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
Kent State football recruiting updates
• Hamilton Ross senior offensive lineman/defensive lineman Sam Fernandez has committed to Kent State as a preferred walk-on, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Fernandez, who is 6-foot-2 and 280 pounds, was a first-team all-Fort Ancient Valley Conference Scarlet Division all-star last season.
• Marlington junior running back Alden Hill has reportedly added an offer from Kent State, according to ScoutingOhio.com.
Hill, who is 6-foot-2 and 225 pounds, also has offers from Ball State, Toledo, Bowling Green, Boston College, Buffalo, Connecticut, Northern Illinois and Vanderbilt.
• Kent State has offered Madeira junior offensive lineman Kyle Williamson, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Williamson, who is 6-foot-4 1/2 and 275 pounds, also has offers from Akron and Youngstown State. He is considered one of the top offensive linemen in Cincinnati for the 2012 class.