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Computer Rankings: Rising and Falling

October 12, 2010

Div. I, Region 2 Massillon, Canton McKinley and Perry currently reside in the elite eight with Medina at No. 9 Div. II, Region 5 Copley and Tallmadge continue to hold spots, the big mover is Walsh Jesuit who make it in at No. 8 primarily because of their win over St. Vincent-St. Mary.  Kent Roosevelt [...]

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AP Releases High School Top 10: Not a Lot Locally

October 12, 2010

Div. I The only area team sniffing the Top 10 in D-I football: Massillon and they’re on the outside of it looking in. Div. II Copley holds a spot at No. 9 after beating up on Wadsworth last week.  Div. III Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary is out of the Top 10 after losing to Walsh Jesuit [...]

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Weekly High School Computer Rankings

October 5, 2010

Div. I, Region 2 Twinsburg, Perry, Massillon, Canton McKinley currently reside in the top eight in the region.  Medina and Hoover are within striking distance. Div. II, Region 5 Copley, Tallmadge, Ashland and Kent Roosevelt make the great eight with Walsh Jesuit an No. 9 and facing a big game against St. Vincent-St. Mary this [...]

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Surveying the AP’s Assorted Top 10s

October 5, 2010

Division II Copley remains at the No. 9 spot for another week, the only area team in the Top 10.  Division III Marlington moves up three notches to No. 4 while St. Vincent-St. Mary and Field are in the next batch. Division IV Manchester remains at No. 3 with Orrvile outside the Top 10, but [...]

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Pigskin Computer Rankings: How Do Local Schools Rate?

September 28, 2010

Div. I, Region II Perry, Medina, Massillon all occupy slots in the top eight with McKinley just outside the magical number. Div. II, Region IV Copley and Tallmadge are in the top eight with Walsh Jesuit sitting at No. 9 waiting to pounce with Kent Roosevelt and Ravenna nearby. Div. II, Region VII Lake currently [...]

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Surveying the AP’s High School Football Polls

September 28, 2010

Div. II Copley (5-0) remains at No. 9 after beating up on Barberton. Div. III Marlington (5-0) comes in at No. 7.  They will meet No. 9 Minerva this week. Div. IV Manchester (5-0) moves up two spots to No. 3. Div. VI Mogadore (5-0) jumps three notches to No. 7 and will face rival [...]

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Friday Night Football’s Top Performers

September 25, 2010

Junior quarterback, Mark Zimmerman, Green – 323 yards passing and two touchdowns. Senior quarterback Jon Robinson, Woodridge – 165 yards on the ground, including an 88-yard run and 105 yards passing in a loss against Streetsboro. Junior running back, Patrick Boggs, Field – 228 yards and three touchdowns. Senior running back Jay Wilson, Field – [...]

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Football Preview: Barberton (2-2) at Copley (4-0)

September 24, 2010

Barberton (2-2, 0-1) at Copley (4-0, 1-0) 7 p.m. at Copley High School The Magics started the season with two wins but have struggled in recent weeks as they continue to learn coach Jeff Sharkey’s team.  Meanwhile, the Copley Indians are rolling under caoch Ron Viscounte.  At 4-0 they control their destiny when it comes [...]

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Of Playoffs and Computer Points – First Report

September 21, 2010

The Ohio High School Athletic Association released its first set of computer rankings for post-season play Tuesday.  Here’s how things look so far for area teams: Div. I, Reg. 2 Perry (4-0), Medina (4-0) and Twinsburg (4-0) occupy the top three spots respectively.  Massillon (3-1) comes in at No. 8. On the bubble:  GlenOak, McKinley, [...]

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Copley’s Josh Williams signs with Columbus Crew

September 21, 2010

The Columbus Crew recently signed defender Josh Williams, a former standout at Copley High School and Cleveland State University, to a Major League Soccer contract for the remainder of the season. Williams, 6-foot-2 and 192 pounds, was invited to play in three of the Crew’s exhibition matches vs. college teams in April. He also has [...]

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Polling Ohio High School Football

September 21, 2010

The AP released its weekly poll surveying the best programs in the state’s six divisions Tuesday.  Several area high schools have made the grade: Div. I: Massillon (4-0) checks in at No. 10, its first appearance in the rankings this year after trouncing North Canton Hoover 56-19 last week. Medina (4-0) didn’t make it into [...]

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Football preview: Orrville (2-0) @ Copley (2-0)

September 9, 2010

Week Three: Orrville (2-0) @ Copley (2-0) 7 p.m. Friday at Copley-Fairlawn Stadium Storyline: Copley is starting to look like a top team in the Suburban League thus far as Wadsworth falls off and Green struggles to tackle. Junior quarterback Lou Gigliotti already has seven touchdown passes this season and is making a lot of [...]

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Copley’s Kungle and Sharnsky make college choices

May 24, 2010

Copley High School announced Brittany Kungle and Lauren Sharnsky have signed national letters of intent to continue their education and athletic careers in college. Kungle will play soccer at Walsh University and Sharnsky plans to play volleyball and swim for Ursuline College. Kungle is a four-year letter winner in soccer and a two-year letter winner [...]

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CVCA’s Tomasello wins FILA Cadet National title

April 12, 2010

Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy freshman Nathan Tomasello won a FILA Cadet Nationals championship in freestyle wrestling on Sunday at the University of Akron’s Stile Field House. Tomasello defeated Jacob Schmitt of Michigan in the final to win the 101.25-pound weight class. The victory allows Tomasello to possibly compete in the upcoming Pan American Qualifier in [...]

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Video: Copley vs. Hudson girls basketball

February 26, 2010

Hudson and Copley high school basketball teams face off in a Division I girls sectional tournament game at Ellet High School.

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Hudson girls hoop coach did not want a bye in tournament

February 16, 2010

The Hudson girls baskeetball team (13-6) will open play 2:45 Saturday afternoon against a solid Kent Roosevelt team, which is 11-7 after defeating Garfield Saturday, 78-44. This is the third game of a tripleheader that day, with No. 2 seed Wadsworth opening plat 11:30 in the morning against Garfield followed by Kenmore and Copley at [...]

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FIRESTONE-KENMORE GIRLS TO BATTLE

January 6, 2010

All season long, the Firestone and Kenmore girls basketball teams have been putting up big numbers. Firestone is 9-1 overall and 5-0 in the City and Kenmore (8-2, 5-0) is led by senior guard Shanequa Williams, who is averaging almost 35 points a game. The two teams will matchup 7 p.m. Thursday at Kenmore in [...]

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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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Revere Captures Title; Wheeler Strong In Suburban League Championship

October 19, 2009

BY DAVID LEE MORGAN JR. Beacon Journal sportswriter During the regular season, Revere boys cross country coach Dave Parry knew he would have a team that could compete for a league title. At the same time, Parry was smart enough to know that the Suburban League was loaded with talented teams- Green and Wadsworth, to [...]

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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 [...]

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