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 [...]
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, [...]
By Chris Miles Sports Editor After back-to-back tough losses to two of the better teams in the South Central Ohio League, the Madison-Plains baseball team finally found a way to get a win, doing so at the expense of rival London on Tuesday. The Golden-Eagles scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh [...]
By Chris Miles Sports Editor All four Madison County high school softball teams were playing in a tournament together at West Jefferson Saturday. The baseball programs were spread out all around the Central Ohio area. Jonathan Alder takes two from Heath The Jonathan Alder baseball team picked up a pair of victories over [...]
By Chris Miles Sports Editor The Jonathan Alder softball team is built on speed. With an army of lighting quick young players, the Pioneers have carved out a name for themselves this year for being a team that puts pressure on opposing teams with its ability to run. West Jefferson has what is considered [...]
By Chris Miles Sports Editor The Madison-Plains boys and girls track and field teams are limited in the number of athletes they have available this spring. There are just a total of six returning varsity letterwinners on the two squads combined, but the athletes that are available plan on giving maximum effort. On the [...]
