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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DIII semifinal primer: Liberty-Benton vs. Smithville
In order for the Smithville to win its first state championship they will now have to go through the only undefeated teams in the tournament.
Liberty-Benton (25-0) enters its state semifinal match up against the Smithies as the top-ranked team in the state in DIII. Not surprisingly, they are the only top-ranked team left in the girls tournament in any division.
Smithville has not been ranked all season.
It's up for interpretation what the ratings actually mean.
The Eagles love to shoot 3-pointers and their 214 made 3-pointers is second most in Ohio history.
Liberty-Benton senior Amanda Hyde is a first team All- Ohio selection by the Associated Press.
Smithville senior Jenna Pew scored as many points (30) as Smithville's regional opponent, Elyria Catholic, did last week. Pew is rated as a Ohio Top 50 senior by Ohio Girls Basketball Report.
The winner will meet Madison senior (27-0) in the state final, 10:45 a.m Saturday at Value City Arena in Columbus. The Mohawks beat Ironton 50-43 in the previous game.
Liberty-Benton (25-0) probable starters
G |
| 11 |
| Amanda Hyde, 5-10, Sr., 21.2 ppg |
| G |
| 15 |
| Catie Craft, 5-8, So., 17.3 ppg |
| G |
| 2 |
| Catelen Ramsey, 5-6, Sr., 11.0 ppg |
| G |
| 14 |
| Amber Peterson, 5-10, Sr., 8.6 ppg |
| P |
| 22 |
| Ashley Snider, 5-8, Jr., 2.6 ppg |
Smithville (25-1) probable starters:
| F |
| 32 |
| Kylie Frizell, 5-9, Fr., 10.2 ppg |
| F |
| 42 |
| Jenna Pew, 6-0, Sr., 20.8 ppg |
| C |
| 44 |
| Tara Schaffter, 6-0, So., 8.9 ppg |
| G |
| 12 |
| Alex Leister, 5-6, Sr., 10.4 ppg |
| G |
| 20 |
| Kelsey Kallenborn, 5-5, So., 4.7 ppg |
