BELLVILLE — Madison starter Blake Lampert did his best Cliff Lee impersonation on a sun-soaked Thursday afternoon at Clear Fork High School. Colts’ skipper Rusty Staab likened the senior left-hander to another Philadelphia Phillies ace. Lampert struck out a career-high 12 batters and threw a whopping 79 percent of his pitches for strikes as the […]
Curt Conrad, Correspondent
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Athlete of the Week: Clairmonte runs record time
LEXINGTON — Maybe it was the competition, or the mild conditions. Or maybe, Dominique Clairmonte just wanted to make up for lost time. Whatever the reason, Lexington’s super sophomore served notice to the rest of the state at the Lexington Relays. The Richland Source Athlete of the Week, Clairmonte turned in Ohio’s fastest 1,600 meter […]
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Offense powers Whippets past Warriors
ONTARIO — They haven’t pitched the ball especially well this spring and defense has been an adventure at times, but these Whippets can hit. Shelby banged out 13 base hits and parlayed a five-run fifth inning into a 10-7 Northern Ohio League victory over Ontario on a mild — albeit blustery — Thursday afternoon at […]
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Madison’s Sutter is Richland Source Athlete of the Week
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Whether in the classroom or on the softball diamond, Liz Sutter is a quick study. Madison’s speedy senior shortstop took up hitting left-handed in the eighth grade, the reason being she could get down the first base line a split-second faster when exiting the left-handed batter’s box. Sutter has become so proficient […]
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Lady Rams flex muscle in win over Lady Tygers
MANSFIELD — The 1980s Oakland A’s had the Bash Brothers. Madison has the Sisters of Slam. Katie Mullins and Katie Clever did their best impressions of Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco, belting back-to-back home runs in the first inning as the Rams rumbled to an 11-2 win over crosstown rival Mansfield Senior on an overcast […]
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Curvin, Rams stymie Tygers
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Even without his best stuff, Madison’s Bo Curvin is still pretty good. A senior right-hander and four year letterman, Curvin limited Mansfield Senior to one hit in a run rule-shortened 12-1 win in the Ohio Cardinal Conference opener for both teams at Madison on a blustery Tuesday afternoon. The Rams (1-1, 1-0) […]
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Mehock Relays returning to Mansfield
MANSFIELD — The track that bears his name has never looked better and his namesake event is coming back to town. Harry Mehock would be thrilled. Newly-renovated Mehock Field will celebrate a Golden Anniversary of sorts when the Mehock Relays return to Malabar Intermediate School on April 19. Ashland University hosted the venerable meet for […]
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Ontario’s Mack lead North stars to victory
LEXINGTON — He opened the game with a couple of crowd-pleasing dunks, closed it out with a victory-clinching 3-pointer and collected the Most Valuable Player trophy afterward. It was a pretty good evening for Ontario’s Cameron Mack. A 6-foot-3 power forward and the Richland Source Player of the Year, Mack scored 17 points and grabbed […]
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Offense takes center stage as softball season nears
LEXINGTON — Mike Hamman has coached a handful of All-Ohio pitchers during his tenure at Lexington and Abbey Sgro compares favorably with any of them. The hard-throwing junior will never have the stats to prove it, though. As overwhelming as she is, Sgro will never pile up strikeouts like Heather Jones, Jill Tomaszewski or Holly […]
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As opening day nears, teams still adjusting to bats
MADISON TOWNSHIP — It’s not that unmistakable crack of a wooden bat or the shrill ping of its aluminum cousin. The noise is somehow different and it floods Wayne E. Miller Gymnasium on a snowy Tuesday afternoon. The start of the regular season is less than a week away and Mother Nature has forced Madison’s […]