Youth was served when the Ohio High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association unveiled the All-Ohio teams recently.
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Madison rebounds from heartbreaking 2025 Elite 8 loss to reach state softball semifinals
The Phoenix rises from its own ashes in Greek mythology. The Madison softball team can relate.
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Madison closing school buildings for Friday’s girls state softball semifinal game
MADISON TOWNSHIP — As a result of the Madison girls’ softball team playing in the state tournament on Friday, June 5 at 10 a.m. in Akron, all Madison Local School District buildings will be closed on Friday, June 5 with the exception of the Madison Early Childhood Learning Center, which will operate as normal. The […]
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Madison claims regional championship to earn state softball tournament bid
ASHLAND — Not since the salad days of softball superstar Sunny Litteral have the Madison Rams reached the state tournament. That was 31 years ago, in the spring of 1995 with coach Mike Leeper leading the charge featuring Litteral, the future four-time Ashland University All-American bolstering the meat of the batting order. The cast of […]
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Rams rough up Ontario, advance to Elite Eight
Madison advanced to the Elite Eight for a second straight season with a 7-0 win over Ontario in the Division III regional semifinal at Ashland University’s Deb Miller Field on Wednesday.
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Slugfest: Ontario belts three more homers in 11-9 win over Lexington
WILLARD — The Ontario bomb squad was at it again. The second-seeded Warriors belted three more home runs and held on for an entertaining 11-9 win over No. 3-seed Lexington in the nightcap of a Division III district semifinal doubleheader Thursday at the Willard Sports Complex. Ontario (21-6) has launched a single season-record 44 home […]
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Madison knocks off top-seeded Shelby in Division III district semifinals
Madison jumped out to an early lead and cruised to a 5-1 win over top-seeded Shelby in a Division III district semifinal game Thursday.
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Shelby earns top seed in Division III tournament softball draw
SHELBY — A rugged girls softball tournament trail awaits top-seeded Shelby. The Whippets (18-4) earned the No. 1 seed at Sunday’s Division III tournament draw and will host Ashland (5-10) in the sectional final at 5 p.m. May 14. The winner will meet No. 4 seed Madison (10-9-1) at 4 p.m. May 21 in the […]
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Ashland’s Lang having big season for Ohio State softball
COLUMBUS – If Hailey Lang wasn’t born to be a hitter, she would have stopped doing it by now. Judging by her numbers this spring as the starting catcher at Ohio State, there might be no end in sight. “I’ve worked forever for this,” said Lang, a 2023 Ashland High School graduate. “Ever since I […]
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Ontario belts 3 home runs to pound Galion for 9th straight win
ONTARIO — The Warriors unloaded Thursday night. Elie Dawson, Sophie Schuster and Morgan Pearson all belted home runs as Ontario cruised to a run rule-shortened 15-4 win over Galion in Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference girls softball action. The win was the ninth in a row for the Warriors (9-2, 4-2). Dawson hit a two-run homer in […]
