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 ...
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 ...
BOYS VOLLEYBALL Howland 3, Berkshire 0 — The Tigers improved to 2-0 after winning 25-17, 25-22, 25-23. Wesley Fee had 11 kills and a pair of blocks for the Tigers. Evan Neely finished with 14 assists, eight points and two aces, and Carter Jones finished with 14 digs and 10 points. Philip Rullo added nine kills, a block and an ace.
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 ...
