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Barberton’s North commits to Toledo for baseball

October 30, 2009

Barberton High School senior Jacob North has made an oral commitment to continue his academic and baseball career at the University of Toledo.
North led the Magics last season with a .500 bating average. He had 36 hits, eight doubles, one triple, five home runs, 35 RBI, scored 24 runs and stolen 10 bases in 11 [...]

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Top 25 Ohio High School Nicknames

October 22, 2009

Hey everyone! This is my column that’s running in the Akron Beacon Journal Friday, but it’s posted on Ohio.com now, as you can see. Thanks to everyone who submitted votes for their favorite high school nicknames. If there are other crazy nicknames from out of state, post them so we can all get some laughs. [...]

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Observations on Week 5 of football, City Series

September 29, 2009

Here’s my thoughts on high school football now that we are at the halfway point of the season.
*I was disappointed that only 2,500 people came out to the first City Series game at InfoCision Stadium at Summa Field, though North and Kenmore aren’t big schools. Still, I would bet that crowd was two or three [...]

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Barberton Magics bond and win together

December 9, 2008

The Barberton High School boys basketball team started the 2008-2009 season with two victories this past weekend at the 38th annual Kiser Tipoff Classic at Grove City High School in Pennsylvania.
The Magics defeated Erie Strong Vincent 62-39 on Friday night and then beat Pittsburgh Peabody 71-51 to win the Classic title on Saturday night.
Magics senior [...]

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Tell your inspirational stories

April 8, 2008

When it comes to track, it’s always about who ran the fastest, jumped the highest or threw the shot or the discus the farthest. But sometimes there are stories, GREAT, INSPRATIONAL STORIES, that don’t have to do with who won.
For instance, I remember watching the local news in the fall, I think it was, and [...]

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Four area wrestlers win state titles

March 3, 2008

The 71st annual state wrestling tournament concluded with four area wrestlers winning a state title on Saturday night at the Value City Arena within the Jerome Schottenstein Center on the campus of the Ohio State University.
Please check out the print Akron Beacon Journal or the ohio.com website on the Internet for coverage about the state [...]

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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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Basketball: Player of the Game

December 12, 2007

BOYS BASKETBALL
BARBERTON 71, COPLEY 51
Varsity Letters Player of the Game: Barberton senior guard Steve Pitts scored five of his 11 points to help the Magics close the first half with a 13-3 run. With the help of the scoring run, Barberton earned a 33-19 halftime lead and never looked back Tuesday in a game between [...]

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Legendary basketball coach remembered

December 7, 2007

This morning, I attended a banquet for the Jack Greynolds Memorial Classic.
At the banquet, the late Jack Greynolds was honored for the impact he made in Northeast Ohio. Greynolds compiled a 549-121 record in 29 seasons as a head boys basketball coach at Revere and Barberton. He led the Magics to a state title in [...]

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Wrestling begins

December 7, 2007

The 2007-2008 high school wrestling season started this week and is already in full swing with the some of the best wrestlers in the nation competing Friday and Saturday at the 14th annual Walsh Jesuit Ironman.
Stay tuned for Ironman updates and click here to check out a notebook from the Beacon Journal’s wrestling preview.
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Barberton wrestling standout commits

November 21, 2007

Barberton senior Adam Cogar has committed to continue his academic and wrestling career at the University of Virginia.
Cogar was a runner-up in the 215-pound weight class at the Division I state tournament last season. cogar, who has a 4.3 grade-point average, said he plans to major in pre med.
“It’s a great wrestling program,” Cogar said. [...]

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Suburban League football predictions

August 20, 2007

Here is a preseason look at Suburban League football. In this post, you will find players (and any all-star recognition they received in the league last season) to watch from each team and my predictions for the upcoming season.
TALLMADGE (8-3 overall, 6-1 in the Suburban League last season)
Top players: Senior LB-RB Collin Haben (first-team Suburban [...]

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Football prospects

July 21, 2007

The football season is approaching, so I compiled a list of high school seniors from the Beacon Journal’s five-county coverage area who are listed as prospects on www.scout.com. There are several area players who are not on this list who will surely play in college. Nonetheless, this should give you some names to look for [...]

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Barberton coaching vacancy

July 4, 2007

We received a fax from Barberton High School’s athletic office that said the school is looking for a new head baseball coach for the 2008 season, meaning Magics coach Jon Hance will not be returning next season.
I spoke to Hance and he confirmed that he will step down after eight seasons as head coach to spend [...]

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