High school news, features and notes
- 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
- High school sports roundup — May 17
- OHSAA announces competitive balance proposal failed, transfer rules softened
- High school softball Division I sectional/Barberton 11, Ellet 1: Magics rally around mourning teammates in victory over Orangemen
- OHSAA Board of Directors Meeting Highlights - 05/16-13
- OHSAA announces competitive balance proposal for high school sports fails in close vote
- High School Spotlight — May 15
- St. V-M advances to sectional final in softball
- High school notebook: Walsh Jesuit’s Conzaman to retire
- High school sports roundup — May 15
- Grant Conzaman set to retire as Walsh Jesuit Athletic Director in June
- Track and field league championship meets galore this week
- Lake’s Tyler Straley signs to play baseball at Malone
Orrville's Hannah Plybon is Division III Ohio Player of the Year
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The 2012-13 Associated Press Division III All-Ohio girls basketball team, based on the recommendations of a media panel:
DIVISION III
FIRST TEAM: Cassidy Wyse, Archbold, 5-10, jr., 14.1; Terra Stapleton, Proctorville Fairland, 6-4, jr., 17.4; Kelsey Dugger, Gates Mills Gilmour Acad., 5-8, jr., 14.1; Hannah Plybon, Orrville, 5-10, sr., 24.6; Abby Cash, Casstown Miami East, 6-0, sr., 12.0; Jessica Kinney, Martins Ferry, 5-9, sr., 21.6; Marley Hill, Cols. Africentric, 6-2, sr., 17.7.
Players of the year: Hannah Plybon, Orrville; Terra Stapleton, Proctorville Fairland; Marley Hill, Cols. Africentric.
Coaches of the year: Mike Coreno, Beachwood; Jon Buchanan, Proctorville Fairland; Brenda Friend, Collins Western Reserve.
SECOND TEAM: Bre Nauman, Richwood N. Union, 6-0, sr., 17.3; Aaliyah Dotson, Canton Cent. Cath., 5-6, sr., 11.0; Mackenzie Kizer, Warren Champion, 6-0, sr., 19.3; Taylor Graboski, Upper Sandusky, 6-1, jr., 17.4; Rachel Myers, Findlay Liberty-Benton, 5-7, jr., 15.6; Jenna Stegmaier, Cuyahoga Hts., 5-10, soph., 19.1; Mikah Aldridge, Beachwood, 5-6, jr., 19.1; Natalie Billing, Anna, 5-11, sr., 16.7; Tori Leader, Portsmouth West, 5-10, sr., 21.5.
THIRD TEAM: Natalie Carpenter, Johnstown-Monroe, 5-6, jr., 18.4; Deidre Combs, Beverly Ft. Frye, 5-10, sr., 11.4; Amisha Herd, Zanesville W. Muskingum, 5-5, jr., 12.6; Kayla Byler, Burton Berkshire, 5-10, sr., 20.5; Jenny Grigsby, Franfort Adena, 5-9, sr., 17.0; Emily Fite, Seaman N. Adams, 5-11, sr., 19.4.
Special Mention
Taylor Dickson, Baltimore Liberty Union; Emily Williams, Fredericktown; Taylor Buchanan, Beverly Ft. Frye; Allie Hinton, Newcomerstown; Kelsey Miller, West Lafayette Ridgewood; Cori Medley, Belmont Union Local; Megan Miller, Middletown Madison; Ashton Lovely, Jamestown Greeneview; Makayla Rosselot, Fayetteville; Laney Lewis, Lynchburg-Clay; Leanna Adkins, Oak Hill; Lexie Barrier, Ironton; Brittney McNamara, Elyria Cath.; Karissa McGrath, Elyria Cath.; Kelsea Brown, Andover Pymatuning Valley; Jamie Willis, Atwater Waterloo; Emily Zehentbauer, Hanoverton United; Kylie Frizell, Smithville; Tanaya Beacham, Youngs. Ursuline; Brittany Gross, Bloomdale Elmwood; Theresa Jackson, Collins Western Reserve.
Honorable Mention
Mason Jamison, Richwood North Union; Morgan Kirkbride, Baltimore Liberty Union; Kim Lloyd, Cols. Ready; Clarisa Lyons, Cardington Lincoln; Darianne Seward, Cols. Africentric; Chelsie Roberts, Woodsfield Monroe Central; Katie Ellzy, Cadiz Harrison Central; Katlynn Dunlap, Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley; Morgan Liedtke, Beverly Ft. Frye; Emily Baker, Gnadenhutten Indian Valley; Maria Englert, Cin. Purcell Marian; Megan Hatfield, Georgetown; Katie Heckman, Versailles; Kirsten Paul, Fairfield Cin. Christian; Olivia Philpot, Middletown Madison; Kylie Berry, Minford; Peighton Williams, Portsmouth; Fay Proehl, Wheelersburg; Madison Davis, Nelsonville-York; Chandler Fulks, Proctorville Fairland; Ariel Schweickart, Ironton; Hayley Carle, Chillicothe Zane Trace; Natalie Cooper, Frankfort Adena; Shelbi Van Meter, Crooksville; Charlene Stout, Bainbridge Paint Valley; McKenzie Coriell, Lucasville Valley; Cady Gilmore, Bidwell River Valley; Ashley Adkins, Coal Grove Dawson-Bryant; Jessica Vormelker, Orwell Grand Valley; Jessica Janota, Gates Mills Gilmour Acad.; Halle Dorko, Independence; Aneisha Hardin, Beachwood; Nicole Felice, Shaker Hts. Laurel; Alison Schafer, Columbia; Riley Schill, Elyria Cath.; Sydney Beasley, Youngs. Ursuline; Brooke Barreca, Newton Falls; Megan Forney, Atwater Waterloo; Grace Reilly, Mogadore; Courtney Hydrick, Hanoverton United; Megan McKean, West Salem Northwestern; Ashley Richardson, Doylestown Chippewa; Katie Simon, Findlay Liberty-Benton; Ciara Albright, Genoa; Brigan Wymer, Delta; Macey Sheerer, Bucyrus; Emily Wood, Ontario; Paige Brady, Bucyrus Wynford.