Sports

A pair of Highland volleyball players earned All-Ohio recognition in Division II for their efforts this fall for the Scots.

Ohio’s popular white-tailed deer gun hunting season begins this week, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife. The weeklong gun season, open to all hunters, kicks off Monday, Nov. 27 and runs until Sunday, Dec. 3. The deer gun weekend is Dec. 16-17.

COLUMBUS — Following Ohio State’s 37-3 win over Minnesota on Saturday, head coach Ryan Day wasn’t willing to share at what point his thoughts switched to the looming top-five matchup with Michigan.

The Cardington Crossfire 8U girls’ softball team had a successful fall season this year. They claimed the championship in the River Valley Fall Ball league tournament. The team completed their season undefeated adn also won every game in the single elimination tournament to come home with the trophy. Pictured are, front row (l-r): Kate Richards, Taylor Eastep, Jovi Goughenour, Aspen Stentz, Kylie Nash, Chloe Biggs, Brooklyn Eastep, Hadlee Fetter, Addi Rogers, Ali Townsend and Hayley Naylor. Back row: coaches Lauren Nash, Ryan Richards, Greg Rogers and Josh Fetter. Not pictured are Brooklyn Cain and McKenna Vaughn.

The KMAC announced its all-league teams recently, with a number of Morrow County athletes being recognized.

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The Ohio High School Athletic Association launched the Respect the Game program in 2004, and the phrase and logo have become synonymous with interscholastic athletics in Ohio from public address announcers, publications, social media and public service announcements. This fall, the OHSAA has been working on new resources and collecting ideas from member schools to announce an expanded Respect the Game program as the 2023-24 winter sports season is about to get underway.

A dominating defensive performance by Sugarcreek Garaway put an end to Northmor’s very successful football season on Friday at Heath High School.

Ohio’s archery hunters have taken 51,360 white-tailed deer through Sunday, Nov. 5, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife. The average bow harvest through the first weekend of November over the past three years is 50,939 deer. Through the first seven weekends of 2022, hunters checked 48,577 deer.

COLUMBUS — The superlatives to describe Marvin Harrison Jr. are running thin as the spectacular junior receiver continues to run roughshod over nearly every defense he lines up against. On Saturday, Harrison posted his seventh 100-yard receiving game of the season while becoming the first player in Ohio State history to record consecutive 1,000-yard receiving seasons.