CELINA - The goals started early for Celina and it didn't let up in picking up a 9-1 victory over Lima Senior in the Division III boys soccer district quarterfinal on Saturday morning at the soccer stadium. The game was stopped with just over 5 1/2 minutes remaining due to goal differential.

ROSSBURG - Bobby Pierce has had a 2024 season that will go down in record books as one of the best ever recorded by a Dirt Late Model driver.

Now you can add another crown jewel event to the resume.

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The Fort Recovery volleyball team advanced to the Division VI district semifinals on Saturday with a 25-8, 25-13, 25-10 win over Twin Valley South at Arcanum High School.

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Cross country teams gathered across the state to compete in the opening round of postseason meets on Saturday.

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CELINA - The man who saved the free community Thanksgiving meal in Celina in 2007 and went on to steer it for 16 years has handed over the reins to a Celina couple with an extensive background in public service.

MARIA STEIN - The Marion Local Flyers faced their biggest test of the season to date with the Minster Wildcats coming to town. Marion Local ground ou

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Two fourth-quarter touchdowns, one coming on a 100-yard interception return by Cohen Harter, allowed Celina to pull away and bounce back from a tough loss last week to beat Defiance 28-6 in a battle of Bulldogs at Fred J. Brown Stadium in Defiance.

FORT RECOVERY - The Fort Recovery Indians stopped the losing skid last week, but they could not stop Anna Friday night.

Alex Shappie passed for fou

ROSSBURG - The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series took center stage on Friday night at Eldora Speedway as the Dirt Track World Championship continued at the high-banked, one-half mile oval.

CELINA - JB Services and Parts will soon open a second location near the intersection of State Route 219 and U.S. Route 127.

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The St. Marys volleyball team ended its season on Thursday in losing in three sets to Shelby in the Division IV sectional tournament at Shelby High School. The loss drops the Roughriders to 6-17 on the season.

ROSSBURG - 2022 Eldora Super Stock Track Champion Nick Bowers finally broke through for his first win of the 2024 season on Thursday night as the Dirt Track World Championship kicked off at Eldora Speedway.

CELINA - To be the best possible driver, area driving school instructors urge even experienced motorists to enroll in a refresher course and retake the driving test.

CELINA - Although the Great Pumpkin never appeared before Charlie Brown, it could have if he brought a homemade pumpkin pie as a piece offering.

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TOLEDO - A Wapakoneta woman convicted of being an accessory to the death of her son-in-law is attempting to appeal her 10-year prison sentence in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

CELINA- A Rockford man who allegedly struck another person with a handgun was sentenced to up to five years in prison in Mercer County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday.

CELINA - The use of propane gas to heat homes and appliances came to the forefront of many minds following reports of a fatal home explosion early Tuesday morning in Sidney.

CELINA- Four people appeared in Mercer County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday on a variety of charges including making terroristic threats and pandering obscenity.

NEW BREMEN - School board members on Wednesday made headway toward the district's renovations to the kitchen/office, the track and the athletic stadium.

On May 22, 1900, James Zura Riley and his party of gold seekers steered their river steamer D. Armstrong to Weare, Alaska, in the Yukon River where t

COLDWATER - Marion Local and Coldwater did what everyone expected Wednesday.

Now, the Flyers have a chance to do the unexpected.

Marion swept Lin

CELINA - Tiffin Columbian goalkeeper Adelyn Morgan did all she could to keep Celina off the scoreboard in the first half.

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ST. MARYS - It took just two minutes and thirty seconds into their contest against Napoleon for St. Marys to establish its mark, and from there it was all pretty smooth sailing as they captured the Division IV girls' sectional soccer title with a 4-0 victory at Roughrider Field.

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For the second time in just over a week, Celina trailed Wapakoneta two sets to none, only to come back and win the next two sets to force a fifth set.

All Midwest Athletic Conference games are pivotal rivalry games, but the Minster-Marion Local matchup is one of the oldest.

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  In this article we shall try to project what the possible playoff matchups for each WBL and MAC team may be. Next week we shall try to include most of the teams in each of our main regions so it is easier to see how an upset or two may change the projections.

BATTLE OF BULLDOGS

Celina travels to Fred J. Brown Stadium to face a Defiance squad that, like Celina in its 21-7 loss at Ottawa-Glandorf, suffered a tough loss last week.

Impact Players

Offense

Charlie Werling, QB-RB, St. Henry

8-of-12 passing for 151 yards and two touchdowns and 11 carries for 81 yards and a touchdown in the Redskins' 49-6 win over
St. John's.