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Baseball: NDCL routs Mayfield in district tuneup
Updated: 5/19/2013 12:57:39 AM EST
With the sectional round of the postseason tournament completed, NDCL and Mayfield made time for a tuneup game before the start of districts — only one team did most of the tuning. The Lions sent...
Rebels beat Panthers, storm into districts
Updated: 5/18/2013 12:15:14 AM EST
South’s Dan Elliot experienced an interesting 24 hours. After fielding the last out in the Rebels’ win over Shaker Heights in the first round of the postseason on Thursday, Elliot hurt his knee ...
Slow start distance memory for Kirtland
Updated: 5/18/2013 12:12:10 AM EST
It was a difficult time for the Kirtland softball team. The Hornets had just let a late-game lead evaporate into defeat against Orange in the early portion of the season. As Coach Tony Scibelli and h...
Cards rally to win battle of Mentor
Updated: 5/18/2013 12:49:02 PM EST
Mentor coach Eddie Bolden didn’t have to do much to motivate his team during halftime of Friday’s game against visiting Lake Catholic. The Cougars already did plenty the year before when they bea...
Baseball: South storms past Euclid and into districts
Updated: 5/17/2013 10:11:40 PM EST
South’s Dan Elliot experienced an interesting 24 hours. After fielding the last out in the Rebels’ win over Shaker Heights in the first round of the postseason on Thursday, Elliot hurt his knee ...
Baseball: Top of the Crop for May 17
Updated: 5/17/2013 12:56:09 AM EST
1. (1) Mentor 17-5 2. (2) Kenston 19-3 3. (3) Chagrin Falls 20-7 4. (6) Gilmour 17-4 5. (4) North 19-7 6. (5) NDCL 13-11 7. (7) Fairport 18-7 8. (NR) Euclid 15-6 9. (10) Chardon 15-9 10. (8) ...
Baseball notes: NOC is one of toughest conferences in the area
Updated: 5/17/2013 12:55:16 AM EST
The Northeast Ohio Conference is one of the toughest around, no better evidenced by the final standings: a four-way tie. Mentor, Strongsville, Brunswick and Medina all finished 7-3 to share first plac...
Walkoff winner for Fairport
Updated: 5/17/2013 12:53:36 AM EST
Nic Paolo walked to the plate knowing any number of situations could have helped Fairport win its Division IV sectional final at home against Cornerstone Christian. Trailing by a run with one out and...
What they's saying about the competitive balance proposal defeat
Updated: 5/17/2013 12:51:24 AM EST
“I’m happy the competitive balance went down. They have a lot to do to make it better.” Mentor athletic director Jeff Cassella “I think private schools should come up with a plan, too, and ...
Transfer bylaw changed
Updated: 5/17/2013 12:48:39 AM EST
Student-athletes who transfer will no longer lose a full year of eligibility. While the competitive balance referendum was the hottest of topics on the OHSAA’s ballot this month, a handful of other...
Turnout for OHSAA referendum lower than expected
Updated: 5/17/2013 12:47:29 AM EST
A mere 19 votes were the difference between passage and failure of the OHSAA’s Competitive Balance referendum, which was announced on Thursday. One-hundred, fifty-seven member schools did not vote....
Track and field: Chardon boys win first PAC meet since 2007
Updated: 5/16/2013 1:39:27 AM EST
Grant Mlack spoke earlier this season at the Miele Invitational about altering his mindset when he steps on the track. He wanted to change from, as he put it, "I have to run," to "I'm able to run."...
Baseball: NDCL rallies to beat University in postseason opener
Updated: 5/14/2013 9:58:17 PM EST
Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin has won 11 of the last 18 district championships, so it was wasn’t about to go down in its first postseason game this year. After managing just one hit through the first ...
Monday's high school roundup
Updated: 5/14/2013 1:25:01 AM EST
SOFTBALL -- Host Fairport (13-7) advanced to a Division IV sectional final against Windham with a 14-0 victory over Cornerstone. Cora Paolino pitched a one-hitter. -- Ledgemont (9-10) advanced in Di...
OHSAA vote has schools divided
Updated: 5/14/2013 1:23:12 AM EST
As the hours tick away to the Wednesday voting deadline for the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s competitive balance referendum, many questions remain. Could those lingering questions result...
Track: Kenston relay rallies at CVC meet
Updated: 5/14/2013 1:28:50 AM EST
Anyone who is adamant about league meets not meaning a great deal to athletes in the grand scheme should have paid close attention to Owen Norley’s anchor leg on the boys 4x800-meter relay Monday du...
Girls track notes: West Geagua coach enjoys second area record
Updated: 5/14/2013 1:21:00 AM EST
In a sense, it all felt eerily similar for West Geauga coach Mike Taurasi. In 2007, Taurasi had the best vantage point in the house as Katelyn Williams set The News-Herald area record in the high jum...
Softball: North sweeps Mayfield with tournament on tap
Updated: 5/12/2013 12:50:54 PM EST
Heavy rain on Friday left North's varsity softball field unplayable for a Saturday doubleheader against visiting Mayfield. Perhaps the Rangers should flood their home field more often. Behind a ...
Baseball: Harvey upsets Gilmour, Riverside holds off Mayfield at Classic Park
Updated: 5/12/2013 12:45:07 AM EST
Harvey had Saturday's matchup against Gilmour at Classic Park circled on its calendar all season. With five wins entering the game, one would be forgiven for thinking the Red Raiders were just excited...
High school sports: Track slate wiped out by weather
Updated: 5/11/2013 12:50:15 AM EST
Thanks to Mother Nature, many of The News-Herald area's track and field teams will go into their league meets after a free weekend. All three N-H area invitationals slated for Friday — Mayfield Invi...
Prep notes: VASJ selects Zavorek as new AD, changes at Cardinal, Riverside
Updated: 5/11/2013 12:49:13 AM EST
Nathan Zavorek has been a behind-the-scenes assistant with the Villa Angela-St. Joseph boys basketball team the past few years. The 1994 graduate of VASJ is ready to come to the forefront. Zavor...
High school football: Chardon tight end Andrew Gray getting noticed
Updated: 5/11/2013 12:48:43 AM EST
Andrew Gray is a throwback — and the right people are noticing. Playing tight end in Chardon's run-oriented offense means the 6-foot-4, 212-pound junior doesn't have a lot of opportunities to cat...
Baseball: Top of the Crop for May 11
Updated: 5/10/2013 1:11:15 AM EST
1. (1) Mentor 15-4 2. (2) Kenston 16-3 3. (3) Chagrin Falls 16-6 4. (4) North 17-6 5. (5) NDCL 12-8 6. (6) Gilmour 15-3 7. (8) Fairport 15-6 8. (9) Kirtland 14-10 9. (NR) West Geauga 12-7 10....
Gilmour wins 11th in a row
Updated: 5/10/2013 1:10:01 AM EST
On April 17, Gilmour had won four of its first seven games of the season. That’s an improvement from the team’s 9-14 record last year, but the Lancers didn’t stop there. With a victory over We...
Mentor falls in postseason tuneup
Updated: 5/10/2013 1:32:18 AM EST
Mentor would have liked a win on the softball field on Thursday. The Cardinals will settle for what they did get — a good look from a regional-caliber team with the Division I tournament starting n...
Benedictine wins NCL Blue Division title
Updated: 5/10/2013 1:07:27 AM EST
Brianna Johnson kept her steps slow and deliberate upon leaving the track after the 200-meter dash Thursday during the North Coast League meet at Padua. That was about the only thing that was slow an...
Beaumont makes statement heading into tournament
Updated: 5/8/2013 10:42:51 PM EST
Beaumont’s softball team is a No. 6 seed in the upcoming Division II softball tournament. Really, who should be worrying about a sixth seed? Answer: The other teams in the Jefferson Sectional-Dist...
Young pitcher leads South past NDCL
Updated: 5/8/2013 10:40:20 PM EST
No one would have blamed Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin softball team if it felt it had caught a break when South pitcher Jessica Bradshaw rolled an ankle walking from the school to the field on Wednesday...
Quick start leads St. Ignatius past NDCL
Updated: 5/8/2013 10:36:02 PM EST
It’s never a good sign come when an opposing team hits a triple to start the game. It’s also not helpful when a team hurts itself with five errors. That was the situation Notre Dame-Cathedral La...
Track and field: Cardinal girls win Lakeview meet
Updated: 5/5/2013 1:20:20 AM EST
CORTLAND — Cardinal senior Grace Hickox almost missed the 3,200 meters at the Lakeview Invitational on Saturday, but she had a good excuse. Earlier that morning, Hickox drove with her family to P...
Track and field: Mentor sweeps Cardinal Relays team titles
Updated: 5/5/2013 1:18:33 AM EST
Some people were in a hurry to exit the facility Saturday during the Mentor Cardinal Relays. Throwers left right after they were done for the day. A few coaches had places to be. Kenston had pro...
Friday's high school roundup
Updated: 5/4/2013 1:08:29 AM EST
BASEBALL -- Senior Ben Schloss had three hits and junior Shiloh Turner added two hits and an RBI as visiting Brush defeated Mayfield (8-6), 9-7, in an NOC crossover. Senior outfielder Lucas Battagl...
Baseball: Perry records mercy-rule win over Harvey
Updated: 5/4/2013 1:07:35 AM EST
For Perry coach John Grdina, his team and the Perry fans, it doesn't get much better than it did Friday night at Perry's Field of Dreams. A 7:30 start under the lights, beautiful weather and a 10-0...
Track and field: Gilmour girls win Beeler Invitational title
Updated: 5/4/2013 1:06:35 AM EST
Gilmour girls coach Jeff Klein cared more about the health of his athletes than winning the Dick Beeler Booster Invitational on Friday in Painesville. After 16 events, the Lancers were in first pla...
Baseball: North, NDCL win at Classic Park
Updated: 5/4/2013 1:05:31 AM EST
Anytime North and South are on the marquee, it's a big deal. With Classic Park as the setting and revenge as the main storyline, Rangers' starter Jay Milo gave a stellar performance. The junior rig...
Neuhoff Audia: Respect for each other, program keeps Mentor distance crew among best
Updated: 5/2/2013 1:20:36 AM EST
If there is one constant on Mentor’s track team year after year, it’s the distance crew, which can always be counted on to pick up points. One reason for their success is that Bill Dennison not o...
Softball: Mentor earns key win over Twinsburg
Updated: 5/2/2013 1:18:19 AM EST
The Mentor softball team didn’t like where it was in its first season in the Northeastern Ohio Conference. The Cardinals were among the also-rans in the River Division race. Thanks to their 1-0 wi...
Softball notes: Mentor coach recovering after being hit by bat
Updated: 5/2/2013 1:14:45 AM EST
With a 10-6 record, and leading the Northeast Ohio Conference’s River Division, this is shaping up to be a season to remember for the Mentor softball team. But because of an unfortunate accident in...
Softball: Top of the Crop for May 2
Updated: 5/2/2013 1:13:32 AM EST
1. (1) NDCL 17-4 2. (2) Riverside 14-2 3. (6) Lake Catholic 11-5 4. (4) Mentor 10-6 5. (3) Geneva 10-2 6. (8) South 7-9 7. (7) Beaumont 10-6 8. (9) Perry 11-5 9. (7) Mayfield 7-6 10. (NR) Kir...
Football: N-H Senior Bowl rosters announced
Updated: 4/30/2013 1:37:17 AM EST
The rosters have been set for the third annual News-Herald Senior Bowl, and they appear at the end of this story. The game will be played on Friday, June 21 at Jerome T. Osborne Stadium in Mentor. ...
Girls track and field notes: Cornerstone freshman shows 400 promise
Updated: 4/30/2013 1:35:49 AM EST
Much of Cornerstone Christian's brief history as an OHSAA school in track and field is linked to three-time Division III 400 state qualifier Courtney Reese. While early in the process, the Patriots...
Football: Mentor's Brandon Fritts commits to North Carolina
Updated: 4/30/2013 1:35:11 AM EST
Brandon Fritts knows a good thing — and a good opportunity — when he sees it. Two weeks after taking a visit to North Carolina, the soon-to-be senior at Mentor gave his verbal commitment to the...
Softball: Riverside rallies for dramatic win over South
Updated: 4/27/2013 1:40:02 AM EST
At first, the Riverside softball team didn't know how to react. Then again, why would it? So much time had passed since the Beavers had defeated South in softball, perhaps the shock of the moment g...
Softball: Perry braves cold, rain to beat Madison
Updated: 4/26/2013 1:23:41 AM EST
Have you ever had one of those nightmarish days that never seemed as if it would end? Rachel Greathouse did, and it was all crammed into a half-inning of softball on Thursday at Perry. Battling thro...
Baseball notes: Fairport christens new field with win over Harvey
Updated: 4/26/2013 1:22:11 AM EST
After playing the role of the Road Warriors for the first two weeks of the season, Fairport is finally ready to come home. With an especially rainy spring, the finishing touches on the Skippers’ ne...
Baseball: Top of the Crop for April 26
Updated: 4/26/2013 1:20:39 AM EST
1. (1) Mentor 9-1 2. (2) Kenston 9-1 3. (3) Chagrin Falls 10-4 4. (5) North 10-4 5. (4) NDCL 6-5 6. (6) Fairport 7-4 7. (8) Gilmour 6-3 8. (NR) Mayfield 6-3 9. (7) Benedictine 7-7 10. ...
Prep Notes: Mentor's Brandon Fritts wants to decide on college before 2013 season
Updated: 4/26/2013 1:19:01 AM EST
Brandon Fritts went to North Carolina to watch a spring football game. The junior from Mentor returned with a scholarship offer. Fritts recently attended North Carolina’s spring game, where he wat...
Theresa Neuhoff Audia: Harvey athletes giving back to their community, to the benefit of all
Updated: 4/25/2013 1:41:11 AM EST
Harvey football coach Mike Tucci wasn't sure if he would get any takers when he asked his players if anyone would like to volunteer to serve food to homeless people once a month. The second-year co...
Softball: Top of the Crop for April 25
Updated: 4/25/2013 1:40:41 AM EST
1. (1) NDCL 14-2 2. (2) Riverside 13-1 3. (5) Geneva 6-1 4. (4) Mentor 6-4 5. (6) Beaumont 9-5 6. (8) Lake Catholic 7-4 7. (3) Mayfield 6-4 8. (9) South 5-8 9. (7) Perry 7-4 ...
Softball: Berkshire's Reynolds having fun coaching alma mater
Updated: 4/25/2013 1:40:05 AM EST
Thanks to her new job as Berkshire's head coach, softball is fun again for Britney Reynolds. The former Berkshire standout, who won The News-Herald area triple crown in 2008 when she hit .615 with ...
