COLUMBUS — Week 4 of the 2025 high school football season is in the books. Football players from all over Ohio put up some amazing performances in the fourth week of the season. Here, the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association compiles the best of the best with the OPSMA High School Football Notebook. Let’s take […]
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Sept. 12: Mansfield-area high school football roundup
Ashland overcomes New Philadelphia’s lead to earn win Ashland seemed a step slow at the start, but rallied to win 34-7 over New Philadelphia for an Ohio high school football victory on Sept. 12. New Philadelphia showed it was ready to play, using an early thrust to carve out a 7-6 advantage over Ashland as […]
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Mountain Man: Ashland’s Bernhard discusses commitment to the Appalachian State Mountaineers
MANSFIELD — Nathan Bernhard could have played college football in Ann Arbor or Happy Valley, but instead Ashland’s senior quarterback chose the Blue Ridge Mountains. Find out why Bernhard committed to Appalachian State over blue-blood programs like Michigan and Penn State. Bernhard sat down with the Inside The Lines podcast crew for a far-ranging interview. […]
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Clapper, Wamsley power Madison past Ashland into district title game
WILLARD — Izzy Wamsley did her best Caliyah Clapper impression Friday afternoon. Wamsley, Madison’s leadoff hitter, belted her first career home run and Clapper hammered her single season-record eighth as the top-seeded Rams rumbled to an 8-0 win over No. 5 Ashland in the first game of a Division III district semifinal doubleheader in Willard. […]
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Q-A with Ashland QB & Appalachian State commitment Nathan Bernhard
ASHLAND — Ashland High School quarterback Nathan Bernhard had scholarship offers to play college football from Michigan, Penn State, and a total of 14 Division I schools. Yet on April 25 he made the surprising decision to commit to Appalachian State in Boone, North Carolina. Ashland Source recently spoke with the junior standout to talk […]
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Ashland QB Bernhard commits to Division I Appalachian State
ASHLAND — The most highly anticipated college commitment in the history of Ashland High School athletics has been made. Junior quarterback Nathan Bernhard announced he has committed to NCAA Division I Appalachian State University via social media Friday afternoon. The Mountaineers and new head coach Dowell Loggains were the 14th and most recent program to make […]
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Ashland’s Holt, a Crestview grad, tabbed Ohio’s Division III Coach of the Year
COLUMBUS — She was one of the greatest players in north central Ohio girls basketball history and Ashland’s Renee Holt is a rising star in coaching circles, too. Holt was selected the Division III Coach of the Year when the Division I-III All-Ohio teams were announced Tuesday. Ashland (20-6) won its first Ohio Cardinal Conference […]
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Shelby senior Schwemley caps career in style
SHELBY — Numbers don’t lie and Eve Schwemley’s numbers tell the story of a historic season. The North Central Ohio Girls Basketball Player of the Year, Schwemley averaged an area-best 21.4 points a game and became just the seventh player in Shelby history to top the 1,000-point plateau. But that only tells part of the […]
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Lex’s sixth man adjusting to new role, ends Ashland’s season
WILLARD — Jakob Legron has embraced his new role, even if he doesn’t especially care for it. A senior, Legron came off Lexington’s bench to score 17 points as the top-seeded Minutemen cruised to 69-48 win over No. 4 Ashland in the opening game of a Division III district semifinal doubleheader Tuesday inside Robert L. […]
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State tournament awaits area’s top swimmers, divers
MANSFIELD — For north central Ohio’s state swim meet qualifiers, this week is more business trip than sight-seeing mission. Several locals will be in the hunt for high podium finishes when the Division II swimming prelims hit the water Thursday at Canton’s C.T. Branin Natatorium. The Ohio High School Athletic Association released the official list […]