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Canton South senior Evelyn Lynn enjoys storybook ending to her high school softball career
Canton South senior Evelyn Lynn ties the state home run record in her final varsity at-bat Lynn will play softball for Hocking Hills College next spring. Lynn plans on going through a program in college to train service dogs. It was a Hollywood ending to a storied high school career...
OHSAA high school track and field | Division II regional results Saturday
Greater Canton high school track and field athletes who earned automatic Division II state berths during Saturday's regional meets. The top four in each event automatically qualify,. Division II. AT AUSTINTOWN FITCH. Boys high jump. 4, Julius Kimbrough (Canton South) 6-3 Boys shot put. 4, Diontae Lester (Marlington) 50-0 HIGH...
2024 National High School Football HOF ceremony set for June 7-9 in Canton, OH
CANTON, OH- The National High School Football HOF weekend is back in its second year with another class of inductees, this year's class will include high school coaches such as Chuck Kyle a St.Ignatius legend and Ohio's all-time winningest coach Reno Saccoccia, players also include Euclid's Robert Smith and Ted Ginn Jr. of Cleveland Glenville just to name a few.
Canton Mckinley sends six to college on football scholarships
Canton, Ohio- This past Monday was a busy day for the Canton Mckinley football program as they send six football athletes to college on scholaships. Geno Kelley, Thomas Burton Jr. and Mekhi Mack all would sign an NLI to Lake Erie College located in Painesville, OH a Division II program playing out of the Great Midwest Conference.
Strasburg softball overcomes scare to advance to OHSAA state tournament semifinal
PICKERINGTON — Trailing by three with nine outs left in its regional championship softball game Friday, Strasburg dug deep and unleashed its “inner Tiger” — just like a two-time defending state champion would. The Tigers manufactured six runs in those last nine at-bats, including three in...
'Let's go run': Hoover's Amahrie Harsh rallies in 400, wins four regional track titles
AUSTINTOWN — Another 4-for-4 night for Amahrie Harsh appeared in jeopardy. In fact, the Hoover senior wasn't even guaranteed a state berth in the girls 400 going into the final turn Friday night. Victory itself was looking out of the question. My, did things change in almost a blink...
Jackson grad Shawn Lutz: Who is this unsung coach, and how did he get Massillon's star QB?
Shawn Lutz view Massillon's DaOne Owens as a college football steal. Lutz is a Stark County success story based on his work as head coach at Slippery Rock. A street party broke out in Massillon after the football team won a state championship in Canton. The recruitment of Massillon's star...
SARTA Athlete of the Week May 13-19 | Madison Vardavas, John Birchler win the vote
Madison Vardavas of Hoover is the girls winner and John Birchler of GlenOak wins for the boys. Vardavas, who plays lacrosse, received 37.92% of the votes cast. Birchler, a baseball player, received 41.31% of the votes cast. A total of 1,703 votes were cast overall. Look for more on each...
'Resilient' Sandy Valley High School baseball comes up short of OHSAA district title
BOWERSTON — Sandy Valley's ride through the district championship game roared into the late innings with the Cardinals in command. It ended with a 10-6 loss that left the boys still in their dugout, quieter than the Conotton Valley Hills, while Barnesville celebrated a trip to the OHSAA Division IV baseball sweet 16. "I'm upset...
Jackson baseball's 'best version' is district title-worthy | Polar Bears down GlenOak
MACEDONIA — Somewhere in the mix of rankings and results, Jackson High School baseball coach Bill Gamble just wanted his Polar Bears to find the "best version" of themselves this season. Looks like the boys in purple have figured that out. Jackson rode the big left arm of Landen Doll to a 3-0 win...
'Hopefully we learned a lot from it': Slow start dooms Dover in Final Four softball quest
PICKERINGTON — The inauspicious signs came early for Dover on Friday. Ace pitcher Jenna Molk was called for an illegal pitch on her second attempt of the game. Two pitches later, she was called again. It led to a walk. Within 30 minutes, the Crimson Tornadoes were staring at...
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