SPARTA — The miserable conditions were a stark contrast to the jubilant faces inside the rain-splattered helmets of the Ontario football team. The Warriors knocked off Highland 34-20 on Friday night to wrap up a share of the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference championship. It’s the first football crown for Ontario since 2004. It also provided a […]
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Lexington battling for playoff berth
LEXINGTON — The Minutemen need a win to extend their season. Lexington is one of 10 teams fighting for the five remaining Region 10 playoff bids up for grabs this weekend. The Minutemen would likely secure one of those spots with a win over Ashland. Lex is currently 20th in the Division III, Region 10 […]
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Ivy, Tigers clinch playoff spot in emotional victory
GALION — Gabe Ivy never met his father, but he’s heard all the stories. On Homecoming night and in his final regular season home game, Ivy honored the memory of his late father in Galion’s 42-35 Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference win over River Valley. Ivy’s father, United States Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Kendall Ivy, was killed […]
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Ontario, Shelby to meet in pivotal Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference football clash
ONTARIO — Like a couple of run-away freight trains, Shelby and Ontario have been on a collision course for weeks. The Whippets and Warriors will decide things Friday at Copeland Field in what is the defacto Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference championship game. Ontario is unbeaten and can clinch the outright MOAC title with a win. Shelby […]
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Ontario, Shelby & Galion among teams chasing MOAC title
ONTARIO — The chase for the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference championship is entering the home stretch with six of the eight teams still harboring title aspirations. Unbeaten Ontario holds a one-game lead over Shelby in the conference standings. Galion, Pleasant, River Valley and Marion Harding are all 2-2 in MOAC play with three games remaining. While […]
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GALLERY: Ontario blasts past Marion Pleasant, 45-14
(Photos from undefeated Ontario’s 45-14 win on Copeland Field at Niss Stadium against Marion Pleasant in a Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference football game. The gallery includes photos of the OHS Marching Band.)
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OCC lead at stake as Mansfield Sr. visits Lexington
MANSFIELD — The meat of the schedule may be in the rearview mirror, but Mansfield Senior won’t overlook anyone during the second half of the season. Veteran coach Chioke Bradley will make sure of it. The Tygers came through a rugged season-opening five-game stretch with a 3-2 record. Senior High is tied with Week 6 […]
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Tygers hitting on all cylinders with OCC showdown looming
MANSFIELD — Mansfield Senior’s winning recipe called for equal parts offense, defense and special teams. The Tygers took a quantum leap toward the Ohio Cardinal Conference championship with last week’s 38-28 win over three-time reigning OCC champ West Holmes. Senior High scored points on offense, defense and special teams in its first victory over the […]
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35-0 first quarter helps Ontario stay unbeaten with win over River Valley
ONTARIO — Aaron Eckert cautioned his Ontario team that it didn’t play a perfect game in a 56-21 win at home Friday night against River Valley. But if the first quarter for the undefeated Warriors was not in a class of its own, it certainly didn’t take long to call the roll. Consider two statistics: […]
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High School Football Preview: Clear Fork Colts
Clear Fork won its third Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference championship and first since 2018 last fall. Aaron Brokaw takes over as head coach for Dave Carroll. Aaron Brokaw, a 1999 Clear Fork graduate, takes over for Dave Carroll. The Colts were 10-2, won a Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference championship and reached the second round of the Division […]