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2024 HS football preview: Galion Tigers
Welcome to Source Media’s 2024 high school football preview. Over the coming days, we’ll preview schools across Richland, Ashland and Knox Counties every day leading up to week 1. You can find all of our high school football previews here. Madison preview — Aug. 3. Lexington preview...
Crawford 12: Tradition of success lifts Colonel Crawford basketball to new heights
Editor's Note: This is the seventh of a summer series. NORTH ROBINSON - You don't win 13 consecutive sectional championships by accident. "We started here 19 years ago and we started a foundation," Colonel Crawford basketball coach David Sheldon said. "Our first three years, we had to work really hard at that. The kids...
Crawford 100: Colonel Crawford's Mira Holt has sights set on success
Editor's Note: This is the eleventh installment of a series. NORTH ROBINSON — Sports have been a part of Mira Holt's life for … well, her whole life. "It was definitely a big part of growing up," the Colonel Crawford senior said. "I was around them a lot, and I've done basketball my whole...
Crawford 100: All-Ohio underclassmen, seniors leaving a legacy cap off top boys
Editor's Note: This is the tenth installment of a series. The finally wave of athletes is officially here. We'll take a look at the final nine boys before announcing the top athletes, and team, in Crawford County. This might be one of the best groups of boys we've had in a long time. Multiple...
2024 Northmor Football Guide: Last year's most successful teams could be again this season
IBERIA — Northmor was the most successful Marion-area football team a season ago. The Golden Knights were runners-up in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference, earned 10 wins, won a couple of home playoff victories and made a trip to the regional semifinals in Division VI's Region 23. "We have been working hard since the...
Richland 200: No. 4 Shelby's Brayden DeVito working on lasting legacy, building leadership
SHELBY — Before Brayden DeVito even entered his kindergarten year, he loved football. The summer before even beginning school, he signed up for flag football and as soon as he touched the ball, he knew he was home. Playing running back and receiving the handoff, it was almost unfair. DeVito took his first touch to the house for a touchdown. Everyone watching was in awe clapping the entire time he was sprinting toward the end zone. ...
Promise Kept: Clear Fork grad completes half-marathon on Mount Everest
MANSFIELD — Missy Blake conquered Everest, but it won’t be her last great adventure. She still has other promises to keep. A 1994 Clear Fork graduate, Blake became the first veteran amputee to run the Everest Half Marathon on May 29. She completed the 21-kilometer course from Dingboche to Namche Bazaar in 9 hours, 44 minutes and 1 second.
Nation’s top swimmers train on equipment made in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — Sam VanCura always enjoys watching the Olympic swimming competitions, but this year’s broadcast came with an added bonus — free advertising. VanCura is the president of Total Performance Inc, which manufacturers training equipment for high-level swimmers. TPI’s sells equipment to high schools, YMCAs and swim...
Former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel headlines Mid-Ohio ESC fall administrative conference
MANSFIELD — The Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center (ESC) hosted a highly successful Fall Administrative Conference on August 6th, drawing over 250 dedicated administrators from various local districts. The conference, designed to provide valuable insights and strategies to enhance administrative skills and support the educational community, was met with enthusiasm...
2024 River Valley Football Guide: Vikings hope to change fortune in close games
CALEDONIA — River Valley finished 4-7 last year. With better luck and more consistent play, maybe the Vikings reverse that into 7-4 as close games and wild finishes were the norm in football in 2023. "We had a good offseason in the weight room and at our 7-on-7s over the summer," second year head coach Matt Waddle said. "We competed all summer long and feel that we took positive steps forward, getting better each time we were...
Barnyard Olympics at Richland County Fair features games & team-building
ONTARIO — Some of the greatest athletes in track & field, water polo and table tennis were competing on an international stage at the Paris Olympics Thursday afternoon. At the same time, children at the Richland County Fair brought passion and grit to the Barnyard Olympics, an annual event hosted in the show arena.
Richland 200: Finishing touches on lasting legacies coming for Nos. 11-20
MANSFIELD — They are questions that every high school athlete faces when their careers start to wind down. How do you want to be remembered? What do you want your legacy to be? The athletes coming in at Nos. 11-20 in the Richland 200 have already laid the foundation to some lasting legacies but can put the finishing touches on them during the 2024-25 season. ...
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