It was a beautiful night to kick off Homecoming weekend for a Lexington football team desperate for win. The Minutemen felt good heading into the yearly matchup with Wooster and why wouldn't they? Lexington had won four in a row against the Generals and just a year ago the Minutemen had a 42-0 lead at Follis Field. Yes, Lex had a much different team led by two kids that are now playing high level division one football and several more that would go on to play various sports f

Since the beginning of the playoff era in Ohio high school football back in 1972, Lexington has won just four conference championships. Two of them were back to back in 1987 and 1988 when the dominant Minutemen went 4-1 two straight years in what was then the Ohio Heartland Conference. The other two championships came in the Ohio Cardinal Conference when Lexington went 7-0 back in 2008 and again in 2016 when Lexington went 5-1 and shared the title with Ashland. Coincidentally

Over the last three and half seasons of Lexington Minutemen football, the program has ended almost every losing streak it has had. This includes ending a three game losing streak to New Philadelphia just last week. Coach Saris, his coaching staff, and this senior class have been involved in some of the biggest wins in the last decade, and even beyond. But as each losing streak ends there is one streak that often gets overlooked, or at the very least doesn't get much praise. L