Beaumont sprinter eyes state breakthrough
Updated: 4/22/2013 11:43:42 PM EST
In The News-Herald area girls track and field ranks, there may be no athlete for whom a breakthrough at regional competition this spring to get on the road to Columbus might mean more than to Beaumont...
Track and field: Wickliffe girls have meet to remember at Perry (with videos)
Updated: 4/21/2013 1:45:45 AM EST
Wickliffe senior Angel Myers remembers what it was like to finish at the bottom of the team standings at invitationals in previous years. This year, she was able to experience what it felt like to ...
Track and field: Harvey's Browley wins the shot put at South Invitational
Updated: 4/20/2013 12:57:17 PM EST
Reggie Browley has been waiting for his moment to shine ever since he suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament injury during football season. The Harvey sophomore seized his opportunity on Friday at...
Baseball: Top of the Crop for April 19
Updated: 4/19/2013 1:15:55 AM EST
1. Mentor 7-1 2. Kenston 7-1 3. Chagrin Falls 8-3 4. NDCL 6-3 5. North 8-3 6. Fairport 5-4 7. Benedictine 6-4 8. Gilmour 5-3 9. Euclid 5-1 10. Wickliffe 6-5 Watch list: B...
Baseball notes: NDCL coach Jim Clark gets career win No. 400
Updated: 4/19/2013 1:15:23 AM EST
Two state championships, four state tournament appearances and 11 district championships in 18 seasons. Jim Clark has accumulated quite the resumé as the baseball coach at NDCL. Clark added anothe...
Softball: Chardon escapes bases-loaded rally, beats Kenston
Updated: 4/19/2013 1:13:57 AM EST
The first time Kenston played Chardon this season, the Bombers were run-ruled. The second time around, Kenston pressed Chardon before the Hilltoppers pulled away. The Hilltoppers beat the Bomber...
Baseball: Chardon rallies late to beat Kirtland
Updated: 4/19/2013 1:27:33 AM EST
One big inning erased a frustrating start for the Chardon offense, and it came just in time. Trailing Kirtland by two entering the bottom of the sixth on Thursday, the Hilltoppers scored six runs e...
Softball: Top of the Crop for April 18
Updated: 4/18/2013 12:33:28 AM EST
1. (1) NDCL 9-2 2. (4) Riverside 9-1 3. (6) Mayfield 4-2 4. (7) Mentor 4-2 5. (9) Geneva 3-1 6. (NR) Beaumont 5-3 7. (NR) Perry 5-2 8. (3) Lake Catholic 3-4 9. (2) South 3-5 10. (NR) Chardon ...
Softball notebook: Dedication is paying off for resurgent Riverside
Updated: 4/18/2013 12:32:14 AM EST
To get the true story on why the Riverside softball team is off to a strong start this season, don’t bother going to the scorebook, the stat sheet or the most recent game log. The true story likely...
Madison adds fun to find victory
Updated: 4/18/2013 12:34:05 PM EST
Just have fun. There wasn’t any dramatic pregame talk given by Madison softball coach Dan Fertig prior to his team’s game at North on Wednesday afternoon. There was only a request. Just have fun...
Steady relief work helps NDCL edge Lake Catholic
Updated: 4/18/2013 12:27:57 AM EST
Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin’s Connor Kaucic started readying his arm in Wednesday’s fifth inning against Lake Catholic, throwing enough pitches to get limber enough to enter the game if needed. Af...
Steady relief work helps NDCL edge Lake Catholic
Updated: 4/18/2013 12:23:15 AM EST
Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin’s Connor Kaucic started readying his arm in Wednesday’s fifth inning against Lake Catholic, throwing enough pitches to get limber enough to enter the game if needed. Af...
Baseball: Hawken holds off Wickliffe, ends six-game skid
Updated: 4/16/2013 9:38:22 PM EST
A six-run lead in the seventh inning usually feels safe, but when you’ve lost six straight games, it’s hard to get too comfortable. Hawken batted around and scored six times in the bottom of the ...
Chardon's Ferrante adds 400 to repertoire
Updated: 4/16/2013 12:39:14 AM EST
Area track and field fans are already well versed in Stephanie Ferrante’s skill set in the 100- and 200-meter dashes as a returning Division I state qualifier in both events. They should probably g...
Lead Lion has NDCL rolling
Updated: 4/16/2013 12:36:46 AM EST
After an earlier-than-expected loss in the postseason tournament last spring, the Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin knows where it wants to get this season. Based on her performance in an 8-0 win over leagu...
Chardon's Nick Elswick impressive in 3,200 as Hilltoppers win own meet
Updated: 4/14/2013 1:09:40 AM EST
Chardon distance standout Nick Elswick was one of the fortunate few at the Hilltopper Invitational — he didn't have to spend most of his Saturday outdoors. When Elswick was inside, his teammates ...
Mentor's Mitch Trubisky rising on North Carolina's depth chart
Updated: 4/14/2013 1:04:57 AM EST
Mentor graduate Mitch Trubisky is proving to be a quick learner. And a fast riser. Trubisky, the 2012 Ohio AP Mr. Football recipient, ended his first spring at North Carolina as the Tar Heels' No. ...
Saturday's high school roundup
Updated: 4/14/2013 1:03:29 AM EST
SOFTBALL -- Senior catcher Liz Karako had two hits, including a two-run, go-ahead home run in the fifth inning, as host Lake Catholic beat North, 8-4. -- Hannah Hites had a combined four hits, inc...
Boys lacrosse: Mentor scores early, often in win over Brunswick
Updated: 4/12/2013 11:14:00 PM EST
It didn’t take long for Mentor to demonstrate just how much better it was than Brunswick. The Cardinals scored 50 seconds into the game, and senior Michael Grieser had six goals in Mentor’s 13-4 ...
Lacrosse: 2013 team rosters
Updated: 4/12/2013 12:35:00 AM EST
Rosters were compiled from preview information submitted by coaches and from state governing body websites (ohsla.org) and school team pages. BOYS CHAGRIN FALLS Coach: Crispin Napolitano R...
Tennis: 2013 area team rosters
Updated: 4/12/2013 12:34:14 AM EST
CHAGRIN VALLEY HARVEY Coach: George Anderson, sixth year Last year: 6-14 (0-10 CVC) Roster: Tony Thies, Sr., singles; Edgar Gonzalez, Sr., singles; Joey Orosz, So., singles; Max Grundy, Jr...
Girls track and field: 2013 watch list
Updated: 4/11/2013 1:27:48 AM EST
ATHLETES TO WATCH (in alphabetical order) Alexis Anton, Gilmour: One of only two News-Herald area female athletes who are returning four-event state qualifiers, this senior is one of the area's ...
Girls track and field: 2013 team rosters
Updated: 4/11/2013 1:27:09 AM EST
EVENT KEY — Sprints (S), Hurdles (H), Middle Distance (MD), Distance (D), Jumps (J), Throws (T), Pole vault (PV), Shot Put (SP), Discus (DI), Long Jump (LJ), High Jump (HJ) CHAGRIN VALLEY CHAG...
Track and field: Wickliffe's Myers aiming higher and higher in pole vault
Updated: 4/12/2013 12:29:44 PM EST
No one will ever doubt the persistence of Angel Myers. As a freshman in the fall of 2009, she approached Wickliffe coach Amanda Corrigan during cross country season and told her she wanted to give ...
Monday's roundup
Updated: 4/9/2013 1:06:12 AM EST
BASEBALL n Mike Peters recorded nine strikeouts and earned his first win of the season as Cardinal edged host Harvey, 2-1, in CVC interdivision play. KC Cress doubled and had an RBI for the Huskies (...
Track: Geneva girls capture Red Raider Relays
Updated: 4/7/2013 12:36:31 PM EST
The Geneva girls have a different look this spring after graduating program fixtures such as Audra Puckrin and Kamie Gill. One thing that continues to look just fine, though, is the Eagles’ ability...
News-Herald Classic: Euclid's Steel, South's Chakirelis win 3-point contests
Updated: 4/6/2013 10:45:42 PM EST
Say this much for Jalin Steel — her timing couldn't have been much better on Saturday. Not only did the senior from Euclid win the girls portion of the 3-point shootout at the 35th annual News-He...
News-Herald Classic: Girls all-stars enjoy final prep game
Updated: 4/6/2013 10:44:15 PM EST
Wearing matching game jerseys and mismatched shorts from their respective schools, the Red team gathered for a group photo following the 35th annual News-Herald Classic at Lakeland Community College o...
News-Herald Classic: VASJ's Demonte Flannigan inspires Blue team to victory
Updated: 4/6/2013 10:47:17 PM EST
With a late eight-point lead at Lakeland Community College on Saturday, the Red team appeared ready to put the finishing touches on a victory in the 35th annual News-Herald Classic. There was only ...
News-Herald Classic: Boys game features state champs, rivals facing off
Updated: 4/5/2013 1:24:04 AM EST
So you didn't get to see Mentor and VASJ play in the state tournament a few weekends ago? And you're among those who are pining to see the Cardinals and Vikings go head to head? If that's the ca...
News-Herald Classic: Basketball has helped VASJ senior grow
Updated: 4/4/2013 1:05:23 AM EST
Shalai Melton didn't want to play basketball her freshman year. The Villa Angela-St. Joseph senior had to be talked into joining the team by coach Anthony Redding. Little did she know four years...
Baseball: Mentor, Kade McClure shut out Mayfield
Updated: 4/4/2013 1:04:38 AM EST
Kade McClure hasn't had much time to rest recently. Mentor's junior ace was the backup quarterback on the regional champion football team and a key reserve on the state champion basketball team. Le...
High school boys basketball notes: Mentor vaults into national poll
Updated: 3/26/2013 12:46:12 AM EST
Mentor's boys basketball team isn't just a state champion. The Cardinals are also nationally ranked. Because of their run to the Division I state championship this past weekend, Mentor (25-5) ro...
High school football: Benedictine names Joe Schaefer head coach
Updated: 3/26/2013 12:45:43 AM EST
Benedictine turned to one of its own to fill its head football coaching vacancy. Joe Schaefer, a 2004 Benedictine graduate and 27-year-old Parma Heights resident, will be the program's 18th coach n...
News-Herald area state final four participants
Updated: 3/25/2013 11:59:42 PM EST
(** — state champion) (* — state finalist) FALL Football (38 total; 5 state champions) 1975 Berkshire 1977 St. Joseph 1980 South 1981 St. Joseph 1982 Lake Catholic 1983 Lake Catholic 1...
Joe Schaefer is Benedictine's new football coach
Updated: 3/25/2013 11:57:27 PM EST
Benedictine turned to one of its own to fill its head football coaching vacancy. Joe Schaefer, a 2004 Benedictine graduate and 27-year-old Parma Heights resident, will be the program’s 18th coach n...
Boys basketball: VASJ defeats Leipsic to win fifth state title
Updated: 3/24/2013 1:28:54 AM EST
COLUMBUS — Break out the ladder and dust off the rafters. It’s time to hang another state championship banner in the Viking Village. Eighteen years after Villa Angela-St. Joseph last hung a boy...
Mark Podolski: Mentor proves it can win the big one
Updated: 3/24/2013 1:22:40 AM EST
COLUMBUS — There is something to be said about being consistently in the hunt for state championships. It's another to break through and bring home the hardware. For the Mentor boys basketball...
Boys basketball: Mentor captures first state title
Updated: 3/24/2013 1:15:47 AM EST
COLUMBUS — Return trips from the state tournament historically have been somber events in Mentor. This one is going to be different. When the Mentor boys basketball team returns to the school ...
Sights and sounds: State basketball semifinals
Updated: 3/23/2013 1:48:30 AM EST
Quotable "Anybody who comes in here, looks up, sees that Viking (on the scoreboard) and doesn't get chills doesn't have a heartbeat," VASJ assistant coach Tedd Kwasniak "We're not going to win e...
High school boys basketball: Tough schedule prepares Mentor state run (with video)
Updated: 3/23/2013 1:47:41 AM EST
Long before Mentor even thought about advancing to the Division I state final, it suffered its first loss to a team from Germany. The Cardinals traveled to Bristol, Tenn., over Christmas break to c...
High school boys basketball: David S. Glasier's state diary (with video and 11 photos)
Updated: 3/23/2013 1:46:03 AM EST
The assignment was forthright. Go to Columbus on Friday and file a diary-style chronicle as the Villa Angela-St. Joseph and Mentor boys basketball teams played in the semifinals of the state basket...
OHSAA replaces referendum with multiplier formula proposal
Updated: 3/23/2013 1:44:45 AM EST
COLUMBUS — The referendum to separate the Ohio High School Athletic Association's state tournaments for public and private schools was scrapped on Friday. It has been replaced by a new proposal, ...
Theresa Neuhoff Audia: VASJ players follow lead of their disciplined coach (with video)
Updated: 3/23/2013 1:40:05 AM EST
COLUMBUS — At the completion of its Division IV state semifinal victory, Villa Angela-St. Joseph joined Troy Christian at halfcourt for a postgame prayer. Side by side, the players stood in uniso...
High school boys basketball: Mentor advances to Division I state final (with video)
Updated: 3/23/2013 1:39:07 AM EST
COLUMBUS — In the days leading to Mentor’s Division I state semifinal against Columbus Northland, Cardinals coach Bob Krizancic said his team hadn’t played its best game yet. If his Cardinals...
High school boys basketball: VASJ rolls Troy Christian, will play for D-IV state championship (with two videos)
Updated: 3/23/2013 1:37:57 AM EST
COLUMBUS — There was no celebration by the Villa Angela-St. Joseph boys basketball players when the buzzer sounded on their 67-36 win over Troy Christian on Friday in a Division IV state semifinal. ...
High school boys basketball: Mentor, VASJ state semifinal capsules
Updated: 3/21/2013 11:16:59 PM EST
Every day throughout the boys basketball tournaments, Staff Writer John Kampf will preview games involving area teams: Division IV state semifinals Where: Jerome Schottenstein Center, Ohio State...
High school boys basketball: Mentor, VASJ eye big prize in Columbus
Updated: 3/21/2013 11:15:45 PM EST
Michael Gallagher knows exactly where he was this time in 2010. It’s safe to say most, if not all, of the 2013 Mentor Cardinals can say the same. They were at Value City Arena, watching the 20...
Boys basketball: Division IV state semifinal coaching staffs go way back
Updated: 3/21/2013 12:03:43 AM EST
A good number of years had passed when the eyes of Tedd Kwasniak and Ray Zawadzki met last weekend. Kwasniak is an assistant for his son, Babe, at Villa Angela-St. Joseph, while Zawadzki’s son, Ray...
Boys basketball: VASJ, Mentor get boosts from their benches
Updated: 3/21/2013 12:02:26 AM EST
As the hours wind down to the start of the this weekend’s boys basketball tournament, it’s safe to say the Columbus Northland coaching staff is doing its due diligence breaking down film of Mentor...
