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
Mason defeats Troy at this stage of the tournament for the second straight year. And the Trojans, who surpassed expectations by making it this far, will long remember that it was Jake Hanley who they couldn't hit and who swung a powerful bat. Caleb Akins (pictured) battled through his pet peeve of five walks and struck out seven against Mason's powerful lineup.
Head coach Ryan Day and offensive coordinator Chip Kelly didn’t say whether Will Howard has won the starting quarterback job and didn’t say who will be the fifth starting offensive lineman. But they talked about the need for more depth in the 12-team playoff era and the benefit of athletic quarterbacks who can run. Columbus,
Nine Morehead pitchers served up 12 hits, including three home runs, and Ohio State scored 13 runs to win their third straight and get to one game over .500. Columbus, OH – Ohio State senior outfielder Mitchell Okuley knows the flavor of pitches he likes to hit. On Wednesday night, he was hungry for them.