OLIVESBURG — Steve Haverdill can’t say for certain how the dream match would unfold, but Crestview’s veteran wrestling coach sure would like to see it. Haverdill was the head coach when heavyweight Caden Hill terrorized the state as a senior in 2020. Hill was 45-1 and the overwhelming favorite to win a Division III state […]
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Madison’s Thomas is Park National Bank Athlete of the Month
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Mike Thomas plans to pursue a career as an electrician after graduation and Madison’s senior 113-pounder already is delivering high-voltage performances. While lightweights at Ontario and Galion have stolen the spotlight during the early portion of the season, Thomas has laid the foundation for an electrifying 2024 after his third-place finish at […]
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Mapleton’s Durbin wins third Gorman crown
MANSFIELD — Mapleton’s Brock Durbin hit the trifecta. A 144-pound senior, Durbin won his third consecutive J.C. Gorman Invitational championship Saturday evening inside Mansfield Senior’s Pete Henry Gym. Unofficially, Durbin is one of just 22 wrestlers to three-peat in the 61-year history of the Gorman. He won his first title at 126 pounds as a […]
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Storylines abound as start of wrestling season nears in north central Ohio
ONTARIO — The season won’t officially begin for another week or so, but there was no shortage of storylines to emerge from Monday’s North Central Ohio Wrestling Officials Association Preseason Showcase inside the O-Rena. The modified-format event, which serves as the unofficial kickoff to the high school wrestling season, featured wrestlers from nine north central […]
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Passing The Torch: Godsey replaces Haverdill as Crestview wrestling coach
OLIVESBURG — The way Steve Haverdill sees it, he’s spent nine seasons laying the foundation for the Crestview wrestling program. Now he hopes to see Nate Godsey build a skyscraper on top of it. Godsey has spent years constructing a unique background on the mats that has steered him to his first varsity head coaching […]