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.
This was the fifth time this season the Buckeyes got the jump on the competition and failed to close out a victory. This time, the problem was middle relief and a batting order that didn't produce the final five innings. (Pictured) Due to the wind, balls were flying out of Bill Davis Stadium. This homer belonged to Kade Kerns.
Read Ohio State baseball by Mark Znidar inside today’s Press Pros and watch for this coming weekend's B1G Ten Series... when Nebraska comes to Bill Davis Stadium.
The team returned home having lost three of four games in the series and with its confidence as low as it has been all season. Coach Greg Beals and catcher Brent Todys said the "switch must be flipped'' before the Big Ten season begins next weekend. Read Ohio State baseball by Mark Znidar inside today's Press Pros.