(Photos from Ontario’s 31-14 win at home Friday against Lexington in the first week of the Ohio high school football season. The gallery includes images from both school marching bands.)
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Posted inFootball
Preseason Picks: Media predict area football league races
MANSFIELD — Pigskin prognosticators across north central Ohio have read the tea leaves and are announcing the results. Reporters and commentators from media outlets across the region took part in a preseason high school football poll in an attempt to determine champions in eight conferences encompassing 17 of Ohio’s 88 counties. Ohio Cardinal Conference Mansfield […]
Posted inBoys Soccer
Bay nips Lexington with short-handed goal in boys soccer thriller
LEXINGTON — Bay Village’s Jackson Ziemnik scored a short-handed goal with 3:01 remaining in the second half and the Rockets stunned Lexington 1-0 Saturday afternoon in boys soccer action at Lexington. Bay was forced to play a man down after Oliver Marotta was given a red card with 29:52 remaining. Lexington had a chance to […]
Posted inFootball
Living The Dream: Lex grad Stover makes NFL debut with Texans
CANTON — Cade Stover sat in front of his locker inside Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, slipping on a pair of brown cowboy boots to go with the faded blue jeans and plain white tee-shirt he wore. You can take the boy out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of […]
Posted inBaseball
Three Colts selected to OHSBCA All-Ohio team
BELLVILLE — Clear Fork’s run to the district title didn’t go unnoticed, nor unrewarded by the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association. Three Colts earned All-Ohio citations in Division II when the OHSBCA introduced the all-state team earlier this month. Nate Lind landed a spot on the first team, while Jay Jackson and Luke Schlosser […]
Posted inTrack/Cross Country
Hurdles rookie Thomas ready for state meet debut
LEXINGTON — Emily Thomas may be a newcomer to the 300 meter hurdles, but the Lexington junior makes arguably the hardest event in high school track look easy. Not only did Thomas qualify for this weekend’s Division II state meet at Dayton’s Welcome Stadium, she broke a 40-year-old school record during last week’s regional meet […]
Posted inGraduations
GALLERY: Lexington High School Class of 2024 graduation
LEXINGTON — Lexington High School celebrated Friday evening with commencement exercises for its Class of 2024 at the high school football stadium. Senior Scott Bartlett delivered the Honors Activity Address and senior Jacob Halfhill provided the Scholar Address. LHS Principal Jami Masi offered remarks to the class. Board of Education President Keith Stoner recalled long-time […]
Posted inTennis
State champions! Lexington duo strikes gold at Division II tennis tournament
WOOSTER — The second time was the charm for Ethan Remy and Dylan Catanese. The Lexington duo won the Division II state tournament doubles championship Friday afternoon at the College of Wooster, beating Pepper Pike Orange’s Gabi Kalir and Ace Bloom in the finals. The Lexington team won the state title match in straight sets […]
Posted inBaseball
Mistakes costly in Lexington’s loss to St. Marys Memorial in district semifinals
BLUFFTON — Lexington left the door open and St. Marys Memorial kicked it in Thursday afternoon. The ninth-seeded Minutemen committed four errors and left nine men on base in a 4-3 loss to the eighth-seeded Roughriders in a Division II district semifinal game at Bluffton University’s Memorial Field. “That’s the way baseball goes. You try […]
Posted inTennis
Lexington’s Remy, Catanese reach semifinals in Division II state tennis tourney
WOOSTER — Lexington’s Ethan Remy and Dylan Catanese are two wins from a state title. The duo won a pair of doubles matches Thursday at the Division II state tennis tournament at the College of Wooster and will play in the semifinals Friday. Remy and Catanese opened tournament play with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 win […]