High school news, features and notes
- Division I baseball district semifinals: Explorers, Blue Devils advance to district final
- Division I district track and field: Cuyahoga Falls’ Nicole Waibel, Nicole Rozsa go 1-2 in girls pole vault, Firestone’s Thomas tops the girls 400
- High school sports roundup — May 24
- GlenOak and Perry girls tie for district title; GlenOak boys victorious
- 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
- High school sports roundup — May 23
- Division II district final softball/Fairless 2, Springfield 1: Falcons advance to regional
- Barberton hires Greg Whitmer as girls basketball coach
- 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
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Division III preview: Marlington vs. Dover @ Fawcett Stadium in Canton
The Division III Region 11 regional final is a matchup of power football in Marlington and Cinderella in Dover. The Tornadoes (10-2) are coming off a 34-28 win over Thornville Sheridan in overtime in the regional ssemifinal after stunning Steubenville in the quarterfinals 31-28.
The great year Marlington has had into football in reflected in some post season honors already.
Alden Hill, the 6-2 220-pound junior, was named offensive player of the year Associated Press Northeast All-Inland team and Ed Miley was voted coach of the year. Fellow running back Dymonte Thomas was First Team as a defensive back, as was junior linebacker Clayton Staib and big junior offensive lineman Zach Higgins (6-5 295). Fellow senior O-lineman Nate Manos (6-4 285) made Second Team and did senior linebacker Tyler Siefke .
Thomas (200+ yards in the regional semifinal) and Hill (2000 yards this season) are a dynamite duo that rarely does one team possess.
Dover is a diverse offense with QB Derik Swinderman has eye-popping numbers with 3,467 yards in the air (213-of-342) with 32 touchdowns and 12 interceptions and a top flight receiver in Colton Zahner with 1,503 yards and 21 TDs. Keith Johnson is a good runner, totaling 1,015 yards and 21 TDs.
Some numbers to consider - This is the fourth time the Dukes (12-0) reached the playoffs and first two wins are both this year. Dover is in its 14th trip to the post season and the Tornadoes are 10-13 and the two last met in 1992 when both were in the NBC, where Dover had a 3-1 advantage in the series.
