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ONTARIO — The Northern Ohio League championship picture came into focus Saturday at the O-Rena. Lenell Shelby scored 16 points and Bradley Garverick added 12 points and 11 rebounds as Ontario pulled away from a fourth-quarter tie for a 64-54 win over Sandusky. The Warriors (15-1, 8-0) opened a two-game lead over Sandusky (13-4, 6-2) […]

MANSFIELD — It was a win almost seven years in the making–a rare win for Ashland over Mansfield Senior at Pete Henry Gym on Friday. Brett Vipperman and Isaac White combined for 51 points of the 73-59 win as Ashland tightened its stranglehold on the Ohio Cardinal Conference championship chase. Just how rare was the win? The last […]

MADISON TOWNSHIP — The night belonged to Deijah Swihart, but Clear Fork’s unassuming star was happy to share it with her teammates. Swihart became just the fourth player in program history to score 1,000 career points in a 57-35 win over Madison. Her layup with 1:40 remaining in the third quarter gave her 1,001 points […]

ONTARIO — Lenell Shelby didn’t think twice when the question was raised earlier this season. How does this year’s Ontario team compare to the one that won an Associated Press Division II poll championship last year? “I don’t compare teams,” said Shelby, one of three holdovers from a team that handed D2 state champ Norwalk […]

MANSFIELD, Ohio — The final second didn’t go according to script, but St. Peter’s coach Shani Rush couldn’t complain about the outcome Tuesday at the Franciscan Activity Center. Emily Yeager scored 25 points and the Spartans dodged a last-second bullet for a 64-62 win over Madison. “We made it interesting,” Rush said. “I thought it […]

MANSFIELD, Ohio — If there was ever any question about Rajaa Anderson’s value, it was answered during her absence from Mansfield Senior High girls basketball starting lineup. With Anderson, the Richland Bank Athlete of the Week, on the floor, Senior High was 8-3 overall and 3-1 in the Ohio Cardinal Conference. Without her, the Tygers […]