Carl Hunnell
City editor. 30-year plus journalist. Husband. Father of 3 grown sons and also a proud grandpa. Prior military journalist in U.S. Navy, Ohio Air National Guard. -- Favorite quote: "Where were you when the page was blank?"
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Anti-violence community advocate Kay Smith dies from heart condition
MANSFIELD — Geneva “Kay” Smith spent her life giving her heart to others. Sadly, it was her own heart that failed her over the weekend. The 40-year-old Smith, a community organizer at the North End Community Improvement Collaborative, who recently underwent open-heart surgery, died from complications at the Cleveland Clinic. The Mansfield Senior High School […]
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Lucas season ends the way it began — with the roar of its crowd
CANTON — Seconds after the Division VII state title game ended in a 28-6 loss Saturday, a roar rose up from the home stands at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. “LUCAS!! LUCAS!! LUCAS!!” was the battle cry that erupted as a loyal and loving fan base saluted its record-setting Cubs one final time in […]
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Lucas falls short in state title game to Marion Local, 28-6
CANTON — A dream season ended one game shy of fruition on Saturday as the Lucas Cubs lost to the Marion Local Flyers, 28-6, in the Division VII state championship game at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. The Cubs (12-3) battled throughout against the perennial power from Mercer Center, which captured its 11th state […]
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Mansfield Senior squeezed every drop of juice from historic season
CANTON — The Mansfield Senior Tygers squeezed every drop of juice out of an epic, historic and amazing postseason run. Go ahead and select your own superlative adjectives. We can wait a few moments. Take your time — it may take some time. But these youngsters are worth it. Fact is, any words you come up […]
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UPDATE: Mansfield Senior falls in state title game in OT, 14-7
CANTON — Mansfield Senior fell just short of glory on Friday afternoon in Canton. The Tygers pushed Trotwood-Madison to the brink before falling 14-7 in overtime in the Division III state title game in Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. The loss ends Mansfield Senior’s season with a 13-2 record, after having earned the first […]
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It’s a matter of Hart from South Carolina to Mansfield Sr. & Lucas
CAYCE, S.C. — Cary Hart jumped from his chair last Friday night, roaring as he watched on television when Mansfield Senior won a Division III state football semifinal game in double overtime. What the 1982 Malabar High School graduate didn’t know was his wife, Heidi, a 1988 Lucas graduate, was recording his spontaneous and raucous […]
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Message to Mansfield Senior and Lucas: You only gotta beat them once
Former Fostoria Senior football coach Dick Kidwell told me something once about high school football that I have never forgotten. I was standing next to him on the sidelines in 1996 at Massilon Paul Brown Tiger Stadium, minutes before his Redmen team kicked off the Division II state title game against heavily favored Akron Buchtel. […]
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Lucas faces 10-time state champion Marion Local on Saturday
MARIA STEIN — There are years it must seem like winning the Midwest Athletic Conference football title is easier than capturing the state championship. Given the fact the MAC includes powerhouses like Marion Local, Coldwater, Anna, Delphos St. John’s, et al., that may not be far from the truth. Six members of the MAC, based […]
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Trotwood-Madison wants to know where Mansfield Sr. star Grose is on Friday
TROTWOOD — Trotwood-Madison football coach Jeff Graham wants to know where Angelo Grose is at all times on Friday. The former Ohio State and NFL star wide receiver, who leads his Rams into the Division III state title game against Grose and the Mansfield Senior Tygers on Friday at 3 p.m. in Canton, knows danger […]