WOOSTER — Cooper Watters and his Lexington teammates slayed the giant. Watters won a pair of individual events as the Minutemen claimed the Ohio Cardinal Conference championship Saturday at Wooster’s Ellen Shapiro Natatorium. The OCC title was the fourth for the Minutemen and first since 2021. Wooster won the past three OCC crowns and 18 […]
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2nd-half surge sends Mansfield Sr. past crosstown rival Madison
MANSFIELD — The Tygers returned to their winning ways Friday night. Kyevi Roane scored 23 points and swiped 11 rebounds as Mansfield Senior snapped a two-game losing streak with a 68-42 Ohio Cardinal Conference win over crosstown rival Madison inside Pete Henry Gym. On a night when former football coach Chioke Bradley was honored at […]
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Putting the band back together: Brayden Fogle rejoins Lexington teammates
LEXINGTON — Brayden Fogle was not yet born when the famous musical brothers Jake and Elwood put The Blues Brothers Band back together in the 1980 movie. But just like those brothers (played by John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd), the 6-foot-5 junior Lexington forward is starting to remember what it’s like when the music is […]
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Gallery: Lexington holds off New Philadelphia in the OCC, 56-49
(Photos from Lexington’s 56-49 win over New Philadelphia on Friday night in an Ohio Cardinal Conference basketball game at LHS. The win improve the Minutemen to 12-2 overall and 7-1 in the league. The Quakers fell to 8-6/4-4 and saw their four game winning streak snapped.)
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Ashland thumps Lexington, moves closer to 1st crown in 30 years
ASHLAND – For the first time in three decades, the odds are starting to tilt in favor of the Ashland girls basketball team. The Arrows cruised to a 49-32 victory Thursday while hosting Lexington inside Ashland University’s Kates Gymnasium. The triumph gave Ashland (9-3, 7-0 Ohio Cardinal Conference) a season sweep of Lady Lex (5-9, […]
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COLUMN: Prep hoops conference races begin to take shape
MANSFIELD — You can’t win a conference championship in January, but you can lose one. High school basketball’s conference races are beginning to heat up now that the calendar has flipped. Since several area schools postponed their games tonight because of Ohio State’s national semifinal game against Texas in the Cotton Bowl and an impending […]
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Milestone: Mansfield Sr.’s Kyevi Roane joins exclusive 1,000-point fraternity
MANSFIELD — Kyevi Roane has been described a lot of different ways during his illustrious career Mansfield Senior basketball career, but the newest descriptor is his favorite yet: 1,000-point scorer. Roane became just the ninth player in program history to eclipse the 1,000-point plateau in Tuesday’s 76-37 Ohio Cardinal Conference win over West Holmes inside […]
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Timeout: Lexington uses huddle to reset its effort in 71-54 win over Ashland
LEXINGTON — Scott Hamilton doesn’t call a lot of timeouts during a basketball game. So when the Lexington coach stopped the game three minutes into the fourth quarter on Friday night against Ashland, suffice to say he got his team’s attention. Watching a 19-point lead begin to evaporate in just over three minutes will trigger […]
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Gallery: Lexington knocks off Ashland, 71-54, in Ohio Cardinal Conference
Photos from Lexington’s 71-54 win at home on Friday night against Ashland in an Ohio Cardinal Conference boys basketball game. The win improved the Minutemen to 9-1 overall and 5-1 in the OCC. The Arrows dipped to 5-4 overall and 2-3 in the league with the loss. Lexington plays at Sandusky on Saturday night in […]
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Freshman gunner fuels Mansfield Sr.’s best start in more than a decade
MANSFIELD — Marquis Sykes knew Kaylen Brooks would make an impact, but Mansfield Senior’s veteran coach had no idea it would be this sudden — or significant. The Tygers won their first five games for the first time since the 2013-14 season thanks in no small part to Brooks, a highly-regarded freshman shooting guard. Senior […]