Curt Conrad

MANSFIELD — One team already has secured its first-ever postseason berth, one is virtually guaranteed of a spot in the playoffs regardless of what happens Friday night and two others need a win to punch their tickets to the tournament. Welcome to Week 10 of the high school football season. For Plymouth, there will be […]

ASHLAND — Jared McPeek was sitting in the stands during Mansfield Christian’s run to the Division III state championship game last fall. The freshman played a more active role Wednesday as the Flames moved within a game of a return trip to the Final Four. McPeek scored off a Brandon Mount assist with 32:05 left […]

SANDUSKY — Once the fuse was lit, there was no stopping the high-octane Rockets. Bay Village Bay scored a pair of goals in the first 10 minutes and rumbled to a 5-0 win over Lexington in Wednesday’s Division II regional semifinal at Perkins’ Firelands Regional Medical Center Stadium. The Rockets (17-2-1) are headed to the […]

BRUNSWICK — For the first three matches of Clear Fork’s tournament run, senior goal keeper Morgan Bailey has been the loneliest player on the pitch. That all changed during Tuesday’s Division II regional semifinals in girls soccer against Parma Heights Holy Name at Brunswick High School. Bailey had plenty of company around her net as […]

BELLVILLE — Athletes spend their entire careers coping with injuries, but what happens when the pain can’t be massaged away? How do you rehab a wounded spirit? Meshia Curry is learning to manage her grief and in doing so, the Clear Fork junior has discovered a strength she never knew she had. “She has been […]

MANSFIELD — When you have outscored three tournament opponents by a combined score of 38-2 there isn’t much to gripe about, but Mansfield Christian coach Stephen Armstrong still sees room for improvement. The Flames (15-2-2) will meet Elyria Catholic in the Division III regional semifinals at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Ashland’s Community Stadium. The same […]

ASHLAND — She walked with a noticeable limp, but Meshia Curry’s ear-to-ear grin was even more appreciable after Clear Fork’s 5-1 girls soccer win over Richland County rival Ontario in the Division II district title game on a spectacular Saturday afternoon at Community Stadium. A Lexington transfer who sat out the first half of the […]

TIFFIN — After outscoring its first two tournament opponents by a combined score of 34-0, Mansfield Christian was due for a test. The top-seeded Flames got more than they bargained for during Thursday’s Division III district championship game at Frost-Kalnow Stadium. Trailing 1-0 at halftime and 2-1 midway through the second half, MCS scored three […]