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Experienced senior class to carry Canfield girls in 2025-26

CANFIELD — Since moving down from Division I in 2022 , Canfield’s girls basketball program has become accustomed to deep postseason runs. In the three years since, the Cardinals made it to the district championship each year, winning twice, including last season when they went 23-3 en ...

Harding boys motivated by sour end to last season

More than eight months have passed since Warren G. Harding’s 2024-25 season ended, but a sour taste has lingered with the Raiders. Sixth-year head coach Keelyn Franklin said immediately after the season finale in March that the defeat, a 52-51 regional semifinal loss to Massillon Perry on ...

Kennedy boys retool rotation with new varsity players

The 2025-26 boys basketball season will start a new era for Warren JFK. The Eagles will have to play without all-time leading scorer Nick Ryan. Kennedy head coach Mark Komlanc understands that there’s no one player that can replicate Ryan’s scoring, but he believes he has a group that ...

Cluse returns to take over Mineral Ridge girls’ program

Four years after leaving Mineral Ridge, Matt Cluse has returned to Weathersfield as the Rams’ head girls basketball coach. The Ridge head coach from 2016 to 2021, Cluse spent time after his departure as an assistant on Aaron Pounds’ staff at Howland, which he said was a “great ...

LaBrae girls set sights on return to district final

If the underdog label gets slapped on LaBrae this season, coach Mandy Rowe isn’t going to be upset. In fact, she would prefer it. Coming off the heels of a 19-7 season that ended just four points shy of a district crown, and returning all but two players however, it’s going to be hard to ...

Girard girls change things up heading into new season

After beating South Range in both of the previous two matchups, Girard felt confident heading into its third and final meeting of the 2024-25 season with the Raiders in the playoffs. The confidence soon turned to frustration, though, as the Indians left Beaver Township in February with a 37-36 ...