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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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Twinsburg’s Harris play basketball for Miami U

November 21, 2009

Twinsburg senior Jon Harris signed a letter of intent to continue his academic and basketball careers at Miami University in Oxford.
Harris earned a full scholarship to play basketball for the RedHawks after scoring 261 points in 19 games last season. He also grabbed 168 rebounds and made 51 percent of his shots from the field [...]

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Football playoffs – anybody surprised?

November 9, 2009

After Week One of the five weeks of football playoffs, here are my observations looking back and moving ahead.
*The Federal League rematch of Canton McKinley and Canton GlenOak will be a different game. The Bulldogs were the eight seed going into top seeded Toledo Whitmer and demolished the Glass City bunch, which did not surprise me, McKinley has [...]

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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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Big games, big gambles, big surprises on the gridiron

October 11, 2009

What a week that was and what a game coming up. As you read my thoughts, remember this – to reach the football playoffs, eight teams in each of the four regions in each division get their ticket punched. The top four teams host first round home games.,
Let’s go:
Roll 7, please!
I have beeen watching high [...]

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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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Twinsburg gridders hope one is better than two

September 9, 2009

Question: when is it better to have one instead of two?
According to Twinsburg coach Mark Solis, it is when his Tigers play on just one side of the ball. At least that is his hope as the Tigers travel to Aurora to face last year’s Division III state champions. Last year, the Tigers defeated the [...]

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Twinsburg coach sees better days for the Falcons

September 1, 2009

It would be easy to dismiss Firestone’s 51-6 loss to highly touted Twinsburg as a case of bad team taking on an outstanding one.
Tigers coach Mark Solis saw far more in the Falcons than fans might expect.
“Believe me, “I’ve played some bad teams over the years. This is not a bad team at all,” Solis [...]

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NOC openers

August 28, 2009

Believe it or not, opening night is Friday, except for Twinsburg, which won Thursday night. Here are some thoughts from the coaches and some numbers to ponder…
Cuyahoga Falls (2-8)
Second-year coach Mike Miller wants his more experienced Black Tigers to show improvement this season.
“The biggest difference for us there is a lot more confidence and offensively [...]

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NOC realigns divisions and confuses fans

August 15, 2009

The idea of a super or mega conference was first concocted five years ago, football being the driving force. The idea was to bring together two of the top conferences, the Pioneer and Western Reserve, along with two schools from the Lake Erie League, Lakewood and Garfield Heights to form the 18-team Northeast Ohio Conference. [...]

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11 area players selected for all-star football games

June 19, 2009

Eleven area athletes were selected to play in all-star football games that will be played Saturday.
Here is a breakdown on the two games that will feature recent high school graduates:
–64th Ohio North-South All-Star Football Classic–
When: 4 p.m. Saturday.
Where: Ohio Stadium on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus.
Tickets: $5.
North team area players (Name, high [...]

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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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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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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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WRC Track and Field Champions

May 11, 2007

Posted by Michael Beaven for the Beacon Journal
The Western Reserve Conference held their track and field championship meet at Stow Thursday night and Solon won both the boys and girls team title.
Twinsburg and Hudson were second and third respectively on the boys and girls side.
Cuyahoga Falls junior Robert Jones had the best performance of area [...]

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