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2023 Girls Basketball Regional Tournament Pairings

Dates, Locations and Times Subject to Change Home Team Listed First All tickets available at www.OHSAA.org/tickets Division I Region 1 Solon (22-4) vs. Canton McKinley (22-4) at Medina High School, Tuesday, 6 p.m. Grafton Midview (21-4) vs. Akron Archbishop Hoban (16-9) at Medina High School, Tuesday, 8 p.m. Regional Final: at Medina High School, Saturday, 7 p.m. Region 2  Fremont Ross …

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RUDIS Named First Title Sponsor of OHSAA Wrestling State Tournament   

Ohio, RUDIS is the leading provider of men’s and women’s wrestling shoes, custom team uniforms and gear in the country. The partnership with RUDIS also coincides with the inclusion of the inaugural OHSAA girls wrestling state tournament, which will be held alongside the boys state tournament. In celebration, RUDIS will release an exclusive gear and apparel collection available for purchase …

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Nelson is perfect in Owls’ season-opening victory

GAMBIER, Ohio — Sophomore Thomas Nelson was perfect on face-off battles Wednesday and first-year David Chintala scored five goals, including the game-winner with 35 seconds left, as the Kenyon College men’s lacrosse team opened the 2023 season with a thrilling 11-10 home win against the Yellow Jackets of Baldwin Wallace University. Percentage-wise, Nelson tied an NCAA record by going a …

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OHSAA Boys Tennis State Tournament Shifts to Ohio State University

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced that its 2023 boys tennis state tournament will be held at Ohio State University’s Outdoor Varsity Tennis Center and Ty Tucker Tennis Center on Thursday, May 25 and Friday, May 26. Construction at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, home to the boys tennis state tournament since 2016, will …

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Owls’ quest ends in NCAC quarterfinal

DELAWARE, Ohio — The Kenyon College women’s basketball team, the No. 6 seed, outplayed Ohio Wesleyan University (16-10, 10-4 NCAC) through one quarter of the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Tournament quarterfinal bout, but the No. 3-seeded Battling Bishops finished the night with a 79-51 victory. Katie Orefice, the conference’s second-leading scorer, led the Owls in scoring in her final …

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Ewers Named WHAC Defender of the Week

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio. — Landon Ewers of the (RV) Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s volleyball team was named as the Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference Defender of the Week on Monday, February 20. Ewers was a force up front for the Cougars as he accumulated five solo blocks and 18 block assists on the week through four games. Ewers also had 45 kills …

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OHSAA Swimming and Diving State Tournament Qualifiers and Live Coverage

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association’s first winter state tournament will take place this week, as the swimming and diving state tournament will take place in Canton at C.T. Branin Natatorium, which has the largest spectator capacity of any natatorium in the state (1,700). In addition to the Division I and II state tournaments, there will also be …

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Mount Gilead sweeps Player of Year Honors in KMAC Hoops

The Knox Morrow Athletic Conference (KMAC) consisting of the Cardington,Centerburg, Danville, East Knox, Fredericktown, Mt Gilead, Northmor High Schools andMiddle Schools would like to announce the following All League award winners andteam champions. In addition, the KMAC recognizes one Senior from every school forevery sport as an All-Academic winner. The All-Academic winner must have a GPA ofat least 3.5. Girls …

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Owls add three titles on day two of NCAC Championship

GRANVILLE, Ohio — Coming off wins in both of the Owls’ events on day one of the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Championship, Bryan Fitzgerald, the 2022 NCAC Men’s Swimmer of the Year, helped the Kenyon College men’s swimming and diving team pick up where they left off. The senior won the night’s first event, the 500-yard freestyle, with a …

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Owls set program 4×400-meter relay record 

GRANVILLE, Ohio — The Kenyon College men’s indoor track and field team racked up 31 points and placed sixth Saturday at Denison University’s annual Bob Shannon Invitational. Included in Owls’ results was a record-setting run in the 4×400-meter relay. That relay, the last event of the day, saw the Kenyon team of Emmanuel Makelele, Tapiwa Gono Phiri, Julius Thompson and …

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