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Revisiting Mike Vicars' previous high school football turnarounds
To get the full picture of Mike Vicars' coaching journey, it is important to include the humble beginnings and how he first had to navigate his own personal coaching turnaround. A 1981 graduate of Liberty Center, Vicars played defensive end and fullback for coach Jim Meeker's 1980 Tigers team that started 9-0 before losing an NWOAL title showdown to Archbold and then dropping the program's first playoff game. After starting classes in 1981 at Bowling Green State University, where he completed his bachelor's degree in 1987, Vicars dived into coaching as an assistant under Meeker at LC for three years (1981-83). He then spent three seasons at Delta (1984-86) before landing his first head coaching post in 1987 at Holgate, where his teams went 0-10 and 1-9. From there, it didn't get much better when he became head coach at Ada (21-40 record, 1989-94), as his first three Bulldogs teams went 1-9, 0-10, and 3-7.
Bowling Green High School choir, BGSU student turn story into song for Toledo boy battling cancer
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — For many, pirate frogs would not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of songs at a choir concert. But in Bowling Green on Tuesday night, that was exactly the case. And for the family of 5-year-old Colton Stanley, it meant everything.
Bowling Green schools again asking voters for funds
Voters in the Bowling Green school district are being asked to approve a continuing income tax levy after approving a bond issue last November. The district is hoping voters approve a continuing 0.75-percent income tax that is expected to raise $6.7 million annually. In November, voters approved a 30-year, 5.55-mill, $72.8 million bond issue to build a new high school. It was the fifth try in six years for a new school facility issue. Matt Feasel, treasurer, said the district passed a property tax of 1.6 mill in 2010.
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