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OHSAA Announces 2025 Football Divisions and Regions, East Knox back to Division Six

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the new divisional breakdowns and playoff regions for 2025 football season. The 2025 divisions and regions are posted at: https://www.ohsaa.org/Sports-Tournaments/Football/Football-2025 2025 OHSAA Football – Report Showing All Schools (706) No schools in Divisions II through VII opted to move up to Division I. Twelve additional schools moved up a division due …

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Early surge fades as Owls’ season ends in semifinal

GRANVILLE, Ohio — The Kenyon College women’s lacrosse team battled back from an early deficit to take a lead in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Tournament semifinal, but the top-seeded Denison University Big Red pulled away in the second half to end Kenyon’s season. The Owls led 5-4 at the start of the second quarter, but the Big Red …

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OHSAA Basketball State Tournaments Returning to Traditional Final Four

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Next March, the Ohio High School Athletic Association girls and boys basketball state tournaments will return to the traditional format of the Final Four, with all state semifinalists converging in the same area in one weekend for the state tournament. The University of Dayton Arena will continue to host all seven state championship games, along with several semifinal …

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Lady Cougars Keep Season Alive with Win over Maple Leafs  

UPLAND, Ind. — The Mount Vernon Nazarene University softball team (27-19, 19-17 CL) competed in the first day of the Crossroads League Softball Tournament against Goshen College (18-28, 14-22 CL), hosted by Taylor University on Tuesday, April 29.   MVNU entered the elimination game as the sixth seed against the seventh-seeded Maple Leafs.   Goshen struck first, taking a 2-0 lead in the …

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OHSAA Announces Golf, Girls Tennis, Soccer and Girls Volleyball Tournament Divisions  

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the new divisional breakdowns for the upcoming fall sports of golf, girls tennis, soccer and girls volleyball. The divisions and regional assignments for football will be announced on Thursday. The divisions for cross country were announced last Thursday. Earlier this month, schools were given the opportunity to move up to …

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Moving Ohioans in the Future

Join us at one of 12 public open houses to discuss and give feedback on improving the safety and the condition, efficiency, and mobility of the transportation system to better move Ohioans where they need and want to go in the future. Your feedback will inform the state’s long-range, multi-modal transportation plan, Access Ohio 2050. Developed by the Ohio Department …

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Fighting Scots take two from Owls

GAMBIER, Ohio — In a Sunday make-up doubleheader, the Kenyon College Owls and The College of Wooster Fighting Scots battled for positioning in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) standings. The visiting Fighting Scots squeaked out a 2-0 win in game one and then rolled to a 15-1 win in game two. Those Sunday results dropped Kenyon’s overall record to …

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OHSAA Announces Cross Country Divisions and Contract with Obetz

COLUMBUS, Ohio – With cross country expanding to four divisions this fall, the Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the new divisional breakdowns, along with a new three-year contract with Fortress Obetz and Memorial Park to host three OHSAA cross country events each fall. Divisional breakdowns for the fall sports of golf, girls tennis, soccer and girls volleyball will be …

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Meister’s walk-off grand slam garners NCAC honor

CLEVELAND, Ohio — After one of the most clutch hits in the Kenyon College baseball season so far, Luke Meister made his way onto the North Coast Athletic Conference’s (NCAC) radar and earned Athlete of the Week honors. The award marked the second time in Meister’s career that he hauled in Athlete of the Week honors, with the fifth-year senior …

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Four Owls named to Hampshire Honor Society

IRVING, Texas – The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame announced Wednesday the names of those players who made the 2024-25 Hampshire Honor Society, a group of football student-athletes in their final year, from all collegiate divisions, who maintained a cumulative 3.2 grade point average or better throughout their collegiate careers.  Included on the prestigious list were Kenyon …

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