Costs rise as pay-to-play fees hit area high schools
Pay-to-play fees are increasing across districts with first sport costs from 250 to 500 and second or third sports at 200, while middle schools face 500. Keystones and Avon districts also set flat or tiered fees. The change burdens families and shrinks participation, especially in track, with notable coaching hires and a local obituary of Clarence Bowman.
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Bruce Lorincz
Avon
Avon Lake
Amherst
Avon Lake leads in multi-sport prep notes and invitational results
Senior athlete wins the 1600 meters at Avon Lake Invitational in 4 39.68 and places second in the 800 to help Shoremen defend their team title. Other sections report cross country state meet qualification, conference honors, and track season plans at Mount Union and Tufts University with strong academic performance.
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Amy
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Midview top Vermilion 6 2 in West Shore Conference clash
Ben Simkovich drove in two runs and three Midview players had three hits as the Middies beat Vermilion 6-2. Eric Lauer fanned eight over five innings to earn the win, while Vermilion’s Mitch Novak and Madison Montgomery had two hits each.
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Grafton
Ben Simkovich
Eric Lauer
Midview
Vermilion
West Shore
Simkovich
WSC
Mitch Novak
Madison Montgomery
Derek Mills
Eric Laver
Jake Stracensky
Cory Fox
Amherst
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Austin Watts
Comets
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Shawn Reid
Morgan Sédiak
Christine Hoholski
Kimmy Stone
Amanda Wright
Lexi Hamker
Amanda Beursken
Kate Thomas
Megan Wade
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Jessica
Shoremen doubles dominate Avon Lake in 5-0 win
Avon Lake led 3-0 in Southwestern Conference play as the Shoremen swept all five matches. Singles saw James Darkow and Jack Auble top Amherst foes, while doubles Ben Troyer Greg Miller and Jack ONeill Jimmy Chase did not lose a game. Avon Lake improves to 3-0 in league.
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Alex Fleck
Jack Auble
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Jim Villari
Brian Hama
Ben Troyer
Greg Miller
Jake Bartosh
Kyle Szucs
Jack Oneill
Jimmy Chase
Geer
Joe Szabo
Oberlin sophomore earns Player of the Week in tennis
The sophomore is 6-0 this season with a 4-0 Rocky River Invitational title run in third singles. He won two regular season matches, shares a third place with Phoenix, and steps up to second singles when Zack Walsh misses a match. Off court, he sketches and enjoys downtown Oberlin with friends. Parents: Bob and Kathy.
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Phoenix
USTA
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Oberlin
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Local baseball standout stars in two-sport versatility
A pair of Avon Lake and Keystone players earned top weekly notes. One hurler no-hit Trinity in a 1-0 win while scoring the lone run, with 10 strikeouts in 23 faced. The other went 6-for-9 over three games, two triples, a double, 11 innings pitched with one earned run allowed, and 11 strikeouts. Both plan Baldwin Wallace College careers in football and baseball or exercise science.
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Keystone Wildcats
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Jeremy ‘Antill
Elyria Catholic blanks Chanel in NCL softball rout
Elyria Catholic dominates Chanel 7-0 as Elyria Catholic freshman Riley St. Marie leads with three hits and two RBIs. Molly O’Malley earns the win with seven innings of six-hit pitching while Chanel’s Byrnes takes the loss.
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