Sports talk: Saturday promises to be a full day for MHS girls’ soccer team
Like Paige Grosel’s front body flip throw-in from the sideline, there’s a lot of excitement in the air in the Marietta High School girls’ soccer camp. The unbeaten Lady Tiger booters (7-0-1) have a date with the Reynoldsburg Lady Raiders at 11 a.m. Saturday on the pitch at Columbus Crew Stadium. That’s right, Crew Stadium, the same field that the defending Major League Soccer champion Columbus Crew plays on. Later at 7:30 p.m. that evening, the champs will be hosting the Los Angeles Galaxy, a team that includes world soccer superstars’ Landon Donovan and David Beckham. Wow, what a day the MHS girls, their family and friends from Marietta and surrounding communities will be in for. Let the good times roll — especially on the pitch. In some ways, the Lady Tigers and Lady Raiders will be the opening act to the marquee event at night. They’ll be breaking in or warming up the grass turf for the professional soccer teams.
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There is none of course in Ohio high school football.
But maybe there should be.
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A few years ago, when I was with the Parkersburg News & Sentinel, sports broadcaster Steve Daughterty — who died Sunday — put me in touch with Nick Swisher.
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A few years ago, when I was with the Parkersburg News & Sentinel, sports broadcaster Steve Daughterty — who died Sunday — put me in touch with Nick Swisher.
» Full StoryCadet harrier off to great start
Sarah Biehl may be the lady harrier to beat in the 23nd Annual Scenic Hills Lions Classic Cross Country Invitational at Warren High School Saturday.
The Fort Frye sophomore is coming off an impressive first-place time of 21 minutes, 0.




