Sports

Both the Central District and District 11 recently released their all-district basketball teams.

Former Mount Gilead student Reza Benson (center) signed her letter of intent to play that sport for Penn State University. Benson, a senior at Big Walnut High School, played softball at Mount Gilead from t-ball through her sophomore year in high school. She is the daughter of Rodney Benson and Andrea Benson.

COLUMBUS — Ohio State’s search for its next men’s basketball head coach didn’t take long to complete.

This early warm spring weather has been getting me excited about turkey hunting. Chasing gobblers is one of my most favorite things to do outdoors. There are a lot of things that are important to being successful with turkey hunting but this week’s column is going to focus on one task that is often overlooked, and that is patterning your shotgun.

Local athletes and coaches were featured when the KMAC announced its all-league teams in winter sports.

After finishing his senior year at Northmor, Ryan Lehman will look to continue a strong running career in cross county and track with Mount Vernon Nazarene University.

The Gilead Christian boys’ basketball team recently placed fourth in its division in the NCSAA Nationals. Talan Blankenship broke two team records, both previously held by Connor Page. He now holds the records for both most field goals in a season and most field goals in a career.

Connor Robinson, a seventh grade student at Cardington-Lincoln Middle School, recently competed at Bowling Green University in the Northwest Ohio YMCA Swim League championships. He was a member of the 13-14 boys’ free relay team for the Marion YMCA that won first place. The team also broke the boys’ 13-14 free relay record for their age group at the Marion YMCA. Robinson also received medals for finishing second with the 200-yard medley relay team and fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke. The free relay team of (l-r): coach Elsasser, Drew Leightey, Ashton Bacon, Connor Robinson, Braden Levois and coach Aaron is pictured above.

After placing eighth in the state meet as a freshman last year, Highland’s Cael Gilmore made a huge improvement at The Ohio State University’s Schottenstein Center last weekend as a sophomore.

Thanks to three state placers, the Northmor wrestling team flirted with a top-10 showing in the Division III state meet before finishing in a tie for 15th place with 35.5 points.