Mark Znidar comes to Press Pros Magazine after 33 ½ years at The Columbus Dispatch. From 1996 until September 2018, he staffed high school sports, Ohio colleges that included the Mid-American Conference, Ohio State’s upcoming opponents in football and Ohio State baseball. In the previous three seasons he covered the Columbus Clippers triple-A baseball team.
His other beats were Ohio State basketball (1985-88), Clippers (1985-86 and 1989-93), Cincinnati Bengals (1993-95) and NASCAR (1994-2008). He subbed on the Columbus Blue Jackets and Ohio State women’s basketball beats.
In March 2017, Znidar was inducted into the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame.
Znidar was born in Cleveland and raised in Richmond Heights. He graduated from Cleveland St. Joseph High School and the University of Dayton. He also worked for The Atlantic City Press, Lake County News-Herald and Baltimore News-American.
He has a daughter, Amanda, and four grandchildren.
Two players with a hand in victory number 25 were freshman shortstop Henry Kaczmar, and catcher Cole Andrews. Both players have been positives all season. But Olentangy Liberty alum Mitchell Okuley had a hand in it, too, watching his sixth home run of the season leave the ballpark (above) in the second inning.
The Buckeyes hit four home runs, in all, to smash the Zips, including three-run shots by Matt Graveline, Josh McAlister and Henry Kaczmar. Columbus, OH – This kind of fun stuff is what Bill Mosiello envisioned for his baseball team game after game when he was hired away from Texas Christian last June to coach