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Indians return to Victory Field, Prospects weekend kicks off Friday
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indians return to Victory Field Tuesday night for their 4th homestand of the season, hosting the Toledo Mud Hens. This 6 game series offers fans various activities to enjoy the ballgame. Bark in the Park kicks off Tuesday night. Prospects weekend, Native American Heritage night, and...
Six area teams advance to district tournaments
MADISON TOWNSHIP — A jump in division hasn’t derailed Madison’s postseason fortunes. The sixth-seeded Rams (19-5) will meet No. 5 Findlay in a Division I Bowling Green district semifinal game at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Bowling Green State University’s Merserve Field. Madison jumped up to Division...
Lenawee County Athlete of the Week for May 6-11
Lenawee County high school teams worked around a couple of rainy days to get in a full week of games with many standout performances. Voting for Lenawee County Athlete of the Week can be done at https://poll.fm/13754626. Here are the nominees: ...
Point Place Sports registers more than 100 kids during first round of free registrations
TOLEDO, Ohio — Scott Parker, a local father and grandfather, created Point Place Sports to give kids the opportunity to play sports without breaking their families' pockets. Parents cough up hundreds of dollars to give their kids these opportunities, but Parker wants his program to be different. The newest...
Sunday Chat with Evergreen graduate, national title coach Brooks Miller
Brooks Miller is still living his basketball dream, and back on March 16 it bordered on fantasy when his 13th-ranked, 29-4 Trine University men's basketball team of Angola, Ind., won the NCAA Division III national championship, beating top-ranked Hampden-Sydney College 69-61 in the title game in Fort Wayne, Ind. The 1999 Evergreen High School graduate, who just completed his 13th season as the Thunder head coach (226-116 record), guided Trine to six wins in the 64-team tournament and a title in its first NCAA tourney appearance. Trine entered the NCAA tourney as an at-large selection after losing to Hope College, 72-68 in overtime, in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association tournament final. Miller, 43, was named National Association of Basketball Coaches Division III national coach of the year, and received the Glenn Robinson Award as the nation's top NCAA Division III coach for 2023-24.
Oak Harbor boys, Otsego girls claim first NBC track and field titles
Oak Harbor’s boys and Otsego’s girls put together total team efforts to bring home new hardware from the Northern Buckeye Conference track and field championships. The Rockets won 10 events to run away with the boys team title in their first year in the league, while the Knights used their depth to win their first NBC girls crown on a windy Saturday at the Rossford Athletic Complex. “These athletes have done an amazing job trying to plan for this time of the season,” Oak Harbor coach Andy Augsburger said. “They’ve been training really hard, lifting really hard. I’ve been really, really happy with the way that they’ve been doing things.” Oak Harbor finished with 182.5 points, while Eastwood (119.5) and Lake (94) were second and third, respectively, in the boys team standings. Otsego’s girls won with 133 points to edge Eastwood (117) and Oak Harbor (112.33).
Bowling Green clinches outright MAC regular-season baseball title
YPSILANTI, Mich. — An 8-6 victory Sunday at Eastern Michigan gave the Bowling Green baseball team the Mid-American Conference regular-season title outright. The Falcons (29-18, 21-6 MAC) clinched their first regular-season conference title since 2009. They will be the No. 1 seed at the six-team conference tournament, slated for May 22-26 at Mercy Health Stadium in Avon, Ohio. “It’s been a long time coming for this program,” BGSU head coach Kyle Hallock said, making reference to the near-shutdown of the program in 2020. “When you think about four year ago, almost to the day, and where we’re at now, to send the seniors off as champions, it’s storybook. It’s fairy tale.” With one week remaining in the regular season, the six teams headed to Avon have been determined. Western Michigan, Ball State, Toledo, Kent State, and Miami (Ohio) will join top-seeded Bowling Green in the tournament field, with the second through sixth seeds yet to be settled.
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Alexa Faber (Swanton)
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