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Akron basketball score, recap vs. Muskingum. Zips dominate home opener
Dustin Ford made his regular-season home debut as the University of Akron men's basketball head coach on Monday, Nov. 9, when UA blew out Division III Muskingum 112-64. The Zips launched the Ford era in earnest when they won their 2026-27 season opener on the road, defeating Louisiana 75-61 on Nov. 2. Ford was previously a longtime assistant to coach John Groce , who left UA on March 30 to take control of the program at the College of Charleston . Ford's late father, Gene Ford, was a standout player and, later, a head coach at Muskingum. Gene Ford was also a legendary coach at Cambridge High School, where sons Geno and Dustin Ford played for him. Zips basketball column: Dustin Ford's path to helm of Akron provides perspective | Opinion Akron (2-0) versus Muskingum tipped off at 7:03 p.m. Nov. 9 at Rhodes Arena. Here is how the game unfolded through our updates: Akron defeats Muskingum 112-64 Akron extended its home winning streak to 32 games with its wire-to-wire victory over Muskingum. Point guard Tahj Staveskie led Akron with 22 points, followed by guard Ty Pence with 13 points. Forward Buddy Hammer Jr. led the Zips with 10 rebounds
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Six Akron-Area Teams Chase Regional Final Berths in Friday Playoff Semifinals
Six Akron-area high school football teams are one win from a regional championship game, and all six will play their Ohio High School Athletic Association regional semifinals at 7 p.m. on Friday, November 13, according to the pairings published by the Akron Beacon Journal. The six survivors — Hudson, Highland, Nordonia, Walsh Jesuit, Streetsboro and […]
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Aurora cross country fulfills dream, wins OHSAA state title: 'Is it real?'
OBETZ — Claire Jenkins stood alone on the state podium, as far as the Aurora girls were concerned, a year ago. The sophomore had company this year. Her twin sister, Evelyn, joined her. So did Audrey Miller, another Greenmen sophomore, as all three finished among the top 14 runners in Division II. Then the whole team joined to lift Portage County's first state championship trophy in cross country since 1998 — and the first in Aurora history. "It definitely did not feel real at first when people started saying that we got first place and I just really never imagined this like one year ago, just being state champions," Evelyn Jenkins said. "When I finally came to the realization, I was just so proud of everyone. We definitely worked so hard just in the summer and just this entire season, so this was amazing." Nothing came easily. Not for Miller, who ran well ahead of the pack for much of the season but faced a tight top group in Obetz. She suavely handled the crowd, finishing fourth in 17:49.5, an absurd jump from her 40th-place time of 19:13.3 on that same course a year ago. "I just knew at regionals
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Monday feature: Webb records latest milestones less than two weeks after his son’s first 800
NORTH CANTON — Roger Webb has never bowled a regular fall-winter league at Park Centre Lanes until this season. But the Stark County High School Bowling Conference and Stark County USBC Hall of Famer made his presence known Nov. 3 with the 24th career 800 series and 31st 300 game of his career — at the age of 60.
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PIRATES PLUNDER THEIR WAY INTO THE REGIONAL SEMIS
PERRY, OH — Another week, another statement from the Perry Pirates. The top-seeded Pirates continued their perfect season Friday night, flexing their muscles on both sides of the football in a dominant 37-0 victory over No. 9 Canton Central Catholic in the Division V, Region 17 quarterfinals. Perry wasted...
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LeBron James missed 83 days of fourth grade growing up in Akron; his foundation put $2 million into opening the I Promise School there
Years before he became one of the G.O.A.T.s, LeBron James was a kid with no stable home, no car to get him to class, and little reason to care about school.