Jon Spencer

1 week ago | mansfieldnewsjournal.com | Jon Spencer

Returning champs: Shelby’s Madison Henkel (long jump); Lexington’s Chance Basilone (3200); Lexington’s Latrell Hughes (400); Crestview’s Liam Kuhn (pole vault); Colonel Crawford’s Gabby Roston (PV)MANSFIELD – One of the first things Mike Moore did when he took over as boys track and field coach at Lexington a couple of years ago was put the team back in the Mehock Relays for 2024 after more than a 10-year hiatus. Winning it was just a bonus.

3 weeks ago | mansfieldnewsjournal.com | Jon Spencer

LEXINGTON – He estimates that to build the 5,200-hundred piece, 3-foot tall Marvel Avengers Tower out of Legos took him roughly 16 to 17 hours. That’s nothing compared to how long Lexington senior Trey Nickoli took to construct a high school Wall of Fame-worthy swim career. Four-year state qualifier, six-time state medalist (top eight), eight-time All-Ohioan (top 16), three-time YMCA national qualifier and integral part of Lex’s three Division II district titles and a state runner-up finish.

3 weeks ago | mansfieldnewsjournal.com | Jon Spencer

ONTARIO – Jeff Trumpower’s love for history sprouted from a towering family tree. “I’ve always appreciated history, whether it’s Richland County or Mansfield, because I love the stories that come with it,” he said. “I come from a family of 15 (siblings), and I’m the 15th, so there was always good storytelling, and it makes you appreciate the history of stuff.”One of the perks of loving history in the Trumpower household  is that Jeff’s children are so good at making it.

3 weeks ago | mansfieldnewsjournal.com | Jon Spencer

MANSFIELD – It seems inevitable. Ontario junior Aiden Ohl and Galion junior Gradey Harding – the News Journal’s co-Wrestlers of the Year – will become the first four-time state medalists at  their respective schools. And what would that mean? “It would be pretty awesome,” Harding said. “I grew up in Galion and those (Tiger wrestlers before me) are the people I love. Just to stay here, without moving around, and then to be the first four-timer would be amazing.

3 weeks ago | mansfieldnewsjournal.com | Jon Spencer

MANFIELD – Led by co-Wrestlers of the Year Aiden Ohl of Ontario and Gradey Harding of Galion, the first-teamers on the all-News Journal Wrestling Squad include 14 state qualifiers, 11 state medalists, five repeat state medalists and two three-time state medalists. No surprise, Ohl and Harding fit all of those categories. Best of all, these two juniors have eligibility remaining, as do 40 of the other 58 wrestlers who made this squad. ALL-NEWS JOURNAL WRESTLING SQUAD106 pounds: 1.