By Doug Haidet ASHLAND – Boys basketball in the Ohio Cardinal Conference is nothing if not intriguing this season. After two monster home wins heading into the new year, Ashland is doing its part to raise eyebrows. On Dec. 19, Arrows senior guard Paxon Ediger broke the program scoring record with 44 points in a 70-65 win over Mansfield Senior – their first home win over the Tygers since 2022. Five days later, Ashland posted five players with double-digit points, squeezing pas

By Doug Haidet CUYAHOGA FALLS – Nobody will ever say Marty Tobin isn’t a great author. With his college football destination still up in the air and a daunting postseason path in front of him, the Walsh Jesuit senior penned one of the finest final chapters of anyone in his school’s football history. A vital piece to a Warriors’ team playing one of the toughest schedules in all of Ohio this season, Tobin’s 1,856 rushing yards in 2025 are the third-most in Walsh Jesuit’s record

By Doug Haidet TOLEDO – If Joe Horn was looking for the easy road, he took a wrong turn. When he landed his first football head coaching job nearly one year ago at St. John’s Jesuit, Horn walked into a program that was trying to dig out from a 1-9 finish in 2024. Doing so while playing in one of the premier football conferences in the country – the Detroit-based Catholic High School League – was like scaling a wall while wearing rollerskates. “It can be tough on the mind when

By Doug Haidet ASHLAND – Seven months after originally committing to play football at Appalachian State – and with the NCAA Division I early signing period (Dec. 3-5) closing in – Ashland High School senior quarterback Nathan Bernhard has flipped his commitment to the University of Maryland. Bernhard said that when the Arrows’ season ended November 7 in the playoffs at Columbus DeSales, he felt he was still headed to the Division I Sun Belt Conference school in Boone, North C

TOLEDO – For anyone looking to ride a bull, someone has to throw open the gate.That’s exactly what happened on one of the most unforgettable nights in St. John’s Jesuit football history this season. In Week 10 at Lyden Stadium against the University of Detroit Jesuit High School, first-year Titans head coach Joe Horn knew he had to lean on junior RJ Mays as his man out of the backfield. Top running back Sam Harshman – who had essentially split carries all season with Mays – w