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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Sunday, 29 December 2024 / Published in Features, Home Features, OSU, OSU Feature

Second-Half Defense, Depth, Thornton’s 33 Spark Buckeyes

Ohio State rode a 33-point performance from Bruce Thornton (above) to finish non-conference play with a big second half against Indiana State...heads into Big Ten play with the momentum of consecutive 20-point wins. Jeff Gilbert writes for Press Pros.
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Sunday, 29 December 2024 / Published in Features, OSU

Win Over Kentucky Shows Value Of OSU’s Depth, Difficult Schedule

Ohio State plays its last nonconference game Sunday against Indiana State. Head coach Jake Diebler says the tough losses and tough opponents so far have grown his team and prepared it for Big Ten play.
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Saturday, 28 December 2024 / Published in Features, OSU

Post-Oregon Defensive Upgrades No Sweat For Knowles

The Ohio State defensive coordinator says his veteran players don’t flinch when adversity strikes. And when his unit didn’t play well at Oregon, he didn’t flinch. He made changes. Read Jeff Gilbert.....
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Thursday, 26 December 2024 / Published in Features, Home Features, OSU, OSU Feature

Day Wants Focus On Selves, Nothing Else, In Preparation for Oregon

Playing Oregon in the Rose Bowl is not about second chances. To win, the Buckeyes must do what they did against Tennessee - play great football and ignore the noise. Jeff Gilbert writes pre-Rose Bowl for Press Pros.
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Sunday, 22 December 2024 / Published in Features, Home Features, OSU, OSU Feature

Buckeyes Vanquish Vols, Smell The Roses With 42-17 Win

How You Like Us Now?....Defensive end Jack Sawyer celebrates the moment as the clock wound down on a dominating Ohio State 42-17 win over Tennessee at the Horseshoe Saturday night. Read more about the game from Jeff Gilbert in Sunday's Press Pros.