High school news, features and notes
- 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
- St. V-M alumni say goodbye to old gym, set to be gutted Wednesday
- 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
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Walsh Jesuit coach Pat Ritchie earns honor
Walsh Jesuit High School coach Pat Ritchie has been inducted into the Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches Hall of Fame.
Ritchie completed his 33rdseason as Walsh’s boys cross country coach this past year and is entering his 34thseason with the Warriors boys track and field team in the spring (15 as coach and 19 as an assistant).
Ritchie, a graduate of Tallmadge High School (1972) and the University of Akron (1976), is in his 34th year as a math teacher at Walsh. He competed in three NCAA Cross Country Championships and one NCAA Track Championship at UA.
Ritchie coached Mogadore High School for two seasons and led the Wildcats to a district title before heading to Walsh.
As Walsh cross country coach, he has won:
- 19 district titles and been a district runners-up 10 times.
- 8 regional titles and been a regional runner-up nine times.
- two state championships and been state runner-up five times.
Ritchie has guided Walsh to 23 state meets in cross country. The Warriors have had 10 individual district champions, three individual regional champions and 20 athletes have earned individual All-Ohio honors.
In track and field, Ritchie has won three district championships and three runner-up titles. Nine relays and 17 individuals have qualified to the state meet, earning All-Ohio honors 16 times and winning a state championship in the 3,200 meter relay.
He has also been involved in the Walsh Jesuit Tomahawk Run, the Warrior Classic, the Walsh Jesuit Turkey Trot, the Bunsey Memory Run, the Akron CYO Championship Meet and a summer cross country running camp. In track and field, he hosts the Warrior Relays and the Akron CYO Championship Meet.
