High school news, features and notes
- High school baseball: Starting pitching leads Hoban, Tallmadge to district semifinals wins
- Ellet gains early edge on Firestone to win 12-3
- High school sports roundup — May 20
- 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
Twinsburg's Ashley Morrissette is Division I Ohio Player of the Year
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The 2012-13 Associated Press Division I All-Ohio girls basketball team, based on the recommendations of a media panel:
DIVISION I
FIRST TEAM: Alexis Peterson, Cols. Northland, 5-7, sr., 28.6; Kelsey Mitchell, Cin. Princeton, 5-7, jr., 23.9; Ashley Morrissette, Twinsburg, 5-9, sr., 19.1; Kristen Confroy, Solon, 5-8, jr., 18.0; Keshyra McCarver, Tol. Whitmer, 5-10, jr., 17.7; Alyssa Rice, Reynoldsburg, 6-3, jr., 15.2.
Players of the year: Ashley Morrissette, Twinsburg.
Coaches of the year: Julie Solis, Twinsburg; Todd Sims, Perrysburg; Trish Kruse, Solon.
SECOND TEAM: Taylor Agler, Lewis Center Olentangy, 5-9, sr., 15.6; Kelsey Peare, N. Canton Hoover, 5-9, sr., 13.0; Sarah Baer, Perrysburg, 6-1, jr., 13.2; Martha Thompson, Solon, 5-9, sr., 20.4; Lauren Stefancin, Mentor, 5-10, sr., 15.0; Kathryn Westbeld, Kettering Fairmont, 6-2, jr., 15.0.
THIRD TEAM: Christy Macioce, Pickerington North, 5-11, sr., 13.9; Rachel Goddard, Wadsworth, 5-7, sr., 13.0; McKenna Stephens, Uniontown Lake, 6-0, sr., 14.0; Marquia Turner, Canton McKinley, 5-7, jr., 17.8; Tierra Floyd, Tol. Notre Dame, 6-0, soph., 10.9; Indiya Benjamin, Lima Sr., 5-4, jr., 16.9; Lynsey Englebrecht, Eastlake N., 5-6, jr., 18.8.
Special Mention
Quiera Lampkins, Gahanna Lincoln; Alexis Gassion, Fairborn; Kayla McDowell, Mason; Jillian Spurlock, Hamilton; Alexandria Harris, Lorain; Stasha Carey, Midpark; Mary Jones, Elyria; Sarah Kinch, Medina; Gabrielle Bulic, Brunswick; Megan Sefcik, Austintown Fitch; Hannah Boesinger, Hudson; Brooke Smith, Twinsburg; Alexis Stoops, Ashland.
Honorable Mention
Megan Beidelman, Lewis Center Olentangy; Yamonie Jenkins, Reynoldsburg; Kym Royster, Newark; Symone Simmons, Westerville North; Mya Walker, Lewis Center Olentangy Orange; Kenzie Howe, Zanesville; Jaida Carter, New Philadelphia; Alex Henning, Centerville; Imani Partlow, Cin. Winton Woods; Bianca Quisenberry, New Carlisle Tecumseh; Madison Temple, Cin. Anderson; Kelley Wiegman, Cin. Mother of Mercy; Ashley Frasure, Logan; Bri Dawes, Chillicothe; Ashanti Abshaw, Cleve. Hts.; Katie Battaglia, Cleve. St. Joseph Acad.; Catherine Rachek, Chagrin Falls Kenston; Brooke Wallace, Amherst; Alison Smolinski, North Royalton; Shannon Zajec, Mayfield Village Mayfield; Keesha Henderson, Cleve. Glenville; Porshae Hearn, Akron Kenmore; Julie Worley, North Canton Hoover; Bre Peterson, Massillon Washington; Alahna Singleton, Canton Timken; Jessa Gilberto, Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit; McKenzie O'Brien, Wadsworth; Char-dell Dunnigan, Twinsburg; Claire Ballard, Wooster; Kendall McCoy, Sylvania Northview; Michelle Murnen, Tol. Central Cath.; Kre'Ana Henry, Tol. Waite; Nicole Muehl, Findlay; Kaayla McIntyre, Tol. Notre Dame; Dierra Bluester, Mansfield Senior.