By ROB HAMILTON Mount Gilead and Northmor earned titles last Tuesday in the Morrow County meet, hosted by the Knights. The Mount Gilead boys finished with 95 points, to finish in front of Highland (79), Northmor (66) and Cardington (13). In the girls’ meet, Northmor scored 89 to edge Mount Gilead’s total of 87. Highland scored 63 and […]
By ROB HAMILTON Highland swept a triangular meet with Cardington and Mansfield Christian last Tuesday. In the boys’ meet, the Scots finished with 114 points, while Cardington scored 33 and the Mansfield school tallied eight. The Scots won 13 events, including all four relays. The 3200 relay won in 9:02.4, the 800 relay took first in 1:44, […]
By ROB HAMILTON River Valley swept both the boys’ and girls’ meets at the Mount Gilead Middle School Invitational on Saturday. In the women’s meet, the Vikings finished with 128.5 points, while Northmor was second with 71 and Highland finished third with 68. Also Mount Gilead finished sixth (51) and Cardington took 10th (18). The boys’ meet […]
The Cardington softball team traveled to Danville for a doubleheader last Saturday. The Pirate offense dominated both contests as they won by the scores of 12–1 and 21–10. In the first contest, the Pirates started the scoring early, as Sam Brininger reached base on a walk, stole a base, and scored on a single by Brooke […]
By EVELYN LONG Cardington-Lincoln High School students who participated in winter sports were honored when the athletic department honored them during the program held in the Patrick Drouhard auditorium on March 26. Sixty seven athletes who participated in girls and boys basketball, girls and boys bowling, cheerleading and wrestling during the 2012–2013 winter sports season were recognized. […]
By ROB HAMILTON The Cardington girls’ bowling team took fifth place in the girls’ state meet on Friday. In the 16-team competition, the Lady Pirates ranked fourth after three regular games and three Baker games, but fell in the first round of the eight-team single-elimination tournament to Zanesville. Coldwater wound up as the state champion, defeating […]
By ROB HAMILTON The second-seeded Columbus Academy Vikings were able to pull away from Cardington thanks to strong first and third quarters on Wednesday. In eliminating the visiting Pirates from the Division III boys’ basketball playoffs on Wednesday by a 60–34 margin, the Vikings took a 15–6 lead after eight minutes of play. With the score 27–16 […]
By ROB HAMILTON The Cardington girls’ bowling team claimed a district championship on Saturday over 17 other teams. The Lady Pirates totaled 3682 pins to finish ahead of Briggs’ 3614. The previous weekend had seen Briggs finish in front of Cardington in the sectional meet. In regulation, the Pirates scored 2575 pins and then added 1107 more […]