BELLVILLE — Thursday’s Division II sectional championship game started a half hour late and was over before halftime. Top-seeded Clear Fork scored six first-half goals and rumbled to a 10-0 win over Edison at the Colt Corral. The Colts (12-2-2) will play No. 5 seed Tiffin Columbian at 5 p.m. Tuesday in Ashland. Columbian blanked […]
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Levels Gym offers classes in Shelby to benefit Helpline
PLYMOUTH — Owner Bruce Tanner of Levels Gym in Plymouth is hosting workouts at Core Community Church in Shelby on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the rest of the month. The classes are donation only and any money raised goes to the Shelby Helpline. The way Bruce Tanner sees it, it’s the least he can do. “There […]
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High school sports tournament action heating up
MANSFIELD — For some, the journey is just beginning. For others, the odyssey will end this weekend. Postseason tournaments are in full swing with boys and girls soccer and volleyball teams playing throughout the week and cross country teams heading to district meets this weekend. The girls tennis season will conclude with the Ohio High […]
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Madison star back in action
MADISON TOWNSHIP — The pain is like nothing Chase Carper has ever experienced but it can’t compare with the joy Madison’s libero felt when she got back to doing what she loves. Carper, who partially tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee early this season, quietly returned to action a few weeks ago. […]
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Playoff picture beginning to take shape
MADISON TOWNSHIP — The playoffs won’t officially kick off for another four weeks, but for a pair of area teams the tournament may as well start Friday. Madison and Galion are still in the hunt for seats at the postseason table. The Rams and Tigers will likely have to win their final three regular season […]
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Colts survive scare, knock off Ontario
BELLVILLE — He’s listed at 6-foot-4 and Griffin Robinette needed every inch to help Clear Fork dodge a bullet. The rangy Robinette headed in the game-winning goal off a corner kick with 2:54 remaining as the second-seeded Colts held off No. 9 seed Ontario 3-2 in the opening round of the Division II sectional tournament […]
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Lexington’s Abby Conover is Richland Bank Athlete of the Week
LEXINGTON — They smiled and laughed as they waited for the final scores to be posted, soaking in the atmosphere of their first ever appearance at the Division II girls state golf tournament. Abby Conover and her Lady Lex teammates were having a ball. Led by Conover, the Richland Bank Athlete of the Week, Lexington […]
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Shelby’s Jones second at state
COLUMBUS — Alexis Jones was good enough to win. Haylee Harford was one stroke better. Jones, Shelby’s sophomore sensation, and Leavittsburg LaBrae’s Harford went shot-for-shot during the final round of the Division II state tournament at Ohio State’s Gray Course. Harford, who was state medalist as a freshman before sitting out the high school season […]
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Crestview sixth at state
SUNBURY — Bryce Lutz waited with his playing partners on the 14th tee for what felt like an eternity Saturday morning as some unexpected visitors crashed the Division III state tournament at North Star Golf Resort. Play was halted for several minutes when four young deer wandered out of the nearby woods and meandered up […]
