Yaneek Smith

3 weeks ago | presspublications.com | Yaneek Smith

The Clay baseball team is one step away from the state final four. Clay, which won the Northern Lakes League Cardinal Division, defeated St. John's, 3-1, to claim a Division II district title. The Eagles, who rallied to defeat Hudson, 2-1, in a regional semifinal, lost a bevy of key players like C.J. Boudreaux and Vinny Gallaher from last year's squad, but behind the likes of Landon Eversman and Brandon Vargas have reached the regional finals for the first time since 1979.

1 month ago | presspublications.com | Yaneek Smith

Oak Harbor senior Tyler Thompson was named the Northern Buckeye Conference's Athlete of the Year, while his teammate, Wyatt Augsburger, earned the distinction of being the Athlete of the Meet as the duo led the school’s boys track & field team to a league title on May 16. It was the third consecutive conference championship for the Rockets, and the second in a row in the NBC. Oak Harbor finished with 139 points, just ahead of Eastwood, which came in second with 133 points.

1 month ago | presspublications.com | Yaneek Smith

The Oak Harbor girls track and field team captured the Northern Buckeye Conference Championship on May 16. The Rockets accumulated 163 points, which was ahead of Eastwood in second place with 129.5. Genoa and Lake finished fourth and sixth, respectively, as a team. "What was really cool about the NBC records was that it didn't just come from one individual,” Oak Harbor coach John McKitrick said. “It took 10 girls to work together to accomplish those five records, four of them being relay records.

1 month ago | presspublications.com | Yaneek Smith

If there's one thing that can be said about Oak Harbor, it's that the team is a resilient bunch.  With the regular season winding down, the Rockets (18-5, 9-4) have won eight of nine and elevated to third place in the Northern Buckeye Conference. They haven’t lost consecutive games all season. "The team has worked through a lot of growing pains this season with young players coming up," junior shortstop Karder Haas said.

1 month ago | presspublications.com | Yaneek Smith

So much for 67 years worth of records. In the past week, Lake senior Luke Steep broke two school records in the 1,600 meters (4:26.24) — at the Otsego Tim Downey Invitational — and the 3,200 (9:59.61) at a tri meet with Rossford and Otsego. Steep's time in the 1,600 beat Marc Quigg's record of 4:27.95 by less than two seconds, which had stood for 30 years, and his 9:59.61time in the 3200 was just over three seconds faster than Al Adams' time of 10:02.96, which stood for 37 years.