FREDERICKTOWN — If Friday night’s Fredericktown-Danville game was a part of the fall television lineup, it would have been called The Gavin Toombs show. The 6-foot-5, 230-pound senior pounded the Blue Devils’ defense for four touchdowns, three from five yards out and a fourth from six in a 33-18 victory. “He’s been all over the […]
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Mount Gilead upends Fredericktown in battle of unbeatens
MOUNT GILEAD — With all of the earmarks of a heavyweight bout, the Fredericktown Freddies faced off against the Mount Gilead Indians, both sporting 4-0 records and undefeated in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference. The home team landed what turned out to be the knockout blow, scoring twice in 65 seconds near the end of […]
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Freddies off to fast start under former Lucas’ coach Scott Spitler
It hasn’t taken long for Scott Spitler to make himself at home at Fredericktown. The former Lucas coach, Spitler is in his first season with the Freddies. Fredericktown is 4-0 going into Friday’s Knox Morrow Athletic Conference showdown with unbeaten Mount Gilead. Spitler was the head coach at Lucas for 15 seasons. He led the […]
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Former Lucas football coach Scott Spitler accepts head coaching job at Fredericktown
Veteran football coach Scott Spitler has accepted the head coaching position at Fredericktown High School, pending board approval.
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OPINION: Recent history littered with great playoff games
MANSFIELD — North central Ohio football fans were treated to two of the greatest high school football games in recent memory last week. Ontario rallied from a 22-point, fourth-quarter deficit for a jaw-dropping 49-48 win over Richland County rival Shelby in a Division IV, Region 14 semifinal game in front of 8,500-plus at Mansfield Senior’s […]
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Gallery: Lucas High School Class of 2024 graduation
LUCAS — The 42 members of the Lucas High School Class of 2024 received their diplomas on Sunday afternoon in the Heritage School Gymnasium. Senior Kendall Guegold delivered the valedictorian address and senior Ash Moherman provided the salutatorian remarks. Senior Brayden Spitler introduced the commencement speaker — his father and longtime Lucas teacher and football […]
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The Architect: Spitler steps down after building powerhouse at Lucas
Scott Spitler sat in the bowels of Canton’s Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium on a cold and overcast early-December Saturday afternoon. The Lucas Cubs had just fallen to small-school juggernaut Marion Local 28-6 in the 2019 Division VII state championship game and rather than rehash what had just unfolded, Spitler struck a contemplative tone. […]
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Spitler’s 100th win at Lucas part of state football notebook
COLUMBUS – We have reached Week 10 in the 2023 Ohio high school football regular-season. Here are the top performances from around the state as compiled by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association for this week’s high school football notebook. * Lucas won head coach Scott Spitler his 100th game as the skipper of the Cubs on […]
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Mansfield Sr.’s Bradley closes in on coaching milestone
When Chioke Bradley took over as Mansfield Senior’s football coach in the spring of 2010, his first order of business was to bring stability to a program that had lost its way. Job well done. A 1994 Senior High graduate, Bradley has led his alma to unprecedented heights in his 14 seasons in charge. A […]
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Late TD sends Hillsdale past Lucas in battle of small-school heavyweights
JEROMESVILLE — Jack Fickes and his Hillsdale teammates exorcised a demon Friday night. A senior quarterback, Fickes rushed for three touchdowns as the Falcons rallied for a 21-17 win over Lucas in a battle of north central Ohio small-school powers. Fickes was a receiver the past two years, suffering through a pair of heart-breaking losses […]