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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the divisional breakdowns for the upcoming 2024 spring sports season and also several football updates for schools that have closed, combined or withdrawn from 11-player football. Football Division and Region Updates On September 10 each season, the OHSAA makes any needed updates to the football division and region assignments due …

GAMBIER, Ohio — The Kenyon Owls field hockey team entered its second home game of the year looking to even up its record Sunday against the Ferrum College Panthers. The Panthers were no match for the Owls, who started off hot en route to an 8-1 victory.  Following two very early shots from Kenyon junior Grace Lane, classmate Ella Haskins …

SYLVANIA, Ohio. – The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s soccer team (1-2-0) got its first win of the season on Wednesday, August 30. MVNU traveled to Lourdes University and came away with a 1-0 win thanks to a strong defensive showing and goal from fifth-year senior Keon Boney. Goal Recap: MVNU 1-0 (50:12) – Boney, assisted by Sam Hershey Inside the …

GAMBIER, Ohio — Winner of more national championships than any person in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) history, former swimming and diving coach Jim Steen will be inducted into the Kenyon College Athletics Hall of Fame during a two-day reunion on September 8-9. Steen began work at Kenyon in the 1975-76 academic year and, within five years, steered the men’s …

A wiffleball team made of mostly Knox County residents went to London Ohio to compete for the tournament this year. In game one of four round robin games the Sidewinders took on the Ohio Storm with players from Lucas, Shelby and Mansfield and the Sidewinders won 12-6 In game two the Sidewinders navigated a tough field and defeated the Red …

OCC School Inv 1 Inv 1 Inv 2 Inv 2 Inv 3 Inv 3 TotalBoys Golf Score Points Score Points Score PointsASHLAND ARROWS 333 3 3Reed Emmons 81 12.5 12.5Ryan Eberling 84 4.5 4.5Ty Bates 81 12.5 12.5Landon Dreibelbis 87 0 0Xavier Gehrisch 92 0 0Troy Taylor 97 0 0 LEXINGTON MINUTEMEN 336 2 2Griffin Hughes 82 9.5 9.5Jack Wyant …

On Friday August 11th, week one of the Spearman Financial Services Sports Roundtable show kicks off on the Super Q 93.7FM and Wqioradio.com. The show will run 730-1030pm Friday Nights through Friday November 24th. Mathias, who previously co hosted with longtime host and the show’s creator Dave Bevington enters his 5th year as the show’s host while it will also …

GAMBIER, Ohio — The Kenyon College football program continues to round out its 2023 coaching staff as Head Coach Ian Good announced that Nate Wilson has joined the Owls as an assistant coach. Wilson comes to Kenyon from nearby Capital University, a fellow NCAA Division III institution, where he coached running backs and tight ends over the 2022 season. While he …

GAMBIER, Ohio — Earlier this week, Kenyon College volleyball coach Emma Olson announced her resignation to her team, as well as to Jill McCartney, Kenyon’s Director of Athletics, Fitness, and Recreation. “We’ve appreciated Emma’s leadership of the volleyball program and efforts to immerse herself in the Kenyon community,” McCartney said. “She made noticeable improvements to the program, recruited a strong …

RICHMOND, Va. — About two weeks after earning the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) 2022-23 Scholar All-America Team award, the Kenyon College women’s team had 10 swimmers named as individual 2022-23 CSCAA Scholar All-Americans. The Owls had nine first-team honorees and one second-team honoree.  Those earning spots on the first team were Ania Axas, Ella Campbell, …