Ashland’s 2026 football schedule, players to watch and more.
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2026 Lexington Minutemen football preview
Lexington’s 2026 football schedule, stats and more.
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2026 Madison Rams football preview
Madison’s 2026 football schedule, stats and more.
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2026 Mansfield Sr. Tygers football preview
Mansfield Senior’s 2026 schedule, stats and more.
Posted inTrack/Cross Country
Lexington girls win 5th straight OCC track title; Arrows runner-up
The Ashland boys and girls track and field teams each were within two final events of winning Ohio Cardinal Conference titles Friday night.
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OPINION: OCC in flux again after West Holmes accepts invitation to join PAC
This isn’t Ron Dessecker’s first rodeo. The longtime Ohio Cardinal Conference commissioner has helped member schools navigate uncertain times in the past and he will do it again after OCC charter member West Holmes announced recently it has accepted an invitation to join the Principals Athletic Conference beginning with the 2028-29 school year. That means […]
Posted inBoys Basketball
Tygers rip Norwalk to claim sectional championship
MANSFIELD — It took eight minutes for the Mansfield Senior boys basketball team to shake off two weeks of inaction. But then the second-seeded Tygers shifted into high gear and throttled Norwalk 65-30 for a Division III sectional championship on Friday night at Pete Henry Gym. Coach Marquis Sykes’ squad trailed the winless Truckers 13-12 […]
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Madison completes regular-season sweep of Lexington
LEXINGTON — Madison coach Davey Hipp can be forgiven for not knowing the last time the Rams swept the season series with Lexington. After all, Hipp was still in elementary school. Justin McCraney scored 17 points and swiped eight rebounds and the Rams rallied for an entertaining 48-45 win over the Minutemen. Madison (8-14 overall, […]
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Spoiler Alert: Lexington upsets Ashland, 4 teams share OCC crown
LEXINGTON — Dantrell Hughes has never played spoiler, but Lexington’s senior leader filled the role admirably. Hughes scored a team-high 17 points and the Minutemen shook up the Ohio Cardinal Conference championship chase with a 69-64 upset victory over Ashland on Friday night. The Ashland loss, coupled with Mansfield Senior’s win at Madison and New […]
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Back-to-Back: Ashland tops Madison, repeats as Ohio Cardinal Conference champ
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Ashland repeated as the Ohio Cardinal Conference’s outright champion, but the victory celebration was muted after Wednesday’s 55-39 win at Madison. Kennedy Lacey and her teammates have bigger goals in mind. A junior guard, Lacey scored 29 points as the Arrows clinched their second outright OCC title in as many years. “We’re […]