LEXINGTON — Jacob Kasper is a NCAA Division I All-American wrestler — both in deed and in word. Kasper finished sixth in the NCAA championships last weekend in St. Louis, making him just the third wrestler in Duke University history to earn All-American status. All-American in deed. The Lexington High School graduate also never once […]
Carl Hunnell, Richland Source correspondent
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Joe Jakubick steers St. Peter’s with a savvy hand
MANSFIELD — Winston Churchill once described Russia as a riddle wrapped inside a mystery inside an enigma. Such is the interesting and highly successful story of Mansfield St. Peter’s boys basketball coach Joe Jakubick, whose team (25-2) is one game away from the state Final Four in Columbus. Jakubick was an NCAA scoring champion at […]
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Long-time Mansfield official headed to OHSAA Hall of Fame
MANSFIELD — Russ Pitts got his first real taste of sports officiating when his older sister called him on the phone. He couldn’t say no to his sister. “When I was a freshman at Wheeling (W.Va.) High School, I played basketball and they used players during gym class to officiate intramural games. That way we […]
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Jakubick nets 1,000th career point as St. Peter’s claims sectional title
LEXINGTON — Mansfield St. Peter’s led Monroeville by 21 points midway through the second quarter Friday night. But Spartans’ coach Joe Jakubick didn’t like the intensity he was seeing from his players. It didn’t matter afterward that St. Peter’s won a Division IV sectional title with a 68-46 victory at Lexington High School. It didn’t […]
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Second-ranked St. Peter’s roars in tourney opener
LEXINGTON — Their new warm-up shirts say “Unfinished Business.” For Mansfield St. Peter’s, it’s a reminder the Spartans finished one game shy of the state tournament last year. But even after opening this year’s tournament with a 76-48 win against Danbury on Tuesday night at Lexington High School, St. Peter’s coach Joe Jakubick has a […]
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Lexington stops Clear Fork in regular-season finale
LEXINGTON — On a night Lexington honored its four seniors, its underclassmen also rose to the occasion in a 75-54 win against Clear Fork in the final regular-season game for both teams. The younger Minutemen scored 44 of Lexington’s points, led by all-district performer Cade Stover. The 6-foot-4 sophomore had a game-high 22 points on […]