ASHLAND – The buildup just had to get over one final speed bump. Hosting Wooster on Friday at Community Stadium for its Senior Night, the Ashland football team put a nail in the coffin early against the Generals, scoring three first-half touchdowns off turnovers alone in a 52-7 demolishing. The victory improved the Arrows to […]
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Ashland drums Mansfield Sr. to remain undefeated
MANSFIELD — Ashland’s juggernaut of a football team roared through Arlin Field on Friday night. The Arrows blasted Mansfield Senior 48-19 for their 17th consecutive regular-season victory. Senior quarterback Nathan Bernhard struck on Ashland’s first possession, finding Dakota Kruty for a 61-yard touchdown strike just 90 seconds into the game. The PAT was missed, but […]
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Bernhard, O’Brien shine as Ashland controls Rams
ASHLAND – There might not be a football player in Ohio this season who’s had a more unforgettable Homecoming game than Nathan Bernhard. Ashland’s senior quarterback rode around the Community Stadium track Friday in a candy apple red Dodge Viper convertible as a member of the AHS Homecoming court before the Arrows’ game against Madison. […]
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Big Walnut RB slams door on Ashland’s historic season
MARION – Squeezing his way through the line and slithering out of tackles all game long, Big Walnut’s Nolan Buirley looked like the most slippery running back on the planet Friday night. The sophomore put together a game for the ages and, in the process, Ashland’s season of perfection slipped away. Buirley ran for 318 […]
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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 […]
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Ohio prep football notebook: Madison’s rivalry win over Tygers salvages positive note in tough season
EDITOR’S NOTE: Ohio Prep Sports Media Association compiles this notebook weekly. Coaches are asked to send their stats to Jake Furr by Monday at noon to be included in this notebook. Jake can be reached at jfurr@gannett.com. — The Madison football team could’ve easily gone 5-5 and be in the thick of the Ohio high school playoff scene […]
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Ashland’s QB history shows Bernhard, Arrows should’ve expected greatness
ASHLAND – This is beginning to get a bit absurd. No, not the part about the Ashland football team aiming for its first outright Ohio Cardinal Conference title since 2011 when Lexington comes to town Friday. Nor the part about the Arrows nearing the Top 10 in the Associated Press state poll (they’re ranked No. […]
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Ashland escapes in triple-overtime thriller at Madison
MADISON TOWNSHIP — If Ashland completes a perfect regular season, and the Arrows are more than halfway there, they can look back on Friday night as a difference maker in the 2024 campaign. Coach Scott Valentine’s club survived a valiant performance from a game Madison squad, in front of its Homecoming crowd, before finally pulling […]
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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 […]