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2024 Stark County Amateur golf tournament final results
Final results from the 2024 Stark County Amateur golf tournament played this past weekend at Ohio Prestwick Country Club. MEN Championship Kyle Buzaki 67-74-141 Shaun Kloetzer 69-74-143 Joshua Clay 72-72-144 Kyle Smith 75-70-145 Dillon Pendergast...
Year of the Quarterback, Part 5: Sacred Heart football excited to have Poochie Snyder
Editor's note: Steve Doerschuk spent months researching quarterbacks. The result is three waves of a series, "Year of the Quarterback." The first wave revolves around tremendous high school quarterbacks fighting to find the field in college. This is the fifth article in the first wave. Jim Tressel has seen a million quarterbacks, but few like this one, he was told. ...
Racers celebrate wins and friendships during 86th annual All-American Soap Box Derby
For the last time in her 15-year racing career, two-time world champion Erin Donovan traveled six hours from her Pennsylvania hometown to Derby Downs for the 86th annual FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby Saturday. "My parents met racing, so I was around it even before I could race," said Donovan,...
Akron East football preview: Ziaire Stevens, Dragons have ‘a lot in the tank’ — 2024 camp tour
BEREA, Ohio — Akron East is bolstered by two Power Four prospects in Ziaire Stevens, who is committed to Purdue, and Terrell Wharton Jr. as a two-way standout with offers from the Boilermakers, Penn State, Wisconsin and more. Stevens rushed for 2,001 yards and 20 touchdowns last year. They...
Super Kids National Classic held at Derby Downs
Derby Downs on Friday was preparing to host the 86th First Energy All-American Soap Box Derby Championship. The event draws more than 300 young racers from across the world to a place that has made lifelong memories for generations.
'These kids are super': Racers with special needs speed down Soap Box Derby hill
For Dylan Swanson, a 15-year-old from New York, it's pretty great to win — and he's used to it. In 2018, he became the youngest national champion of the Super Kids race at the All-American Soap Box Derby, a competition for kids with special needs. "It's fun going down the hill," Dylan...
Hugs, tears, cheers as champions are made at Akron’s Soap Box Derby
Racers from as close as Goodyear Heights, Columbus and Tuscarawas County and as far as New York, Oregon and Nevada converged at Derby Downs Saturday for the FirstEnergy All-American Soap Box Derby World Championship Races. Now in its 86th year, the annual event brought 320 racers to Akron for a...
Welbyn Francisca has the game of his life for the ACL Guardians, Chase DeLauter begins rehab assignment
I’m not sure why, but Joey Cantillo was pulled from the starting lineup, being replaced by Tyler Beede. Beede did not fair well, allowing five runs on three hits and three walks in just 2⁄3 of an inning. Tanner Burns put out the fire with 1 1⁄3 scoreless...
Ohio has ‘opportunity to improve’ ahead of 2024 season
CANTON, Ohio (WOUB) – Members of the Ohio football team, along with members from other Mid-American Conference schools, met at the Pro Football Hall of Fame for the 2024 MAC Football Kickoff. The Bobcats have gone through change program wide over the offseason and had plenty of questions to...
Microsoft, the number 13, and more: recapping the 2024 MAC Football Kickoff
CANTON, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference kicked off the 2024 season in style at the Football Kickoff Event held at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Headlined by a State of the Conference address from Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher, he addressed the rumors of a potential 14th team joining the conference, as well as the addition of a new championship sport to the conference.
Louisville Basketball - Big Board Class of 2025
Louisville basketball coach Pat Kelsey is after some standouts in the Class of 2025. University of Louisville basketball coach Pat Kelsey and his staff will hit the road on Thursday for the first of three live evaluation periods this month. The main focus for the staff over the next few...
Guardians' Chase DeLauter: Rehabbing in Arizona
DeLauter (toe) began a rehab assignment with the Guardians' Arizona Complex League affiliate on Saturday. DeLauter has played just one game since April due to a broken left foot and then a sprained toe on his right foot. He's dealt with multiple foot injuries, primarily to the left one, during his minor-league career. Given his lengthy absence, he'll likely need at least a handful of rehab games before he can return to Double-A Akron's lineup.
Mid-American Conference football media day: Miami picked by coaches to win MAC title
CANTON — Reigning Mid-American Conference football champion Miami of Ohio is the team to beat entering the 2024 season. MAC football coaches compiled a preseason poll Friday at the league's media day at the Pro Football Hall of Fame and tabbed Miami as the No. 1 team. The RedHawks received nine of the 12 first-place votes from coaches.
Here comes the MAC
CANTON, Ohio (WOIO) - College football kicks off next month and the Mid-American Conference gathered in Canton at the Pro Football Hall of Fame to get the hype train rolling on the new season. Commissioner Dr. Jon Steinbrecher is excited about the new College Football Playoffs that will expand the...
Mike Van Sickle, Ryan Gutowski share overall title at 2024 Tigertown Open
Pittsburgh professional Mike Van Sickle and Akron amateur Ryan Gutowski shot 7-under 65 to earn a share of the overall title at the 73rd Tigertown Open on Friday at Elms Country Club. Van Sickle won the guaranteed $5,000 first-place pro prize payout. Gutowski took home a $740 amateur payout. GOLF:Dave...
Tupper Lake Riverpigs win tight battle to open Empire League round robin playoffs
TUPPER LAKE, N.Y. — When things looked like they would swing the Malone Borderhounds' way, the script flipped in the final inning. The Tupper Lake Riverpigs, who were down 6-5 in the top of the 9th, used a late comeback surge to steal the opening round of the Empire Baseball League round robin playoffs 7-6.
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