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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Firestone's Shaffer plans to attend UA
Firestone High School senior Jordan Shaffer got his wish. He will get the opportunity to play baseball at the University of Akron.
''I am pretty pumped to be close to home,'' Shaffer said. ''My family will get to see me play, and I think it is great to have another local guy at Akron.''
Shaffer, a shortstop and leadoff hitter for the Falcons, plans to major in chemical engineering at UA and is scheduled to receive an academic scholarship that will cover more than half the cost of his education.
''I am really happy about that,'' Firestone coach Brad Lightfoot said. ''I am an alumni of Akron and Kent State, and I think it is great he is staying local. . . . He wants to go to there for engineering, and they have a great engineering school.''
Shaffer also considered playing at Buffalo, Bucknell and Miami (Ohio).
