High school news, features and notes
- Norwayne’s Kaleb Harris commits to Cincinnati for football
- Mount Union adds four local student-athletes
- High school notebook: St. V-M basketball player VJ King helps U.S. U16 team to gold medal
- VJ King earns gold medal with USA U-16 men's basketball team
- Lake's Chaese Vaudrin signs with Geneva
- Perry's Stefano Millin pledges to KSU for football
- WRA student nabs lacrosse honor
- Aurora athlete selects Mount Union for tennis
- Hoban tennis players set to play at Mount Union
- Mount Union football gains Ryan Ross, a OSU transfer & Hoban graduate
- Manchester's Richie Ashley commits to Heidelberg for football
- High school football: OHSAA approves seventh division; several schools drop into lower divisions
- Hudson Junior Invitational: Stow senior Ian Holt takes charge, leads by 6 strokes
- High school baseball: Team Summit tops Team Akron in all-star game
- Hudson Junior Invitational: Kent Roosevelt’s Kory Nielsen tackles first major tournament; Stow’s Ian Holt leads boys with opening 69
- High school all-star softball: Field’s Kerrie Trautman takes one for the team, then scores winning run
- High school notebook: Canal Park to host all-star baseball game Wednesday
- Canal Park set to host all-star baseball game Wednesday
- Hoban baseball players decide on college futures
- Hudson athletes make college decisions
Baseball: Division I regional tournament
Posted by Beacon Journal sportswriter Nate Ulrich
Here are scouting reports for baseball regional tournaments:
Division I
Where: Thurman Munson Stadium in Canton.
Schedule: Brecksville (22-4) vs. Austintown Fitch (14-11), 2 p.m. Thursday; Mentor 23-3) vs. Lake (18-9), 5 p.m. Thursday.
Outlook: Lake won a district title for the second time in school history with a 4-1 victory over Green. It was Lake's first district championship since 1977. Senior pitcher Todd Miller (6-3) picked up his second complete-game victory of the postseason to lead the Blue Streaks past the Bulldogs in their district final. After losing in a district title game last season, Mentor bounced back and defeated Eastlake North 4-2 in its district final. Brecksville defeated Western Reserve Conference powers Hudson and Stow on its way to a district title. Austintown Fitch used a walk-off home run to defeat Lakewood St. Edward 2-1 in its district championship game.
Note: Regional finals are at 2 p.m. Friday.