On our 16th anniversary, we take time to remind you of the exceptional people who've made this trip, and left before we got to nowhere in particular.  But what a standard they set for those who've followed....

Ryan Day liked the tone his team set on the last day of July. A tone the Buckeys will need on the 30th day of August when Texas comes to town....

Nineteen years after their last state football title, and thirty two years since their last MAC championship, Josh Werling and the St. Henry Redskins believe they have the goods to honor a football legacy, and a community starved for a taste of the p...

As Ohio State begins preseason practice Thursday, the surest of things is that lots of people say Jeremiah Smith (above) is the best college football player in the nation. Jeff Gilbert writes for Press Pros....

If you believe Jeff Gilbert's conclusion that expanding the NCAA basketball tournament is a bad idea...consider another reality about sports, more sports, and sports to the point of it losing its competitive savor.  The numbers are stunning....

Former Phillies great Richie Allen was inducted posthumously into baseball's hall of fame on Sunday. I took time to watch, saw a lot of people that I once knew, and enjoyed every minute of it....

More NCAA Tournament teams for the sake of more teams is nonsense. It only makes for more frivolous games when sports fans crave and deserve meaningful competition....

Commissioner Tony Petitti continued to talk Tuesday at Big Ten Media Days about expanding the playoffs to 16 and guaranteeing four spots for Big Ten and SEC teams. And the coaches, one by one, took the stage and made the same arguments....

Currently sitting on the longest winning streak in Ohio high school football, along with four consecutive state titles (15 overall), Tim Goodwin and the Marion Local Flyers are immersed in a pre-season of retooling, and truth be told...they're really...

They said it for all the nation to hear at Tuesday's Big Ten Media Days in Vegas...Ryan Day and the Buckeyes are not resting on last year's national championship. This is a different team (Caleb Downs, above), and they want to win a different champi...

In the first of two nights of harness racing at the Shelby County Fair, a pair of area drivers (Ed Greeno, above) come back to their racing roots and cash in on Sidney's half-mile track....

Gabe Cupps and Devin Royal battled on big stages in high school. Cupps transferred from Indiana this year to help the Buckeyes get back to the NCAA Tournament. Big men Brandon Noel and Christoph Tilly are also new to the team with the same goal. Part...

He's raising competitive pride and dominance at a time when America has never needed it more.  And as the dynastic qualities of Tiger Woods pass, Scottie Scheffler has picked up the mantel without missing a beat....

Marion Local's U13 learned the hard way that tournaments produce more losers than winners. But at the Minster Classic, a balanced approach between a passion for winning and a love for playing makes it worth competing every year, win, lose or draw. R...

St. Henry's Karlee Baumer brought the excitement with three hits and nine stolen bases in a U14 barn-burner. Teammate Adalyn Zimmerman knocked in three runs and scored two more, enough to overcome Fort Loramie, and Lauren Poeppelman's 13 Strikeouts....

You know the phrase...behind every successful man stands a pretty special woman?  Nothing more true than the one who taught me to type and set me on my path as a writer at Akron East High School....

Tate Kahlig said “gettin’ dirty” is his favorite part of playing third base. He took one last trip through the dirt to score Fort Recovery’s winning run against Minster in a defensive showcase. (above)...

Former Bellefontaine, Marysville, and Lehman coach Mark Brunswick will be inducted into the OHSBCA hall of fame, class of 2026....

A former football standout is getting a second chance at life, thanks to his diligence to make the most of opportunity he now sees with fresh eyes. Guest writer Bob Roberts shares the story........

Jake Diebler recruited experienced transfers, a promising freshman and kept a couple guys around from last year. The goal is for that group to mesh with a talented and experienced backcourt to compete in the Big Ten and play in the NCAA Tournament. P...

St. Henry's Easton Zimmerman (above) gets hero welcome for his Thursday grand slam home run...And if you want a boost to your spirits, and anticipation for the future of youngsters learning to do things the right way...take a couple of hours this wee...

Compared to what we saw at the conclusion of the Major League all-star game…it’s a joy to watch the ten-year-olds from down the street play baseball at the community park. At least they play to win the game....

