Last season, Maplewood put the area on notice. Adding 10 wins to its win total from the year prior, the Rockets finished the season with a 21-5 mark and a runner-up finish in both the league and district. Returning nine letterwinners from last year, including star sophomore duo Addison Marker ...

BOARDMAN — In 2025, the Boardman softball team surprised many around the area with the program’s best season in more than 20 years. The Spartans earned a share of the vaunted All-American Conference title, won their first district title since 2011 and earned their first regional ...

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 ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Bruce Thornton arrived at Ohio State with the Buckeyes fresh off a fourth trip to the NCAA Tournament in five years. He’s only now, as a senior, getting to play in March Madness. “I think Bruce is everything that’s right about college basketball,” coach Jake ...

Wisconsin guard Nick Boyd’s NCAA Tournament experiences have run the gamut at his previous schools. Boyd reached the Final Four with Florida Atlantic in 2023, endured an overtime loss in the round of 64 with the Owls a year later and then lost in the First Four with San Diego State last ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Sean Walker scored with 28.3 seconds left in overtime as the Carolina Hurricanes beat Pittsburgh 6-5 on Wednesday night, spoiling Sidney Crosby’s return to the Penguins’ lineup. Jackson Blake had a goal and two assists, Logan Stankoven, Taylor Hall and Walker each had a ...