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Benefit turkey shoot
NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. -- The Chester-Newell Sportsmens Club, 131 Gas Valley Road, is hosting a benefit turkey shoot and Chinese auction with proceeds going to medical expenses for 26-year-old Marine/National Guard Tyler Rawson, who was severely injured in a motorcycle accident in October.
The outdoor shoot starts at 10 a.m. Cost is $3 per round.
The club's regular turkey shoots are every Sunday. Signups start at 9:30 a.m. and the shoot at 10 a.m.
Five in Circle of Champions
DAYTON - The Ohio High School Athletic Association will honor five Ohio greats during the 2026 boys basketball state tournament Saturday as part of its Circle of Champions recognition program.
Among those being saluted are Pro Football Hall of Famer Orlando Pace from Sandusky High School as well as current and former football standouts Paris Johnson Jr. (Cincinnati Princeton) and Brady Quinn (Dublin Coffman), former Ohio State basketball All-American Frani Washington (Toledo Woodward) and current collegiate football official and former basketball official Dr. Dennis (Denny) Morris (Elida).
Pace was a basketball and football standout at Sandusky High School before finishing fourh in the Heisman Trophy voting as an offensive tackle at Ohio State.The No. 1 pick in the 1997 NFL draft, Pace played 13 years in the NFL with the Rams and Bears.
Johnson Jr. was twice named a first-team All-Ohio offensive tackle. He attended Ohio State, where he started as a freshman in the national championship game against Alabama in the COVID-shortened 2020 season, and then started every game as a sophomore and junior. Selected sixth in the first round of the NFL draft by Arizona in 2023, Johnson has started 43 games with the Cardinals.
Quinn graduated from Dublin Coffman High School, throwing for over 4,300 yards and 46 touchdowns his last two years at quarterback and helping the Shamrocks win the 2021 state baseball championship. He went on to be a four-year starting quarterback for Notre Dame. A first-round draft pick of the Browns in 2007, he spent parts of seven seasons in the NFL with six different teams. Since 2019, Quinn has served as a college football analyst for Big Noon Kickoff on Fox.
Washington was a pioneer in girls sports in the 1970s. At Toledo Woodward High School, she was first-team All-Ohio in basketball as a senior. As a junior, Washington competed in the first OHSAA girls state track and field tournament and was on state championship and state runner-up relay teams, and she led the Polar Bears to the first-ever OHSAA big-school girls state basketball championship in 1976. Washington went on to play basketball at Ohio State.
Morris is a distinguished football and basketball official. In basketball, he has served as an OHSAA basketball rules interpreter since 2005 and has been the Association's Director of Officiating Development for Basketball since 2010. During his career, he has officiated the OHSAA state boys basketball finals three times. In football, Morris officiated at the high school level for more than four decades, moved to the Mid-American Conference in 1997 and has been a back judge in the Big Ten Conference since 2002. He has officiated 24 postseason bowl games.
The honorees will be recognized at halftime of Division VII state championship game at University of Dayton Arena, which tips off at 4:15 p.m. Saturday.
2.1 pounds of marijuana
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- Authorities found 2.1 pounds of marijuana in Alabama basketball star Aden Holloway's apartment when they arrested him Monday, according to court records released Tuesday -- just below the 2.2-pound threshold for a drug trafficking charge.
Holloway, the No. 2 scorer for the fourth-seeded Crimson Tide, has been suspended indefinitely and is away from the team as it prepares to play Hofstra on Friday in the NCAA Tournament. Among the charges is a count of first-degree marijuana possession, not for personal use, which is a Class C felony and carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of $15,000.
Holloway's attorney, Jason Neff, told ESPN that there is no proof his client was selling the drugs. Neff told the outlet that it could take 18 months for the case to make its way through the Alabama courts, a process that would jeopardize Holloway's career.
Ohtani back on the mound
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to make his first pitching appearance in spring training on Wednesday for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the San Francisco Giants.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts also said Tuesday that Ohtani will be the designated hitter in Friday's game against the San Diego Padres, as the two-way Japanese star works to get ready for opening day on March 26.
Ohtani recently returned to Dodgers camp at Camelback Ranch after Japan was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic. The four-time Most Valuable Player didn't pitch for Japan at the WBC, but did throw off the mound in bullpen sessions.
"I think three to four (innings) is fair for tomorrow," Roberts said. "It's more of just doing what we can with what we have left to get him ready for the season. He did his part when he was with Team Japan and now you're putting him in against real competition, build him up there, and try to get as much buildup before the season starts."
Roberts said the plan is for Ohtani to pitch in one more preseason game against the Los Angeles Angels on either March 23 or 24.
That means the right-hander probably won't make his first regular-season start until the team's second series against the Cleveland Guardians.
Ohtani had a 2.87 ERA over 14 regular-season starts last season after returning to the mound from an elbow injury. He also went 2-1 with a 4.43 ERA in the postseason, helping the Dodgers win their second straight World Series title.