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Petersburg Summerfield to join TAAC as football-only member
Petersburg Summerfield High School on Thursday announced it is the latest Michigan school to join the Toledo Area Athletic Conference for football only. Summerfield follows Whiteford and Erie Mason as members for the 2025 season. “This unique opportunity will allow our football program to continue to play 11-man football against teams of our similar size,” Summerfield superintendent August Ost and athletic director Kelly Kalb said in a joint statement Thursday. “This will give our middle school, JV, and varsity teams schedules, while keeping the distance to travel within reason.” Whiteford and Erie Mason both accepted invitations Monday.
New water tower coming to Schneider Park area; soccer club hopeful more improvements will follow
TOLEDO, Ohio — Soccer players at the Schneider Soccer Complex will soon have to start sharing their field with a two-million-gallon water tank. Toledo Councilman Adam Martinez said the city has been planning to put a water tank there for a while now. "This was always designed to be...
2024 Friday Forecast: Predicting 10 Toledo-area games for Week 9
Each week, The Blade sports department’s Steve Junga, Mark Monroe, Kyle Rowland, Michael Burwell, and Ron Seibel predict winners for 10 intriguing high school football games in the Toledo area. Last week, Rowland, Monroe, and Seibel each went 10-0, while Junga went 9-1 and Burwell 8-2. For the season, Junga, Rowland, and Monroe are each 63-17, followed by Burwell at 60-20 and Seibel at 59-21. Here are the predictions for this week. Winning Drive Game of the Week presented by Renewal by Andersen: EASTWOOD (8-0) AT OAK HARBOR (8-0)■ Junga: Oak Harbor, 28-21■ Rowland: Oak Harbor, 28-21■ Burwell: Eastwood, 33-28■ Monroe: Oak Harbor, 35-28■ Seibel: Oak Harbor, 35-14
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