BELLVILLE — The most highly-anticipated season in recent Madison boys soccer history got off on the right foot Friday night. Joey Walker made sure of it. Walker, a junior forward, scored a pair of goals as the Rams opened with a 3-1 win over Clear Fork at the Colt Corral. Veteran Madison coach Tim Lord […]
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Lex’s Corbin is area’s boys soccer Player of the Year
LEXINGTON — He scored four goals all season and six in his entire varsity career, but those aren’t the numbers that matter most to Lexington senior Terrance Corbin. The area’s Player of the Year, Corbin will be defined by his team’s success. Lexington was a combined 63-15-6 during Corbin’s high school career. The Minutemen won […]
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Lexington’s Corbin selected to OSSCA All-Ohio first team in Division II
LEXINGTON — He isn’t the most prolific goal scorer in program history, but Terrance Corbin secured his place among the best Lexington has ever produced. A senior midfielder, Corbin was selected to the Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association All-Ohio first team in Division II. The Minutemen (15-4-1) reached the Sweet 16 for the sixth straight […]
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Ontario, Clear Fork standouts highlight All-MOAC soccer teams
ONTARIO — Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference heavyweights Ontario and Clear Fork dominated when the All-MOAC girls soccer team was unveiled. Four Warriors and four Colts were selected to the 12-player first team. Ontario’s Hattie Yugovich, Addi Pittman, Kamashya Shaw and Elaine Seif were joined by Clear Fork’s Annika Labaki, Sophia Perry, Mel Blubaugh and Brinley Barnett […]
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Lexington falls to St. Marys Memorial in Division II regional semifinals
CLYDE — The clock struck midnight on another storybook season for Lexington on Wednesday. Still, the way coach Peter Them sees it, the 2-1 loss to St. Marys Memorial in the Division II regional semifinals shouldn’t tarnish everything the Minutemen accomplished in 2023. After all, Lex added another Ohio Cardinal Conference championship to the trophy […]
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Madison girls, Lex boys in back in soccer’s Sweet 16
MANSFIELD — The Lexington boys and Madison girls soccer programs have been down this path before. The Minutemen and Rams won district titles last week and will play in the Division II regional semifinals this week. Madison (12-4-4) will take on Lima Shawnee (9-4-6) at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Tiffin’s Front-Kalnow Stadium. Lex (15-3-1) meets […]
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Mansfield Sr. boys soccer team finishes valiant season
SHELBY — As bitter as it was to Mansfield Senior coach Bryan DeBolt, Monday’s Division II district semifinal loss didn’t come without a silver lining. The Tygers are building a new culture. Playing in its first district tournament since 2013, fifth-seeded Senior High gave No. 4 Norwalk all it could handle in the 1-0 setback. […]
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Short-handed Lexington blanks Ontario in Division II district semifinals
SHELBY — Jack Hiebel calmed his nerves long enough to send top-seeded Lexington to the district final. Filling in for the injured Zachary Turlo, Hiebel scored the match’s lone goal in a 1-0 win over No. 6 Ontario in the opener of Monday’s Division II district semifinal doubleheader at the Whippet Athletic Complex. Turlo, who […]
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Lex players top All-OCC boys soccer squad
LEXINGTON — The Minutemen returned to the top of the Ohio Cardinal Conference standings this fall and were rewarded for their efforts. Brody Earick was selected the Defensive Player of the Year and Peter Them was recognized as the Coach of the Year when the all-conference awards were unveiled Wednesday. Wooster’s Luigi Canas was selected […]
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Lex picks up top seed in Division II soccer tourney draw
LEXINGTON — Until proven otherwise, the road to the district championship runs through Lexington. The Minutemen were selected the top seed in the Division II district tournament for the sixth straight year during Sunday’s tournament draw. The last time Lexington wasn’t the top seed was 2017. That year Vermilion earned the top spot and Lex […]