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Wilmington 5th graders win Rebels Classic

The Wilmington fifth grade boys basketball team defeated Hillsboro in the finals to win the Rebels Classic basketball tournament at East Clinton March 4-5....

SBAAC seeking league commissioner

The Southern Buckeye Athletic & Academic Conference has an opening for the position of league commissioner.Anyone interested should submit a letter of interest and...

Column: Perfect brackets and 16 seeds have same odds, but still a quintillion reasons...

A math professor at the University of Colorado calculates your odds of filling out a perfect NCAA Tournament bracket at one in 9,223,372,036,854,775,808. The...

Column: NCAA Tournament ripe for upsets, so here’s the formula

DENVER — Picking the upsets in your NCAA Tournament bracket is throwing darts at a moving target while your buddy blasts you with a...

Column: It takes a brawl for NASCAR to go mainstream

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Busch had a gash on his forehead and blood running down his nose when he promised payback to Joey...

NCAA Tournament: East Region preview

NCAA Tournament East Region preview.———Get to know No. 1Villanova (31-3, RPI 1, SOS 24)The Wildcats had a target on their backs all season as...

NCAA Tournament: South Region preview

NCAA Tournament South Region preview.———Get to know No. 1North Carolina (27-7, RPI 5, SOS 11)The Tar Heels are the controversial top seed this year....

NCAA Tournament: West Region preview

NCAA Tournament West Region preview.———Get to know No. 1Gonzaga (32-1, 8 RPI, 77 SOS)The Bulldogs are often picked to bow out early because they’ve...

NCAA Tournament: Midwest Region preview

NCAA Tournament Midwest Region preview.———Get to know No. 1Kansas (28-4, RPI 3, SOS 23)The Jayhawks’ Big 12 tournament loss to TCU was surprising, but...

Wilmington resident 2nd in state wrestling tourney

Freshman Wyatt Riddle finished as runnerup Saturday in the 106 pound weight class in the Division III OHSAA State Wrestling Championship at Ohio State...