Boys basketball: All-Ohio Divisions III, IV announced
Updated: 3/20/2013 12:41:58 AM EST
Duane Gibson Jr. led four Villa Angela-St. Joseph players selected to the Associated Press Divisions III and IV all-Ohio boys basketball teams released Tuesday. Gibson, a senior guard for the Vikings...
High school boys basketball: Top five Vikings of all time
Updated: 3/20/2013 12:40:16 AM EST
Twelve trips to the state basketball tournament. Four state championships. A handful of second-place finishes. And that doesn’t mention other great teams who didn’t make it to state. Needless ...
John Kampf: The Vikings history is one to be proud of
Updated: 3/20/2013 12:39:03 AM EST
One glance is all it took. Then an incoming freshman at Villa Angela-St. Joseph, young Demonte Flannigan passed through the doors at the Viking Village. His eyes were drawn to the rafters. There bef...
Mentor avenges two losses to Shaker, clinches state berth
Updated: 3/17/2013 12:56:26 PM EST
Omen schmomen. When Mentor boys basketball coach Bob Krizancic was walking to the locker room at halftime of Saturday’s Division I regional championship game against Shaker Heights, someone brought...
Guy Cipriano: Special athletic year continues for Cardinals
Updated: 3/17/2013 12:57:03 PM EST
Mentor’s football season ended on a Saturday night with a loss to Toledo Whitmer in a Division I state semifinal. Bones throbbed and emotions wavered. A day to act like a normal teenager could have...
High school gymnastics: 2013 News-Herald all-stars (with video)
Updated: 3/15/2013 1:08:53 AM EST
GYMNAST OF THE YEAR Claire Spech Sophomore, NDCL Claire Spech saved her best for last this season, but there were nervous moments along the way. Spech, a sophomore, finished third in the all-...
High school boys basketball: VASJ regional final capsule
Updated: 3/15/2013 1:07:27 AM EST
DIVISION IV REGIONAL FINAL at Canton Memorial Fieldhouse Address: 1815 Harrison Ave. NW, Canton Championship: Youngstown Christian (16-8) vs. VASJ (22-4). What's next: Winner advances to a...
High school boys basketball: Lima Bath eliminates Benedictine
Updated: 3/15/2013 1:06:55 AM EST
BOWLING GREEN — Few would have criticized Lima Bath's players if they would have lost focus after seeing one of their senior captains go down with a gruesome elbow injury less than two minutes into ...
High school track and field: West G's Richardson headed to George Mason
Updated: 3/15/2013 1:06:23 AM EST
West Geauga senior and 2012 News-Herald girls track and field athlete of the year Chantel Richardson will continue her career collegiately at George Mason. Richardson, who is scheduled to sign her ...
High school girls basketball: Careful checking reveals Lake Catholic's Spahar scored 1,000th point
Updated: 3/15/2013 1:05:39 AM EST
Lake Catholic coach Stephen Eppich thought Katlyn Spahar needed to score 18 points to reach 1,000 in the Cougars' Division II district championship game, but he didn't tell her. He didn't want to p...
High school girls basketball: 2013 News-Herald all-stars (with video)
Updated: 3/15/2013 1:05:07 AM EST
GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Lauren Stefancin Senior guard, Mentor The four-year letterwinner and two-year team captain led the Cardinals to a Division I district championship at Perry...
Foreman is difference-maker for Mentor against Hoover
Updated: 3/13/2013 10:52:11 PM EST
Jeff Foreman gripped the ball with both hands. He extended his elbows, flashing signs of a chest pass, a basketball fundamental that has become instinctive. Instead of shoving the ball inside late in...
Mentor advances to rematch with Shaker Heights
Updated: 3/13/2013 10:49:20 PM EST
They wanted ‘em. Now they’ve got ’em. While Mentor would have been happy to play either Shaker Heights or North Royalton for a Division I state berth on Saturday at Wolstein Center, Cardinals c...
Chris Lillstrung: VASJ quickly puts it out of reach
Updated: 3/13/2013 1:43:10 AM EST
CANTON — In the cozy confines of Canton Memorial Fieldhouse, there aren't a lot of places to look away and divert your attention from the floor. In case there are, though, Villa Angela-St. Joseph...
Boys basketball: VASJ whips Windham, advances to regional final
Updated: 3/13/2013 1:42:04 AM EST
CANTON — As the final seconds ticked off the clock in Youngstown Christian's 60-49 win over Hannibal River on Tuesday in the first of two Division IV regional semifinals at Canton Memorial Fieldhous...
Boys basketball: Mentor regional semifinal tournament capsule
Updated: 3/13/2013 1:40:17 AM EST
DIVISION I REGIONAL SEMIFINALS at the Wolstein Center, Cleveland State University Address: 2000 Prospect Ave., Cleveland Semifinal pairings: Mentor (21-5) vs. North Canton Hoover (22-5), Wedn...
High school girls swimming: 2013 News-Herald all-stars (with video)
Updated: 3/12/2013 12:23:55 AM EST
GIRLS SWIMMER OF THE YEAR Carrie Bencic Senior, Hawken The Vanderbilt recruit capped one of the most prolific careers in area history by repeating as Division II state champion in the 200- an...
High school boys swimming: 2013 News-Herald all-stars (with video)
Updated: 3/12/2013 12:23:10 AM EST
BOYS SWIMMER OF THE YEAR Austin Quinn Senior, Chagrin Falls Quinn followed former teammate Davis Staley as a state champion in his senior campaign at Chagrin Falls — and he also does so as ...
High school hockey: 2013 News-Herald all-stars (with video)
Updated: 3/12/2013 12:22:22 AM EST
HOCKEY PLAYER OF THE YEAR Drew Musser Senior defenseman, University A blue-liner has never received The News-Herald's top honor — until now. Musser made his case with a compelling senior ca...
High school girls basketball: Mentor's Lauren Stefancin, Lake's Katlyn Spahar second-team All-Ohio
Updated: 3/12/2013 12:21:14 AM EST
Mentor senior Lauren Stefancin and Lake Catholic senior Katlyn Spahar were each News-Herald area-best second-team honorees on the Divisions I and II All-Ohio girls basketball teams, released Monday by...
High school boys basketball: Ticket window for March 12
Updated: 3/12/2013 12:20:44 AM EST
Tickets are $6 in advance and $8 at the door: -- Tickets for Mentor's regional semifinal game will be on sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and Wednesday in the school lobby. Call 440-974-5304. --...
High school girls basketball: Divisions I and II All-Ohio
Updated: 3/12/2013 12:20:15 AM EST
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; Ke...
High school boys basketball: Regional semifinal capsule for March 12
Updated: 3/12/2013 12:21:31 PM EST
DIVISION IV REGIONAL SEMIFINALS at Canton Memorial Fieldhouse Address: 1815 Harrison Ave. NW, Canton Semifinal pairings: Hannibal River (19-7) vs. Youngstown Christian (15-8), Tuesday, 6:15 p...
High school football: NDCL names Ben Malbasa coach
Updated: 3/12/2013 12:18:34 AM EST
The name Ben Malbasa and the word “playoffs” often collide in the same sentence. So there should be no surprise as to where the bar has been set for the Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin football prog...
Benedictine continues postseason run, wins Westlake District
Updated: 3/10/2013 1:19:58 AM EST
It turns out Benedictine coach Al Wilson was on to something when he stated the struggles of the regular season were in the past. Because on Saturday, the present was pretty good for the Bengals, a...
Boys basketball: University falls to Warrensville Heights in district final
Updated: 3/10/2013 1:16:03 AM EST
Warrensville Heights' hot start over University was the difference in a Division II district final at Lakeside High School on Saturday night. Once the Tigers took a 12-point lead in the first quart...
Boys basketball: Mentor wins sixth straight district title
Updated: 3/10/2013 1:15:19 AM EST
The seniors on Mentor's boys basketball team were in sixth grade the last time the Cardinals lost a game in the Division I district at Euclid. The group of four and their teammates didn't want that...
Boys basketball: Young duo helps VASJ's Flannigan, Gibson capture district title
Updated: 3/8/2013 11:58:10 PM EST
The most relieved man among the 1,800 people packed into Garfield Heights’ gym Friday night wore a gold medal and net around his neck, two objects he has coveted his entire high-school career. Som...
Boys basketball: VASJ dominates Richmond Heights to advance to regionals
Updated: 3/9/2013 1:20:17 AM EST
They say a picture is worth 1,000 words. In the case of the Villa Angela-St. Joseph boys basketball, a picture is worth 364 days worth of motivation. Each day since March 9, 2012, when the Vikings w...
Boys basketball: Beachwood too much for Gilmour in district championship win
Updated: 3/8/2013 11:52:45 PM EST
The matchup between No. 1 seed Beachwood and No. 2 seed Gilmour had everything a basketball fan could want in a Division III district championship game. The fast-paced, high-intensity contest at Harv...
High school boys basketball: Tournament capsules for March 8
Updated: 3/8/2013 12:32:05 AM EST
DIVISION III DISTRICT FINAL at Harvey Address: 200 W. Walnut Ave., Painesville Beachwood vs. Gilmour When: 7 p.m., Friday For the record: This is going to be an exciting championship ga...
High school boys basketball: Bentz propels US to district final; Lake falls (with video)
Updated: 3/8/2013 12:35:53 PM EST
There were times on Thursday night Sam Bentz thought he would never find the rhythm. Through it all, University's coaching staff tried to keep the chin up on their sharpshooting senior, shouting en...
High school boys basketball: Defense carries Benedictine to district final bid
Updated: 3/8/2013 12:30:37 AM EST
Some might call it winning without offensive aesthetics. Benedictine players and coaches consider it the perfect formula for extending a season. "We are a defense-first team," Coach Al Wilson sa...
High school boys basketball: Mentor gets defense in order, throttles South
Updated: 3/8/2013 12:36:28 PM EST
Whatever Mentor coach Bob Krizancic told his players to get them to play better defense seems to have had an immense effect. Less than a week after allowing 98 points to Lakeside, Mentor got its de...
Clark Kellogg returns to VASJ, addresses students in ceremony (with videos)
Updated: 3/8/2013 12:28:56 AM EST
You reap what you sow. That was the foundation of a talk former St. Joseph basketball great Clark Kellogg gave to members of the student body at Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School on Thursday when...
Boys basketball: Brush can’t solve Scarabs’ zone
Updated: 3/7/2013 12:04:49 AM EST
In the case of the East Tech boys basketball team, practice doesn’t make perfect. Passion makes perfect. The Scarabs have multiple defensive sets from which to choose. But Coach Brett Moore said he...
Boys basketball: Griffins trap Lions, ending their season
Updated: 3/7/2013 12:05:40 PM EST
STOW — Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin practiced competing against Akron Buchtel’s trapping defense for two days. But practice pressure and game pressure are totally separate, especially when the game...
Boys basketball tournament capsule for Thursday
Updated: 3/6/2013 11:58:14 PM EST
DIVISION I DISTRICT SEMIFINAL at Euclid Address: 711 E. 222nd St. South vs. Mentor When: 7 p.m., today For the record: Top-seeded Mentor (19-5) has been a demolition crew this postseason, beating...
Prep notes: Volleyball coach at Kenston resigns
Updated: 3/6/2013 11:55:57 PM EST
There comes a time when there isn’t enough time in the day to do everything. Dan Coughlin reached that point. With two full-time jobs, a part-time job and a family that includes a wife and two chi...
Boys basketball: Gilmour holds off Columbia, will face Beachwood
Updated: 3/6/2013 1:43:01 AM EST
Teams normally pack an extra jersey just in case it's needed. Little did Gilmour coach David Pfundstein know he probably could have used an extra dress shirt before it was all said and done. Thi...
Girls basketball: Hathaway Brown too much for Chagrin Falls in regional semi
Updated: 3/6/2013 1:42:03 AM EST
BARBERTON — One team entered the Division II regional semifinal starting four seniors who have led their team to three state titles. The other hadn't advanced so far in the tournament in 15 years. ...
Boys basketball: Richmond Heights-VASJ showdown is set
Updated: 3/6/2013 1:40:49 AM EST
For nearly 365 days, players from Villa Angela-St. Joseph and Richmond Heights anticipated the intersection of their paths. The collision course will happen on Friday. VASJ-Richmond Heights II. ...
Girls basketball: Solon ousts Mentor in regional semifinal
Updated: 3/6/2013 1:39:23 AM EST
CANTON — Mentor had two game plans going into its Division I regional semifinal against Solon on Tuesday night. Which way the Cardinals were going to go depended on if Solon's leading scorer Mart...
Northeast Lakes all-district boys and girls basketball teams
Updated: 3/4/2013 11:49:22 PM EST
The 2012-13 Associated Press Northeastern Lakes All-District boys and girls basketball teams, as selected by a media panel from the district, with height, year and regular-season scoring average: BOY...
Local standouts make all-Northeast Lakes district list
Updated: 3/4/2013 11:47:24 PM EST
Villa Angela-St. Joseph senior guard Duane Gibson and Vikings coach Babe Kwasniak were the Division IV player and coach of the year, respectively, on the Associated Press all-Northeast Lakes district ...
High school boys basketball: Tuesday's tournament capsules
Updated: 3/4/2013 11:45:07 PM EST
Every day throughout the boys basketball tournaments, Staff Writer John Kampf will preview games involving area teams: DIVISION III DISTRICT SEMIFINAL at Harvey Address: 200 W. Walnut Ave., Paine...
High school girls basketball: Tuesday's tournament capsules
Updated: 3/4/2013 11:45:28 PM EST
Staff writer Theresa Neuhoff Audia will preview games involving area teams throughout the girls basketball tournaments: DIVISION I REGIONAL SEMIFINAL at Canton Civic Center Address: 1101 Market Ave...
Saturday's high school roundup
Updated: 3/3/2013 1:04:51 AM EST
GIRLS BASKETBALL -- Kenston bowed out in the Division I Bedford District final with a 69-56 loss to Solon. Mandy Marchant paced the Bombers (19-4) with 22 points, and Catherine Rachek (12 points) a...
Wrestling: Sights, stats and sounds from the state tournament
Updated: 3/3/2013 1:04:24 AM EST
Quotable "I was told my single could take down anybody in the country. That'd be my bread and butter. My biscuits and gravy is the crossface bundle." Perry's Billy Miller, on the move that won him ...
Boys basketball: Gilmour bears down on defense to advance
Updated: 3/3/2013 1:03:53 AM EST
Gilmour, the No. 2 seed at the Division III Harvey District, knows the further it wants to advance in the tournament, the more it will have to hang its hat on defense. The Lancers executed superbly...
Lake's Tutolo, Perry's Miller crowned state champions
Updated: 3/3/2013 1:03:21 AM EST
COLUMBUS — For the past 12 months, the primary thought occupying Anthony Tutolo's mind was returning to the state championship match. After losing to CVCA's Nathan Tomasello a year ago, standing ...
