ONTARIO — Mason Vantilburg enjoyed a bagel for Homecoming on Friday night. The 5-foot-10, 175-pound Ontario running back used all 2,800 of his ounces to break a myriad of tackles and then raced into the end zone on a 44-yard, fourth-quarter touchdown run that stopped a Clear Fork rally dead in its tracks. The score […]
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Vantilburg’s 4 TDs fuel Ontario’s win at Madison
Mason Vantilburg rushed for three scores and caught a TD as Ontario defeated Madison 34-14 to remain unbeaten through non-conference play.
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Hat Trick: OSU pledge Miller fires 3 TD passes to send Ontario past Centerburg
Ontario quarterback Bodpegn Miller rocketed all three of his TD passes in the final quarter of the Warriors’ 35-21 victory over Centerburg.
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It pays to have friends: Ontario star applauds teammates in win over Lex
ONTARIO — Ontario’s Bodpegn Miller got by with a little help from his friends in the second half Friday night. The 6-foot-4, 190-pound senior — headed to play for Ohio State next season — was the first to acknowledge his teammates after the Warriors rallied from a 14-0 deficit to knock off Lexington 31-14 in […]
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2024 HS football preview: Ontario Warriors
Welcome to Source Media’s 2024 high school football preview. Over the coming days, we’ll preview schools across Richland, Ashland and Knox Counties every day leading up to week 1. Today, we preview the Ontario Warriors. You can find all of our high school football previews here. McDonald’s is proud to back our area’s local athletes […]
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Rarified Air: Ontario’s Miller fulfills lifelong dream of becoming a Buckeye
Every Ohio high school football player dreams of one day suiting up for Ohio State. And for a vast majority of them, that’s all it will ever be — a dream. OSU’s 2024 roster consists of 108 players, all of them winners of the genetic lottery. They run faster, jump higher and bench press more […]
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Buckeyes offer football scholarship to Ontario’s Miller
COLUMBUS — Aaron Eckert knew Bodpegn Miller was a special athlete, but Ontario’s football coach wasn’t sure just how special. His answer came Tuesday morning when the ultra-athletic Miller picked up a scholarship offer from Ohio State. “In January he had no offers. I’m looking at a kid who is pushing 6-4, is athletic as […]
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Ontario senior sees prayer answered in helping Warriors win playoff opener
ONTARIO — Quinton Frankhouse said a little prayer Friday night after he made a leaping interception, knocking every ounce of air from his lungs when he landed on top of the ball. “I was talking to Jesus for a second,” the 6-foot, 175-pound senior defensive back said with a laugh after Ontario’s 31-22 win over […]
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Ontario pulls away from Scots for share of MOAC championship
SPARTA — The miserable conditions were a stark contrast to the jubilant faces inside the rain-splattered helmets of the Ontario football team. The Warriors knocked off Highland 34-20 on Friday night to wrap up a share of the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference championship. It’s the first football crown for Ontario since 2004. It also provided a […]
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Mansfield Sr.’s Bradley closes in on coaching milestone
When Chioke Bradley took over as Mansfield Senior’s football coach in the spring of 2010, his first order of business was to bring stability to a program that had lost its way. Job well done. A 1994 Senior High graduate, Bradley has led his alma to unprecedented heights in his 14 seasons in charge. A […]