COLUMBUS — Hubbard’s Markel Hackwelder had a pretty simple thought process going into the 2026 OHSAA state wrestling tournament. “I came into this just knowing, if I win, I place; if I lose, I get to eat faster,” Hackwelder said Friday. Mostly fortunately for him, Hackwelder had to ...

Last season, the McDonald baseball team won its first district championship since 1997. And the Blue Devils don’t plan on waiting nearly 30 years to do it again. Returning all but one player from last season’s group, the Blue Devils are poised to make a return trip. McDonald coach Andy ...

COLUMBUS — Sometimes, it’s just not your match. If he did not know that beforehand, South Range sophomore Ralph “Ralphie” Stellato certainly did after his 106-pound, first-round match at the OHSAA state wrestling tournament on Friday. Stellato, as Raiders head coach Frank Giordano, ...

COLUMBUS — This time last year, Mya Quarles was doing just about anything to be around wrestling except what she wanted to do: actually wrestling. As a junior, Quarles could only get as close as matside to watch as her teammates experienced the joys and disappointments of the sport. She ...

COLUMBUS — The 2026 OHSAA state wrestling tournament did not go the way either Ella Thomas or Gabe Miller wanted. A year ago, both were almost as high on the podium as possible. Thomas, a sophomore, improved upon her fourth-place finish in the girls 100-pound weight class as a freshman by ...

COLUMBUS — Three area athletes – South Range’s Tyson Seesholtz, Austintown Fitch’s Reghan Koch and West Branch’s Beau Nezbeth – came up short Sunday in the OHSAA state wrestling tournament finals. Each of the wrestlers had won their first three matches of the weekend to earn a ...