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Salem’s Murray runs to state title in the 200-meter dash

COLUMBUS — Following two weather delays on Saturday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus, the OHSAA state track and field meet was perhaps the quickest it has ever been run. It was so efficiently run that Chaya Murray was still standing atop the podium with her gold medal when the ...

Maplewood falls in state championship

AKRON — In front of what was possibly the entire population of Mecca Township, the Maplewood Rockets did what they have done in each of their last 30 trips to the diamond: Battle. Unfortunately for the Rockets, they couldn’t get the hits they needed, falling 3-0, to Portsmouth Notre Dame, ...

Missed opportunities cost South Range in state semi loss to Liberty Union

AKRON — For five innings, South Range hung tough with Division V's top-ranked team. But the Raiders’ season unraveled in the sixth inning. Baltimore Liberty Union capitalized on several South Range errors, and the Raiders’ missed opportunities finally caught up to them, as the Lions ...

Maplewood softball headed to state championship

AKRON — After spending nearly all of its regional final contest trailing, Maplewood wanted to set the tone Thursday. The Rockets did that with three runs in the first inning and let pitcher Addison Marker cut down the opposition throughout as they down Southeastern 4-0 to punch their ticket ...

Cardinal Mooney wins first baseball regional championship

CANTON — The Cardinal Mooney baseball team had only suffered three losses entering Thursday. One was to Archbishop Hoban, another to Ursuline and finally to Canton Central Catholic. The Cardinals got a little payback on Thursday, however, as they beat CCC 5-4 to win a Division IV regional ...

Poland’s season comes to end with loss to Waynedale

MASSILLON — The Poland baseball team fought to the bitter end, but the Bulldogs saw their season come to a close at the hands of the defending state champion on Thursday. Poland had no answer for Apple Creek Waynedale’s Brayden Steiner, who led the Golden Bears on the mound and at the ...