Sonny Fulks is a graduate of Ohio State University where he pitched four varsity seasons for the Buckeyes from 1971 through 1974. He furthered his baseball experience as a minor league umpire for seven seasons, working for the Florida State League (A), the Southern League (AA), and the American Association (AAA). He has written for numerous websites, and for the past fourteen years has served as columnist and photo editor for The Gettysburg Magazine, published by the University of Nebraska Press, in Lincoln Nebraska. His interests include history, support for amateur baseball, the outdoors, and he has a music degree from Ohio State University.
Big plays helped a lot....Marion Local's Vic Hoelscher hauls in a first half touchdown bomb to help build the lead, and in a strange twist of fate, Marion Local has now won as many MAC titles as state titles, topping #3-ranked Coldwater Friday night for their 43rd in a row. Read about it in Saturday's Press Pros.
On top of four other games that will determine either an outright, or shared, title in the MVL, and the TRC, the state at large will be watching the unbeaten rematch of state champion Marion Local (above, in white) and Coldwater, playing for the undisputed title in the MAC...and post-season swagger. Read about them all in this week's Friday Night 'Picks', sponsored by Orthopedic Associates of Southwest Ohio.
