MANSFIELD — Pigskin prognosticators across north central Ohio have read the tea leaves and are announcing the results. Reporters and commentators from media outlets across the region took part in a preseason high school football poll in an attempt to determine champions in eight conferences encompassing 17 of Ohio’s 88 counties.
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Crestview’s Brockway, Shelby’s Will win Richland County Cross Country crowns
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Crestview’s Cooper Brockway defended his Richland County title while Shelby’s Anna Will claimed her first crown. Brockway and Will won individual championships at the Richland County Tyler Amos Dream Huge Realty Invitational on an unusually mild Monday afternoon at Madison.
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2024 HS football preview: Shelby Whippets
Welcome to Source Media’s 2024 high school football preview. Over the coming days, we’ll preview schools across Richland, Ashland and Knox Counties every day leading up to Week 1. Today, we preview the Shelby Whippets. You can find all of our high school football previews here. McDonald’s is proud to back our area’s local athletes […]
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Shelby assistant Hipp to take over Madison boys basketball program
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Davey Hipp is ready for a new challenge and Madison’s new boys basketball coach can’t wait to get started. A 2017 Shelby graduate, Hipp was selected from a pool of eight applicants to succeed Chris Armstrong at Madison. He spent the past three seasons as an assistant at his alma mater, helping […]
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Lex’s Galownia, Shelby’s Gundrum earn All-Ohio softball honors
LEXINGTON — Kylie Galownia helped lift Lexington to new heights. The same goes for Shelby’s Mallary Gundrum.
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Regional runner-up Lexington lands three on all-district first team
LEXINGTON — Lady Lex’s run to the regional final didn’t go unnoticed across northwest Ohio. Makaree Chapman, Jillian Morr and Kylie Galownia were all selected to the Division II first team when the Ohio High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association unveiled its All-Northwest District teams recently.
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Better Than Ever: Shelby’s Gundrum is MOAC softball Player of the Year
SHELBY — Mallary Gundrum returned from injury and made history. Shelby’s senior shortstop was selected the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference Player of the Year after missing her entire junior season with a knee injury. She is the Whippets’ first POY since Shelby joined the MOAC in 2019.
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Hurdles rookie Thomas ready for state meet debut
LEXINGTON — Emily Thomas may be a newcomer to the 300 meter hurdles, but the Lexington junior makes arguably the hardest event in high school track look easy. Not only did Thomas qualify for this weekend’s Division II state meet at Dayton’s Welcome Stadium, she broke a 40-year-old school record during last week’s regional meet […]
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Shelby’s Henkel soars to regional long jump championship
LEXINGTON — Madison Henkel entered rarified air Saturday afternoon. Shelby’s sophomore long jumper, Henkel won the Division II Lexington regional championship with a leap of 18-feet, 7.5 inches.
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Ontario boys, Lex girls capture team titles at Division II district meet
ONTARIO — Bodpegn Miller’s aching hamstring may have been a blessing in disguise. Normally a 400 meter dash specialist, Miller claimed a Division II district championship in the 200 on a steamy Saturday afternoon on his home track.