Ohio had five athletes earn points during the Mid-American Conference Championship, but a handful of other close calls dropped the team lower in the standings than it would have liked.
The conclusion of NFL rookie mini-camps across the league yielded different results for the six former Bobcats who participated in them during the past week.
With the pop of Ohio center fielder Ethan Newton’s glove and a collective groan from the Akron dugout, the Bobcats finally let out a sigh of relief.
With the Mid-American Conference Championships underway, Ohio had 10 athletes compete in seven events on Thursday. But so far, only one Bobcat has locked in points for the team, with two more scores pending.
Ohio shortstop Garrett Black took his reps alongside senior second baseman Bryan Barnes last season as a freshman. The duo was successful, rounding out a combined .946 fielding percentage and making a dent offensively.
Sport is about performance on an individual or team level and the measurement of that success. Craig McCarthy’s Ohio University hockey career can be quantified by the three American Collegiate Hockey Association championships he won behind the bench at Bird Arena.
Travis Wilkins is not the typical Ohio basketball recruit.
After clinching the fourth seed for the Mid-American Conference Tournament against Kent State last weekend, the Golden Flashes returned the favor on Thursday afternoon to end Ohio’s season short of its MAC Championship goal.
When Ohio University breaks ground on its planned multipurpose center as early as this summer it won’t be the first time such a facility was planned on campus.
It was a mucky Tuesday afternoon when the Bobcats began filtering into Peden Stadium for a midday practice. Field conditions forced the team to move from its normal practice site and the squad had to share the turf with the football team.
The Bobcats will make the seven-hour trek from Athens to Mount Pleasant, Mich. this week to compete in the three-day Mid-American Conference Championships at Central Michigan.
It is often said that any day at the ballpark is better than a day at the office. But Ohio has plenty of labor to put in on the diamond before entering its final two Mid-American Conference series during the next two weeks.
Freshman Chanda Cuckler — sometimes called “CC” for short — was known for her high jumps and hurdles when she competed at Federal Hocking High School. Only a few months after her graduation, she competed in not one, not two, but seven track and field events for the Bobcats.
Ohio achieved one of the goals coach Jodi Hermanek set forth at the beginning of the season, which was to get a top-four seed and a first-round bye in the Mid-American-Conference Tournament.
Streaks are commonplace in baseball and can define a season, like Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak in 1941. Ohio right fielder Jensen Painter’s season has been defined by a lengthy streak of his own.
Former All-Pro NFL linebacker Junior Seau died last week from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the heart — not the head. But beyond the cause of his death, some more questions about his life in the NFL remain.
The Bobcats took home six first-place finishes, along with many improved marks, in their final home meet of the season.
Back-to-back sweeps in Mid-American Conference play have the Bobcats in a prime position heading into the MAC Tournament this week.
Ohio wrapped up its spring season by falling to Wright State 3-0 after the squad was unable to come back from a pair of first-half tallies.
Ohio coach Jodi Hermanek has been asking her team for timelier hitting and finally got it during the final weekend of the regular season.
Solutions by The State News