COLUMBUS — The 2025 football season kicks off this week for member schools of the Ohio High School Athletic Association. The 10-week regular-season will end on Saturday, October 25, with playoff qualifiers announced Sunday, October 26.
FORT JENNINGS — Every fall, Ottoville and Fort Jennings renew one of the most anticipated soccer matchups in the area, and Tuesday evening marked the first of their two 2025 meetings. In a thrilling back-and-forth contest, Ottoville emerged with a 5-2 victory over the Musketeers (0-1) to improve to 2-0 on the season.
CONVOY — The St. John’s Lady Jays bounced back with a 4-1 victory over the Crestview Lady Knights on Tuesday evening, improving to 1-1 on the season.
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High school athletics participation increased by nearly 200,000 in 2024-25, continuing an upward trajectory since the pandemic and registering an all-time high for participation.
DELPHOS — The annual Battle of Delphos between Jefferson and St. John’s is always a matchup filled with pride and tradition, and this year’s edition kicked off the 2025 girls soccer season in dramatic fashion.
DELPHOS — Lincolnview turned it up a notch as its season-opening volleyball match wore on to the tune of a 25-19, 25-10, 25-9 sweep of St. John’s Saturday morning inside a warm Robert A. Arnzen Gymnasium.
OTTOVILLE — The Ottoville Big Green (1-0) kicked off the 2025 boys soccer season Friday evening, rolling to a 9-0 victory over the Lincolnview Lancers (0-1) on senior night.
DELPHOS — The Jefferson Lady ‘Cats and St. John’s Lady Jays welcomed the Archbold Lady Blue Streaks and Coldwater Lady Cavaliers to the Delphos Country Club on Thursday morning for a competitive girls golf quad match.