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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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Toledo Central Catholic rolls Avon Lake as Jeremiah Fuller shines with three first-half touchdowns
TOLEDO, Ohio — Jeremiah Fuller wasted no time making a statement Friday night at Gallagher Stadium. The Toledo Central Catholic senior running back returned the opening kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown, setting the tone for a dominant 35-7 victory over Avon Lake in the second round of the Division II, Region 6 playoffs.
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The Scoop - November 2, 2026
Lima Senior High's 1996 State Football Champions reminisce at Rotary. On November 30, 1996, Lima Senior High School defeated five-time defending state champion Cleveland St. Ignatius, 38-30 to win the Division 1 state football championship - the first state title in school history. Monday at Rotary, linebacker coach Frank Crea and players Jim Morris, Jair Torres and Jim Barker reminisced about the game. The Spartans capped a 13-1 season and a 12-game winning streak, overcoming an early 10-0 and 16-3 deficit in the title game to seal the win in the fourth quarter. lima Senior finished the year ranked 13th in the USA Today Super 25 national rankings - the school's first=ever appearance in the national poll.
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UT to complete Swan Creek project with Great Lakes Commission grant
The University of Toledo has received another $897,557 from the Ann Arbor-based Great Lakes Commission to finish a nearly $1.2 million restoration project along Swan Creek on land the university owns north of its Health Science campus. University officials said crews will soon begin clearing trees and building an access route to reach 1,700 linear feet of the creek. The route runs through the property of neighboring ALRO Steel, which has granted access. Work along that section of Swan Creek began in 2023 after the commission allocated $242,000. The project is a small part of a much larger effort to restore the Maumee River, the Ottawa River, Swan Creek, and other Toledo-area waterways as part of a U.S.-Canada agreement made in 1987 to improve 43 areas of concern across the Great Lakes region.
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H.S. Football Playoffs: Firelands can't keep up with No. 2 seed Shelby
SHELBY — It was a special week for Firelands as it prepared to play in Week 12 for the first time in school history. Unfortunately for the Falcons, when they arrived in Shelby it was quickly apparent the Whippets were top dog. No. 2 seed Shelby (11-0) scored early...
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High school volleyball: Gilmour vs. Lima Shawnee Division III regional semifinal preview capsule
Gilmour’s path: Defeated Harvey 3-0, def. Bedford 3-0, def. Westlake 3-0 Lima Shawnee’s path: Defeated Lima Senior 3-0, def. Wapakoneta 3-0, def. Ashland 3-1 On Deck: The winner will play the winner of Padua vs Oregon Clay in a D-III regional final on Nov. 7. For the record:...
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ONU Law Mock Trial Teams Head to Cleveland for National Case Classic Competition
Ohio Northern University‘s nationally ranked Law Mock Trial Team is heading to Cleveland this weekend to compete in the Case Classic. That is a national competition that invites law schools from across the country to apply and compete. ONU Law is sending two teams of four advocates, and each...
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Toledo Public Schools levy passes at the ballot box
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Voters approved the Toledo Public Schools levy on the November ballot. The 6.9 mills property tax levy, Issue 9, is expected to generate more than $22 million annually to cover current expenses and help fund a transformation plan for the district. The levy would cost the...
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Editorial: Quit passing the buck, TPS
A parent of a special needs child in Toledo Public Schools shouldn’t have to go to a Toledo school board meeting to complain about service. Instead of getting the attention to her child’s needs, Katie Mattimoe Heffernan was told that the teachers union and the school district’s human resources department are working to “expedite getting paraprofessionals in the needed position.” Read more Blade editorials The fact that the parent felt the need to take her concern to the full board suggests more emphasis is needed for the “expedite” part. Ms. Heffernan is concerned that her child at Beverly Elementary School, who has Down syndrome, is being ignored in the classroom. Ms. Heffernan was forced to reveal in public personal issues involving her daughter that she should not have been required to complain about to the board. This was reported last Wednesday by The Blade’s Eric Taunton. The problem, as Ms. Heffernan sees it, is that Beverly has only one assigned building-wide paraprofessional. This was her second time bringing this issue to the board. A similar response was given to her on Sept. 22. At that time, the board had 244 paraprofessionals, but 43 vacant positions. “To date, my daughter has