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Anthony Hitchens and the Akron Zips won the MAC tournament by beating Buffalo 65-53 in the championship game. Hitchens wasn't expected to play because of a sprained left ankle that he suffered during the quarterfinals. However, he was a key contributor off the bench, scoring 10 points in 14 minutes....

On November 26 at 8 p.m., a documentary about the Waterloo Wonders will air on WOUB (PBS affiliate). If you don't already know, the Wonders won the 1934 and 1935 state championships with a creative style of basketball. It is truely a remarkable story. Here is more information: http://woub.org/about/...

Bubblegumhuffy wrote:Today the safety chasing him down went to the hospital with Mark Snyder and visited the Houston player and i think that was a very classy thing to do, and also Marshall is picking up his hospital bill.

That is a classy act, but it doesn't make up for playing time.

Here is a list of local athletes that placed in the Division III state track tournament. Boys High Jump 1st-Cory Vales (Federal Hocking) Boys Shot Put 5th-Bo Crabtree (Lucasville Valley) Boys Pole Vault 6th Zack Riley (Chill. Huntington) Girls 4x200 6th-Belpre Girls 3200 2nd-Ashleigh Tornes (Waterfo...

Here is a list of local athletes who placed in Division II state track competition. Boys 4x800 1st-Warren Boys Pole Vault 3rd-Tyler Cox (Vincent Warren) 5th-Luke Watts (Gallipolis) Boys Shot Put 2nd-Curt Smith (Chillicothe) Boys Discus Throw 4th-Curt Smith (Chillicothe) 5th-Randy Rue (Chill. Unioto)...

Congrats to Warren. I was pushing for the Warriors to take down Perkins. The Pirates were are rival in high school track and field.

I'm not getting into a "If this would have happened...." discussion, but if Mayo is absent from that game the second half probably turns out differently. He scored 14 of his 22 in the second half and nine of NCH's 14 points in the fourth quarter. Walker had a great game against Ironton, bu...

Little leaguer gets sucker punched in post-game handshake ceremony.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EQnSlW_gK8Y&feature=related

If Wheelersburg wins this game they'll win the state, as these teams from the Cincinnati area are the best in the state. Did you know the Greater Cincinnati area is the breeding ground for the most professional athletes in baseball? Not to get off topic here, but most of those players come from Moe...

Here is a story about Badin's win in the regional championship. Badin tops defending champs FAIRBORN — Nate Hubbard hit the ball so hard you could practically hear it scream. But when the ball was snagged by a leaping infielder for the third out in the sixth inning the Rams began to have a sinking...

Josh Motto drove in three runs and Logan used a pair of four-run innings to beat Point Pleasant 13-3 yesterday for the Class AA championship at Charleston's Appalachian Power Park. The game was shortened to six innings by the 10-run mercy rule. Logan (27-9) won its second title in four years. The Wi...

Former Alexander pitcher Jake Hale surrendered eight runs on eleven hits in four innings as Ohio State fell to Indiana 10-8 in the Big Ten Tournament. Hale finishes his junior year with a 4.50 ERA and a record of 5-3.

It's Deja vu for the teams in this region. The bracket is identical to the 2007 bracket.

2008
Southern
Newark Catholic

Berlin Hiland
Eastern


2007
Southern 6
Newark Catholic 8

Berlin Hiland 4
Eastern 0

CHAMPIONSHIP
Newark Catholic 9
Berlin Hiland 8

Last I heard, Southern was up 7-1 in the the 5th inning.

Three Cavs keep going For three Cavaliers, it's officially official now. Anthony Hitchens, Ray Chambers and Stu Beverly went through the paces of a ceremonial signing of their college letters of intent Saturday morning, publicly putting an end to their search for a place to play basketball after spe...

Hale gave up three earned runs on seven hits, struck out three, and walked four in 6 1/3 against Michigan tonight. It was not enough though, as the Buckeyes lost 4-1. Hale is now 5-2 on the season.

Any word yet?

Lisa Meade (Nelsonville-York) and Jessica Harris (Logan) will be playing in the Ohio-Kentucky All-Star Game.

http://www.oh-kyallstargame.com/5.html

Hale picked up a win in the first contest of a three-game series against Minnesota (4/4/08).

Jake, who had a cold, gave up 6 runs on 10 hits and struck out four over 6 1/3. He is now 3-0 on the season

Is Logan Elm much improved or is Unioto not as good as they were last year? I know Wheelersburg beat Logan Elm by around 20-1 or 21-1 in a scrimmage just last week. BG77, that was not Logan Elm that Burg scrimmaged. Burg scrimmaged Unioto, Chillicothe and Clyde,OH. Clyde? Good God, where was that p...