Girls basketball: Mentor repeats as Perry District champion
Updated: 3/3/2013 1:01:57 AM EST
Euclid's Erin Haislah slipped toward the foul line, her purpose to maneuver forward, her momentum dragging her 16 feet from the basket. As Mentor's defense swarmed the ball, Haislah calmly unleashe...
Girls basketball: Gilmour bows out in Division III district final
Updated: 3/3/2013 1:01:05 AM EST
Without Kelsey Dugger, Gilmour just wasn't the same team Saturday afternoon in a Division III district final at St. Joseph Academy against Beachwood. The Lancers were in a position to make a run wh...
Girls basketball: Chagrin Falls secures first regional berth since 1998
Updated: 3/3/2013 1:00:35 AM EST
For the first time since 1998, the Chagrin Falls girls basketball team is headed to a regional semifinal. The Tigers defeated Cortland Lakeview, 53-38, in Division II district final on Saturday aft...
Bowling: Fairport finishes third in state tournament
Updated: 3/3/2013 12:59:56 AM EST
COLUMBUS — Fairport's first trip to the state bowling tournament on Saturday included memorable moments. The Skippers walked away with a third-place finish in the tournament, the tournament's sil...
Gymnastics: NDCL's Spech posts pair of top-threes at state
Updated: 3/3/2013 12:58:39 AM EST
Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin's Claire Spech was runner-up on balance beam and third in all-around during the individual competition of the state gymnastics meet Saturday at Hilliard Bradley. Spech sc...
Wrestling: Riverside's Rosborough avoids Semi Slide
Updated: 3/3/2013 12:58:08 AM EST
COLUMBUS — The Semi Slide has claimed its share of casualties over the years at the state wrestling tournament. Evan Rosborough was determined to make sure it didn't claim him, too. With a pin...
boys basketball: West G defeats Perry again
Updated: 3/2/2013 1:47:05 AM EST
For the second year in a row, West Geauga beat the same team three times in one season. The Wolverines did it last year to Harvey in the sectional final and they did it again this year in a 54-41 w...
Wrestling: Perry's Nichols rebounds after loss
Updated: 3/2/2013 1:45:34 AM EST
Author Charles R. Swindoll didn't have Evan Nichols in mind back in the 1930s when he said, "life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to it." The shoe fits 80-some years ...
Boys basketball: Kenston eliminated by Cleveland Heights
Updated: 3/2/2013 1:44:49 AM EST
Kenston, the ninth seed in the loaded Division I Solon District, had a tough assignment in Friday night's sectional final. The CVC Chagrin co-champion Bombers had to figure out a way to stop an ath...
Boys basketball: Mentor sets scoring record, South advances
Updated: 3/2/2013 1:44:08 AM EST
Mentor scored 101 points in the first three quarters of Friday's Division I Euclid District sectional final against Lakeside. The drag-racing basketball translated into a startling average of 4.2 p...
Wrestling: Sights, stats and sounds from the state tournament
Updated: 3/2/2013 1:42:40 AM EST
Quotable "It's going to be hard to sleep." Perry heavyweight Billy Miller, on what he will do to prepare for his title match "He's been wrestling great this week — maybe because I've been dril...
Hockey: University ousted by Shaker Heights in double OT
Updated: 3/2/2013 1:41:59 AM EST
KENT — The Kent District final has gone so flawlessly for University through the years. On Friday, however, the same could not be said. Joey Yoder shelved a wrister on a power play with 2 minu...
Wrestling: How area athletes fared at the state tournament on March 1
Updated: 3/2/2013 1:41:02 AM EST
DIVISION I 106 pounds: Kenny Hoberney, North — Lost by 9-5 decision to Groveport Madison's Shakur Laney; was eliminated by an 8-5 decision loss to Pickerington North's Payton Gutierrez. 126: J...
Wrestling: Madison, Perry, Lake grapplers eye state titles
Updated: 3/1/2013 10:33:31 PM EST
COLUMBUS — One big characteristic Perry and Madison share, besides a district border, is their misfortune in the championship match at the state tournament. Both schools have had seven reach it o...
Bowling: State tournament capsule
Updated: 3/1/2013 9:11:11 PM EST
State bowling -- When: 8:30 a.m., Saturday -- Where: Wayne Webb's Columbus Bowl, 3224 South High Street -- For the record: The Fairport team should be among the favorites for a state champion...
Gymnastics: State individual competition capsule
Updated: 3/1/2013 9:10:20 PM EST
State gymnastics -- When: Noon, Saturday -- Where: Hilliard Bradley High School, 2800 Walker Road, Bradley -- For the record: Saturday is individual competition. ... Sophomore Claire Spech is...
Girls basketball: Tournament capsules for March 2
Updated: 3/1/2013 9:09:31 PM EST
Staff writer Theresa Neuhoff Audia will preview games involving area teams throughout the girls basketball tournaments. Division I district finals at Perry Address: One Success Blvd., Perry ...
Boys basketball: Tournament capsules for March 2
Updated: 3/1/2013 9:08:33 PM EST
DIVISION II SECTIONAL FINAL at Westlake Address: 27830 Hilliard Blvd, Westlake Max Hayes vs. Benedictine When: 6 p.m., Saturday For the record: The Bengals (7-16) didn't have any troubl...
Girls basketball: Chagrin Falls defeats Lake Catholic in overtime; Geneva falls
Updated: 3/1/2013 12:58:30 AM EST
Chagrin Falls found the resolve needed to topple a district champion. The Tigers ended Lake Catholic's reign atop the Division II Pymatuning Valley District with a 45-42 overtime victory in a distr...
Wrestling: Perry goes 5-0 in first round at state
Updated: 3/1/2013 12:57:43 AM EST
COLUMBUS — Billy Miller had a nervous rumble in his belly. Teammate Alec Schenk made sure he was out at the front of the tunnel as the first round of the state wrestling tournament was getting re...
Wrestling: Sights, stats and sounds from the state tournament
Updated: 3/1/2013 12:56:41 AM EST
Quotable "Walking down to wrestle my first match, I looked around and all I thought was ‘Wow.'" I'm definitely excited to be here." Hawken senior Seth King, on his first time at state "It woul...
Wrestling: Riverside's Evan Rosborough survives first-round scare
Updated: 3/1/2013 12:55:55 PM EST
In the days leading up to the state tournament, Riverside's Evan Rosborough was feeling a little under the weather. Not his usual self on Thursday, the district champion at 220 pounds needed overti...
Wrestling: How area athletes fared during first day of state tournament
Updated: 3/1/2013 12:53:52 AM EST
DIVISION I 106 pounds: Kenny Hoberney, North - Pinned Cincinnati Elder's Sam Williams in 5:56; Will face Groveport Madison's Shakur Laney in a quarterfinal today. 113: Colin Kramer, Mentor - Los...
Boys basketball: Tournament capsules for March 1
Updated: 3/1/2013 12:53:11 AM EST
DIVISION I SECTIONAL FINALS at Euclid Address: 711 E. 222nd St. Madison vs. South When: 5:30 p.m., Friday For the record: The Rebels are playing well and got to this point with a two-po...
Boys basketball: Brush stuns North in overtime
Updated: 2/28/2013 1:20:48 AM EST
If Brush's Jamison Days was looking for a good way to celebrate his 18th birthday, he could have done a lot worse than his performance on Wednesday night. The Arcs trailed North by as many as 16 po...
Girls basketball: Mentor beats Madison, prepares for district final
Updated: 2/28/2013 1:19:27 AM EST
Defending district champion Mentor is back in the Division I district final at Perry. The Cardinals defeated Madison, 57-43, on Wednesday night. Despite the win, Mentor coach Steve Thompson was ...
Wrestling: State capsule
Updated: 2/28/2013 1:18:36 AM EST
When: Thursday through Saturday Where: Jerome Schottenstein Center, Ohio State University, 555 Borror Drive, Columbus Schedule: 3 p.m., Thursday (first-round championship preliminaries, first-ro...
Girls basketball: Tournament capsules for Feb. 28
Updated: 2/28/2013 1:17:47 AM EST
Staff writer Theresa Neuhoff Audia will preview games involving area teams throughout the girls basketball tournaments. Division I district semifinals at Perry Address: One Success Blvd., Per...
Volleyball: Gilmour's Janota commits to Iowa
Updated: 2/28/2013 1:17:18 AM EST
Gilmour's Jess Janota has made her college decision. The talented 6-foot-3 middle hitter will continue her volleyball career at the University of Iowa. She also considered Duke, South Carolina, Wis...
Hockey: University beats Gilmour in OT
Updated: 2/27/2013 1:14:00 AM EST
KENT — The pendulum of emotion couldn’t have swung much more significantly during Tuesday’s Kent District semifinal between University and Gilmour. There was the back-and-forth physicality of r...
Prep notes: University's Vadas to join Nittany Lions
Updated: 2/27/2013 1:11:51 AM EST
Luke Vadas watched his first Penn State football game at age 5. The next time he experiences one, it will be from a closer vantage point. Penn State recruiting coordinator Bill Kavanagh confirmed on...
Boys basketball: Tournament capsules for Wednesday
Updated: 2/27/2013 1:10:19 AM EST
DIVISION I SECTIONAL FINAL at Euclid Address: 711 E. 222nd St. Brush vs. North When: 7 p.m., today For the record: Fourth-seeded North defeated Shaw by nine to get a sectional title shot at third...
Wrestling: Local grapplers set for state
Updated: 2/27/2013 1:08:36 AM EST
Pick a high school wrestler at random, and ask what his ultimate goal is. More often than not, the answer is to compete at the state tournament, which starts Thursday at Value City Arena in Columbus....
Boys basketball: South, Mentor roll
Updated: 2/27/2013 1:06:57 AM EST
The start of South’s postseason resembled the beginning of its regular season. The opening? Sluggish. The ending? Memorable. Tony Walton’s layup with 1.2 seconds remaining lifted South past Ri...
Wrestling: Five from area qualify in Division III
Updated: 2/24/2013 1:58:27 AM EST
Five area wrestlers placed in the top four in their respective weight classes at the Division III District Tournament at Garfield Heights, each qualifying for a spot at the state tournament next weeke...
Wrestling: Perry sends five to state with four champions
Updated: 2/24/2013 1:56:22 AM EST
ALLIANCE — For the second straight week, the 195-pound championship bout came down to two of Lake County's best wrestlers. Perry's Evan Nichols pinned Lake Catholic's Jimmy Szep for a sectional t...
Wrestling: Riverside sets record for outgoing coach
Updated: 2/24/2013 1:55:01 AM EST
Now that's some going-away present. With Coach Scott Blank having informed the Riverside wrestling team that he will be stepping down after this season, the Beavers drummed up a memorable departure...
Swimming: Mayfield boys relay takes fourth at state meet
Updated: 2/24/2013 1:52:22 AM EST
CANTON — All year, Mayfield senior Grant Gillenwater has stated the Wildcats enjoyed the "luck of the draw" when it came to their relay depth, which could lead to potentially breaking into the top f...
Gymnastics: Underclassmen lead way to state
Updated: 2/24/2013 1:51:06 AM EST
The area contingent heading to Columbus for next week's state gymnastics meet won't be as large as in recent years, but those making the trek are as excited as any from the past. One thing is for s...
Wrestling: Cardinal has strong first day
Updated: 2/23/2013 1:37:55 AM EST
"Go hard or go home," said jubilant Cardinal senior Casey Johns, after winning his quarterfinal bout at the Division III District at Garfield Heights. It's a fitting quote as only the top four wres...
Boys basketball: Mentor falls at Brunswick, loses out on share of NOC crown
Updated: 2/23/2013 1:37:07 AM EST
BRUNSWICK — The Mentor Cardinals have been dethroned. Their furious comeback fell short on Friday at Brunswick, 68-64, in a Northeast Ohio Conference Valley Division encounter. The defending c...
Wrestling: Area 132-pounders eyeing district title
Updated: 2/23/2013 1:36:22 AM EST
Riverside’s Nick Boggs and Mayfield’s Nicholas Bishop weren’t planning on looking past anyone in their 132-pound weight class this weekend at the Division I district tournament at Mentor. But...
wrestling: A dozen Pirates alive at Alliance District
Updated: 2/23/2013 1:34:04 AM EST
ALLIANCE — Perry started the day with 13 wrestlers at the Division II district tournament. Through one day, that number has only gone down by one. The Pirates have a dozen wrestlers alive, includ...
Girls basketball: Madison, Mentor advance in Division I
Updated: 2/23/2013 1:32:47 AM EST
South's surprising postseason run came to an end against Madison. The Rebels lost to the Blue Streaks for the third time this season, 45-35, in the Division I sectional final at Perry High School o...
Swimming: Hawken girls win 15th state title in a row; US second
Updated: 2/23/2013 1:38:47 AM EST
CANTON — After all the hours they've spent in the pool honing their craft, there was only one way for the Hawken senior girls to go out Friday at the Division II state meet — together. This...
Boys basketball: South upsets rival North
Updated: 2/23/2013 1:30:05 AM EST
Memo to teams participating in the Division I Euclid Sectional-District Tournament next week: Underestimate South at your own risk. The Rebels made it eight wins in their last nine games after a 2-...
Boys basketball: North boasts roster of many nationalities
Updated: 2/22/2013 12:24:04 PM EST
Most students have to take a geography or foreign language class in order to gain a better knowledge of other countries around the world. The best way to do so at North might be to go out for the boy...
Boys basketball notes: CVC co-title special for Chagrin coach
Updated: 2/22/2013 12:18:42 AM EST
David Bargar knows what it’s like to wear Chagrin Falls black and orange, scale a step-ladder and celebrate a conference championship by cutting down nets. Now his players know that euphoria, too. ...
Boys basketball: Top of the Crop for Feb. 22
Updated: 2/22/2013 12:17:27 PM EST
(Before Thursday's games) 1. (1) VASJ 17-4 2. (2) Mentor 17-4 3. (3) Richmond Heights 19-3 4. (4) Gilmour 16-3 5. (5) Chagrin Falls 17-5 6. (6) Brush 13-7 7. (7) Lake Catholic 13-8 8. (9) West...
Girls basketball: District capsule for Feb. 22
Updated: 2/22/2013 12:14:45 AM EST
Staff writer Theresa Neuhoff Audia will preview games involving area teams throughout the girls basketball tournaments. Division I sectional finals at Perry Address: One Success Blvd., Perry South...
Swimming: State capsule
Updated: 2/22/2013 12:13:35 AM EST
When: 5 p.m., today (Division II) and 4 p.m., Saturday (Division I) Where: Branin Natatorium (2323 Northwest 17th St., Canton) DIVISION I Heading into Friday’s preliminaries, Mayfield’s highly ...
