LEXINGTON — Olivia Thomas worked overtime Saturday. A Lexington freshman, Thomas was a triple-winner at the Ray Mitchell Lexington Invitational, helping Lady Lex to a runner-up finish in the 16-team event. Thomas won the 300 hurdles and ran the lead-off leg on Lady Lex’s winning 4×200 and 4×400 relay teams. The win in the 4×400 […]
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Clear Fork boys, Ashland girls win Madison Invitational team titles
ASHLAND — The Madison Invitational was held Thursday at Ashland’s Community Stadium because of ongoing renovations at Madison’s STARTEK Stadium. Ashland won the girls team championship with 166 points. Clear Fork (134) was second and Shelby (99) was third. On the boys side, Clear Fork won with 161 points. Ashland (148.5) was second and Shelby […]
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OHSAA renames track and field state championships after Jesse Owens, announces schedule
COLUMBUS – The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced that its annual track and field state championships in early June will be named after track and field legend and pioneer Jesse Owens, while the OHSAA also unveiled the schedule and format for this year’s event with the expansion to five divisions. The OHSAA Board of […]
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Lexington boys win state cross country championship; girls finish 3rd
OBETZ — As soon as the starting gun fired, the top-ranked Lexington boys cross country team roared into Fortress Obetz during the Division II state championship race and never looked back. The Lex boys won the Division II team trophy with 110 points, with the next closest squad 81 points behind them. Senior Latrell Hughes […]
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Business trip: Top-ranked Lexington boys aiming for state cross country crown
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 […]