SHELBY — The biggest football game in Shelby High School history will take place on Friday at 7:30 p.m. on Summa Field at the University of Akron’s Infocision Stadium. The fifth-ranked Whippets (13-0), slated to be the visiting team, will challenge No. 1-ranked Steubenville in the Division IV state semifinals. Coach Erik Will’s Sandusky Bay […]
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Buckeyes pound Spartans; reclaim driver’s seat in Big Ten East
COLUMBUS — Michigan State’s Mark Dantonio was supposed to have Urban Meyer’s number. The Zanesville native had actually beaten the Buckeye boss twice, something no other Big Ten coach can claim. But after Saturday, Meyer improved to 4-2 over his chief nemesis, and the only number on anyone’s mind was a lopsided final score, 48-3. […]
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Shelby roughs up Roughriders, rolls into Elite 8
MARION — Shelby’s dazzling football season rolled through St. Mary’s Memorial with the usual suspects playing their usual roles in Friday night’s Division IV regional semifinal. Then there was senior defensive back/slotback Brady Hill. The 5-foot-10, 155-pounder is easy to overlook among the towering Whippets. But he consistently stung the Roughriders on both sides of […]
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Hawkeyes stun Ohio State with blowout upset
For the second week in a row Ohio State could not have gotten off to a worse start. This time there was no epic escape, just an epic disaster. The Buckeyes played the worst game in Urban Meyer’s 203 games as a head coach and with their energy tank registering zero most of the day, […]
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Shelby bounces Wauseon to advance in playoffs
SHELBY — Shelby has a very clear goal for this football season. The Whippets broke their postgame huddle on Friday night with two words: “State Champs!” Coach Erik Will’s team took a strong initial step in that direction with a 50-13 pounding of Wauseon at W.W. Skiles Field in the Division IV, Region 14 playoff […]
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Poynter Institute recognizes Richland Source for creative content
MANSFIELD — Our readers have excellent taste. I’m talking about our readers at Richland Source, Ashland Source, Crawford Source and soon to be KnoxPages.com. Last week an editorial team from Richland Source made a number of presentations at the Local Independent Online News conference in Chicago. One of those programs was an explanation of the […]
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Barrett’s arm lifts Buckeyes to miraculous win over Penn State
COLUMBUS — There was a loud but clearly low-brow crowd that wanted to bench Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett earlier this season. That message-board mafia insisted the Buckeyes’ reigning Big Ten MVP couldn’t beat an elite team with his arm. On Saturday, Barrett unleashed that arm on No. 2 Penn State and its top-rated defense […]
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Authorities seek 13 suspects in wake of historic Mansfield drug sweep
MANSFIELD — A drug sweep that Mansfield Police Chief Ken Coontz termed the biggest in his 24 years in the community isn’t over yet. The METRICH Enforcement Unit reported Wednesday afternoon that 13 more suspects are being sought in connection with a probe that stretched from California to Georgia, Chicago to Louisville and exploded in […]
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UPDATE: Multi-state drug ring leads to massive Mansfield bust
MANSFIELD — Two separate conspiracies led to the federal indictment of 39 people in a series of drug trafficking busts Wednesday morning in Richland County, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Between 250 and 300 agents were involved in Wednesday’s raids, which encompassed a ring that law enforcement tracked from California […]
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Clear Fork, Shelby, Lucas, Wynford clinch playoff spots
COLUMBUS — Eight north central Ohio teams remain in the hunt for playoff spots as the high school football season enters its final weekend of regular-season games, according to the ratings released Tuesday afternoon by the Ohio High School Athletics Association. The top eight teams in each region reach the postseason, with the top four […]