Deijah Swihart scored 13 points and MacKenzie Golden added 10 as Clear Fork defeated Ontario 55-37 in a non-conference girls’ basketball game at the “O-rena” on Tuesday night. It was Clear Fork’s sixth win in their last seven games, but coach Heidi Roush acknowledged, “It wasn’t our prettiest game that’s for sure. I think we […]
Jeff Swank, Correspondent
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On the Line: Cancellation decisions
There are a number of things that local high school coaches have to deal with that do not normally affect their sport at higher levels and one of them is dealing with cancellations, or to be more exact postponements. There are just times when road conditions, or as in the case of the past several […]
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Swank on Sports: This season has a chance
Being a basketball junkie like I am, any basketball season is a good one, but this has a chance to be better then some. There are a number of good teams in the Mansfield area this season in both boys’ basketball and some in girls’ this winter. With the boys you have to start with […]
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Swank on Christmas: gifts for local sports figures
Okay sports fans of Richland County it’s time for Santa Swank to twinkle his nose, raise his index finger and fly through the air of Richland County to deliver packages to sports figures and fans throughout the area. Notes are made throughout the sports season and Santa Swank tries to do all he can to […]
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Clear Fork hammers St. Peter’s in opener
Erika Farst scored 16 points and Morgan Bailey added 11 as Clear Fork blasted Mansfield St. Peter’s (55-22) in their first girls’ basketball game of the season at Les Hauenstein Gymnasium Tuesday night. The Lady Spartans (1-1) took a 4-2 lead with just over six minutes to play in the first quarter on a Tiza […]
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Bruce, TBDBITL fire up Buckeye Fans at 33rd Annual Beat Michigan Buckeye Bash
Former Ohio State football coach Earle Bruce told a gathering of about 500 people at the Richland County Alumni Club’s 33rd annual Beat Michigan Buckeye Bash on Monday night at the Mid-Ohio Conference Center in Mansfield that he is a little nervous. The reason why: even though Ohio State is a more than a two […]
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Giving thanks: sports edition
We live in a great country and no I’m not the first to say that nor will I be the last, but it needs to be said anyway. We should be thankful this week and every week because we enjoy, and sometimes take for granted, freedoms that most of the rest of the world does […]
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Area Football Recap: Tygers: St Paul clinch share of conference titles
Every Friday night brings some upsets and some blowouts and we had some each and some good games too on the foundation week, week nine of the high school football season. Ohio Cardinal Conference Mansfield Senior sewed up a share of the Ohio Cardinal Conference title with a (44-7) thumping of Lexington on Friday night. […]
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Area football recap: Tygers one step closer; Loudonville clinches MBC crown
Mansfield Senior can clinch no less than a share of the Ohio Cardinal Conference title with a win at Lexington. On Friday night, the Tygers improved to 8-0 with a 45-21 win at Wooster last night. Tyquan Vickers had 228 yards rushing and three scores. “For us we just went into a hostile environment and […]