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After slow start, Graders look to rebound
GALION, Ohio — The day off couldn’t have come at a better time. The Galion Graders need a moment to clear their heads. Monday was Galion’s lone scheduled off-day until June 27. By then, the Graders (2-6) will have played 19 games in 20 days. For a team that has struggled through the first 10 […]
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AU football team ranked No. 8 in preseason football poll
ASHLAND — The Ashland University football team is ranked No. 8 in the 2016 Sporting News NCAA Division II Preseason Top 25 poll. The rankings are part of its annual college football preview magazine. Madison graduate Lee Owens coached the Eagles to a 10-1 record in 2015. AU had an undefeated regular season, won a […]
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Football Classic proves to be a fun, defensive battle
LEXINGTON — The North Central Ohio All-Star Football Classic is meant to be a celebration of the best football players of the graduating class. The statistics are not recorded, and while yards rushed and carried — even the score (South 28, North 19) — will be forgotten, the pride the players have for suiting up […]
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AU pitcher drafted in 17th round by Detroit Tigers
ASHLAND — Ashland University pitcher Brandyn Sittinger was drafted on Saturday by the Detroit Tigers in the 17th round of the Major League Baseball Draft. The junior righthander was taken No. 505 overall in the annual player selection process. It’s the second consecutive year an Ashland University pitcher has been selected in the Major League […]
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Fielding woes continue to haunt Graders
GALION, Ohio — The season is only a week old, but Galion Graders manager Taylore Baker has seen enough miscues and blunders to last the entire summer. The Graders committed eight more errors Friday in a 9-1 loss to the Irish Hills Leprechauns in Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League action at Heddleson Field. In six […]
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Area All-star game promises to be ‘hard-hitting’ and fun
LEXINGTON — Fifty high school football players, stretching across Richland, Crawford and Ashland counties are lacing up their cleats to compete one more time at the high school level. The North Central Ohio All-Star Football Classic kicks off Saturday at 7 p.m. at Lexington High School. “It’s a very exciting game for both sides. Both […]
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Sky is the limit for Madison sophomore
MADISON TOWNSHIP — The good news for Madison coach Tim Niswander — and the bad news for the rest of the Ohio Cardinal Conference — is that Egypt Murphy is just a sophomore. The Richland Source Player of the Year, Murphy already has become one of the most feared sluggers in north central Ohio. The […]