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Marion Local volleyball wins second straight championship
By Ryan Hines
FAIRBORN - The Marion Local volleyball team enjoyed its first state championship last year so much that they decided to go out and do it again this year.
Marion Local was crowned as the Division IV state champion for the second straight season on Saturday following a 23-25, 25-18, 25-22 and 25-14 victory over Jackson Center at the Ervin J. Nutter Center. [More]
LEWISTOWN - The momentum St. Marys had in the first half of its Division III regional semifinal came tumbling down quickly.
After scoring 12 points in the first quarter and moving the ball well through the first half, Big Walnut clamped down in the second half, allowing the Golden Eagles to come back and end the Roughriders' season with a 17-12 win at Indian Lake Stadium in Lewistown. [More]
Alfrieda A. Wolters, 83, 5405 Siegrist-Jutte Road, Coldwater, died at 7:32 a.m. Nov. 8, 2008, at Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus. [More]
FAIRBORN - When this year's volleyball season got underway, many observers thought the Marion Local Flyers may struggle early on after having to replace nine seniors from their 2007 state championship squad.
