EDITOR’S NOTE: Ohio Prep Sports Media Association compiles this notebook weekly. Coaches are asked to send their stats to Jake Furr by Monday at noon to be included in this notebook. Jake can be reached at jfurr@gannett.com. — The Madison football team could’ve easily gone 5-5 and be in the thick of the Ohio high school playoff scene […]
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Rematch: Clear Fork visits Ontario for 1st-round playoff game
ONTARIO — The rematch is set and the stakes couldn’t be higher. The Ohio High School Athletic Association released its final computer ratings and first-round playoff pairings Sunday. Ontario (9-1) earned the No. 3 seed in Region 14 of Division IV and will host No. 14 Clear Fork (4-6) on Friday at Copeland Field. The […]
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Ashland trips Lexington to win outright OCC crown
ASHLAND — Michael Franz made up for lost time Friday night. Franz, Ashland’s senior safety, returned an interception 65 yards for a touchdown and the Arrows completed the first perfect regular season since 2006 with a 30-21 win over Lexington on Senior Night at Community Stadium. Franz was forced to sit out the the last […]
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Check out Friday night’s high school football scoreboard
MANSFIELD — Friday night marked the conclusion of the high school football regular season. This roundup includes games from the Mansfield-area and beyond. Only games reported to the Scorestream app were included in this listing. All summaries were produced by Lede Ai. Ashland slips past Lexington Ashland finally found a way to top Lexington 30-21 […]
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Lex vs. the World: Minutemen to play for OCC football title, playoff berth at Ashland
LEXINGTON — The Minutemen believed, even when nobody else did. Lexington will play for an Ohio Cardinal Conference championship Friday at Ashland’s Community Stadium. A win over the unbeaten Arrows would lift the Minutemen into a tie for the conference crown, its first since 2016. Not many people outside of Lexington expected the Minutemen to […]
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Ashland’s QB history shows Bernhard, Arrows should’ve expected greatness
ASHLAND – This is beginning to get a bit absurd. No, not the part about the Ashland football team aiming for its first outright Ohio Cardinal Conference title since 2011 when Lexington comes to town Friday. Nor the part about the Arrows nearing the Top 10 in the Associated Press state poll (they’re ranked No. […]
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Clear Fork in hunt for Region 14 playoff berth
BELLVILLE — Don’t count out the Colts just yet. Clear Fork moved up to 15th in Region 14 in this week’s Ohio High School Athletic Association regional ratings, released Tuesday. The Colts (3-6) rose three spots in the regional ratings thanks to last week’s win over Highland. A victory over River Valley on Friday would […]
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Lexington blanks Ashland in sectional soccer final
ASHLAND — For longtime area high school soccer enthusiasts, there was something distantly familiar about Saturday’s Division III sectional final between Lexington and Ashland at Community Stadium. There was a time during the two-division era when the Minutemen and Arrows would cross paths in the tournament almost annually. That came to an end in the […]
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Late TD sends Lexington past Madison
LEXINGTON — Markale Martin and the Minutemen kept their championship hopes alive. Martin took a screen pass from quarterback Joe Caudill 33 yards for a touchdown with just 12 seconds remaining as Lexington thwarted Madison’s upset bid with a 14-7 Ohio Cardinal Conference win on Senior Night. Lex (5-4, 4-1) will play at Ashland (9-0, […]
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Here are Friday night’s Mansfield-area high school football scores
MANSFIELD — Listed below are Friday night’s high school football scores from the Mansfield area region and beyond. Only games reported to the Scorestream app were included in this listing. Game summaries were generated by Lede Ai. Ashland scores early and often to top Wooster Ashland scores fast, scores a lot to dismiss Wooster 24-14. […]