The boys and girls 4×100-meter relay teams from Shelby both claimed state titles Saturday at Ohio State’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.
Shelby Whippets
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Shelby’s Henkel shatters state record to repeat as long jump champion
COLUMBUS — Shelby’s Madison Henkel made history on Saturday. The senior long jumper broke the Division III state meet record and the Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium record with a leap of 19 feet, 11.5 inches to repeat as state champion. Five of Henkel’s six jumps were better than 19 feet. Her fifth jump brought a […]
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Rubber Match: Shelby to host Colts in tourney opener after regular-season split
SHELBY — The Whippets and Colts will settle things in the postseason. Shelby earned the No. 3 seed in Sunday’s Division IV baseball tournament draw and will host No. 5 Clear Fork in a sectional final at 5 p.m. May 20. The Whippets (10-9) and Colts (8-15) split the regular season series in Mid-Ohio Athletic […]
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Leaps and Bounds: Shelby’s Henkel aims for 2nd outdoor long jump state title
SHELBY — For Shelby’s Madison Henkel, the standard is the standard. Nothing less than 19 feet will do. The reigning Division II outdoor and indoor state champ in the long jump, Henkel recalibrated her expectations this spring. The early returns have been favorable. Henkel broke her own meet record and established a new personal best […]
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Madison grad Lewis earns All-America honors for Tiffin indoor track team
March was a productive month for Madison graduate Nevaeh Lewis. A sophomore sprinter for Tiffin University, Lewis capped the indoor season with a ninth-place finish in the 60 meter dash at the NCAA Division II Indoor National Championships in Virginia Beach on March 13. Her time of 7.47 seconds in the preliminaries was .01 from […]
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Shelby falls to Perkins in third straight district final appearence
Saturday’s district final between the Whippets (16-8) and Perkins marked Shelby’s third straight district championship appearence.
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DeVito pushes Shelby past Ontario in district semifinals
MANSFIELD — Brayden DeVito’s mid-range mastery made all the difference Tuesday night. Shelby’s All-Ohio senior guard, DeVito scored seven fourth-quarter points and made a critical defensive stop in the closing seconds as the second-seeded Whippets knocked of No. 1 Ontario 43-41 in the Division IV boys district basketball semifinals at Mansfield Senior’s Pete Henry Gym. […]
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In the Stars: Clear Fork wins first-ever sectional wrestling championship
GALION — The stars aligned perfectly for Clear Fork on Saturday. The Colts won their first-ever sectional wrestling championship thanks to a confluence of events including a corrected scoring error, a last-second takedown and a pin by a wrestler from a rival school in the final match of the day. It all added up to […]
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In The Deep End: Lex crew starring for Mount Union men’s swimming team
Lexington product Lucas Starling and a handful of other Minutemen are making waves for the Mount Union men’s swimming program. A senior, Starling was selected the Ohio Athletic Conference men’s swimmer of the week for the second time in his career earlier this week. The Purple Raiders sailed to a 215-43 win over Westminster (Pa.) […]
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River Valley roughs up Shelby, regains MOAC lead
SHELBY — The Whippets were in the wrong place at the wrong time. River Valley came to town Friday still smarting from last week’s loss to Marion Harding and the Vikings took out their frustrations in a 98-65 Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference boys basketball victory. River Valley suffered a 64-44 setback at home to Marion Harding […]