Dave Purpura

Dave Purpura, Columbus Dispatch Jamier Brown 's return to the football field for his original high school will have to wait until September.

Columbus Dispatch The longest championship run in the history of Ohio high school field hockey is alive entering this fall, but the depth of the Columbus area does not stop there.

Frank DiRenna, Scott Gerfen and Dave Purpura, Columbus Dispatch It's Week 1 of the 2026 Ohio high school football season , and The Dispatch

Frank DiRenna, Scott Gerfen and Dave Purpura | Columbus Dispatch

Columbus Dispatch The 2026 high school football season is off to a fast start , and several central Ohio players wasted no time making their presence felt.

Columbus Dispatch Of all the ways a program can evolve, Watterson boys soccer coach Aaron Linden will take the hand he has been dealt.

Coverage of fall sports continues in earnest, Dave Purpura writes in this week's Dispatch high school sports newsletter.

Dave Purpura, Columbus Dispatch Olentangy Orange sophomore girls golfer Amelia Buettner carded one of the best rounds in central Ohio history

An age-old saying in football dictates that the most improvement in a season takes place between the first and second games.

Columbus Dispatch Not only do central Ohio teams continue to dominate high school water polo on a statewide level , but the game is growing locally.