LUCAS — Richland County’s lone remaining football team is one not many people outside of Lucas expected to be playing in Week 12. The sixth-seeded Cubs (7-4), thanks to Saturday’s wild 37-34 road win over No. 3 seed Plymouth, will play No. 2 seed Berlin Center Western Reserve at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in a Division […]
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A cut above: Jordan says thanks to Crestline-area veterans
CRESTLINE — An oversized flat screen television showed grainy black-and-white naval battle footage airing on The History Channel as a handful of silver-haired men in blue jeans and ball caps traded stories while waiting their turn in the weathered barber’s chair. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) made sure to shake each man’s hand when he wasn’t […]
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Golden Goal: Mansfield Christian’s Paul is Richland Bank Athlete of the Week
MANSFIELD — It’s a set piece Sammy Paul and Stevie Brown have worked on for as long as either of them could remember. Brown will send the ball into the box. Paul will approach from his outside midfield spot and, well, hope for the best. “As soon as he’s hitting it, I know exactly where […]
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State Champs: Mansfield Christian claims title in overtime
COLUMBUS — The chase was on before Sammy Paul’s game-winning goal had settled into the back of the net late Saturday afternoon at Columbus Crew Stadium. The junior midfielder had just lifted Mansfield Christian to its first ever state championship — in overtime, no less — and his euphoric teammates wanted to celebrate. The only problem […]
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Galion hopes to slow down record-setting Triway QB
GALION — Chris Hawkins didn’t need to send out a search party to locate a scouting report for Galion’s Division IV, Region 12 quarterfinal against Triway. All the longtime coach had to do was dust off a copy of last year’s regional opener against Kenton. It should serve as a reasonable facsimile. The top-seeded Titans […]
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Flames headed back to state championship match
WADSWORTH — Brendan Ernsberger operated with the precision of a surgeon. Mansfield Christian’s prolific senior forward scored two goals and assisted on two others as the Flames thundered to a 4-0 win over South Range in the Division III state semifinals Wednesday at Art Wright Stadium. MCS (18-2-2) will play Grandview Heights (18-2-2) for the […]
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Reigning regional champ awaits Madison in playoffs
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Assistant coach LeRoy Smith had barely make it out of the locker room after Madison’s 21-14 win over Mansfield Senior last week when he was asked who the Rams might meet in the first round of the playoffs. “It looks like Toledo Central Catholic, Smith said glumly, “again.” The good news is […]
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Romanchuk looking forward to second term
ONTARIO — State Rep. Mark Romanchuk wants to continue building a brighter economic future for Richland County. And voters decided overwhelmingly Tuesday to give him the opportunity. Romanchuk (R-Ontario) was re-elected to a second term as the 2nd Ohio House District Representative in a landslide victory over Democrat challenger Don Bryant of Mansfield. Unofficial figures […]
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Mansfield Christian builds on proud tradition
MANSFIELD — Lambert Sommers never left the program he helped build, he’s just a little less visible these days — unless you are an upcoming opponent of the Mansfield Christian boys soccer team. Sommers, who took over as MCS head coach in 1998 and piloted the Flames to their first Final Four appearance in 2000, […]