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Hupp Gulf recently opened in downtown Canton, featuring golf simulators, gourmet hot dogs and cocktails. The 19th Hole is now fully open in downtown Canton at the Mills Historic Tower, featuring elevated food and drinks. The 19th Hole's owner admits the business has been off to a slow start. CANTON...

NORTH CANTON — It was an evening of individual champions for Dover and New Philadelphia at the Division I district track and field meet at North Canton Hoover’s Memorial Stadium Friday evening. The Dover boys’ and girls’ teams each had an individual champion, and the New Philadelphia boys’...

ALLIANCE − The Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps will return this week to train at University of Mount Union. Most of the team, which includes 160 performers, moves in Thursday and will spend six weeks preparing for the 2024 season. There will be an estimated 250 people, including staff, involved in the Bluecoats.

On Deck: Winner advances to play the winner of (3) Walsh Jesuit and (13) Mayfield in a district final at Munson on May 23. For the Record: For the third season in a row, University advanced to the district round. And the second year in a row that one of its opponents is from the Federal League. Another banner season for the Preppers has been highlighted by a strong mix of players at the plate. Bruce Fielding leads the team with a .377 batting average and is followed by Aaron Moss (.368), Joey Zigman (.347), Riley Penn (.343), Deacon Nelson (.319) and Tucker Greer (.317). They’ve also combined for 101 of the Preppers’ 149 runs this season. Both Nelson and Greer also have a pair of home runs on the year. Moss and Penn have also translated that to the mound, as both have sub 1.50 ERAs and have been a dangerous 1-2 punch on the bump, with Tommy Blossom serving as very strong third option. Slater Schoaf has also been a strong arm out of the bullpen, racking up an area-high three saves on the season. … Hoover has been solid since a 2-2 start, including a season sweep of top-seeded Jackson. But the end of the season had the Vikings going up and down, going 5-4 in their last nine. Jake Donaldson has been strong at getting on bases (.517 average) while the likes of Mason Ashby (28 RBI) and Jack Andes (23 RBI) have been strong driving those runners in. But the consistency at the plate is a challenge Hoover will need to address to reach the district final. Andes (0.93 ERA) and Ashby (1.75 ERA) have also been the key names on the mound and that’s allowed the bats to take their time to adjust to the game. Andes has also been strong in relief with a pair of saves. The question is if the bats for the Vikings can get going early.

Canfield senior ace Malena Toth reached 800 career strikeouts and 60 wins during a 7-1 victory over Massillon Tuslaw on Saturday.

ORRVILLE — As Hailey Wood crossed the finish line Saturday, all she could do smile. Check that, with 50 meters to go in her 200-meter dash final, the Tuslaw sophomore had a grin from ear-to-ear. And who could blame her? ...

The Strasburg-Franklin Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Meadowbrook Colts at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Strasburg-Franklin comes in on 19 and Meadowbrook on six. Strasburg-Franklin is on a roll after...

The GlenOak Golden Eagles will head out on the road to face off against the Nordonia Knights at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday. GlenOak fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Hoover on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Vikings by a score of 5-4.