COLUMBUS — Lucas drove 80 yards on 13 plays to score the game-winning TD Saturday night with 57 seconds left in a 15-12 Division VII state semifinal victory over Canal Winchester Harvest Prep. Facing a 4th-and-goal from the Harvest Prep 13-yard line, Lucas QB Logan Niswander found senior tight end Riley Mounts on a throw-back […]
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Tygers to play Trotwood Madison in Friday’s 3 p.m. state title game
MACEDONIA — Mansfield Senior is bound for next Friday’s Division III state championship football game, and will meet a foe with plenty of title experience. The Tygers beat Aurora 27-21 in double-overtime as Michigan State recruit Angelo Grose caught a 5-yard TD pass from QB Cameron Todd in the corner of the end zone to […]
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MANSFIELD SENIOR IS HEADED TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!
MACEDONIA — Mansfield Senior plays for all the Division III marbles in Canton next Friday at 3 p.m. at the Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. The Tygers (13-1) knocked off Aurora (13-1) 27-21 in double overtime on Friday night at Macedonia Nordonia’s Boliantz Stadium, scoring the winning TD on a 5-yard pass from senior Cam Todd […]
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Mansfield police fatally shoot sword-wielding man early Wednesday
MANSFIELD — A Mansfield police officer fatally shot a sword-wielding man early Wednesday morning on Poplar Street, according to a department press release. Police responded at 5:46 a.m. to 275 Poplar St. when residents called to complain about a man causing a loud disturbance outside their apartment window, breaking the window. The residents also advised […]
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Dayton police say man in custody after alleged homicide of Mansfield couple
DAYTON — A second body found in Dayton today has been identified as a Mansfield woman reported missing nine days ago, according to police in the Montgomery County city. Lt. Jason Hall said the body found in the 900 block of West Stewart Street was Kayla Hayton, 20, last seen with her boyfriend, Todd Burkhart, […]
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Body found where dead Mansfield man was discovered
DAYTON — A second body has been found in the 900 block of W. Stewart Street in Dayton, according to local authorities. “The Dayton Police Department has confirmed to Mansfield Division of Police that Kyla Hayton was found deceased in their city (Monday) morning. The death is being investigated as a homicide,” Mansfield Police Capt. […]
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Mansfield man’s death ruled a homicide in Dayton
DAYTON — The Mansfield man formerly listed as missing, whose body was found in a vacant home at 900 Stewart Street in Dayton, died from multiple gunshot wounds, according to Monday’s press release from the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office. The department performed an autopsy on Burkhart after his body was found Friday evening. He was […]
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Madison finishes fine season as girls soccer state runner-up
COLUMBUS — The Madison girls soccer team ran into royalty at the Division II girls state soccer championship game. The 2nd-ranked Rams fell 2-0 to No. 1-ranked Kettering Alter on Saturday at Mapfre Stadium in Columbus, home of the Crew. It marked the Knights second state championship in four years, and continued a 22-game unbeaten […]
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Theaker bests Bryant, earns third term as Mansfield mayor
MANSFIELD — Tim Theaker said voters in Mansfield recognized on Tuesday the city was already moving forward. The incumbent Republican was re-elected to a third and final term as mayor, earning 54 percent of the vote, according to final, unofficial totals from the Richland County Board of Elections. Theaker received 3,880 votes, besting Democratic challenger […]
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Bomb threat disrupts Mansfield Sr. Homecoming dance
MANSFIELD — A Saturday night bomb threat at Mansfield Senior temporarily disrupted the 2019 Homecoming Dance. Some students never made it inside as school officials led those arriving early from the building to the school parking lot. The building began evacuation at approximately 8:40 p.m., but at 9:05 p.m. officials gave the all clear signal […]