FREDERICKTOWN — The Fredericktown boys basketball team has already wrapped up an outright Knox Morrow Athletic Conference championship and is riding a 20-game winning streak. Yet the Freddies (20-0) might have picked up their most impressive win in an already sterling season on Tuesday night. Coach Derek Dibling’s undefeated bunch used a 14-10 surge in […]
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Mount Gilead upends Fredericktown in battle of unbeatens
MOUNT GILEAD — With all of the earmarks of a heavyweight bout, the Fredericktown Freddies faced off against the Mount Gilead Indians, both sporting 4-0 records and undefeated in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference. The home team landed what turned out to be the knockout blow, scoring twice in 65 seconds near the end of […]
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Danville’s Hackman a quadruple-winner at Knox Morrow Athletic Conference meet
IBERIA — Danville’s Kelsey Hackman put on a show Tuesday afternoon. So did Northmor’s Cowin Becker. Both Hackman and Becker won four individual events during the rain-delayed Knox Morrow Athletic Conference meet at Northmor. Hackman struck gold in the 100 meter dash, the 100 and 300 hurdles and the long jump. Meanwhile, Becker swept the […]
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Northmor 2nd at KMAC wrestling; Fredericktown’s Rook honored
IBERIA — Saturday’s Knox Morrow Athletic Conference Wrestling Championships had a little bit of everything. The anticipated Centerburg’s Chris Marshall squared off against Northmor’s Cowin Becker in the 144-pound finale. Becker entered the tournament with a 36-2 record while Marshall entered with a 16-2 mark for the season. KMAC Wrestling Championships Team Score The match […]
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Fredericktown knocks off Cardington to claim KMAC title
CARDINGTON — To win the outright Knox Morrow Athletic Conference championship on Friday night, the Fredericktown boys basketball team had to do something no one else has done this season. Win at Cardington. The Freddies did exactly that. Fredericktown took control early, but had to hang on late to upend Cardington 77-71. The Fredddies built […]
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COLUMN: Prep hoops conference races begin to take shape
MANSFIELD — You can’t win a conference championship in January, but you can lose one. High school basketball’s conference races are beginning to heat up now that the calendar has flipped. Since several area schools postponed their games tonight because of Ohio State’s national semifinal game against Texas in the Cotton Bowl and an impending […]
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Northmor shuts out East Knox to remain atop KMAC
Galion Northmor allows no points against Howard E. Knox
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Northmor roughs up Danville in KMAC showdown
IBERIA — Danville got caught in a perfect storm Friday night. Northmor All-Ohioan Jax Wenger returned from a three-week hiatus after an appendectomy and the Golden Knights rode the wave of emotion to a 41-6 Knox Morrow Athletic Conference win. A rangy 6-foot-2 senior receiver, Wenger caught four passes for 90 yards and a pair […]
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Loudonville tabs Danville legend Honabarger as new football coach
LOUDONVILLE — Ed Honabarger is returning to the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference, but he won’t be wearing the Blue and White of the Danville Blue Devils. A Danville coaching icon, Honabarger was introduced as Loudonville’s new football coach and assistant principal Friday afternoon. He succeeds John Battaglia, who recently stepped down after three seasons. “The […]
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Battaglia steps down as Loudonville football coach
LOUDONVILLE — For the fourth time in the last decade, Loudonville has had the head coach of its football program step down after three seasons. On Monday, John Battaglia’s resignation was accepted by the Loudonville Board of Education. A longtime teacher in the Loudonville school system, Battaglia was 11-21 overall during his three seasons, a […]