Photos from Lexington’s 31-21 win on Friday night at Madison in an Ohio Cardinal Conference football game. The gallery includes images featuring marching bands from both Richland County schools.
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Ontario, Shelby to meet in pivotal Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference football clash
ONTARIO — Like a couple of run-away freight trains, Shelby and Ontario have been on a collision course for weeks. The Whippets and Warriors will decide things Friday at Copeland Field in what is the defacto Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference championship game. Ontario is unbeaten and can clinch the outright MOAC title with a win. Shelby […]
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Madison, Lexington coaches share long history
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Brent Besancon and Andrew Saris will meet near midfield Friday, just as high school football coaches have done for generations, but the customary pregame handshake they will share hardly seems like a grand enough gesture. Nothing either man could say or do would fully express the admiration they feel for one another. […]
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Lex players top All-OCC boys soccer squad
LEXINGTON — The Minutemen returned to the top of the Ohio Cardinal Conference standings this fall and were rewarded for their efforts. Brody Earick was selected the Defensive Player of the Year and Peter Them was recognized as the Coach of the Year when the all-conference awards were unveiled Wednesday. Wooster’s Luigi Canas was selected […]
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Lex picks up top seed in Division II soccer tourney draw
LEXINGTON — Until proven otherwise, the road to the district championship runs through Lexington. The Minutemen were selected the top seed in the Division II district tournament for the sixth straight year during Sunday’s tournament draw. The last time Lexington wasn’t the top seed was 2017. That year Vermilion earned the top spot and Lex […]
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Lexington throttles Wooster to claim Ohio Cardinal Conference championship
LEXINGTON — Dylan George and his Lexington teammates flipped the script on Wooster. A senior forward, George scored a pair of goals and the Minutemen avenged last year’s loss to the Generals with a 3-1 win in the Ohio Cardinal Conference championship game Tuesday at Lexington. Lex (9-2-1, 6-0-1) won its ninth OCC title after […]
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New-look Mansfield Senior defense finding its footing
MANSFIELD — Chioke Bradley knew his experienced offense would score plenty of points, but Mansfield Senior’s veteran coach wasn’t sure what his rebuilt defense would look like. The picture is beginning to come into focus The Tygers rumble into Friday’s Ohio Cardinal Conference showdown against Ashland with one of the OCC’s top scoring defenses. Senior […]
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Lex blanks Madison in OCC showdown
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Peter Them and his Lexington Minutemen can rest easy. The sky isn’t falling after all. Dylan George and Zach Turlo scored second-half goals and the Minutemen rolled to a 3-0 Ohio Cardinal Conference win over Madison on Tuesday. Lex (8-1-1, 5-0-1) can win an outright OCC title with a victory over Wooster […]
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Local prep football teams eye computer polls, ratings
COLUMBUS — Ohio’s high school football teams are entering Week 7 of the regular season and attention is turning toward the postseason. Playoff positioning and forecasting has begun with eyes focused on the computer rankings. The top 16 teams make the playoffs with the top eight getting a first-round home game. Mansfield Senior and Ontario […]
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Defensive roar: Mansfield Senior stops Lexington, 37-10
LEXINGTON — Lexington quarterback Joe Caudill and wide receiver Brayden Fogle won some downfield battles on Friday night. A ferocious Mansfield Senior defense won the war, 37-10. The Tygers shut off the Minutemen running game (37 yards on 30 carries) and sacked Caudill five times in taking over sole possession of first place in the […]