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Fourth-quarter rally lifts Mapleton over Loudonville in season opener
NANKIN – It took just one Friday night for Mitchell Young to prove that winning is in the genes. After growing up watching his father, Al Young, accumulate 198 victories in 29 seasons at Black River, Mitchell guided Mapleton to a rousing, comeback victory over visiting Loudonville, 32-24. The...
Boys Football Roundup – August 23, 2024
OHSAA football scores for August 23, 2024 in Ohio high school sport. Ashland pushed past River Valley for a 41-27 win during this Ohio football game on Aug. 23. Ashland darted in front of River Valley 13-6 to begin the second quarter. The second quarter began with neither team in...
'It means everything': Orrville football snaps three-year losing streak to rival Wooster
WOOSTER — Orrville's players knew exactly how much time had passed since seeing a victory slip away against their biggest rival. Three hundred and seventy-two days. They made sure there wouldn't be another countdown after the first Friday night of the 2024 season. ...
Northridge barely beats East Knox
Northridge posted a narrow 8-7 win over East Knox in Ohio high school football on Aug. 23. The Vikings’ offense jumped in front for a 2-0 lead over the Bulldogs at halftime. Neither defense permitted points in the first and third quarters. The Bulldogs enjoyed a 7-6 edge in...
Week 1 Football Roundup: New London wins in Friday Night Lights return
ASHLAND −Week 1 of high school football in Ashland is complete. Here are the football results in all the action that took place on Friday. More: High School Football in Ashland, Ohio: Complete Coverage of 2024 season ...
Alvarez's three-touchdown night sends Wooster past Sparks 20-19
The Wooster Colts hosted Sparks in a Friday night classic, barely staving off the Railroaders 20-19 in a game where Wooster running back A.Z. Alvarez ran in three touchdowns. “A win is a win this early in the season,” Wooster head coach Bo Sellers said. “We had some opportunities to break away in the first half, and we didn’t get those things done. We hit some adversity right away in the third quarter. Our kids came through in the end and showed their true mental toughness, and that helped us preserve the win at the end.”
Arrows pull off another late win over River Valley
CALEDONIA – It took the Ashland football team overtime in Week 1 last season to knock off River Valley in the teams’ first-ever meeting, and it looked like it might be headed there again Friday night. But the Arrows used a go-ahead receiving touchdown from Gabe Baith on...
It pays to have friends: Ontario star applauds teammates in win over Lex
ONTARIO — Ontario’s Bodpegn Miller got by with a little help from his friends in the second half Friday night. The 6-foot-4, 190-pound senior — headed to play for Ohio State next season — was the first to acknowledge his teammates after the Warriors rallied from a 14-0 deficit to knock off Lexington 31-14 in the season-opening football game for the cross-county rivals.
Hillsdale use its vertical speed to blitz Black River in football season opener
JEROMESVILLE — For some games, there's a feel-out process: Assess the situation and proceed from there. There wasn't any of that for Hillsdale in its season opening 44-12 win at home against Black River. Early in the first quarter on its third offensive play of the game, Hillsdale sophomore quarterback Kael Lewis, starting his first varsity football game behind center, dropped back and threw a beauty of a ball near the sideline that laid right into the...
Week 1 Roundup: Plymouth rolls to dominant season-opening victory
MANSFIELD — Week 1 is in the books. Let's check out how Richland County football teams did in their first action of the 2024 season as well as some scores of interest from around the area with the Week 1 Roundup. ONE STOP SHOP: 2024 Richland County High School Football: Everything you could possibly...
Fredericktown edges Highland in offensive shootout
SPARTA — Fredericktown earned a see-saw non-conference win on Friday night at Highland with a 30-28 nailbiter. Freddies’ QB Blake Sipes ran for two touchdowns and threw for two more, 4 yards and 22 yards, both to Gavin Toombs. Elijah Roush contributed an interception and added two TD runs of 19 and 5 yards.
Week 1 Football Picks: Tough ones to start of the 2024 high school football season
MANSFIELD — I don't know if it was my picks that added extra motivation or I am just slipping in my knowledge of high school football. Last year, I picked 75 games that Richland County teams played in and my record was an embarrassing 57-18. Yikes. But in those 18 losses, the ones where I thought Richland County teams would take a loss and rubbed my face in it with a W, I will gladly sport those...
Teachable Moments: Inexperienced Tygers fall to Akron SVSM in opener
MANSFIELD — Chioke Bradley isn’t one to make excuses, but Mansfield Senior’s veteran coach could see the silver lining in Friday’s 21-14 loss to Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary. His inexperienced Tygers grew up a little bit. “We’ve got a young bunch … but that’s not an...
Freddies and Scots open up Football season in Sparta
Just one year ago the Fredericktown Freddies were defeated 35-0 behind 3 touchdown passes from Kolton Stover, two of them to Kadyn Reichenbach. Dane Nauman ran for 120 yards and the defense forced 2 turnovers and held the Freddies to less than 200 yards on offense. The Scots finished 6-6...
Crestview's Dylan Burge voted Ashland County Preseason Football Player of the Year
Crestview football player Dylan Burge was voted as the Ashland Times-Gazette Preseason Football Player of the Year ahead of the high school football season. The voting took place from Friday, August 16 to Thursday, August 22. Eight players were selected as Preseason Football Player of the Year candidates from Ashland County and...
"This is what we've worked for": Triway shows grit in win over West Holmes
WOOSTER TWP. — Triway had the tough task of taking on visiting West Holmes to kick off the 2024 football season Friday, and "tough" described the play of the Titans, who pulled off a 17-7 triumph over the Knights. On the strength of two big plays — a 43-yard Luke Starr-to-Olley Krupp touchdown...
Arlin Field will have new turf by 2025 football season
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield City Schools board of education has approved a $764,000 contract with the Motz Group to replace the turf at Arlin Field. The field will be paid for with permanent improvement funds — a segment of the district’s budget that can’t be used for operating expenses.
Crystal Ball: Ashland picked to finish third in OCC
ASHLAND — Pigskin prognosticators across northern Ohio have read the tea leaves and the results are in. Reporters and commentators from media outlets across the region took part in a preseason high school football poll in an attempt to determine champions in eight conferences encompassing 17 of Ohio’s 88 counties. Here are the results:
Growing pains: Young Tygers succumb, but make it interesting in the end
MANSFIELD — One of these days, probably soon, the scoreboard will do a better job of reflecting how much fun coaching football in 2024 is for Mansfield Senior’s Chioke Bradley. With an almost entirely new cast of starters, his Tygers came within inches – make that fingertips – of spoiling the head coaching debut of a former Ohio State star in Friday night’s season opener at Arlin Field. ...
Preseason Picks: Media predict area football league races
MANSFIELD — Pigskin prognosticators across north central Ohio have read the tea leaves and are announcing the results. Reporters and commentators from media outlets across the region took part in a preseason high school football poll in an attempt to determine champions in eight conferences encompassing 17 of Ohio’s 88 counties.
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