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West Holmes' Kyle Maltarich flies to D2 high jump regional title
A trio of West Holmes athletes earned spots at next week’s OHSAA State Championships after final-day action at the New Concord Division II Regional. Kyle Maltarich (high jump), Casey Ogi (pole vault) and Katherine Kaster (1,600-meter run) all advanced after earning automatic bids at Muskingum University. 'Unfinished business':Dillon Morlock...
'It's just been so great': Smithville takes the day at D3 Norwayne Regional
CRESTON — On Friday night in the finals of the Norwayne Division III Regional, nothing was safe. Especially the Smithville record book. Thanks to three event wins in school-record times, and another coming oh-so-close to setting a new program standard, the Smithies dominated the competition in capturing the regional championship at Norwayne Community Stadium. ...
Smithville's record-breaking 4x800 relay highlights first day at Norwayne Regional
CRESTON — Maryn Erdman isn’t ashamed to admit that she was a bit nervous Wednesday in the 4x800-meter final. The Smithville freshman, who was running the anchor leg for the first time all season, patiently waited at the starting line watching the final 400 meters of teammate Kaitlyn Carr. Once she saw Carr pass...
Strasburg softball overcomes scare to advance to OHSAA state tournament semifinal
PICKERINGTON — Trailing by three with nine outs left in its regional championship softball game Friday, Strasburg dug deep and unleashed its “inner Tiger” — just like a two-time defending state champion would. The Tigers manufactured six runs in those last nine at-bats, including three in...
'We belong': Wooster beats St. Ignatius for second straight Div. I district title
CLEVELAND — Wooster baseball is here to stay. It didn’t matter the Generals were playing a school with more than twice their male enrollment. It didn’t matter they were playing St. Ignatius at the Wildcats’ home field. It didn’t matter they have graduated some of their best players in program history over the last several seasons. It didn’t matter starting pitcher Kyle Oswald exited the game in the second inning with an injury.
Jackson grad Shawn Lutz: Who is this unsung coach, and how did he get Massillon's star QB?
Shawn Lutz view Massillon's DaOne Owens as a college football steal. Lutz is a Stark County success story based on his work as head coach at Slippery Rock. A street party broke out in Massillon after the football team won a state championship in Canton. The recruitment of Massillon's star...
‘Right here, right now’ Lex, Ontario duos excel in the moment, earn All-Ohio tennis honors
WOOSTER — Ahora. It’s a Spanish word, pronounced oh-rah, that loosely translated means “Right here, right now!”. Ontario siblings Pablo and Hector Sanchez Vidal said it many times to fire each other up on the tennis court the last three weeks after being thrown together as a doubles team for the high school postseason.
'The best feeling': Lane, McIntyre, Tompkins twins set Region 9 record in 1,600 relay
CRESTON TWP. — The medals kept coming. Until they clinked together in euphony. After Mogadore's 1,600-meter relay shattered a Region 9 record with its championship time of 3:57.06, Katie Lane, Brook McIntyre, Ari Tompkins and Julie Tompkins spent an eternity on the Norwayne High School football field. First, the...
‘It’s unbelievable, man’: Lex pals make history with state doubles title
WOOSTER — At some point during their unprecedented assault on the record books, tennis partners Ethan Remy and Dylan Catanese stopped seeing faces across the net and started seeing only golden opportunities. “It didn’t really matter who we played,” Catanese said. “We just had to go out there and battle and win as many points as we could.” ...
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