Gov. Ted Strickland's office today announced that an executive order aimed at protecting exotic wildlife will exempt the Massillon Tigers mascot Obie. The 41-year-old tradition will be grandcatted ...

Since 2012, Massillon’s live tiger tradition has continued via an exemption for educational institutions displaying a wild animal as a mascot providing certain stipulations were met. The booster ...

ZANESVILLE – An 8-foot statue of the Massillon Tigers' beloved mascot is one step closer to reality. Staff at Coopermill Bronze Works recently poured about 60 bronze casts that will be welded ...

The exemption was meant to let Massillon Washington High School and its boosters locally possess a tiger under certain restrictions. School boosters have displayed tiger cub mascots named Obie for ...

Boosters typically lease a cub called Obie each year to play the mascot of Massillon's Washington High School Tigers, whose rich football tradition includes helping launch the career of Cleveland ...

The booster club that provides tigers for Massillon Washington ... It’s not clear if or how that might affect the live-mascot tradition in Massillon, where football passion runs deep: Cleveland ...

The Massillon Tigers' flag football squad and teams across Ohio will be in Stark County for the 2025 girls state tournament ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A school that uses a live tiger cub as a mascot has ... clear if or how that might affect the live-mascot tradition in Massillon, where football passion runs deep: Cleveland ...

CANTON — A defense that dominated high school football opponents all season came through one last time for the Massillon Tigers. And the Tigers are state champions for the first time in the ...