High school news, features and notes
- 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
- Track and field: Area standouts seek standout postseason performances
- Ellet, Firestone to compete for title
- Nordonia boys, Green girls win Suburban League track and field team titles
- High school sports roundup — May 18
- High school track/City Series Meet: Buchtel boys, Firestone girls take titles
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McKinley will have strong defense
Canton McKinley will have nine full-time starters returning on defense this season and coach Ron Johnson said that side of the ball will be "pretty special" this fall.
The Bulldogs are projected to start 10 seniors and a junior on defense. The seniors include LB Jewone Snow, safety Jamon McClain, OLB Ronald Gillom and CB Brice Everett.
Johnson said several players on defense have significant interest from college programs.
Snow has narrowed his college choices to Michigan State, West Virginia and Purdue. McClain could receive a Big Ten offer sometime soon.
Gillom has offers from Toledo and Bowling Green and interest from West Virginia and Syracuse.
Everett, the brother of former McKinley and Ohio State standout Tyler Everett, has offers from Kent State, Akron, Eastern Michigan and Ohio University.
The junior in that group is DE Steve Miller (6-4, 235), who has been rated the nation's No. 1 player at his position in the 2011 class. Johnson said he expects Miller will have more than 100 offers once schools are officially allowed to offer Sept. 1
"He is the best high school player I've ever been around," Johnson said.
