LUCAS — Perfect is a bad word to use in Week 1 of the high school football season. But it would be tough for Lucas coach Jim Sweat to find much to criticize after his Cubs overwhelmed Plymouth 51-0 on Friday night in the lidlifter for both schools. Senior Tim Daley ripped off 122 yards […]
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2025 Lucas Cubs football preview: Schedule, players & outlook
LUCAS — Welcome to Richland Source’s 2025 high school football preview. Over the coming days, we’ll preview all the schools across the county. Each preview features key players, this season’s schedule and what fans can expect under the Friday night lights. Today, we preview the Lucas Cubs. Find all of our 2025 high school football […]
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Lucas, Shelby & Northmor athletes pocket OHSAA scholarship money
District Athletic Boards select Scholar-Athlete scholarship recipients; OHSAA sends $1,250 to each high school. COLUMBUS – Three Mansfield-area youngsters were among 200 Ohio High School student-athletes to earn scholarship funds through a program authored by the Ohio High School Athletic Association. Rebekah Case, of Lucas, Shelby’s Rees Lewis, and Cowin Becker of Northmor were among the […]
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Ontario football moving back up to Division III
ONTARIO — The tournament trail got a little rockier for the Warriors. The Ohio High School Athletic Association released its divisional and regional alignments for the 2025 football season Thursday and the biggest local storyline involves Ontario. The Warriors will move up to Division III after reaching the Division IV, Region 14 championship game last […]
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Photo Gallery: Lucas vs. Mansfield Christian softball
MANSFIELD — Lucas visited Mansfield Christian for a Mid-Buckeye Conference girls softball game Monday afternoon. Photos by Curt Conrad, staff reporter
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Lucas embraces move to Northern 10 Athletic Conference
For Lucas, the move to the Northern 10 Athletic Conference was a no-brainer. The Cubs will join the N10 for the 2026-27 school year, much to athletic director Taylor Iceman’s delight. His tenure as AD has been a logistical nightmare since taking the job in the summer of 2019. “We’ve been looking for anything and […]
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Shelby’s Schwemley, CF’s Blubaugh claim POY honors on All-NW District teams
MANSFIELD — Shelby’s Eve Schwemley and Clear Fork’s Mel Blubaugh added to already impressive résumés when the All-Northwest District girls basketball team was unveiled Wednesday evening. So did their coaches. Schwemley and Blubaugh were selected All-NW District Players of the Year and Shelby coach Natalie Lantz and Clear Fork’s Scott Sellers were Coaches of the […]
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Rebuild: After years of success, Lucas starting from square one
LUCAS — Taylor Iceman is coaching likes it’s 2015. After an unprecedented run that included six straight Mid-Buckeye Conference championships, Iceman’s Lucas Cubs are in the midst of a rebuild. The roster boasts as many freshman as seniors — two apiece. “I was blessed for a long time. We’ve had a lot of good players […]
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Lex takes top seed in rugged Division III Willard boys’ basketball district
LEXINGTON — The division has changed. But the competition will be as fierce as ever in the Division III Willard district boys basketball tournament. Lexington earned the No. 1 seed in the seven-team field, which includes No. 2 Mansfield Senior, No. 4 Ashland and No. 7 Madison. The Minutemen (17-3) will host Madison (4-16) in […]
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Rookie coach leading remarkable girls’ hoops turnaround for Lucas Cubs
LUCAS — Jamie Grover said she doesn’t have a secret recipe. But the first-year Lucas girls basketball coach is cooking up something good. The Cubs (11-8, 4-1) can clinch a share of the Mid-Buckeye Conference championship with a win at Crestline on Saturday. A victory would put the exclamation point on a remarkable turnaround after […]