Upper’s Vent, Winslow repeat top All-Northern 10 honors For the second straight year, Upper Sandusky’s Wes Vent was player of the year and Jeff Winslow was coach of the year on the All-Northern 10 Athletic Conference boys basketball team released Monday. Vent, a senior forward, led the N10 in scoring at 19.8 points per game, ranked fourth in rebounding at 7.1 per game, was fourth in steals at 2.1 per game and finished eighth in assists with an average of 3.5 per game. Read More
Elida holds off Upper Sandusky, 58-53, for district title ADA — Upper Sandusky is familiar with displays of great outside shooting, but normally it is the Rams putting on the show. On Saturday afternoon, Elida used a 10-of-16 performance from beyond the arc to overcome 21 turnovers and knock off the Rams, 58-53, in the Division II district final at the Ohio Northern University Sports Complex. Read More
Freshman May takes 6th place COLUMBUS — Tanner May ended his freshman season with three straight losses in the state tournament, but his two championship bracket wins were good enough to finish sixth at 182 pounds. Saturday, May faced a familiar opponent in the consolation finals after dropping down with a loss against two-time champ and eventual runner-up James Handwerk in the championship semis Friday night. Read More
Senior Draper finishes 4th COLUMBUS — It ended in surprising fashion. One second, Cole Draper, three-time state placer, appeared to be riding out a narrow victory in the final match of his career. Read More
Upper’s Vent, Riverdale’s Holderman earn 1st-team district honors Upper Sandusky’s Wes Vent and Riverdale’s Sydney Holderman were first-team All-Northwest District selections on teams released by The Associated Press on Thursday evening. Vent received the honor in boys Division II, while Holderman was picked in girls Division III. Read More
Draper becomes 3-time All Ohioan COLUMBUS — Cole Draper could not beat the three-time champ, but he is assured of placing for a third time. The Mohawk senior lost by technical fall, 23-7, to Mechanicsburg’s Kaleb Romero on Friday morning before recovering with an 8-3 victory over Christian Blank in the consolation bracket to get to the podium. Read More
May makes semis, locks up place in 182’s top 6 COLUMBUS — Tanner May felt his opponent’s weight and made his move. The Carey freshman broke a 1-1 tie with a takedown in the final 15 seconds of his Division III 182-pound championship quarterfinal against Versailles’ Jerome Bey on Friday morning at the state wrestling tournament in the Schottenstein Center at Ohio State University. Read More
Racheter loses 3-2 to fall short of placing COLUMBUS — Carey’s Jonathon Racheter lost his only match Friday, but the state tournament experience was not lost on him. Racheter dropped a 3-2 decision to Patrick Henry’s Kent Petersen in the consolation quarterfinals of the 220-pound weight class in Division II. Read More
Friday unkind to Clary for 2nd straight year COLUMBUS — At one point Friday morning, it looked as though Upper Sandusky’s Noah Clary could have unseated one of the top wrestlers in his weight class. Read More
Clary dominates 1st match COLUMBUS — Noah Clary was about as dominant as he could have been in a match that went into the third period. Up 18-3 after a third-period takedown, Clary held on for a pin in 4:19 over Unioto’s Ben Davenport in the preliminary round of the state tournament at the Schottenstein Center at Ohio State on Thursday. Read More