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Orange’s Davis, Schroeder earn Ohio’s top Division I football honors
Levi Davis was selected Ohio’s Division I Offensive Player of the Year when the OPSMA unveiled the Div. I All-Ohio teams on Thursday.
Big Walnut’s Buirley selected Ohio’s Division II Offensive Player of the Year
SUNBURY — Nolan Buirley just keeps adding to an already impressive résumé. Big Walnut’s junior running back was selected Ohio’s Division II Offensive Player of the Year when the Ohio Prep Sports Writers Association unveiled the Division II and Division III All-Ohio teams Wednesday. Buirley shared the award with Ashland quarterback Nathan Bernhard and Cincinnati […]
COMMENTARY: Orange cracks St. Xavier to cap dream season
CANTON — An orange supermoon hung low over Canton on a frigid Friday night. Below it, an Orange super team dominated the hallowed field at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. Coach Wes Schroeder’s squad completed a perfect high school football season with the school’s first Division I state championship. The capper was a 28-14 […]
Orange Crush: Pioneers ground Bombers, win first state crown
CANTON — MC Walker put on a show Friday night. Orange’s senior wideout, Walker caught five passes for 123 yards and a touchdown in the second quarter and the Pioneers powered to a 28-14 win over St. Xavier in the Division I championship game at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. Lucas Fickel rushed for […]
Orange vs. Cincinnati St. Xavier: Live in-game updates Friday from state title game
Delaware Source reporters, editors, reporters, photographers and videographers will be all over the stadium Saturday.
Mr. Everything: Levi Davis leads Orange into state finals against Cincinnati St. Xavier
Unbeaten Orange High School (14-0) takes on Cincinnati St. Xavier on Friday in the Division I state football championship game in Canton.
Orange meets another Goliath, Cincinnati St. Xavier, in state finals
COLUMBUS – No sooner did Orange dispose of one heavyweight Ohio high school football program than another one pops up in the state championship game. The undefeated Pioneers (14-0) will make their first title game appearance on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Canton against perennial powerhouse Cincinnati St. Xavier (11-2). This will be the eighth championship […]
Not Without A Fight: Big Walnut comeback bid falls short in loss to Anderson
COLUMBUS — The Golden Eagles went down swinging. Quarterback Eli Stumpf threw a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown passes, but Big Walnut’s comeback bid came up just short in a 29-22 loss to Cincinnati Anderson in the Division II state semifinals Friday at Historic Crew Stadium. The Raptors (14-0) will play Avon in a rematch of […]
Orange stuns St. Edward to reach 1st state championship football game
MANSFIELD — The Olentangy Orange High School football team will boldly go where no Pioneers have gone before. In just his second year, coach Wes Schroeder has his club headed to Canton for the Division I state championship game after blasting perennial powerhouse Lakewood St. Edward 28-0 in a Final Four clash on Friday night […]
