Boys high school basketball player shoots over a defender
Crestview’s Dylan Bruner leaps to defend a shot from Mapleton’s Kyle Sloter on Saturday night at Crestview High School. The Cougars used their length and suffocating defense to turn a close game into a rout, toppling the Mounties 78-39 to stretch their Firelands Conference win streak to 20 games.

OLIVESBURG – The Crestview boys basketball team’s New Year’s resolution is looking like a two-years’ resolution.

Unwilling to take a foot off the gas against potential Firelands Conference challenger Mapleton on Saturday night, the Cougars turned what was a tie game after one quarter into an all-out, 78-39 drubbing.

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Doug Haidet is a 20-year resident of Ashland. He wrote sports in some capacity for the Ashland T-G from 2006 to 2018 and has been with the Source since 2023. He and his wife, Christy, are big fans of their...