High school news, features and notes
- Division II district baseball final/Archbishop Hoban 8, Tallmadge 1: Knights click to advance to regional
- Division I district softball/Medina 5, Barberton 2: Megan Paradise pitches Bees into district final
- High school sports roundup — May 21
- Cuyahoga Falls names Sean Flaherty new football coach
- St. V-M alumni say goodbye to old gym, set to be gutted Wednesday
- High school baseball: Starting pitching leads Hoban, Tallmadge to district semifinals wins
- High school sports roundup — May 20
- Ellet gains early edge on Firestone to win 12-3
- Track and field: Area standouts seek standout postseason performances
- Ellet, Firestone to compete for title
- Nordonia boys, Green girls win Suburban League track and field team titles
- High school sports roundup — May 18
- High school track/City Series Meet: Buchtel boys, Firestone girls take titles
- High school sports roundup — May 17
- OHSAA announces competitive balance proposal failed, transfer rules softened
- High school softball Division I sectional/Barberton 11, Ellet 1: Magics rally around mourning teammates in victory over Orangemen
- OHSAA Board of Directors Meeting Highlights - 05/16-13
- OHSAA announces competitive balance proposal for high school sports fails in close vote
- High School Spotlight — May 15
- St. V-M advances to sectional final in softball
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Benedictine eliminates St. V-M
The St. Vincent-St. Mary boys basketball team saw its season come to an end Saturday afternoon at the Canton Memorial Civic Center.
Cleveland Benedictine defeated St. V-M 64-61 in a Division II regional final. The Bengals advance to a state semifinal game in Columbus.
Senior guard Cameron Wright led the Bengals (22-4) with 21 points and five rebounds. Senior guard Derek Jackson (17 points) and senior forward Nick Harney (12 points) also scored in double figures for Benedictine.
Senior guard Dominique Mitchell paced the Fighting Irish (17-7) with 16 points. Sophomore forward Lorenzo Cugini (15 points), junior guard Ricky Johnson Jr. (13 points) and junior forward JaKarr Sampson (11 points) also scored in double figures for St. V-M.
Cugini and Sampson each grabbed five rebounds.
The score was tied 10-10 after one quarter. St. V-M held a 34-21 halftime lead. Benedictine rallied and trailed 44-42 after three quarters.
The Bengals led 62-54 with 48 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. The Irish cut their deficit to 62-61 with 8.7 seconds to go, but would no closer.
Benedictine won state titles in 1997 and 1998.
St. V-M won state titles in 1984, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2009.
