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Toledo and Bowling Green Turn Rivalry Into Food Drive for Student Pantry
The Battle of I-75 is usually fought on the field and in the stands. This month, the University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University are also fighting it at the food pantry donation bin — and students who rely on campus food assistance win either way. The University of Toledo Athletics Department announced Nov. […]
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Seneca East’s Ritzler captures fourth place in state cross country
OBETZ (Crawford County Now) — Seneca East sophomore Aubrey Ritzler capped off the season with a fourth-place finish at the state cross country meet at Fortress Obetz and Memorial Park Saturday afternoon. Ritzler’s time was 18:20.2 in the Division IV 5000-meter race and it was a personal best.
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High school boys soccer regionals: St. Francis heads to state for 1st time in 23 years
LIMA, Ohio — St. Francis de Sales soccer continued its magical season on Sunday with a 3-0 victory over Kings Mills Kings in a Division II regional final to clinch its first trip to state since 2003 at Lima Shawnee High School. It was the 17th shutout of the season put up by the Knights, who improved to 17-0-4 on the year with the win. Heitor Derlann had two of the St. Francis goals while Cayden Gordy banged in the other. Derlann made it 1-0 just three minutes into the game. That margin held until the 35:08 mark in the first half, when Gordy extended the lead to 2-0 which would be the halftime margin. Derlann’s second of the game with 13:39 remaining put it out of reach. St. Francis is set to take on Avon at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Clyde High School in a state semifinal. DIVISION IV WORTHINGTON CHRISTIAN 2, LIBERTY-BENTON 1 MARION, Ohio — Liberty-Benton let a first-half lead slip away in its loss to Worthington Christian. The Warriors secured the game-winning goal with 1:14 to play as Nolan Schoonover redirected a corner kick into the net. Trevor Gebhardt scored the Liberty-Benton goal with help of
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The Scott Stecher standard is brave new world for Woodmore football
You don't want to be the group that doesn't go 10-0. That's what assistant coach Seth Dufendock meant when he reminded Woodmore players that was now the standard. The departing seniors helped make sure of it, before a 28-0 setback to visiting Delta in the second round of the postseason in Division VI. Woodmore, which had never hosted a game in the playoffs, was unbeaten in the regular season for the first time since 1995 and second time in program history. It had a first-round bye after winning the Sandusky Bay Conference championship for the first league crown since 1997. High school football Woodmore football eliminated in second round of OHSAA postseason The Wildcats were 2-8 three years ago, before coach Scott Stecher's arrival. They were 5-5 and 7-4, including a postseason setback his first two seasons. The response from the community warms Stecher's heart. "It brought football back to a place where Friday nights here are a happening," he said. "This hasn't been done in 30 years — all this stuff. We want to keep it rolling." Stecher felt embraced from the start. He wasn't sure he'd get another chance at a program's helm, after his final year at
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No. 7 Tiffin Wrestling Takes Second, Wins Five Titles at Adrian
No. 7 Tiffin opened its 2026-27 wrestling season with a second-place finish at the Adrian Invitational, led by five individual champions. The Dragons scored 171.5 points, finishing behind Baldwin Wallace in a 17-team field. 171.5 team points. Second place among 17 teams. Five individual champions: Lane Thacker, Isaac Valdez, James...
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Malone Nabs Three All-Conference Bids at Championship Meet
TIFFIN, Ohio - The Malone University cross country team traveled to their first postseason race of the season in Tiffin, Ohio for the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Championships. The men placed fifth of 11 teams, while the women followed up placing eighth of 12 teams. The men were the...
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WBB drops season opener to Albion
TIFFIN, Ohio -- The Heidelberg University Women's Basketball team opened their 2026-27 campaign and the Jon Gin era at home against Albion College. The Student Princes lost a hard fought battle against the Britons, 54-48. "I am so proud of the way our girls battled for the full 40 minutes," said Gin, who took the reins of the program in the spring. "I hope we hold our heads high for how we played against a very good, well-coached Albion team."
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Northwest Ohio runners and teams bring home state cross country titles