MADISON TOWNSHIP — The deck may have been stacked against them, but the Warriors never stopped battling. Sandusky Perkins starter Braun Miller struggled early but settled down and limited Ontario to four hits in the Pirates’ run rule-shortened 11-1 victory in the Division II district championship game at Madison High School. Ontario capped its odds-defying […]
Curt Conrad, Correspondent
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Flames fall in district final
SHELBY — It took Seneca East’s best performance of the year to bring an end to Mansfield Christian’s historic run through the postseason. The Tigers played error-free softball and scored the game’s lone run in the bottom of the fifth inning for a 1-0 win in the Division IV district championship game on a sun-soaked […]
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Ontario advances, Lex ousted
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Aaron Baker’s first home run of the season was the shot heard round Richland County. A junior designated hitter, Baker belted a grand slam during a five-run first inning and Ontario flexed its muscle with a run rule-shortened 11-1 win over Clyde in the second game of a Division II district tournament […]
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View from the top and bottom: Madison’s Lampert is Athlete of the Week
MADISON TOWNSHIP — The view from atop the Ohio Cardinal Conference standings is nice, but Blake Lampert preferred his vantage point Tuesday afternoon. I was at the dead bottom of the dog pile,” said Lampert, the Richland Source Athlete of the Week, “and I was happy to be there.” A senior left-hander, Lampert found himself […]
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Mudders show their mettle
Saturday’s high temperature at Mansfield’s Lahm Regional Airport allegedly reached 55 degrees. I have my suspicions. As if Tough Mudder’s 10-plus mile obstacle course wasn’t already challenging enough — participants received an email late last week suggesting the event might have to be cancelled because of, get this, too much mud on the course — […]
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OHSAA competitive balance proposal passes
COLUMBUS — The fourth time was the charm for the Ohio High School Athletic Association and its member schools. OHSAA commissioner Dan Ross announced Friday that the Competitive Balance Plan was approved during the annual referendum voting period between May 1 and 15. The new initiative, which passed by a vote of 411 to 323 […]
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Ontario’s Kuenzli is Richland Source Athlete of the Week
ONTARIO — Payton Kuenzli and her Ontario teammates earned their pizza party Tuesday evening. The Warriors were in a celebratory mood after avenging two regular season losses to Madison with a 17-3 win over the Rams in their Division II sectional opener at Madison. The seed for Tuesday’s victory was planted last week when Kuenzli, […]
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Ontario’s Dan Gorbett wins 500th
ONTARIO — For most high school baseball coaches, 500 career victories would make for an impressive first line on a Hall of Fame application. Unless, of course, you already were a member of the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Ontario coach Dan Gorbett’s recent milestone victory proved the OHSBCA got it […]
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Mansfield Christian’s Vulgamore is Richland Source Athlete of the Week
MANSFIELD — There isn’t much Jeff Vulgamore can’t do and, as far as Mansfield Christian coach Roger Dials is concerned, the senior does it all well. A four-year starter and one of just three seniors on the MCS roster, Vulgamore has been asked to do a little bit of everything this spring. He pitches, he […]
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Confessions of a Tough Mudder
Why do that to yourself? I get asked that question. A lot. Why throw yourself into a dumpster full of freezing water? Why run through or wriggle under a field of live wires? Why jump over flames or slog through all that mud? I’m not sure why, but I can’t wait to do it again. […]