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"It feels amazing": Colts reverse the curse, win Division II district title in dominating fashion
BLUFFTON — The curse is broken. Last year, the Clear Fork Colts entered the district tournament as the No. 1 seed and got beat in the sectional final 6-1 by Bellevue ending their postseason before it even started. MORE THAN A GAME:'Baseball is more than a game': Clear Fork...
Graduating with (regional) honors: Weaver’s big weekend includes title on her home oval
LEXINGTON — Friday night’s commencement exercises at Lexington High School were the highlight of Elyana Weaver’s Memorial Day weekend. For less than 24 hours. STATE CHAMPS! ‘It’s unbelievable, man’: Lex pals make history with state doubles title ...
Northridge’s Evans, Heath’s See blow away competition at Division II regional track
LEXINGTON — After dealing with a back injury during the regular season, Isabel Evans is starting to look like her record-setting self. Next week, it might mean taking one last step up the podium. The Northridge junior ran times of 14.18 and 43.42 on Saturday to sweep the 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles...
Bryan softball claims first Division II regional title with win over Lexington
SHELBY, Ohio — Bryan’s softball team wasn’t satisfied with just reaching its first regional championship game in program history. The Golden Bears put together another game for the ages to earn their first trip to Akron. Sophomore pitching standout Thea Staten struck out the final seven Lexington batters in a dominating complete-game performance, while freshman Amiyah Langham and senior Kailee Thiel sparked the offense with home runs in the third inning, as the Golden Bears topped the Minutemen 4-1 in a Division II regional final on Friday at Shelby High School. “It’s incredible. We’ve had tastes of this in other sports, obviously, so knowing what we’re going into that, we’ve worked so hard to get to this point in the season, it’s just an incredible feeling,” said Thiel, a key contributor to Bryan’s 2023 state final four girls basketball team. “So many emotions going on, it’s indescribable.”
‘Trusting the process’: Ontario boys are runner-up in regional track
LEXINGTON – Aiden Fox is as sly as one. Obviously, this two-legged Fox is not intentionally playing possum, but some of his competitors have probably been surprised each of the last two weeks as the Ontario junior has gone from fifth in the prelims to second on the podium in the 300 meter hurdles. ...
15 Richland County players earn All-Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference honors for 2024 softball season
MANSFIELD — In all, 15 Richland County softball players were named to the All-Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference teams. Clear Fork's Katrina Rogers and Mel Blubaugh joined Ontario's Trista Jewell and Eden Howard and Shelby's Mallary Gundrum and Kendal Parsons as first team selections. MOAC BASEBALL:12 Richland County players named All-Mid-Ohio...
'He wants the ball:' Schlosser's gutsy performance leads Colts back to district title game
BLUFFTON — It was going to take more than a simple mound visit from Clear Fork coach Gabe Kennedy to get Luke Schlosser to give up the baseball. It actually took a state-wide rule to force him to hand it over. Schlosser put together a workman-like performance during the Colts' 8-1 Division II district semifinal victory on Thursday night against the Upper Sandusky Rams. Schlosser tossed 6 ⅔ innings allowing one run on four hits with 15...
OHSAA track & field: Jonathan Alder, Licking Valley boys win Division II regional titles
The Jonathan Alder boys 3,200-meter relay turned in a record-setting performance during the opening day of the Division II regional track and field meet Thursday at Lexington. Seniors Brady Tremayne and Luke Goode and juniors Mason Hermiller and Greg Nussbaum won in a program-record 7:57.89. The top four finishers in...
‘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.” ...
Errors plague Ontario Warriors in Division II district baseball semifinal loss to Perkins
FREMONT — Errors plagued Ontario High School baseball in two crucial innings against Sandusky Perkins in Division II district semifinal action at Fremont Ross High School on Thursday. Holding a six-run lead after scoring three runs in each of the second and third innings, four errors by Ontario in the fourth frame led to Perkins scoring six runs to tie the game, before the Pirates went on to plate a pair in the top of the ninth...
‘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.
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