LUCAS — Jamie Grover said she doesn’t have a secret recipe. But the first-year Lucas girls basketball coach is cooking up something good. The Cubs (11-8, 4-1) can clinch a share of the Mid-Buckeye Conference championship with a win at Crestline on Saturday. A victory would put the exclamation point on a remarkable turnaround after […]
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Clear Fork earns top seed in Division V Shelby girls hoops district tournament
BELLVILLE — No girls basketball team team in north central Ohio benefited more from postseason expansion than Clear Fork. The Colts dropped from Division III to Division V and earned the No. 1 seed in the seven-team Shelby district during the girls tournament draw Sunday afternoon. Clear Fork will host fellow Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference member […]
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Crowning Glory: Lucas tops Mansfield Christian, pulls even in chase for MBC title
MANSFIELD — It wasn’t the coronation ceremony Mansfield Christian was hoping for, but it was the crowning achievement both the Flames and Lucas Cubs earned. Lucas sophomore Emma Brown scored on a layup with 11 seconds remaining and the Cubs knocked off the Flames 54-52 Saturday afternoon at The Furnace. MCS (15-4, 5-1 Mid-Buckeye Conference) […]
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Simply the Best: Loudonville’s Vermilya repeats as area Player of Year
LOUDONVILLE — Tyler Bates ran out of superlatives a long time ago. There are only so many ways to say legendary when describing Corri Vermilya. The Ashland University-bound Vermilya is North Central Ohio’s Girls Basketball Player of the Year for a second straight season after leading the Redbirds (26-3) to the Final Four for the […]
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Shelby’s Schwemley repeats as All-Ohio honoree
SHELBY — Eve Schwemley joined an exclusive club Tuesday morning. Shelby’s junior guard, Schwemley was an All-Ohio special-mention selection when the Division I and Division II teams were introduced. The 5-foot-7 Schwemley joined such recent Shelby luminaries as Sophia Niese and Olivia Baker as two-time All-Ohio honorees after earning special-mention laurels as a sophomore. She […]
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Loudonville’s Vermilya selected Ohio’s Division IV Player of the Year
LOUDONVILLE — She led her team to the Final Four and rewrote Loudonville’s record book along the way. It’s no wonder Corri Vermilya is Ohio’s Division IV Player of the Year. A 5-foot-9 senior guard, Vermilya led the Redbirds to the state tournament for just the second time in program history and first time since […]
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Loudonville’s Vermilya runner-up in Ohio Ms. Basketball balloting
LOUDONVILLE — She was runner-up in Ohio Ms. Basketball voting, but the award Corri Vermilya most covets won’t be handed out until Saturday afternoon. Vermilya, Loudonville’s record-setting senior, finished second in Ohio’s Ms. Basketball balloting as decided by members of the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association. That distinction comes on the heels of leading the Redbirds […]
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Shelby’s Schwemley, Clear Fork’s Labaki headline area picks to All-NW District team
SHELBY — Eve Schwemley was rewarded for helping Shelby win its sixth consecutive Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference crown. A 5-foot-7 junior, Schwemley was selected to the All-Northwest District first team in Division II. She averaged 14.1 points and 2.8 steals per game for the Whippets (18-6, 13-1). Mansfield Senior’s Monetta Hilory and Lexington’s Makaree Chapman were […]
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Mansfield Sr.’s Hilory, Bradley selected to OCC first team
MANSFIELD — A pair of Tygers headlined the All-Ohio Cardinal Conference girls basketball team. Monetta Hilory and Kiersten Bradley both earned spots on the All-OCC first team after helping the Tygers to a runner-up finish. Senior High finished 20-4 overall and 12-2 in OCC play. West Holmes won the conference crown with a 13-1 record. […]
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Shelby’s Schwemley, Clear Fork’s Labaki among All-MOAC repeat picks
SHELBY — It was déjà vu all over again when the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference girls basketball team was announced. Shelby’s Eve Schwemley and Clear Fork’s Annika Labaki were two of the four repeat members on the six-player All-MOAC first team. Marion Harding’s Aniya Mitchell and Pleasant’s Avah Steele were the others. A junior, Schwemley led […]