High school news, features and notes
- 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
- Revere senior Emma Gresser signs to swim at University of Cincinnati
- OHSAA set to announce referendum voting results Thursday
- Stow senior KC Kolke signs to play soccer at Lake Erie College
- Highland’s Adam Kluk accepts scholarship offer to wrestle at Findlay
- High school baseball: Hoban beats Streetsboro 11-1 in Division II sectional
- Division I softball sectional/Stow 3, Cuyahoga Falls 0:
- High school sports roundup — May 14
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Teams need more than just momentum
Posted by Beacon Journal sportswriter Nate Ulrich
When high school teams make successful playoff runs, their wins are often attributed to the players becoming hot at the right time.
Sometimes that is true. But "peaking at the right time" can be overrated, too.
The Stow and Green baseball teams were on fire heading into their respective district championship games. But they both lost on Wednesday night.
Stow entered its Hudson Division I district final against Brecksville with 11 consecutive wins, including a 5-0 victory over Western Reserve Conference rival Cuyahoga Falls in a district semifinal the night before.
Brecksville limped into the district final one day after a hardfought, 8-7 win over Hudson in eight innings. But Brecksville defeated Stow 4-3.
Green entered its Canton Division I district final against Lake having won 14 of its past 17 games. But the Bulldogs fell 4-1.
Stow and Green have several talented players. They both had respectable seasons with winning records.
So what does all this mean?
Teams need more than just momentum and talent to advance in the playoffs. They also need some luck.
State champions are usually very talented and well coached. But they usually catch some breaks along the way, too.
