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WCAL Track: Smithville snaps Norwayne's streak
DALTON — Over the course of her career, Maddy Lengacher has her share of trips to the state meet, even collecting an All-Ohio medal this past season. But the senior and her Smithville teammates experienced a first on Saturday — a Wayne County Athletic League Championship. Behind their...
Trey Jacobs Adds Name To Fremont Winners List
FREMONT, Ohio — Trey Jacobs added his name to the family win list at Fremont Speedway Presented by Gill Construction on Saturday night. He joins his father Dean, Uncle Kenny and Cousin Lee to have won sprint car features at “The Track That Action Built.”. The Wooster, Ohio...
WCAL Track: Morlock leads Norwayne to win despite tough conditions
DALTON — Not even Mother Nature could stop Dillon Morlock — or Norwayne’s boys track team — Saturday at the Wayne County Athletic League Championships. Less that 24 hours after resetting his personal (and area-best mark) in the shot put, Morlock was back in the ring, this time in a rain storm that went from a steady drizzle to a torrential downpour. ...
Softball Recap: Mapleton picks up tenth straight win at home
Mapleton entered their tilt with Dalton with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They skirted past the Dalton Bulldogs 5-4. For Dalton's part, Ava Fivecoat was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: she struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and three unearned) runs off six hits (and only one walk). Fivecoat has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than six innings in nine consecutive pitching appearances.
Sectional Tennis Recap: Five Wayne/Holmes players advance to district stage
Triway's Paul Self was more than determined to get back to the district tournament. No matter how long it took. The senior won a marathon semifinal match en route to a runner-up finish at the Wooster Division II Sectional Tournament, held this past week at the College of Wooster. Self...
Bates Scholarship: Nolan Frame was part of something 'special' at Rittman
The reality of high school sports is that some athletes can go four years and not see their hard work pay off with wins on the field. Nolan Frame spent three years putting in the work while not seeing many of those wins. And then 2023 arrived. Frame was part of a...
Track Conference Championships: Orrville boys runner-up in PAC
Four event victories paced Orrville’s boys track team to a runner-up finish Thursday at the Principals Athletic Conference Championships. Led by two wins from thrower Talon Beichler and first-place finishes by Caden Race and Owen Lacy, the Red Riders compiled 137 points to finish off the pace of CVCA (144). Tuslaw (50) tied for fifth with Canton South and Triway (43) took seventh. ...
Dominate Strasburg softball continues postseason run with mercy-rule win over Beallsville
STRASBURG — The domination tour continues for the reigning Division IV state softball champion Strasburg. The No. 1-seeded Tigers easily repeated as a sectional champion Friday, rolling to a 12-0 win stopped after the top of the fifth inning against the Beallsville Blue Devils at Franklin Park. Just how dominant has Strasburg been on...
Baseball Recap: Sam Russell leads Waterloo to victory over Chippewa
Waterloo came into Friday's game having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They had just enough and edged the Chippewa Chipps out 11-10. This was payback for Waterloo, who suffered a 9-5 defeat the last time these two teams met. Sam Russell was excellent, scoring...
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