(Photos from Lexington’s 35-7 loss on Friday night to Toledo Central Catholic in a Division III regional semifinal football game in Tiffin’s Frost-Kalnow Stadium. The gallery includes the Lexington Band of Gold’s halftime performance. Lexington finished its season with a 7-6 record, winning seven of its last 10 games. TCC, the defending state champion, advances […]
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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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Gallery: Ontario tops Clear Fork in opening round of football playoffs
(Photos from Ontario’s 24-2 win at Niss Stadium on Friday over Clear Fork in a Division IV, Region 14 playoff football game. The Warriors (10-1) advance to play in the regional quarterfinals at home on Nov. 8 against Clyde. Clear Fork ends its season with a 4-7 record. The gallery includes photos of the marching […]
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Road Warriors: Lexington among 4 county schools to open playoffs on road
LEXINGTON — The Minutemen hope to spring another upset. Lexington will head to Toledo on Friday to tangle with Maumee in a Division III, Region 10 first-round playoff game. Lex hasn’t won a postseason game since 2018. That year, seventh-seeded Lexington stunned No. 2 Tiffin Columbian behind Mr. Football Cade Stover, now with the Houston […]
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Rematch: Clear Fork visits Ontario for 1st-round playoff game
ONTARIO — The rematch is set and the stakes couldn’t be higher. The Ohio High School Athletic Association released its final computer ratings and first-round playoff pairings Sunday. Ontario (9-1) earned the No. 3 seed in Region 14 of Division IV and will host No. 14 Clear Fork (4-6) on Friday at Copeland Field. The […]
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Clear Fork looking for more as regional tournament looms
BELLVILLE — Two of north central Ohio’s most tradition-rich programs will represent the area in this week’s regional baseball tournaments. Clear Fork and Hillsdale will carry the banner for the region into the Sweet 16. The Colts (25-4) will meet Parma Padua in a Division II regional semifinal game at 5 p.m. Thursday at Bowling […]
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Colts rough up Roughriders for Division II district baseball championship
BLUFFTON — Clear Fork made quick work of St. Marys Memorial in Saturday’s Division II district championship game. The top-seeded Colts scored five runs in the bottom of the first and cruised to a run rule-shortened 11-1 win over the eighth-seeded Roughriders at Bluffton University’s Memorial Field. St. Marys Memorial starter Kasey Gross lasted just […]
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Schlosser, top-seeded Colts overwhelm Upper Sandusky in district semifinal
BLUFFTON — The only thing that kept Luke Schlosser from finishing what he started was his elevated pitch count. Clear Fork’s senior ace, Schlosser struck out 15 in 6.2 innings of work as the top-seeded Colts throttled No. 5 Upper Sandusky 8-1 in a Division II district semifinal game Thursday at Bluffton University’s Memorial Field. […]
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Lexington tops Clear Fork for district softball title
WILLARD — Lady Lex is headed back to the Sweet 16. Makaree Chapman twirled a complete-game five-hitter and helped herself with a pair of hits as top-seeded Lexington dispatched No. 2 Clear Fork 7-1 in Thursday’s Division II Willard district championship game. Lady Lex (26-2) will play Akron Springfield in the Shelby regional semifinals at […]