LOUDONVILLE — Loudonville was home to an early race car driver that could find his way to the podium. In the 1910s, young Charles Mowery was an enthusiastic automobile racer. At a time when few people even owned automobiles, let alone raced them, “Charlie” was already pushing the envelope on the dirt path known as […]
November 2020
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Van Wert roughs up Shelby in regional championship game
SHELBY — A season of dreams for the Shelby Whippets veered off the rails during a nightmarish first half Saturday night at W.W. Skiles Field. Van Wert quarterback Owen Treece completed 14 of 15 passes for 228 yards and five touchdowns — all in the first half — as the Cougars rolled to a 49-7 […]
Posted inBoys Soccer
Lexington falls to Shawnee in overtime
LEXINGTON — Peter Them could deal with the loss. It was the manner in which the defeat came that left a bitter taste in the mouth of Lexington’s veteran coach. Lima Shawnee’s Austin Miller scored on a controversial penalty kick with 8:30 remaining in overtime for a stunning 2-1 victory over the Minutemen in the […]
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Van Wert’s speedy start jolts Shelby
Van Wert dominated from start to finish in a resounding 49-7 win over Shelby in Ohio high school football on November 7. The scoreboard was in hibernation in the second and fourth quarters, with neither team scoring. The Cougars jumped on top in front of the Whippets 49-7 to begin the second quarter. For statewide […]
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Madison Comprehensive outlasts St. Marys
Madison Comprehensive operated on St. Marys and removed any chance of victory with a 3-1 procedure at St. Marys on November 7 in Ohio girls high school soccer action. Madison Comprehensive’s kept the advantage through the final half with a 1-0 scoring edge over St. Marys. Madison Comprehensive drew first blood by forging a 2-1 […]
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Four for Four: Lexington’s seniors cap historic run with 4th straight state title
OBETZ, Ohio – Halle Hamilton, Lily Weeks and Joanna Halfhill don’t know what it’s like to lose a state cross country meet. And they weren’t about to find out Saturday. The Lexington seniors won their fourth straight Division II state title on an unseasonably warm day in Obetz, finishing 14 points ahead of second-place Dayton […]
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Madison headed to 2nd straight Final Four
ST. MARYS, Ohio — A second straight trip to the Final Four is the next chapter to unfold in the story of the 2020 Madison girls soccer season. The No. 1-ranked Rams (19-0-3) made sure of that on Saturday afternoon by dismissing St. Marys Memorial 3-1 in the Division II regional championship game. Senior All-American […]
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Mansfield NAACP announces scholarship awards
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield NAACP has announced its 2020 college scholarship recipients. The local NAACP chapter was able to give a record $1,700 each to five area students, according to outgoing scholarship chair Alice Williams. Williams, a retired Mansfield City Schools educator, started the scholarship program six years ago. The program is administered through the […]