High school news, features and notes
- 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
- High school notebook: Walsh Jesuit’s Conzaman to retire
- High school sports roundup — May 15
- Grant Conzaman set to retire as Walsh Jesuit Athletic Director in June
- Track and field league championship meets galore this week
- Lake’s Tyler Straley signs to play baseball at Malone
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Canton Central Catholic win 7-3 in state semifinal
COLUMBUS: Canton Central Catholic (25-8) scored five times in the fourth inning and on its way to a 7-3 win over Defiance Tinora (24-4) in the Division III baseball state semifinal Friday night at Huntington Park.
The Crusaders play at 7 Saturday night against Cincinnati Madeira (23-1) for the Division III state title at Huntington Park.
Crusaders leadoff hitter Jake Krupar walked and later scored on a ground out to short by Ryan Pack in the first inning. The Crusaders left the bases loaded in the second and third, though Patrick Stump scored on a bases loaded walk to Krupar in the second.
In the fourth inning, Anthony Paone drove in two runs with a double and pinch runner Will Beese scored on a double off the left field wall by Brad Frohman, who scored on a triple by Stump. A wild pitch brought Stump home.
The Rams scored in the third on a RBI single by Tyler Mckenney and scored in the seventh on a two-run double by Casey Liska.
Joe Tann (10-3) languished at times on the mound for the Crusaders, giving up 10 hits, waled two, hit one batter and struck out eight.
Rams starter Brett Wonders (9-2) was knocked out with two outs in the third inning after walking seven.
