Bluebag Media… T-V
takes three out of six team cheer trophies
GREENVILLE – Tri-Village walked away from the 25th Annual Great Darke
County Fair Cheerleading Competition Aug. 21 with three first place
wins, plus a first place tie with Mississinawa Valley. The three wins
were Pee Wee Cheer, Junior High Cheer and Large Varsity Cheer. The tie
was Varsity Dance. Mississinawa Valley...
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Nisonger stays at the top in
harness race wins, By George Starks
GREENVILLE- Jeff Nisonger stayed at the top of the leader board for the
Chip Noble Memorial blanket Thursday, tacking on four more wins. With
only one more session, Friday night, Nisonger will heads into that
session with 11 wins under his belt for the week. The Pitsburg native
got things rolling Thursday in the fourth driving Sterling...
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Big
power at the fair proves to be scary at times,
By George
Starks
GREENVILLE- Trucks and tractors were never built to pull excessive
amounts of weight, let alone be souped up to run massive RPM's. Monday,
that's exactly what was happening front of the grandstands at the Darke
County Fair Tuesday. The days events started at 10 am. with the annual
Darke County Tractor Pullers Association. Ten different classes with
142 entries filled...
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Nisonger/Noble
leads the pack at the track, By George Starks
GREENVILLE- When it comes to harness racing at the Great Darke County
Fair, it should never come as a surprise to see certain names leading
the way in the winner’s circle. Most notable being that of Darke
County’s, Jeff Nisonger. The Franklin Monroe graduate posted six
victories in 28 races with 19 races on the schedule Friday evening...
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Tri-Village
big winner at Darke County Fair; Kelli Moore overall cheer
champion,
By George Starks
Greenville- For the 25th consecutive year, the Darke County
Cheerleading Competition kicked off the annual Great Darke County Fair.
When the final cheer was done and the points were tallied, it was the
Tri-Village Patriots that came out on top with four competition
trophies. In addition, Bradford senior Kelly Moore was named the grand
champion after winning the individual varsity...
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OHSAA
Football All-Session State Championship Tickets Now on Sale
Finals return to Ohio Stadium December 3, 4 and 5, with two types of
all-session tickets available -- COLUMBUS, Ohio – Two types of
all-session tickets are now on sale for the Ohio High School Athletic
Association football state championship games, which return to Ohio
Stadium in Columbus December 3, 4 and 5. All-session tickets for the
seven championship games in the club level...
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Sports… James
Harrison rejects sons' participation
trophies,
Sportsnaut, By Jesse Reed - James Harrison does not support
participation trophies.© George Gojkovich/Getty Images Sport James
Harrison does not support participation trophies. James Harrison has
had to earn everything he has achieved as an NFL linebacker, and he
wasn’t keen on his sons receiving participation trophies, so he sent
them back. The Steelers veteran posted a picture on Facebook of the two
trophies his sons brought home...
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Great
Darke County Fair… $32,000
Gene Riegle Memorial Open Pace
Racing returns to Greenville, Ohio on Friday night, August 21st for the
Great Darke County Fair’s annual week long race meet. Racing also takes
place on Saturday, August 22nd, afternoon and night, and on Thursday,
August 27th and Friday, August 28th in the afternoons and nights.
Afternoon post times are 1 pm except for Friday August 22 it will be at
noon. Please note that Friday August 21st post time is 5:30 with 19
races on the ticket...
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Pardo
Sweeps Eldora Stocks Double Feature
Large Crowd Enjoys Largest Fireworks Show in Eldora History on
Beautiful Summer Evening - ROSSBURG, Ohio (August 15, 2015) – Paul
Pardo swept the Eldora Stocks double feature, while Jonathan Taylor
fought his way from starting 14th to win the DIRTcar UMP Modifieds
feature. Pardo, from New Paris, Ohio, started fourth in the first
Eldora stock feature, but took the lead early and never looked back. Rob...
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OHSAA
Board of Directors Approves New Divisional Assignments
Revised divisional breakdowns are posted at OHSAA.org after public
school enrollment numbers recalculated -- COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio
High School Athletic Association board of directors approved new
divisional assignments Thursday based on updated school enrollment
figures that do not include charter school, community school and STEM
school students in the...
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Parents,
Coaches, Fans and Officials, By Mike Stegall
Some of you may not know this, but I once was a High School football
player (Greenville), then College (Central Michigan University), then a
High school football official for 27 years. As an official, I
worked basically 3 leagues, The Midwest Athletic, the Greater Western
Ohio, and The Western Buckeye. In all of these
years, I
have seen a lot of...
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Eldora to hold Largest Fireworks
Show in
History
Children 12 and Under plus Uniformed Firefighters, Police, Boy Scouts
and Girl Scouts Admitted Free! ROSSBURG, Ohio (August 11, 2015) – The
largest fireworks show in Eldora Speedway history will be just one part
of Saturday night’s Family Fireworks Night at historic Eldora Speedway.
The racing will feature the DIRTcar UMP Modifieds and a double feature
for the Eldora Stocks. In addition to the exciting racing, there are
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OHSAA
to Revise School Enrollment Counts for 2015-16
Board of Directors votes to withdraw community school and STEM school
students and reconfigure tournament divisional assignments -- COLUMBUS,
Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association board of directors
deliberated Thursday and voted to remove students who attend community
schools and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)
schools from their...
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OHSAA
Extends Football Finals Stay in Columbus Through 2016
Extra year added to two-year contract; all-session tickets for 2015
state finals go on sale to public Aug. 17 -- COLUMBUS, Ohio – The high
school football state championships will remain in Ohio Stadium in
Columbus for an additional year, through 2016, the Ohio High School
Athletic Association announced Tuesday jointly with the Greater
Columbus Sports Commission. The announcement comes as details are being
finalized for the 2015 state...
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Washington
Post… Why I’m
dreading the start of football
season, By Colbert I. King
As far back as I can remember, the start of NFL training camp has
brought on chords of excitement akin to the anticipation felt the night
before Christmas. Not this year. No longer am I looking forward to
training camp news or the weeks of exhibition games leading up to the
start of the regular season in September. No more am I impatiently
waiting for the daily tidbits of news out of training camp that
convince me that the coming season will...
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