PLYMOUTH, Ohio — Dodge Collins did his best Tyson Beebe impersonation during the second quarter Saturday at Plymouth. With Beebe, Plymouth’s senior sharpshooter, saddled with foul trouble, Collins sank a pair of 3-pointers during a pivotal two-minute stretch as the Big Red rolled to a 71-49 Firelands Conference win over Crestview. “I got off to […]
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MBC welcomes newest member Crestline
CRESTLINE, Ohio — The Mid-Buckeye Conference should be a little more stable and the Bulldogs should be a little more competitive. Crestline accepted an invitation to join the MBC at a school board meeting last week. The Bulldogs will begin play in the MBC in the next fall. Crestline will be the seventh member of […]
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Quick start sends Ontario past Madison
ONTARIO, Ohio — Madison’s suffocating defense slowed down Ontario’s frenetic offense in the second half Tuesday night at the O-Rena, but the damage already had been done. The Rams, who allowed 39.8 points per game through the first six games of the season, surrendered 38 points in the first half of a 54-48 loss to […]
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Madison off to fast start
MADISON TOWNSHIP,MANSFIELD, Ohio — Tim Mergel’s Christmas list isn’t very long this year…All Madison’s boys basketball coach wants is a few more wins. The Rams were 5-1 heading into Tuesday’s non-conference showdown at Ontario. The last time Madison was 5-1 to start a season was 2008-09, when the Rams were 20-3 and won an outright […]
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Ontario’s Rupp shines in Lone Star State
ONTARIO — Everything is bigger in Texas, including AT&T Stadium; and Ontario senior Nick Rupp got an insider’s view of the Dallas Cowboys’ home while playing in the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl on Dec. 14. He was one of seven Ohioans on the East roster, coached by former Cowboys safety George Teague and assisted by such […]
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Bihl powers surging Shelby
SHELBY, Ohio — The bus ride from Shelby to Norwalk only takes about 35 minutes, but for the past four-plus seasons the trip back to Richland County has felt a whole lot longer for Troy Schwemley. Schwemley’s Whippets haven’t had much to celebrate in the Maple City — until last Saturday. Shelby snapped a seven-game […]
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Clear Fork hosts annual dodgeball tournament
BELLVILLE, Ohio — Dodge. Duck. Dip. Dive. And Dodge. Patches O’Houlihan would have been proud. Had O’Houlihan, the coach of Average Joe’s Gym in the 2004 comedy, “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story,” visited Les Hauenstein Gym on Friday, he would have been blown away by the level of competition at the eighth annual Clear Fork […]