Bowling: District capsule
Updated: 2/22/2013 12:11:37 AM EST
GIRLS When: Saturday (doors open at 10:30 a.m.) Where: Crest Lanes, 3990 Youngstown Road SE, Warren Area qualifiers: Ashley Fortuna, Mentor; Sarrah Brown, Mentor; Beth Kendzierski, Wickliffe; Erika...
Gymnastics: District capsule
Updated: 2/22/2013 12:10:28 AM EST
When: 10 a.m., Saturday Where: Riverside High School, 585 Riverside Dr., Painesville What’s next: The top five teams and top 17 individuals qualify for the state meet. Area qualifiers: Rachel Gur...
Girls basketball: Englebrecht scores 45 in North win
Updated: 2/21/2013 1:37:37 AM EST
North’s Lynsey Englebrecht was two points shy of single-handedly outscoring Glenville’s entire team. Either way, the Rangers aren’t complaining about Englebrecht’s 45 points which propelled h...
Wrestling: District capsules
Updated: 2/21/2013 1:27:19 AM EST
Division I Where: Mentor High School When: Friday 5 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. What’s next: Top four in each weight class advance to the state tournament, Feb. 28 to March 2 at Ohio State University ...
Boys basketball: VASJ falls to Shaker Heights at home
Updated: 2/20/2013 12:20:17 PM EST
The list of goals for the Villa Angela-St. Joseph boys basketball team is not all that difficult to figure out. Winning the North Coast League and hanging a Division IV state championship banner in V...
Guy Cipriano: Recent losses should strengthen VASJ
Updated: 2/20/2013 12:19:41 PM EST
Listen to their words and how they pay no attention to the plight a Division IV school faces when facing playoff-ready Division I programs. Watch them trudge off the Viking Village tile, heads dropp...
Boys basketball: South beats Euclid for seventh win in last eight
Updated: 2/20/2013 12:20:55 PM EST
South didn’t have a good start to the season. But the Rebels are making up for it in the second half. They defeated Euclid on the road Tuesday night, 67-60. The Rebels, who improved to 9-12, have...
Monday's high school roundup
Updated: 2/19/2013 1:13:23 AM EST
BOYS BASKETBALL -- In the final Associated Press boys basketball poll of the season, Villa Angela-St. Joseph fell from its No. 1 ranking last week in Division IV and finished the season No. 2 in Oh...
Girls basketball: South shrugs off struggles; Mentor rolls (with two videos)
Updated: 2/19/2013 1:12:57 AM EST
The regular season was not kind to South. That's why the Rebels tried to block out their losing record and focus on their opening Division I sectional semifinal against Shaw on Monday night at Perr...
Swimming: News-Herald area state qualifiers list
Updated: 2/19/2013 1:11:10 AM EST
BOYS DIVISION I (7 individual, 2 relay) Mayfield: Justin Ciferno, Jr. (100 free and 200 free); Grant Gillenwater, Sr. (50 free and 100 free); Zack Milenius, Sr. (200 free and 500 free); Lenny St...
Girls basketball: Tournament capsules for Feb. 19
Updated: 2/19/2013 1:10:06 AM EST
Staff writer Theresa Neuhoff Audia will preview games involving area teams throughout the girls basketball tournaments: Division III sectional semifinal at Barberton High School Address: 555 ...
Boys basketball: State poll for Feb. 19
Updated: 2/19/2013 1:09:25 AM EST
How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school boys basketball teams in the final weekly Associated Press polls, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points ...
Wrestling: Kirtland wins sectional championship
Updated: 2/16/2013 11:49:41 PM EST
With 164.5 points, three individual champions and eight district qualifiers, Kirtland won the team title at the Division III sectional on Saturday at Beachwood. After a 7-0 semifinal round, the Horne...
Swimming: Mayfield boys take fourth at CSU district (with videos)
Updated: 2/16/2013 10:58:10 PM EST
Saturday did not generate any banner raising for The News-Herald area contingent out of the Division I district meet at Cleveland State’s Busbey Natatorium, but the Mayfield boys once again did a so...
Wrestling: Perry taking school-record 13 to districts
Updated: 2/16/2013 10:47:48 PM EST
The Perry wrestling team thought last year’s postseason run was pretty fun. The way the Pirates kicked of the 2013 postseason, this run might upstage that of last season. With Coach Dave Rowan, re...
Wrestling: Madison wins DI sectional
Updated: 2/17/2013 12:47:07 PM EST
Steady improvement has been a theme throughout the season for Madison. Every team talks about peaking in the postseason, but few actually come through. At the Division I South Sectional over the we...
Boys basketball: St. Ignatius too much for VASJ
Updated: 2/16/2013 10:40:12 PM EST
Villa Angela-St. Joseph is thinking about the road to come. The Vikings have their sights set on the Division IV state championship, and games like Saturday’s 70-55 loss to St. Ignatius will get th...
Football: Chagrin Falls duo headed to John Hopkins
Updated: 2/16/2013 12:25:18 AM EST
Jack Campbell and Bradley Munday helped lead the Chagrin Falls football team to unprecedented heights during their three years of varsity play. They will continue their collegiate football careers af...
Girls basketball: Saturday's tournament capsules
Updated: 2/16/2013 12:22:51 AM EST
Staff writer Theresa Neuhoff Audia will preview games involving area teams throughout the girls basketball tournaments. Division II sectional semifinals at Pymatuning Valley Address: 5571 Route 6 W...
Friday's high school roundup
Updated: 2/16/2013 12:20:06 AM EST
BOYS BASKETBALL * The first Lake Effect Conference championship banner for boys basketball will be hanging in Andrews Osborne’s gym. The Phoenix (20-3, 17-1) defeated Horizon Science, 59-44, in the...
Boys basketball: University rolls in PAC win
Updated: 2/16/2013 12:18:01 AM EST
University can beat you with length. It can beat you with outside shooting. It can beat you with speed in transition, and it can beat you with defense. The Preppers’ PAC opponents can tell you al...
Swimming: Hawken dominates even in a pinch
Updated: 2/16/2013 12:16:27 AM EST
The pursuit of perfection can occasionally carry some intrigue — even for the Hawken girls, hard as it might be to believe. Friday during the Division II district at Cleveland State, the Hawks were...
Boys basketball: Mentor rebounds after loss to Shaker Heights
Updated: 2/16/2013 1:39:25 AM EST
The Mentor boys basketball team could have hung its head after a 75-68 loss to Shaker Heights on Tuesday, a game in which it lost a 15-point lead in the fourth quarter. The Cardinals chose another ro...
Boys basketball: West Geauga defeats Perry for a second time
Updated: 2/16/2013 12:10:08 AM EST
It may not have been a triple overtime game like the first time Perry and West Geauga played, but it was pretty close. For the second time this season, the Wolverines came out on top of a 45-44 Chagr...
Wrestling: South in first after Day 1 of sectionals
Updated: 2/15/2013 11:35:02 PM EST
Through the quarterfinals of South’s Division I sectional tournament, the host Rebels find themselves in an unfamiliar position: first place. South (87 team points) has 11 wrestlers in the semifina...
Boys basketball notes: Brush's Brandon Dawson sparks the Arcs
Updated: 2/14/2013 11:50:34 PM EST
Brandon Dawson didn’t just up and tell his teammates and coaches, “Don’t worry guys, I got this.” Actually, he did. After Brush lost back-to-back games to league rivals Twinsburg and Hudson ...
Bowling: Fairport rolls in first step toward state
Updated: 2/14/2013 11:49:02 PM EST
Thursday was the start of what Coach Jerry Rich hopes is a fun ride for the Fairport boys bowling team. Speaking of rides, the Skipper have had plenty of them and Rich hopes those trips pay off durin...
Boys basketball: Top of the Crop for Feb. 15
Updated: 2/14/2013 11:44:34 PM EST
1. (2) VASJ 16-2 2. (1) Mentor 16-4 3. (3) Richmond Heights 17-2 4. (4) Gilmour 16-3 5. (6) Chagrin Falls 13-5 6. (8) Brush 12-6 7. (5) Lake Catholic 12-7 8. (10) NDCL 13-6 9. (NR) Benedictine...
Wrestling: Sectional preview capsules
Updated: 2/14/2013 11:41:44 PM EST
Division I at South When: Today at 5:30 p.m., Saturday at 11 a.m. Who: Brush, East Tech, Euclid, Glenville, John Adams, Cleveland JFK, Madison, Mayfield, Mentor, North, Riverside, Shaw, South. Wha...
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Girls basketball: Geneva edges Riverside again
Updated: 2/14/2013 12:46:51 PM EST
Geneva hasn’t been tested very much this season. Riverside is one of the exceptions. The first time around, the Eagles defeated the Beavers in overtime. On Wednesday night, the Eagles beat the Bea...
Boys basketball: Fairport, Andrews Osborne both get what they want out of Skippers’ OT win
Updated: 2/14/2013 12:40:09 PM EST
Rare are the times both coaches and teams come away from a game happy, win or lose. It happened on Wednesday in Fairport, where the Skippers defeated visiting Andrews Osborne, 59-53, in overtime. Fo...
Wrestling notes: Intensity picks up with sectionals
Updated: 2/14/2013 12:33:16 AM EST
After over two months of practices, duals and tournaments, every match carries the utmost significance with the start of sectionals this weekend. Most local schools will fall into three tournaments: ...
Wrestling: Top of the Crop for Feb. 14
Updated: 2/14/2013 12:31:42 AM EST
1. (1) Perry 11-1 2. (2) Lake Catholic 10-5 3. (3) Madison 9-4 4. (4) Mentor 6-7 5. (5) South 4-4 6. (6) Riverside 3-6 7. (8) Kirtland 8. (7) Kenston 8-6 9. (9) Euclid 19-6 10. (NR) Chardon ...
Tuesday's high school roundup
Updated: 2/13/2013 12:49:54 PM EST
BOYS BASKETBALL -- Kyle Burchett scored 30 points and pulled down 11 rebounds as host Fairport (9-7, 6-5) defeated CVC Valley Division foe Berkshire, 59-44. Tyson Lautanen contributed 17 points for...
Boys basketball: Hawken uses 9-0 run in third to oust Wickliffe
Updated: 2/13/2013 12:28:36 PM EST
Hawken needed a good tune-up game heading into this weekend. That’s why it was so important for the Hawks to play well on the road Tuesday night against Wickliffe. After a close first half, the Ha...
Boys basketball: Mentor fades in fourth quarter, loses to Shaker Heights
Updated: 2/13/2013 12:22:17 AM EST
The fourth quarter against Shaker Heights does not agree with the Mentor boys basketball team this season. Coach Bob Krizancic doesn’t understand it, and he’s fired up about it. For the second t...
Boys basketball: Richmond Heights clinches CVC Metro Division outright
Updated: 2/13/2013 12:28:00 PM EST
The postseason goals of the two-time regional-qualifying Richmond Heights boys basketball team have been well-documented. The first order of business for the Spartans, though, was the defense of thei...
Girls basketball notes: Blue Devils build with sophomores
Updated: 2/13/2013 12:16:58 AM EST
Wickliffe coach Vince Granito had to make some tough decisions with his program this season. Instead of sticking with the experienced seniors in his lineup, he chose to play four inexperienced sophomo...
Girls basketball: Top of the Crop for Feb. 13
Updated: 2/13/2013 12:15:54 PM EST
(Before Tuesday’s games) 1. (1) Mentor 12-8 2. (3) Gilmour 19-2 3. (7) Geneva 19-1 4. (4) Kenston 16-4 5. (8) Lake Catholic 11-10 6. (9) North 16-6 7. (2) Chagrin Falls 15-5 8. (5) Euclid 16...
Monday's high school roundup
Updated: 2/11/2013 11:23:20 PM EST
BOYS BASKETBALL * Jack Thome scored 19 points, including the game-winning basket with five seconds remaining, as Chagrin Falls (13-5, 9-2) edged visiting CVC Chagrin foe Orange, 49-48. GIRLS BASKETB...
Hockey blog: Talking Kent District opening round and all-GCHSHL
Updated: 2/11/2013 11:16:34 PM EST
With the Kent District commencing Tuesday, let’s take a look at the first-round matchups this week involving News-Herald area teams: Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin vs. West Geauga (6 p.m, Tuesday): Bot...
Swimming: NH area top 15 swimmers at CSU District
Updated: 2/11/2013 11:14:32 PM EST
The following are News-Herald area swimmers seeded in the top 15 of their respective events for this weekend’s Cleveland State District. Division II diving is not included because there was no secti...
Swimming: Cleveland State District capsule
Updated: 2/11/2013 11:15:02 PM EST
When: 3 p.m., Friday (Division II) and noon, Saturday (Division I) Where: Busbey Natatorium, Cleveland State (corner of East 24th and Chester Avenue) What’s next: The top two in each event automat...
Saturday's high school roundup
Updated: 2/10/2013 1:19:17 AM EST
HOCKEY -- John Scheiber scored two goals for Mayfield in a 5-2 win over Midview in a Baron Cup III semifinal. With the win, Mayfield plays North Canton Hoover today in the championship game. -- ...
Wrestling: Close losses end Perry's run at state team tournament
Updated: 2/10/2013 1:18:23 AM EST
COLUMBUS — It took more than two months and a dozen tries, but Perry finally met its match on Saturday afternoon. The sixth-seeded Pirates lost eight matches — four by a combined nine points ...
Boys basketball: Senior Solivan leads Harvey past Riverside
Updated: 2/10/2013 1:16:44 AM EST
As Harvey senior Ty Solivan stepped to the free throw line in Saturday's night's battle of Painesville, with his team up by 3 and 6.2 seconds left in the game, a lot rested on his shoulders. He had...
Girls basketball: North routs South for ninth straight win
Updated: 2/10/2013 1:17:24 AM EST
North may of had a slow start to the season, but it is does not intend to finish the same way. The Rangers, who started 6-6, improved their winning streak to nine straight in a 60-35 Premier Athlet...
Swimming: Mayfield boys lead area charge at SPIRE
Updated: 2/10/2013 1:15:06 AM EST
It was a common refrain from the Mayfield boys for Saturday's Division I sectional meet at SPIRE Institute in Harpersfield Township. They considered themselves "beat up" from training. Just because...
Friday's high school roundup
Updated: 2/9/2013 1:00:04 AM EST
BOYS BASKETBALL -- Junior John Cirillo had 20 points, 11 rebounds and three assists as visiting Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin (12-6, 2-5) beat Padua, 60-42. Chris Shkil added 19 points for the Lions. ...
Boys basketball: Kirtland clinches tie for CVC Valley
Updated: 2/9/2013 12:31:05 AM EST
Kirtland had to shake off a slow start Friday night at home against Fairport. Once it did that, the Hornets were able to keep the Skippers at arms’ length the rest of the way and posted a 59-49 vic...
