ONTARIO — Ontario sophomore Kooper Kilgore carried the ball just six times on Friday night. It was enough for the Warriors. It was more than enough for Madison. The 5-foot-11, 195-pound fireplug ripped off 173 yards and two touchdowns, then added seven PATs for a total of 19 points to lead Ontario to a 57-6 […]
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Perkins ends Ontario’s storybook season in Division IV regional final
Ontario fell 28-21 Friday to No. 1-seed Sandusky Perkins in a Division IV regional final at Tiffin’s Frost-Kalnow Stadium.
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Ontario prepares for 1st Elite 8 matchup in Tiffin vs. No. 1-seed Sandusky Perkins
COLUMBUS — And then there was one. We’ve reached the Elite Eight round of the Ohio high school football playoffs. That means the best of the best are still in pads. Only one high school football team remains in action from each of the three counties covered by Source Media Properties. Danville is the sole […]
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Ontario’s spectacular rally leads to 1st Elite 8 berth in program history
The Warriors will face top-seeded Sandusky Perkins next week in the regional final, the first trip to the Elite Eight in the history of Ontario football.
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Ontario stuns Shelby with incredible rally to reach Elite 8 in Arlin Field classic
MANSFIELD — Approximately 8,500 fans at Arlin Field could’ve been charged the price of another ticket while exiting the gates on Friday night — and no one would’ve complained a bit. Let’s cut to the chase for the most basic information of all in the wake of a brilliant high school football game. No. 3-seed […]
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Feeling groovy: Ontario’s Bodpegn Miller back in top form in playoff rout of Clyde
ONTARIO — Ontario’s Bodpegn Miller felt amazing Friday night. The Clyde Fliers …. well, not so much. Slowed the last few weeks by a balky knee, the 6-foot-4, 190-pound senior quarterback passed for two TDs and ran for two more in the Warriors’ overwhelming, 38-7 beating of Clyde in a Division IV, Region 14 quarterfinal […]
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From Ethiopia to Ohio State, Ontario’s Miller has embarked on fantastic voyage
ONTARIO — The sun has just dipped below the horizon as Ontario quarterback Bodpegn Miller and a handful of his receivers squeeze the last drops of daylight out of this unusually warm and breezy early-November afternoon. The dying light has painted the feathery clouds loitering overhead impossibly vibrant shades of purple, pink and orange, a […]
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Worth the price of admission: Shelby survives thriller with Ontario
Both with unblemished records, Shelby (9-0) and Ontario (8-1) went pound-for-pound Friday — but the Whippets prevailed 50-36.
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Stage is set: All eyes on Shelby as Whippets collide Friday with Ontario
Whichever unbeaten emerges victorious Friday will clinch at least a share of the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference crown.
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Ontario hears the words it’s been waiting 363 days to hear: It’s Shelby Week
ONTARIO — Aaron Eckert stepped into the postgame team huddle Friday night and delivered the words his football players have waited 363 days to hear. “It’s Shelby Week,” the Ontario head coach said after the Warriors hammered Marion Harding, 45-14, on Copeland Field inside Niss Stadium. Suddenly, the-game-that-could-not-be-talked-about was all anyone wanted to talk about. […]