Listening to Wednesday’s
@LeBatardShow
and these dudes seamlessly weaved in and out of talking about the Heat, koi fish, famous incidents of movie characters losing their eyes and “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” in a 10 minute span. Art.
STATE CHAMPS!
Triway 2, Jonathan Alder 1. Hanna Massaro squeezes the final out and Triway finishes its dream with the Div. II state title. What a game between two great teams.
Triway’s Chance Wells (
@Wells4Chance
) has been through more as a high school senior than many will go through in a lifetime. Here’s his story of perseverance and triumph, despite the trials piled in front of him:
@bepryor
@stevewisemanNC
@TeddyAmen
As a Liberty journalism grad and former Champion editor, seeing the admin try to make the school newspaper a PR tool helped me discern how much I liked journalism and how much I disliked PR. It’s been a constant frustration for the staff for years.
Dalton! District champs for the first time in 21 years! Final score: Dalton 71, JFK 58.
What a performance down the stretch.
Dalton outscored JFK 18-4 in the fourth. Wenger: 26 points, Hignight: 20, Steiner: 17
Deegan Bee was honored with a moment of silence before the game. An empty golf bag with a shirt reading “Bee” stood between his golf teammates Trey Barkman and Ean Miller during intros.
.
@WaynedaleBSB
's win over Liberty Union was one of the more inspiring things during my years as sportswriter. I tried my best to tell the story of what was much bigger than a state semifinal win:
HILAND WINS!
Nick Wigton’s 3 at the buzzer sends
@HilandAthletics
to the state title game. What a shot. What a game.
FINAL (2OT): Hiland 62, Lima Central Catholic 59
Justin McDowell won 101 games in 5 seasons at Waynedale. Now he’ll try to do the same type of winning at Triway, who hired the 31-year-old as its new baseball coach (and part-time AD) Monday night.
BOYS HOOPS FINAL: Waynedale 46, Triway 45. Bears stun the Titans at The Pit. Here’s Riley Hostetler’s game-winner — his only points of the night. (I can assure you he’s behind the ref).
FINAL: Waynedale 55, South Range 41. Waynedale is heading to state for the first time in program history! Brooklyn Troyer with a game she’ll remember a long time: 28 points and 14 rebounds, including all 18 of Waynedale’s points in the 4th quarter. What a performance.
Really appreciated the people who came up to me and
@josh_mc1982
last night and told us they appreciate our work. I'll be the first to say I'm still just learning how to run a sports department, but we've been putting in a lot of extra work lately. It's been fun.
A state championship is what
@WaynedaleBSB
’s players have dreamed about for years. Somehow, what they did today was so much more than that. My attempt to tell the story of a champion that will be remembered for a long time:
Free agency is over. Today is my first full day at
@TheDailyRecord
as its new sports writer. 🎉 🎈 🖊 🏈 🏐 🏀
*Don’t worry, I will continue to tweet my controversial music takes.
Triway is ... coming back to Akron next week. Titans beat West Branch 8-0 to win the regional title and become the 2nd Wayne County team to make it to state. Another dominant performance by a dominant team.
Today is one of those days I feel especially lucky to be working for a local newspaper in a community I truly love. Covering mostly local high school sports isn't what I thought I wanted for my career when I was 19 or 20, but it's a legitimate joy.
State championship day!
Good luck to
@SoftballTriway
and
@TuslawHigh
as they try to bring titles home for the first time. Pretty crazy to have 2 of the final 8 teams from the same conference.
If you've paid attention to
@Wooster_BBall
at all this year, you already know about
@ezramckee9
and
@micahmckee6
. Here's what you may not have know about the brothers who left their high school lives behind in Florida in 2018 and showed up in Wooster:
If anyone has a good story or memory involving Deegan Bee they'd like to relay, my DMs are open. I'd like to share some of those in the upcoming days to remember his life properly. To remember the good times and show the impact he made on people.
What an incredible day for
@WaynedaleBSB
and
@HilandBaseball
. Two schools 14 miles apart. Two state titles. Congrats to both programs and the communities.
DIV. II STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL: Keystone 7, Triway 3
A great game between two teams loaded with talent. Triway caps off what was by far its best in program history. And with no seniors, there’s a good chance they’ll be back here next year.
Massillon has dominated on the field all year, so it was no surprise when
@Jigg_Galor
and
@CoachNMoore
took home the most coveted hardware at the Stark County HS Football Awards banquet Thursday night.
Good news: I have a sportswriting job again. Today is my first day at The Independent aka
@Indedotcom
in Massillon, OH. Time to contribute to society again!!!
Former Massillon star
@CoachJordan82
wanted to give back. So he started his own non-profit to help stress the importance of education over sports. Another former athlete making a big impact on his community:
Here’s the kind of year it’s been for Dalton athletics: in football, volleyball and girls and boys hoops, the Dawgs are a combined 68-10. Will be WCAL champs in all 4 if boys hoops can beat Smithville next week.
