MANSFIELD — Kaylen Brooks and his Mansfield Senior teammates had enough. Brooks scored 13 points and the Tygers snapped a rare three-game losing streak with a resounding 70-42 win over Lexington at Pete Henry Gym on Tuesday. Senior High (9-5, 6-3 Ohio Cardinal Conference) avoided its first four-game skid since dropping 10 straight during the […]
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Mansfield Christian avenges loss to Crestline, takes lead in MBC title chase
CRESTLINE — It was a must-win game, but that’s nothing new for Mansfield Christian. Blayne Morrow led a balanced scoring attack with 15 points and the Flames kept their Mid-Buckeye Conference championship hopes alive with a critical, 48-34 win at Crestline on Friday. MCS (7-4, 4-1) avenged a season-opening loss to the Bulldogs and moved […]
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Youth Movement: North central Ohio’s boys basketball teams lean on freshmen, sophomores
North central Ohio’s most prolific scorers can’t even drive themselves to practice yet, but they’re driving the narrative on the area’s basketball courts. Local programs are experiencing a youth movement of sorts this winter, but young doesn’t necessarily mean inexperienced. North central Ohio’s freshman and sophomore classes have been nothing short of sensational through the […]
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Brown puts Ontario back on track in pounding of Madison
ONTARIO — Cardae Brown scored 32 points and Ontario bounced back from its first loss of the season with a resounding 68-38 win over Madison at the O-Rena on Saturday. A 6-foot-3 sophomore, Brown dropped 14 points in the third quarter as the Warriors (12-1) pulled away in the second half. He sat out most […]
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Next: Mansfield 7th-graders complete 17-0 basketball season after going unbeaten in football
The home stands at Pete Henry Gym were almost full and the electricity in the building was palpable. The city’s basketball fans turned out en masse to catch a glimpse of Mansfield’s Next Big Thing and they didn’t go home disappointed. Final score: Mansfield Senior 52, New Philadelphia16. That Senior High won the seventh-grade Ohio […]
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Gallery: Lexington gains revenge against Wooster in the OCC, 74-68
(Photos from Lexington’s 74-68 win at home on Friday night against Wooster in an Ohio Cardinal Conference basketball game. The victory avenged a loss at Wooster in December and kept the Minutemen atop the OCC at 13-2 overall and 8-1 in the league. The Generals slipped to 7-7/5-3.)
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Timeout: Lexington uses huddle to reset its effort in 71-54 win over Ashland
LEXINGTON — Scott Hamilton doesn’t call a lot of timeouts during a basketball game. So when the Lexington coach stopped the game three minutes into the fourth quarter on Friday night against Ashland, suffice to say he got his team’s attention. Watching a 19-point lead begin to evaporate in just over three minutes will trigger […]
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Gallery: Lexington knocks off Ashland, 71-54, in Ohio Cardinal Conference
Photos from Lexington’s 71-54 win at home on Friday night against Ashland in an Ohio Cardinal Conference boys basketball game. The win improved the Minutemen to 9-1 overall and 5-1 in the OCC. The Arrows dipped to 5-4 overall and 2-3 in the league with the loss. Lexington plays at Sandusky on Saturday night in […]
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Gallery: Mansfield Christian holds off Mansfield St. Peter’s, 53-49
(Photos from Mansfield Christian’s 53-49 win at home Friday night in The Furnace against Mansfield St. Peter’s in a cross-town shootout. The Flames improved to 2-1 overall and 2-0 in the Mid-Buckeye Conference. The Spartans slipped to 1-2 overall and 0-2 in the MBC.)
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Shelby City Schools send off boys basketball team to Final 4 in Dayton
Shelby City Schools put on a district-wide pep rally Friday morning for the Dayton bound boys basketball program.