MILLERSBURG – The only thing Galion didn’t take home from Knights Stadium on Friday was a win. Dealt West Holmes in the second round of the Division IV playoffs – a team carrying a 24-game, four-year home winning streak into the night – the Tigers took a 19-14 lead with less than 3 minutes left […]
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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Lucas sets tone early, bounces Hillsdale from playoffs
JEROMESVILLE — There were moments during Friday’s first-round playoff game with visiting Lucas that it seemed like Hillsdale might have slivers of hope after falling behind 21-0 in the first half. But the Cubs had zero interest in letting things get interesting. In a rare rematch from Week 2 of the regular season — when […]
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Hillsdale tradition grows with Ashland-area-best playoff streak
JEROMESVILLE – To an outsider, it must seem like Hillsdale football has been a powerhouse forever. To anyone who knows of the program for more than the last 15 years, though, the Falcons’ rise has been more of a revelation than a regularity. Prior to 2008, Hillsdale had never had back-to-back winning seasons. Before 2010, […]
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Mapleton gets gritty win in the mud against Crestview
NANKIN — All the signs seemed to be pointing toward a Mapleton loss at John E. Camp Stadium. The Mounties were coming off a 28-point defeat to a one-win Indian Creek team and limped into Friday’s game against Crestview — which hadn’t lost to Mapleton since 2018 — missing three of their top four offensive […]
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Mapleton student dies after collapsing before Homecoming football game
NANKIN – A female Mapleton High School student died Friday night after collapsing on the football field during Homecoming festivities prior to the game between the Mounties and South Central. The senior student was tended to by medical personnel before being taken to a nearby hospital. Mapleton head coach Matt Stafford said he received news […]
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Passing The Torch: Godsey replaces Haverdill as Crestview wrestling coach
OLIVESBURG — The way Steve Haverdill sees it, he’s spent nine seasons laying the foundation for the Crestview wrestling program. Now he hopes to see Nate Godsey build a skyscraper on top of it. Godsey has spent years constructing a unique background on the mats that has steered him to his first varsity head coaching […]
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Lucas rolls on, pins down Crestview
OLIVESBURG — No one can say the Lucas football team doesn’t hold a grudge. One year after the Cubs traveled to Crestview and suffered their largest margin of defeat of the season in a 31-6 blowout, Lucas returned to Scott Bailey Memorial Field on Friday and bounced the Cougars, 26-6. It was the biggest home […]
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Pin Shot TV show visits Ashland Golf Club
ASHLAND – The cameras were rolling, the hecklers were taunting, the pressure was mounting and the No. 10 hole at the Ashland Golf Club proved to be unforgiving. On what might have been an idle summer afternoon most other places, the club hosted a one-of-a-kind, made-for-TV event Tuesday featuring some of the best golfers in […]
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Hillsdale roughs up Loudonville, remains unbeaten
JEROMESVILLE — The last “super blue moon” until the year 2037 sat majestically in the night sky Friday behind the visitors bleachers at Hillsdale High School. The rare sight was fitting, because the Falcons dominated in what turned into a once-in-a-blue moon, 31-3 route of visiting Loudonville. It was Hillsdale’s biggest margin of victory over […]