Norton seniors Cara Cook and Jaclyn Fortner have signed national letters of intent to play women’s college basketball.

Mike Niam had hoped to hear his name called Saturday night during the seventh round of the NFL Draft, and when it didn’t happen, he started waiting for calls.

Brian Winters had been laying low.

HUDSON: Tallmadge junior Jason Beaumont wanted the baseball Friday, and Blue Devils coach Kenny Linn gave it to him.

Sophomore catcher Patrick Mylott singled twice, scored twice and stole two bases for the host Pioneers (8-4).

The Explorers (12-1, 5-0) scored twice in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat the visiting Black Tigers (5-4, 2-3) and stay perfect in NOC Valley Conference play.

HUDSON: The Fifth Annual Jarod M. Dean Memorial Scholarship Golf Outing will be held on June 15, at the Ellsworth Meadows Golf Club.

Woodridge senior forward Mitch Hepburn has signed a national letter of intent to play college soccer at Belmont Abbey, a Division II school in North Carolina.

Kevin Zullo gave up six hits and allowed one run in the complete-game win to keep the host Explorers (10-0) ­undefeated this season.

The Wadsworth baseball team is enjoying a turnaround season under the direction of second-year head coach Greg Pickard.

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Freshman Alex Albright had two RBI and Jono Chafe pitched a one-hit shutout to lead the host Explorers (9-0, 4-0 Northeast Ohio Conference) to a win over the Comets (1-8, 1-3).

Senior outfielder Brian Snyder singled twice, doubled, scored twice and drove in a run in the Explorers (6-0) home victory.

Jeff Durbin has stepped down as the Lake High School football coach after 23 seasons.

Hudson baseball coach Buddy Dice won his first two games Saturday in the Kevin Calia Classic in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Longtime friends and girls coaches John Scott and Joe Lutz joked that whoever’s team led at the end of Saturday’s Michael Beaven Invitational would pick up the tab that night.

CANTON: Team basketball was prevalent during the 25th annual William Heichel Memorial Plain Rotary All-Star Classic on Wednesday at Malone University.

March 30- Hudson at Oak Ridge, Tenn., 10 a.m.

April 6- Jackson at Hudson, noon

CUYAHOGA FALLS: Jaelen Hollinger and DeAllen Jackson of Archbishop Hoban relished the opportunity to play together in a senior all-star game Wednesday night.

So did Green’s Dan Fanelly and Josh Pritchard, and Windham’s Matt Knight and Cameron Pozsgai.

The Greater Akron Basketball Coaches Association will have its 26th annual boys all-star game Wednesday at Walsh Jesuit High School.

On a day much too cold for golf, area civic leaders gathered Tuesday at Firestone Country Club to celebrate what the summer tournament means to area charities.

BARBERTON: The objective in any all-star game is to have fun.

COLUMBUS: The 76th annual state wrestling tournament featured several interesting sights and sounds over the weekend.

COPLEY TWP: Low-scoring nail-biters. Last-second dramatic finishes. Overtimes.

COPLEY: Basketball coaches often have a pregame conversation on the court while their respective teams warm up before tip-off.

KENT: The Kent State University Fieldhouse weight room was packed at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. But the offensive lineman whom scouts from 24 NFL and one CFL team came to see wasn’t able to bench press due to injury.

The Cuyahoga Falls Riverfront YMCA Tigersharks swim team continued its winning tradition by capturing its sixth straight Northeast Ohio YMCA Championship title March 2 at Cleveland State University.

CANTON: The players on the Twinsburg bench often chant “D up!” while their teammates are on the floor.

Stow 63, 
Twinsburg 57 (3OT)

The Twinsburg girls basketball team isn’t used to playing from behind.

Hudson 70, Walsh Jesuit 64