COLUMBUS – We have reached Week 10 in the 2023 Ohio high school football regular-season. Here are the top performances from around the state as compiled by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association for this week’s high school football notebook. * Lucas won head coach Scott Spitler his 100th game as the skipper of the Cubs on […]
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Mansfield Sr., Shelby athletes earn honors on Division II All-Ohio girls basketball team
COLUMBUS – Two north central Ohio girls earned special-mention recognition when the Division II girls basketball All-Ohio teams were announced Tuesday by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association. Junior Kiersten Bradley, of Mansfield Senior, and sophomore Eve Schwemley, of Shelby, collected the honors. Bradley is a 5-foot-8 guard who averaged 9.0 points per game while helping […]
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Pickerington Central’s Devin Royal chosen Ohio’s Mr. Basketball
COLUMBUS – Senior Devin Royal of Pickerington Central High School was named 2023 Ohio Mr. Basketball on Wednesday by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association. Royal, who led Pickerington Central to a state championship last year as a junior, has the Tigers back in the state tournament this weekend. In the Mr. Basketball voting, Royal edged […]
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OPSWA announces finalists for Ohio’s Mr. Basketball award
COLUMBUS – The Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association has announced the finalists for the 2023 Ohio Mr. Basketball Award. The winner will be announced on Wednesday, March 15. The Ohio Mr. Basketball was selected by the Associated Press from 1988-2016. Since 2017 it has been presented by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association. The OPSWA All-Ohio boys […]
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Cincinnati Purcell Marian soph. Dee Alexander selected Ohio’s Ms. Basketball
COLUMBUS – Cincinnati Purcell Marian sophomore Dee Alexander was announced as the 2023 Ohio Ms. Basketball Wednesday by a statewide media panel. Now in its 36th year, the prestigious award was first given by the Associated Press in 1988. It has been voted by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association since 2017. New Madison Tri-Village senior […]
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3 Tygers earn 1st-team All-Ohio honors on Division III football team
COLUMBUS — Three Mansfield Senior players were first-team All-Ohio selections, and three more were also honored, when the Division III all-state football team was announced on Wednesday afternoon by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association. All three first-team Tygers were on the defensive side of the ball. Defensive lineman Ricky Mills, a 5-foot-11, 220-pound senior; Senior […]
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Ashland’s Metzger claims 1st-team All-Ohio Division II football recognition
COLUMBUS – Ashland receiver Jon Metzger’s monster senior season was expected, but it didn’t make it any less sweet. The Arrows standout can now savor first-team All-Ohio recognition after a brilliant senior campaign. The 5-foot-10 170-pounder hauled in 67 catches for 1,312 yards and 13 touchdowns. He is now the standard-bearer for single-season receiving yards […]
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Highland’s Nauman tabbed Ohio’s Division V Offensive Player of the Year
COLUMBUS — He’s still got another year of high school football in front of him, but the one he just left behind has been deemed the best in Ohio. It was not a tough call. Highland junior Dane Nauman was selected state’s Division V Offensive Player of the Year Tuesday afternoon by the Ohio Prep […]
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Clear Fork, Galion athletes earn 1st-team Division IV All-Ohio football honors
COLUMBUS – Galion’s Landon Kurtzman and Landon Campbell joined Clear Fork’s Kaden Riddle to lead a contingent of north central Ohio athletes chosen for the Division IV All-Ohio football team announced Tuesday afternoon by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association. Riddle, a 6-foot-4, 270-pound senior, was a first-team selection as an offensive lineman. Kurtzman, a 6-1, 217-pound senior, […]
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Crestview, Ontario highlight Ohio prep football notebook
COLUMBUS — A number of unbeaten teams dot the landscape of north central Ohio football. Week Three provided its share of highlights from a couple of them. Ashland Crestview’s Owen Barker had four tackles for loss and a sack to go with a nine-yard touchdown catch during the Cougars’ 37-17 win over Sparta Highland in […]