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Galion 7th grader captures spelling bee over students from 4 counties
It was a clash of the titans. Arden McCoy, a 7th grader at Galion, and Felix Beeson, an 8th grader at Sacred Heart School in Shelby, squared off for the Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center Spelling Bee championship on Nov. 10 at MOESC after winning their respective bees to qualify. The spelling aces dueled for six more rounds after everyone else had been eliminated before McCoy prevailed with "chaperonage," which means the art, stage or practice of being a chaperone, in the 11th round. McCoy had a chance to win two rounds earlier after Beeson missed on "lackadaisical," but he misspelled "orthographize." In the 10th round, both missed their words to keep the bee going. McCoy correctly spelled "malleable," followed by Beeson slipping up on "quadrilateral," in the 11th round. The Galion student connected on "chaperonage" to end the drama. At first, McCoy seemed thrown off by the championship word, but as he did several times with other words, he worked his way through it. "I just winged it," he said of his approach to the bee, which is usually the tri-county bee with Richland, Crawford and Morrow counties. Spellers from Knox County competed as well this time. McCoy proudly stood
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Shelby Rallies Past Perkins 20-14 in Fourth Quarter to Stay Perfect
SHELBY, Ohio — For three quarters, the unbeaten season was slipping away. Shelby trailed Sandusky Perkins 14-7 entering the fourth quarter of its Division IV, Region 14 semifinal on Friday night, November 13 — and then, in the Mansfield News Journal’s account, the Whippets simply decided the season was not ending. Shelby scored twice in […]
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'The magic happens' in the offseason for Pleasant's Joey Dietsch
Joey Dietsch personifies cross country. It's largely a sport of self-made athletes. During his first varsity cross country race as a freshman, it took him more than 22 minutes to complete the course at Northmor. In the final race of his high school career, the Pleasant senior raced to the final All-Ohio spot in the Division III boys state meet at Fortress Obetz, running a 16:29.6. That's more than 5-and-a-half minutes cut over his career. "He’s the perfect example of somebody who has been consistent and disciplined over the last six years since he started running in middle school," Pleasant coach Beth Lichtenberger said. "He was part of the group that went to state his freshman year. He was runner No. 6 and this little guy running along with the bigger kids. He kept with it." The evolution of Joey Dietsch as a runner Back in 2023, Lichtenberger couldn't quite see what Dietsch would become, but that's okay because neither could he. "Honestly, going into high school, I didn’t have a sport in mind," he said. "I had done cross country prior to that and kind of stuck with that. I had no idea how good our team was that
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Marion Local Beats Minster Again, 27-9, Behind Griesdorn’s Four Scores
MARIA STEIN, Ohio — Even chaos bends toward the usual ending in Maria Stein. Marion Local fumbled the opening kickoff, survived five combined first-half turnovers and still beat Minster 27-9 on Friday night, November 13, at Booster Stadium in an OHSAA Division VII, Region 28 semifinal, according to Press Pros Magazine’s game report. The Mansfield […]
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Leipsic Stays Perfect, Beats Sycamore Mohawk 26-14 to Reach Region 26 Final
Leipsic stayed perfect Friday night, Nov. 13, beating Sycamore Mohawk 26-14 in an Ohio High School Athletic Association Division VII, Region 26 semifinal at Leipsic. The final score is listed in the Mansfield News Journal’s statewide regional-semifinal list, The Columbus Dispatch’s third-round scoreboard, High School On SI’s statewide finals and the Reflector’s Friday scores. Leipsic, […]
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Ontario’s Big Plays Beat St. Marys Memorial 38-21, Reach Regional Final
Ontario rode a night of big plays to a 38-21 win over St. Marys Memorial on Friday night, Nov. 13, in an Ohio High School Athletic Association Division III, Region 10 semifinal at Ontario. The final score is listed in the Mansfield News Journal’s statewide regional-semifinal list, The Columbus Dispatch’s scoreboard, High School On SI’s […]
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‘We’ll be ready to fight’: Olentangy Liberty, Big Walnut football prepare for familiar foes
DELAWARE — Grayson Davis was a mere inches away from giving the Olentangy Liberty football team its first win of the year. But linebackers Desmond Nelson and Howard Bates and the rest of the Gahanna defense thwarted what would have been a game-winning two-point conversion at the goal line.