By Chris Miles Sports Editor The West Jefferson softball team continues to make history. The Roughriders (19-10) earned the school’s first-ever appearance in a district championship game with a 1-0 defeat of Centerburg Monday in a D-III tournament game played at Pickerington North. “This is something that hasn’t been done before,” WJ coach Jim [...]
May 21 2013 | Posted in
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By Chris Miles Sports Editor The Jonathan Alder baseball team found a way to deliver when it needed to and will move on in the Division II Central District tournament because of it. The Pioneers (19-8) scored five runs with two outs en route to an 8-1 second-round victory over visiting Lakewood Thursday. With the [...]
By Chris Miles Sports Editor Everybody in attendance knew it, and everybody in around the softball field at West Jefferson High School Wednesday evening adhered to the unwritten rule of not talking about a pitcher having a perfect game. Everyone that is except Roughriders standout catcher Taylor Bowman. The sophomore backstop mentioned to pitcher [...]
May 16 2013 | Posted in
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By Chris Miles Sports Editor In dire need of something to go in its favor early, the Madison-Plains softball team cashed in on a key first-inning error by visiting Northmor and used it to trigger a 4-run first-inning rally which proved to be the difference in a 4-0 Golden Eagles Division III District tournament [...]
May 15 2013 | Posted in
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio House is poised to clear a bill correcting a new state law that inadvertently allows coaches and referees in youth sports leagues to be criminally prosecuted for violating rules regarding players’ head injuries. Representatives planned to vote Wednesday afternoon to fix the error in the law. The [...]
May 15 2013 | Posted in
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By Chris Miles Sports Editor London baseball coach Jim Wolverton would rather his players not pay attention to the number next to his team’s first round Division II Central District tournament opponent. The Red Raiders, the 12th-seeded squad in the tournament will open at home today at 5 p.m. against No. 26 Linden. The [...]
By Chris Miles Sports Editor The Central District track and field coaches usually get the raw deal when it comes to coverage of their respective tournament draws compared to other high school sports. When you consider the expectation that goes into who will play each other in head-to-head games in sports like baseball, softball, [...]
May 11 2013 | Posted in
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By Chris Miles Sports Editor He put together one of the most impressive championship runs in Ohio High School wresting history. But if anyone wants to see Gennar Feucht wrestle again they’ll do so with him wearing a black and orange Ohio Northern University singlet. West Jefferson’s defending Division III 132-pound state champion signed [...]
May 9 2013 | Posted in
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