BELLVILLE — Everything Clear Fork baseball coach Gabe Kennedy already knew about Luke Schlosser was reaffirmed late last week. The Colts had just been swept by Highland in a critical two-game Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference series, so Kennedy ordered a mandatory off-day to allow his players to clear their minds It didn’t go as planned. “I […]
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Crestview’s Cunningham is North Central Ohio Wrestler of the Year
OLIVESBURG — A regulation high school wrestling match lasts six minutes. Caleb Cunningham rarely needed that long. The newly-crowned North Central Ohio Wrestler of the Year, Cunningham pinned his way to a Division III state championship in the 285-pound weight class last month inside Ohio State’s Schottenstein Center. His showing at the state tournament capped […]
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Crestview’s Cunningham finishes dominant weekend with state wrestling championship
COLUMBUS — There are 18,809 seats inside the Value City Arena at Ohio State’s Jerome Schottenstein Center, but neither the venue nor the stage was too big for Crestview’s Caleb Cunningham. Cunningham, a 285-pound senior, completed perhaps the most dominant performance ever by a local wrestler at a state tournament. Cunningham pinned Harrison Central’s third-ranked […]
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Road Less Traveled: Ontario’s Turnbaugh takes long path to third-place state finish
COLUMBUS — They reached the same rung of the state podium, but took vastly different routes to get there. Ontario 113-pounder Jacob Ohl and 138-pounder Mason Turnbaugh both finished third Sunday morning at Ohio State’s Schottenstein Center, but not all third-place finishes are created equal. A junior, Turhbaugh couldn’t have navigated a more difficult path. […]
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True Grit: Ontario’s Ohl, Galion’s Harding headed to state wrestling finals
COLUMBUS — Ontario’s Aiden Ohl and Galion’s Gradey Harding did the dirty work Saturday night inside Ohio State’s Schottenstein Center. Ohl held on for a gritty, 2-1 win over St. Paris Graham’s Jake Landis in the 106-pound semifinals. Harding then followed suit with an equally resolute 5-1 win over Columbus Watterson’s Neal Krysty in the […]
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Mansfield-area wrestlers shine on 1st day of state tournament
COLUMBUS — Luke Schlosser spoke for the entire north central Ohio state-qualifying wrestling contingent after an impressive opening day in Columbus. “I expected to come down here and win,” Schlosser said after dispatching Beaver Local’s Justin Cox 7-2 in the opening round of the Division II state tournament. “That’s the mindset you’ve got to have. […]
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Ontario, Galion wrestlers capture district titles at Norwalk
NORWALK — Jacob Ohl held up his index finger as he exited the mat Saturday afternoon, but Ontario’s senior 113-pounder wasn’t having a look-at-me moment. Ohl had just dispatched Galion’s Carter Trukovich 4-0 in the finals at the Division II Norwalk district tournament for his 150th career victory and he had a message for his […]
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District tournaments await area’s top wrestlers
MANSFIELD — Wrestling’s second season began last week, but things will get really interesting this weekend. District tournaments around the state begin Friday and culminate when state berths are determined Saturday afternoon. The top four finishers in each weight division at the district tournaments qualify for the state tournament. North central Ohio is traditionally well-represented […]
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Plymouth’s Wagers avoids early upset to win sectional championship
PLYMOUTYH — Cameron Wagers dodged a bullet. Plymouth’s senior 120-pounder, Wagers won a sectional championship Saturday afternoon but not before surviving a first-round scare at the Division III Plymouth sectional. Because there were only seven wrestlers in the 120-pound bracket, the top-seeded Wagers earned a double-bye into the semifinals where Norwalk St. Paul’s Ty Glavich […]
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Arrows power to Ohio Cardinal Conference wrestling title
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Ashland reclaimed the wrestling crown Saturday afternoon inside Wayne E. Miller Gymnasium — and sent notice to the rest of the Ohio Cardinal Conference in the process. The Arrows don’t intend to abdicate the throne anytime soon. Freshmen Mason Bauer and Guardian Miller and junior Cooper Smith won individual titles as Ashland […]