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Richland County Spring Postseason Tracker: Tournament season about to pick up
MANSFIELD — Welcome to your home for Richland County high school spring postseason results. Over the course of the spring tournaments, results will be uploaded here so be sure to check back daily for all of the latest. Let's get into it. BASEBALL TOURNEY TRAIL: Tourney Trail: Who, when and where will Richland County...
Softball Recap: Mapleton has no trouble against South Central
Mapleton stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the South Central Trojans with a sharp 14-1 victory. That's more bragging rights for Mapleton, who also won the pair's last head-to-head. For South Central's part, they saw two different players step up...
Ready to pounce: Durbin is base-running her way into Crestview softball record books
OLIVESBURG — A cougar's prey never sees it coming. They silently stalk their prey waiting for the perfect time to strike studying every single move along the way. They show patience, but are calculated and strategic. And they almost never attack unless it is 100% certain of success. It...
FLY LIKE AN EAGLE: Dalton alum key player for Ashland U’s STUNT team
There are players, teams, quarters, levels and even coin tosses – but after that, STUNT is a sport and game all its own. Highly competitive with some athletic components from cheerleading and a focus on stunting and tumbling, the rapidly growing sport continues to gain traction. Meanwhile, the players seem to be in the air more than on the ground as they are light on their feet defying gravity with flips, pyramids, jumps and tosses. Flexibility, strength, quick thinking, attention to detail and teamwork all go into the sport.
'Baseball is more than a game': Clear Fork uses superhero band-aids to build bond with past and future Colts
BELLVILLE — It started out as a simple way to honor a brother. And now, it has taken on a life of it's own. If you happen to just catch a glance at a Clear Fork baseball player's cap, you won't notice much. A really cool green horseshoe logo on the front, a...
Tourney tune-up: Madison, Clear Fork help each other prepare for big weeks ahead as Rams win
MADISON TOWNSHIP — If both teams could have somehow come away with a win Monday night, they would have gotten exactly what they wanted from a matchup of two great Richland County softball teams. But, the game is played until there is a winner and a loser and the Madison Rams knocked off the Clear Fork Colts 7-5 in a tournament tune-up game for each squad. The Rams kick off their quest for a Division I district...
READER'S CHOICE: MNJ Female Athlete of the Week
MANSFIELD — It's time to make your vote count. Voting for the Mansfield News Journal Female Athlete of the Week is now open. DOWN TO THE WIRE:Which two teams are most likely to win Richland County Softball Power Poll title next week?. *Ontario’s Eden Howard had three RBIs and...
Crestview’s Bolin is Park National Bank Athlete of the Month for April
OLIVESBURG – It must have felt to Wade Bolin as if he had to keep hitting the pause button on his repeated attempts at greatness. Now, the Crestview High School senior is firing through his final, record-setting track and field season as if he’s competing in fast-forward. After...
Richland County basketball teams learn OHSAA division assignment after expansion
COLUMBUS — Richland County boys and girls basketball teams are on the move. The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced its division assignments for winter sports which includes an expansion from four divisions to seven in high school basketball starting with the 2024-25 season. Let's find out which division...
Arrows to open postseason at home
ASHLAND — The Arrows will open the postseason at home. Ashland (13-6) earned the No. 7 seed in Sunday’s Division I Bowling Green district tournament draw and will host No. 12 Toledo St. John’s (6-16) in a sectional championship game at 5 p.m. May 15. A win...
Huff-N-Puffers senior softball season starts May 29 at Brookside Park
The Ashland Fast-pitch Chapter of the Huff-N-Puffers Senior Softball Organization is set to begin its 17th season of play Wednesday, May 29, at Brookside Park. Doubleheader games begin after Memorial Day and are played every Wednesday through Labor Day. Division II plays at 4:45 p.m. and Division I (most competitive)...
Baseball Game Preview: Loudonville Heads Out
The Loudonville Redbirds will head out on the road to square off against the Lucas Cubs at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches. Loudonville took a loss when they played away from home back in April, but their home...
Girls Track Notebook: Loudonville's Shultz pushing herself to new heights
Leading the pack is hard enough, but Loudonville’s Tess Schultz has made a habit of it. After a breakout season in 2023, which ended in an All-Ohio finish in the 1,600-meter run, the junior has wasted little time this spring getting back to that late-season form. Schultz clocked an...
Highland captures at least a piece of 3rd straight MOAC baseball championship
MARENGO — The Fighting Scots defended their Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference title. Kort Sears tossed a complete game five-hitter as Highland knocked off Ontario 3-0 Tuesday at Highland. The Scots (21-2, 10-2) clinched at least a share of the MOAC championship. Highland has a two-game lead in the loss column...
Collene the catalyst: Home run blows game open for Buckettes in sectional win against Flames
MANSFIELD - It took No. 8 Buckeye Central a couple innings to figure out No. 5 Mansfield Christian's Bailee Nelson in the circle. But once the Buckettes did, the bats came alive resulting in an impressive 16-0 win in five innings of a Division IV sectional semifinal. "The pitcher wasn't bad, she had some...
Ashland County Athlete of the Week Poll: April 29-May 4
Vote now for the candidates in the Ashland Times-Gazette Athlete of the Week poll. The performances in the poll are from April 29 to May 4. The poll will run from 10 a.m. Monday to 10 a.m. Wednesday. Winners will be announced at the end of the week. Below are...
Ashland County Baseball Power Rankings: Top four teams keep steady as postseason looms
There wasn't much movement in this week's baseball power rankings, with the top four teams remaining the same, but the order flipped just a little bit. With one more week until the postseason starts, let's look and see where each team in Ashland County stands. 9. New London (3-14-1) The...
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