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    Troy traveled to Tippecanoe for a Miami Valley League game on Friday, Oct. 17 at Tipp City Park. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    Cooper: Can you believe it’s Week 10 already?
    Tippecanoe junior quarterback Larkin Thomas runs during a Miami Valley League game against Sidney on Thursday, Sept. 25 at Tipp City Park. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    Cooper: Week 9 is loaded with key matchups
    Wayne's Logan Doty runs against Fairmont on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, at Roush Stadium in Kettering. David Jablonski/Staff
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    Cooper: Conference races start to take shape in Week 8
    Springfield's Daquan Shaw (#9), left, and 	
Christopher Summers Jr (#16) celebrate after their team scores a touchdown during a game against Centerville on Friday, September 19, 2025, at Springfield High School. JOSEPH COOKE/STAFF
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    Cooper: Another fun slate of high school, college football on tap this weekend
    Wayne's Logan Doty runs against Fairmont on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, at Roush Stadium in Kettering. David Jablonski/Staff
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    Cooper: Week 6 brings several key conference matchups
    Fairmont students cheer during a game against Centerville on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, at Roush Stadium. David Jablonski/Staff
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    Cooper: Several key matchups highlight Week 5 of the high school football season
    Fairmont students cheer during a game against Centerville on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, at Roush Stadium. David Jablonski/Staff
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    Cooper: A big weekend for Cincinnati
    Joshua and Roshan Patel (center) cut a ribbon surrounded by family members to celebrate the opening of a dual-branded Mariott near the Mall at Fairfield Commons, Sept. 5, 2025. The family owns and operates Scarlet and Gray Hospitality.  BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    Dual-branded Mariott at Beavercreek mall opens for business
    Hamilton and Badin face off on week one of high school football Friday, Aug. 22, 2025 at Virgil M. Schwarm Stadium in Hamilton. Badin won 38-20. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Cooper: Football season kicks into full gear this weekend
    The Tippecanoe High School football team beat Bellbrook 21-0 on Friday, Aug. 22 at Miami Valley South Stadium. NICK FALZERANO / CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
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    Cooper: Labor day marks the beginning of football season
    Alter's Drew Cripps tries to avoid Fairmont's Chase Ford during Thursday night's game at Roush Stadium. JEFF GILBERT/CONTRIBUTED
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    Cooper: The Road to Canton begins today
    Stebbins hosted Tecumseh in the final preseason scrimmage of the season on Thursday night at Edmundson Stadium in Riverside. MICHAEL COOPER / STAFF PHOTO
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    Cooper: Week 0 is a conundrum for prep football coaches
    A Kenton Ridge High School football player carries their flag onto the field during their game against Northwestern earlier this season. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY MICHAEL COOPER
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    Cooper: ‘Nothing like’ high school sports
    The Monroe High School football team kicks off its second season under coach Mark Mueller on Friday, Aug. 22, at home against Goshen. AJ FULLAM / CONTRIBUTED
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    Cooper: Friday Night Lights are finally here
    Former Cincinnati Bengals offensive lineman Dave Lapham was recently selected for induction into the Bengals Ring of Honor. CINCINNATI BENGALS / CONTRIBUTED
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    Hartman: Where will Reds go in second half?
    Springfield native Aaron Scott Jr. in the Ohio State football spring game 2025 in Columbus, Ohio, April 12, 2025
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    8 Buckeyes among local HS grads on EA Sports College Football 26 rosters
    Springfield native Aaron Scott Jr. in the Ohio State football spring game 2025 in Columbus, Ohio, April 12, 2025
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    8 Buckeyes among local HS grads on EA Sports College Football 26 rosters
    Brookville's Megan Luebke dribbles the ball during their basketball game against Madison Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024 at Madison High School. Madison won 37-32. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Chase Burns dazzles, Holmes returns
    Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith (4) scores a touchdown against Oregon defensive back Kobe Savage (5) during the first half in the quarterfinals of the Rose Bowl College Football Playoff, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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    ‘This guy is different’: Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith could break NFL draft trends
    The Dayton Dragons on June 3, 2025 unveiled plans for their new Dragons Diamond Club Event Center, a first-of-its-kind event venue under construction on the third base side of Day Air Ballpark in downtown Dayton. Contributed rendering from Dayton Dragons
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    Sports newsletter June 6, 2025: Prep championship season heats up
    Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith runs for a touchdown against Notre Dame during first half of the College Football Playoff national championship game Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
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    What people have said about Ohio State football’s Jeremiah Smith: From Nick Saban to Dan...
    Paul Brown quarterbacked the Miami University football team for two years before graduating in 1930 and beginning his long and storied coaching career that included a national championship at Ohio State University before earning great success in the NFL as founder of the Cleveland Browns and later formed the Cincinnati Bengals in 1968. 
Brown was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967 and the Bengals Ring of Honor in 2021. (File Photo/Journal-News)
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    DDN coverage area deep into spring tournament time
    Dayton's Anthony Grant leaves the court after a victory against Virginia Commonwealth on Friday, March 7, 2025, at the Siegel Center in Richmond, Va. David Jablonski/Staff
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    Reds still below .500, Westbeld sisters make debut
    Indiana Fever guard Bree Hall (23) drives to the basket past Brazil forward Taissa Queiroz (55) during the second half of an exhibition women's basketball game, Sunday, May 4, 2025, in Iowa City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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    Newsletter May 9, 2025
    Paul Brown quarterbacked the Miami University football team for two years before graduating in 1930 and beginning his long and storied coaching career that included a national championship at Ohio State University before earning great success in the NFL as founder of the Cleveland Browns and later formed the Cincinnati Bengals in 1968. 
Brown was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967 and the Bengals Ring of Honor in 2021. (File Photo/Journal-News)
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    DDN coverage area deep into spring tournament time
    Dayton's Anthony Grant leaves the court after a victory against Virginia Commonwealth on Friday, March 7, 2025, at the Siegel Center in Richmond, Va. David Jablonski/Staff
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    Reds still below .500, Westbeld sisters make debut
    Indiana Fever guard Bree Hall (23) drives to the basket past Brazil forward Taissa Queiroz (55) during the second half of an exhibition women's basketball game, Sunday, May 4, 2025, in Iowa City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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    Newsletter May 9, 2025
    Trotwood-Madison’s bench celebrates a game-tying shot in the fourth-quarter of Friday night’s OHSAA Regional Final game against Moeller at Xavier University’s Cintas Center Friday, March 14, 2014, in Cincinnati. NICK DAGGY / STAFF
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    Newsletter May 2, 2025
    Iowa running back Kaleb Johnson (2) dances while celebrating his touchdown during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Maryland, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
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    Newsletter April 25, 2025
    Fairmont grad Maddy Westbeld celebrates WNBA draft in Kettering on April 14, 2025.
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    Newsletter April 18, 2025
    Myles Smith, of the Dayton Dragons, slaps hands with teammates after being introduced before a game at Day Air Ballpark on April 8, 2025. Photo courtesy of Dragons
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    Sports newsletter April 11
    A memorial was set up for Aspen Runnels near Lakota East High School. WCPO
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    Aspen’s Law: Bill named after Lakota student hit, killed by driver makes its way through...
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