Ohio Northern senior Maggie Krause (Chagrin Falls/Kenston) was named Academic All-District VII for Women's Track & Field for 2020 by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
Krause is a two-time All-American in the pole vault, finishing seventh at the 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships and eighth at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
She was also named an All-American in 2020 and is a five-time All-Region honoree by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association for her performances this winter.
By Cort Reynolds
ADA - Ada senior baseballers Phillip Coulson and Bryce Paul were selected to play for Team Northwest Conference in a senior All-Star Game vs. the Putnam County League.
Coulson is a pitcher/shortstop, while Paul primarily played third base for the Bulldogs.
The NWC vs. PCL senior All-Star Game is slated for Saturday, June 6, at 7 p.m. in the Ottawa Memorial Park.
Isaac Spar $500 scholarship recipient • Melissa Gossard in this year's induction class
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, May 28, 2020
Isaac Spar of Ada High School and Trey Jefferies of Kenton High School are each recipients of a $500 scholarship from the Hardin County Sports Hall of Fame.
The announcement was made by Wes Davis, sports hall director, and Robert Simmons, scholarship chairperson.
The sports hall honors outstanding athletes, teams, individuals and groups who have made contributions on and off the athletic field.
Ada Icon sports writer, Cort Reynolds, has an article he wrote posted this week on the SB Nation, Celtics blog.
The article title is "Remembering Gerald Henderson’s overlooked contributions to the Celtics’ epic 1984 championship." The article was posted as part of "Underdog Week" on the SB National family of websites.
Board of Directors approves expansion from 8 to 12 qualifiers per region
Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on Sunday, May 24, 2020
During its May meeting Wednesday afternoon, the Ohio High School Athletic Association Board of Directors voted unanimously to expand the OHSAA football playoffs from eight schools per region to 12 beginning in the 2021 season. The 9-0 affirmative vote was given to a recommendation from the OHSAA staff, which was based on a proposal from the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association.
Senior Maggie Krause (Chagrin Falls/Kenston) and sophomores Andrew Buderer (Oak Harbor) and Nate Dean (Euclid/Villa Angela Saint Joseph) have been named All-America in Indoor Track & Field for 2020 by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Normally, the top eight finishers in each event earn All-America honors by the NCAA.
As this year's NCAA III Indoor Track & Field Championships were canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, the USTFCCCA is giving its own All-America honors to all athletes that had initially qualified for the championships as announced by the NCAA on Sunday, March 8.