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.
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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.
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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.
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Ediger, Arrows tame Tygers in triple overtime thriller
MANSFIELD — Paxon Ediger tormented the Tygers again. Ediger, Ashland’s senior sharpshooter, erupted for 38 points as the Arrows kept their Ohio Cardinal Conference championship hopes alive with a thrilling, 97-93 triple overtime win at Pete Henry Gym on Tuesday.
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ANALYSIS: Anything goes in wild OCC boys basketball title chase
The race for the Ohio Cardinal Conference boys basketball championship is a free-for-all. For the first time since 2018, four teams have designs on the crown and there’s a real possibility the eventual champ will have three conference losses.
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Back on Track: Mansfield Senior roughs up Lex, snaps three-game skid
MANSFIELD — Kaylen Brooks and his Mansfield Senior teammates had enough. Brooks scored 13 points and the Tygers snapped a rare three-game losing streak with a resounding 70-42 win over Lexington at Pete Henry Gym on Tuesday.
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Rams pocket double-overtime win over Lexington
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Madison’s see-saw boys basketball season continued its upward trajectory on Saturday night. Justin McCraney erupted for 25 points and eight rebounds to lead the Rams to a thrilling, 64-60 double-overtime victory over Lexington in an Ohio Cardinal Conference clash.
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Mack propels Tygers to crucial OCC win over first-place Dover
MANSFIELD — Davion Mack is beginning to get comfortable. Mansfield Senior’s rangy 6-foot-3 junior swingman scored 14 points, grabbed seven rebounds and blocked three shots as the Tygers cruised to a 62-55 win over Dover in an Ohio Cardinal Conference game that wasn’t as close as the final score suggested.
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Freshman sends Lexington past Mansfield Sr. in OCC showdown
LEXINGTON — The bright lights didn’t seem to bother Jayden Perkins. Just a freshman, Perkins scored the game-winning basket in the waning seconds as Lexington stunned Mansfield Senior 63-61 in an entertaining early-season Ohio Cardinal Conference boys basketball showdown.
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Allen, Minutemen take OCC revenge on Ashland, grab outright title
Nearly a year to the day after watching Ashland complete a perfect regular season the Minutemen bit back with a 43-35 retaliation.