GALION — The Galion Tigers are on the move. The Ohio High School Athletic Association released its divisional breakdown for the 2026 football season and Galion will drop to Division V for the upcoming season. The Tigers reached the Division IV, Region 14 championship game last season before falling to eventual state runner-up and Mid-Ohio […]
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Column: New Mansfield Senior football coach will need time to rebuild program
I first met David Phillips during his record-setting playing career at Mansfield Senior. I got reacquainted with him when he joined Chioke Bradley’s coaching staff during a golden era of Senior High football. I couldn’t be more excited for Phillips, who will become Mansfield Senior’s head coach pending board approval. At the same time, I […]
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Lex’s Caudill, Fogle earn 1st-team All-Ohio honors
LEXINGTON — Joe Caudill and Brayden Fogle will barely get to enjoy the final chapter of their high school careers. College football awaits. Both Caudill and Fogle were selected to the All-Ohio first team in Division III when the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association announced the Division II and Division III teams Wednesday. Both are […]
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Shelby’s DeVito, Mahaney earn Ohio’s top Division IV football honors
SHELBY — Brayden DeVito’s historic high school football career came to a fitting conclusion Tuesday afternoon. The Air Force-bound DeVito was selected the Division IV Offensive Player of the Year when the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association unveiled its Division IV and Division V All-Ohio teams. He shared the award with future Air Force teammate […]
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Col. Crawford’s DeGray selected Ohio’s Division VI Defensive Player of the Year
NORTH ROBINSON — Colonel Crawford posted the most successful season in program history and Payne DeGray’s fingerprints were all over it. The Eagles won the school’s first regional football championship and reached the state semifinals thanks in no small part to DeGray, a two-way lineman. The senior was selected Ohio’s Division VI Defensive Player of […]
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‘Proud to be a Falcon’: Hillsdale falls to St. Henry in Division VII state final
CANTON — Hillsdale’s dream of a state championship was dashed, but the Falcons left Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium with no regrets. “It’s sad it didn’t end the way we wanted it to,” senior linebacker Brady Heller said after Saturday’s 37-3 loss to St. Henry in the Division VII final, “but I still think […]
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Orange pounds St. Xavier for Division I state crown
CANTON — MC Walker put on a show Friday night. Orange’s senior wideout, Walker caught five passes for 123 yards and a touchdown in the second quarter and the Pioneers powered to a 28-14 win over St. Xavier in the Division I championship game at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. Lucas Fickel rushed for […]
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Dynamic Duo: Indian Valley’s Kinsey is Mr. Football, Shelby’s DeVito runner-up
Shelby High School senior Brayden DeVito was the runner-up in the balloting for Ohio’s Mr. Football this season.
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Another MAC heavyweight awaits Hillsdale in Division VII title game
JEROMESVILLE — St. Henry’s championship pedigree speaks for itself. While fellow Midwest Athletic Conference powerhouse Marion Local has reigned over Ohio small-school football since the dawn of the new millennia, it was St. Henry that put the MAC on the map in the 1990s. The Redskins won four state titles in the 1990s (’90, ’92, […]
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Irresistible force/immovable object: Shelby to face stout Indian Hill defense
Shelby’s high-octane offense will face its biggest challenge of the season against Indian Hill in the state semifinals.