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MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. – After firing a +13 team score (297) in round one of the Golfweek October Classic on Sunday, good for 20th place, the Kenyon College men’s golf team was back in action on Monday for the second round from Ravenwood Golf Club.  The Owls had a great showing in round two, moving up three places on the …

JACKSON, Mich. — On Monday, October 14, the Crossroads League awarded Mount Vernon Nazarene University women’s volleyball senior Lyssi Snouffer, the Attacker of the Week after the Lady Cougars’ week of games. This is Snouffer’s fifth time being named the Attacker of the Week, and she keeps putting up big numbers for the Lady Cougars. The senior had 26 kills in …

The Fredericktown Freddies welcomed in East Knox for their final home game of the season and left with a 31-0 victory. The Freddies, winners of 4 of their last 5 games are sitting 14th in Computer Points entering Monday. Blake Sipes ran for a pair of scores and threw a touchdown pass to Gavin Toombs, Brode Davis had a pick …

WEEK 8 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PREVIEWS 2-5, (2-2 LCL) Mount Vernon at Licking Heights 2-5 (1-3 LCL) The Mount Vernon Yellow Jackets suffered a tough overtime loss to Watkins Memorial 27-21 last Friday night. The Jackets ran for 256 yards on the night with 138 of them coming from Mason Richards on 14 carries.  Mavrik Gregory ran for 102 yards …

CLEVELAND, Ohio — After the Kenyon College football team whipped up a win against a North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) foe for the second straight week, the Owls also earned back-to-back awards from the conference office. This week, after helping Kenyon’s defense secure a shutout, Luke Caress was chosen as the NCAC Defensive Athlete of the Week for football. Caress …

GAMBIER, Ohio — The Kenyon College men’s soccer team extended its unbeaten start to the 2024 season over the weekend, and the Owls were recognized for their continued excellence in the most recent NCAA Division III United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll. Kenyon jumped two spots in the national standings, checking in at No. 2 for the first time in …

The OHSAA and High School Girl’s Volleyball teams across the state held the annual tournament draw Sunday and the following are the results in the Central District Division 1: Top seed is Olentangy Orange, they’ll open play at home vs 25 seed Westland on October 23rd and the winner will face the winner of 14 seed Lancaster and 18 seed …

High School Football Week 7 in Review Centerburg vs Mount Gilead The Centerburg Trojans got 4 touchdown passes from Blane Ball and Chris Marshall totaled 3 touchdowns and 207 yards receiving in the Trojans 46-14 road win over Mount Gilead, their 3rd in a row. The Trojans improve to 5-2 overall and 3-1 in the KMAC Mount Gilead falls to …

GAMBIER, Ohio — Winner of 26 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) championships, the Wittenberg University volleyball team put its power on display Saturday in Tomsich Arena. The visiting Tigers played solid defense, tallied 41 kills and defeated the host Kenyon College Owls by a 25-18, 25-12, 25-10 final. Wittenberg whipped up 51 digs, while holding Kenyon to season-low numbers that …

COLUMBUS, Ohio. – The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s and women’s bowling teams opened the 2024-25 season at the first Ohio Bowling Conference Tournament on Saturday, October 5. The women’s team placed 10th overall out of 16 teams with a score of 4355 and the men’s team placed 13th out of 17 teams with 4834 points at the end of the day. Christian …