MANSFIELD — Josiah Schleusener and his Mansfield Christian teammates plan to turn up the heat inside The Furnace on Friday night. MCS will host Kidron Central Christian in what is the de facto Mid-Buckeye Conference championship game. The Flames (9-6, 5-1) and Comets (12-5, 5-1) are tied atop the MBC standings with two conference games […]
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Rebuild: After years of success, Lucas starting from square one
LUCAS — Taylor Iceman is coaching likes it’s 2015. After an unprecedented run that included six straight Mid-Buckeye Conference championships, Iceman’s Lucas Cubs are in the midst of a rebuild. The roster boasts as many freshman as seniors — two apiece. “I was blessed for a long time. We’ve had a lot of good players […]
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Youth Movement: Comets douse Flames, capture MBC title
KIDRON — Considering the composition of each team’s roster, the present and future of Mid-Buckeye Conference basketball was on display Friday night at Central Christian. Junior forward Ruben Carr scored 20 points as Kidron Central Christian clinched its first MBC championship with a 72-66 win over Mansfield Christian. The title was the fourth in program […]
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Leading Actor: Mack headlines Mansfield Christian during MBC championship chase
MANSFIELD — Davion Mack’s supporting cast may have changed, but Mansfield Christian’s sophomore sensation looks comfortable in the lead. A 6-foot-3 combo guard, Mack is the lone returning regular from last year’s record-setting team. The Flames won 20 games in a season for just the third time in program history — thanks in no small […]
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On Fire: Flames complete first season sweep of Lucas in nearly a decade
MANSFIELD — Cary Craner didn’t need to be reminded of the significance of Mansfield Christian’s 70-49 win over Lucas at The Furnace on Friday night. MCS’s fifth-year coach was painfully aware of the recent history between the Flames and Cubs. Evan Hager scored 22 points as Mansfield Christian completed the season sweep of Lucas and […]
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Mack the Knife: Mansfield Christian sophomore hits 30 to edge St. Peter’s
MANSFIELD — Davion Mack has a long way to go if he wants to one day surpass Amarr Davis as the top scorer in Mansfield Christian basketball history. But the athletic, 6-foot-2 sophomore got 30 points closer on Friday night. Mack scored more than half of the Flames’ points in a 53-49 win against Mansfield […]
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Top-seeded Col. Crawford holds off Mansfield Christian in district thriller
WILLARD — Experience matters in the postseason. Colonel Crawford had it and Mansfield Christian didn’t. Making their 13th consecutive district tournament appearance, the top-seeded Eagles limited No. 5 Mansfield Christian to 23 second-half points and rallied for a 63-59 win in the early game of a Division IV district semifinal doubleheader at Willard High School […]
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Lucas holds off Mansfield Christian, claims 6th straight MBC title
LUCAS — As he tended to his postgame media obligations, Logan Toms wore an oversized gold chain with a roaring Lucas Cubs logo and the letters ‘TPW’ dangling from it. “ ‘TPW’ stands for Tough People Win and it’s one of our football mottos,” Toms said after scoring 28 points in a Mid-Buckeye Conference title-clinching […]
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Toms leads Lucas past Mansfield Christian in MBC showdown
MANSFIELD — Logan Toms and his Lucas teammates aren’t ready to relinquish the throne just yet. A 6-foot-2 senior guard, Toms scored 14 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter as the Cubs rallied 64-62 win over Mansfield Christian in a Mid-Buckeye Conference showdown at The Furnace. Lucas (8-1, 4-0) has won five straight […]