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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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Ohio State and Michigan State pursuing Medina’s Kaminski for hoops

September 23, 2009

Imagine how heady it is for a sophomore to look up and see Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo watching him practice –  football.
Kenny Kaminski is the Battling Bees’ tight end. However, the 6-foot-7 Medina sophomore is grabbing attention in the basketball world, including assistant coaches from Ohio State.
“It is really neat to have Coach Izzo [...]

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Sampson is a player to watch

August 21, 2009

St. Vincent-St. Mary junior power forward Jakarr Sampson is rated the nation’s No. 100 player in the 2011 class, according to to the Rivals.com Top 150 list.
Sampson reportedly has offers from Akron, Xavier, Cincinnati and Dayton, according to Rivals.com.

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Hoban’s McMullen selected for national list

July 30, 2009

Archbishop Hoban High School sophomore-to-be Greg McMullen was selected to the CBS MaxPreps Top 100 list of football players in the country for the class of 2012, the publication’s National Football Editor Stephen Spiewak said via e-mail.
McMullen was a key player for the Knights defense last season as a freshman. Hoban qualified for the state [...]

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Akron native LeBron James wins NBA MVP award

May 4, 2009

Multiple National Basketball Association sources Monday have confirmed that Cleveland Cavaliers forward and Akron native LeBron James has been named the league’s Most Valuable Player for the 2008-2009 season.
James, a graduate of St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, is the first Cavalier to win the award. He led the Cavaliers to an NBA best record of [...]

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Callaghan steps down at Copley

April 28, 2009

Scott Callaghan has resigned as boys basketball coach at Copley High School after one season.
Callaghan coached Copley to a 12-10 record in 2008-09 but remained a teacher at Wadsworth, which is also a member of the Suburban League.
Indians Athletic Director Dana Addis said Callaghan told him working at different schools and traveling back and forth [...]

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McCollum, Kornowski among stars in basketball games

April 9, 2009

The Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association recently announced its annual boys and girls rosters for the 2009 North-South All-Star Games.
The four scheduled games, which are broken down by Division, will be played at Capital University in Columbus on Sunday, April 19.
The Akron Beacon Journal’s five-county area will have one coach and five players involved [...]

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St. V-M wins Division II boys basketball state title

March 28, 2009

St. Vincent-St. Mary won the 2009 Division II boys basketball state championship Saturday with a 59-53 victory over Dayton Thurgood Marshall in the Schottenstein Center’s Value City Arena on the campus of Ohio State University.
Senior Daylen Harrison led the Fighting Irish (23-4) with 21 points and four rebounds. Harrison made four free throws in the [...]

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McKinley graduate wins NCAA Division II basketball title

March 28, 2009

The University of Findlay men’s basketball team won the NCAA Division II championship game Saturday afternoon, with a 56-53 overtime victory over Cal Poly Pomona in Springfield, Ma.
The Findlay Oilers completed the perfect season with a 36-0 record.
Marcus Parker, a 2006 Canton McKinley graduate, is a junior on Findlay’s team. Parker, a starting point [...]

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Bill Dies Memorial Wrestling Tournament a Success

January 18, 2009

DIES NOTES: The Dies family, Firestone principal Larry Petry and everyone else involved with producing the 22nd annual Bill Dies Memorial Wrestling Tournament should be commended for running such an outstanding tournament this past weekend.
With 43 teams competing and hundreds of wrestlers, tournament officials did an outstanding job of keeping things in [...]

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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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2008-09 girls basketball teams to watch

December 4, 2008

ARCHBISHOP HOBAN (20-4, 13-1 North Coast League)
Seniors Rachel Tecca, Nikki D’Amico and Brittany Brown return to lead the Knights, the defending NCL champions and a program that has made the Division II regional tournament three out of the past four seasons under coach Tracy Miller. Tecca, a 6-foot-1 forward and University of Akron recruit, averaged [...]

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Archbishop Hoban duo headed to University of Akron

November 18, 2008

A pair of Archbishop Hoban standouts — Rachel Tecca and Katie Gross — are headed to the University of Akron to continue their academic and athletic careers.
Tecca, a 6-foot-1 forward, averaged 18.3 points, 10.5 rebounds, 1.6 blocks and 3.4 steals per game last season. She was as an honorable mention All-Ohio selection, first-team all-district and [...]

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LeBron James wins gold medal

August 24, 2008

Akron native LeBron James won his first gold medal Sunday following the United States of America men’s basketball victory over Spain in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
USA defeated Spain 118-107 in the gold medal game and outscored opponents 106.2-78.4 in eight games.
James, a 2003 St. Vincent-St. Mary High School graduate, was a [...]

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Three Akron area athletes to compete in Olympics

August 8, 2008

The Akron area will have three athletes competing for the United States of America in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
The athletes are: basketball player LeBron James, swimmer Mark Gangloff and javelin thrower Kim Kreiner. The trio all competed and represented USA in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Gangloff won a gold medal [...]

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Jennings picks Ashland

July 23, 2008

Fairless high School stand out Jordan Jennings will continue his basketball career at Ashland University this fall. The 5-10, 150 pound Jennings won the PAC-7 player of the year award twice at Fairless and was first team All-Stark County. Jennings may be best known for scoring a school record 54 points against Canton Timken last [...]

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Romeo Travis & Dru Joyce III set to play for Cavaliers in NBA Summer League

July 9, 2008

Romeo Travis and Dru Joyce III were selected to play for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2008 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Travis and Joyce were each standout players at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School and The University of Akron. The tandem were high school teammates of current Cavaliers star LeBron James, who will [...]

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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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City Series coaches and players to be honored

April 8, 2008

Firestone boys basketball coach Jerry Laria and Kenmore girls basketball coach Yontami Jones will be honored as the Coaches of the Year during the Summit-Portage Touchdown Club’s annual awards dinner April 20th.
Also, Firestone senior guard Ramel Mitchell, the City Series Player of the Year the past two seasons, and Kenmore junior guard Andola Dortch, who [...]

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