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
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Twinsburg's Ashley Morrissette commits to Purdue
Twinsburg guard Ashley Morrissette enters her senior year with two consecutive Division I state basketball championships.
She wants one more and already has plans for a Division I college title too.
Morrissette said she has orally committed to play at Purdue University.
“I chose Purdue because it is a great academic school,” Morrissette said. “I like their coaching staff too and I like where that program is headed. They want to reach the ultimate goal of being national champions.”
Morrissette, who stands 5-foot-9, has been on Twinsburg’s varsity team since her freshman year for coach Julie Solis. She started about half of the games as a freshman and was a full-time starter as a sophomore and junior.
“I am just happy for Ashley and happy she could find a place that is a great fit for her,” Solis said. “She has worked really hard to get to this point. She is really dedicated to the game and a great young lady. No one understands how much time she puts into her game in the gym.”
Morrissette averaged around 15 points per game last season along with five assists, four rebounds, three steals and one block. She was a Division I All-Ohio Special Mention and was tabbed for All-Northeast Ohio Conference Valley Division team.
“The last two years I think have had a lot of growth,” Morrissette said. “The seniors from last year taught me how to be a leader this year. I am hoping to lead our team to another state championship.”
The Tigers lost four starters – Malina Howard, Leah Fechko, LaShawna Gatewood and Nichole Mabry – from last season’s team to graduation. All four are set to play college basketball.
Morrissette said she plans to study psychology in college and wants to get her PhD in clinical psychology.
“Ashley is very goal oriented and very intelligent,” Solis said. “I am not surprised that she has aspirations of what she wants to do and become career-wise.”
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