MANSFIELD — Mansfield Senior’s defense came into the postseason riding a white-hot streak. The Tygers continued that momentum on Friday night, intercepting three passes and scoring a safety on a sack by Symirr Phillips, all in the second half, to deny Lexington for the second time this season. That performance spearheaded Senior High’s 30-13 victory […]
Markale Martin
Big plays, players headline Ohio prep football notebook
COLUMBUS – The 2023 Ohio high school football season is officially at its halfway point. And the individual performances from all around the state continue to jump off of the page. Let’s take a look at the biggest and best headlines presented by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association with this week’s high school football notebook. […]
Records fall like leaves in Week 4 of Ohio prep football
EDITOR’S NOTE: This high school notebook is from the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association. Coaches or sports reporters can send their updates to Jake Furr (jfurr@gannett.com) by noon on Mondays to become part of this story. Great performances from all around Ohio continue to take place every weekend. Here is this week’s Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association […]
Lexington’s 1-2 punch KOs Mount Vernon
MOUNT VERNON – Lexington head football coach Andrew Saris knew Friday’s game against Mount Vernon was going to be as rough as a heavyweight title fight. So, he brought out Lexington’s one-two punch: Joe Caudill and Markale Martin. “At one point, I looked at those two and said, ‘We’re going to ride you to the […]