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McKinley football has unfinished business with Mentor in playoff showdown
Unfinished business awaits the Canton McKinley High School football team in Mentor. And this business is long overdue for the Bulldogs . No. 7 seed McKinley travels to Jerome T. Osborne Senior Stadium to face No. 3 seed Mentor in a regional semifinal on Friday, Nov. 13. It's a rematch from last year . Same place. Same level. Watch Ohio High School Football Live on NFHS Network all year The Cardinals won last year's Division I, Region 1 third-round game in the most dramatic fashion, scoring a touchdown and converting a 2-point try with 20 seconds left to stun the Bulldogs 25-24. Mentor has served as the Grim Reaper for McKinley seasons, beating the Bulldogs in the playoffs each of the previous two years and five of the past eight. To second-year McKinley coach Renzy Parnell, Friday's game isn't about getting over some kind of mental hurdle against the Cardinals. "I don't hear it from our kids," Parnell said. "I don't sense it from our team. What I sense is last year. It's all about, hey, they stopped us last year. We've got to get this one back." McKinley returns many players from that game, including Kyelin West, who ran
Akron Leader Publications
Walsh tops Hoban; Highland advances
GREATER AKRON — Week two of the high school football playoffs are in the books with only two area teams advancing to semifinal games. The second meeting between Walsh Jesuit and Hoban was a little different compared to the first when Hoban beat Walsh 30-0 during the regular season. Out for revenge, Walsh Jesuit knocked Hoban out of the playoffs for the second year in a row. Walsh’s Kinzy Shea was 8-of-11 passing for 111 yards in the game, and Cam Brunson had five catches for 82 yards. Oliver Nonno also made field goals of 44 and 28 yards. It was Walsh’s defense that capitalized as Nathan Allen, Ben Biel, Xavier Steele and Drew Wollschleger all intercepted passes from Hoban quarterback Major Cribbs, who finished 10-of-26 passing for 130 yards and a touchdown. Hoban finishes the season 4-7, and Walsh Jesuit advances to play Nordonia at home in the Division II Region 5 semifinal game.
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McKinley Gets Another Shot at Mentor in Regional Semifinal Rematch Friday
The Canton McKinley Bulldogs travel to Mentor on Friday, Nov. 13, for a Division I, Region 1 regional semifinal that is a rematch of last year’s third-round game at the same stadium and the same stage of the playoffs, The Repository reported. No. 7 seed McKinley (9-3) faces No. 3 seed Mentor (9-2) at Jerome […]
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Perry State Champion Emma Shephard Signs to Wrestle at Kent State
Perry High School senior Emma Shephard is taking her wrestling career to the Division I level. Shephard signed her written offer of athletic aid on Wednesday to continue wrestling at Kent State University, celebrating the signing alongside her parents, Nick and Rachel Shephard, as well as family, coaches and classmates, Q92 Sports reported. Shephard heads […]
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Akron Children's Hospital 45th Annual Holiday Tree Festival kicks off the holiday season
Akron Children's Hospital is kicking off the holiday season with its 45th Annual Holiday Tree Festival. This year, the John S. Knight Center will be filled with nearly 150 trees and wreaths, all decorated by community volunteers. Susan Berk is the chair of this year's festival. She says the hospital...
Akron Leader Publications
Akron-Canton Airport breaks ground on aviation hangar, apron
GREEN — New aircraft apron space and market-rate hangar opportunities are coming to the Akron-Canton Airport (CAK) as a groundbreaking ceremony took place Nov. 2 for the $6.7 million project. According to airport officials, the project will provide infrastructure needed to support future development at the airport. With several...
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Moving from Cajun Field to the Cajundome
Now that the weather is dropping and the days are getting colder, it means everyone is starting to move indoors. And for the Cajuns, that means we are going from Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium to the Cajundome. The men’s basketball team kicked off their season at home with a...
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Akron’s Sugar Plum Tour Turns 25 With a 1911 Colonial Opened for a Good Cause
AKRON, Ohio — One year after Emily and Jeremiah Harding bought a 1911 brick colonial on Merriman Road that had sat on the market for nearly a year, the family is opening its doors to hundreds of strangers for a good cause: the house is one of five stops on the 25th annual Sugar Plum […]
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Green’s Lucia Sveda finishes fifth at cross country state tournament
OBETZ — Green High School senior Lucia Sveda finished fifth in the Division II cross country state tournament Nov. 7 at Fortress Obetz. Sveda beat her school record by 20 seconds as she finished with a time of 17:52, which beats her record of 18:10. Green Cross Country Coach...
Record-Courier
Portage County church planning clothing, diaper giveaway
St. Joseph Church in Mantua plans a free clothing and diaper giveaway for families in need from 9 a.m. to noon on Nov. 14. The church, at 11045 St. Joseph Blvd., will offer free clothing on the first first floor of the Parish Center (former school building). Free diapers will be distributed based on availability. No questions will be asked, but the giveaway is for families in need so it is requested that items not be taken for resale or for fundraising purposes. Attendees do not have to be Mantua residents. This article originally appeared on Record-Courier: Portage County church planning clothing, diaper giveaway
Medina County Gazette
Wadsworth sheep captured after 45 days on the loose
WADSWORTH — A 14-year-old girl and her horse helped end a weeks-long search for a sheep that had been roaming Wadsworth neighborhoods for 45 days. Reagan Crumpler used a rope to capture the sheep Wednesday with the help of her 18-year-old horse, Catalina. The sheep, a Barbados black-bellied named Gerri Reagan, was taken to Whispering Acres Farm Animal Sanctuary, where she is now receiving care.
Akron Leader Publications
Soap Box Derby adds two new members to its Young Professional Leadership Council
AKRON — The International Soap Box Derby has elected two new members to its Young Professional Leadership Council, established earlier this year to encourage current and former racers to support growth in the Soap Box Derby youth program. The new members are Johnathan Johnson, 19, of Boston, Va., and...