A promising growing season was stunted by dry weather and area farmers are reporting an excellent corn crop and average to below average soybean crop this year, according to ag leaders.
The year began as one of the best in decades with farmers marveling at the height of their corn stands. But lack of rain in August and September stunted yields, particularly for soybeans, ag officials said. [More]
It was a tough night for two local teams as Celina and Minster saw their playoff bubbles burst.
Minster would not have qualified for the postseason even if it had won Friday night but Celina would still be playing next week had the Bulldogs been able to defeat Elida last night. [More]
MARIA STEIN - It took just two plays to put Marion Local's football team in gear for an outright Midwest Athletic Conference title.
Long touchdown runs from Hunter Wilker and Aaron Nietfeld on the first two offensive plays of the game for Marion Local helped the Flyers finish the regular season 10-0 with a 42-6 victory over New Bremen on Friday night at Booster Stadium in Maria Stein. It's just the second outright conference crown in the Tim Goodwin era as the Flyers's head coach. [More]
CELINA - Voters in the Celina, St. Henry and Marion Local school districts, Union Township and the village of Mendon on Tuesday will decide a 0.5-mill renewal levy to support the county's library system.
NEW BREMEN - The village will receive state assistance to build a new trail.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources on Friday announced the approval of 24 grant proposals totaling more than $7 million for trail projects statewide.
CELINA - The postseason drought for Celina's football program was extended to 15 years after the Green and White were unable to take care of business on their home field on Friday night.
ST. MARYS - The Van Wert Cougars used balanced offense, highlighted by a huge first quarter, to beat the St. Marys Roughriders 41-32 in a battle of winless teams during Friday's regular-season finale at Skip Baughman Stadium.
Coldwater's football team scored 42 points in a span of less than nine minutes and the Cavaliers wrapped up an 8-2 record for the regular season and earned a playoff berth after defeating Fort Recovery 42-14 on Friday at Barrenbrugge Park in Fort Recovery.
DELPHOS - It was game of contrasting styles between the Delphos St. John's Blue Jays and the Minster Wildcats.
Minster had great difficulty stopping the powerful St. John's running game and the Blue Jays had trouble keeping the Wildcats from moving the ball through the air.
Grant Sherman threw for six touchdowns and ran for another to help Kenton wrap up an undefeated regular season and outright Western Buckeye League title with a 62-8 win over Defiance in a battle of playoff-bound teams at Robinson Field.
