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
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Saturday, 07 March 2026 / Published in Features, MAC, MAC Feature, TRC, TRC Feature

Fort Recovery Finds Rare Success; Troy Christian Does It Again

Fort Recovery's rise under Bob Leverette paid off Friday night with a first district title since 2010. Troy Christian, regulars at this stage, won their third in four years. Read Jeff Gilbert
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Thursday, 05 March 2026 / Published in Features, Home Features, MAC

Elwer Passes LeBron … St. John’s Rolls Into District Final

Cam Elwer scores 28 points and moves up the Ohio career scoring chart much to the delight of the Blue Jays’ mobile fan base. And the Blue Jays cruise into a district final. Read Jeff Gilbert
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Thursday, 05 March 2026 / Published in Features, OSU, OSU Feature

Buckeyes Pound Penn State; Mobley Jr. Scores 28

Ohio State helped its NCAA Tournament chances with a blowout victory at Penn State behind 28 points from John Mobley Jr.
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Thursday, 05 March 2026 / Published in Features, MAC, SCL

Pay Back … Anna Knocks Off Versailles In OT In Region Semis

The first meeting two months ago ended strangely in Versailles' favor. Anna's redemption on Wednesday had its own strange flavor of unusual events in a girls Division V regional semifinal. Read Jeff Gilbert
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Wednesday, 04 March 2026 / Published in Features, SCL, SCL Feature

Botkins’ Defense Lights Up Scoreboard; Loramie Loses Heartbreaker

Botkins moves on to a Division VII district final playing the way it likes to play while learning it can't deviate from that plan in March if it wants to continue to survive and advance, while Fort Loramie loses a heartbreaker to Cedarville. Read Jeff Gilbert