BELLVILLE — Brinley Barnett and her Clear Fork teammates owned the third quarter Thursday at the Colt Corral. Barnett made two of her three 3-pointers in the third quarter as the Colts pulled away for a 56-40 win over Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference nemesis Shelby. Clear Fork (6-0, 4-0) beat Shelby for the first time since […]
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Freshman sends Lexington past Mansfield Sr. in OCC showdown
LEXINGTON — The bright lights didn’t seem to bother Jayden Perkins. Just a freshman, Perkins scored the game-winning basket in the waning seconds as Lexington stunned Mansfield Senior 63-61 in an entertaining early-season Ohio Cardinal Conference boys basketball showdown. The Tygers (4-1, 2-1) tied it at 61-61 on D.J. Corbin’s layup off a Davion Mack […]
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Lex’s Caudill, Fogle earn 1st-team All-Ohio honors
LEXINGTON — Joe Caudill and Brayden Fogle will barely get to enjoy the final chapter of their high school careers. College football awaits. Both Caudill and Fogle were selected to the All-Ohio first team in Division III when the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association announced the Division II and Division III teams Wednesday. Both are […]
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Shelby’s DeVito, Mahaney earn Ohio’s top Division IV football honors
SHELBY — Brayden DeVito’s historic high school football career came to a fitting conclusion Tuesday afternoon. The Air Force-bound DeVito was selected the Division IV Offensive Player of the Year when the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association unveiled its Division IV and Division V All-Ohio teams. He shared the award with future Air Force teammate […]
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Col. Crawford’s DeGray selected Ohio’s Division VI Defensive Player of the Year
NORTH ROBINSON — Colonel Crawford posted the most successful season in program history and Payne DeGray’s fingerprints were all over it. The Eagles won the school’s first regional football championship and reached the state semifinals thanks in no small part to DeGray, a two-way lineman. The senior was selected Ohio’s Division VI Defensive Player of […]
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Orange pounds St. Xavier for Division I state crown
CANTON — MC Walker put on a show Friday night. Orange’s senior wideout, Walker caught five passes for 123 yards and a touchdown in the second quarter and the Pioneers powered to a 28-14 win over St. Xavier in the Division I championship game at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. Lucas Fickel rushed for […]
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UPDATE: Glenville powers past Shelby in Division IV state championship game
Cleveland Glenville defeated Shelby, 45-7, on Friday in the Division IV state championship football game in Canton.
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Dynamic Duo: Indian Valley’s Kinsey is Mr. Football, Shelby’s DeVito runner-up
Shelby High School senior Brayden DeVito was the runner-up in the balloting for Ohio’s Mr. Football this season.
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For Love of the Game: Shelby’s Gwirtz on changing positions and chasing state title
MANSFIELD — It’s no accident Sam Gwirtz wears jersey No. 5 for the Shelby Whippets. The senior linebacker wanted to be Brennan Armstrong when he grew up. Gwirtz stopped by the Inside The Lines podcast studio ahead of Shelby’s Division IV state championship game. The Whippets play Cleveland Glenville at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Canton’s […]
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Irresistible force/immovable object: Shelby to face stout Indian Hill defense
Shelby’s high-octane offense will face its biggest challenge of the season against Indian Hill in the state semifinals.