Burrow shares similarities with another Ohio star

April 25, 2020

Everything Joe Burrow, a kid from Southeast Ohio, has been able to accomplish in the past year is nearly beyond belief. By now, most people around the Mid-Ohio Valley, and all over the country for that matter, are familiar with Burrow’s story. As a high school senior, he led the Athens Bulldogs football team to the state championship game while putting up unfathomable passing stats. Burrow became the first Southeast Ohio player ever to win the state’s “Mr. Football” award, and earned a spot on Urban Meyer’s Ohio State team. Burrow, though, never got a chance to be the ...

ALBRIGHT: Doddridge County’s Reese Burnside working through troubled times

April 13, 2020

What is a two-time Class A pole vault state champion and two-time All-American in the junior Olympics to do for practice in these troubled times? Of all the spring sports, Doddridge County’s Reese Burnside joins his track and field brethren in the high jump and long jump as those stuck ...

Transfer going to work out for Devin Hefner at Marietta College

April 6, 2020

Devin Hefner’s choice could have backfired on her. Brand new people to meet and brand new territory to tread at Marietta College posed quite the challenge. This transfer marked her decision to move to a new college, after all. Add in the facts MC women’s basketball head coach Kole ...

Column: Top 5 Reds games I’ve attended

March 26, 2020

I’ve always looked forward to Opening Day in Major League Baseball. This year, though, my excitement level was through the roof as my dad and I had tickets to the Cincinnati Reds’ season opener against the Cardinals. Attending a Reds Opening Day game has always been on my bucket list and I was thrilled to finally be checking it off. The game was supposed to take place at 4:10 p.m. today, but we were planning to get there bright and early so we could find a good spot to view the annual Findlay Market parade. However, the parade has been canceled and Opening Day has been postponed ...

Fort Frye girls, Kellar in limbo

March 13, 2020

As the fourth-quarter clock wound down in Fort Frye’s 49-31 regional triumph over second-ranked Portsmouth Notre Dame last Saturday night at Pickerington North, Cadet head coach Dan Liedtke was able to sub for the five starters. When it came time for Kiersten Kesselring, Liv Schneider, Lexie Huck, Kenzie Dalton, and Hannah Archer to stroll off the floor to the bench, each was greeted with a hug by the FFHS boss and a standing ovation from their loyal fans. Non-starters’ Riley Medley and Karlee Ross also got hugs and cheers. Finally, there was the sound of the buzzer, ending the ...

Fort Frye headed in right direction, state finals

March 9, 2020

PICKERINGTON — After the opening tip-off, Fort Frye sophomore Hannah Archer got the ball and both teams started towards the Portsmouth Notre Dame Titans basket. Everyone except Kiersten Kesselring. She went the other, right way. “We’re not used to winning tips,” smiled the 5-foot-9 senior center after unranked FFHS “upset” second-ranked Notre Dame, 49-31, in an OHSAA Division IV regional girls basketball final Saturday night at Pickerington North High. Even Archer hesitated and had a puzzled expression on her face when she saw that Kesselring was so wide open at the Fort ...