With the start of high school football just six weeks away, the focus is on those key players that portend success and failure, even for average teams.  Regardless of what they've won and who they've lost, quarterbacks will dictate the conversation a...

A pair of Buckeyes heard their respective opportunity to be professionals on Monday...infielder/hitter Tyler Pettorini to the Phillies...and hard-throwing reliever Blaine Wynk was drafted in the eighth round by the Chicago White Sox....

Senior point guards' return for his senior season gives Jake Diebler’s second season as head coach a much better shot at success in the Big Ten and the opportunity to earn the program’s first NCAA Tournament bid since 2022. Part 4 of a summer series ...

In just a month we’ll begin year sixteen of Press Pros, and a reader brought it to our attention this week by asking…what’s on your mind to write about if you weren’t writing sports?...

Zach Gueth's first two teams in Vandalia each won nine games. It's a new season full of new challenges with no guarantees, but consistency in the coaching staff and consistent messaging gives the Aviators a chance at another winning season. Butler h...

If you want to play college baseball, and you're committed to play for that school that recruited you because they believed you could make a difference...be sure of your game before you get there. And be ready to learn. ...

Matt Burgbacher's Red Devils are experienced, explosive and aware of what it takes to excel. And if they forget, which they won't, there are signs strategically placed to remind them what it feels like to fall painfully short of their goals. Larkin ...

Coming up on 16 years of Press Pros, some of you have been kind to write with both compliments and questions about things behind the scenes over the years...like, whatever happened to Jerry Snodgrass (above)?  It makes for some interesting reflection...

One of the Big Ten's best hitters isn't even on the list of top 250 Major League Draft prospects for next week.  But that doesn't matter to Ohio State's Tyler Pettorini.  All he's hoping for is that one team that likes something he does well enough.....

The latest reader correspondence with some fireworks befitting the weekend...and people whose summers already appear to be long and hot. “You could be better?” wrote one. God bless America, and enjoy it.....!...

He was trained to be a lawyer.  However, his heart was in racing.  And now the standardbred world is the better for it as Trotwood, Ohio's own Tom Aldrich is inducted this week into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame....

If you're tired of burgers and brats for your holiday weekend get-together, let me share some thoughts on a different menu that's easy to make and a delight to enjoy.  And you might already have it...right there in your freezer....

He was 16 when he bought his first horse for $500, and sold it a month later for $20,000...proving that Greenville's Ronnie Gillespie was cut out for the harness racing game, and closing in on a thousand wins as one of the state's favorite 'fair' dri...

The story behind two of America's most recognizable tunes, traditional favorites from  from the 19th century...and how Ray Charles' recording would make one of them a contemporary masterpiece that sealed his place as an American holiday icon.
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It’s a well-recognized tune, one of the most famous in America, but for the sake of fact…some words about a “national” tune not written by John Phillip Sousa, but one he admitted that he liked as much as his own. A holiday tribute in today's Press P...

The Blue Jays lost in the regional final last year. So they were happy to be invited back to Midwest Live to further build a foundation they expect to lead them to UD Arena. Jeff Gilbert writes for Press Pros....

People like Mary Jannides touched so many lives over the years that it's impossible for the those outside Sidney to understand.  But it's not hard, once you know the story....

Bruce Thornton, John Mobley Jr. and Devin Royal said they never considered playing at another school or for another coach. They came back because they love being Buckeyes and want to take the program back to the NCAA Tournament. Part 2 of a summer se...

It's not even the fourth of July yet, but already the brightest lights in area high school Division VII basketball tee it up this weekend, whetting hoops appetites for December....

Point guard Cole McClurg (above) and the Wildcats are in northern Ohio playing good competition with the expectation that their experience at Midwest Live will help them be ready when practice starts in November....

The recent OHSAA announcement about 12 teams per region for the playoffs has apparently inspired no one who's concerned with the future of more competitive football.  "And Marion Local is still in Division VII,"  laments one....

A photo of baseball, when baseball was real....Coastal Carolina coach Kevin Schnall got the heave early in the College World Series finale for arguing balls and strikes, and in another example of institutional management...the NCAA looked the worse f...

