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The quarterback positions at Archbishop Hoban and Copley are open heading into the 2023 high school football season after each school's expected returning senior starter transferred. DaOne Owens left Copley during the winter and transferred to Massillon, and JacQai Long left Hoban at the end of the 2022-23 school year to transfer to...

The Akron RubberDucks are among eight minor league baseball and hockey teams splitting $30 million from the state to recover from losses suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ohio General Assembly appropriated the money, which came to the state from the federal American Rescue Plan Act. The grants are being administered through the Ohio Department of development.

Jon Rahm is having an adventurous final round of the Memorial Tournament. The 28-year-old bogeyed on each of Sunday's first three holes, but he turned the corner with a remarkable ninth-hole shot. Rahm found the hole from 159 yards out to secure an eagle. He put both arms in the air and ...

Now this is a story all about how the Akron RubberDucks were flipped-turned upside down, so please take a minute and sit right there and I’ll tell you how Akron honored “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air." On Saturday night, Double-A Akron hosted “All Out 90s” night with a...

AKRON, Ohio — What a weekend in Akron!. The OHSAA state softball championships were held at Firestone Stadium, and two Northeast Ohio teams took home titles. Tallmadge crushed No. 3 Canfield 9-0 in Division II, while top-ranked Strasburg-Franklin earned its second straight D-IV crown with an 8-2 victory over Hopewell-Loudon.

COLUMBUS — After watching Jesse Grace muster another last-minute rise up the podium, Garfield track and field coach Matt Pfleger coined a new nickname for his senior thrower. "The Heart Attack Kid." ...

The Washington Blue Lions baseball team is set to make an appearance in the Division II State Semifinal this Friday, June 9th. The No. 5 Blue Lions will go up against Ontario at 1:00 p.m. this Friday at Akron’s Canal Park. Washington is currently 27-1 with the Warriors holding...

A couple of kids from Akron, an Eastern Carolina connection and a chance meeting during a round of golf is giving some Akron Public Schools students additional resources for guidance and social capital. Harold Varner III, a professional golfer who was born in Akron and recently left the PGA Tour for LIV Golf...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – After crowning state champions in softball, lacrosse and track and field on Saturday, the Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the pairings for this week’s baseball state tournament at Canal Park in Akron. The state tournament begins Thursday morning at the home of the Akron RubberDucks, the Double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians.

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2021 River View High School graduate, Kelsey Hartsock competed in the women’s pole vault at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field National Championships in Pueblo, Colorado on May 27, for Walsh University. She competed against 20 other DII women’s pole vaulters from across the nation, where she...

Here are the nominees for the top plays in the OHSAA softball state tournament.

Kent State Golden Flashes Preview 2023: Previewing, predicting, and looking ahead to the season with what you need to know.

The Ohio baseball state tournament will be held at Canal Park in Akron from June 8-10

COLUMBUS — In the hottest temperatures of the year, Greater Akron athletes are competing in the Ohio High School Athletic Association state track and field meet. A number of Akron-area athletes headed to the meet Friday and Saturday with state championship aspirations. Competition began Friday morning in Division III and continues throughout in divisions I and II. ...

AKRON - For two weeks, Meg Henkle carried the Parkway softball team with her ability to strand baserunners and escape jams, but in the Division IV state semifinals on Friday, her luck ran out. The Panthers surrendered seven runs in the first two innings and couldn't answer as Hopewell-Loudon built...

The Tallmadge Blue Devils are the 2023 Division II softball state champions. Tallmadge won its eighth title Saturday afternoon with a dominating 9-0 win over Canfield at Firestone Stadium in Akron. The Blue Devils (26-8) took control of the game in the fourth inning with five runs and then scored four more runs in...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- “Shooting Stars” tells the true story of a young LeBron James, from his days as “just a kid from Akron, Ohio” to being proclaimed “The Chosen One” on the cover of Sports Illustrated at 17 years old. Filmed entirely in Northeast Ohio during the spring of 2022, the movie is now streaming exclusively on Peacock.

COLUMBUS — As the heavens opened and lightning, rain and even hail poured forth, four Portage County student-athletes waited for hours to compete in their final race of the state track and field meet. Was the wait worth it?. Yes. Definitely yes as Garfield freshman Conner Hunt, Mogadore freshman...

COLUMBUS — Conner Hunt's state debut was spectacular. No question about it. The lone competitor in the seated 800, the Garfield freshman could have coasted to his first title. Instead, Hunt...