richland source challenge

ONTARIO — The lanky Ashland basketball team needed every bit of its notable size advantage to dispatch a scrappy Shelby squad on Saturday night at the Richland Source NOL-OCC Challenge. The Arrows, who start four players 6-foot-4 or better, made a decisive push over the final three minutes, outscoring the Whippets 7-2 for a 59-56 […]

ONTARIO — Jacob Trautman and George Friend did the heavy lifting for Norwalk on Saturday. Trautman scored a career-high 22 points and Friend added 20 as the Truckers picked up their first win of the season with a 54-50 victory over Mount Vernon in the Richland Source NOL-OCC Challenge at the O-Rena. Norwalk (1-3) was […]

ONTARIO – Dunks haven’t been a huge part of the Madison offense so far this season. But they sure were on Saturday afternoon at the Richland Source NOL-OCC Challenge at Ontario High School. Senior Jake Koehler hammered three thunderous dunks and Madison rallied for a huge second half to pound Bellevue 62-46. Rams coach Tim […]

ONTARIO, Ohio — The second Richland Source NOL-OCC Challenge may boast an expanded field and a different format, but the basic premise remains intact. Twelve teams — six each from the Northern Ohio League and Ohio Cardinal Conference — will duke it out Saturday to determine conference supremacy. Last year’s event featured just four teams […]

MANSFIELD, Ohio — Ontario’s Jackson Todd sounded more like a veteran coach than a high school senior. Todd had just scored a career-high 35 points in Ontario’s season-opener at Mansfield Senior, but rather than bask in the glow of the triple-overtime win, Todd already had turned his attention to the next opponent. The Warriors were […]

SHELBY, Ohio — All but one of them is listed as a guard, but it’s hard to pigeonhole the members of the All-Richland Source NOL-OCC Challenge team. They can do a little bit of everything. Some of the best players in the region were on display during last weekend’s 12-team extravaganza at Shelby High School […]

SHELBY – Tony Gerrel had taken a halfcourt shot before, like most interested in basketball. But he had not hit one with this much riding on the outcome. “Of course I have,” he said. “And to be honest, as soon as the ball left my fingertips, I knew this one was going in.” Gerrel, a […]