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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Johnston leads Highland to district final
Posted by Beacon Journal sportswriter Nate Ulrich
Junior Cory Johnston continued to prove that he's one of the area's elite aces.
Johnston allowed no earned runs and five hits as Highland defeated Vermilion 5-2 in a Lorain Division II district semifinal game on Thursday at Campana Park. The Hornets advance to play the winner of Norton and Brookside in a district final at 4:30 p.m. today at Southview High School.
Johnston, a left-hander, struck out eight in seven innings of work and improved his record to 8-1 to help Highland exact revenge on Vermilion, which defeated the Hornets in a district semifinal last season.
Johnston has 65 strikeouts and only 20 walks in 58 innings this season. His ERA is an impressive 1.57.
Led by Johnston's pitching and senior center fielder Ben Klafczynski's offense, the Hornets have earned a 21-5 record this season to become just the second team in school history to win 20 games, Highland coach Jeff Rollyson said. The Hornets compiled a record of 24-4 in 1976.
