MOAC (mid-ohio Athletic Conference)

Trenton Collins was an unstoppable force in the second half for Utica (6-2, 1-1) on Jan. 3.

Freshman Ella Bouton put on a show with a double-double against Delaware Christian, leading Fredericktown (3-8, 0-5) to a 44-24 win on Jan. 2 to snap a five-game losing streak.

The year 2022 was a banner year in local high school sports. Last time, we took a look back at football, boys and girls basketball, baseball and softball. This time out, we review volleyball and track. We will follow up with wrestling and cross-country next week.

Centerburg 48, Northridge 45 Kayla Larimore was tough to stop in a double-double performance to lead the Trojans (4-6, 1-4) to a 48-45 victory over Northridge (4-6, 2-4), Dec. 29.

At the Marion Harding Classic wrestling invitational, Dec. 28-29, two local schools placed in the Top 10 and two of their wrestlers got to the finals, with Highland’s Cael Gilmore winning at 138 lbs. and Caylan LeMaster of Centerburg finishing second at 157 lbs. Gilmore defeated Michael Fister of Northridge, 3-0 and LeMaster lost a tough 9-4 decision to Ahmad Deifallah of Dublin Scioto.

Northmor (6-4, 4-2) and Clear Fork (3-7, 0-5) battled through two overtimes in what Northmor basketball coach Blade Tackett called an "absolute classic."

The post-COVID sports year was an exciting one.

On the first night of Highland's Holiday Showcase, the Fighting Scots (3-6, 0-5) utilized a complete team effort to take a 47-46 win over the Horizon Science Academy Hawks (5-5, 0-1).

Fredericktown (2-7, 0-5) benefitted from another solid scoring night out of Cally Carpenter, who is among the top scorers in the KMAC this season.

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Cardington-Lincoln (7-2, 5-0) won their fifth in a row, and were led by a pair of Lady Pirates who hit double figures in a 38-33 win in overtime over KMAC rival Centerburg (3-4, 1-3) on Dec. 21.

Madison Comprehensive 59, Mount Vernon 54. Mount Vernon (4-3, 2-3) had a big night from Hudson Rohler against Madison Comprehensive (5-3, 2-2) last week, and despite a solid showing the Yellow Jackets took a five-point loss, 59-54.

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Sports scoreboard

Danville 53, Northridge 51. Danville (3-3, 1-2) and Northridge (3-5, 2-4) battled it out until the end with a fourth-quarter shootout, and Jaylyn Workman was able to make some timely free throws down the stretch to help seal a 53-51 win for the Blue Devils on Dec. 20.

Sports Calendar

Sports scoreboard

Sports calendar

Sports scoreboard

Highland (1-8, 1-4) won its first game of the season by crushing Galion (0-3) by a score of 57-17 on Dec. 17.