LEXINGTON — Latrell Hughes and his Lexington teammates can’t wait. The Minutemen will have a target on their backs when the Division II boys race goes off at Saturday’s state cross country meet at Fortress Obetz. Hughes is looking forward to the challenge. Lexington has been ranked atop the cross country coach’s state poll for […]
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Lex boys, girls dominate at Tiffin regional
TIFFIN — Lex flexed again at Saturday’s Tiffin regional cross country meet. The boys program won its seventh team championship under longtime coach Denise Benson while the girls captured regional title No. 13 on a sun-soaked afternoon at Hedges-Boyer Park. It was a tour de force performance by Lexington. The girls won with a score […]
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Madison cross country coach completes quest to race in every Ohio county
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Matt Wade traveled tens of thousands of miles, spent thousands of dollars and devoted countless hours to a sport he never liked. Every step, cent and second was worth it. Wade, Madison’s cross country coach, completed a quest several years in the making when he and daughter Audrey crossed the finish line […]
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Battling adversity: Loudonville’s Shultz caps challenging season with pair of state podium finishes
COLUMBUS — Considering all she has been through, Tess Shultz deserved a day like Saturday. Loudonville’s senior distance ace, Shultz placed fourth in the 1,600 and sixth in the 3,200 during the final day of the Division III state meet at Ohio State’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. “This has been one of my better meets […]
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Lexington takes runner-up honors at Division I state track championship
COLUMBUS — The stars may have aligned for Lexington over the weekend, but don’t sell these Minutemen short. The way Denise Benson sees it, fortune favors the prepared. Lex followed Friday’s state championship in the 4×800 relay with a record-setting Saturday and rode it to a runner-up finish in the Division I team standings during […]
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Ontario girls 4×400 relay team captures state championship
COLUMBUS — Audrey Mahon wasn’t going to be denied. Ontario’s 4×400 relay team anchor runner, Mahon out-dueled Dayton Oakwood’s Katherine Erwin as the Warriors won a Division II state championship Saturday afternoon at sun-splashed Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium at Ohio State University. Ontario finished in 3 minutes, 52.39 seconds. Oakwood was second in 3:52.63. “We […]
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Shelby’s Henkel overcomes shaky start to win Division II state long jump title
COLUMBUS — As she stepped onto the runway for her third and final preliminary flight attempt, Madison Henkel closed her eyes, took a deep breath and steeled her nerves. Shelby’s junior long jumper fouled on her first two attempts during the final day of the Division II state track and field championships inside Ohio State’s […]
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Lex wins state title in 4×800 relay
COLUMBUS — Lexington struck gold Friday afternoon. The boys 4×800 relay team of Chance Basilone, Nathan Reed, Will Perkins and Latrell Hughes sped to a Division I state championship on the opening day of the state track and field championships at Ohio State’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. The quartet came from behind to break the […]
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Ontario relay teams shatter regional records; Shelby, Lex, Clear Fork athletes advance to state
LEXINGTON — Audrey Mahon and her Ontario teammates just keep smashing records. Mahon anchored Ontario’s 4×200 meter relay and 4×400 meter relay teams to regional championships Saturday at Lexington, breaking meet records in both events. The 4×200 crew of Arialyn Bischak, Tessa Crum, Sasha Bulakoski and Mahon set a new record with a winning time […]
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Leaps and Bounds: Shelby’s Henkel breaks district long jump record
OAK HARBOR — The bull’s-eye on Madison Henkel’s back doesn’t seem to weigh her down. Shelby’s junior long jumper broke the Division II Oak Harbor district meet record in the prelims, then broke it again in Saturday’s finals. Her winning leap of 18-feet, 11-inches in the final bettered her earlier mark of 18-9.5. That effort […]