A career, and life, far too short, one of harness racing's brightest meteors is being remember for how much he did in such a short amount of time. Bob Roberts writes for Press Pros....

It doesn't cost $250 for a family of five to attend, and it doesn't cost $1,500 for a twelve-year-0ld to play.  What wrapped up this weekend in Versailles was baseball for the sake of fun (New Bremen's Landon Overman, above), and family...and no one ...

Second-year head coach Jake Diebler is following a plan he expects to make Ohio State relevant again for years to come. And he's using every avenue possible in his effort to make it happen.  Part 1 of a summer series on the building of the 2025-2026 ...

Hero's welcome...Versailles' Jack Steinbrunner is mobbed by his teammates following his walk-off home run on Saturday. And in a pair of 11u and 12u games, dramatic home runs highlighted the action in Day 2 of the Stammen Classic tournament in Versai...

The weekend is on fire with baseball fever in Versailles with the annual Craig Stammen Classic tournament in support of community baseball...and the good things that come from it....

Follow the weekend action through updated scores of the 2025 Stammen Amateur Baseball Classic in Versailles, provided by Press Pros Magazine.com....

Flattered by mail sent to Press Pros about his past fishing posts, Ray Reilly answers a few of the best and most common questions about where and how to fish in the Buckeye state....

Commentary from near and far on content posted since May…on seven divisions of OHSAA baseball…softball coverage…all-state baseball…Lou Brunswick…Ohio State baseball…and Memorial Day....

The expanded tournament proved to the knowledgeable that better baseball is more predictable when it comes from fundamentals and a culture of teaching them in the the old-fashioned way.  Minster and Mike Wiss proved (again) that hardly anyone does it...

After starting the season 8-6, Olentangy proved it was a team of destiny down the stretch, capping its incredible run with a 2-1 state championship win over high-powered Springboro. It was especially emotional for Columbus Clippers manager Andy Tracy...

Graham Local is headed for the OHSAA Division V state baseball finals after overcoming a slew of adversities, including an overnight rain delay, to be Lynchburg-Clay in the semifinals, 4-1, with Adam Levy leading the way on the mound and in the batte...

They held their breath on the final out (above)....but sophomore lefty Rocco Bucci won his third postseason game, Dominic Pirrone had the key hit and left fielder Cameron Birch made a home run-saving catch in the seventh inning to lift Olentangy into...

The OHSAA expanded the state high school baseball championships from four division to seven and Minster won the first Division VII title Saturday in Canal Park with an 8-0 destruction of Newark Catholic, a fourth state championship for Minster and v...

When it rains, it pours, and no one feels it more than the Graham Falcons, who were stuck between a rock and a wet place in Friday's Division V semi-final....

Coldwater's season, and quest for an eighth title, came to an end at the hand of a hot pitcher and a pivotal fifth inning in the Division V state semi-final....

Landon Wolf's two-run inside-the-park homer in the first inning set the tone for Amherst Steele's 3-2 Division II state semifinal win over New Albany, but it was a 10th inning error that ultimately sent the Eagles home....

Despite a competitive effort by ace Grant Jolly (above)...a dominating performance by University School's Aaron Moss put a stop to Wapak's latest magical season, one breaking ball at a time....

The agony of defeat....Ninth-ranked Licking Valley pulled the tournament stunner thus far by knocking out #1-ranked Hamilton Badin in extra innings in the first of two Division III semi-finals....

A stumbling start and a hot Minster pitcher were more than Russia could overcome.  The Raiders' season comes to a close in the Division VII semi-final at Akron's Canal Park....

A botched rundown in the first inning, and four errors turned out to be more than Braylon Cordonnier could pitch around in the Division VII semi-final at Canal Park....

He passed away last month, as rich in experience and satisfaction for a life well-lived as any man I've ever known and worked with....one I called friend....

The lineup....Something that my dad once taught me that I happened to embrace through pure dumb luck...and now, it's my seasonal retreat from phones, laptops, and the morning news. On this Father's Day weekend, a reminder from the past....

