COLUMBUS — Being the leadoff runner on Galion’s Division II state-championship 4×100 relay team has one disadvantage. After handing off the baton, Laura McElligott is relegated to the role of spectator. It can be a little unnerving. “I can’t watch,” McElligott said Saturday afternoon shortly after she and her teammates collected their gold medals. “I […]
Curt Conrad, Correspondent
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Clear Fork grad Travis Hissong to sign with Yankees
BELLVILLE — It’s a good thing Travis Hissong’s 2005 Scion gets good gas mileage. His odometer has been busy recently. A 2010 Clear Fork High School graduate, Hissong will sign a free agent contract with the New York Yankees later this week. The hard-throwing right-handed pitcher was playing for the Lakeshore Chinooks when he got […]
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Galion girls win relay gold
COLUMBUS — Clair Erlsten couldn’t see her competition and Laura McElligott couldn’t bear to watch. The building roar of the standing room only crowd at Ohio State’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium told both Galion sprinters everything they needed to know during the final day of competition at the state track and field tournament. A junior […]
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Colts’ Jackson places sixth at state
COLUMBUS — Clear Fork coach Dave Carroll wasn’t the only one holding his breath during the Division II shot put competition Friday morning just outside The Ohio State University’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. Eric Jackson, Carroll’s prize pupil, was a little nervous, too. Carroll could hardly stand to watch as Jackson entered the shot put […]
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Diamond Kings: Lee, Penney headline All-Richland Source baseball team
MANSFIELD — Most casual high school baseball fans had heard of Richland Source Player of the Year Evan Lee of Lexington before the start of the season, but not even the most well-informed knew much about Michael Penney. Count Madison coach Doug Rickert among them. The newly-crowned Richland Source Pitcher of the Year, Penney came […]
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Not satisfied: Ontario’s Shelby is Richland Source Athlete of the Week
ONTARIO — Lenell Shelby collected his medal, posed half-heartedly for the obligatory photos, then quickly exited the awards stand without so much as a smile. If you didn’t know any better, you would have thought Ontario’s hurdling specialist had finished off the podium. The Richland Source Athlete of the Week, Shelby qualified for this weekend’s […]
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Columbus-bound: Area stars shine at regional track meet
LEXINGTON — Lillian Freundlich may want to invest in some duct tape before next week’s state track meet in Columbus. Lexington’s distance ace may need to tape her shoes to her feet after nearly running out of them on a steamy Saturday afternoon. A senior, Freundlich finished fourth in the 3,200 meter run in 11:35.16 […]
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Lex rolls through opening round
COLUMBUS — It was a good opening round for the Lexington boys tennis team in Columbus. Mason Dragos cruised to a 6-3, 6-2 win over Cincinnati Indian Hills’ Alexander Warstler in his first-round match at the 95th annual boys state tennis tournament on Friday morning before the Lex doubles team of Matt Youse and Tommy […]
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Lex girls 4×800 relay team wins regional title
LEXINGTON — The Lexington girls 4×800 meter relay team punched its ticket to the state meet — and shattered its own week-old school record — Thursday afternoon at Lexington High School. The foursome of freshman Mackenna Curtis-Collins, senior Lillian Freundlich, sophomore Abby Miller and sophomore Dominique Clairmonte finished first in 9:40.50 to earn a state […]
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Mansfield Christian’s Falde is Richland Source Athlete of the Week
MANSFIELD — If Lexi Falde’s senior season is anything like her recently completed junior campaign, Mansfield Christian fans had better buckle up. It might be a wild ride. The Richland Source Athlete of the Week, Falde pitched the Flames to a district runner-up finish last week. MCS came within an eyelash of advancing to the […]