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
Football prospects
The football season is approaching, so I compiled a list of high school seniors from the Beacon Journal's five-county coverage area who are listed as prospects on www.scout.com. There are several area players who are not on this list who will surely play in college. Nonetheless, this should give you some names to look for this season.
Here are the players, the positions they are being recruited at and their high schools (click on the player's name for more information from scout.com and make sure to scroll down the player's bio page to see which colleges have made offers):
DeVoe Torrence/running back/transfered from Canton South to Massillon Washington/committed to Ohio State University
Johnny Adams/wide receiver/Buchtel
Steve Yoak/linebacker/Archbishop Hoban
Will Fleming/safety/Archbishop Hoban
Eric Magnacca/safety/Perry
Whitney Mercilous/defensive end/Garfield
Larry Dawson/running back/North
K.J. Herring/runnning back/Massillon Washington
Jeff White/running back/Alliance
Carlin Isles/running back/Jackson
Kameron Alexander/running back/Buchtel
Dominic Surace/fullback/Twinsburg
Jordan Bell/wide receiver/Barberton
Chris Edwards/wide receiver/Wadsworth
Teddy Robb/wide receiver/Northwest
Justin Ray/offensive line/St. Thomas Aquinas
Reggie Comeaux/offensive line/Massillon Washington
Grady Spidell/offensive line/Buchtel
Kevin Dahl/linebacker/North Canton Hoover
David Whipple/safety/Canton South
Matthew Vick/safety/Perry
Steve Schott/kicker/Massillon Washington
Steve Yoak