PLYMOUTH — Shelby coach Natalie Lantz insisted her team was a little sluggish. The scoreboard suggested otherwise. The Whippets ushered in the new season with an overwhelming first half performance and cruised to a 66-38 girls basketball victory over short-handed Plymouth on Friday, but Lantz thought her team was suffering from a tryptophan hangover. “I’m […]
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Mansfield Senior grad Supron stars in Ivy League
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — He was recently selected to the All-Ivy League first team and will graduate in May with a mechanical engineering degree from one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the country. Jacob Supron has a lot to be thankful for these days and none of it would have been possible without […]
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Mansfield Senior’s Benson is Richland Source Defensive Player of the Year
MANSFIELD — Had he not been selected the Richland Source Defensive Player of the Year, Brian Benson would have been a leading candidate on offense. That is how valuable the super sophomore was to Mansfield Senior this fall. The 5-foot-8, 169-pound Benson, who burst into the spotlight when he broke Senior High’s single-game rushing record […]
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Time to Shine: Madison RB is Richland Source Offensive Player of the Year
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Juwan Howard didn’t come out of nowhere. The Richland Source Offensive Player of the Year simply had to wait his turn. A 6-foot-1, 175 pound running back, Howard rushed for 1,590 yards and 16 touchdowns this fall. The senior helped lead Madison to a 7-4 record and a berth in the Division […]
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Jim Tressel stops in Mansfield for Buckeye Bash
MANSFIELD — He wore a stately gray suit instead of his trademark sweater vest, looking more senatorial than ever. And when former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel was introduced by longtime Mansfield educator and former staffer Doug Castle, he received a standing ovation fitting of a president. Tressel, who became Youngstown State University’s 10th […]
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Lexington’s Weaver headlines Richland Source volleyball team
LEXINGTON — She will wear purple and gold for one more season, then Lexington’s Mackenzie Weaver will suit up in orange. The Richland Source Volleyball Player of the Year, Weaver committed to Syracuse University before the start of her recently-completed junior season. And what a season it was. The 6-foot-1 Weaver led Lexington to a […]
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Clear Fork’s Swihart is Richland Source Girls Soccer Player of the Year
BELLVILLE — Ashland University women’s soccer coach Danny Krispinsky is leading a charmed life. In just his second year in charge of his alma mater, Krispinsky landed arguably the highest-profile recruit of his brief tenure when Clear Fork’s Deijah Swihart verbally committed to the Eagles. The newly-crowned Richland Source Girls Soccer Player of the Year, […]
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State-champ Flames well represented on Richland Source boys soccer team
MANSFIELD — Brendan Ernsberger set a Mansfield Christian single-season record with 36 goals this fall but it was the one he didn’t score that lifted the Flames to the Division III state championship. Ernsberger, the Richland Source Boys Soccer Player of the Year, was the intended target of Stevie Brown’s free kick near midfield during […]
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Well-traveled Stricklen headlines Richland Source boys cross country team
LEXINGTON — If he keeps this pace up, Nick Stricklen may need to hire a travel secretary. The Lexington junior has been chasing state titles all across Ohio. The Richland Source Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year, Stricklen finished eighth in the Division II state meet earlier this month at National Trail Raceway in […]