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DIVISION IV ALL-OHIO BOYS

COLUMBUS — The 2025-26 Ohio Prep Sports Media Association Division IV All-Ohio high school boys basketball team, as selected by a statewide media panel: Player of the Year: Gator Nichols, Zanesville Maysville. Coach of the Year: Evan Callihan, Circleville. FIRST TEAM Jace Riccardo, Canfield, 6-7, jr., 15.5; Gator Nichols, Zanesville Maysville, 6-0 sr., 23.6; Brody Denny, Germantown Valley View, 6-2, jr., 30.0; William Peagler Jr., Kettering Alter, 6-0, fr., 18.4; Keonte Smith, Dayton Northridge, 6-5, so., 18.7; Jordan Kaminsky, Heath, 6-3, sr., 25.0; Carter Myers, Caledonia ...

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McKinnon to lead Madonna WEIRTON, W.Va. — Lisbon High School graduate Shawn McKinnon was named the Weirton Madonna head football coach on Tuesday. McKinnon is a former assistant coach with Wellsville and East Liverpool. Madonna is trying to rebuild its football program after not fielding a team last year. One perfect bracket left The only perfect bracket left after the opening weekend of the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments — from more than 40 million entries across all the major contests — was produced not by some college basketball expert or betting guru but an ...

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Woods back at it PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods has put himself into the lineup Tuesday night for his Jupiter Links team in the TGL final, waiting until the last day to make his first appearance in the tech-infused indoor league. Woods has been at every match as a captain and a cheerleader while recovering from a seventh back surgery last October. He has gone more than a year since competing anywhere because of a ruptured Achilles tendon in March 2025. Jupiter Links lost the opening match Monday night in the best-of-3 final against Los Angeles and now has to win two ...

Potter Pete leaves behind a mystery

EAST LIVERPOOL — East Liverpool’s boys basketball team has a little mystery on its hands. A pair of worn out old Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star shoes was recently found inside a closet in the boys basketball locker room. Written on them in red marker on one side was “Potter Pete ...

DIV. I-III All-OHIO GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS

COLUMBUS – The 2026 Divisions I, II and III girls basketball All-Ohio teams were announced Tuesday by the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association. The All-Ohio teams are based on nominations from the seven districts of the OPSMA from regular-season accomplishments. The girls basketball All-Ohio teams for Divisions IV, V, VI and VII were announced on Monday. The boys basketball All-Ohio teams will be announced on Wednesday and Thursday. Div. I Player of the Year: Whitney Stafford, Lewis Center Olentangy Coach of the Year: Andrew Booth, Wadsworth First Team Zoe Coleman, ...

Kellogg sets Indians up for bright future

SALINEVILLE — The Southern Local girls basketball followed freshman Katie Kellogg to a season of many firsts — including a school-best 24-1 season, their first unbeaten regular season and their first district final appearance since 1995. “It’s no joke when they say she slept with ...