High school news, features and notes
- Norwayne’s Kaleb Harris commits to Cincinnati for football
- Mount Union adds four local student-athletes
- High school notebook: St. V-M basketball player VJ King helps U.S. U16 team to gold medal
- VJ King earns gold medal with USA U-16 men's basketball team
- Lake's Chaese Vaudrin signs with Geneva
- Perry's Stefano Millin pledges to KSU for football
- WRA student nabs lacrosse honor
- Aurora athlete selects Mount Union for tennis
- Hoban tennis players set to play at Mount Union
- Mount Union football gains Ryan Ross, a OSU transfer & Hoban graduate
- Manchester's Richie Ashley commits to Heidelberg for football
- High school football: OHSAA approves seventh division; several schools drop into lower divisions
- Hudson Junior Invitational: Stow senior Ian Holt takes charge, leads by 6 strokes
- High school baseball: Team Summit tops Team Akron in all-star game
- Hudson Junior Invitational: Kent Roosevelt’s Kory Nielsen tackles first major tournament; Stow’s Ian Holt leads boys with opening 69
- High school all-star softball: Field’s Kerrie Trautman takes one for the team, then scores winning run
- High school notebook: Canal Park to host all-star baseball game Wednesday
- Canal Park set to host all-star baseball game Wednesday
- Hoban baseball players decide on college futures
- Hudson athletes make college decisions
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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).
