HS Sports
03/15/2012 - 9:16pm
The Bobcats and Wolverines have not met on the hardwood in more than 40 years, but Friday’s game between the two teams in the NCAA Tournament will not lack familiarity.
Many of Ohio’s...
02/27/2012 - 1:54am
At least one Athens-area team will move on to the next round of the Division III sectional tournament, as Nelsonville-York defeated River Valley 51-32 Friday night.
It was a cold evening in The...
02/22/2012 - 11:34pm
Athens (11-9)
Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once said, “If you want a thing to be well done, you must do it yourself.” That proverb rang true for the Athens Bulldogs this weekend....
02/19/2012 - 11:32pm
Nelsonville-York ended its regular season by splitting two games this weekend against Athens County and conference rivals Alexander and Athens.
The Buckeyes dominated Alexander on Friday night,...
02/15/2012 - 11:52pm
Athens (9-9)
The typical mantra in football and basketball is that defense wins championships. Athens is taking that to heart.
After a five-game losing streak in which the Bulldogs could not hold...
02/09/2012 - 10:20pm
Separated by just 11 miles on state Route 33, the Nelsonville-York Buckeyes and Athens Bulldogs are familiar rivals.
For many years, though, the high schools’ athletic teams played in...
02/08/2012 - 10:41pm
Athens (8-8)
In front of a raucous crowd at Alexander High School Friday, two freshmen carried the Bulldogs to a third-straight conference victory and sole ownership of second place in the Tri-...
02/06/2012 - 1:30am
Both Alexander and Athens have senior-laden rosters, but it was a pair of freshman that decided the course of the game on Friday night.
Athens freshman Joey Burrow lit up the scoreboard as the...
02/03/2012 - 12:37am
Early in the season, when hopes were fleeting for Alexander, it was a two-game winning streak that kept its season alive. Then Athens began to crush those hopes once again.
The Spartans began the...
02/01/2012 - 10:44pm
Alexander (4-11)
Life on the road has been tough for the Spartans. Losing every contest on their four-game trip has ended any hope of Alexander’s chances of postseason play....
