Zane Trace is a team to be reckoned with in Southern Ohio and point guard Colby Swain's point guard abilities make them the elite team they are.
Adena senior Noah Kanniard will lead the Adena boys’ cross country team at the regional meet on Saturday, October 26, 2019, at Pickerington, Ohio. Kanniard placed tenth with a time of 17:35.24 in the Division III district race in Rio Grande on Saturday, October 19, 2019.
Wavery football senior Payton Shoemaker broke the Waverly single season rushing record during a game against Minford.
The incisions and markings made by the doctors at Adena Regional Medical center are still apparent on Tucker’s body days after having surgery to fix his collapsed lung.
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Identical twin sisters Sami, right, and Sydney Reed have completed their first regular cross country season for Huntington High School and look forward to the post season as the sisters continue to push one another to be as successful as they can.
Paint Valley senior Cruz McFadden is returning to sports this season after Tommy John’s surgery took him out during part of basketball and baseball the previous school year.
After an injury his junior year that kept him from running, Adena senior Emmitt Cunningham wants to prove he can make state again and cement his place as one of the top long distance runners in the area.
Student: Eric Hacker
School: Unioto
Year: Senior
2018 record: 2nd place SVC 16:49; 1st place team SVC; 7th place districts 17:14.60; 1st place team districts; 30th place regionals 17:19.7; 2nd place team regionals; 56th at state with a time of 17.32.7
Unioto's Vijay Wangui has been unstoppable to start the season so far. Now he looks to continue his stellar play and take UHS soccer on a tourney run.
Chillicothe senior J’Quan Harris juggles track and baseball during his senior year of high school. Harris is one of the top athletes in the area in high jump, winning the event at Paint Valley’s Andy Haines Invitational by reaching 5 feet, 8 inches, and looks to break the record his dad Jemar Harris set in the 300-meter hurdles.
Zane Trace senior Abbey Mohan has received multiple honors during her high school track career and is heading into the season with several goals she has set for herself.
Southeastern senior Skyler Hice, who won SVC Player of the year in 2018, looks to build on her success for the up and coming volleyball season.
Unioto junior Eric Hacker has defied the odds much of his life. Even though Hacker suffered from intrauterine growth restrictions, born two months premature, and diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the age of one, he has not used his condition as an excuse to not try and has become one of the top runners in Southeast Ohio under Unioto coach Matt Paxton.
From braces to track cleats, Unioto junior Eric Hacker has beaten the odds to become one of the top runners in Southeast Ohio.
Huntington football's Seth Beeler has been one of the SVC's top wide receivers the past two seasons, now he looks to be one of the league's top QBs.
Paint Valley junior Brayden Ison is looking to make history for his school as he competes in the 100-meter dash and the 4x100-meter relay with Malique Davis, Justin Draise, and Caleb Adamas at the 2019 Ohio High School Athletic Association’s track and field state meet in Columbus, Ohio, on May 31 and June 1, 2019.
Senior Chad Roberts is in his third year of playing college baseball for the Chillicothe Paints. After taking 2016 off due to injury, Roberts returned to the Paints thankful for the chance to once again be back in Chillicothe and, while this is his last year as a player, might be back in another capacity.
Adena freshman Evan Ater is currently the only swimmer representing Adena Local Schools. He often practices at the Fayette County Family YMCA in Washington Courthouse, Ohio, with his parents coaching him.
Zane Trace junior Nick Nesser looks to build on the success as Zane Trace’s top scorer at the Division II district semifinal at Ohio University’s Convocation Center on February 28, 2019. Zane Trace plays Fairfield Union in a Division II district final at the Convo at 3 p.m. on March 10.
Southeastern junior Lane Ruby’s athleticism has made him one of the dominant multiple sport athletes in the area, most notably in the long jump and multiple sprint events in track and field this spring.
LPGA legend Renee Powell poses at Clearview Golf Club, opened by her father in 1948.
Sophomore Devin King poses for an action wrestling portrait.
Zane Trace's Cam Evans' hard work and perseverance throughout his career has led to him scoring 1,000 points and winning SVC Player of the Year.
Zane Trace varsity basketball player junior Triton Davidson.
Chillicothe cross-country runner Andrew McCallum poses for a portrait on one of the many trails he runs on in Scioto Trail State Park. “Cross-country is great because every week you get something new. Whether it is the hill at Zane Trace or the creek at Washington Courthouse, you can never just relax. That applies to the race itself, too. You’re never gonna get the time you want if you let yourself settle back. You have to be thinking all the time while you’re competing with this sport,” said McCallum.
Zane Trace senior Abbey Mohan plans on running for Morehead State University in the fall of 2019.
An Athens High School football player sits alone in locker room before practice.
After the athlete’s meeting for the 2017 Arnold Sports Festival Amateur Men’s Physique competitors, Nick takes one last glance at his meal schedule as people fill the Columbus Convention Center for the numerous events of the day.
After a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during the 2018 football season against Paint Valley took him out of the game permanently for the season, Jamarcus Carroll is ready to come back as one of the top players in the SVC for the 2019 football season.
Zane Trace junior Hannah Kerr looks to build off of her cross country success last year after competing at the state level in 2018.
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