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By TED RADICK staff writer VAN BUREN — Regroup, rehydrate and ramp it up again this afternoon. That’s where Bluffton and Van Buren sit after Friday’s game was suspended because of lightning midway through the third quarter with Van Buren holding a 3-0 lead....

By TED RADICK staff writer Dean Butler was a familiar face in the stadiums and gymnasiums around the Blanchard Valley Conference. He was a fan of all the BVC teams. “Dean was very proud of the BVC,” said his widow, Vickie Butler. “Being commissioner, sometimes,...

By TED RADICK STAFF WRITER MCCOMB — Fisher Catholic coach Tony Hurps stood Saturday on McComb’s Doc Miller Field with a bit of a rueful smile. “I’ll say one thing,” Hurps said after McComb dismantled his Irish 57-6 in the nonconference season opener...

McComb’s offense was on full display as the Panthers rolled past Lancaster Fisher Catholic 57-6 in the season-opening football game for both schools on Saturday. By TED RADICK staff writer MCCOMB — Fisher Catholic coach Tony Hurps stood Saturday at McComb’s Doc...

By TED RADICK staff writer COLUMBUS GROVE — Special teams give, and special teams taketh away. Pandora-Gilboa got the good on Friday at Columbus Grove with Jacob Basinger’s 84-yard kickoff return for a third-quarter touchdown. The Rockets also saw the bad, as punter...

By TED RADICK STAFF WRITER RAWSON — Nate Westenbarger has already hit the ground running in his first week as Cory-Rawson’s new football coach. “We have a big challenge ahead of us, we’re fully aware of that and we talked about it Monday morning,”...

By TED RADICK STAFF WRITER Emily Reynolds wasn’t going to let her chance to face a world-class pitcher go by with the bat on her shoulder. The Elmwood alum and recent University of Findlay graduate was at the plate in Tuesday’s second game of an exhibition...

By TED RADICK STAFF WRITER COLUMBUS — Michaela Butler had a point to prove. Not to the fans, not to her competitors at Saturday’s OHSAA Division II Track and Field Championships at Ohio State University’s Jesse Owens Stadium. She wanted to prove something to...

By TED RADICK STAFF WRITER COLUMBUS — Four years ago, Van Buren’s Rachell Resnik set a goal. On Saturday, she achieved it. Resnik placed eighth in the Division III 800-meter run at the OHSAA Track and Field Championships, earning a spot on the awards stand....

By TED RADICK staff writer COLUMBUS — For a trio of area seniors, the OHSAA Division II Track and Field Championship were a chance to put an exclamation point on their high school athletic careers. All three came away happy after placing on podium Saturday at the girls meet...