MANSFIELD — You could put together a pretty good football team with the first team members of the All-Richland Source boys basketball squad. Player of the Year Cameron Mack of Ontario is headed to Malone University to play receiver, while forward Tristan Kehres of Shelby will be a linebacker at Ohio Dominican. Junior forward Tyrell […]
Curt Conrad, Correspondent
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Local girls basketball stars shine in Shelby
SHELBY — It took a while, but Madison’s Molea Thompson finally figured out a way to slow down Mansfield Senior’s Naya Pender late in the second half of Wednesday night’s Shelby Rotary North Central Ohio All-Star Classic at Shelby High School. All Thompson had to do was tackle her crosstown rival. Pender and her Black […]
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Mansfield Senior’s Reese highlights All-Richland Source girls basketball team
MANSFIELD — Jeryn Reese might not have garnered the same amount of attention as her older brother, but Mansfield Senior’s junior forward is every bit as deserving. On a team that at one point in the season featured five double-figure scorers, Reese distinguished herself this winter. And in a family that featured All-Ohio quarterback Jalen […]
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Senior High’s James is the Richland Source Athlete of the Week
MANSFIELD — If Naradain James looked like a different player during last week’s regional tournament, it’s not without reason. Mansfield Senior’s athletic 6-foot-5 junior swingman lopped off his locks leading up to Thursday’s regional semifinal win over Toledo Bowsher. The new do didn’t have an adverse effect on his play. James, the Richland Source Athlete […]
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Tygers ousted by St. Edward
AKRON — The clock struck midnight on Mansfield Senior’s fairy tale postseason run Saturday night. Nationally-ranked Lakewood St. Edward outscored the Tygers 24-7 in the second quarter and stormed to a 74-47 win in the Division I regional championship game inside the University of Akron’s James A. Rhodes Arena. The Eagles (24-2) will play Cleveland […]
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Tygers’ tickets for sale
Tickets for Mansfield Senior’s Division I regional championship game against Lakewood St. Edward at the University of Akron’s James A. Rhodes Arena on Saturday will be for sale today from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon in the high school athletic office. Presale tickets are $6.
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Tygers throttle Bowsher, advance to Elite Eight
LIMA — Jalen Reese insisted it wasn’t easy, but Mansfield Senior sure made it look that way Thursday night at Lima Senior High School. The Tygers blew out to a 21-point halftime lead and survived a few anxious moments in the fourth quarter for a stunning 66-50 win over Toledo Bowsher in the Division I […]
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Palser headlines All-Richland Source wrestling team
MANSFIELD — He wasn’t the most decorated or highly-regarded wrestler in Richland County, but nobody stood higher on the state podium than Mansfield Senior’s Jesse Palser. A junior, Palser capped a remarkable season with a runner-up finish in the Division I 170-pound weight class at the 77th state tournament earlier this month. He came within […]
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Senior High’s Gibson is Richland Source Athlete of the Week
MANSFIELD — DeJorr Gibson may not be a starter, but Mansfield Senior’s reserve point guard is a closer. The undersized Gibson, this week’s Richland Source Athlete of the Week, has been instrumental in Mansfield Senior’s run to this week’s Division I regional tournament. Weather permitting, the Tygers (18-7) will play Toledo Bowsher (24-2) at 7 […]
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Tygers get defensive, sting Yellow Jackets
BOWLING GREEN — Chek Washington wouldn’t elaborate on the finer points of his conversation with Perrysburg’s Nick Moschetti, but whatever was said must not have been suitable for younger ears. “It was just a little communication going on, that’s it,” Washington said with a laugh when asked about the fourth quarter altercation — the two […]