It would appear that this year’s College World Series might be dominated by schools who’ve spent heavily on their roster, even those out-of-the-way schools like Coastal Carolina and Murray State. Which leaves the question…what chance does anyone hav...

Tri-Village was one of three state champions this week in Akron to finish unbeaten, a perfect 30-0, and their first state title in softball. And for those who question winning over fun, there's nothing more fun than that. Jeff Gilbert writes for Pre...

Coldwater won the thriller of the tournament, so far, Graham is the biggest surprise of the tournament, and Russia and Minster portend to be the most locally anticipated matchup in a rematch of their 2017 Division IV title game....

Coldwater's thrilling seventh-inning rally earned the Cavs a regional title and a 23rd trip to state. After entering the bottom of the seventh trailing 3-2, Braxton Taylor drove in the tying run, then scored the winner off of Mason Welsch's blast. ...

Scuffling at the plate the past two games, Cooper Tracy ripped a two-RBI double as part of a three-run, four-hit explosion in the seventh, lifting Olentangy over Grove City 4-2 for its first regional title since 2006. He also got the pitching win in ...

The end of the Aviators’ season came to a halt in the Division III regionals, stopped by Rams pitcher Caleb Driessen and his outfield defense. Butler feels the emotions of a season ended short of its goals while (Pictured)...

Pitcher Grant Thunberg tossed a 2-hit shutout to lead New Albany to a 6-0 victory in a Division II regional championship game. Grove City, OH – As is the case with his team, New Albany junior pitcher Grant Thunberg appears to have hit his stride at j...

The last guy on the pile (Maddox Goubeaux, #18) pitched them to the Final Four...Smashing a young Cedarville team in the regional final, Russia claimed its fourth consecutive trip to the OHSAA baseball Final Four Thursday with incentive to spare....

Covington falls in the semi-final round of the state softball tournament...makes first Final Four appearance since 2013. Jarrod Ulrey writes..........

Braylon Cordonnier, making his fifth start back from an injury that only allowed him to play shortstop, dominated Mohawk with 13 strikeouts, and catcher Cooper Unverferth ignited an offense that sometimes needs a boost. The Raiders hit up and down t...

Minster coach Mike Wiss congratulates James Niemeyer after Niemeyer gave Minster just what they needed, when they needed it most...strikes and outs...to right the ship and send the Wildcats to Thursday's Division VII Regional Final....

Pitcher Nick Weiss and his Big Walnut teammates delivered under pressure, advancing to only their second regional title game. New Albany also got a one-hit pitching gem from Cam Simmons to blank St. Charles in the other semifinal. Grove City, OH – Fa...

Sophomore left-hander Rocco Bucci scattered three hits in a splendid complete-game effort and he led a small army of hitters powering red-hot Olentangy to its 14th win in 15 games and a ticket to the regional final. Lancaster, OH – Except for folks i...

The Aviators needed seven innings from senior ace Hunter Richardson to hold off Hamilton Ross. Now they turn to senior Mason Reckner for Thursday’s regional final and a possible berth in the Division III state semifinals. Butler's Koby Dues is abou...

Thanks to some clutch hitting and solid relief pitching by Carson Welsh, Grove City got the final run in a topsy-turvy game with more than its share of odd twists. Lancaster, OH – Cool as a cucumber on a hot, sun-splashed afternoon at Beavers Field, ...

As the end of the high school sports season, some observations on the last sport on the calendar, visibly impacted by seven divisions and the diminished skills necessary to play the game at a higher level....

Trainer Virgil Morgan, Jr. has made Scioto Downs his home, and a pari-mutual playground.  And if any horseman doubts his dominance, just check the books that are stacked higher than the quarter pole. Guest writer Bob Roberts writes for Press Pros......

The evidence of a legacy, and the proof that words and deeds live beyond the physical presence of coach...how Lou Brunswick and Brian Harlamert's imprint could be felt in Coldwater's district win....

Hamilton Ross started fast, Tippecanoe started slow. And in five innings the Red Devils' season was over. Tipp coach Cam Dickens was disappointed with Saturday's loss, but he is happy with the program's process this season. (Pictured above)...

