OXFORD — Bill Thomas came home as a state champion nearly four decades ago. He just didn’t have a heavy load to bring with him.
Thomas earned Talawanda High School’s first-ever state title back in the fall of 1984 when he tied for first place with Worthington’s Chip Coman

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