By Chris Miles Sports Editor Pioneers’ senior Jaron Miller rolled a 687 series at the Central District tournament Saturday at HP Lanes and finished second to earn a spot in this week’s state championship tournament. Miller’s three-game total came in behind only Newark’s Austin Martin (728). Alder as a team finished a disappointing fourth (3,872), [...]
By Chris Miles Sports Editor Three wrestlers from West Jefferson, two from Jonathan Alder and one each from London and Madison-Plains all advanced from their respective districts onto the state’s biggest stage. All seven will compete at the state championship tournament which will begin Thursday at Ohio State University’s Schottenstein Center, West Jeff’s Gennar Feucht [...]
By Chris Miles Sports Editor It was only two minutes of game play, but it could ultimately mean the difference between a deep postseason run and a first-round exit. The West Jefferson boys basketball team was playing with little emotion and even less fire during the first half of the Division III Central District [...]
By Chris Miles Sports Editor Jonathan Alder girls soccer coach Dan Brady remembers watching a youth soccer match years ago where a fleet-footed youngster was literally running circles around opposing players. Years later that same player was doing much the same at the high school level, earning her all-district honors for the Pioneers. That [...]
By CHRIS MILES Sports Editor The Flames (19-5) passed its first real test of the postseason with a Division IV sectional final victory Thursday at Jonathan Alder. After a pair of blowout victories in the first two rounds, Shekinah had to work hard to hold off the upstart Lions. “We played pretty well in the [...]
By Chris Miles Sports Editor There’s no substitue for experience and the Madison-Plains girls basketball team has a lot more on its roster than West Jefferson. The Golden Eagles played with poise, confidence and a laser-like focus, particualrly in the first half Thursday, as they cruised to a 55-38 Division III sectional final victory [...]
By Chris Miles Sports Editor The search for a new varsity football coach at Madison-Plains High School (MPHS) has come to an end. The Golden Eagles have tabbed Jason Hunt as their new gridiron boss, the hire was approved by the Madison-Plains School Board Tuesday night. The new coach has spent time in recent [...]
By Chris Miles Sports Editor When the Shekinah Christian girls basketball team is hitting its perimeter shots, look out. Northside Christian found out the hard way just how good the third-seeded Flames can be when their outside shots are falling. The Flames (18-6) shot holes in the various different zone defenses the Lions threw [...]
