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Back on top: Lexington nets second district title in three years with win over Clear Fork
WILLARD — It was a familiar and unfamiliar feeling all wrapped into one moment. As Lexington's Kaylie Eichorn stepped forward with her fellow senior teammates to receive the Division II district championship trophy after a 7-1 victory over Clear Fork, the memories came flooding back. They were from her sophomore year when she helped Lex win its first softball district title in 11 years with a sac fly in the 12th inning. ...
2024 Richland County High School Football Schedule Release: Big year on tap on gridiron
MANSFIELD — With all of the attention on the NFL and the schedule release for the 2024 season, it's only fair to bring that attention locally. It is time for the 2024 Richland County high school football schedule release as we are officially three months away from kickoff. DIVISION EXPANSION: State tournaments to see...
Brothers serve up history: Ontario duo joins five state-bound Lex players
PORT CLINTON — What do you do if you’ve just put your stamp on a historical achievement? If you’re brothers Pablo and Hector Sanchez Vidal you just keep going, looking for more. On Thursday, the Spanish siblings won both of their doubles matches in the opening session of the Division II district tennis tournament in Port Clinton to become the first state qualifiers in the history of the boys program at Ontario. ...
Anthony Wayne softball records 3rd straight tournament shutout
BOWLING GREEN — Stingy pitching and one big inning of offense were the main ingredients for Anthony Wayne on Friday night, as the third-ranked Generals captured their fourth straight Division I district softball title with a 7-0 victory over Mansfield Madison at Bowling Green State University's Meserve Field. Anthony Wayne (25-1), which had clinched a Northern Lakes League Buckeye Division championship with a resounding 15-5 win at Perrysburg on Monday, made it 3-for-3 with tournament shutouts so far by blanking the Rams (20-6) from the Ohio Cardinal Conference. Senior right-hander Kat Meyers, who will pitch next year for the University of Michigan, followed her seven-inning, 18-strikeout perfect game from the Generals 4-0 district semifinal win over Start on Tuesday with five innings of two-hit shutout pitching versus Madison. “I felt pretty good today in warm-ups,” Meyers said. “The field was a little wet, but that's all right. You've just kind of got to work with it and dig it out a little bit. “Our defense was great. I always have my full confidence in them. I had the same mindset as I did on Tuesday — one batter at a time.”
Lexington's Makaree Chapman named Ohio Cardinal Conference Softball Pitcher of the Year
MANSFIELD — Lexington junior Makaree Chapman had a year she won't soon forget. After hitting .506 with 44 hits, 11 doubles, four triples, a home run, 34 RBIs and 33 runs scored while also dominating in the circle going 18-2 with two saves and a 1.63 earned run average with 208 strikeouts in 141 ⅓ innings of work, she was named the Ohio Cardinal Conference Pitcher of the Year. She piloted Lady Lex to their first OCC...
Division II regional track roundup: Pair of Vikings heading back to state meet
LEXINGTON — A pair of River Valley field event standouts earned their places in next week's state track and field championships at the University of Dayton. Cooper Miller, a senior, finished second in the boys pole vault at Thursday's Division II regional meet at Lexington, going 14 feet, 8 inches. Ethan Lyon, another senior, was runner-up in the boys discus at 156-6. ...
Roundup: Licking Valley’s Croak wins regional title in discus
Trevor Croak threw a distance of 162-feet-5 to win the discus for the Licking Valley boys track team Thursday during the Division II regional championships at Lexington. Croak finished ahead of River Valley’s Ethan Lyon, who recorded a runner-up distance of 156-6. Heath’s Carter Higgins placed fourth (153-5) in the event to join...
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