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.
They're 25-1 after Saturday's Division IV district final win over Cincinnati College Preparatory Academy, and stand on the threshold of redemption. But redemption is tough, given that the Russia Raiders have made it through the regional round of the tournament just twice in 80-plus years of basketball. Read more in Sunday's Press Pros.
The outcome was up in the air late in the fourth quarter, and the state's #1 team in Division IV barely survived a stiff challenge from the Russia Raiders in Thursday's regional semi-final game at the Student Activity Center in Vandalia. Fort Loramie ultimately won, 33-29, to advance to Saturday's regional final.