Ohio State sophomore receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba put up the following numbers on Saturday night at the 2022 Rose Bowl: 15 catches, 347 yards, 21.3 yards per catch, 3 touchdowns. No receiver in the history of college football has had a bowl game stat line like that. The Buckeyes needed each of those catches, all of […]
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Spartans learn tough lessons during challenging season
MANSFIELD — This has not been the kind of season anyone hoped for or envisioned when St. Peter’s tipped off its basketball campaign. After all, this is a school that has won a pair of boys basketball state championships, in 1968 and 1978, under legendary coach Bob Frye. The Spartans were long considered one of […]
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Madison’s furious rally falls just short of Mount Vernon
MANSFIELD — Victories can be sewn in odd places, and spring from unusual beginnings. Mount Vernon football coach Mike Kerr noted his team’s growth in a 33-23 loss to Wooster seven days earlier, and saw the seeds from that performance blossom into a 30-26 victory on Friday night at Madison. “We played Wooster tough last […]
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Ashland overcomes early deficit to sting Yellow Jackets
ASHLAND — The smile refused to leave Sean Seder’s face on Friday night, and you could see it behind his mask. The Arrows football coach was positively beaming after his team dismissed Mount Vernon 39-6 at Community Stadium. But it wasn’t just the victory, and it wasn’t the fact his squad is now 2-0, 1-0 […]
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Richland Source & OH.Report offer a blitz of prep sports coverage this week
MANSFIELD — Did you get a chance to see our foray into livestreaming high school sports last week? OH.Report teamed with the Source Media Properties, at Richland Source, Ashland Source, Crawford Source and Knox Pages to offer a number of livestreamed high school sports events. Last week’s schedule included girls soccer and football. It picks […]
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Storms wreck first night of high school football
MANSFIELD — True to the form of 2020, the first night of high school football season was splintered by thunderstorms ripping through north central Ohio. While a handful of contests fought their way through it, a number of games across were wiped out on Friday night by lightning — delayed until Saturday. The first to […]
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Richland Source teams with OH.Report to livestream high school sports
MANSFIELD — Richland Source and the OH.Report are going to boldly go where neither has gone before. The two local media outlets will join forces this fall to deliver live high school sports coverage to fans who cannot be at the game. OH.Report will livestream high school sports events to the Source Media Properties Facebook pages […]
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Ohio State-Michigan game moved to Oct. 24
COLUMBUS — COVID-19 has recorded another Ohio casualty — the tradition of Ohio State and Michigan ending the regular season football schedule against each other. When the Big Ten announced its new schedule on Wednesdsay morning, it had the Wolverines playing in Ohio Stadium on Oct. 24. The Big Ten has limited conference members to […]