SHELBY — A rugged girls softball tournament trail awaits top-seeded Shelby. The Whippets (18-4) earned the No. 1 seed at Sunday’s Division III tournament draw and will host Ashland (5-10) in the sectional final at 5 p.m. May 14. The winner will meet No. 4 seed Madison (10-9-1) at 4 p.m. May 21 in the […]
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Ashland’s Lang having big season for Ohio State softball
COLUMBUS – If Hailey Lang wasn’t born to be a hitter, she would have stopped doing it by now. Judging by her numbers this spring as the starting catcher at Ohio State, there might be no end in sight. “I’ve worked forever for this,” said Lang, a 2023 Ashland High School graduate. “Ever since I […]
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Ontario belts 3 home runs to pound Galion for 9th straight win
ONTARIO — The Warriors unloaded Thursday night. Elie Dawson, Sophie Schuster and Morgan Pearson all belted home runs as Ontario cruised to a run rule-shortened 15-4 win over Galion in Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference girls softball action. The win was the ninth in a row for the Warriors (9-2, 4-2). Dawson hit a two-run homer in […]
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All-North Central Ohio: Lex softball star takes place among greatest players in program history
LEXINGTON — If there is a Mount Rushmore of Lexington softball, Todd Galownia is certain Makaree Chapman belongs on it. It’s hard to argue with Lady Lex’s veteran coach. The newly-minted North Central Ohio Player of the Year, Chapman pitched and hit Lexington to a place the program hasn’t been in more than two decades. […]
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Aces: Mount Vernon’s Scarbury anchors All-North Central Ohio pitching staff
MOUNT VERNON — She led her team to the doorstep of a state championship as a sophomore. What will Jocelyn Scarbury do for an encore? The North Central Ohio Pitcher of the Year, Scarbury twirled Mount Vernon into the state championship game last week at Akron’s Firestone Stadium. The Yellow Jackets came within a couple […]
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Lex’s Chapman, Madison’s Clapper headline list of area All-Ohioans
MANSFIELD — The Ohio High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association confirmed what area fans already knew. Lexington’s Makaree Chapman and Madison’s Caliyah Clapper are among the best pitchers in the state. Chapman was selected to the All-Ohio first team in Division IV, while Clapper was a second-teamer in Division III. A senior left-hander bound for […]
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5-run rally stops Mount Vernon short of state-championship quest
AKRON — One bad inning can’t wipe out one great season for the Mount Vernon girls softball team. The Yellow Jackets were forced to sit through a two-hour rail delay before falling 8-6 to Painesville Riverside on Sunday in the Division II state championship softball game at Akron’s Firestone Stadium. A five-run Riverside rally in […]
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Mount Vernon to play for Division II state softball championship Sunday in Akron
AKRON — Say it loud: State championship bound! The Mount Vernon girls softball team will play for a Division II state championship on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. in Akron. In a game that could’ve followed a Hollywood script, the Yellow Jackets stopped Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 5-4 in Saturday’s state semifinals to earn the honor of […]
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Lady Lex comes up just short in Final Four loss to No. 1-ranked Kenton Ridge
AKRON — The tears streaming down Makaree Chapman’s cheeks had little to do with what had just transpired on the super-heated artificial surface at Firestone Stadium. Chapman and her Lexington teammates pushed top-ranked Kenton Ridge to the precipice in a Division IV state semifinal game only to see the top-ranked Cougars scratch out two runs […]
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Turf coming to Madison baseball, softball fields
MADISON TOWNSHIP — The Madison Athletic Booster Club stepped up to the plate and knocked it out of the park again. The Madison school board on Tuesday voted 4-1 to approve the lease agreement with the booster club for the design and construction of artificial surface infields for the baseball and softball fields beginning in […]