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Marcus Johnson repeats as Ohio’s Mr. Basketball

GARFIELD HEIGHTS — Marcus Johnson now has bragging rights in the family. A year after becoming Ohio’s Mr. Basketball like his father and coach, Sonny Johnson, he is now a two-time winner of the award. The OPSMA announced Johnson’s selection Thursday as this season’s Mr. Basketball, ...

Etta Express drops home tilt with Washington and Jefferson

Washington and Jefferson College defeated Marietta College by the score of 14-2 Thursday afternoon at Pioneer Park. The loss drops Marietta to 2-11 on the season, while the Presidents improve to 9-2 overall. Washington and Jefferson scored eight runs in the first four innings. Zac Stern smacked a two-run home run to right in the third innings and Seth Rosenfeld added a solo homer to left in the fourth. Marietta scored both of its runs in the bottom of the fourth. Michael Ciavolella hit his team-leading third home run, a solo shot off the scoreboard in left center, to get the ...

The year that was in high school hoops:

With the Marietta Tigers’ regional semifinal loss to Bishop Watterson last week at “The Convo,” the 2025-2026 high school basketball season came to a close for teams in the valley on the Ohio side of the Ohio River. It’s the perfect time to take a look back at a great hoops ...

Big Walnut’s Sydney Mobley named Ohio’s Ms. Basketball

The first of Sydney Mobley’s 42 offers to play Division I college basketball came when she was in sixth grade, straight from the hometown school in Ohio State. Whether Big Walnut’s star junior forward ultimately ends up a Buckeye remains to be seen, but what stands out to Mobley’s ...

Warren’s Emma Gorrell runner-up at state wrestling tournament

COLUMBUS — A pair of Warren High School wrestlers exited the Jerome Schottenstein Center with medals around their necks over the weekend. Sophomore Emma Gorrell placed runner-up at the Ohio state wrestling tournament while senior Eric Carr finished sixth as the Warrior duo earned All-Ohio ...

MC softball closes Florida trip with two wins

VIERA, Fla. — The Marietta College softball team ended its spring trip with a pair of five-inning mercy rule victories Saturday afternoon at the Space Coast Spring Games. The Pioneers defeated Grinnell College, 10-2, and St. Norbert College, 12-4. Marietta heads north with an 8-4 overall record and on a seven-game winning streak. Grinnell falls to 2-7 on the season and St. Norbert is 1-4 overall. Grinnell scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning and held that lead until the third when the Pioneers tied the game. Kayla O'Malley hit a two-run double for Grinnell. Adisson ...