COLUMBUS – Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller junior quarterback Matt Ponatoski has been named Ohio Mr. Football by the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association. He is the 38th winner of the prestigious award and the second in a row for Archbishop Moeller. Running back Jordan Marshall won the award last year. Bellefontaine senior quarterback Tavien St. Clair was […]
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Ontario’s Bodpegn Miller among Ohio’s Mr. Football finalists
COLUMBUS – Ontario senior Bodpegn Miller was among the finalists announced Wednesday for the Ohio Mr. Football Award, according to the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association. The winner will be announced next Thursday at 4 p.m. in Canton prior to the start of the OHSAA football state championships. The prestigious honor has been awarded since 1987. […]
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TD in final seconds lifts Perkins over Ontario; Northmor reaches Final Four
TIFFIN — Sandusky Perkins’ Isaac Bunts scored on an 18-yard run with 39 seconds remaining to lift his team to a 28-21 victory over third-seeded Ontario in Friday night’s Division IV regional championship game. That score overshadowed a valiant rally by the Warriors. Sandusky Perkins opened with a 14-7 advantage over Ontario through the first […]
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Ontario’s Miller, Shelby’s DeVito share top honor on All-Northwest District team
FINDLAY — They will forever be linked after orchestrating three epic showdowns in the past two years, including last week’s see-it-to-believe-it regional semifinal at Arlin Field. It should come as no surprise then that Ontario’s Bodpegn Miller and Shelby’s Brayden DeVito shared top billing when the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association unveiled its All-Northwest District […]
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Nov. 15: Ohio high school football playoff roundup
COLUMBUS — Friday night’s Ohio high school football action included regional semifinal matchups. Only games reported to the Scorestream app were included in this roundup. All game summaries were generated by Lede Ai. Akron Hoban crushes Macedonia Nordonia Akron Hoban handled Macedonia Nordonia 48-13 in an impressive showing in an Ohio high school football matchup […]
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Shelby to meet Ontario at Arlin Field in Sweet 16 football clash
MANSFIELD — The high school football game all of Richland County has enjoyed the past two seasons will become a trilogy on Friday night at Arlin Field in Mansfield. Shelby has taken the measure of Ontario in the past two regular seasons in a couple of outstanding contests that determined the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference championship. […]
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Feeling groovy: Ontario’s Bodpegn Miller back in top form in playoff rout of Clyde
ONTARIO — Ontario’s Bodpegn Miller felt amazing Friday night. The Clyde Fliers …. well, not so much. Slowed the last few weeks by a balky knee, the 6-foot-4, 190-pound senior quarterback passed for two TDs and ran for two more in the Warriors’ overwhelming, 38-7 beating of Clyde in a Division IV, Region 14 quarterfinal […]
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Gallery: Ontario hammers Clyde in second round of football playoffs, 38-7
(Photos from Ontario’s 38-7 win over Clyde at Niss Stadium on Friday night in a Division IV regional quarterfinal. The win sets up a rematch between the Warriors (11-1) and Shelby (12-0) in the regional semifinals on Nov. 15 at a neutral site that will be announced by the OHSAA on Sunday. Shelby defeated Ontario, […]
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From Ethiopia to Ohio State, Ontario’s Miller has embarked on fantastic voyage
ONTARIO — The sun has just dipped below the horizon as Ontario quarterback Bodpegn Miller and a handful of his receivers squeeze the last drops of daylight out of this unusually warm and breezy early-November afternoon. The dying light has painted the feathery clouds loitering overhead impossibly vibrant shades of purple, pink and orange, a […]
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9 north central Ohio football teams remain in playoff action
MANSFIELD — We’ve reached the regional quarterfinal round of the Ohio high school football playoffs, and north central Ohio is well represented. Three Richland County teams, two Ashland County squads, two Knox County teams, and one squad each in Crawford and Morrow County are still alive. Richland County Lexington pulled off the biggest upset in […]