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Gators deflate Kenyon’s air attack
GAMBIER – The Allegheny College Gators racked up five interceptions Saturday at McBride Field and rolled to a 54-10 North Coast Athletic Conference football win against the Kenyon College Lords. Kenyon entered the contest averaging more than 280 passing yards per game, but Allegheny held starting quarterback Thomas Merkle to 185 yards on 16 of […]
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Kokosing River trail runs draw 104 runners
GAMBIER — Perfect temperatures greeted the 104 runners who toed the line at the Kokosing River Run 5K & 10K held at the Brown Family Environmental Center on Saturday, Oct. 20. Granville resident Jack Reaney won the 5K in a time of 20:35, followed by Geir Falck-Pederson, Chicago, IL, in 22:54. Seventeen-year-old Hans Schwarz, Cincinnati, […]
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Kokosing River Run 5K & 10K
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Mount Vernon Civil War monument remains vigilant
MOUNT VERNON — At over 140 years in age, Mount Vernon’s Civil War monument on Public Square remains vigilant, his gaze quiet but attentive as he looks down Main Street toward the south. This vintage postcard image of the Civil War monument on Public Square was published in the early years of the 20th century […]
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Doug Castle
Doug Castle had many titles: teacher, coach, mentor, principal, boss, academic encourager, advocate for youth. A name that his Lakota friends bestowed on him was “Common Man,” defined as a man who is honorable and walks with values, in other words, a man who carries the respect of his people. Doug died on Friday, Oct. […]
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Chautauqua features Last Day of Pompeii on Oct. 25 in Mount Vernon
MOUNT VERNON – Have you ever wondered what the people of Pompeii experienced when Mount Vesuvius erupted covering the entire area with lava? The one bright from the disaster was that the site was left kept intact and not rebuilt and archaeologists have been able to piece together what life really was like at that […]
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Highland dismantles East Knox in crucial late-season matchup
MARENGO – On paper, Friday night should’ve been a battle. East Knox and Highland had identical overall records (7-1) coming into Week 9. They averaged nearly the same amount of points per game and points allowed. They sat just one game apart atop the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference leaderboard with two weeks left. Conference title […]
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GALLERY: East Knox at Highland
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Clear Fork trips Pleasant, clinches MOAC title share
BELLVILLE — Gabe Blauser went from heartbroken to s heart-breaker in the space of about five minutes on Friday night. Clear Fork’s junior kicker missed a game-tying PAT (at least in the eyes of one official) three minutes into the fourth quarter before coming back onto the field with just 3:27 remaining to nail a […]