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'It's just been so great': Smithville takes the day at D3 Norwayne Regional
CRESTON — On Friday night in the finals of the Norwayne Division III Regional, nothing was safe. Especially the Smithville record book. Thanks to three event wins in school-record times, and another coming oh-so-close to setting a new program standard, the Smithies dominated the competition in capturing the regional championship at Norwayne Community Stadium. ...
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...
'The best feeling': Lane, McIntyre, Tompkins twins set Region 9 record in 1,600 relay
CRESTON TWP. — The medals kept coming. Until they clinked together in euphony. After Mogadore's 1,600-meter relay shattered a Region 9 record with its championship time of 3:57.06, Katie Lane, Brook McIntyre, Ari Tompkins and Julie Tompkins spent an eternity on the Norwayne High School football field. First, the...
Smithville's record-breaking 4x800 relay highlights first day at Norwayne Regional
CRESTON — Maryn Erdman isn’t ashamed to admit that she was a bit nervous Wednesday in the 4x800-meter final. The Smithville freshman, who was running the anchor leg for the first time all season, patiently waited at the starting line watching the final 400 meters of teammate Kaitlyn Carr. Once she saw Carr pass...
Rittman's Luke Snyder owns distance events at D3 Norwayne Regional
CRESTON — One thing that Rittman’s Luke Snyder prides himself on his knowing exactly at what point of a race to kick. It’s a plan that he and his coach (and dad) Matt Snyder discuss at length in training sessions leading up to race day. But on Friday night at the Norwayne Division III Regional, Luke Snyder had a tough time remembering exactly when to go. An Honors Algebra II final exam earlier in the day can...
'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...
'We belong': Wooster beats St. Ignatius for second straight Div. I district title
CLEVELAND — Wooster baseball is here to stay. It didn’t matter the Generals were playing a school with more than twice their male enrollment. It didn’t matter they were playing St. Ignatius at the Wildcats’ home field. It didn’t matter they have graduated some of their best players in program history over the last several seasons. It didn’t matter starting pitcher Kyle Oswald exited the game in the second inning with an injury.
‘Right here, right now’ Lex, Ontario duos excel in the moment, earn All-Ohio tennis honors
WOOSTER — Ahora. It’s a Spanish word, pronounced oh-rah, that loosely translated means “Right here, right now!”. Ontario siblings Pablo and Hector Sanchez Vidal said it many times to fire each other up on the tennis court the last three weeks after being thrown together as a doubles team for the high school postseason.
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...
'We knew we had something special': Norwayne wins first district title in 20 years
CRESTON — In many ways, Norwayne escaped during the district semifinals earlier in the week. The Bobcats had to rally from multiple deficits to beat perennial winner Canton Central Catholic in eight innings, extending their season with a walk-off hit from Lucas Dudte. Norwayne wasn’t about to let that...
‘It’s unbelievable, man’: Lex pals make history with state doubles title
WOOSTER — At some point during their unprecedented assault on the record books, tennis partners Ethan Remy and Dylan Catanese stopped seeing faces across the net and started seeing only golden opportunities. “It didn’t really matter who we played,” Catanese said. “We just had to go out there and battle and win as many points as we could.” ...
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