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Signing day photo from Archbishop Hoban

February 2, 2012

Alexis Becker will play soccer at Edinboro University. Colleen Rosen will play soccer at Ursuline College. Greg McMullen will play football at Nebraska. LaTroy Lewis will play football at Tennessee. Madison Kaser will play soccer at Akron. Maria Libertin willplay soccer at Xavier. Taylor Bolender will be on the gymnastics team at Central Michigan. Make [...]

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Charity Hoops Event Set for Norton

November 10, 2011

On Friday November 18th The Barberton Lady Magics and Norton Lady Panthers will play a preview basketball games to benefit the Stewart’s Caring Place in Fairlawn in memory of Kelly Braman Keith and the Nicole (Webel) Bodjanc Scholarship Fund,  Nov. 18 beginning at 5:30 p.m. Stewart’s Caring Place offers counseling and support groups for individuals [...]

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Video: Gridlocks Week 6 – Analyzing the top area high school football games

September 29, 2011

Beacon Journal sports writer George Thomas, Michael Beaven, Jonas Fortune and Jim Isabella break down this week’s top high school football games.

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APS STEM Athletes Will Play in Home Cluster

September 23, 2011

Akron Public schools will open STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) High School in the 2012-13 school year, which will get an influx of top students from all seven of its current high schools. The school won’t need a nickname or mascot for its sports because none will be offered at the school itself. “Students can play high [...]

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Video: Gridlocks Week 4 – Analyzing the top area high school football games

September 16, 2011

Beacon Journal sports writer George Thomas, Michael Beaven, Jonas Fortune and Jim Isabella break down this week’s top high school football games.

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Stow senior Nick Mutaali drops weight, runs hard

August 30, 2011

The 216 yards and a touchdown on 30 carries was an impressive enough season debut for Stow senior running back Nick Mutaali. But it’s even more impressive when you consider where he has been. Last year, Mutaali played defensive tackle. “Sophomore year I played (offensive) guard,” he said Monday at practice. That was before the [...]

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High school football preview

August 25, 2011

The high school football preview is available on Ohio.com Here is a quick link to the stories, videos and capsules. Marla Ridenour wrote about LaTroy Lewis and Greg McMullen of Hoban. We have features on Buchtel’s Jarrod Wilson, Field’s Patrick Boggs, North Canton Hoover’s Austin Appleby. We have league previews of the City Series, NOC, [...]

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Ohio Division I State Track Meet Results

June 3, 2011

Boys 110 Meter Hurdles Elijah Beach of Canton McKinley qualifies Sam Chester of Medina qualifies Boys 100 Meter Dash Devin Smith of Massillon qualifies No. 1 overall with a 10.74 Boys 800 Meter Relay Canton McKinley qualifies Boys 400 Meter Relay Medina qualifies Boys 1600 Meter Relay North Canton Hoover Girls 100 Meter Hurdles Becca [...]

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Ohio Division II State Track Results

June 3, 2011

Columbus – The following are the track results from the state meet in Columbus.  Most recent result at the top: Girls 3200 Relay Final: 1st:  Kettering Alter (9:10.22) 2nd:  Woodridge (9:12.42) 3rd:  St. V-M (9:13.63) Boys 3200 Relay Final: 1st:   Woodridge (7:37.43 a state, Division II and Jesse Owens Stadium records) 2nd:  St. V-M (7:47.30) [...]

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From OHSAA: Competitive Balance Proposal Fails

May 17, 2011

The proposal by the Ohio Athleic Assocation to create competitive balance for football, soccer, volleyball, baseball, softball and basketball among public and private schools failed 52-48 Tuesday.   The proposed bylaw would have changed how schools were assigned to post-season tourmaments using a complicated formula. In the end, it may have been too complicated, by using [...]

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Kent State recruiting in Southwest Ohio

April 28, 2011

The Kent State football program was in the Cincinnati area this week recruiting Southwest Ohio. Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy football coach Eric Taylor told the Cincinnati Enquirer that Kent State was one of five schools in this week.

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St. Vincent-St. Mary Beats Beats Bishop Hartley 49-44

March 24, 2011

Irish 49-, Hawks 44 1 QTR:  St. Vincent-St. St. Mary is up 12-4 after one.  Right now it doesn’t look as if Bishop Hartley even belongs on the same floor.  It’s early still, but the Irish has dominated offensively and defensively. The scoring is balanced among the team and the defense stifling. 2QTR: Irish are [...]

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State wrestling championship team scores

March 6, 2011

Here are the top 10 team scores and how other local teams fared:  DIVISION I   1. Lakewood St. Edward        187.0   2. Massillon Perry                    109.0   3. Wadsworth                               96.0   4. Cin. Elder                                  72.0   5. Cin. Arch. Moeller                 66.0   6. Solon                                           57.0   7. Medina                                        51.0   8. Twinsburg                                 50.0   9. Mayfield Vill. [...]

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Streetsboro tackle adds MAC offer

March 2, 2011

Streetsboro junior tackle Alex Todd has reportedly added an offer from Bowling Green, according to ScoutingOhio.com. Todd, who is 6-foot-3 and 285 pounds, also has offers from Kent State, Miami (Ohio) and Indiana.

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State wrestling: Division II pairings

March 2, 2011

AF – Akron Firestone CE – Columbus East GO – Goshen MH – Marion Harding 103 Weight Class: 1. AF-1 D.J. Schoeppner, Canton South, (10), 40-2 2. CE-4 Payton Gutierrez, Columbus St. Francis DeSales, (10), 30-10 3. MH-3 Beau Minnick, Clyde, (9), 36-1 4. GO-2 Cory Parsons, Vincent Warren, (10), 36-3 5. MH-2 Matt Pool, [...]

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Walsh junior has first offer

February 27, 2011

Walsh Jesuit junior kicker Ross Martin has reportedly been offered by Pittsburgh, according to ScoutingOhio.com. It is the first offer for Martin, who is 5-foot-10 and 180 pounds.

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Report: St. V-M tackle commits

February 6, 2011

St. Vincent-St. Mary senior tackle Nick Codrea (6-3, 280) has reportedly made a commitment to play football at Brown, according to ScoutingOhio.com.

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Report: Streetsboro TE commits

February 6, 2011

Streetsboro senior tight end Chris Williams has reportedly made a commitment to play football at Lake Erie College, according to ScoutingOhio.com. Williams, who is 6-3 and 230 pounds, also had interest from Wayne State (Mich.).

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Report: Copley WR selects school

February 6, 2011

Copley senior wide receiver Jordan Muraco has reportedly made a commitment to play football at Muskingum, according to ScoutingOhio.com. Muraco is 6 foot and 185 pounds.

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What does a National Letter of Intent look like?

January 31, 2011

Ever wonder what a National Letter of Intent looks like? Darren Rovell of CNBC posted a link here on his blog.

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