Bruce Hooley was sports editor of the Troy Daily News from 1983-86 and has covered Ohio State athletics for more than 25 years. Bruce was the OSU beat reporter for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland from 1987-2005.  From 2005-2011 he hosted the afternoon show on  ESPN radio 1460 AM,  in Columbus, before taking on a similar ESPN talk position with WKNR, 850 AM, in Cleveland.  Most recently Hooley has served as the beat reporter for Ohio State football and basketball for Sports Illustrated.com.  The author of "That's Why I'm Here:  The Chris and Stefanie Spielman Story, he returns for his second chapter as Buckeye beat reporter and columnist at large with Press Pros.
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Saturday, 13 March 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features

Hiland Sends Legendary Coach Out With Sixth State Title

Dave Schlabach crowned a 30-year career as one of Ohio's winningest girls basketball coaches with a sixth state championship to take with him into retirement.
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Saturday, 13 March 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features, SCL, SCL Feature

Excellence Begats Excellence With Loramie Basketball

Winning takes vision, hunger, effort and commitment, all of which abound in head coach Carla Siegel's Fort Loramie girls program, which Saturday hung a third state championship banner that testifies to the school's elite culture.
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Saturday, 13 March 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features

Loramie Caps Domination With Long-Awaited D-IV Title

Fort Loramie will never know if the 2020 state championship banner would have been its to savor, but the Redskins left no doubt that the 2021 banner belongs to them with a dominant performance that claimed the title. Bruce Hooley writes the story for Press Pros.
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Saturday, 13 March 2021 / Published in OSU, OSU Feature

Another Day, Another Adventurous Advance For Ohio State

The close calls keep coming, so Ohio State's belief that it's figured out how to close games successfully seems open to question. But the Buckeyes have survived their anxious moments so far at the Big Ten Tournament and now take aim at No. 4 Michigan.
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Friday, 12 March 2021 / Published in Home Features

Final Four: Loramie Tightens Vice, Routs Crestview…

What it looked like in person. Loramie was bigger, stronger, and determined to achieve what Covid denied them a year ago. Now the Redskins and Dana Rose (below) are on the cusp, and Thursday they appeared determined not to allow anything to get in their way. Bruce Hooley writes.