COLUMBUS — Kennedy Lacey’s game keeps evolving and her star keeps rising. The Ashland forward was selected to the All-Ohio first team in Division III when the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association Division I-III teams were unveiled Tuesday. A 5-foot-8 junior, Lacey averaged a career-high 22 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.1 steals per game. She […]
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‘Bittersweet:’ Falcons fall in Final Four
The Hillsdale Falcons came up short in a Division VII state semifinal against Kalida, but the loss couldn’t diminish the historic season.
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Hillsdale spanks Tiffin Calvert to reach Elite Eight
BARBERTON — For just the second time in program history, the Falcons are Elite. Lowen Ferguson and Knox Lewis each scored 17 points as Hillsdale thundered to a dominant, 67-45 win over Tiffin Calvert in a Division VII regional semifinal boys basketball game on Jack Greynolds Court. The Falcons (19-7) will play Heartland Christian for […]
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‘Proud to be a Falcon’: Hillsdale falls to St. Henry in Division VII state final
CANTON — Hillsdale’s dream of a state championship was dashed, but the Falcons left Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium with no regrets. “It’s sad it didn’t end the way we wanted it to,” senior linebacker Brady Heller said after Saturday’s 37-3 loss to St. Henry in the Division VII final, “but I still think […]
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Another MAC heavyweight awaits Hillsdale in Division VII title game
JEROMESVILLE — St. Henry’s championship pedigree speaks for itself. While fellow Midwest Athletic Conference powerhouse Marion Local has reigned over Ohio small-school football since the dawn of the new millennia, it was St. Henry that put the MAC on the map in the 1990s. The Redskins won four state titles in the 1990s (’90, ’92, […]
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Eagles clipped by top-ranked Ferris State
BIG RAPIDS, Mich. — Ashland awakened a sleeping giant. The 18th-ranked Eagles jumped to a first-quarter lead before top-ranked Ferris State roared to a 56-24 win in the second round of the NCAA Division II football playoffs at snowy Top Taggart Field. AU (10-3) built a 14-0 lead midway through the first quarter. Jamari Croom […]
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Second Chance: Hillsdale’s Heller reflects on a 2nd straight Final 4 appearance
MANSFIELD — Brady Heller hasn’t made his Christmas list yet, but the one thing Hillsdale’s senior linebacker wants more than anything else is a chance at redemption. Heller visited the Inside The Lines podcast studio ahead of Friday’s Division VII state semifinal game to talk about last year’s historic season. The lessons learned in the […]
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Freshman running back powers Ashland University to D-II playoff victory
ASHLAND — Chris Maloney knew all along he could make an impact. Ashland’s true freshman tailback just needed an opportunity. Maloney rushed for 155 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries as 18th-ranked Ashland clobbered No. 7 Minnesota Duluth 32-7 in the opening round of the Division II playoffs Saturday at Jack Miller Stadium. The […]
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Hillsdale tops Danville in another instant classic
WEST LAFAYETTE — Jesse Trevathan never doubted he would return, even during his darkest days. And there were plenty of dark days. Trevathan tore the ACL in his right knee during Hillsdale’s run to the Division VII state championship game last year. He suffered the injury in Week 12 and spent the final four weeks […]
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Championship Chase: Hillsdale’s Sloan hoping for another shot at state title
MANSFIELD — He’s the most accomplished running back in program history, but Owen Sloan would trade all of his individual achievements for the one thing that has eluded him — a state championship. Hillsdale’s career rushing king stopped by the Inside The Lines podcast studio for an honest conversation about last year’s state championship game […]