The Jackets take a seven-game winning streak into Monday’s game at Lexington.
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Believe: Clear Fork senior class sets sights on a deeper postseason soccer run
BELLVILLE — Clear Fork assistant Matt Beachy believed, even before fictional soccer coach Ted Lasso made it fashionable. Every time the Colts take the pitch before a match, each starter touches a custom-made wooden paddle held aloft by Beachy — the word ‘believe’ is inscribed vertically in all capital letters on the re-purposed skateboard deck. […]
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Join The Club: Lexington boys soccer program reaches 500-win plateau
“Looking at that list, there are some heavy-hitters on there,” Lexington coach Peter Them said.
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Former Madison star Ryan Pore likes direction of USMNT, despite World Cup ouster
“We’re all disappointed with the way it ended, but I think this World Cup was a success.”
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New process for distributing cards among 13 changes in high school soccer rules
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally published at the Ohio High School Athletic Association website. COLUMBUS — —Several rules updates were approved in high school soccer for next school year, including new guidance on carding, penalty kick encroachment, a longer time limit for goalkeepers to release the ball, and additional clarifications on equipment and electronic […]
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Back on Track: Mansfield Senior roughs up Lex, snaps three-game skid
MANSFIELD — Kaylen Brooks and his Mansfield Senior teammates had enough. Brooks scored 13 points and the Tygers snapped a rare three-game losing streak with a resounding 70-42 win over Lexington at Pete Henry Gym on Tuesday. Senior High (9-5, 6-3 Ohio Cardinal Conference) avoided its first four-game skid since dropping 10 straight during the […]
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Instant Offense: Madison’s Walker is North Central Ohio’s Boys Soccer Player of the Year
MADISON TOWNSHIP — If Joey Walker’s senior season turns out anything like his recently-completed junior campaign, then the rest of the Ohio Cardinal Conference could be in for another long year. The North Central Ohio Player of the Year, Walker led Madison to just its second OCC title in program history and first since 2011. […]
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Lexington blanks Ashland in sectional soccer final
ASHLAND — For longtime area high school soccer enthusiasts, there was something distantly familiar about Saturday’s Division III sectional final between Lexington and Ashland at Community Stadium. There was a time during the two-division era when the Minutemen and Arrows would cross paths in the tournament almost annually. That came to an end in the […]
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Madison earns top seed in Division III boys district soccer tourney
MADISON TOWNSHIP — The tournament bracket soccer fans have been speculating over for months came out Sunday afternoon. Madison earned the top seed in the new-look Division III boys district field and will host No. 8 Tiffin Columbian in a sectional semifinal at 5 p.m. Oct. 15. The Rams (13-1-0) dropped to Division III from […]
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Madison boys celebrate perfection with OCC soccer championship
LEXINGTON — Not even the surprise storm that rolled through the area could dampen Madison’s coronation ceremony. Joey Walker scored an unassisted goal in the 76th minute as the Rams completed a perfect run through the Ohio Cardinal Conference with a 1-0 win at Lexington on Tuesday. Madison (12-1-0, 6-0-0) already had clinched the league […]