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    By Courtesy of the University of Akron
    Akron defender and Lewis Center native Chad Barson became the fifth player to sign a Homegrown contract with the Columbus Crew.

    Crew signs Lewis Center native Barson

    The Columbus Crew signed Olentangy graduate and Lewis Center native Chad Barson to a Homegrown contract Jan. 10.

  • Boys Soccer

    By CHRIS PARKER/THISWEEKSPORTS
    Liberty players celebrate with the championship trophy after the win over Southview.

    Liberty beats Southview 2-0 to win first title

    If nothing else, Jared Robinson of the Olentangy Liberty High School boys soccer team picked his spots this season.

  • Super 12 Boys Soccer Team

    By PAUL VERNON/THISWEEKSPORTS
    Olentangy Liberty senior Sam DeRoy, the captain of ThisWeek's Super 12 team, recorded 14 goals and 11 assists in leading the Patriots to the Division I state title.

    Relentless DeRoy led Liberty's run to state title

    Olentangy Liberty High School boys soccer coach Rick Collins thought he had his lineup figured out before the start of the 2011 season.

  • Girls Soccer Super 12 Captain

    By Paul Vernon/ThisWeek
    Coffman junior forward Sam Edwards scored 15 goals and assisted on 12 more through 14 games played this season.

    Edwards solid for Coffman

    Junior forward Sam Edwards of the Dublin Coffman High School girls soccer team not only has the distinction of being named captain of ThisWeek's Super 12 team, but she also is the only member of the first team who isn't a senior.

Final Super 7 Poll

Below are the final Super 7 polls of the 2012 season, as selected by the staff at ThisWeek Community Newspapers.

BOYS

1. Olentangy Liberty (15-1)
2. Gahanna (12-1-3)
3. Hilliard Darby (13-1-2)
4. Pickerington Central (10-3-3)
5. Dublin Coffman (11-4-1)
6. Olentangy Orange (10-4-2)
7. Bexley (9-3-4)

Honorable mention: Columbus Academy (11-2-3), Grandview (13-1-2), Watterson (9-4-3), Westerville Central (9-5-2) and Worthington Christian (8-5-3)

GIRLS

1. Dublin Coffman (12-0-4)
2. Pickerington North (14-0-2)
3. Dublin Jerome (12-1-3)
4. Hilliard Davidson (14-2)
5. Dublin Scioto (10-2-4)
6. Watterson (10-5)
7. New Albany (10-4-2)

Honorable mention: Grandview (12-2-2), Hartley (9-2-5), Marysville (9-3-4), Ready (12-2-2) and Westerville Central (9-3-4)

Note: Records through regular season

Final State Polls

BOYS

Division I

1. Cleveland St. Ignatius (13-0-3) 99 points
2. Olentangy Liberty (15-1) 89
3. Twinsburg (13-0-3) 68
4. West Chester Lakota West (13-1-2) 66
5. Centerville (12-2-1) 60
6. Gahanna (12-1-3) 44
7. Whitehouse Anthony Wayne (14-0-2) 41
8. Beavercreek (12-1-3) 27
9. Austintown Fitch (16-0) 20
10. Mason (13-2-1) 18

Division II

1. Richfield Revere (15-0-1) 99
2. Dayton Carroll (12-0-4) 91
3. Akron Hoban (12-1-2) 77
4. Bellbrook (16-0) 73
5. Hunting Valley University School (11-4-1) 54
6. Cortland Lakeview (15-1) 45
7. Ottawa-Glandorf (15-1) 35
8. Cle. Cuyahoga Valley Christian (9-6) 28
9. Bay Village Bay (9-4-3) 22
10. (tie) Port Clinton (15-1) 11
Cincinnati Indian Hill (10-5-1) 11

Division III

1. Hudson Western Reserve Acad. (14-0-2) 100
2. Cincinnati Madeira (15-0-1) 88
3. Cincinnati Summit Country Day (13-2-1) 71
4. Worthington Christian (8-5-3) 64
5. Gates Mills Hawken (11-1-4) 62
6. Mansfield Christian (15-1) 48
7. Cincinnati Country Day (13-1-2) 32
8. Columbus Academy (11-2-3) 29
9. Springfield Catholic Central (13-2-1) 24
10. Archbold (16-0) 13

GIRLS

Division I

1. Perrysburg (16-0) 100
2. Dublin Coffman (13-0-3) 84
3. Strongsville (15-1) 79
4. Beavercreek (14-1-1) 68
5. Pickerington North (14-0-2) 56
6. Solon (14-2) 50
7. Centerville (14-2) 40
8. Dublin Jerome (12-1-3) 30
9. Medina (9-5-2) 21
10. (tie) Warren Howland (14-2) 11
Rocky River Magnificat (12-2-1) 11

Division II

1. Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit (14-0-2) 100
2. Bay Village Bay (14-1-1) 90
3. Cincinnati McNicholas (12-1-2) 76
4. Rocky River (14-2) 58
5. Kettering Alter (10-5-1) 51
6. Cincinnati Indian Hill (12-3-1) 43
7. Maumee (11-2-3) 40
8. Parma Heights Holy Name (12-2-2) 30
9. Bellevue Clear Fork (14-2) 20
10. Granville (12-2-2) 16

Division III

1. Middletown Fenwick (12-1-3) 100
2. Cincinnati Summit Country Day (13-1-2) 88
3. Hudson Western Reserve Acad. (14-1-1) 81
4. Gates Mills Gilmour Academy (12-2-2) 64
5. Cincinnati Madeira (12-2-2) 50
6. Ready (12-2-2) 47
7. Ontario (12-3-1) 45
8. Kalida (15-0-1) 23
9. Coshocton (15-1) 21
10. (tie) Grandview (12-2-2) 7
Sidney Lehman Catholic (14-2) 7
Chillicothe Zane Trace (12-3-1) 7

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