WILLARD — It wasn’t the storybook ending for which he had hoped. But Kyevi Roane already cemented his legacy. Mansfield Senior’s do-it-all senior guard, Roane capped one of the most remarkable careers in program history in Tuesday’s 72-58 loss to Sandusky. He scored six points, grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds and nearly piloted the second-seeded […]
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Tygers hammer Norwalk in tourney opener for 6th straight win
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Senior boys basketball team began postseason play with a roar on Thursday night. The second-seeded Tygers overwhelmed No. 6-seed Norwalk 84-59 in the Division III sectional final game at Pete Henry Gym. Senior Kyevi Roane topped a balanced Senior High offense with 18 points. Rashad Reed Jr. contributed 16, D’Vontae Johnson […]
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Mansfield Sr. hammers West Holmes in regular-season finale
MILLERSBURG — The Mansfield Senior boys basketball team will roll into tournament play with momentum. Coach Marquis Sykes’ squad hammered West Holmes 73-38 on Saturday afternoon in the final regular-season game of the season. Andrew Brooks Jr. poured in a career-high 26 points to pace the Tygers’ offense, while senior Kyevi Roane added 12 points. […]
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Next: Mansfield 7th-graders complete 17-0 basketball season after going unbeaten in football
The home stands at Pete Henry Gym were almost full and the electricity in the building was palpable. The city’s basketball fans turned out en masse to catch a glimpse of Mansfield’s Next Big Thing and they didn’t go home disappointed. Final score: Mansfield Senior 52, New Philadelphia16. That Senior High won the seventh-grade Ohio […]
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Tygers tame Tigers: Mansfield Sr. proves to be top cat at Galion
GALION — Mansfield Senior authored a dominating boys basketball performance as the Tygers began a busy week turning toward the close of the regular season. Coach Marquis Sykes saw his team roll to a 75-38 win at Galion on Tuesday night in a non-conference encounter. Freshman phenom Kalen Brooks posted 20 points. Rashad Reed contribute […]
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A Moment in Time: Remembering Mansfield Senior’s 2005 Final Four run
MANSFIELD — Jon Avery can still hear the echoes, even after all these years. What Avery and his Mansfield Senior teammates accomplished 20 years ago in March has reverberated through time. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Senior High’s last trip to the Final Four — a month-long thrill-ride still revered in city basketball […]
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Roane’s rare triple-double lifts Mansfield Sr. to double-OT victory over Triway
MANSFIELD — Kyevi Roane was a man on a mission Friday night, and that mission was two-fold. First, and most importantly, Roane willed Mansfield Senior to a thrilling, 94-88 double-overtime win over Triway. Second, and as a byproduct of his tremendous all-around effort, Roane recorded an incredibly rare feat for a high school basketball player: […]
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Column: Hoops rivalry between Mansfield Senior, Lexington continues to grow
MANSFIELD — The eight-mile stretch of U.S. 42 between Mansfield and Lexington may as well be renamed Tobacco Row. No Dean Dome. No Cameron Indoor Stadium. But the Tygers and Minutemen have developed a basketball rivalry that would make Duke and North Carolina fans proud. Tuesday’s Ohio Cardinal Conference showdown inside Pete Henry Gym, played […]
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Deadeye: Lexington misses just 14 shots in routing Mansfield Senior in OCC clash
MANSFIELD — Lexington played its best game of the season in its biggest game of the season. The Minutemen shot a jaw-dropping 72.5 percent from the field and never trailed in a resounding 84-64 win over Mansfield Senior in an Ohio Cardinal Conference game Tuesday at Pete Henry Gym. Lex (15-2, 9-1) moved a step […]
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Homecoming: Mansfield native D’Vontae Johnson providing boost to Tygers
MANSFIELD — Whitehall-Yearling’s loss is Mansfield Senior’s gain in the eyes of coach Marquis Sykes. The Tygers are in the hunt for the Ohio Cardinal Conference championship this season, thanks in no small part to newcomer D’Vontae Johnson, a Mansfield native who returned to his hometown this year after playing at Whitehall-Yearling High School last […]