GALION — The stars aligned perfectly for Clear Fork on Saturday. The Colts won their first-ever sectional wrestling championship thanks to a confluence of events including a corrected scoring error, a last-second takedown and a pin by a wrestler from a rival school in the final match of the day. It all added up to […]
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Historically dominant Arrows cruise to OCC 3-peat at home
ASHLAND — Anyone with casual knowledge of Ohio Cardinal Conference wrestling this season assumed Ashland was going to dominate Saturday at the league’s championships. There came a point, though, when the level of dominance began to creep into the realm of historic. “By about the semifinals, I was thinking, ‘Are we gonna hit 400 (points)?’” […]
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Madison dumps Wooster in OCC road tilt
WOOSTER — Madison’s Colton Adkins took his act on the road Friday night, and what a show it was. The Rams’ senior quarterback ran for two touchdowns, fired a TD pass, and returned an interception for a pick-6 to lead coach Kobi Johnson’s squad to a 28-17 Ohio Cardinal Conference win at Wooster. Adkins collected […]
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Galion’s Harding one win from elusive state title
COLUMBUS — As he left the mat following Saturday’s state semifinal victory, Galion’s Gradey Harding had a simple message for coach Brent Tyrrell. “One more,” Harding said matter-of-factly as he confidently strode down the tunnel and into the bowels of Ohio State’s Schottenstein Center. For the second straight year, Harding will wrestle in a state […]
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Ohio prep football notebook: Madison’s rivalry win over Tygers salvages positive note in tough season
EDITOR’S NOTE: Ohio Prep Sports Media Association compiles this notebook weekly. Coaches are asked to send their stats to Jake Furr by Monday at noon to be included in this notebook. Jake can be reached at jfurr@gannett.com. — The Madison football team could’ve easily gone 5-5 and be in the thick of the Ohio high school playoff scene […]