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Purdue football adds 3-star Ohio linebacker to 2025 commitment list
INDIANAPOLIS -- Purdue football continues to find potential impact defensive players for its 2025 class one state to the east. West Chester (Ohio) Lakota West linebacker Grant Beerman committed to the Boilermakers on Saturday morning. The 6-4, 220-pound, three-star prospect is ranked No. 421 in the 247 Sports composite for the 2025 class.
Bowling Green men's basketball duo meet in Olympic qualifier as the Bahamas tops Lebanon
VALENCIA, Spain — In a matchup of a player and a coach with the Bowling Green State University men’s basketball team, the Bahamas’ national basketball team defeated Lebanon 89-72 on Saturday in the semifinals of an Olympic qualifying tournament. Lourawls Nairn, Jr., a second-year assistant coach with the Falcons, started for the Bahamas, which advanced to Sunday’s final against Spain. The winner earns a spot in the Paris Olympics. Nairn logged a little more than 12 minutes, recording two rebounds — both offensive — and an assist with a plus-minus rating of plus-6. Deandre Ayton (Portland Trailblazers) led the Bahamas with 24 points and 15 rebounds.
Spartans lose out on top 500 Ohio LB to Purdue
Michigan State has lost out on one of their top linebacker targets to a fellow Big Ten rival. Three-star linebacker Grant Beerman of West Chester, Ohio committed to Purdue on Saturday morning. Beerman picked the Boilermakers over Michigan State, West Virginia and Cincinnati. Beerman is ranked as the No. 46 linebacker and No. 421 overall prospect in 247Sports’ composite rankings for the 2025 class. He’s also listed as the No. 17 player from Ohio in the class. Contact/Follow us @The SpartansWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan state news, notes, and opinion....
Edgewood turns to Lakota East’s Hatfield to lead program: ‘We’re going to do things the right way’
ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP — Austin Hatfield is bringing a collegiate mind-set to his first prep baseball coaching job. Hatfield has been part of the coaching staff at Earlham College for the last three years and recently accepted the head coaching position at Edgewood High School, where is slated to receive school-board.
FOOTBALL 2024: The Carlisle Indians’ schedule with series information for all opponents
CARLISLE — A new era of Carlisle High School football is starting in 2024 as the Josh Koogle era begins. Koogle, a 2011 CHS graduate, spent the last eight years as an assistant at Preble Shawnee and is taking over an Indian program that hasn’t had a winning season since going 7-
FOOTBALL 2024: The Mason Comets’ schedule with series information for all opponents
MASON — Mason High School’s football team will face the same slate of opponents for the third straight season in 2024. The Comets were 7-6 last year, pushing Brian Castner’s coaching record to 91-62 in 14 seasons at the helm. There have only been three losing records in the Castner era.
Papasavvas takes flag-to-flag home USF2000 win at Mid-Ohio
Local driver Evagoras Papasavvas put a disappointing Friday firmly behind him as he sped to a flag-to-flag victory for Jay Howard Driver Development in Saturday afternoon’s second leg of the Tatuus Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio tripleheader. On pole for the second straight day, Papasavvas, from Loveland, Ohio, repeated his maiden success from one year ago. He also moved up to second place in the USF2000 Presented by Continental Tire point standings with his first win of the season.
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