University of Toledo officials contend they previously informed their BGSU counterparts of both the decision and the reason for it. “UToledo replied to BGSU’s request to perform through a series of communications to BGSU leadership that we would be utilizing the time available at halftime for our Hall of Fame inductions and the Rocket Marching Band performance,” UT officials said in a statement Tuesday. On Monday, in an email to marching band members, BGSU President Rodney Rogers said he believes the decision is breaking “decades of tradition and goodwill for this rivalry game, where the hosting university has welcomed the opposing team’s band to perform during halftime.”
Whiteford, Summerfield, Mason to join Ohio league for football only
(This story has been updated with news that Summerfield is joining Whiteford and Erie Mason in the new league) Whiteford, Summerfield and Erie Mason have found a new home for football. All three schools accepted an invitation this week from the Toledo Area Athletic Conference to become football-only members of the league beginning next...
Toledo men's basketball is back in a familiar place
The 2024 offseason for the University of Toledo men’s basketball program was the same as the previous three. The Rockets said goodbye to several starters in the transfer portal, replenished the roster via the same mechanism, and, once again, they might be the best team in the Mid-American Conference. “I like this team,” coach Tod Kowalczyk said. “A little worried about some chemistry things regarding rotations and who’s going to get playing time, but we are deep. We may have some guys that may not play as much as they would like. Overall, it’s a team that has a chance to grow and get better and be very good.” Toledo is coming off its fourth consecutive outright MAC championship and its sixth 20-win season in seven years. The transfer portal losses, however, were significant. The team’s three leading scorers — Dante Maddox, Jr., Ra’Heim Moss, and Tyler Cochran — decamped for Xavier, Oregon, and Minnesota, respectively.
State girls tennis preview: Meet the 2024 Toledo area Division II qualifiers
Eight Toledo-area players advanced through last weekend’s district qualifying in Port Clinton to qualify for the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s Division II girls state tennis tournament Friday and Saturday at the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio. The first two rounds in the brackets of 16 players/teams are set for Friday, with the semifinals, consolation finals, and championship finals scheduled for Saturday. Here is a look at the singles players and doubles teams that have earned state berths in Division II: Mari-Yona Shannon, Maumee Valley
Briggs: 'Halftime is for the bands!' Snub of BG a baffling and unforced error by Toledo
Strike up the band drama. In a move that has raised and furrowed brows alike, you’ve probably heard that the Battle of I-75 will be a little quieter this year. Toledo is not allowing Bowling Green’s marching band to play at halftime of their game a week from Saturday at the Glass Bowl, citing a scheduling conflict for the break from tradition. It has caused quite the stir, producing dueling accusations by the rival schools and leaving Falcons — and many Rockets — supporters to wonder: What in the name of Tom PETTY is going on here?
Week 8 scouting report: Toledo football at Northern Illinois
A road trip to Northern Illinois is the last place a football team wants to travel after a road trip to Buffalo. Especially if it's following a loss. But that's what's next on Toledo's slate. A 6-2 team might slip into Detroit for the Mid-American Conference championship game considering the chaos that's already unfolded in the first two full weeks of conference games. Not that Jason Candle is even giving it a thought.
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