Most Recent Central Ohio High School Stories

‘It could be any team’: Is Thomas Worthington field hockey still the favorite?
Monday, October 19, 2026
By Michael Rich

Peyton Frost is well aware that she’s going to get an opponent’s best effort. The senior forward welcomes the challenge her Thomas Worthington field hockey team faces every time they step on the field.The Cardinals, winners of a record four consecutive state championships and 10 overall, are a decidedly younger team this year. [More]

Punt return, stingy defense power West to win over South In battle of unbeatens
Friday, October 16, 2026
By Steve Blackledge

Given how stingy the defenses of Columbus West and Columbus South had been heading into a City League South showdown Friday night, one could have easily guessed that the outcome would be decided by either a big play or a costly turnover. [More]

‘Stay, Start, Stop’: How Grove City girls soccer team found its chemistry
Thursday, October 15, 2026
By Michael Rich

Stay, start and stop are three words that have defined the success of the Grove City girls soccer team this season. It was born out of a journal prompt that coach Chelsea Hyatt uses early in the season to help teammates get to know one another on a more personal level. The Greyhounds also use it during games, and it’s helped them to a lot of success. [More]

‘She’s doing all the right things’: How Olentangy Berlin volleyball’s Addison Knapke made room for flaws
Monday, October 12, 2026
By Michael Rich

Addison Knapke is a self-described perfectionist. Not only does she want to do things well, she wants to do them flawlessly. It’s what’s made the Olentangy Berlin senior volleyball player a standout libero. There are also downfalls to being a perfectionist. [More]

Columbus Academy wins 5th straight DII girls golf state title
Monday, October 12, 2026
CBUSssports Staff

The Columbus Academy girls’ golf team won its fifth consecutive Division II state title Monday and did it in convincing style. After two days of competition at Firestone Country Club in Akron, the Vikings posted a score of 615, 87 shots ahead of second place Chagrin Falls. [More]

Day-Middleton combo, opportunistic defense help DeSales escape St. Charles
Friday, October 9, 2026
By Steve Blackledge

The history books will tell you that the DeSales-St. Charles football rivalry, dating all the way back to 1963, has been perhaps as one-sided as any in central Ohio. After their latest triumph, the Stallions now own a 51-4 series lead, with 49 wins in the past 50 meetings. [More]

Boys golf: Owen Heilmann survives Division I district tournament playoff to advance
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
By Michael Rich

For about an hour Owen Heilmann had no control over his future on Oct. 6 at Apple Valley Golf Course. The Olentangy Berlin boys golfer kept loose, hit some balls off the driving range and practiced his putts. All the while, he had no idea if he’d need it. But Heilmann did. [More]

Girls golf: Dublin Jerome, Olentangy’s Jodie Han win Division I district titles
Monday, October 5, 2026
By Michael Rich

Mallory Quickel went back to an old message that her coach gave her after back-to-back bogeys on the back nine. Quickel, a junior, rebounded on the next two holes with a pair of birdies to make it a wash. She finished with a team-best 1-over par 73 to help the Dublin Jerome girls golf team capture its sixth district title on Oct. 5 at the Links at Echo Springs. [More]

This season’s OHSAA soccer championships moving to ScottsMiracle-Gro Field
Monday, October 5, 2026
CBUSsports Staff

The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced that the OHSAA soccer state championships November 13-16 will be played at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field, home of Major League Soccer’s Columbus Crew. [More]

Buirley, Stumpf run wild as Big Walnut holds off Szabo-led Kilbourne in battle of unbeatens
Friday, October 2, 2026
By Steve Blackledge

This was the kind of high school football game that must have driven the defensive coordinators of both teams batty. Big Walnut was tasked with trying to somehow contain Worthington Kilbourne’s electrifying dual threat quarterback Jackson Szabo, who has emerged as a legitimate Ohio Mr. Football candidate. [More]