ONTARIO — Ashland rolled over host Ontario 57-20 in Wednesday night’s dual wrestling match. Here’s a photo gallery capturing the action, courtesy of Tom Theodore.
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Ontario stuns Crestview with miraculous rally in final minute
ONTARIO — Football has a Hail Mary as the adjective for an unlikely bomb that rescues victory from the jaws of defeat. They’re going to have to come up with a new term altogether for what the Ontario boys basketball team pulled off on Saturday afternoon. The Warriors trailed powerful Crestview 58-51 with less than […]
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Ontario dominates at MOAC swimming championships
ONTARIO — The Warriors ruled the pool again. The Ontario girls won their second straight Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference championship, while the boys captured their fifth consecutive MOAC title at Saturday’s conference meet at Ontario. The girls finished with 189 points, well ahead of runner-up Shelby (137). Pleasant (71) was third. The boys piled up 201 […]
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Ashland’s big 4th quarter proves too much for Ontario
ONTARIO — A balanced scoring attack and a big fourth-quarter spurt boosted Ashland past Ontario Saturday night for a non-conference boys basketball win. The Arrows outscored the Warriors 23-13 in the final period to wrap up a 59-46 victory on Joe Balogh Court. Paxon Ediger’s 15 points topped Ashland’s offense, while Garrett Davis contributed 13 […]
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Family Affair: Cousins could meet in J.C. Gorman Invitational finals
MANSFIELD — It could be an Ohl family reunion Saturday night. Wrestling from opposite sides of the bracket, Ontario’s Aiden Ohl and Ashland’s Max Ohl both reached the 113-pound semifinals on the opening day of the 62nd J.C. Gorman Invitational inside Pete Henry Gym on Friday. The cousins could meet in Saturday evening’s finals if […]
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Whippets rally from early double-digit deficit to derail Ontario
SHELBY — Ontario roared to a big start, but it was Shelby’s finishing kick that carried the day in Thursday night’s Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference boys basketball clash. The Whippets authored their decisive surge in the fourth quarter to knock off the Warriors 68-59. Junior Brayden DeVito pumped in 22 points and Landon Foltz added 20 […]
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Ontario’s Miller is the North Central Ohio Offensive Player of the Year
ONTARIO — He finished third in Ohio’s Mr. Football balloting at a position he will not play in college. It’s going to be fun to see what Ontario’s Bodpegn Miller becomes when he lines up at receiver for Ohio State. Miller is the newly-minted North Central Ohio Offensive Player of the Year on top of […]
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Junior Achievement: Lex’s Hughes is boys Runner of Year after breaking school record
LEXINGTON — After breaking the school record in his final race as a junior, what will Latrell Hughes do for an encore? It should be fun to watch. The newly-crowned North Central Ohio Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year, Hughes broke the program record en route to a second-place finish at the Division II […]
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Freshman Phenom: St. Peter’s Kim is North Central Ohio Girls Golfer of the Year
MANSFIELD — The future couldn’t be brighter for St. Peter’s Joy Kim. The North Central Ohio Girls Golfer of the Year, Kim finished 13th at the Division II state tournament at Firestone’s Fazio Course. She carded a two-day total of 164, one stroke out away from All-Ohio honors. Kim won medalist honors at the Valley […]
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Lex’s Brown repeats as North Central Ohio Volleyball Player of the Year
LEXINGTON — Ava Brown’s assault on the state record book is in full swing. The two-time North Central Ohio Player of the Year, Brown recorded 527 kills in leading Lexington to a runner-up finish in the Ohio Cardinal Conference. In three varsity seasons, Brown has accumulated 1,407 kills. Another 500-kill season — she’s averaged 538.5 […]