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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Prep Sports Media Association has announced the finalists for the 2025 Ohio Ms. Basketball Award. The winner will be announced next Wednesday, March 12. Voting is currently underway for the 226 registered OPSMA members and will end at noon on Monday, March 10. The voting process for OPSMA members is the same as that used to …

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association wrestling state tournament qualifiers and brackets are set for this week’s state tournament, which will be hosted at the Jerome Schottenstein Center on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It marks the OHSAA’s 88th annual wrestling state tournament for boys and third annual for girls. More than 66,000 fans attended the state tournament over …

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Following the conclusion of the ice hockey regional finals on Sunday, the Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the pairings and schedule for this week’s state tournament, hosted at Nationwide Arena. For the first time, the state semifinal pairings were determined after reseeding the regional champions, so that No. 1 will play No 4, and No. 2 …

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the pairings and host sites for this week’s girls basketball state semifinals. The winners will advance to the state championship games March 14-15 hosted at the University of Dayton Arena. Girls basketball tournament information and statewide brackets are available at: https://www.ohsaa.org/Sports-Tournaments/Basketball-Girls/Girls-Basketball-2024-25/2025-Girls-Basketball-State-Tournament 2025 OHSAA Girls Basketball State Semifinal Pairings Home team listed …

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Mount Vernon Nazarene University softball team (0-2) opened its 2025 season with a non-conference game against No. 22 Southeastern University (8-1) at Diamond Plex in Winter Haven, Florida on Thursday, February 27.  Game 1 Summary:   MVNU would fall in game one of the doubleheader by a final score of 1-9 in six innings. Kiera Mayer …

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Mount Vernon Nazarene University women’s basketball team (15-14) entered postseason play on Wednesday, February 26 at Marian University (23-6) in the Crossroads League Tournament Quarterfinals. No. 6 seeded MVNU got off to a slow start at No. 3 Marian, falling behind 0-9 in the early part of the first quarter. The Lady Cougars began to battle back …

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association will conduct state tournaments this week in girls gymnastics and girls and boys Division II bowling. It marks the 53rd state tournament for gymnastics and the 19th for bowling. The OHSAA swimming and diving state tournament wrapped up Saturday evening at C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton. Congratulations to team state champions Shaker …

Ohio Cardinal ConferenceAll Conference Girls Basketball 2024-2025 Player of the Year Kennedy Lacey Soph. AshlandCoach of the Year Renee Holt Ashland 1st Team 2nd TeamMakaree Chapman Sr. Lexington Tatum Stover Jr. LexingtonBrooke Ritchie Jr. Wooster Briar Cline Jr. West HolmesAveona Yoder Sr. West Holmes Ava Riesen Sr. New PhilaMadison Hoffman Jr. Ashland Morgan Cook Jr. MadisonCamryn Cox Jr. Ashland Annaleise …

Ohio Cardinal ConferenceAll Conference Boys Basketball 2024-2025 Player of the Year Kyevi Roane Sr. MansfieldCoach of the Year Scott Hamilton Lexington 1st Team 2nd TeamBrady Bowen Sr. Wooster Kaylen Brooks Frosh MansfieldPaxton Ediger Jr. Ashland Gavin Husty Sr. LexingtonSeven Allen Jr. Lexington Reid Wells Jr. New PhilaJoe Caudill Jr. Lexington Rashad Reed Jr. MansfieldGabe Baith Jr. Ashland Nate Bernhard Jr. …

Centerburg came into the nightcap of four games at ODU Saturday with 21 wins and confidence heading into their second straight District Final but once again the Lady Trojans fell shy of their goal by losing to Newark Catholic 40-33. For the Green Wave it’s their second straight District Championship. Kayla Larimore got things started right for Centerburg with a …