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
Crestwood graduate Bridget Franek qualifies for 2012 Summer Olympics
Bridget Franek, a 2006 Crestwood High School graduate, will be a member of the United States track and field team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Franek, 24, finished second in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase final Friday night at the U.S. Olympic Trials at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene.
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Recruiting update: Louisville QB adds Buffalo offer
- Louisville junior quarterback Joey Duckworth has reportedly added an offer from Buffalo, according to ScoutingOhio.com.
Duckworth, who is 6 feet 3 and 194 pounds, also has an offer from Toledo.
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Kent Roosevelt's Tra Chapman narrows choices to three
Kent Roosevelt football coach John Nemec said senior-to-be quarterback Tra Chapman will make his college decision by July 1.
Nemec said Chapman has narrowed down around 20 scholarship offers to three finaists. The three schools Chapman is still considering are Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Wisconsin.
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Louisville's Joey Duckworth reportedly adds Toledo offer
Louisville 2014 quarterback Joey Duckworth has reportedly been offered by Toledo, according to ScoutingOhio.com.
It is the first offer for Duckworth, who is 6 feet 3 and 194 pounds.
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Firestone's Kevin Gladney commits to Nebraska for football
Firestone senior wide receiver Kevin Gladney has orally committed to play football at Nebraska, according to an espn.com report.
Gladney, who also excels in basketball for the Falcons, had scholarship offers from several other Division I colleges.
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Area sophomores-to-be make Scout.com watch list
Two area football players in the 2015 class have drawn the attention of Scout.com as some of the top sophomores-to-be in the Midwest.
Canton McKinley running back Eric Glover (5-10, 165) and Alliance offensive tackle Steve Clark (6-5, 285) are names to watch, according to Scout.com.
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State track and field coverage
We are having some technical difficulties geting our blog up and running from Columbus. Michael Beaven (MBeaven ABJ) and Ryan Lewis (RyanLewisABJ) are there. You can follow them on Twitter or look below for their updates all weekend. They will be filing stories each day for Ohio.com and the Akron Beacon Journal.
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