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Clear Fork expects to rebound from 3-7 season
BELLVILLE — The Clear Fork football team is looking for the pendulum to swing its way again. The Colts enjoyed a promising season in 2014, but were disappointed with a 3-7 showing last fall (including a 1-6 mark in the Ohio Cardinal Conference). “We’re hoping (the team plays better),” head coach Dave Carroll said. “You […]
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AU will fly behind high-powered offense
Prior to the start of the 2015 season, Ashland University’s football team had just nine catches coming back from its wide receiver corps and just two catches returning from its tight ends from 2014. Coming into the 2016 campaign, the Eagles have 185 of their 247 receptions from 12 months ago heading into the start […]
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Ontario Youth Sports to host KOHLS AMERICA CUP
ONTARIO – Ontario Youth Sports has been chosen to host the 2016 KOHLS AMERICA CUP Aug. 13 and 14. Ontario Youth Sports Director, Kenn Spencer, has been working with the OYS board and the city of Ontario to get soccer fields ready for this two-day event. “We want the recreation athlete to feel excited and […]
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AU football picked to win GLIAC South in preseason poll
ASHLAND — Ashland University’s football team is picked to repeat as the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference South Division champion in the 2016 GLIAC Football Preseason Coaches’ Poll, released on Wednesday (Aug. 3) morning. The Eagles received five of six first-place votes in the South, and boast 25 voting points overall. Ohio Dominican had the […]
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Last Hurrah: Whippets gearing up for NOL’s final season
SHELBY, Ohio — The Northern Ohio League will crown its final champion this fall and Shelby would like to hoist the trophy one last time. The NOL, which began operation in the fall of 1944, will disband following the 2016-17 school year. Six of the seven NOL members, including charter member Shelby, will join the […]
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Heart of a Tyger: Undersized RB leaving his mark
MANSFIELD, Ohio — Brian Benson is 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs 180 pounds — underwhelming size for an elite high school football player — but what he lacks in measurables, Mansfield Senior’s All-Ohio running back and linebacker makes up for in all those things coaches covet. “His work ethic is second to none, as […]
