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By: Frank DiRenna, Dave Purpura
Perhaps the busiest weekend of the high school basketball season is Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, given not only league games for most teams but also a plethora of multiday invitationals that include dozens of teams.
By: Dave Purpura
While Feb. 5 is the next National Signing Day for high school football players, it is not the first such date of the school year.
By: Dave Purpura
Columbus Dispatch With two weekends left in the high school swimming and diving regular season , several central Ohio athletes appear to be in good position to maintain the area's lofty standing statewide.
By: Dave Purpura
Columbus Dispatch On a few occasions Friday, Jay Sharrett fell back on one reason why a football coaching career that appeared to have ended
By: Dave Purpura, Frank DiRenna
Last week featured several top-tier matchups between central Ohio's best boys and girls basketball teams, some of which carried considerable league and – believe it or not – potential postseason implications.
By: Dave Purpura
Columbus Dispatch By the time Mitchell Genson started thinking about bowling his first sanctioned 300 game, most of the work was done.
By: Dave Purpura
Columbus Dispatch The high school basketball postseason draws ever closer, with the girls district tournament brackets to be determined Sunday and the boys following seven days later.
By: Dave Purpura
Columbus Dispatch Out of earshot of one another, Reynoldsburg boys basketball players kept returning to a familiar theme in describing why the Raiders started 15-0 and are the state's top-ranked team.
By: Frank DiRenna, Dave Purpura
This week sets the stage for the next chapter of the high school basketball season, given that the girls basketball tournament draw was Sunday and several league championships could be decided by this weekend.
By: Dave Purpura, Frank DiRenna
Boys and girls high school basketball teams from central Ohio – 220 to be exact – will head to the postseason over the next few weeks.
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