CANTON — Ontario senior Tessa Crum and her classmates couldn’t have scripted a better ending. The Warriors finished seventh in the final girls team standings with 95 points during the final day of the Division II state swim meet. Crum, Sasha Bulakovski and Joie Simmering made their last appearance at C.T. Branin Natatorium one to […]
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Trumpower leads Ontario to 2nd-place finish at state swim meet
CANTON — The 11th and final state medal of Grantham Trumpower’s illustrious high school swimming career was without question his favorite. Trumpower anchored Ontario’s 200 yard freestyle relay team to the gold medal on the final day of the Division II state meet inside C.T. Branin Natatorium. His jaw-dropping split of 19.64 seconds on the […]
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Ontario swimmers make a splash on opening day of state meet
CANTON — The Ontario swim team will be busy on Friday. The Warriors sent five relay teams and four individuals to the ‘A’ finals during Thursday’s Division II state tournament preliminaries at C.T. Branin Natatorium. The top eight finishers in each event advanced to the ‘A’ final and will swim for state championships Friday afternoon. […]
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Lex, Ashland swimmers earn honors at OCC meet
WOOSTER — Wooster rolled to the boys and girls team titles on Saturday at the Ohio Cardinal Conference while hosting the event at the Ellen Shapiro Natatorium. On the girls side, Wooster finished with 486 points. Ashland (410) was second and Lexington (302) was third. In boys action, Wooster won with 447 points. Lexington (431) […]
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Ontario’s Grantham Trumpower adds to state medal collection
CANTON — Grantham Trumpower has made several visits to the state awards podium, just never in an individual event — until Friday. Ontario’s junior freestyle specialist finished fourth in the star-studded 100-yard free during the final day of the Division II state meet at C.T. Branin Natatorium. His time of 46.61 seconds was more than […]
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Historic Haul: Ontario’s Miri Trumpower a quadruple state medalist
CANTON — Miri Trumpower made history Thursday evening. Ontario’s sophomore sensation became the first swimmer in program history to secure state medals in four events on the opening day of the Division II state swim meet inside a raucous C.T. Branin Natatorium. She finished fourth in the preliminaries in both of her individual events and […]
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Lex’s Goodman collects All-Ohio honors after finishing 14th in Division II boys diving competition
CANTON — Lexington’s Deven Goodman opened the state swimming and diving tournament in style. A senior, Goodman finished 14th in the Division II one-meter boys diving competition Tuesday at C.T. Branin Natatorium. Goodman finished with 302.50 points, earning All-Ohio honors. The top 16 finishers in each event earn All-Ohio recognition. Two of Goodman’s Lexington teammates, […]
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State tournament awaits area’s top swimmers, divers
MANSFIELD — For north central Ohio’s state swim meet qualifiers, this week is more business trip than sight-seeing mission. Several locals will be in the hunt for high podium finishes when the Division II swimming prelims hit the water Thursday at Canton’s C.T. Branin Natatorium. The Ohio High School Athletic Association released the official list […]
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Nickoli focuses Lexington’s aim on 8th straight district swimming title
LEXINGTON — Winning the Ohio Cardinal Conference championship was nice, but Lexington has bigger fish to fry. The Minutemen are seeking their eighth straight team championship at this week’s Northwest District swimming and diving tournament at Bowling Green State University. The event begins Tuesday with the Division I boys and girls diving competitions. Lex stunned […]
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Lexington dethrones Wooster to claim OCC boys swimming championship
WOOSTER — Cooper Watters and his Lexington teammates slayed the giant. Watters won a pair of individual events as the Minutemen claimed the Ohio Cardinal Conference championship Saturday at Wooster’s Ellen Shapiro Natatorium. The OCC title was the fourth for the Minutemen and first since 2021. Wooster won the past three OCC crowns and 18 […]