Emalyn Johnson knocked in five runs with a triple and home run, pitcher Whitney Burns and her defense navigated Southeastern’s lineup and the Buccaneers are state bound for the first time since 2013....

It wasn’t as pretty as some, but in the end Coldwater and reliever Mason Welsch (above) overcame some early hiccups to win the Division V district baseball title over Liberty Benton and advanced to next week's regional round of the tournament. Read ...

Our premier of standardbred racing from Scioto Downs last week proved to be eye-opening...and mind-opening...because once again it showed that you can never know what you don't know until you see it for yourself....

With a 5-1 win over Hilliard Davidson, the fourth-seeded Braves captured their first district crown since 2018. Lewis Center, OH – As it looked to morph from a below-.500 team a year ago into one of central Ohio’s surprises this spring, the Olentangy...

Senior catcher Matt Subler kept believing in his Versailles teammates. But the other team, Miami Valley Christian Academy, executed one run better to win a Division V district final....

Fort Loramie mustered just three hits off a Cedarville sophomore (above), the Redskins squandered a golden opportunity in the fifth, and their season and tourney hopes came to an end with a 2-0 loss to Cedarville in the district final....

Miami East's season spiraled to an end as Liberty Union scored 15 runs in the fourth and fifth innings of the regional semifinals....

Despite a No. 11 district seed and a 15-10 record, Grove City’s softball team has played its way into yet another regional title game with sharp defense, solid pitching and clutch hitting. Also a traditional power, Lebanon joined the party with...

A 'tip' of the hat...He pitched just 4.2 innings, but Tipp's Cayden McKinney struck out eight, had the game's longest hit, and oh yeah...he didn't allow a hit (technically) for a Red Devils' 12-0 district tourney win Wednesday over Piqua. Read more....

Two weeks after a shocking season for first-year coach Justin Haire, some thoughts on the next steps, the next roster, and the search for talent and culture....

I can almost mark the date when it began…the slow but constant disregard for the darkest hours of our history, because it doesn’t fit contemporary cultural narrative....

Propelled by two home runs and 14 hits, the Lions are headed to the regional for the second time in four seasons. Lewis Center, OH – Losers of six of their final nine games of the regular season and with double-digit losses overall, the Gahanna Linco...

At the rate he's going, if driver Chris Page was in the sulky behind Minster Ed he most likely would be the favorite and probably odds-on.  And he might actually win. Read Hal McCoy in Thursday's Press Pros..........

The Vikings hit three home runs and rode a seven-run inning to a Division V district semifinal victory over Anna. Next, they play form a fourth straight district title. ...

Anna High School senior Victoria Heitkamp has been chosen as the recipient of the Bill Wells Press Pros Scholar/Athlete Scholarship to pursue a career in nursing....

In a highly competitive consideration regarding on-the-field and in-the-classroom achievement, Coldwater's Mason Welsch (above) and Minster's Ava Stammen (inside) garner recognition as the MAC Scholar-Athlete Award Winners for 2025....

It took ten innings and many of the same frustrations of a lost season.  But in the end the Buckeyes and Tyler Pettorini (above, center) celebrated his game-winning double on Senior Day to send the crowd home with a smile...11-10 over Illinois, in te...

Backed by seven walks, the Pioneers beat the Eagles 7-3 in a non-league matchup of top-seeded district title contenders.  Plain City, OH – The Jonathan Alder baseball team has lost just one game this spring, but even being the state’s top-ranked team...

A pair of multi-sport impact athletes, Russia's Braylon Cordonnier (above) and Fort Loramie's Avery Brandewie (inside) are the 12th annual Press Pros/Sponsors Shelby County League scholar-athlete scholarship winners for 2025....

The view from here...OSU's Matt Graveline watches one of five Illinois home runs leave the park Saturday as the Illini scored 10 unanswered runs in the middle innings to take the series and reinforce a priority for 2026. More........

The score was better, and the pitching was better.  But in the end the familiar issues of free bases and sloppy play allowing a run in the top of the ninth (above) cost Ohis State its 36th loss of the season in a 4-2 decision to Illinois....

