ASHLAND, Ohio — His conference championship was slipping away, so Tyler Newlan went to his go-to move. Newlan, the Richland Bank Athlete of the Week, scored a reversal just before time expired in the third period for a stunning 10-9 decision over Wooster’s Jake Burns in the 285-pound championship match at Saturday’s Ohio Cardinal Conference […]
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Arrows defend OCC title
MADISON TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Tyler Newlan put the exclamation point on Ashland’s team title Saturday at the Ohio Cardinal Conference meet. Newlan scored a reversal just before time expired in the third period for a wild 10-9 win over Wooster’s Jake Burns in an action-packed 285-pound championship match. Burns had taken a 9-8 lead on […]
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Spartans stop Lucas, claim MBC title
LUCAS, Ohio — St. Peter’s may have clinched its third straight Mid-Buckeye Conference championship Friday night, but coach Joe Jakubick was in no mood to celebrate. The Spartans raced out to a 21-9 first-quarter lead and coasted to an 81-64 win over Lucas at the Cub Cave. It was the coasting, at least at the […]
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Milestone: Krill picks up 200th win at Tygers top Rams
MANSFIELD, Ohio — Todd Krill’s 200th career coaching victory didn’t come easy. Talayzha Catchings scored a game-high 27 points and short-handed Mansfield Senior held on for a 49-43 win over crosstown rival Madison in Ohio Cardinal Conference action Thursday at Pete Henry Gym. The win was Krill’s 200th overall and 132nd in 10 seasons with […]
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Madison’s Ajian makes it official, signs with Kentucky
MADISON TOWNSHIP — It wasn’t so much a signing as it was a celebration. A standing room only crowd filled the Madison library and spilled out into the adjacent hallway Wednesday afternoon to see Tyrell Ajian became a member of University of Kentucky football program. The ceremonial signing — Ajian’s official national letter of intent […]
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The Road Less Traveled: Mansfield Senior product lands Division I football scholarship
MANSFIELD — His road to a Division I football scholarship was anything but traditional, but Marshall Levins wouldn’t change a thing. A 2015 Mansfield Senior graduate, Levins signed a national letter of intent Wednesday with the University of Nevada in the Mountain West Conference. In becoming a cornerstone of first-year Nevada coach Jay Norvell’s 20-man […]
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Flames stop Big Red in overtime
MANSFIELD, Ohio — Jared McPeek and his Mansfield Christian teammates wouldn’t be denied. McPeek scored a game-high 22 points and the Flames rallied for a 56-50 overtime win over Plymouth at the Furnace on Tuesday. Every time McPeek caught the ball, Plymouth coach Derrick Shelenberger pleaded with his defenders to force the left-handed junior to […]
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Four-sport standout: Shelby’s Goth joins 1,000-point club
SHELBY, Ohio — In an era of specialization, Kennadie Goth is a throwback. When more and more high school athletes focus their time and effort on a single sport, Goth is the sort who ran out of room on her varsity letter jacket a long time ago — she will graduate in the spring with […]
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Whippets top Warriors in OT, Goth scores 1,000th point
SHELBY, Ohio — Kennadie Goth may have been the only person in the gym who didn’t know she was closing in on history. Goth scored her 1,000th career point — much to her surprise — in overtime as the Whippets held off Ontario for a 70-64 Northern Ohio League win Friday at Shelby. A senior and […]
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Croom, Streaks knock off Warriors
ONTARIO, Ohio — Cavon Croom shot the lights out Thursday at the O-Rena. On a night when Sandusky All-Ohioan Jayrese Williams struggled, Croom connected on 6 of 7 3-pointers and scored 26 points as the Blue Streaks rumbled to a 64-50 win over Ontario in Northern Ohio League action. A senior, Croom came in averaging […]