Ben Stroup

When Curtis Crager took over as head coach of the Big Walnut football team, he knew it would take a little time for the Golden Eagles to adjust to his way of doing things.

The Delaware Hayes girls soccer team secured the early momentum, but host Upper Arlington didn’t take long to get it back en route to a 2-1 non-league win Thursday night.

Olentangy Liberty product Jaggar Brooker scored twice, as did fellow senior forward Franklin Rodriguez, to lead Ohio Wesleyan and coach Jay Martin, the winningest men’s soccer coach in NCAA history, to a win in what was the final regular-season home game of his legendary 47-year career.

The Olentangy Berlin girls soccer team responded to early adversity the same way it did in the district championship against Olentangy Orange, but couldn’t do it twice as Dublin Coffman kept the pressure on en route to a 3-1 Division I regional semifinal win Tuesday night at Westerville Central.

Senior captain Adam Yamasaki, a defender, made the play of the game on the offensive end, burying a free kick from just outside the box to lift the Olentangy Orange boys soccer team to a 2-1 Division I regional semifinal win over Grove City in overtime Wednesday night at Westerville Central.

Ella Hazelrigg put on her cape down the stretch, converting a three-point play with six seconds left to play the role of hero and lift the Buckeye Valley girls basketball team to a thrilling 49-48 non-league win over rival and visiting Delaware Hayes Monday night.

Buckeye Valley, Big Walnut nab top tourney seeds

Olentangy Orange sophomore Mackenzie Carder and Olentangy Liberty senior Zade Archibald headlined area wrestlers at the OHSAA state tournament Friday through Sunday at the Schottenstein Center, nabbing runner-up honors in their respective divisions.

Carter Elliott picked a good time to toss his best game of the season, firing the third no-hitter in program history to lead the Olentangy Berlin baseball team to a 10-6, five-inning win over host Marysville on Friday afternoon.

Winning football games comes down to more than just plays and execution … it comes down to culture.