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From the monthly archives:

January 2008

Player of the Game: girls basketball

January 30, 2008

GIRLS BASKETBALL
REVERE 48, GREEN 41
Varsity Letters Player of the Game: Revere junior forward Emilee Vitez scored nine of her team’s 11 fourth-quarter points to carry the Minutemen (16-3, 11-2) to a crucial Suburban League victory on Wednesday night.
Vitez, who finished with a team-high 13 points, was able to break free from Green defenders several times [...]

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Archbishop Hoban’s Fleming selects University of Akron

January 30, 2008

Archbishop Hoban senior Will Fleming has orally committed to continue his academic and football careers at the University of Akron, Hoban coach Ralph Orsini said.
Fleming, a 6-foot-4 and 210-pound athlete who played safety, linebacker and wide receiver for the Knights, was a Division II All-Ohio Special Mention this past fall. He also earned first-team honors [...]

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Hudson pair choose

January 28, 2008

Two Hudson High School football standouts have made their college choices.
Quarterback Alex Gedeon has accepted a financial package from Harvard University of the Ivy League.
Gedeon, a first-team all-state selection in Division I, threw for 1,648 yards and ran for 632 in 2007.
Linebacker Mike Niam has decided to play at Wofford College, a Division I-AA school [...]

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Walsh Jesuit wrestling rolls in West Virginia

January 27, 2008

The Walsh Jesuit wrestling team defeated Wheeling Park (W. Va.) 41-33 in the championship finals to finish first Saturday in the West Virginia Duals.
The Warriors went 9-0 in the dual tournament held at Parkersburg High School in West Virginia.
Five Walsh wrestlers compiled individual records of 9-0 during the tournament: freshman Johnni DiJulius (112 pounds, 35-4), [...]

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Player of the Game: boys basketball

January 26, 2008

BOYS BASKETBALL
KENT ROOSEVELT 66, RAVENNA 57
Varsity Letters player of the game: Kent Roosevelt junior guard Andre Paulk scored 10 of his team-high 19 points in the fourth quarter to lift the Rough Riders to a Portage Trail Conference Metro Division victory.
Paulk’s stellar performance off the Rough Riders’ bench included a highlight dunk and a near [...]

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Strategy behind wrestling lineups

January 25, 2008

Second place in the Suburban League regular-season standings was at stake Thursday when Highland and Barberton faced off in a dual meet.
Junior Tyler Houska, who normally wrestles in the 215-pound weight class moved up to heavyweight to face Barberton junior Lance Coher in the meet’s final match. Houska entered the match with a 24-4 record, [...]

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Suburban League swimming gets interesting

January 24, 2008

The upcoming Suburban League swimming meet looks like could be a nail-biter.
Just when the Copley boys swimming team appeared to be a clear favorite to win its second consecutive league title, the Green Bulldogs upset the Indians 86-84 on Wednesday.
In early January, the defending league champion Copley girls edged Wadsworth 86-84, indicating that the race [...]

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Nordonia QB to Bowling Green

January 22, 2008

Quarterbacks of the past and future at Nordonia High School have moved into the spotlight.
Senior Aaron Pankratz has given an oral commitment to attend and play for Bowling Green State University. The void at quarterback for the Knights in 2008 likely will be filled by now-sophomore Jess Smetana, who has transferred from [...]

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Kenmore good on paper, mat

January 20, 2008

The Kenmore wrestling team finished second with 188 points at the 21st annual Bill Dies Memorial Tournament Saturday at Firestone High School. The Highland Hornets edged the Cardinals for first place in the final team standings with 190 points.
Cardinals sophomores Garland McCormick (130) and Cody Lamberg (189) won individual titles.
McCormick, a 2007 state qualifier, [...]

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Squire’s streak snapped

January 16, 2008

Wadsworth sophomore Brad Squire still has a chance to become a four-time state champion, but his hopes of achieving that feat with an undefeated record have been shattered.
Perry junior Seth Horner gave Squire his first career high school loss last Saturday. After losing to Squire in early December in a title match at the Walsh [...]

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Player of the Game: boys basketball

January 5, 2008

BOYS BASKETBALL
REVERE 76, GREEN 59
Revere junior guard Zack Weidrick scored a season-high 21 points to lead the Minutemen (7-5, 3-3 in the Suburban League) to their sixth consecutive victory.
“Zack is really doing a good job of making good decisions, playing within himself, being patient and letting the game come to him,” Revere coach Dean Rahas [...]

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Top-10 high school sports stories of 2007

January 1, 2008

On New Year’s Day, I reflected on the past year in high school sports. Here is my list of top-10 high school sports stories for 2007:
1. The Buchtel girls track and field team captured the Division II state title last spring, making Griffins coach John Scott the first coach in Ohio history to win back-to-back [...]

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