High school news, features and notes
- 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
- High school notebook: All-star softball games at Firestone Stadium
- All-Star softball players set to converge on Firestone Stadium
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State swimming notes
MR. AND MRS. VERSATILITY
Swimmers can compete in a maximum of four events. The Akron Beacon Journal's five-county coverage area has 12 swimmers that accomplished the feat of qualifying for state in four events.
Firestone junior Kevin Meisner and Wooster junior Alex McCord will compete in four Division I boys events.
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Walsh Jesuit baseball garners national ranking
Walsh Jesuit baseball coach Chris Kaczmar recently announced that the Warriors are nationally ranked for the fifth time in the past six years.
The Warriors are ranked in three pre-season polls, No. 22 in the ESPN Rise Pre-Season Fab 50 Poll, No. 26 in the Collegiate Baseball News Pre-Season Poll and No. 66 in the Perfect Game Cross Checker Top 100 pre-season high school baseball teams of 2009.
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Prep Talk for Feb. 12
Girls and boys basketball, including undefeated Smithville, the City Series and more on sectionals are just some of the topics featured by Akron Beacon Journal sports writers Michael Beaven and Jonas Fortune in this weeks Prep Talk.
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2009 High School Football Recruits Sign
Here is a list of 2009 Football Recruiting Classes for the University of Akron, Kent State, Ohio State and other local high school players that signed with other schools.
NOTE: This information was obtained from high schools and colleges in person or via e-mail, fax, mail, etc. There will be additional local players that will sign at a later date.
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Top area football players sign letters of intent
Here is a look at where the area's top football players are going, according to Scout.com
John Pettigrew
Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy
Running back
5'8, 177 pounds
College: Bowling Green
Highland standouts to play in all-star games
Highland stand out football players Chris Snook and Tyler houska each have one last prep game to play before heading off to college. The seniors will participate in some upcoming all-star games. The press release is below:
For Immediate Release
Highland standouts to play in all-star football games
