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Walsh’s Berry headed to Dayton for baseball

November 21, 2009

Walsh Jesuit senior Ryan Berry, 18, has accepted an academic and baseball scholarship from the University of Dayton.
Berry, a 6-foot, 215-pound first baseman, helped the Warriors win the 2008 Division II state championship as a sophomore. As a junior last season, he helped Walsh to a Division II state runner-up finish.
Berry is entering his third [...]

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Walsh’s Caponi to play baseball at Duquesne

November 21, 2009

Walsh Jesuit senior Marco Caponi, 17, has accepted an academic and baseball scholarship from Duquesne University.
Caponi, a 5-foot-9, 170-pound shortstop/second baseman, helped the Warriors win the 2008 Division II state championship as a sophomore. As a junior last season, he helped Walsh to a Division II state runner-up finish.
Caponi is entering his third year as [...]

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Twinsburg’s Dufour picks Cleveland State for baseball

November 21, 2009

Twinsburg senior Frank Dufour III has committed to continue his academic and baseball careers at Cleveland State University.
Dufour, 6-foot-3 and 210-pounds, is a right-handed utility player. He batted .286 last season for the Tigers and posted a 1-0 pitching record with one save.
”Frank is a very skilled baseball player who can play the outfield, corner [...]

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Waterloo’s Pusateri to play baseball at UA

November 21, 2009

Waterloo senior Jon Pusateri has signed a national letter of intent to play baseball at the University of Akron beginning in the fall of 2010.
Pusateri, a right-handed pitcher, earned All-Portage Trail Conference County Division honors during his sophomore and junior seasons for the Vikings. He struck out 53 batters in 45 innings as a junior [...]

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Louisville’s Bobby Swigert headed to Boston College

November 10, 2009

Louisville senior Bobby Swigert has orally committed to continue his academic, football and baseball careers at Boston College.
Boston College recruited Swigert to play wide receiver in football and shortstop in baseball, Louisville football coach Paul Farrah said.
“I am very proud of him,” Farrah said. “I am happy for him. He chose a school that is [...]

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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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Walsh graduate Danko to play baseball at Ohio U

October 16, 2009

Walsh Jesuit graduate Drew Danko is continuing his academic and baseball career at Ohio University.
Danko, a 2009 Walsh graduate and left-handed pitcher, earned a spot with OU’s baseball team following a walk-on tryout.
Danko helped the Warriors complete the 2009 season as Division II state runner-up. He made 13 appearances posted a 9-1 record with a [...]

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Walsh Jesuit’s Fasola headed to Kansas State

September 22, 2009

Walsh Jesuit senior Johnny Fasola, 17, has made an oral commitment to continue his academic and baseball career with Kansas State University.
Fasola, a Hudson resident, is 6-foot-3 and 195 pounds. He will be entering his fourth year as a Walsh starter as a third baseman and right-handed pitcher.
As a sophomore, he had a .354 batting [...]

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Green’s Gamby chooses UA

September 4, 2009

Green senior baseball player Kurt Gamby has made an oral commitment to the University of Akron. Gamby, 6-foot-2 and 195 pounds, plays third base and first base, and he also pitches. He helped to lead Green to their first state final four appearance in Division 1 in 2009 along with the most wins in school [...]

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Walsh Jesuit’s Greg Greve picks Ohio State

August 18, 2009

Walsh Jesuit senior right-handed pitcher Greg Greve, 17, has made an oral commitment to continue his academic and baseball career at Ohio State University.
Greve, 6-foot-3 and 195-pounds, also plays third base and helped the Warriors win the 2008 Division II state championship and a runner-up finish in 2009 in Division II.
Greve compiled a 7-1 record [...]

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Firestone Park Sox win F League state title

August 3, 2009

The Firestone Park Sox won the Hot Stove State Baseball Championship this past Sunday in the F League division (13-14 year olds) at Butler-Rodman Fields in Alliance, OH.
The Sox compiled a 28-1 overall record and defeated the Ravenna Braves 4-3 in the championship game.
The 13 players on the Sox team are: Andrew Agner, Jacob Bumgarner, [...]

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Keen, Kilway & Williams lead Tallmadge to perfect week

April 20, 2009

The Tallmadge baseball team compiled a perfect 5-0 record last week with a potent offense.
The Blue Devils defeated Barberton and Brunswick twice and Highland once.
Tallmadge scored 47 runs, had 59 hits and posted a .391 batting average over the five games.
Three seniors led the charge at bat. They were Matt Keen, Pat Kilway and A.J. [...]

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Walsh Jesuit junior gets national honor

March 24, 2009

Walsh Jesuit junior RHP Tyler Skulina (6-6, 235) has been named to the Perfect Game USA High School Underclassmen All-American team.
Skulina, who has orally committed to play at Virginia, is the only area player on the list. There are two other players in Ohio.

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Walsh Jesuit baseball garners national ranking

February 24, 2009

Walsh Jesuit baseball coach Chris Kaczmar recently announced that the Warriors are nationally ranked for the fifth time in the past six years.
The Warriors are ranked in three pre-season polls, No. 22 in the ESPN Rise Pre-Season Fab 50 Poll, No. 26 in the Collegiate Baseball News Pre-Season Poll and No. 66 in the Perfect [...]

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Walsh Jesuit’s Skulina tabbed a preseason All-American

January 27, 2009

Walsh Jesuit Baseball junior right-handed pitcher Tyler Skulina has been named a first-team Pre-Season Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball All-American in the January 23rd issue of Collegiate Baseball.
Skulina, a University of Virginia recruit, is 6-foot-6 and 235 pounds. He compiled an 8-0 record last year in helping to lead the Warriors to a national ranking, a 30-3 [...]

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Walsh Jesuit’s Skulina set to pitch at Virginia

December 23, 2008

Walsh Jesuit junior Tyler Skulina, 17, has made an oral commitment to continue his academic and baseball careers at the University of Virginia.
Skulina, a 6-foot-6 and 235-pound right-handed pitcher, consistently throws a fastball that has been clocked in above 90 mph. He is a two-year letterman, has compiled an 11-0 record in two seasons and [...]

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Diestel named Archbishop Hoban baseball coach

December 19, 2008

Archbishop Hoban High School has named Jim Diestel varsity baseball coach at after he served as the freshman coach last season, said Hoban’s Mary Anne DeCenzo, the Director of Publications, Publicity and Marketing.
Diestel is a Kent Roosevelt graduate and he played baseball and soccer for the Rough Riders. He attended Hiram College and played [...]

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Tallmadge’s Pakan to play baseball at GWU

December 9, 2008

Tallmadge senior third baseman Paul Pakan has committed to play baseball at George Washington University next season.
Pakan, who carries a 4.05 grade-point average and scored a 30 on the ACT, hit .471 last season for Tallmadge (25-4). He hit eight home runs and had 34 RBI.
Pakan was first team all-Suburban League and was honorable mention [...]

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Walsh Jesuit baseball duo on national list

December 9, 2008

Perfect Game, a national amateur baseball scouting service, has included two Walsh Jesuit baseball players in its Top 385 national rankings for the Class of 2010.
Walsh coach Chris Kaczmar said juniors Tyler Skulina and Johnny Fasola are ranked No. 25 and No. 284, respectively. The two helped Walsh win the 2008 Division II state title.
Skulina, [...]

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