Mixing in: Local stars join forces with Buckeyes

Buy Photo Antonio Smith, a former Buckeye and co-founder of the Driven Foundation, dribbles through traffic in last year’s game between OSU football players and News Journal Classic alums.(Photo: News Journal file photo)Buy Photo MANSFIELD – The early betting line for Wednesday night’s Scarlet & Gray Charity Game favors the team with a priest. Jeremy Miller, associate pastor at St. Peter’s, will play with and against former Ohio State football players in the 6 p.m. warm-up act to the 39th News Journal All-Star Basketball Classic at Lexington High School. Roy Hall and Antonio Smith, co-founders of the community outreach Driven Foundation, have assembled the two OSU rosters and will play and coach. Local sponsors paid $500 for each of the remaining spots on both teams, filled by nine local players, including Miller and News Journal Classic alums Mark DeLaney, Dakota Durbin, Andy Medwid and Brad Humble. Proceeds from both games…

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