CLEVELAND — Tyler Naquin wasn’t aware there was an award given to the most outstanding player in the Ohio Cup until it was handed to him. “I’ll take all the trophies I can get,” he said, smiling. Naquin homered in the fifth inning, scored on Kyle Farmer’s go-ahead single in the ...
LEAVITTSBURG — When the final strikeout was recorded, the Fighting Irish flooded onto the field to congratulate their ace pitcher, who looked about as dynamic as one can with some hardware up for the taking. It wasn’t just the fact that Ursuline earned a district title, it was more so ...
AUSTINTOWN — The Austintown Fitch Falcons would probably prefer not to have to see Boardman’s Griffin Widrig on the mound ever again. Thankfully for them, he’s a senior, but he again pitched lights out as he shut down Fitch in a Division I Sectional Final Thursday evening to lead the ...
YOUNGSTOWN — At the beginning of the season, Canfield did not look like a team that would end up challenging for a district title. Head coach Joe Angelo would be the first to admit it. The cold, wet weather wreaked havoc on the preseason practice schedule and the first half of the regular ...
MASSILLON — It’s been a postseason of close calls for Boardman. The 14-seed Spartans opened their playoff run with a 3-0 victory over 16-seed Uniontown Lake, and followed by upsetting 3-seed New Philadelphia 3-0 in the Division I Massillon District semifinals. On Thursday, the magic ...
BEAVER TOWNSHIP — The top-seeded South Range Raiders would like nothing better than to be able to return to the Division III State softball finals again this year. Thursday night they took the first big step in their attempt to reach that goal with a hard-fought 5-1 victory over No. 18 ...