Field senior Kerrie Trautman stood at the plate and could not avoid the incoming pitch.

Top area senior high school baseball players are set to meet today at Canal Park in the first Greater Akron Baseball Hall of Fame Summit County High School All-Star Game.

OBETZ, Ohio: Josh Williams’ path from Copley High School to the Columbus Crew has been filled with roadblocks and missteps and anxiety. But of all the twists and turns on his way to becoming a Crew starter, two days might stand out.

When Lauren Pannell started high school nearly four years ago at Firestone High School, she never envisioned competing in the state track and field meet.

Registration deadline for the 21st annual Golfing for Education event is Thursday.

Feeling jittery and nervous is natural for most high school athletes as they ready themselves to compete for a state championship.

BEDFORD: Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy track star Evan Carroscia hasn’t talked much publicly about the unexpected passing of his father last August.

AUSTINTOWN: Green senior Erika Rector is undefeated in her first year running the 800 meters.

Eleven track and field athletes in Ohio have clinched the opportunity to compete at a new state meet in Columbus at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium next month.

Archbishop Hoban baseball coach Jim Diestel has a defensive alignment the way he wants it and the Knights find themselves just four wins from winning a Division II state championship.

Salem: St. Vincent St. Mary junior Parris Campbell and senior Chelsea Laury each placed in four events, playing a major role in the Irish securing both the boys and girls titles at a Division II track and field meet at Salem High School.

OBERLIN: Cloverleaf senior Jacob Dunbar was still wearing his sweatshirt when the first serve was smashed in the Division I District tennis title match Saturday in chilly Oberlin. One might have figured it would be no sweat for him to defeat final foe Aaron Sandberg.

MACEDONIA: The Nicoles did not disappoint in the Division I district track and field meet Friday at Nordonia.