EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the sixth in a six-part series profiling the Crawford County Sports Hall of Fame inductees. NORTH ROBINSON — Chuck Huggins has proudly coached softball at his alma mater, Colonel Crawford, for 28 years. After graduating from Col. Crawford, Chuck went on to earn his bachelor’s degree in elementary education at Bluffton College […]
Carolyn Helbert Special to the Richland Source
Winkelfoos paced Redmen in two sports
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fifth in a six-part series profiling the Crawford County Sports Hall of Fame inductees. BUCYRUS — Natalie Winkelfoos was an outstanding athlete at Bucyrus High School, an All-Ohioan in both basketball and softball. She became the first student to score more than 1,000 points in basketball and went on to play […]
Jack Hewitt dominated Bucyrus sports scene
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fourth in a six-part series profiling the Crawford County Sports Hall of Fame inductees. BUCYRUS — Jack Hewitt was a four-sport athlete at Bucyrus High School playing basketball, baseball, football and track. Jack won the Michael Award in basketball as the team’s MVP as a senior in 1957 when he led […]
Bill Durtschi carved a legend on Galion football field
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a six-part series profiling the Crawford County Sports Hall of Fame inductees. GALION — As the youngest of nine children born in Galion, Ohio on Nov. 22, 1922, William R. Durtschi grew up in Galion where his grandparents had settled after leaving Oberheffen, Switzerland. During Bill’s high school […]
Buckettes honored for 1984-85 state championship
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a six-part series profiling the Crawford County Sports Hall of Fame inductees. NEW WASHINGTON — The 1984-85 Buckeye Central girls basketball team was the most powerful small-school outfit in Ohio. “This team was not made of any single All-Star player. We had very unselfish players,” Anissa Tuttle noted. […]
