Ontario senior 120-pounder Aiden Ohl won a Division II state championship Sunday evening at Ohio State’s Schottenstein Center.
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Gold Rush: Three area wrestlers headed to state finals
COLUMBUS — Ontario’s Aiden Ohl, Galion’s Carter Trukovich and Clear Fork’s Anthony Oscar are all chasing history. All three will wrestle for state championships Sunday evening inside the Schottenstein Center after winning semifinal matches Saturday night. Ohl will look to carry on the family legacy, joining his father, Monty, and uncle, Perry as Ontario state […]
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Iron Sharpens Iron: State-bound Galion wrestlers push each other to new heights
GALION — The wrestling room at Galion High School isn’t a place for the faint of heart — and that’s just how Ryder Alberty likes it. The 138-pound senior is one of four Tigers who qualified for this week’s Division II state tournament. Projected state finalist Carter Trukovich (126), projected state champ Gradey Harding (132) […]
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DeVito pushes Shelby past Ontario in district semifinals
MANSFIELD — Brayden DeVito’s mid-range mastery made all the difference Tuesday night. Shelby’s All-Ohio senior guard, DeVito scored seven fourth-quarter points and made a critical defensive stop in the closing seconds as the second-seeded Whippets knocked of No. 1 Ontario 43-41 in the Division IV boys district basketball semifinals at Mansfield Senior’s Pete Henry Gym. […]
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In the Stars: Clear Fork wins first-ever sectional wrestling championship
GALION — The stars aligned perfectly for Clear Fork on Saturday. The Colts won their first-ever sectional wrestling championship thanks to a confluence of events including a corrected scoring error, a last-second takedown and a pin by a wrestler from a rival school in the final match of the day. It all added up to […]
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Swan Song: Ontario seniors go out in style at state swimming championships
CANTON — Ontario senior Tessa Crum and her classmates couldn’t have scripted a better ending. The Warriors finished seventh in the final girls team standings with 95 points during the final day of the Division II state swim meet. Crum, Sasha Bulakovski and Joie Simmering made their last appearance at C.T. Branin Natatorium one to […]
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Trumpower leads Ontario to 2nd-place finish at state swim meet
CANTON — The 11th and final state medal of Grantham Trumpower’s illustrious high school swimming career was without question his favorite. Trumpower anchored Ontario’s 200 yard freestyle relay team to the gold medal on the final day of the Division II state meet inside C.T. Branin Natatorium. His jaw-dropping split of 19.64 seconds on the […]
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Ontario swimmers make a splash on opening day of state meet
CANTON — The Ontario swim team will be busy on Friday. The Warriors sent five relay teams and four individuals to the ‘A’ finals during Thursday’s Division II state tournament preliminaries at C.T. Branin Natatorium. The top eight finishers in each event advanced to the ‘A’ final and will swim for state championships Friday afternoon. […]
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Ontario’s Miller transfers from Ohio State to Washington
ONTARIO — Bodpegn Miller wanted a place to call home. The former Ohio State receiver found it in Seattle. An Ontario graduate, Miller recently signed to continue his collegiate football career with the University of Washington. He spent one season in Columbus before entering the transfer portal earlier this month. “I just wanted to go […]
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Ontario dominates at MOAC swimming championships
MARION — Saturday was perhaps the most dominant performance in a long line of dominant performances for the Ontario boys and girls swim teams. The boys took first place in every event and the girls won every event except one at the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference championships Saturday at the W. Keith Davis Natatorium. The boys […]