JEROMESVILLE — There was no conference championship on the line or tournament positioning to jockey for, but Hillsdale coach Ben Ferguson and Fredericktown boss Derek Dibling got just what they were looking for Tuesday night: a stern test against a quality opponent. Freshman Lowen Ferguson led five Falcons in double figures with 18 points and […]
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Hillsdale thumps Loudonville in boys basketball clash
JEROMESVILLE – If Hillsdale was supposed to be rusty due to limited practice opportunities before its basketball season-opener, the team broke out a sandblaster Tuesday night. With just six practices under their belt following the football team’s run to the state championship game, the Falcons put on their best offensive display in eight years, drubbing […]
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Hillsdale falls to Marion Local in Division VII state title tilt
CANTON — Mighty Marion Local flexed its muscles Friday morning. Parker Hess rushed for four scores in the first half and the Flyers rumbled to a record-setting 74-0 win over Hillsdale in the Division VII state championship game at frosty Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. Marion Local set Division VII championship game records for […]
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Road Less Traveled: Hillsdale’s Young emerges during senior season
JEROMESVILLE — Holland Young’s path to Friday’s Division VII state championship game was strewn with all sorts of roadblocks and detours — and he wouldn’t change a thing. Hillsdale will play juggernaut Marion Local for the state title at 10:30 a.m. thanks in no small part to Young, a senior receiver and defensive back. He […]
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Hillsdale dominates Red Wolves, surges into Final Four
ORRVILLE – The Hillsdale football players ruined their Thanksgiving meals. It’s hard to load up on turkey and stuffing when you have a Final Four game to play the next night. Dealt frigid, misty and sometimes windy conditions Friday night, Coach Trevor Cline’s club ripped off 21 first-quarter points on the way to throttling Cuyahoga […]
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Hillsdale faces experienced Elite Eight foe in Cuyahoga Heights
JEROMESVILLE — From here on out, everything is a “first” for the Hillsdale football team. It’s just a reality for the Falcons (12-1), who have set the program record for wins in a season and this Friday will play a 14th game for the first time in team history at Orrville High School. The last area […]
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Record-setting stars fueling Hillsdale’s historic run
JEROMESVILLE – For years there have been whispers about what the 2024 Hillsdale football team could become. Led by an offensive core that has assembled a full-blown assault on the program’s record books, those whispers have turned to roars this fall. The Falcons (11-1) are headed into the regional semifinals for the sixth time since […]
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Lewis throws for 351 yards in Hillsdale’s blowout of 7th-seeded Windham
JEROMESVILLE — Hillsdale sophomore Kael Lewis turned in a dynamite passing performance to help his Falcons remain in flight in the Division VII, Region 25 football playoffs. The 6-foot-2, 170-pound sophomore completed 13-of-17 passes for a whopping 351 yards and four touchdowns in a 43-14 beating of seventh-seeded Windham on Friday night. His favorite target […]
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Norwayne’s potent offense subdues Hillsdale for WCAL crown
JEROMESVILLE — Norwayne running back Mason Moyer stole the show in Friday night’s Wayne County Athletic League championship game. The Bobcats’ standout rolled for 203 yards and three touchdowns to lead his squad to a convincing, 45-21 victory at Hillsdale High School in a battle of conference unbeatens. Both teams finished the regular season at […]
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Hillsdale bounces Dalton in battle of state-ranked heavyweights
JEROMESVILLE – The celebratory postgame music boomed off the walls of the Hillsdale locker room Friday night at Community Stadium. In what was one of the biggest Week 5 games in all of Ohio, the Falcons picked up one of their loudest statement victories in program history, holding off visiting powerhouse Dalton in an instant […]