ASHLAND – While the Ashland boys basketball team is still searching for its first home win of the season, Mansfield Senior is starting to make every gym look like a home away from home. The Tygers shrugged off a brief second-quarter scare Friday night at Arrow Arena and sprinted away with a 72-49 victory. The […]
Doug Haidet
Doug Haidet is a 17-year resident of Ashland. He wrote sports in some capacity for the Ashland Times-Gazette from 2006 to 2018. He lives with his wife, Christy, and son, Murphy.
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Raber’s hot hand deals Hillsdale its 1st home loss
JEROMESVILLE – There were plenty of No. 1s the Hillsdale boys basketball team would have rather avoided Friday inside Steve Dickerson Gymnasium. The first home loss and the first back-to-back losses of the season weren’t what the Falcons had in mind entering the night. But it was the Waynedale kid wearing No. 1 on his […]
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Chasing History: High-flying Redbirds brace for tough stretch
LOUDONVILLE — This must be what it’s like to play basketball against a bulldozer. Anyone matching up so far this season against the Loudonville girls has probably felt like they’ve had a death wish. The Redbirds are 12-0 after clobbering Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference heavyweight Clear Fork 64-40 on Tuesday. It was the closest final score […]
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Crestview turns tight game into rout of Mapleton
OLIVESBURG – The Crestview boys basketball team’s New Year’s resolution is looking like a two-years’ resolution. Unwilling to take a foot off the gas against potential Firelands Conference challenger Mapleton on Saturday night, the Cougars turned what was a tie game after one quarter into an all-out, 78-39 drubbing. Crestview, which stretched its FC win […]
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Lexington cranks up offense to overwhelm Ashland
ASHLAND – It’s not easy for a basketball team to find new ways to win after starting a season 6-0. The Lexington boys did it anyway Friday night at Ashland High School. Punishingly successful inside the paint through six games, the Minutemen hit four of their first five tries from 3-point land against the Arrows […]
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Dan Mager reinvigorating wrestling at Hillsdale
JEROMESVILLE – Call it a rebuild, call it a reset, call it a reconstruction – whatever category it gets filed under, just don’t call Dan Mager a rookie of remodels. An area veteran in the football and wrestling coaching domain, Mager has returned to steer the Hillsdale varsity wrestling program for the second time. He’s […]
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Cougars begin Firelands Conference title defense with win over South Central
OLIVESBURG — It’s beginning to look a lot like “Swishmas” for the Crestview boys basketball team. If fans aren’t getting enough with the Christmas lights up and down Ohio 96, all they need to do is pop into the high school gym and watch the Cougars light up the scoreboard. Continuing yet another explosive start […]
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Loudonville girls hoops shooting for powerhouse status
LOUDONVILLE – There is absolutely nothing typical about the Loudonville girls basketball program. Anyone watching the Redbirds practice for even five minutes can see the pace is frantic. Anyone talking to head coach Tyler Bates for even two minutes can hear the expectations are limitless. Anyone looking at the results from the last seven seasons […]
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Ashland, Loudonville, Ontario grads boost 2nd-ranked AU soccer squad
ASHLAND – The Ashland University women’s soccer team is running out of room to reach new heights. The Eagles soared into this season having already qualified to four consecutive NCAA Tournaments and winning back-to-back Great Midwest Athletic Conference titles – their first two years in the league. They had a third-year coach in Cayleb Paulino […]
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Hillsdale’s Moneer earns exclusive leadership honors
JEROMESVILLE – Kailyn Moneer is getting used to being ahead of the curve, so it makes sense that she recently earned some ahead-of-the-curve (and top-of-the-state) recognition. Stacking up honors and knocking down personal goals with regularity for the last few years, the Hillsdale High School senior was selected the winner of the Ohio Scholastic Soccer […]