OLIVESBURG – Crestview head coach Steve Haverdill knew his team’s early schedule wasn’t going to be forgiving when the program had perennial talents Seneca East, Kirtland and Keystone make up its non-conference slate for 2024 and 2025. On Friday night in their home-opening game at Scott Bailey Memorial Field, the gauntlet paid off. The Cougars […]
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Spitler begins Freddies’ coaching career on winning note
COLUMBUS – Week 1 of the 2025 high school football season is in the books. Football players from all over Ohio put up some amazing performances on opening night 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 a […]
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2025 Crestview Cougars football preview: Schedule, players and outlook
ASHLAND — Welcome to Ashland Source’s 2025 high school football preview. Over the coming days, we’ll preview all the schools across the county. Each preview features key players, this season’s schedule and what fans can expect under the Friday night lights. Today, we preview the Crestview Cougars. You can find all of our high school […]
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Crestview’s Kuhn soars into state pole vault with title dreams
OLIVESBURG – If for some crazy reason there was still any doubt, Liam Kuhn has officially found his niche. The competition in Ohio high school pole vaulting is officially on notice. The Crestview junior heads off to the Division III state championships this week after thundering his way to district and regional gold medals with […]
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Col. Crawford knocks Crestview from baseball tournament
SHELBY — One disastrous inning undid Crestview. The third-seeded Cougars gave up six runs in the top of the sixth and couldn’t recover in a 10-5 loss to No. 4 Colonel Crawford in a Division VI district semifinal at Shelby. Crestview trailed 4-3 after five inning, but came unglued in the sixth. Colonel Crawford had […]
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Crestview track squads take 2nd at district meet
NORTH ROBINSON – After recently locking in a sweep of titles in the Firelands Conference track and field championships, the Crestview boys and girls squads came up big again Friday during their Division III district meets hosted by Colonel Crawford. Both Cougar squads finished as runners-up in their respective 16-team fields, with the CHS girls […]
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Errors haunt Crestview in district final loss to Oak Harbor
CLYDE — Crestview was its own worst enemy Friday night. The second-seeded Cougars outhit top-seeded Oak Harbor, but committed five errors in a 4-1 loss in the Division V district championship game in Clyde. All four Oak Harbor runs were unearned. The Rockets scored a run in the home half of first and added two […]
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Ontario football moving back up to Division III
ONTARIO — The tournament trail got a little rockier for the Warriors. The Ohio High School Athletic Association released its divisional and regional alignments for the 2025 football season Thursday and the biggest local storyline involves Ontario. The Warriors will move up to Division III after reaching the Division IV, Region 14 championship game last […]
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Highland’s Rogers wins MVP of News Journal All-Star Classic
LEXINGTON — Highland’s Toby Rogers was a star among the stars at Friday night’s 46th annual News Journal All-Star Classic. The Scots’ standout poured in a whopping 36 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to garner MVP honors at the boys basketball clash. Rogers led five teammates in twin figures as the North rolled to a […]
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Shelby’s DeVito, Crestview’s Thompson earn 1st-team All-Ohio basketball honors
COLUMBUS — Brayden DeVito’s transition from supporting role to leading actor was a resounding success. DeVito, Shelby’s junior point guard, was selected to the Division IV first team when the Division IV-VII All-Ohio boys basketball teams were released Wednesday afternoon. A two-time All-Ohio first-teamer in football, DeVito spent his first two varsity basketball seasons in […]