COLUMBUS — One of the more successful local squads at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium was Mineral Ridge, a team that mixed some prior state medalists with some fresh faces. Four Rams found themselves on the podium throughout the weekend, while Mineral Ridge had representation in eight events ...
COLUMBUS — Maplewood is one of those programs that always finds itself amongst the chaos of state track. With experience aplenty on their relays, the opportunity to find hardware was there. They started off the Division III boys meet on the right foot, earning bronze in the 4x800-meter ...
COLUMBUS — Something much more challenging than winning an individual state title is hoisting the trophy as a team. A team title in track represents the sum of its parts, and a very deep Blue Devils team found itself taking some precious hardware back to McDonald on Saturday. ...
COLUMBUS — The short sprints are always intense since so much can go well or wrong with the slightest movement or variable. It’s a challenge that Chalker junior Ethan Bosch has taken head on with confidence throughout the postseason. Now for the first time in program history, the ...
AKRON — As Boardman senior pitcher Tori Strines started to speak at the OHSAA’s postgame press conference, she struggled to hold back tears. The realization that her and the rest of the Boardman seniors’ high school softball careers were over had started to set in after the Spartans’ ...
COLUMBUS — It may have been humid, the sun may have come and gone, and naturally – there was a weather delay – but an army of Mahoning Valley athletes converged to Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium for the opening day of the OHSAA State Track and Field Championships on Friday. Most of the ...