It’s the Wild Wayne County Athletic League now.
@DaltonLocal
stunned Norwayne with a 17-0 run to end the game, creating a 3-way tie at the top of the WCAL. 😱👀
It was maybe the best high school game I’ve seen in person. If you weren’t there, here’s how
@ORedRiders
beat
@CFNW_FOOTBALL
in what will be one of the games of the year in both Wayne and Stark Counties:
You're at Northwest High School and need to talk to a basketball coach? Just yell out "Lower" and you'll probably get one of them.
@Hollywood_Lower
will be the new girls basketball coach at
@NWTribe
, pending board approval next month:
Triway wins 4-3! Titans will play for a state championship tomorrow.
Some great pitching from Carter Wachtel over the final four innings to shut down a very good Lakewood lineup.
Wooster wins it as time expires! Avi Arora’s line drive gets through from 19 yards as the Generals complete the stunning comeback.
FINAL: Wooster 33, Orrville 31
@WillBrinson
And has some trash armor. The dead probably aren't master craftsmen, but if you fancy yourself the end of humanity and so forth and have 5,000 years to plan you gotta come up with some clothing that can stop a dagger.
Perry (
@PHSBoysBasketb1
) is looking for its first trip to the district finals since 2008. Perhaps the biggest reason why: Julian Jackson, one of the best clutch players around.
Triway's golf team made it out of sectionals by 1 point. Tomorrow, they'll tee off at the OSU Scarlet Course in the Div. II state championships for the first time in school history as a team. Here's how they've gotten to where they're at:
A look inside how one
@WoosterSports
team experienced its season going from promising to over, how it made the most of it and how its seniors are handling the sudden end to their college careers.
One of the best
@HilandAthletics
senior classes ever, along with head coach
@SchlabachDave
, went out in style -- winning Hiland a sixth state championship. It was one to remember for a special group that doesn't come along in high school basketball often:
Dan Edwards is the new Chippewa football head coach, confirmed at tonight's BOE meeting. Edwards was a varsity assistant at Dalton ('16-'20, '22), Orrville ('21) and East Canton ('14-'15).
Triway star
@massaro_hailey
on tomorrow's state title game vs. Keystone: "We're going to need to bring our 'A' game. And we will."
It's real: the Titans will play for a state title tomorrow. My story from today's final four win over Lakewood:
This probably goes without saying if you’ve been here before, but Massillon HS’s facilities are mind-blowing. I’m still not sure I believe this is a high school stadium.
She drinks Mountain Dew before every game. She has a pet duck named “Clyde.” And, oh yeah, she has 9 homers and 47 RBIs for
@TuslawHigh
this season. Meet one of Stark County’s brightest softball stars, Breanna Cooper.
Some crazy performances tonight:
Loudonville's
@CorriVermilya
scored 59 in a 71-68 win over Mansfield Senior. 59 in a 32-minute game.
Northwestern's
@alberts_brett
went for a career-high 41 in an 88-75 win over Hillsdale.
Say goodbye to the grass at
@FairlessHS
.
@FairlessFootbll
's Brideweser Stadium is getting synthetic turf in time for the 2019 season. Big news for the school and program (and maintenance crew):
Congrats to
@SoftballTriway
on another trip to state. Teams like this don't come around often (if ever) at most schools.
This is one of the best, most fun teams I've covered.
"The community means everything to me."
After 11 years leading the
@ORedRiders
' program, Sly Slaughter stepped down this week as boys hoops coach. It'll be the first time in 22 years he won't be on the sidelines at Orrville in some capacity.
I've learned a lot during my first season covering high school football in Stark County. More than I could put in an column. But I tried anyway. I've been missing out.
Absolutely devastated for the Bee family. Life does not make sense sometimes. My interactions with Deegan were few, but he was so full of life. He will be remembered.
We are heartbroken to hear the passing of Waynedale student-athlete Deegan Bee. Please keep his loved ones, family and friends in your thoughts and prayers.
#BeeStrong
🐝💔 Rest In Peace Deegan
Anyone around
@PerryAthletics
should know the Pireu name by now. And
@ryleepireu
is a big part of that. Here's part of how she's become one of the most decorated girls basketball players in Perry history:
Yesterday my job at the Register & Bee was eliminated as part of the massive BH Media budget cut. Thank you to all of the great people in Danville and Pittsylvania County and beyond who helped make every day not seem like work. I'll miss y'all.
From earlier today:
@ScotsBasketball
watched game tape from last year's NCAC championship loss on its home court to
@WittenbergHoops
this week. It didn't feel good. Saturday's win over No. 2 Witt? A perfect antidote. My story from the College
#d3hoops