Boys basketball: South ready for sectionals after big win
Updated: 2/9/2013 12:29:22 AM EST
A week before hosting a Division I sectional tournament, South had one last match to tune up. It’s hard to imagine the evening going any better for the Rebels, who beat rival North, 51-10, on the ro...
Boys basketball: VASJ rocks Viking Village with '92 team watching
Updated: 2/9/2013 12:59:04 PM EST
The Villa Angela-St. Joseph boys basketball program put a state championship banner on the wall in 1992. With members of that team, including Washington Redskins linebacker London Fletcher, in attend...
Boys basketball: Lang leads North with 29 points in win over Madison
Updated: 2/9/2013 1:00:58 AM EST
North is cognizant of the fact that every little bit helps with the Division I Euclid District seeding meeting on the horizon. There is also another aspect in the Rangers’ favor — when they’re ...
Boys basketball: Huskies beat Badgers twice in one season
Updated: 2/9/2013 12:19:41 AM EST
For the first time in eight years, Cardinal defeated Berkshire twice in one season. In front of a packed gym, which included fans covered in body paint, the school band and a baton twirler at halftim...
Swimming: Inside the secretive world of tapering
Updated: 2/8/2013 12:19:16 PM EST
It’s a training tool and a trade secret all wrapped into one complex package. It’s also a swimmer’s best friend and perhaps their biggest foe. From Michael Phelps and Missy Franklin to state ...
Boys basketball: Vikings run winning streak to 11
Updated: 2/8/2013 12:27:17 PM EST
Big-time games call for big-time players. With Villa Angela-St. Joseph playing its first game in 12 days against another state-ranked opponent, the Vikings’ biggest players stepped up to the challe...
Boys basketball notes: VASJ welcomes 1992 state champs
Updated: 2/8/2013 12:10:33 PM EST
Villa Angela-St. Joseph entered this week in a unique position, being voted the No. 1 team in this week’s Associated Press Division IV state poll. Don’t think for a second the lofty ranking puts ...
Boys basketball: Top of the Crop for Feb. 8
Updated: 2/8/2013 12:07:16 AM EST
1. (1) Mentor 15-3 2. (2) VASJ 14-2 3. (3) Richmond Heights 14-2 4. (4) Gilmour 14-3 5. (6) Lake Catholic 11-5 6. (5) Chagrin Falls 12-5 7. (NR) West Geauga 12-6 8. (7) Brush 12-5 9. (8) Kenst...
Football: Signing day ‘special’ for Damon Washington
Updated: 2/6/2013 11:58:47 PM EST
Damon Washington’s dream of playing Division I college football came true Wednesday afternoon. Kirtland’s talented two-way player signed a national letter of intent to play for Miami (Ohio). He ...
Wrestling: Perry records emotional regional final victory
Updated: 2/7/2013 12:01:23 PM EST
With a state berth on the line Wednesday night, the Perry wrestling team had plenty of motivation to perform. The return of Coach Dave Rowan, who’s been out with a month-long illness, only added to...
Wrestling: Kirtland falls to Keystone in Division III
Updated: 2/6/2013 11:55:37 PM EST
Kirtland ran into a team on fire in a Division III regional final of the state dual tournament. Once the Hornets fell behind, there wasn’t much they could do to climb back. Winning three of the 1...
Wrestling notes: Madison coach deems dual tournament 'big positive'
Updated: 2/6/2013 11:32:52 PM EST
It will take more than losing to the second-ranked team in the state to derail Madison’s strong finish to the season. Despite a 53-12 loss to Massillon Perry in a Division I regional final of the ...
Wrestling: Top of the Crop for Feb. 7
Updated: 2/6/2013 11:30:46 PM EST
1. (1) Perry 11-0 2. (2) Lake Catholic 10-4 3. (3) Madison 8-4 4. (4) Mentor 6-7 5. (6) South 3-4 6. (5) Riverside 3-6 7. (8) Kenston 8-5 8. (9) Kirtland 9. (7) Euclid 17-6 10. (10) Cardinal ...
Boys basketball: Lake states D-II case with win over US (with video)
Updated: 2/6/2013 12:44:57 AM EST
Remember back in early November when presidential candidates made their final cases to voters with a flurry of tide-turning appearances in hopes of gaining an edge on election day? Lake Catholic bo...
National signing day: News-Herald area commitments list
Updated: 2/6/2013 12:42:31 AM EST
The following is a list of News-Herald area athletes who will sign national letters of intent Wednesday. Additions to this list can be emailed to Sports@News-Herald.com and will be published in Thu...
Girls basketball: State poll
Updated: 2/6/2013 12:42:01 AM EST
How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school girls basketball teams in the second of seven weekly Associated Press polls, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and to...
Girls basketball: Top of the Crop for Feb. 6
Updated: 2/6/2013 12:41:37 AM EST
1. (1) Mentor 11-7 2. (2) Chagrin Falls 14-4 3. (4) Gilmour 18-2 4. (6) Kenston 15-4 5. (5) Euclid 15-4 6. (7) Mayfield 12-6 7. (9) Geneva 17-1 8. (3) Lake Catholic 10-9 9. (8)...
National signing day: Area football trio excited for future at Toledo (with video)
Updated: 2/6/2013 12:40:39 AM EST
Anyone who is at Lake Catholic on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. when John Stepec signs a national letter of intent shouldn't be surprised if they see Stepec pinch himself. The 6-foot-3, 250-pound defensiv...
National signing day: Area football trio excited for future at Toledo (with video)
Updated: 2/6/2013 12:40:15 AM EST
Anyone who is at Lake Catholic on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. when John Stepec signs a national letter of intent shouldn't be surprised if they see Stepec pinch himself. The 6-foot-3, 250-pound defensiv...
Girls basketball notes: Hawken encouraged by 13-5 mark
Updated: 2/6/2013 12:39:36 AM EST
Hawken senior Jessica Waters has been with Coach Patty Hace since she took over the program four years ago. Over the years, Waters said the team's chemistry has been continually improving. This yea...
Hockey blog: Parity reigns in Baron Cup I, Kent District
Updated: 2/5/2013 1:03:35 AM EST
Since Jan. 26 heading into Baron Cup I, the following occurred in the Red North West: St. Ignatius defeated Shaker Heights but lost to St. Edward. St. Edward defeated Lake Catholic and St. Ignatius...
Monday's high school roundup
Updated: 2/5/2013 1:02:42 AM EST
BOYS BASKETBALL -- Villa Angela-St. Joseph ascended to the No. 1 spot in the Associated Press Division IV state basketball poll. The Vikings (13-2) earned four more first-place votes than they did ...
Boys basketball: State poll for Feb. 5
Updated: 2/5/2013 12:55:22 AM EST
BOYS BASKETBALL Associated Press state poll How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school boys basketball teams in the fifth of seven weekly Associated Press polls, by ...
Swimming: Sectional meets hits pools this week
Updated: 2/5/2013 12:23:45 AM EST
In what has become a tradition in this space around this time of year, let’s take a look at the upcoming sectional meets and all the information you need to prepare for the road to Canton: The bigg...
Chris Lillstrung: Celebrating area history at the state swim meet
Updated: 2/5/2013 12:20:08 PM EST
It may not sound revolutionary in this fast-moving digital age, but preserving history is fun. Instead of allowing trophies, medals and team pictures to gather dust in school lobbies around the area ...
Boys basketball: Mentor defeats Cleveland Heights in battle of former LEL foes
Updated: 2/3/2013 1:17:56 AM EST
Mentor’s boys basketball team is usually good for two game-changing runs or more every time they play. If the first flurry doesn’t put the game out of reach, the second usually does the trick. B...
Hockey: West Geauga wins first ever conference title
Updated: 2/2/2013 11:03:33 PM EST
No News-Herald area hockey program was more overdue for a celebratory dogpile than West Geauga. In their 12 seasons all-time prior to this campaign, the Wolverines had more mercy-rule losses (47) tha...
Wrestling: Madison wins third straight PAC title
Updated: 2/2/2013 11:45:33 PM EST
Going into the finals of the Premier Athletic Conference tournament, not only were host Madison and South atop the team standings, but four head-to-head matchups in title bouts would likely decide the...
Friday's high school roundup
Updated: 2/2/2013 12:36:38 AM EST
BOYS BASKETBALL -- Ian Illig scored 13 points and Perry (9-6) beat Edgewood (11-6), 54-52, on the road. Cale Burdyshaw scored 11 and Anthony Keipert added nine for the Pirates. -- Mayfield (5-10...
Boys basketball: West Geauga defeats Kenston, forcing three-way tie in CVC (with video)
Updated: 2/2/2013 12:35:59 AM EST
Down the stretch they come in the CVC Chagrin Division race. Leading by a nose is ... Wow, good question. Because of West Geauga's 49-42 win over visiting Kenston, the Chagrin Division is a d...
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Boys basketball: South stops US' PAC win streak (with video)
Updated: 2/2/2013 12:35:02 AM EST
University's undefeated Premier Athletic Conference record meant little to South on Friday night. The Rebels were more concerned with taking care of their own business. They may have started the se...
Boys basketball: Top of the Crop for Feb. 1
Updated: 1/31/2013 11:46:00 PM EST
1. (1) Mentor 13-3 2. (2) VASJ 13-2 3. (3) Richmond Heights 13-2 4. (5) Gilmour 12-3 5. (10) Chagrin Falls 11-4 6. (4) Lake Catholic 9-5 7. (7) Brush 10-4 8. (8) Kenston 12-4 9, (NR) Benedicti...
Boys basketball notebook: Hornets are exceeding expectations
Updated: 1/31/2013 11:45:02 PM EST
The Kirtland boys basketball team has bided its time for the past few seasons, playing second fiddle to Berkshire in the Valley Division of the Chagrin Valley Conference. Now that the Hornets are in ...
Wrestling: State duals tournament gets thumbs up from area coaches and wrestlers
Updated: 1/31/2013 11:42:55 PM EST
Wrestling has always been a sport teetering between the value of the individual and the collective. A match pits two athletes, alone on the mat, against each other in one of the most physically dema...
Wrestling: Perry beats Lake Catholic to advance in state duals
Updated: 1/31/2013 1:03:56 AM EST
It was one of the most anticipated matchups in area wrestling — and it almost didn't happen. Both Perry and Lake Catholic had to hold on to late leads during the second week of the state dual tou...
Wrestling: Euclid's seniors have program on the rise
Updated: 1/30/2013 11:36:57 PM EST
For every local team with state-title aspirations, both team and individual, there are a dozen others struggling low in the standings, low in numbers, intent on improvement. Euclid has a full lineu...
Wrestling: Top of the Crop for Jan. 31
Updated: 1/30/2013 11:36:09 PM EST
1. (1) Perry 10-0 2. (2) Lake Catholic 10-4 3. (5) Madison 8-3 4. (3) Mentor 6-7 5. (4) Riverside 3-6 6. (6) South 3-4 7. (8) Euclid 17-6 8. (7) Kenston 8-5 9. (NR) Kirtland ...
Girls basketball: Mayfield ends Lake Catholic's five-game winning streak
Updated: 1/30/2013 11:33:56 PM EST
Mayfield put an end to Lake Catholic's longest winning streak of the season Wednesday night. The Wildcats played with heart and intensity, which the Cougars lacked, in a 57-46 decision between two ...
Hockey: St. Edward defense impressive in win over Lake Catholic
Updated: 1/30/2013 11:29:56 PM EST
Coaches have long talked about the effect Lake Catholic's ice slot for league games in the middle of the week can have — not to mention the quality of the product they see on the home bench. The ...
Boys basketball: West Geauga puts pressure on to beat NDCL
Updated: 1/30/2013 12:31:25 PM EST
West Geauga followed a simple game plan on Tuesday night against Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin. The Wolverines wanted to pressure the Lions on defense, rotate players in on the Lions’ top scorer Danie...
Boys basketball: Spartans sky over Skippers
Updated: 1/30/2013 12:32:09 PM EST
The self-proclaimed “Four Horsemen” of the Richmond Heights boys basketball team are still waiting for the day they all click at the same time. They are working toward that perfect game from top ...
Girls basketball notes: Spartan appreciates game more after suffering concussion
Updated: 1/30/2013 12:23:45 AM EST
Andrielle Hogan, Richmond Heights’ lone senior, has faced her share of health issues this season. The four-year starter suffered a concussion on Dec. 7 in a 67-46 loss to Beachwood. She sat out 10 ...
Girls basketball: Top of the Crop for Jan. 31
Updated: 1/30/2013 12:22:07 AM EST
1 (2) Mentor 12-6 2 (1) Chagrin Falls 12-4 3 (3) Lake Catholic 9-8 4 (4) Gilmour 15-2 5 (6) Euclid 14-3 6 (5) Kenston 12-4 7 (7) Mayfield 9-6 8 (8) North 11-6 9 (9) Geneva 15-1 10 (10) Kirtla...
Harvey forfeits two victories
Updated: 1/30/2013 12:18:57 AM EST
The Harvey boys basketball team has forfeited its two victories this season for the use of an ineligible player, the school reported on Tuesday. Athletic Director Seth Hartmann said it came to the at...
Swimming notes: Euclid girls win first league title since 1997
Updated: 1/29/2013 12:43:06 AM EST
The Euclid girls were already aware of what was at stake well before they ventured south for the Lake Erie League meet this past weekend. Panthers coach John Elliott, sensing this group may have a ...
John Kampf: Random thoughts after Dunk 4 Diabetes showcase
Updated: 1/29/2013 12:42:30 AM EST
Random thoughts in the days following the second annual Dunk 4 Diabetes Shootout, which was held Saturday and Sunday at Walsh University. -- Yes, Mentor, Villa Angela-St. Joseph and Richmond Height...
Kenston's Richards commits to Toledo; North-South rosters released
Updated: 1/29/2013 12:42:05 AM EST
The University of Toledo football program notched an impressive hat trick on Monday when Darryl Richards, a multi-sport athlete at Kenston, gave his verbal commitment to the Rockets. Richards' pled...
Hockey blog: Mayfield sets sights on Baron Cup III
Updated: 1/29/2013 12:41:36 AM EST
Mayfield is no stranger to taking home league hardware in its longtime role as the News-Herald area standard bearer in Blue Division hockey. Yet even by their high standards, the Wildcats' run through...
Boys basketball: AP state poll for Jan. 29
Updated: 1/29/2013 12:40:53 AM EST
How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school boys basketball teams in the fourth of seven weekly Associated Press polls, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and tot...
Monday's high school roundup
Updated: 1/29/2013 12:40:23 AM EST
GIRLS BASKETBALL n Lauren Blasinsky and Mallory Garred each scored 11 points to lead visiting South to a 35-32 win over Kirtland. Alicia Ponzani scored eight points for the Hornets (13-4). Ka...
