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2026 MBC Track & Field Awards

Congratulations to the Yellow Springs Girls Track & Field team on winning the 2026 Metro Buckeye Conference Championship! The Bulldogs have won back-to-back championships, giving them 7 total. 

Congratulations to the Emmanuel Christian Boys Track & Field team on winning the 2026 Metro Buckeye Conference Championship! The Lions won their 7th consecutive conference title and their 13th since 2010.

Yellow Springs junior Isabella Espinosa and senior Llnyah Grant were named the Girls Track & Field Athletes of the Year after each of them placed first in four events. Both girls were members of the 4x100m relay team. Espinosa won the 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles, and high jump. Grant won the 100m dash, 200m dash, and long jump.

Emmanuel Christian sophomores Carlton Glaze and Eli Scales were named the Boys Track & Field Athletes of the Year after both of them placed first in two events, second in one, and third in another. Glaze won the 100m dash, helped win the 4x100m relay, and placed second in the 400m dash. Scales won the 800m run, helped win the 4x800m relay, and placed second in the 1600m run. Both boys were part of the third place team for the 4x400m relay.

Yellow Springs girls coach Isabelle Dierauer was named MBC Coach of the Year for the 4th time.

Emmanuel Christian boys coach Chris Lundquist was named MBC Coach of the Year for the 14th time (11 boys & 3 girls).

Nathan Attisano named Penn Station Athlete of the Month

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XENIA, Ohio (WDTN) – Xenia Legacy Christian’s three-time individual wrestling state champion Nathan Attisano was named the April Penn Station Athlete of the Month.

The Knights standout wrestler successfully defended his Div. 3 title at 132 pounds.

Attisano qualified for state as a freshman in 2023, part of Legacy Christian’s team state crown that season, before claiming the Div. 3 state title at 126 pounds in 2024 and at 132 pounds in 2025.

Legacy's Attisano wins third state title in a row

By Travis Rains - Xenia Gazette - March 17, 2026

COLUMBUS – Legacy Christian Academy’s Nathan Attisano is a state champion for the third time in his high school career, after successfully defending his title in Division III at 132 pounds during the final day of the 2026 OHSAA state wrestling championships Sunday.

Attisano qualified for state as a freshman in 2023 and then claimed the D-III state title at 126 pounds in 2024 and at 132 pounds in 2025.

“It’s unbelievable,” Attisano said of winning his third state title. “It’s kind of something you dream of your whole life. I just had a lot of faith in my coaches and, mainly, in God. He just pushed me and I just had the best partners ever, and a lot of hard work.”

The wrestler entered last weekend’s tournament at OSU’s Schottenstein Center with a 41-2 record alongside a district title. Attisano secured his third state championship with a technical fall (19-3) over Monroeville’s Owen Patchen, who entered the tournament with a record of 18-2.

He said working hard is always a top focus for the Legacy Christian Academy wrestling program.

Head Coach Mike Sizemore said Attisano embodies that mentality with a work ethic that is second to none and that he encourages his wrestlers to try and outwork one another.

Before you know it, those efforts compound into great results. But it all starts with leadership, he said.

“And that’s what makes him great,” Sizemore said of Attisano. “He’s a great leader.”

Attisano dominated for much of the weekend, securing tech-fall wins in three of his four bouts. The semifinal match against Lake Catholic’s Timmy Mazur, whose record stood at 40-5 entering the tournament, saw Attisano victorious on a 10-5 decision.

“You’ve got leverage strength and you’ve got power strength, and leverage strength is way different than power strength; leverage is dangerous,” Sizemore said of the match against Mazur. “I felt like we had a good game plan going in, stuck with it in the third period and ended up pulling it out. When you get behind in a match like that and you find a way to win, that’s will in your heart and you can’t beat that. And that’s Nathan Attisano to a tee.”

Attisano’s third championship also means the senior closed out his high school career on top.

“It’s very hard to do,” he said. “State is always a testing battle and I was able to push through. I’m just blessed to be here.”

Boys basketball: Lions win 22nd straight game, advance to D-VI district final

By Michael Cooper - Dayton Daily News

TROY — Trailing Twin Valley South by eight points midway through the second quarter, Emmanuel Christian Academy senior Nate Hudson and his teammates didn’t panic.

“It could have been easy to just quit as a team,” Hudson said. “In the second quarter, they’re up and we didn’t expect it. I think that’s just a testament to our team — we’re gonna claw the whole game. No matter what the score is, we’re gonna keep going.”

 

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