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. COLUMBUS – Welcome to the midway point of the 2024 high school football season. Week 5 sure did produce some incredible […]
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Caudill’s 6 TDs boost Lexington to 2nd straight victory
LEXINGTON — Joe Caudill had himself a night, and the Lexington football team followed its quarterback’s lead to a second straight victory. Caudill accounted for a whopping six touchdowns while spearheading the Minutemen to a 41-28 Ohio Cardinal Conference victory over visiting Wooster on Friday night. The Lexington dynamo ran 17 times for 113 yards […]
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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: Lexington Minutemen
LEXINGTON — 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 Lexington Minutemen. Find all of our 2024 high school football previews here. Madison preview — Aug. 3Lexington preview — Aug. […]
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Wright Choice: Shelby’s Bruskotter is North Central Ohio’s Player of the Year
SHELBY — If Alex Bruskotter’s senior year is any indication, Wright State may have gotten a steal. The North Central Ohio Player or the Year had a season for the ages while leading Shelby to its first Final Four berth in program history. He averaged 23.9 points, 9.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists a game as […]
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Shelby’s Bruskotter selected Ohio’s Division II Player of the Year
SHELBY — Alex Bruskotter was honored in absentia. Shelby’s 6-foot-7 point guard, Bruskotter was announced as Ohio’s Division II Player of the Year when the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association unveiled the Division I and Division II All-Ohio teams Thursday morning. The Wright State-bound Bruskotter is playing in Italy this week on a team that includes […]
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Sweet 16 bound: Shelby rolls past Lexington for district championship
The Whippets are Sweet 16 bound after a 62-52 win over Lexington in a Div. II district final before a sellout crowd at Ontario High School.
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ANALYSIS: Lexington-Shelby rematch is the epitome of March Madness
Tournament time goes way too fast, especially at the local high school level. That’s what made Thursday night at Ontario High School must-see stuff for high school basketball junkies. It provided a fix so many of us crave. Rattling around the balcony were a couple of veteran north central Ohio coaches. Former Lexington boss Steve […]
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Fogle lifts Lexington past Willard in Division II district semifinals
ONTARIO — Brayden Fogle made the shots when they mattered most. Lexington’s sophomore standout drained a 3-pointer late in regulation to force overtime. Fogle then knocked down a contested mid-range jumper with two seconds left in the extra session to lift the second-seeded Minutemen to a thrilling 59-57 win over No. 3-seeded Willard in the […]
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Lexington’s Fogle selected OCC Player of Year
LEXINGTON — The top player in the Ohio Cardinal Conference still has plenty of basketball ahead of him. Lexington sophomore Brayden Fogle was selected the OCC’s Player of the Year after leading the Minutemen to an outright conference crown. Lex (21-2, 14-0) is the first OCC boys team to go unbeaten in league play since […]