By Doug Haidet CUYAHOGA FALLS – There were enough narratives for the 2025 Walsh Jesuit football team to fill a semi-truck. * Monster season-opening win over an eventual state runner-up? Check. * Home win streak stretched to 24 games and still counting? Check. * Finally knocking off bitter nemesis and powerhouse Hoban in the playoffs? Check. * Final 11-2 record despite the second-toughest schedule of any Division II team in Ohio? Check. * Boasting the most seniors in team hist

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 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