Jeff Gilbert is a Clark County native who began his journalism career answering the phone on the Springfield New-Suns sports desk as a college senior. After college, he began a nine-year run at the Northern Virginia Daily and earned several state-wide writing awards while covering high schools, a summer wooden-bat college baseball league and small-college sports. His next stop was at The Roanoke (Va.) Times as assistant sports editor and sports editor.In 2009, he moved back to Ohio to start the journalism program at his alma mater, Cedarville University, where he still teaches. He has worked as a freelance journalist for a variety of outlets, mostly covering high schools and the Dayton Dragons for the News-Sun and Dayton Daily News, and has won several Ohio Prep Sportstwriters Association awards. In 2022, he won the freelancer best in show award given by the Society of Professional Journalists’ Best of Ohio contest. He covers Ohio State football and high schools for Press Pros
Ohio State’s humbling loss to Northwestern at home Thursday night makes the task of earning an NCAA Tournament berth far more difficult with three of the last four games on the road. Columbus, OH – CTRL-ALT-DELETE. Reboot. If only Ohio State could do that to Thursday night’s event at the Schottenstein Center that goes in
Bruce Thornton’s late shot to tie doesn’t reach the rim, and the Buckeyes miss a big chance to boost their NCAA Tournament resume. Columbus, OH – Ohio State stared down a shot to tie the score with three seconds left against the Big Ten’s first-place team. Short of a dunk or wide-open layup, the shot
