GALION — Mansfield Senior authored a dominating boys basketball performance as the Tygers began a busy week turning toward the close of the regular season. Coach Marquis Sykes saw his team roll to a 75-38 win at Galion on Tuesday night in a non-conference encounter. Freshman phenom Kalen Brooks posted 20 points. Rashad Reed contribute […]
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Tournament Tune-up: Hillsdale trumps Fredericktown in battle of small-school powers
JEROMESVILLE — There was no conference championship on the line or tournament positioning to jockey for, but Hillsdale coach Ben Ferguson and Fredericktown boss Derek Dibling got just what they were looking for Tuesday night: a stern test against a quality opponent. Freshman Lowen Ferguson led five Falcons in double figures with 18 points and […]
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Rebuild: After years of success, Lucas starting from square one
LUCAS — Taylor Iceman is coaching likes it’s 2015. After an unprecedented run that included six straight Mid-Buckeye Conference championships, Iceman’s Lucas Cubs are in the midst of a rebuild. The roster boasts as many freshman as seniors — two apiece. “I was blessed for a long time. We’ve had a lot of good players […]
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Lex takes top seed in rugged Division III Willard boys’ basketball district
LEXINGTON — The division has changed. But the competition will be as fierce as ever in the Division III Willard district boys basketball tournament. Lexington earned the No. 1 seed in the seven-team field, which includes No. 2 Mansfield Senior, No. 4 Ashland and No. 7 Madison. The Minutemen (17-3) will host Madison (4-16) in […]
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Lexington nips Ashland to pocket OCC championship
ASHLAND — Lexington weathered a strong challenge from Ashland on Friday night, but the Minutemen hung tough to claim a 59-58 victory, clinching an outright Ohio Cardinal Conference crown in the process. Coach Scott Hamilton’s squad improved to 17-3 overall, 11-1 in the OCC. The Minutemen were put to a stringent test at Arrow Arena. […]
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Clutch: DeVito’s 29 points sends Shelby past Ontario in OT
An ultra-athletic junior, Brayden DeVito netted a game-high 29 points to lead Shelby past Ontario 69-65 in an overtime thriller.
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Fredericktown knocks off Cardington to claim KMAC title
CARDINGTON — To win the outright Knox Morrow Athletic Conference championship on Friday night, the Fredericktown boys basketball team had to do something no one else has done this season. Win at Cardington. The Freddies did exactly that. Fredericktown took control early, but had to hang on late to upend Cardington 77-71. The Fredddies built […]
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Youth Movement: Comets douse Flames, capture MBC title
KIDRON — Considering the composition of each team’s roster, the present and future of Mid-Buckeye Conference basketball was on display Friday night at Central Christian. Junior forward Ruben Carr scored 20 points as Kidron Central Christian clinched its first MBC championship with a 72-66 win over Mansfield Christian. The title was the fourth in program […]
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A Moment in Time: Remembering Mansfield Senior’s 2005 Final Four run
MANSFIELD — Jon Avery can still hear the echoes, even after all these years. What Avery and his Mansfield Senior teammates accomplished 20 years ago in March has reverberated through time. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Senior High’s last trip to the Final Four — a month-long thrill-ride still revered in city basketball […]
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Mansfield Sr.’s 2005 storybook run came during Golden Age of Ohio high school basketball
I didn’t realize it at the time, but I landed in Mansfield during a Golden Era of boys basketball. I inherited the Mansfield Senior basketball beat in 2000 and sat courtside as the Tygers won four district championships in my first six seasons as the lead reporter. Senior High reached the Sweet 16 in 2002, […]