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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association released the first official football computer ratings on Tuesday. The weekly ratings report will be released each Tuesday for the remainer of the season, leading up to the final report on Sunday, October 26. The top 12 in each region will qualify for the playoffs, with the top four seeds getting a …

MEADVILLE, Pa. — In just the second tournament in program history, the Kenyon College women’s golf team has its first medalist. Monday, first-year Sasha Belova finished atop a field of 49 golfers and led the Owls to a third-place team finish in Allegheny College’s Guy and Jeanne Kuhn Memorial Invitational. Belova played the first round of the two-round tournament at …

COLUMBUS, Ohio — It took eight games and a little more than 708 minutes of playing time, but the Kenyon College women’s soccer team finally yielded its first goal of the 2025 season. Sunday, on the turf at Bernlohr Stadium at Capital University, the Owls allowed a goal in the 79th minute, which gave way for the host Comets to …

NEW CONCORD, Ohio — The back line of the Muskingum University volleyball team made all the difference while the host Fighting Muskies dealt the visiting Kenyon College Owls a 25-12, 25-14, 25-12 non-conference defeat Wednesday night at Performance Court. Kenyon, now with a 1-9 record, threw a total of 101 attack attempts at the Fighting Muskies, who responded with 64 …

JACKSON, Mich. – Junior outside hitter, Libby Evanshine, was voted as the Crossroads League Attacker of the Week on Monday, September 8.   Evanshine led MVNU’s No. 15 women’s volleyball to a 3-1 win on Saturday, September 6 against No. 22 Taylor University. Evanshine’s strong performance helped MVNU improve its winning record to 8-4 overall and get its first conference win.  Evanshine had …

GAMBIER, Ohio — For the first time since 1994, the Kenyon College women’s soccer team owns a 3-0-0 record through its first three games of the season. Wednesday afternoon, the host Owls, in their home-opening game, notched that third win by blitzing the visiting Thiel College Tomcats, 9-0. The win was the third straight via shutout for Kenyon and it …

 Week 1 of the 2025 high school football season is in the books. Football players from all over Ohio put up some amazing performances on opening night of the season. Here, the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association compiles the best of the best with the OPSMA High School Football Notebook. Let’s take a look. -Shelby’s Brayden DeVito was at it …

CLEVELAND — Coaches cast their ballots earlier this week and the North Coast Athletic Conference released Thursday its 2025 preseason poll for field hockey. Within the 10-team standings, the Kenyon College Owls were predicted to finish fourth. That fourth-place position was up one spot from the team’s fifth-place finish one season ago. The 2024 Owls were 10-6 overall and 6-4 …

GAMBIER, Ohio – The North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) announced its 2025 men’s soccer preseason coaches’ poll Tuesday afternoon, with Kenyon College earning the No. 2 spot in the ranking.  The Owls, who collected two first-place votes and tallied 71 points, trailed only Denison University, which secured six first-place nods and 78 points to top the poll. Kenyon sits ahead …

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association and its six District Athletic Boards have awarded $200,000 to 200 recent high school graduates as part of the OHSAA’s Scholar-Athlete Scholarship Program. In addition, the OHSAA has sent $1,250 to each member high school, a grand total of $1,020,000, to assist with items needed by each school’s athletic department. The money …