Marc F. Pendleton
Reporter covering high school sports
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Used to be embarrassed at all the Dayton-area high school knowledge I harbored. Now I get paid to know that stuff. How cool is that? Long time former Greene County resident. Attended five schools in three states by the time I became a Buckeye as a high school freshman; don't ask. Was on Wright State University's 16-year undergrad program, graduating with a Communications degree in 1988. Started at the Beavercreek News, morphed to the Fairborn Daily Herald, then Springfield News-Sun and have been at the DDN since 1989. The last 10 years I've spent mostly coordinating our high school sports coverage and dodging your barbs and arrows. I live by four words: thank gawd for spellcheck. Family once had subscriptions to the DDN, Journal Herald, Xenia Daily Gazette and Beavercreek News ... at the same time. Got hopelessly hooked on newspapers at that time. I could have done worse. High school sports coverage is a great way for teens to embrace newspapers for life and more importantly, reading. I'm proof of that.
Latest from Marc F. Pendleton
Competitive Balance issue goes down again
A revised Competitive Balance Proposal was voted down by Ohio High School Athletic Association members for the third straight year on Thursday. The proposal would have adjusted a school’s numerical value based on students who reside outside its designated school district. That number would determine which divisions a school’s teams ...
Talawanda’s Richter first team All-Ohio
Ana Richter of Talawanda High School was the only area player to make first team on the Associated Press Divisions I and II All-Ohio girls basketball teams, which were released on Monday. Richter, a 6-foot-1 junior, averaged 18.5 points and 9.6 rebounds. She led the Braves a perfect 21-0 regular ...
State football finals expand to three days
Another division equals another day of high school state football title games. As expected, the Ohio High School Athletic Association added an extra day to championship weekend following the addition of a seventh division last fall. The OHSAA added a Thursday game to go with three games each on Friday ...
Area football power rankings: Week 2
Division I 1. Middletown (0-1): The Middies gave St. Xavier everything they had, including 312 yards rushing and three TDs from senior QB Jalin Marshall. But that still wasn’t enough in a 43-39 shootout setback; at Springfield. 2. Wayne (1-0): Warriors bump Centerville after QB Javon Harrison (9 of 16, ...
Commentary: It’s a dog-eat-dog world at Nathan’s
These are the dog days of summer. We know this because Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest is today at Coney Island, N.Y.This gluttonous pastime makes no sense. Never has. But I’ll watch once again in horrific fascination (noon, ESPN3; 3 p.m. tape delay ESPN).Why anyone ...
Air Force Marathon sells out of registrations
If you’re planning on running in the fall Air Force Marathon, there is plenty of training time remaining ... for next year’s race.This September’s 26.2-mile race sold out of registrations in record time last month.“I’m amazed at how this race has taken on a life of its own,” said Rob ...
Trotwood's McCray gets OSU offer despite Michigan commit
It didn’t take long for Trotwood-Madison High School linebacker Michael McCray to light up the recruiting radar again. That’s what happens when Ohio State University comes offering.McCray, one of the most coveted linebackers in the nation, verbally committed to Michigan on March 6.But OSU hadn’t offered him at that time. ...
OHSAA proposal down and out
For the second straight year, the Competitive Balance Proposal was sacked by Ohio High School Athletic Association members.This was the three-pronged effort that combined boundary, socioeconomic and tradition factors into determining which divisions teams would be placed. It also was unprecedented: No other state has guidelines even close to the ...
OHSAA proposal to realign divisions fails
The Competitive Balance Proposal, an Ohio High School Athletic Association initiative to address a perceived athletic imbalance among member schools, failed by a 339-301 vote on Wednesday. It’s the second straight year the referendum issue did not pass. Last year the CBP failed by a slightly closer 332-303 margin. That ...
Commentary: Others take note of OHSAA effort
Took a call from an out-of-state high school athletic director. He wanted to know about the Competitive Balance Proposal.This is the landmark initiative by the Ohio High School Athletic Association to reclassify teams according to combined student population, socioeconomic and tradition factors. If you follow high school sports in Ohio, ...
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