High school news, features and notes
- Ohio State recruiting: St. V-M’s Dante Booker commits to Buckeyes
- Division II district final softball/Walsh Jesuit 4, Field 2: Lexi Noonan, Taylor Rahach lead Warriors to district title
- Barberton hires Greg Whitmer as girls basketball coach
- Division II district final softball/Fairless 2, Springfield 1: Falcons advance to regional
- High school sports roundup — May 23
- St. Vincent-St. Mary junior linebacker Dante Booker Jr. commits to Ohio State; 9th Buckeyes recruit
- High school sports roundup — May 22
- Walsh Jesuit, Field set to meet in Akron Division II softball district final Thursday
- Softball Division II district semifinals: Fairless, Springfield advance
- High School Spotlight — May 22
- High school notebook: Twinsburg confident after defeating Walsh Jesuit in sectional for second year in a row
- High school baseball/Firestone 8, Ellet 6: Falcons win, set up showdown in City Series championship game
- 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
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Canton South, Minerva win district semifinals
Posted by Michael Beaven for the Beacon Journal
The Canton South and Minerva baseball teams each won Division II district semifinal games Thursday at GlenOak High School.
The teams advance to a 4 p.m. final at Thurman Munson Memorial Stadium on Friday.
South defeated Northeastern Buckeye Conference rival Alliance 3-2. The Wildcats (20-7) earned redemption after losing to the Aviators (24-5) twice in the regular season. South senior pitcher Justin Gill pitched a complete-game and struck out eight to earn the win. Gill now has 27 career victories, most in school history.
Joe Dubina paced the South offense with a home run and double. Dan Hoffman hit a two-run single in the sixth to score Devon Torrence and pinch-runner Jared Grigsby.
Minerva beat Louisville 2-0 behind pitcher Richie Walter's complete-game and timely hitting.
Scott Shields hit an RBI double and Zack Bowman had an RBI single to give Minerva a 2-0 lead after one inning.
The Lions (8-21) are an example of a team that got hot at towards the end of the season after a miserable start. The Leopards are now 16-13.
