CELINA - Mercer County Fair Board members learned on Tuesday evening that fair sponsors have pledged $79,668 so far, up from $62,841 at this time in 2017.
ROCKFORD - Village council members voted on Tuesday to place a 2.8-mill renewal levy on the November general election ballot.
Council members approved seeking the renewal, which would continue to collect $37,859 annually for five years and cost the owner of a $100,000 home $94.59 per year.
COLDWATER - A Coldwater man was arrested on Monday after having lived in a vacant house for about two to three days.
A Coldwater police officer re
Minster
MINSTER - Village council members on Tuesday approved an emergency resolution to proceed with replacing asphalt and adding curbs and gutters on Paris Street between Fifth and Sixth streets.
Division IV State Semifinal Preview
Marion Local and Pandora-Gilboa play similar styles.
On Thursday, we'll find out which team does it better when the Flyers and the Rockets meet in the Division IV state semifinal at the Schoettenstein Center in Columbus.
Division IV State Semifinal Preview
MARIA STEIN - Role players have sometimes played a starring role for the Marion Local Flyers during their run to the Division IV state semifinals.
Look back at last Friday as evidence.
Upper Arlington's Dane Goodwin was named the Division I Boys Basketball Player of the Year by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association,
Goodwin, the
2017-18 Division IV Girls Basketball
Roster:
# Player Pos. Ht. Gr.
3 Alli Fischer G 5-8 12
4 Ivy Wolf G 5-9 9
5 Courtney Ernst G 5-7 11
10 Lilly Pelletier F 5-10 11
12 Rega
CELINA - The key word to describe the 2018 Celina baseball team is "young."
Andy Mikesell's squad does not have a senior and rely on a core of juniors to help build on last season's 18-7 district-qualifying effort.
CELINA - The 2017 softball season was a learning one for the young Celina Bulldogs.
But coach Nicole Driggs was impressed how the team improved by the end of the season. The team reached the sectional final and finished 8-15.
COLDWATER - The Coldwater baseball team is never in a rebuilding mode. It's just reloading or retooling.
The Cavaliers will have to reload the pitc
COLDWATER - After making a run to the regional semifinals a season ago, the Coldwater softball team has plenty of experience returning for another run this season.
FORT RECOVERY - Before each season begins, Fort Recovery coach Jerry Kaup reads off to his players a list of the same set of goals.
"We want to ge
FORT RECOVERY - Fort Recovery's new softball coach, E.J. Stephen, hopes she can help the Indians reach new heights.
The Jay County graduate takes
MARIA STEIN - The Marion Local baseball program has a fresh-faced coach in Paul Utendorf, who makes the move up from junior varsity to varsity.
The Flyers will have some fresh faces on the field, too.
MARIA STEIN - Jerry Moeller's Marion Local Flyers lost three four-year starters and one three-year starter from last year's team, including Second Team All-Midwest Athletic Conference shortstop Sarah Fesenmyer.
MINSTER - Mike Wiss will have a quick transition from state championship-winning girls' basketball coach to coach of the defending state baseball champions as the Wildcats take to the diamond a week after Wiss wrapped up his girls' coaching season.
MINSTER - With a lineup made up of primarily freshmen and sophomores, Minster finished up strong in softball last season, going 18-11 and playing in the district final against Parkway.
NEW BREMEN - Returning experience won't be a shortcoming for the 2018 New Bremen baseball team.
The Cardinals return 11 letter winners from a squad that finished 14-13 overall last season and 3-6 in the Midwest Athletic Conference.
NEW BREMEN - Despite having had three straight trips to the district tournament, veteran New Bremen softball coach Craig Griesdorn faces an early challenge and has some holes to fill this spring as graduation took a toll on the Cardinals.
ROCKFORD - The Midwest Athletic Conference is expected to be strong again this season.
Parkway coach Luke Clouse would have it no other way.
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ROCKFORD - The Panthers fell just short on their quest of reaching state last season.
This spring, with a large chunk of those players returning - including Midwest Athletic Conference Player of the Year Haley Hawk - it's state or bust.
ST. HENRY - St. Henry's lineup is loaded with good arms and experience.
Improving at the plate, however, will be the key to the Redskins' success this season.
ST. HENRY - With five seniors and a total of six letterwinners back, St. Henry softball coach Kylie Huelsman is excited to see what happens on the field this season.
ST. MARYS - St. Marys will mix some youth and experience and hope to come up with a winning recipe for the 2018 baseball season.
The Roughriders, u
ST. MARYS - With a very young lineup last season, the St. Marys softball team ended a three-year Western Buckeye League losing streak but still slogged through a 1-16 campaign.
CELINA - Celina track and field head coach Eric Wagner has plenty of talent in his program as both the boys and girls look to defend their Western Buckeye League titles after having swept the league meet for the first time since 1997 last season in Kenton.
COLDWATER - Coldwater track and field coach Mark Bruns' plan during his tenure has been to build up the numbers in the program.
This season, the Cavaliers have 33 girls and 21 boys, which makes Bruns happy.
FORT RECOVERY - Numbers are up and so are the expectations for the Fort Recovery track and field teams.
Twenty-two athletes are out for the boys' team and 25 for the girls' - and they're hoping to send a big group back to Columbus in June.
MARIA STEIN - State-placing thrower John Dirksen is back for his senior season at Marion Local. He has a lot of teammates, too.
And three of the four girls who had a fourth-place finish in the 4x200-meter relay at state are also back.
MINSTER - After finishing runner-up for a third straight season, the Minster girls' track and field team will look to capture the program's 13th state title in the sport with a roster that is loaded for bear with veterans of the state meet.
NEW BREMEN - Both the New Bremen girls and boys track teams will be looking to move up the standings in the Midwest Athletic Conference this spring.
For the second straight season, the Cardinal girls finished third at the MAC Meet last year, while the boys were eighth.
ROCKFORD - Steve Fisher returns for his 11th season with the Parkway boys' program, and the team has back a number of regional qualifiers from last season.
ST. HENRY - Matt Thobe had a lot of athletic success while at St. Henry.
The Redskins' new track and field coach is ready to see his athletes enjoy the same type of success.
ST. MARYS - Beginning his fourth season at the helm of the St. Marys track program, coach Rob Cisco will be relying heavily on underclassmen this spring.
CELINA - The Celina boys' tennis team has seven seniors out for the 2018 season.
Coach Toma Hainline will make some changes to her lineup.
"We'll have some transitions to higher spots," Hainline said.
ST. MARYS - Fresh off a 10-3 season a year ago, second-year St. Marys tennis coach Seth Hertenstein is looking for continued success for his squad which returns five letter winners.
