High school news, features and notes
- 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
- 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
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Crestwood graduate Bridget Franek qualifies for 2012 Summer Olympics
Bridget Franek, a 2006 Crestwood High School graduate, will be a member of the United States track and field team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Franek, 24, finished second in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase final Friday night at the U.S. Olympic Trials at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene.
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Recruiting update: Louisville QB adds Buffalo offer
- Louisville junior quarterback Joey Duckworth has reportedly added an offer from Buffalo, according to ScoutingOhio.com.
Duckworth, who is 6 feet 3 and 194 pounds, also has an offer from Toledo.
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Kent Roosevelt's Tra Chapman narrows choices to three
Kent Roosevelt football coach John Nemec said senior-to-be quarterback Tra Chapman will make his college decision by July 1.
Nemec said Chapman has narrowed down around 20 scholarship offers to three finaists. The three schools Chapman is still considering are Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Wisconsin.
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Louisville's Joey Duckworth reportedly adds Toledo offer
Louisville 2014 quarterback Joey Duckworth has reportedly been offered by Toledo, according to ScoutingOhio.com.
It is the first offer for Duckworth, who is 6 feet 3 and 194 pounds.
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Firestone's Kevin Gladney commits to Nebraska for football
Firestone senior wide receiver Kevin Gladney has orally committed to play football at Nebraska, according to an espn.com report.
Gladney, who also excels in basketball for the Falcons, had scholarship offers from several other Division I colleges.
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Area sophomores-to-be make Scout.com watch list
Two area football players in the 2015 class have drawn the attention of Scout.com as some of the top sophomores-to-be in the Midwest.
Canton McKinley running back Eric Glover (5-10, 165) and Alliance offensive tackle Steve Clark (6-5, 285) are names to watch, according to Scout.com.
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State track and field coverage
We are having some technical difficulties geting our blog up and running from Columbus. Michael Beaven (MBeaven ABJ) and Ryan Lewis (RyanLewisABJ) are there. You can follow them on Twitter or look below for their updates all weekend. They will be filing stories each day for Ohio.com and the Akron Beacon Journal.
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