Area high school athletes learn social media lessons from Manti Te'o episode
Updated: 1/29/2013 12:39:48 AM EST
If you don't know them, move on. That's the way two of the area's highest-profile student-athletes look at things when trying to relate to the situation facing former Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te...
Football: NDCL's Byron Morgan retires as a head coach
Updated: 1/29/2013 12:39:24 AM EST
After a 33-year career as a head football coach, Coach Byron Morgan retired from coaching on Monday. At least from the head-coaching part of the profession. A member of the University of Findlay...
Boys basketball: Mentor comes up short in upset bid vs. Huntington Prep
Updated: 1/27/2013 12:36:07 PM EST
NORTH CANTON — Mentor’s boys basketball didn’t go to the Dunk 4 Diabetes for a moral victory. Unfortunately for the Cardinals, that’s what they’ll have to settle for. Xavier Rathan-Mayes s...
Boys basketball: VASJ, Richmond Heights win at Dunk 4 Diabetes
Updated: 1/26/2013 11:17:37 PM EST
NORTH CANTON — It's called overtime. It should have been called "Flannigan Time" on Saturday at Walsh University. VASJ senior Demonte Flannigan had 14 points and 9 rebounds and according to hi...
Swimming: Madison boys, girls win PAC titles
Updated: 1/26/2013 11:15:58 PM EST
Madison is well aware of how long never can feel when it comes to securing a Premier Athletic Conference title. Saturday during the third annual PAC meet at University, the Blue Streaks ensured how of...
Girls basketball: Mentor loses to defending state champion Twinsburg
Updated: 1/26/2013 11:16:27 PM EST
It’s not easy to be Mentor when it has to play defending Division I state champion Twinsburg at home on parents’ night. For the second time this season, the Cardinals were badly beaten by the Tig...
Hockey: Early surge overwhelms Lancers
Updated: 1/26/2013 12:04:20 AM EST
Two of Gilmour’s usual staples are sturdy defensive-zone work and an opportunistic power play. Neither, unfortunately for the Lancers, were on display Friday night. In contrast on the other bench,...
Friday's high school roundup
Updated: 1/25/2013 11:55:42 PM EST
BOYS BASKETBALL * Richmond Heights will play Warren JFK today at 12:30 p.m. in the Dunk 4 Diabetes Shootout at Walsh University. The Spartans were originally scheduled to play Gateway (Pa.), but the ...
Boys basketball: University defeats Madison to remain unbeaten in PAC
Updated: 1/25/2013 11:50:08 PM EST
Madison felt a little beat up and overmatched by University Friday night. The Preppers played like a cohesive group and never let the Blue Streaks get into a rhythm in a 68-55 Premier Athletic Confer...
Boys basketball: Mentor easily handles Mayfield
Updated: 1/25/2013 11:48:01 PM EST
Many of the benchmarks for Mentor’s basketball success fell into place Friday night at Mayfield — a tempo to the Cardinals’ liking, high scoring, good transition, and an effective pressure defen...
Wrestling: Lake Catholic edges Madison in final match
Updated: 1/26/2013 12:55:29 PM EST
When a dual is decided in the final match, it’s usually 285-pounders throwing their weight around the mat. When Lake Catholic and Madison, two of the top teams in the area, met on Friday night, the ...
Boys basketball: Chagrin Falls snaps Kenston's 39-game CVC win streak
Updated: 1/26/2013 12:56:21 PM EST
The longest conference winning streak is over. Thanks in large part to a staunch defensive effort that held Kenston scoreless for the first 7 minutes, 35 seconds of the fourth quarter, Chagrin Falls ...
Lakeside football hires Chardon assistant Hall
Updated: 1/25/2013 10:32:47 PM EST
Frank Hall is headed home. An assistant on the Chardon football staff for the past several years, and the man considered a hero for his role in a shooting at Chardon high school last winter, confirme...
Journey to 600: Bob Beutel on the verge of lofty milestone
Updated: 1/25/2013 12:55:13 PM EST
When Bob Beutel was in ninth grade, he did a report on what he wanted to be when he grew up. In the report, he wrote about how he wanted to be a teacher and a coach. Little did he know one day he wo...
Boys basketball: Madison enjoying turnaround season
Updated: 1/25/2013 12:44:40 AM EST
If it seems like Madison boys basketball coach Pat Moran is smiling more this season than last season, that’s because he is. The Blue Streaks struggled to a 6-15 record last year, a trek Moran admi...
Boys basketball: Top of the Crop for Jan. 25
Updated: 1/25/2013 12:42:22 AM EST
(Before Thursday's games) 1. (1) Mentor 12-2 2. (2) VASJ 11-2 3. (3) Richmond Heights 11-2 4. (4) Lake Catholic 8-4 5. (6) Gilmour 11-3 6. (5) NDCL 10-4 7. (7) Brush 10-3 8. (8) Kenston 10-3 ...
Girls basketball: Lake Catholic beats Kenston for fourth straight win
Updated: 1/24/2013 1:02:22 AM EST
The tough schedule Lake Catholic plays is starting to pay off. The Cougars, who were coming off a win over Gilmour on Saturday, faced another competitive nonconference opponent on the road in Kenst...
Hockey: Lake Catholic breaks through against University
Updated: 1/24/2013 1:01:19 AM EST
Lake Catholic knows exactly how long it's been that it's had an issue getting over on University. "One kid last year told me," Cougars coach Ryan Okicki said, "I asked him my first year, ‘What wa...
Wrestling: Top of the Crop for Jan. 24
Updated: 1/24/2013 12:59:38 AM EST
1. (1) Perry 5-0 2. (2) Lake Catholic 7-3 3. (4) Mentor 4-6 4. (5) Riverside 3-4 5. (3) Madison 5-2 6. (6) South 3-4 7. (7) Kenston 7-3 8. (8) Euclid 7-3 9. (9) North 10. (1...
Wrestling: Mentor, Riverside win first dual tournament matches
Updated: 1/24/2013 12:58:56 AM EST
January isn't a normally a month with any make-or-break matches, but wrestling's new addition has shaken up the schedule. Mentor and Riverside made the most of their first appearances in the new st...
Wrestling notes: Riverside's Evan Rosborough wins at Top Gun
Updated: 1/24/2013 12:58:33 PM EST
Three local teams competed in one of the toughest tournaments of the week, so tough that only one of them could crack the top 15. Behind champion Evan Rosborough (220 pounds), Riverside finished in...
boys basketball: Chagrin Falls extends win streak to six (with video)
Updated: 1/23/2013 12:24:23 AM EST
It appears as though the Chagrin Falls boys basketball team chose the correct path when it came to a fork in the road in late December. The Tigers had just lost their third contest in a four-game s...
Girls basketball: State poll
Updated: 1/23/2013 12:23:01 AM EST
How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school girls basketball teams in the third of seven weekly Associated Press polls, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and tot...
Berkshire's Julie Cole to be inducted into OATCCC hall of fame
Updated: 1/23/2013 12:22:17 AM EST
When Julie Cole was diagnosed with breast cancer, she told her doctors two things in her life were non-negotiable. She wasn't going to give up coaching at Berkshire High School, and she wasn't goin...
Girls basketball notes: Coach focused on Brush rebuild
Updated: 1/23/2013 12:21:46 AM EST
When Kevin Glenn took over the program at Brush, he was given explicit instructions by South Euclid-Lyndhurst Superintendent Linda Reid on what to do. Reid asked Glenn to make the Arcs a strong academ...
Football: Mentor's Short commits to Lehigh
Updated: 1/23/2013 12:21:01 AM EST
Brandon Short has been part of some extraordinary happenings on the football field in his young life. The senior center from Mentor's successful football program might have topped them all on Tuesd...
Girls basketball: Top of the Crop for Jan. 23
Updated: 1/23/2013 12:20:30 AM EST
1. (3) Chagrin Falls 11-3 2. (2) Mentor 8-5 3. (5) Lake Catholic 7-8 4. (1) Gilmour 14-2 5. (4) Kenston 11-3 6. (NR) Euclid 9-4 7. (6) Mayfield 8-5 8. (8) North 9-6 9. (9) Gene...
Bowling: Fairport beats 12-team field in tournament
Updated: 1/22/2013 12:43:05 AM EST
The Fairport bowling team has dreams of a state championship this season. If the Skippers were looking for some momentum and adrenaline to help them in their drive for alley glory, they got it on Mon...
Cory Schuett: End of Brakeman Report is a big deal
Updated: 1/22/2013 12:41:56 AM EST
In wrestling circles, the end of January is one of the more anticipated times of the season. The Brakeman Report is met with an almost Christmas-like eagerness, as local wrestlers look to see where th...
High school boys basketball: State poll for Jan. 22
Updated: 1/22/2013 12:39:37 AM EST
State poll How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school boys basketball teams in the third of seven weekly Associated Press polls, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost rec...
Swimming: Chagrin freshman has quick turnaround
Updated: 1/22/2013 12:35:09 AM EST
One underrated art to balancing a full slate of events at an invitational is a quick turnaround. It probably doesn’t get much more challenging than the turnaround from a distance event in the 500-y...
Swimming: Hawken boys, girls sweep CVC meet
Updated: 1/20/2013 12:14:20 PM EST
A seemingly endless row of folding chairs lined the pool deck Saturday during the Chagrin Valley Conference meet at Hawken. If a game of musical chairs broke out, only one school was winning that rac...
Boys basketball: Mentor finds another option for its offense
Updated: 1/20/2013 12:14:46 PM EST
A few years back, Mentor boys basketball coach Bob Krizancic thought he had young Michael Gallagher figured out. The last handful of games has forced Krizancic to reassess the situation. With a game...
Girls basketball: Kirtland pulls away from Harvey, is undefeated in CVC
Updated: 1/20/2013 12:15:08 PM EST
In its quest to win the Chagrin Valley Conference Valley Division title outright, Kirtland put together a complete game at home against Harvey Saturday afternoon. The Hornets led from start to finish...
Friday's high school roundup
Updated: 1/19/2013 1:15:56 AM EST
BOYS BASKETBALL -- West Geauga won a wild CVC Chagrin affair over Perry, 56-54, in three overtimes. With the Wolverines (8-4, 5-1 CVC) up, 55-54, in the third overtime, Gino Iacampo made 1 of 2 ...
Boys basketball: Richmond Heights holds off Cardinal
Updated: 1/19/2013 1:15:25 AM EST
If Richmond Heights ends up making a deep run in the tournament, it might look back on Friday night as a major stepping stone. The Spartans built a double-digit lead by the third quarter but saw it...
Boys basketball: Lake Catholic clutch late in win over rival NDCL (with videos)
Updated: 1/19/2013 1:14:31 AM EST
The Lake Catholic boys basketball team has learned quite a bit about itself this season. Chief among those things learned might be this: If it's a close game and the Cougars need a big shot (or two...
Boys basketball: University improves to 9-0 in PAC with victory over North (with video)
Updated: 1/19/2013 1:16:46 AM EST
University’s Curtis Black knew he had to step up to fill in for starting point guard De’Andre Austin, who was sidelined with mononucleosis for a third straight game. He didn’t disappoint. ...
Boys basketball: Mentor defeats Brunswick, 69-63
Updated: 1/19/2013 1:12:35 AM EST
It was uncomfortably close, there were plenty of mental and physical mistakes, and the ball did not fall through the hoop as often as it has in the past. Still, a win is a win, and Mentor will take...
Boys basketball: Top of the Crop for Jan. 18
Updated: 1/18/2013 12:35:39 AM EST
1. (1) Mentor 10-2 2. (2) VASJ 10-2 3. (3) Richmond Heights 10-2 4. (7) Lake Catholic 7-3 5. (5) NDCL 9-3 6. (6) Gilmour 10-3 7. (4) Brush 10-3 8. (10) Kenston 10-3 9. (8) Univ...
Boys basketball: Wickliffe's Nobbe is back on the court after illness
Updated: 1/18/2013 12:35:09 AM EST
No one has to tell Ethan Nobbe this is the cold-and-flu season. The leading scorer on Wickliffe’s boys basketball team had that point driven home rather harshly in December 2011, an experience he...
Boys basketball: Wickliffe's Ethan Nobbe back where he wants to be - on the court
Updated: 1/18/2013 12:34:09 AM EST
No one has to tell Ethan Nobbe this is the cold-and-flu season. The leading scorer on Wickliffe's boys basketball team had that point driven home rather harshly in December 2011, an experience he's...
Football: Mentor's Brandon Fritts receives Big Ten offer
Updated: 1/17/2013 1:26:50 AM EST
National Signing Day for 2013 hasn’t even arrived yet, and Brandon Fritts is already making plans for the 2014 event. Mentor’s multi-talented junior receiver picked up a scholarship offer from th...
Girls basketball: Support off bench sparks Euclid in win over Madison
Updated: 1/17/2013 1:24:57 AM EST
To borrow a line from Alicia Keys’ song, Euclid’s Tomariah Whitner was a ‘Girl on Fire’ Wednesday night. The sophomore guard came off the bench and scored 18 points in a breakout game to lead...
Wrestling: Dual tournament starts next week
Updated: 1/17/2013 1:22:43 AM EST
This weekend will be the last before a new wrinkle in the wrestling schedule kicks in. Running concurrently with the remainder of the regular season will be the statewide dual tournament. The first r...
Wrestling: Top of the Crop for Jan. 17
Updated: 1/17/2013 1:21:53 AM EST
1. (1) Perry 4-0 2. (2) Lake Catholic 6-3 3. (3) Madison 4-2 4. (4) Mentor 3-6 5. (5) Riverside 2-4 6. (7) South 1-3 7. (6) Kenston 5-2 8. (8) Euclid 6-2 9. (9) North 10. (NR) Cardinal Drop...
Girls basketball: Top of the crop for Jan. 16
Updated: 1/16/2013 1:04:40 AM EST
1. (1) Gilmour 13-1 2. (2) Mentor 9-4 3. (3) Chagrin Falls 10-3 4. (4) Kenston 10-2 5. (5) Lake Catholic 5-8 6. (6) Mayfield 8-5 7. (8) Chardon 11-2 8. (9) North 7-9 9. (10) Ge...
Girls basketball notes: Return coach has believers in NDCL
Updated: 1/16/2013 1:03:27 AM EST
Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin's program started a new tradition this year. Varsity players attend freshmen and junior varsity games and the freshmen and junior varsity do the same. It's helped the tea...
Boys basketball: VASJ dominates Brush, 93-47
Updated: 1/16/2013 1:02:48 AM EST
VASJ coach Babe Kwasniak was getting ready to leave his house last Saturday for his team's game against Dalton when he received a call from assistant coach Dale Thomas. The Vikings were coming off ...
