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4 area teams claim girls high school district cross country crowns
St. Ursula, Perrysburg, Genoa and Ottawa Hills were among the teams securing girls district high school cross country championships Saturday. Division I Findlay district FINDLAY — St. Ursula claimed the team crown, winning the tiebreaker against Tiffin Columbian with the higher finishing sixth runner after each posted 44 points.
Spooks and Spokes slow roll bike ride Sunday
BOWLING GREEN — The City of Bowling Green’s Bicycle Safety Commission will host the final slow roll bike ride of the season with a Halloween twist. Spooks and Spokes will be Sunday at 2 p.m. Riders are encouraged to decorate their bikes and dress up in bike-friendly costumes. The ride will begin and end at the city building parking lot, 305 N. Main St. Stops will feature local lore, stories, and some of the city’s haunted locations. Rides are free, family friendly, and open to everyone. Each rider is required to wear a properly fitted helmet and ride a correctly sized bicycle in safe, working mechanical order.
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...
Briggs: At Sylvania Country Club, a 1-in-17 million golf miracle as buddies ace same hole minutes apart
It was like lightning striking twice, except the skies were clear and the odds longer. Call it two strokes of golf fate. On a sun-kissed recent morning at Sylvania Country Club, David Wolf — a retired 10-handicapper — was playing with three longtime buddies in their regular $5 Nassau game when he aced the 159-yard, par-3 third hole. It was his first hole-in-one.
Briggs: 'Halftime is for the bands!' Snub of BG a baffling and unforced error by Toledo
Strike up the band drama. In a move that has raised and furrowed brows alike, you’ve probably heard that the Battle of I-75 will be a little quieter this year. Toledo is not allowing Bowling Green’s marching band to play at halftime of their game a week from Saturday at the Glass Bowl, citing a scheduling conflict for the break from tradition. It has caused quite the stir, producing dueling accusations by the rival schools and leaving Falcons — and many Rockets — supporters to wonder: What in the name of Tom PETTY is going on here?
Purdue football overpowered, shut out by No. 2 ranked Oregon
WEST LAFAYETTE – A heated Purdue redshirt freshman quarterback Ryan Browne walked to the sideline during the second quarter looking visibly frustrated. It wasn’t for the lack of effort for Browne, doing all he could to ignite a collectively stale first-half performance from the Boilermakers in another loss, this time to No. 2 ranked Oregon at Ross-Ade Stadium on Friday night. ...
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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