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High School Sports

South Range’s Stellato overcomes familiar foe during state tournament

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, ...

Fitch’s Quarles recovers to earn podium finish at state

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 ...

Poland’s Thomas, Canfield’s Miller battle through injuries

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 ...

Seesholtz, Nezbeth and Koch punch tickets to state wrestling finals

COLUMBUS — Three area athletes will enter OHSAA state wrestling tournament’s third and final day with a chance to leave the Schottenstein Center state champions. After winning their first and only match Friday, South Range’s Tyson Seesholtz, West Branch’s Beau Nezbeth and Austintown ...