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
- 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
- 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
SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS
Firestone's Mark Belanger signs to swim at Ohio State
Firestone High School senior Mark Belanger has signed with Ohio State University to continue his academic and swimming careers on scholarship.
“I’m excited to swim in college,” Belanger said. “I’m looking forward to swimming faster and I’m excited that I get to keep doing the sport I love.”
Belanger, 18, said that he also strongly the Naval Academy before making his decision on OSU.
“I am excited for Mark,” Firestone swim coach Cindy Virdo said. “He is just starting to come into his own. He will bloom in college. I’m looking forward to seeing him continue to progress in high school and then in college. He is a great student and a great kid.
Belanger has a 4.2 cumulative grade point average and takes International Baccalaureate classes at Firestone. He finished second at the Division I state meet last season in the 100-yard freestyle at C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton and also placed sixth in the 100 backstroke.
Belanger said he posted his personal best times in each event Saturday in the Speedo USA Junior Nationals in Knoxville, Tenn. He clocked a 45.5 seconds in the 100 freestyle and a 51.2 seconds in the 100 backstroke.
