Alum named to 'Forbes' list
By Austin Stahl | Jan. 10, 2012LeBron James. Andrew Luck. Brian Gainor.
LeBron James. Andrew Luck. Brian Gainor.
With eight of the squad’s 18 scheduled meets in the rearview mirror, the Ohio wrestling team is trying to remain focused and motivated as it enters the season’s second half.
In many ways, the recently completed college football season will be one to remember. But perhaps for even more, it will be one to forget.
Chemical-engineering students are busy people.
The Bobcats had a strong performance in their first competition after their winter break, defeating Denison 186-101 to pick up their fourth dual-meet win of the season.
Losing their last four contests by an average of more than 23 points a game, Alexander was hoping to get back on the right track against Vinton Country Friday night. But the Vikings had other plans as they added to the Spartans’ woes by winning 67-44.
Coming off a tough loss to Robert Morris, coach John Groce said he was proud of his team’s intensity despite its difficulty executing. But in the Mid-American Conference opener, the team took another step backward.
It was a tough weekend for the Athens High School boys basketball team.
Before Saturday’s game against Kent State, Ohio guard Tenishia Benson said the team’s next step would be establishing itself as a force away from home, where the Bobcats have won only once this season.
Two Ohio distance runners won their races in the first indoor track meet of the season, and many other Bobcats placed in the top 10 of their respective events.
After a three-week break, nobody would have faulted the Bobcats if they came out of the Winter Quarter gate a little slow. But after this weekend, no one has to.
Casey Cox was an effective offensive weapon for Nelsonville-York all game long Friday night, slicing between Bulldog defenders to score lay-ups and jumpers inside.
What looked like a promising 2-0 start in Mid-American Conference play faded late in the second half as Ohio watched its lead evaporate against Kent State Saturday.
Matt Weller’s game-winning extra point against Utah State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl gave Ohio a valuable victory: the first bowl win in school history and the first 10-win season in more than four decades.
As a freshman on a team of veterans, Ohio point guard D.J. Cooper led the squad in minutes played and was second in points.
We must protect this house!”
The Ohio swimming and diving team returns from its six-week break to host Division III powerhouse Denison in a dual meet Saturday.
The 2011-12 Nelsonville-York boys basketball team is attempting to replicate the success of the Buckeye football team earlier this fall, but with a slightly different ending.