The home stands at Pete Henry Gym were almost full and the electricity in the building was palpable. The city’s basketball fans turned out en masse to catch a glimpse of Mansfield’s Next Big Thing and they didn’t go home disappointed. Final score: Mansfield Senior 52, New Philadelphia16. That Senior High won the seventh-grade Ohio […]
Javario Byrd
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A Moment in Time: Remembering Mansfield Senior’s 2005 Final Four run
MANSFIELD — Jon Avery can still hear the echoes, even after all these years. What Avery and his Mansfield Senior teammates accomplished 20 years ago in March has reverberated through time. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Senior High’s last trip to the Final Four — a month-long thrill-ride still revered in city basketball […]
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Column: Collins’ run at Senior High was full of fun
It all seems so magical now, that impossible tournament run almost 20 years ago. For three weeks, Mansfield Senior took its fans on an improbable postseason ride that culminated with an appearance in the Division I Final Four in March of 2005. The architect of that thrill ride, former Senior High coach Gregg Collins, will […]