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Toledo PFF grades: Gleason is nation's top QB, for at least one day
Each week, The Blade will recap the most interesting Toledo football grades released by Pro Football Focus, the scouting website that evaluates players’ performance on every play of every game. For context, grades are based on a 0-100 scale. Tucker Gleason (94.5 passing): How good was Gleason in Saturday’s 30-20 romp over Miami? He was the highest-graded starting quarterback in the country. Gleason completed a career-best 27 passes, and his 318 passing yards were just shy of a career high. His 71.1 completion percentage was his second-best when attempting more than 11 passes. Gleason threw two touchdowns and two interceptions,...
St. Francis, St. Ursula win CHSL cross country titles
MILFORD, Mich. — St. Francis de Sales placed five runners in the top 10 to secure the Catholic High School League boys cross country championship Wednesday at Kensington Metropark, while St. Ursula Academy edged Notre Dame Academy for girls team honors. St. Francis finished with 37 points to win the boys competition, with Jackson Lumen Christi coming in second at 58. Detroit Catholic Central was third with 91 points. St. John’s Jesuit was sixth at 151, and Central Catholic was 12th at 328. Colton Adolph paced St. Francis with a fourth-place finish in 16 minutes, 53.4 seconds. Jameson Heck (17:05.4) was sixth, Brennan Higgins (17:12.6) was eighth, Grady Kling (17:15.3) was ninth, and Owen Little (17:17.4) was 10th. St. Ursula prevailed in the girls race with 53 points, with Notre Dame second at 89. Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard was third at 102.
Cross country: Top runners, teams to beat at 2024 conference meets
High school cross country conference championships for the 2024 season are scheduled to place this week, beginning with the Toledo Area Athletic Conference meet on Wednesday and the remaining Toledo-area leagues running on Saturday. Here are the top times this season and teams to beat in the local Ohio conferences, according to available results. TOLEDO AREA ATHLETIC CONFERENCE When: Wednesday, 4:30 p.m.
BGSU football to renew rivalry with Northern Illinois
BOWLING GREEN — When C.J. Brown steps into Doyt Perry Stadium for Bowling Green State University’s football game against Northern Illinois on Saturday, he will have officially been on both sides of the matchup. It’s a rivalry that has had a memorable and significant past, and with the Mid-American Conference’s new scheduling format implemented this year, it could have a meaningful future. “I think it’ll be pretty well, especially for the MAC,” said Brown, a two-time all-MAC safety at Northern Illinois before transferring to BGSU earlier this year. “Back in ’03 they were competitive against each other when College Gameday was...
Anthony Wayne repeats as NLL Buckeye volleyball champ
Anthony Wayne clinched its second straight Northern Lakes League Buckeye Division volleyball championship Tuesday night, taking a 3-0 victory at Perrysburg. The Generals (19-1, 7-0 Buckeye), Ohio's No. 2-ranked Division II team, were in control throughout, using a strong serving game and a balanced attack at the net in winning 25-12, 25-20, 25-15 over the second-place Yellow Jackets (14-6, 5-2), who are ranked No. 7 in Ohio in Division I. AW, which had also topped visiting Perrysburg 3-0 in the first Buckeye Division meeting back on Sept. 10, recorded 14 service aces in Tuesday's match. “Our girls play with so much confidence,” AW coach Chrissy Graven said. “As soon as they step on the court we don't have to worry about their mindset or their composure, and we really don't have to say too much as a staff. They know the game plan and how to get it done, and they're all just confident on the court.
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