The Ohio High School Athletic Association on Sunday afternoon announced the boys’ state tournament Final 4 in seven divisions.
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History: Harding becomes Galion’s first 4-time wrestling state placer
COLUMBUS — It wasn’t the win Gradey Harding coveted. But Galion’s senior 132-pounder capped his high school career with a victory. Harding cruised to a 13-3 win over Hubbard’s Markel Hackwelder in the fifth-place match during the final day of the state tournament Sunday morning. Below are photos from the final day of the state […]
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Gold Rush: Three area wrestlers headed to state finals
COLUMBUS — Ontario’s Aiden Ohl, Galion’s Carter Trukovich and Clear Fork’s Anthony Oscar are all chasing history. All three will wrestle for state championships Sunday evening inside the Schottenstein Center after winning semifinal matches Saturday night. Ohl will look to carry on the family legacy, joining his father, Monty, and uncle, Perry as Ontario state […]
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Iron Sharpens Iron: State-bound Galion wrestlers push each other to new heights
GALION — The wrestling room at Galion High School isn’t a place for the faint of heart — and that’s just how Ryder Alberty likes it. The 138-pound senior is one of four Tigers who qualified for this week’s Division II state tournament. Projected state finalist Carter Trukovich (126), projected state champ Gradey Harding (132) […]
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Battling adversity: Loudonville’s Shultz caps challenging season with pair of state podium finishes
COLUMBUS — Considering all she has been through, Tess Shultz deserved a day like Saturday. Loudonville’s senior distance ace, Shultz placed fourth in the 1,600 and sixth in the 3,200 during the final day of the Division III state meet at Ohio State’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. “This has been one of my better meets […]
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Lexington takes runner-up honors at Division I state track championship
COLUMBUS — The stars may have aligned for Lexington over the weekend, but don’t sell these Minutemen short. The way Denise Benson sees it, fortune favors the prepared. Lex followed Friday’s state championship in the 4×800 relay with a record-setting Saturday and rode it to a runner-up finish in the Division I team standings during […]
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Ontario girls 4×400 relay team captures state championship
COLUMBUS — Audrey Mahon wasn’t going to be denied. Ontario’s 4×400 relay team anchor runner, Mahon out-dueled Dayton Oakwood’s Katherine Erwin as the Warriors won a Division II state championship Saturday afternoon at sun-splashed Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium at Ohio State University. Ontario finished in 3 minutes, 52.39 seconds. Oakwood was second in 3:52.63. “We […]
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Shelby’s Henkel overcomes shaky start to win Division II state long jump title
COLUMBUS — As she stepped onto the runway for her third and final preliminary flight attempt, Madison Henkel closed her eyes, took a deep breath and steeled her nerves. Shelby’s junior long jumper fouled on her first two attempts during the final day of the Division II state track and field championships inside Ohio State’s […]
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Top of the Class: Mount Vernon’s Taylor is North Central Ohio Wrestler of Year
MOUNT VERNON — Alex Taylor smashed down the door at the Division I state tournament. There’s no telling what Mount Vernon’s state champion heavyweight will do once he puts on a few pounds. The newly-crowned North Central Ohio Wrestler of the Year, Taylor became Mount Vernon’s first boys state champ when he beat Massillon Perry’s […]
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Galion’s Harding one win from elusive state title
COLUMBUS — As he left the mat following Saturday’s state semifinal victory, Galion’s Gradey Harding had a simple message for coach Brent Tyrrell. “One more,” Harding said matter-of-factly as he confidently strode down the tunnel and into the bowels of Ohio State’s Schottenstein Center. For the second straight year, Harding will wrestle in a state […]