By ROB HAMILTON For 18 minutes, Cardington’s basketball team had done what it needed to do in order to hang with Mount Gilead on the road on Friday. Unfortunately for the Pirates, it was the next seven minutes which proved to decide the game — a 63–50 win by the Indians. After Cardington opened the third quarter […]
By ROB HAMILTON The OHSAA state dual meet wrestling tournament came to an end for Morrow County schools on Wednesday, as Highland, Northmor and Mount Gilead were all eliminated from competition during the regional semifinal rounds. Both Northmor and Mount Gilead were eliminated by Northridge in the Division III, Region 22 semifinals. In the first round, […]
By ROB HAMILTON Strong defense paved the way for Mount Gilead’s 56–37 home win over Northmor Thursday. Improved health didn’t hurt matters, either. Last week, the Indians were without starter Xavier Harris against Highland due to the flu. Older brother Ethan then missed a later confrontation with Pleasant due to the same illness. With the team […]
By ROB HAMILTON For three quarters, Highland did nearly everything they had to do in order to topple Mount Gilead. Unfortunately, games are four quarters long and that fourth period was a huge one for the Indians in what became a 60–51 road win on Thursday. Trailing 40–31 entering the final eight minutes, Mount Gilead got […]
The Mount Gilead high school swim team traveled to Zanesville Saturday, Jan. 12, to compete in the West Muskingum Tornado Invitational. This is the second year the team was invited to participate in the 11-team meet. While most of the teams were from the Licking and Muskingum County area, others like MG and Portsmouth Notre […]
By ROB HAMILTON Cardington got back on track in Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference play with a 50–46 win at Ridgedale Friday. The Pirates outscored their opponents 18–7 in the second quarter to turn a one-point deficit into a 29–19 halftime advantage. While the Rockets took the third quarter by a 14–12 margin and outscored Cardington 13–9 over the […]
By ROB HAMILTON A career night from senior Clarisa Lyons paved the way for Cardington to take a 57–44 win over Highland last Tuesday. Lyons set a Cardington single-game record with 38 points in the contest. The previous record of 37 points was set by Jackie Mories. Lyons added 15 rebounds to pace the home team’s […]
By ROB HAMILTON Northmor moved into sole possession of second place in the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference’s Blue Division with a 55–40 win over Highland Saturday. The Knights now are 3–4 in league play, putting them one game in front of both Cardington and Pleasant. Ridgedale leads the Blue with a perfect 5–0 record. Northmor used a strong […]