AKRON — In front of what was possibly the entire population of Mecca Township, the Maplewood Rockets did what they have done in each of their last 30 trips to the diamond: Battle. Unfortunately for the Rockets, they couldn't get the hits they needed, falling 3-0, to Portsmouth Notre Dame, ...

COLUMBUS — Cardinal Mooney had quite the quick turnaround early Friday afternoon. With the boys 4x200-meter and 4x100-meter relays only 20 or so minutes apart, the opportunity to lock in and engage was there. The Cardinals brought some hardware back to Youngstown, winning the Division IV ...

COLUMBUS — Last spring didn’t end the way that Claire Liposky didn’t end the way she would have liked. After not making it out of the district round last year, the Heartland Christian sophomore stood atop the podium at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Friday afternoon. After tossing two ...

AKRON — After spending nearly all of its regional final contest trailing, Maplewood wanted to set the tone Thursday. The Rockets did that with three runs in the first inning and let pitcher Addison Marker cut down the opposition throughout as they down Southeastern 4-0 to punch their ticket ...

CANTON — The Cardinal Mooney baseball team had only suffered three losses entering Thursday. One was to Archbishop Hoban, another to Ursuline and finally to Canton Central Catholic. The Cardinals got a little payback on Thursday, however, as they beat CCC 5-4 to win a Division IV regional ...

MASSILLON — The Poland baseball team fought to the bitter end, but the Bulldogs saw their season come to a close at the hands of the defending state champion on Thursday. Poland had no answer for Apple Creek Waynedale’s Brayden Steiner, who led the Golden Bears on the mound and at the ...