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Ohio bill would ease high school athlete transfer rules
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WTVG) - A former Bowling Green strength coach awaits sentencing after a jury convicted him of raping multiple students. Now a state senator wants to change the law to help his victims transfer schools and play sports again right away. Zachary Gibson’s sentencing is scheduled for next week...
Step back in time for one-room schoolhouse recess at Zimmerman
BOWLING GREEN — Experience history firsthand at the School’s Out Bash from 1 to 4 p.m. June 1 at the Carter Historic Farm. Celebrate 100 years of school being at the Zimmerman schoolhouse with a marbles tournament, rope toss, hoops and sticks, and wagon rides. The Carter farm is a working farm and living-history cultural heritage center representing life on a Depression-era farm. The farm buildings are open from 1 to 4 p.m. Friday through Sunday. The farm grounds, woodlot trail, and restored wetland trail are open daily from 8 a.m. until 30 minutes past sunset. For more information, visit wcparks.org or call 419-353-1897.
New Haven tops Wayne to advance to sectional title game
New Haven took down Wayne 11-7 to move on to the Sectional 6 championship game on Monday. High School Baseball: Sectional Semifinal Roundup (5/25) The Homestead and New Haven baseball teams picked up wins to advance to the Sectional 6 championship game on Monday at Columbia City on Saturday afternoon.
Inaugural Haskins Honors brings together 10 best players in country for night of celebration
CARLSBAD, Calif. — There’s a new tradition in college golf. The Haskins Foundation and Stifel started the Haskins Honors, a celebration of the 10 best male college golfers in the country, for the first time last Wednesday night. The Haskins Award presented by Stifel is given to the best male player in college golf, and it’s the premier award in men’s college golf. And last week, the Haskins Award hosted the first Haskins Honors. The event was hosted at the Grand Blanc, up the hill from the first green at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa’s North Course, site of the 2024...
Elks donate to Buckeye Girls State
VAN WERT — Van Wert Elks Lodge 1197, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks recently donated $200 to American Legion Auxiliary Unit 178. The monies will be used to help sponsor a girl to Buckeye Girls State this summer. Buckeye Girls State, which is a vital part of the...
Bowling Green baseball advances to MAC semifinal for first time since 2013
AVON, Ohio — Bowling Green picked up its first Mid-American Conference baseball tournament win since 2015 thanks to a six-run sixth inning, which propelled the Falcons to an eight-run, 12-4 win over Miami at Crushers Stadium on Thursday. It was also the first time the Falcons have made the MAC semifinal since 2013. With the win, the No.1-seeded Falcons (33-18) advance and will face No. 2 Western Michigan, who blanked No. 3 Ball State 8-0 in the nightcap. The game is set for a 6 p.m. start on Friday with the winner advancing to the MAC Championship on Saturday. In the regular season, the Falcons were 1-2 against the Broncos.
BGSU eliminated from MAC baseball tournament with loss to Ball State
AVON, Ohio — A season full of records, wins, and excitement within the Bowling Green State University baseball community came to a tough end on Saturday. Top-seeded BGSU couldn’t maintain its strong start, and No. 3 Ball State did all of its damage offensively in the final six innings as the Cardinals doubled up the Falcons 10-5 in an elimination game in the Mid-American Conference tournament at Crushers Stadium in Avon. (Video credit: Mid-American Conference) BGSU, which won the MAC regular-season title with a program-record 24 wins that included a league-record 17-0 start, finished the season 33-20 after reaching its first MAC tournament since 2015 and first semifinal since 2013.
New library on wheels starts rolling across Wood County
BOWLING GREEN — As Lauren Canaday Johnson steered the new Wood County District Public Library bookmobile into the parking lot of a senior apartment complex this week, she didn’t realize she would change a life. A woman in her 60s with mobility issues, who is unable to get to the brick-and-mortar library, boarded the bookmobile, using the ramp. She checked out 32 books, said Ms. Johnson, who is the bookmobile and outreach supervisor. “She said it was like Christmas for her,” Ms. Johnson said. The bookmobile regularly stops at schools, daycares, senior living areas, apartment complexes, and tiny villages in Wood County, such as Tontogany and Rudolph. It covers places that aren’t near the Bowling Green or Walbridge branch libraries, and reaches people who can’t get to them, said Ken Frisch, library board president.
Dine in the 419: Fernando's
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - One margarita, two margaritas... Don’t forget the food at Fernando’s!. This gem of a family-run Mexican restaurant is in the heart of the quaint little town of Grand Rapids, Ohio. Husband and wife owners Fernando and Kim are celebrating their restaurant’s 20th anniversary in 2024!
Trentman hopes to continue Ottoville hurdles tradition
FOSTORIA – Last year, Ottoville’s Garrett Trentman watched his teammate Kellen Schlagbaum win the Division III state title in the 300-meter hurdles. Last year as a sophomore, Trentman was a state qualifier in the 300 hurdles, but did not make it to the finals. With Schlagbaum now graduated,...
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