A two-RBI suicide squeeze by Vande Holser ignited a four run third inning for Grove City, which recorded a statement win in a nonleague matchup between Central District big-school powers. Delaware, OH – With coach Ryan Alexander constantly barking ou...

Sign of the times?  There was a time when you went to a major league game to learn, not be entertained or to hear a statement on political correctness.  You went because you were interested...in baseball! An encore presentation of one of Greg Hoard'...

The spot in left field where Ernie Banks hit his 500th career home run...what Wrigley Field really looks like when you see it face to face.  And with just a week left in the baseball season, where does Justin Haire and staff begin to make the necessa...

The Buckeyes, the dugout, and even the crowd was into it...Matt Graveline's sixth inning home run (#9, above) helped the Buckeyes break the losing streak Saturday with an 11-6 win over Northwestern. Read more........

Butler claimed a second straight MVL title by taking down Tipp 10-4 to improve to 20-0 on the season. Koby Dues retired the last ten Tipp batters, including eight strikeouts in a row....

Following the familiar script, the Buckeyes failed to get a quality start Friday in historic Wrigley Field, and managed just three hits in another run-rule loss, this time to Northwestern....

Coldwater broke up a no-hitter in the bottom of the seventh, played small ball to edge out a run, and squeezed by Minster, 1-0. Read about how it went in Friday's Press Pros....

Plays like this one, some timely hits, and sophomore Jake Reinhardt scattered eight hits to give a glimpse of the future. It added up to a 3-1 winning effort Wednesday to lift Troy past rival Piqua. Read more........

Before anyone throws the baby out with the bath water, read and consider some realities about what we've seen in schedule, inexperience, and how the culture of college baseball is as fluid as the Buckeyes' record....

An early 3-run lead in game one proved not to be enough...and the familiar issue of walks, wild pitches, and hit batsmen in the second game extended the Buckeyes misery with a sweep by Michigan....

Amidst an embarrassing loss and a highly questionable decision to play, Michigan's 23-1 win in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader raises another, more troubling question about the priority of NCAA baseball....

The Russia Raiders did the little things right to blow out Arcanum 9-2 for their seventh in their last eight games. Brody Phlipot pitched five innings, giving up just two hits and no earned runs....

Hero's greeting...Tipp's Cayden McKinney (above, right) is rushed by his teammates following his 2 RBI-single that drove in the tying and winning runs in the bottom of the seventh Wednesday, delivering a 3-2 win over Troy....

The first reader responses of spring deal heavily with Jeff Gilbert's recent feature on former Cornerstone Christian basketball coach, Babe Kwasniak (above).  In addition...baseball, Ray Reilly, and 'tunes'....

Versailles starting pitcher Ross Francis reaches for the plate and a third inning insurance run in Tuesday's game with Delphos St. John. He was out on the play, but later got credit for a 4-2 win that kept the Tigers in the hunt for the MAC baseball...

I heard it recently, and wondered...what ever happened to the song, 'You're Only Lonely?' Former Statler Brother Jimmy Fortune brings you, and the song, up to date.........

Both teams had four hits. Neither team committed an error. But Russia had Cooper Unverferth....

AJ Goldmeyer, AJ Clymer and Andrew Leonard smacked back-to-back-to-back doubles in a seventh-inning uprising as Liberty overtook Orange in a battle of area and state powers. Lewis Center, OH – As a first-team All-Ohio quarterback on the Division I st...

After a slow start Monday Piqua senior Hunter Steinke caught fire to strike out twelve, limit Fairborn to 4 hits, and picked up his fifth win of the seaon, 4-1. Read more about him.........

In a game that clearly characterized their season, overall, the Buckeyes played their way out of a chance to take a series from Rutgers, losing 13-5....

Runs, lots of runs (above), and a dominant bullpen spelled success for the Buckeyes Saturday, evening the Rutgers series with a 16-8 win. Read more.........

The most interesting part of the 2025 NFL draft so far has proven to be that the 'suits' have said they don't need Shedeur Sanders.  And your guess, and mine, is as good as anyone else's....

