BELLVILLE — Luke Schlosser will wrestle in college, but his baseball exploits won’t soon be forgotten in The Valley. The North Central Ohio Pitcher of the Year, Schlosser was virtually unhittable this spring. He was 8-1 with a 1.16 earned run average and 92 strikeouts in 54 innings of work. What’s more, the hard-throwing left-hander […]
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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 […]
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Double-duty: Clear Fork’s two-way standout repeats as MOAC baseball Player of Year
BELLVILLE — Luke Schlosser hit it out of the park again. Clear Fork’s senior slugger and left-handed ace, Schlosser was selected the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference Player of the Year for the second consecutive year. He is the first two-time winner of the award since Ontario’s Avery Fisher doubled up in 2018 and 2019. The Colts […]
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Colts rough up Roughriders for Division II district baseball championship
BLUFFTON — Clear Fork made quick work of St. Marys Memorial in Saturday’s Division II district championship game. The top-seeded Colts scored five runs in the bottom of the first and cruised to a run rule-shortened 11-1 win over the eighth-seeded Roughriders at Bluffton University’s Memorial Field. St. Marys Memorial starter Kasey Gross lasted just […]
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Schlosser, top-seeded Colts overwhelm Upper Sandusky in district semifinal
BLUFFTON — The only thing that kept Luke Schlosser from finishing what he started was his elevated pitch count. Clear Fork’s senior ace, Schlosser struck out 15 in 6.2 innings of work as the top-seeded Colts throttled No. 5 Upper Sandusky 8-1 in a Division II district semifinal game Thursday at Bluffton University’s Memorial Field. […]
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Leading by Example: Clear Fork’s Schlosser is Park National Bank Athlete of Month
BELLVILLE — Everything Clear Fork baseball coach Gabe Kennedy already knew about Luke Schlosser was reaffirmed late last week. The Colts had just been swept by Highland in a critical two-game Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference series, so Kennedy ordered a mandatory off-day to allow his players to clear their minds It didn’t go as planned. “I […]
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Crestview’s Cunningham is North Central Ohio Wrestler of the Year
OLIVESBURG — A regulation high school wrestling match lasts six minutes. Caleb Cunningham rarely needed that long. The newly-crowned North Central Ohio Wrestler of the Year, Cunningham pinned his way to a Division III state championship in the 285-pound weight class last month inside Ohio State’s Schottenstein Center. His showing at the state tournament capped […]
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Road Less Traveled: Ontario’s Turnbaugh takes long path to third-place state finish
COLUMBUS — They reached the same rung of the state podium, but took vastly different routes to get there. Ontario 113-pounder Jacob Ohl and 138-pounder Mason Turnbaugh both finished third Sunday morning at Ohio State’s Schottenstein Center, but not all third-place finishes are created equal. A junior, Turhbaugh couldn’t have navigated a more difficult path. […]
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True Grit: Ontario’s Ohl, Galion’s Harding headed to state wrestling finals
COLUMBUS — Ontario’s Aiden Ohl and Galion’s Gradey Harding did the dirty work Saturday night inside Ohio State’s Schottenstein Center. Ohl held on for a gritty, 2-1 win over St. Paris Graham’s Jake Landis in the 106-pound semifinals. Harding then followed suit with an equally resolute 5-1 win over Columbus Watterson’s Neal Krysty in the […]
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Mansfield-area wrestlers shine on 1st day of state tournament
COLUMBUS — Luke Schlosser spoke for the entire north central Ohio state-qualifying wrestling contingent after an impressive opening day in Columbus. “I expected to come down here and win,” Schlosser said after dispatching Beaver Local’s Justin Cox 7-2 in the opening round of the Division II state tournament. “That’s the mindset you’ve got to have. […]