High School Sports

Bath Division: II Head coach, years at school: Char Ellington, second season Last year’s finish: 7-9 overall Returning letterwinners: Muriel Smith (senior), Sammy Plumb (senior), Chrissie Ribley (senior), Carrie Ellington (senior) Key...... Full story

BEREA, Ohio (AP) - The Pittsburgh Steelers arrived in Florida for their seventh Super Bowl. The Cleveland Browns have never played in one. They welcomed a new general manager on Monday. George Kokinis has a lot of work to do. Baltimore's pro...... Full story

LIMA - Two of Lima Senior's top players had fouled out. Last year that would have been disastrous. This year, the Spartans found a way to overcome it. Lima Senior's Le'Andrea Ramsey came off the bench to score 13 points to help the Spartans sink...... Full story

KALIDA - After last year's tough loss to Wayne Trace in the district finals, the Kalida boys basketball team is looking for even bigger things in 2008-09. The Wildcats boast a great deal of experience from last year's 17-6 team. Longtime Kalida...... Full story

BATH TOWNSHIP - After a three-year stint as head coach at this alma mater, Todd Clark decided it was time to turn over the keys of the Bath football program to someone else. The Wildcats compiled a 7-23 record in Clark's tenure. Clark was reached...... Full story

COLUMBUS - Quarterbacks who will oppose each other in the big-school state championship game, and a coach who guided his team on a remarkable 0-10 to 10-0 season, highlight the 2008 Associated Press Division I-III All-Ohio football teams announced...... Full story

  COLUMBUS - It just felt different after Ohio State dominated Michigan 42-7 for its most lopsided win over its biggest football rival since Lyndon B. Johnson was in the White House. This time there was not a constant roar from the stands...... Full story

LIMA - Ashley Jackson, Abbie Clifton and Tara Olberding all reached double figure scoring totals as the University of Northwestern Ohio women's basketball team beat Malone 73-60 on Wednesday. Jackson led all scorers with 19 points, on 8 of 12...... Full story

DELPHOS - Last week Delphos St. John's defense went head-to-head with the high-octane Ada passing game. This week the Blue Jays' defense will have a completely different challenge. Sidney Lehman Catholic will try to impose its will on the Blue...... Full story

FINDLAY - Despite finishing 8-2 in the regular season, playing its always-tough Midwest Athletic Conference schedule, Delphos St. John's came into the football playoffs as something of an afterthought. And despite advancing to Friday's Division VI...... Full story

OTTAWA - With the graduation of starting quarterback Jake Meyer last spring, the Ottawa-Glandorf football team was in desperate need for someone to fill his shoes. Taylor Kuhlman - used primarily as a cornerback last season - decided to step up to...... Full story

  LIMA - Kenton freshman quarterback Maty Mauk completed 16 of 24 passes for 223 yards and four touchdowns against Bath on Friday, and that was just in the first half. The final result was an easy 40-8 victory over the home Bath Wildcats; but...... Full story

  OTTAWA - Jacob Lugo rushed 22 times for 138 yards and a TD to lead Ottawa-Glandorf to a 42-0 win over Elida on Friday. The Titans rushed for 262 yards. Taylor Kuhlman rushed for 76 yards and passed for 98 more. He scored on two rushes, or...... Full story

  VAN WERT - The Western Buckeye League All-Stars did what no other team has done in the nine-year history of the WBL versus Midwest Athletic Conference/Northwest Conference (NWO) All-Star football game. They recorded a shutout. The WBL held...... Full story

  COLUMBUS - It wasn't easy for longtime Bluffton track and field coach Steve Bruskotter to walk away from a program he was part of for more than three decades. But after Saturday, the decision is a little easier. The Bluffton boys won the...... Full story