A familiar failing produces a familiar result in game 39 of the season...Buckeyes suffer another run-rule loss in series opener with Rutgers....

If you're hungry it really doesn't matter.  But for those who are picky about eating what they catch, the pickiest have the data on what's the best fish, Bluegill or Crappie?...

Hero's greeting...Tipp's Cayden McKinney (above, right) is rushed by his teammates following his 2 RBI-single that drove in the tying and winning runs in the bottom of the seventh Wednesday, delivering a 3-2 win over Troy....

Benefiting from a five-run start in the first inning, Coldwater held on to remain unbeaten in MAC play with a Tuesday 8-4 win over Versailles. Read more.........

Some insurance...Fort Loramie's Zac Dues dropped down a surprise bunt to score a pair of insurance runs in the sixth inning of Monday's 5-1 win over rival Russia. Read more about the game........

Run-ruled 14-4 in the finale of their weekend series with Michigan State Sunday, it was an all-too-familiar reminder of the priorities for improvement in 2026. Reggie Bussey (above), led the Buckeyes with three hits....

Some thoughts on baseball others being tired of cold and wet…"more games are lost, than won...and why coaches get fired for the sake of Christian example....

One of the few remaining things yet to happen in 2025...Maddix Simpson looks on as a couple of the locals settle in for some action in center field. The Buckeyes dropped game two, and the series, to Michigan State, 10-9 in eleven innings....

Babe Kwasniak coached his son and his Cornerstone Christian boys basketball team hard,  and was fired recently in the wake of a runner-up finish at the state tournament...for not being more Christ-like!...

Not a good Friday in Michigan...Hoping for a carryover from their mid-week explosion against Wright State, the Buckeyes were anything but explosive in a disappointing showing against Michigan State....

Coldwater broke the game down to its simplest terms - good pitching and some timely hitting in the sixth - to beat St. Henry in a high school baseball clinic. Coldwater's Karsyn Homan (above) celebrates scoring the tying run in the sixth. Read more...

What was more perfect than the crystal blue sky at the Dayton Dragons' Day-Air Ballpark? Butler's record, now 10-0 after a 5-4 win over Troy. Koby Dues crushed a triple, then scored the go-ahead run in the sixth inning, his third of the game....

Ohio State needs to improve in many ways to be an NCAA Tournament team again. Former Centerville star Gabe Cupps (above) is one of the transfers Jake Diebler is depending on in a program looking for players that can impact winning in many ways....

His resignation from coaching surprised no one who really knew him, and Spencer Cordonnier will not be far away. Men like him never are, which is why Russia basketball will be such a plum job for his replacement....

A strong start by Jake Michalak, a first inning home run by Lee Ellis, and an early 3-0 lead proved not to be enough.  The Buckeyes drop the series finale and to 14 games under .500 with a 6-4 Sunday loss to Minnesota....

Buckeyes drop their seventh game in a row despite another strong performance by freshman starting pitcher Gavin Kuzniewski. Columbus, OH – The hits, it seems, just keep on coming;  and we’re not talking about the kind you hear on Pandora....

The quarterbacks showed how they've progressed, Julian Sayin might have taken the lead in the battle for the job, and Ryan Day continues to express urgency to get his team ready for Texas....

One big inning and the persisting issue of a mistake here, a free base there.  Minnesota takes advantage to win the series opener at Bill Davis, 10-5....

Coming off 'that trip' to USC, the Buckeyes' issues continued Wednesday with a revealing loss to Kent State....

Brian Hartline's maturation (and hoped-for success) as Ohio State's offensive coordinator and play caller depends a ton on how much the quarterbacks prepare themselves to be ready for Texas....

In their current state of 8-20, with just two Big Ten wins after four weeks of conference play, even the minority fringe of Buckeye Nation is asking the obvious questions about baseball at Bill Davis..."What's happened?"...

Like a Bill Murray movie, the Buckeyes lose late for the second day in a row, despite a career-day by Tyler Pettorini (above).  USC swept the series with a ninth inning comeback Sunday, 10-9....