SHELBY — Eve Schwemley joined an exclusive club Tuesday morning. Shelby’s junior guard, Schwemley was an All-Ohio special-mention selection when the Division I and Division II teams were introduced. The 5-foot-7 Schwemley joined such recent Shelby luminaries as Sophia Niese and Olivia Baker as two-time All-Ohio honorees after earning special-mention laurels as a sophomore. She […]
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Mansfield Sr.’s Hilory, Bradley selected to OCC first team
MANSFIELD — A pair of Tygers headlined the All-Ohio Cardinal Conference girls basketball team. Monetta Hilory and Kiersten Bradley both earned spots on the All-OCC first team after helping the Tygers to a runner-up finish. Senior High finished 20-4 overall and 12-2 in OCC play. West Holmes won the conference crown with a 13-1 record. […]
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Lady Lex among 5 area teams to reach girls district tourney
LEXINGTON — North central Ohio’s lone Division II team still standing is the one nobody was paying attention to. Ninth-seeded Lexington ran the gauntlet last week, winning a pair of road games to capture its first sectional crown since 2012. Lady Lex upset No. 7 Sandusky Perkins 44-43, then throttled No. 4 Norwalk 59-48 in […]
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Tyger girls win 11th straight by dumping Lexington
LEXINGTON — The Mansfield Senior girls basketball team is on a roll. The Tygers continued to be unstoppable in the Ohio Cardinal Conference by crashing over Lexington 39-29 in a road affair on Saturday afternoon. Monetta Hilory, Kiersten Bradley and Juleah Windham each scored seven points, while Kyeona Meyers chipped in six to pace Senior […]
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Col. Crawford’s Myers selected area’s Girls Golfer of the Year
NORTH ROBINSON — When it came to postseason golf, Lucy Myers just kept getting better. A Colonel Crawford senior and the area’s Player of the Year, Myers tied for 29th at the Division II state tournament at Ohio State’s Gray Course. She carded a two-day total of 179, leading the Eagles to a seventh-place finish […]
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Loudonville roughs up Lady Lex
LOUDONVILLE — The scoreboard suggested otherwise, but Corri Vermilya insisted she and her Loudonville teammates still have plenty of work to do. A senior and Ashland University recruit, Vermilya poured in 30 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and pocketed eight steals as the Redbirds opened their season with a resounding 71-32 win over Lexington at the […]
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Clear Fork rallies to stop Lexington
BELLVILLE — The Clear Fork girls basketball team unleashed a second-half rally to subdue Lexington 50-41 on Friday night in a clash of Richland County rivals at Bellville. Mel Blubaugh topped the Colts with 14 points, while Kylie Belcher added 11 points and seven rebounds and Lillian Weikle contributed 10 points and eight rebounds. Makaree […]