COLUMBUS – The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the schedule and host sites for the upcoming girls and boys basketball state tournaments in March. The University of Dayton Arena will continue to serve as the epicenter of both state tournaments, while Wright State University with host some girls and boys state semifinal games and […]
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Third-quarter surge sends Clear Fork past Shelby in MOAC girls clash
BELLVILLE — Brinley Barnett and her Clear Fork teammates owned the third quarter Thursday at the Colt Corral. Barnett made two of her three 3-pointers in the third quarter as the Colts pulled away for a 56-40 win over Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference nemesis Shelby. Clear Fork (6-0, 4-0) beat Shelby for the first time since […]
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Rickert takes over Madison girls basketball program
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Doug Rickert has worn just about every hat there is to wear at Madison, but he’ll add one more to his collection next winter. Madison’s former baseball, boys basketball coach and current athletic director will take over as the girls basketball coach for the 2025-26 season. He succeeds Phil Schmook, who stepped […]
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Ashland’s Holt, a Crestview grad, tabbed Ohio’s Division III Coach of the Year
COLUMBUS — She was one of the greatest players in north central Ohio girls basketball history and Ashland’s Renee Holt is a rising star in coaching circles, too. Holt was selected the Division III Coach of the Year when the Division I-III All-Ohio teams were announced Tuesday. Ashland (20-6) won its first Ohio Cardinal Conference […]
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Shelby’s Schwemley, Lex’s Chapman, CF’s Blubaugh selected to All-Ohio first team
COLUMBUS — Richland County’s top girls basketball players padded their résumés Monday afternoon. Shelby’s Eve Schwemley and Lexington’s Makaree Chapman were selected to the Division IV first team and Clear Fork’s Mel Blubaugh was a Division V first-teamer when the Division IV-VII All-Ohio teams were unveiled. The Ohio Dominican-bound Schwemley averaged 21.4 points a game […]
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Shelby senior Schwemley caps career in style
SHELBY — Numbers don’t lie and Eve Schwemley’s numbers tell the story of a historic season. The North Central Ohio Girls Basketball Player of the Year, Schwemley averaged an area-best 21.4 points a game and became just the seventh player in Shelby history to top the 1,000-point plateau. But that only tells part of the […]
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Shelby’s Schwemley, CF’s Blubaugh claim POY honors on All-NW District teams
MANSFIELD — Shelby’s Eve Schwemley and Clear Fork’s Mel Blubaugh added to already impressive résumés when the All-Northwest District girls basketball team was unveiled Wednesday evening. So did their coaches. Schwemley and Blubaugh were selected All-NW District Players of the Year and Shelby coach Natalie Lantz and Clear Fork’s Scott Sellers were Coaches of the […]
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Long’s breakout game sets up Shelby-Bellevue rematch for district crown
Sophia Long scored an unofficial career-high 14 points in Shelby’s 62-34 rout of Clyde in a Division IV district semifinal game Wednesday.
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Blubaugh, Colts run over Edison in district semifinals
SHELBY — Mel Blubaugh was selected the District 6 Player of the Year earlier this week. She showed why Wednesday night. Clear Fork’s do-it-all senior scored 25 points as the top-seeded Colts galloped to a 62-45 win over No. 5 Edison in the opening game of a Division V district semifinal doubleheader at Shelby. The […]
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Stampede: Colts rough up Galion in playoff opener
Clear Fork claimed its fourth straight sectional championship Thursday night with a 65-26 victory over Galion.