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Four area wrestlers win state titles

March 3, 2008

The 71st annual state wrestling tournament concluded with four area wrestlers winning a state title on Saturday night at the Value City Arena within the Jerome Schottenstein Center on the campus of the Ohio State University.
Please check out the print Akron Beacon Journal or the ohio.com website on the Internet for coverage about the state [...]

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Player of the Game: girls basketball

January 30, 2008

GIRLS BASKETBALL
REVERE 48, GREEN 41
Varsity Letters Player of the Game: Revere junior forward Emilee Vitez scored nine of her team’s 11 fourth-quarter points to carry the Minutemen (16-3, 11-2) to a crucial Suburban League victory on Wednesday night.
Vitez, who finished with a team-high 13 points, was able to break free from Green defenders several times [...]

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Strategy behind wrestling lineups

January 25, 2008

Second place in the Suburban League regular-season standings was at stake Thursday when Highland and Barberton faced off in a dual meet.
Junior Tyler Houska, who normally wrestles in the 215-pound weight class moved up to heavyweight to face Barberton junior Lance Coher in the meet’s final match. Houska entered the match with a 24-4 record, [...]

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Suburban League swimming gets interesting

January 24, 2008

The upcoming Suburban League swimming meet looks like could be a nail-biter.
Just when the Copley boys swimming team appeared to be a clear favorite to win its second consecutive league title, the Green Bulldogs upset the Indians 86-84 on Wednesday.
In early January, the defending league champion Copley girls edged Wadsworth 86-84, indicating that the race [...]

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Squire’s streak snapped

January 16, 2008

Wadsworth sophomore Brad Squire still has a chance to become a four-time state champion, but his hopes of achieving that feat with an undefeated record have been shattered.
Perry junior Seth Horner gave Squire his first career high school loss last Saturday. After losing to Squire in early December in a title match at the Walsh [...]

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Wadsworth wrestling young, dominant

December 23, 2007

Wadsworth sophomore Brad Squire captured the title in the 130-pound weight class Saturday to help the Grizzlies win the 48th annual North Canton Holiday Wrestling Invitational.
The Grizzlies finished first in the team standings with 186.5 points. Lake (160.5) placed second and University School (155) took third.
A week before, Wadsworth defeated their most dangerous league foes [...]

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Wadsworth sophomore Brad Squire wins Ironman

December 8, 2007

Wadsworth sophomore Brad Squire defeated Perry junior Seth Horner by an 8-4 decision to win the title in the 130-pound weight class at the 14th annual Walsh Jesuit Ironman.
Squire, who is a defending Division I state champion, is the first wrestler in Wadsworth history to win an Ironman title and the first area wrestler to [...]

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Area wrestler guaranteed to win Walsh Jesuit Ironman

December 8, 2007

Heading into the second day of the 14th annual Walsh Jesuit Ironman – one of the nation’s elite high school wrestling tournaments – 11 area wrestlers were still alive in the championship bracket.
After Saturday’s quarterfinals and semifinals, only four of the 11 have advanced to a title match.
Perry junior Seth Horner and Wadsworth sophomore [...]

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Revere’s Vitez, Wadworth’s Pavlik impress

November 29, 2007

After covering the Wadsworth-Revere girls game Wednesday night, it is obvious both teams are going to win many times this season. Revere’s Casey Nance and Wadsworth’s Rachel DeMita and Britt Busson are the most recognizable names.
But Revere junior forward Emilee Vitez impressed and not just because of her 16 points and six rebounds. She made [...]

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Wadsworth star out for wrestling season

November 27, 2007

Wadsworth senior Dru Jones will miss the high school wrestling season for the second year in a row.
Jones, a Division I All-Ohio selection at running back who rushed for 2,096 yards and 17 touchdowns, injured his knee midway through the football season but finished the season, Wadsworth wrestling coach John Gramuglia said. Jones had surgery [...]

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Probable Football Playoff Schedule

October 27, 2007

High School Football Playoff Schedule
Note: These are probable playoff matchups according to www.joeeitel.com and the matchups have changed several times on Saturday, which means they might be different on the website on Sunday. Official OHSAA playoff pairings will be released Monday.
Friday’s Games
(All games 7:30 p.m., unless noted)
Division II, Region 5
Firestone (7-3) at Tallmadge (9-1)
Division II, [...]

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Arisons lead Copley to fourth girls golf crown in a row

September 18, 2007

The girls Suburban League Golf Tournament had a sense of deja vu — with a twist.
The medalist was an Arison from Copley for the second consecutive year, yet this time it was the younger twin sister.
Copley senior Heather Arison won the individual title Tuesday by shooting a 1-over-par 73 at Barberton Brookside Country Club in [...]

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Wadsworth remains undefeated

September 7, 2007

The Wadsworth football team defeated Medina 30-24 in overtime Thursday night to improve its record to 3-0 this season.
Wadsworth senior running back Dru Jones scored the game-winning touchdown with a 20-yard run in overtime. Click here to read the Wadsworth-Medina game story by Tom Gaffney.
It was the second time this season Wadsworth won in overtime. [...]

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Friday night review

September 1, 2007

There are a few scores that stood out in week 2 of high school football. Here is what I noticed:
North beat Coventry 32-22. That means North is 2-0. North is undefeated after the first two weeks for the first time since 1976. The Vikings are off to this rare start with first-year head coach Ken [...]

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Brooks transfers to University of Akron for basketball

August 30, 2007

Coach Keith Dambrot has added another local talent to the University of Akron men’s basketball team.
Rydell Brooks, a 2006 Buchtel High School graduate, has transferred from Niagara University to the University of Akron and is a member of the Zips men’s basketball team, UA Assistant Director of Athletics Media Relations Gregg Bach said.
Bach said Brooks [...]

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Suburban League football predictions

August 20, 2007

Here is a preseason look at Suburban League football. In this post, you will find players (and any all-star recognition they received in the league last season) to watch from each team and my predictions for the upcoming season.
TALLMADGE (8-3 overall, 6-1 in the Suburban League last season)
Top players: Senior LB-RB Collin Haben (first-team Suburban [...]

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Coach returns to Firestone

July 26, 2007

Bob Black has returned to the football coaching staff at Firestone High School as an assistant to head coach Tim Flossie.
Black was an assistant at Wadsworth for the past four seasons after being the head football coach and a teacher at Firestone for several years. During his stint at Wadsworth, he remained a health 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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Wadsworth pitcher selects Baldwin-Wallace

June 6, 2007

Wadsworth senior pitcher Nick Flanigan will attend Baldwin-Wallace College next fall to continue his baseball career according to Wadsworth coach Brian Madigan.
Flanigan compiled a 5-3 record this season with a 1.68 ERA. He pitched 41.2 innings and struck out 33 batters.

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Wadsworth dominates Suburban League meet

May 13, 2007

Posted by Michael Beaven for the Beacon Journal 
The Wadsworth boys and girls track and field teams won the Suburban League meet Saturday at Green. Each squad scored 163 points to win.
Copley, Green and Highland rounded out the top four on the boys side. Green, Cloverleaf and Tallmadge rounded out the top four on the girls side.  
The Wadsworth girls [...]

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