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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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Highland’s Defense Swarms Brecksville in 31-7 Playoff Win Despite Wadle Injury
Highland’s defense spent three quarters bending and one quarter slamming the door. The top-seeded Hornets intercepted Brecksville three times in the fourth quarter, broke open a close game and beat the Bees 31-7 on Friday night in a Division II, Region 5 regional quarterfinal in Granger Township, according to the Akron Beacon Journal’s game recap. […]
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Akron Football Player Blasts The Entire Coaching Staff And All Of His Teammates In Scathing TikTok Video (As A Joke)
Omari Abor did it again. The redshirt senior defensive end at Akron criticized his entire coaching staff and his teammates during a scathing video on TikTok. He claims it was a “joke” and asks that you do not take “ts too serious please.” Even if that is true, Abor has a history of this kind […] The post Akron Football Player Blasts The Entire Coaching Staff And All Of His Teammates In Scathing TikTok Video (As A Joke) appeared first on BroBible.
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Unbeaten South Range rolls in regional semifinal
MEDINA, Ohio (WKBN) – South Range topped Lakeview, 3-1 (25-17, 25-21, 22-25, 25-19), in the OHSAA Division V Volleyball Regional Semifinals on Thursday night at Medina Senior High School. With the win, South Range remains unbeaten at 26-0 overall on the season. The Raiders now advance to face Orrville...
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Avon Routs Rhodes 38-8 Behind Three Sykora TD Passes to Open Playoffs
The two-time defending Division II state champions needed exactly one half to announce that their title defense is fully underway. Avon scored on a blocked punt, a short field after a strip sack, a long run, a field goal and two touchdown passes after takeaways to build a 38-0 halftime lead, and the Eagles beat […]
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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.
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Boys Regional Soccer: Avon gets early goal, makes it stand, heads back to Final Four
MACEDONIA — The celebration was subdued at the final buzzer of Sunday’s Division II regional final at Nordonia’s Boliantz Stadium. After all, Avon’s been here before. The defending Division II state champion Eagles are back in the Final Four after a 1-0 win over Lakewood to earn their third trip to the state tournament in the last six years.
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Baldwin Wallace Beats Mount Union 27-21 to End 30-Game Skid, Win OAC Title
Baldwin Wallace beat No. 13-ranked Mount Union 27-21 on Saturday, Nov. 7, at Kehres Stadium in Alliance, ending 30 consecutive losses to the Purple Raiders, claiming the Ohio Athletic Conference championship and locking up the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III playoffs. Baldwin Wallace University athletics and the University of Mount Union athletics […]