Tuesday's high school roundup
Updated: 1/16/2013 1:01:00 AM EST
BOYS BASKETBALL -- Junior guard Ben Meola made five 3-pointers on his way to a 21-point game, and visiting Lake Catholic earned a 63-48 victory over South (2-9). Harry Chakirelis paced the Rebels w...
girls basketball: Perry pulls away from NDCL in overtime
Updated: 1/15/2013 1:15:09 AM EST
Perry needed a hot hand in overtime against Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin, and Kayla Cool gave her team just that. The 5-foot-9 junior forward scored 10 of her game-high 16 points in OT to lead the Pi...
Theresa Neuhoff Audia: There are many ways to keep yourself motivated
Updated: 1/15/2013 1:14:16 AM EST
I've been looking for ways to keep myself motivated to work out in the middle of winter. Sometimes I'll step outside to take a run and wonder what the heck I'm doing in the ice and snow. But aft...
Saturday's high school roundup
Updated: 1/13/2013 12:40:46 AM EST
GIRLS BASKETBALL * Junior guard Alexa Knezevic made a school-record seven 3-pointers on her way to 24 points as visiting Kirtland (10-3, 6-0) beat Fairport (6-7, 1-5), in the CVC. * Senior guard Bec...
Wrestling: Lake edges Rebels
Updated: 1/13/2013 12:38:58 AM EST
South coach Guy Trinetti doesn’t like to talk about moral victories, but a close loss to Lake Catholic has the Rebels feeling a little bit better about the direction of their season. With a 37-30 l...
Boys basketball: Mentor makes 22 3-pointers in rout of North
Updated: 1/13/2013 1:00:42 AM EST
Joe Montanaro didn’t need a scorebook, or a Mentor boys basketball record book for that matter, in his hands to know what had just happened. Trudging out of his team’s locker room Saturday night ...
Boys basketball: Hot start propels Madison over South
Updated: 1/12/2013 12:15:28 AM EST
Any PAC coach would be happy to see his team to get off to a good start in a road conference game. Spot his team an early lead, and you can be sure that he will gladly take it. Madison coach Pat Mo...
Boys basketball: Mentor goes to the basket for key NOC win over Garfield Heights
Updated: 1/12/2013 12:03:45 AM EST
Mentor coach Bob Krizancic didn’t spare the superlatives after his Cardinals put the finishing touches on Friday’s 76-63 victory at Garfield Heights. “This was huge, one of the most important...
Friday's high school roundup
Updated: 1/12/2013 12:06:28 PM EST
BOYS BASKETBALL * Senior Ryan Greenwood made two free throws with 8 seconds remaining to give visiting Fairport (5-4, 2-2) a 61-60 CVC crossover victory over Hawken (2-8). Tyson Lautanen paced the Sk...
Wrestling: West Geauga is in transition mode
Updated: 1/11/2013 11:42:07 PM EST
West Geauga is going through a rebuilding process to a degree that’s not seen too often in high school athletics. For the second season in a row, there are no seniors on the team. It’s not some r...
Boys basketball: VASJ reduces turnovers to clinch win
Updated: 1/12/2013 12:08:34 PM EST
For three quarters on Friday night, the Villa Angela-St. Joseph boys basketball team struggled to take care of the ball. Once the Vikings solved their turnover problem, things ran a lot more smooth. ...
Boys basketball: Hilltoppers can't stop Rangers
Updated: 1/11/2013 11:34:38 PM EST
Chardon may not have defeated North, but the Hilltoppers have definitely improved since the first time the Premier Athletic Conference teams met in early December. On Friday night, the visiting Range...
Academic All-Ohio football announced
Updated: 1/11/2013 1:27:18 AM EST
Chagrin Falls and Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin were among the top teams this past fall in area football. As impressive as the Tigers' 11-2 season and the Lions' 8-3 season were on the gridiron, the w...
Football: News-Herald Senior Bowl date announced
Updated: 1/11/2013 1:26:45 AM EST
The News-Herald Senior Bowl, an all-star football game showcasing the area's top seniors, is set for June 21 at 7 p.m. at Mentor's Jerome T. Osborne. Rosters and coaches for the game will be announ...
Boys basketball: Top of the Crop for Jan. 11
Updated: 1/11/2013 1:25:27 AM EST
1. (1) Mentor 8-2 2. (3) VASJ 7-2 3. (2) Richmond Heights 7-2 4. (6) Brush 9-2 5. (5) NDCL 8-2 6. (8) Gilmour 9-2 7. (4) Lake Catholic 5-3 8. (7) University 8-2 9, (10) North 6...
Boys basketball notes: Harvey turning things around
Updated: 1/11/2013 1:24:46 AM EST
In a lot of ways, the Harvey boys basketball was starting over from scratch this season. A new coaching staff, a new philosophy and a youthful varsity roster meant that possibility for a slow start...
Wrestling: Mentor wins 11 of 13 vs. Mayfield
Updated: 1/11/2013 1:27:27 AM EST
Three weeks ago, with Mentor struggling to put wins together, Coach Jim Capel said he needed to start using his master's degree in sports psychology to help the team get back on track. As far as ps...
Wednesday's high school roundup
Updated: 1/10/2013 12:17:57 AM EST
GIRLS BASKETBALL * Visiting Kenston opened up a 15-point lead in the third quarter on its way to a 51-35 CVC Chagrin Division victory over West Geauga. Senior Catherine Rachek had 13 points for the B...
Baseball: Mentor's Taylor to be inducted in OHSBCA Hall of Fame
Updated: 1/10/2013 12:13:35 AM EST
When Len Taylor joined Andy Thompson’s baseball staff at Mentor in 1987, his only goal was to help lead the Cardinals to a state championship. He will continue that pilgrimage this spring as a hall...
Wrestling: Top of the Crop for Jan. 10
Updated: 1/10/2013 12:11:09 AM EST
1. (1) Perry 2-0 2. (2) Lake Catholic 4-3 3. (3) Madison 3-2 4. (4) Mentor 2-6 5. (5) Riverside 2-4 6. (6) Kenston 6-1 7. (8) South 2-1 8. (7) Euclid 5-2 9. (10) North 10. (9) Geneva 2-3 Wat...
Wrestling notes: Madison has come on strong
Updated: 1/10/2013 12:09:50 AM EST
Madison came out of the gate a little slow, but the Blue Streaks have bounced back admirably so far in the middle stretch of the season. Losses to Perry, Mentor and Riverside — all among the top te...
Girls basketball: Cardinals storm past Blue Streaks in second half (with video)
Updated: 1/10/2013 12:07:15 AM EST
Heading into the locker room after a nondescript first half, Mentor needed somebody to step up. The Cardinals had a lead on Madison, but the Blue Streaks were sticking a little too close for comfort....
Tuesday's high school roundup (with pictures from Harvey-Aurora boys basketball)
Updated: 1/9/2013 1:24:06 AM EST
BOYS BASKETBALL -- Brandon Dawson had another big double-double with 35 points and 16 rebounds and Chris Oakley had 20 points and four assists as host Brush staved off Strongsville, 84-79, in doubl...
Boys basketball: Third-quarter spurt sparks Kirtland (with video)
Updated: 1/9/2013 1:22:11 AM EST
It took two quarters, but once Kirtland started playing its style of basketball, the Hornets were hard to stop at home on Tuesday night. Visiting Berkshire took an early lead at halftime, but the H...
Boys basketball: NDCL edges University (with video)
Updated: 1/9/2013 1:21:18 AM EST
The last thing Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin needed heading into a huge North Coast League showdown against Akron Hoban on Friday was a two-game losing streak. A lackluster 49-39 loss to Padua last Fr...
Girls basketball: Top of the crop for Jan. 9
Updated: 1/9/2013 1:19:27 AM EST
1. (1) Gilmour 10-1 2. (2) Mentor 7-4 3. (3) Chagrin Falls 8-3 4. (4) Kenston 8-2 5. (5) Lake Catholic 4-7 6. (6) Mayfield 7-5 7. (8) Madison 9-1 8. (9) Chardon 9-2 9. (10) Nor...
Girls basketball notes: Euclid eyes continued improvement
Updated: 1/9/2013 1:19:01 AM EST
It's midway through the season, and Euclid is on pace to improve on last year's 10-12 record. The Panthers are off to an 8-3 start (5-1 in the Lake Erie League). With just two returning starters in...
Girls basketball: State poll for 1-8
Updated: 1/8/2013 12:16:24 AM EST
How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school girls basketball teams in the first of seven weekly Associated Press polls, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and tot...
Boys Basketball: State poll for 1-8
Updated: 1/8/2013 12:14:15 AM EST
BOYS BASKETBALL State poll How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school boys basketball teams in the first of seven weekly Associated Press polls, by OHSAA divisions, ...
Hockey: Kenston encouraged by 7-2 stretch
Updated: 1/8/2013 12:10:17 AM EST
Although its league standing leaves something to be desired, Kenston has every reason to be pleased with a solid run since the middle of December. The Bombers are 7-2 since Dec. 15, including a 4-0 r...
Swimming notes: Madison girls aiming for PAC
Updated: 1/8/2013 12:08:04 AM EST
Even though it’s only a little more than a week into 2013, thoughts of the Premier Athletic Conference meet aren’t too far off for some area squads — particularly the Madison girls. The Blue St...
Saturday's high school roundup
Updated: 1/6/2013 1:13:41 AM EST
BOYS BASKETBALL -- Tim Ludlow scored 32 points, including a basket while getting fouled with 1.4 seconds left in overtime to propel host Berkshire past Fairport, 61-59, in a CVC Valley Division thr...
Boys basketball: Gilmour heats up to beat Edgewood (with video)
Updated: 1/6/2013 1:13:13 AM EST
A major part of a shooter's mentality is confidence. The mindset, "If you're hot, shoot it. If you're not, shoot 'til you are" usually applies. So when Gilmour butchered its way to a 1-for-10 pe...
Boys basketball: Hawken embarks on 27-0 run to beat Wickliffe
Updated: 1/6/2013 1:12:25 AM EST
Things were definitely trending the wrong way for Hawken early in the third quarter of its CVC Metro Division matchup with visiting Wickliffe on Saturday. The Hawks were being outrebounded and had ...
Girls basketball: North hands Geneva its first loss (with video)
Updated: 1/6/2013 1:11:43 AM EST
North coach Paul Force gave his team a pep talk prior to its Premier Athletic Conference game against visiting Geneva on Saturday. He told them to forget about their early-season overtime loss on t...
Wrestling: Perry's three champs lead to Pin City victory
Updated: 1/6/2013 1:11:40 AM EST
It wasn't the most thrilling way to win a tournament, but that won't bother Perry. Heading into the heavyweight round of the Pin City Invitational, the host Pirates were ahead of Canfield in the te...
Friday's high school roundup
Updated: 1/5/2013 1:27:13 AM EST
BOYS BASKETBALL -- Demonte Flannigan scored 25 points to lead three Villa Angela-St. Joseph players in double figures, and the Vikings held a 13-point lead after the opening quarter of a 71-55 Nort...
Boys basketball: Shaker's defense overwhelms Mentor in fourth quarter
Updated: 1/5/2013 1:25:58 AM EST
Shaker Heights coach Danny Young was all smiles as he emerged from the visitor's locker room following a 72-66 win at Mentor on Friday. He had reason to be grinning ear-to-ear. His Raiders battl...
Football: South's Kareem Hunt commits to Toledo
Updated: 1/5/2013 1:23:34 AM EST
Most high school kids go out for pizza or a burger after playing a basketball game on Friday night. Kareem Hunt hosted his future college football coaches at his home and gave them his verbal commi...
Wrestling: Ransom, Schenk eye Pin City three-peat
Updated: 1/5/2013 1:22:55 AM EST
For Madison's Bo Ransom and Perry's Alec Schenk, the first day of the Pin City Invitational couldn't have gone much better. Both wrestlers from rival programs got three pins in their first three re...
Boys basketball: North staves off South in Civil War
Updated: 1/5/2013 1:20:51 AM EST
The old adage that records are thrown out the window for rivalry games never rang more true than during Friday night's first edition of this year's Civil War between North and South. The visiting R...
Hockey: Mentor yields two goals in opening minute of loss to Holy Name
Updated: 1/4/2013 9:50:05 PM EST
It went from a golden chance to ring in the calendar year in Red North East play against Holy Name to getting its bell rung quickly on Friday for Mentor. To be exact, 43 seconds. Troy Mazzera an...
Boys basketball notes: New-look Arcs settling in well
Updated: 1/3/2013 11:48:10 PM EST
Teams that lose 80 percent of their starting lineup are usually destined for a rebuilding season, aren’t they? Don’t tell that to Brush. Even though four of the five starters from last year’s...
Boys basketball: Top of the Crop
Updated: 1/3/2013 11:47:38 PM EST
1. (1) Mentor 8-1 2. (2) Richmond Heights 5-2 3. (3) VASJ 5-2 4. (4) Lake Catholic 5-2 5. (5) NDCL 7-1 6. (6) Brush 7-2 7. (8) University 6-1 8. (9) Gilmour 6-2 9. (7) Kenston 5-2 10. (NR) No...
Football: NDCL tight end A.J. Branisel commits to Tennessee
Updated: 1/2/2013 11:39:19 PM EST
A.J. Branisel started his new year by deciding where he will spend the next four years. The standout tight end from Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin on Wednesday gave his verbal commitment to play for th...
Wrestling: Top of the Crop for Jan. 3
Updated: 1/2/2013 11:38:13 PM EST
1. (1) Perry 2-0 2. (2) Lake Catholic 3-0 3. (3) Madison 3-2 4. (4) Mentor 1-2 5. (5) Riverside 1-2 6. (7) Kenston 2-0 7. (6) Euclid 5-2 8. (8) South 0-0 9. (10) Geneva 1-1 ...
Wrestling notes: Perry eighth at Brecksville, Lake's Tutolo takes first
Updated: 1/2/2013 11:37:22 PM EST
Perry continued its strong team performance to start the season, ending 2012 by finishing eighth at the Brecksville Holiday Tournament on Saturday. The Pirates had three wrestlers reach the podium:...
Girls basketball: Top of the crop for Jan. 2
Updated: 1/2/2013 12:23:44 AM EST
1. (2) Gilmour 10-1 2. (3) Mentor 7-3 3. (6) Chagrin Falls 7-3 4. (1) Kenston 6-2 5. (5) Lake Catholic 4-5 6. (4) Mayfield 6-3 7. (7) Geneva 9-0 8. (8) Madison 9-1 9. (9) Chard...
Girls basketball notes: College choices a team effort for Thomes
Updated: 1/2/2013 12:20:53 AM EST
Sophomore Division I recruits Hallie and Hannah Thome of Chagrin Falls have not made their college choices this year, but they are still going through the process with their older brother Jack Thome. ...