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
- Barberton hires Greg Whitmer as girls basketball coach
- Division II district final softball/Fairless 2, Springfield 1: Falcons advance to regional
- High school sports roundup — May 23
- 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
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FOR BUCHTEL, WINNING THE HARDHAT IS THE GOAL
It seems that every year for the last several years, Buchtel travels down to Paul Brown Tiger Stadium to face the Massillon Tigers. This year is no exception as the Griffins open the season Thursday against Massillon.
But also this year, the teams will have something significant to play for. Buchtel head coach Ricky Powers said his offensive line coach, Chris Sliegh, came up with a novel idea.
``Coach Sliegh thought that since the schools have been playing each other for so long and since we both come from hard-working, middle-class cities, he thought it would be nice to play for a (ceremonial) hardhat,'' Powers said. ``(Massillon coach) Jason (Hall) loved the idea I do too. The hardhat represents what both cities are all about- hard work.''
Meanwhile, Powers said he has been pleased with the way junior quarterback Steve Parker has been running the offense.
``He's looking good,'' Powers said. ``I like the way he's throwing the ball and running with it when he needs to.''
