Sports videos

The Ottawa Herald keeps adding to its website to offer sports fans more than can be viewed in the print version. One of those areas is videos. The Herald has added AP sports videos of stories of the day, plus added a NASCAR videos for the car racing fans. Another big hit during the past [...]

Spring sports time

The weather may not be warm yet, but the high school spring sports season is heating up. In Thursday’s Herald, there is a special section dedicated to each of the spring teams. There is a story and team picture for all 22 teams.
Hope springs eternal as the teams, athletes and coaches are excited about the [...]

Big conferences dominate

The small and mid-major basketball conferences still have an uphill battle when it comes to getting one of the 65 spots in the NCAA Tournament.
The six major conferences (Big East, Big 12, Big 10,Pac 10, SEC and ACC) will make up about half the field and receive more than 60 percent of the at-large berths.
There [...]

Exciting Time of Year

The postseason for the winter sports teams are just around the corner. The postseason has arrived for wrestlers with regionals on tap across the state Friday and Saturday.
The top four finishers in each weight division advance to next week’s state tournament. The Cyclone wrestlers are coming off a second-place finish at the Frontier League Tournament. [...]

Kudos to OHS girls squad

For awhile the college women’s basketball programs have had a night to benefit breast cancer. They bring attention to a disease that can be deadly.
The movement is no longer at the collegiate level. The Ottawa High School girls basketball team has organized an effort to benefit cancer and give the proceeds to the Frankin County [...]