When you have been doing something for almost 30 years you must be pretty good at it. That is the case with Ontario basketball coach Joe Balogh, who starts his 29th year as the Warriors bench boss on Friday night when his team travels to Clear Fork to meet the Colts. He is humble when […]
Jeff Swank, Correspondent
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Ontario wins big over Colts
Ontario outscored Clear Fork 16-6 in the first quarter and they never looked back as they dismantled the Colts 75-47 on Friday night in the high school boys’ basketball openers for both schools in non-conference play. The Warriors shot 54% from the field, making 24 of 44 attempts and cashed in on 22 of 25 […]
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Lady Colts blast St. Peter’s in opener
Deijah Swihart scored 21 points and Erika Farst added 17 and Clear Fork belted Mansfield St. Peter’s (67-33) in non-conference girls’ basketball action at the Franciscan Center on Tuesday night. After the first 3:15 of the game it was (12-0) Lady Colts as they frazzled the Lady Spartans, who were without two of their better […]
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Galion’s season ends with playoff loss to Triway
Galion had a good defense this season, but on Friday night they just ran into a team that they -and every other defense- were not suited to stop. A 42-7 loss to Triway brought their high school football season came to an end. Parker Carmichael passed for 451 yards and […]
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Lucas and Plymouth matchup to play throwback matchup
Football is a sport that probably started in small towns in the Midwest in the 1800s, developing from sports first played in Britain that involved kicking the ball toward a goal or running it over a line. It developed quickly in Ohio, which was among the first states to field professional, college and high school […]
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Lady Colts fall in regional title game
Clear Fork was a victim of some missed opportunities and some bad breaks on Saturday as they lost to Lima Bath by a score of 1-0 in the girls’ soccer Division II regional final at Findlay High School. Bath’s Julie Evans scored the only goal of the match with 24:21 remaining in the first half […]
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Flames claim regional title, head back to state final four
Brandon Mount scored twice and Jared McPeek also found the net as Mansfield Christian advanced to the Division III boys soccer state semi-finals with a (3-1) victory over Fort Jennings in a regional final Saturday afternoon at Findlay High School. It will be the Flames second straight appearance in the state final four. They beat […]
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Galion loses but still makes playoffs
Galion lost to unbeaten Marion Pleasant on Friday night (40-21) and they close the regular season with a 6-4 record and in fourth place in the rugged red division of the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference. That’s the bad news. The good news is the Tigers have made the playoffs in division four and sources at press […]
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Focused Plymouth belts New London
Plymouth, already in the playoffs for the first time in school history, would like to be at home for the first round. They took a step in that direction with a (34-6) thumping of New London on Friday night in Firelands Conference play. Senior quarterback Hunter Bailey broke the Plymouth record for passing yards in […]
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Lady Lex tennis takes third at state
They didn’t win it all, but Lexington completed a successful weekend of girls tennis with a third place finish in division two in the Ohio Tennis Coaches Association team championships held on Sunday in Reynoldsburg. Lady Lex, the northwest district champs, beat Ottawa Hills to win the district title a couple of weeks ago. They […]