The Thomas Worthington High School baseball team took advantage of some loose defense by Grove City in a steady drizzle to take a 6-0 lead in the sixth inning of a Division I district final May 23.
Senior third baseman Jerrad Carr had two doubles and four RBI to lead the Northridge High School baseball team past Heath 10-9 in a Division III district final May 24 at Beavers Field in Lancaster.
Junior attacker Abby Manning scored five goals to lead the New Albany High School girls lacrosse team to a 13-8 win over visiting Cincinnati Mariemont in a Division II South/Central Region final May 23.
The Hilliard Darby High School baseball team used a strong pitching performance from Chase Longwell and manufactured a pair of runs to defeat top-seeded Pickerington North 2-0 in a Division I district final May 22 at Otterbein University.
Chris Frey, a 6-2, 217-pound outside linebacker, will play for a defense he has great respect for -- Michigan State's.
Based on the kids I see regularly at my practice, I would argue that today’s youth athletes are even busier today with sports than kids were from just a few years ago.
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The Gahanna Lincoln High School softball team scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning on its way to a 9-1 win over Westerville Central in a Division I district final May 24 at Pickerington Central.
MOREThe Olentangy High School girls lacrosse team lost to second-seeded and host Shaker Heights Hathaway Brown 10-5 in a Division II North/Central Region final May 23.
MOREFour of the six singles players who represented central Ohio in the state high school boys tennis tournament a year ago have earned a return trip.
MOREThe Marysville High School baseball team earned its first district title since 1992 by defeating Watkins Memorial 7-2 on May 23 at Ohio Dominican University.
MOREThe Watterson High School baseball team lost to Jonathan Alder 4-3 in a Division II district final May 23 at Beavers Field in Lancaster.
MOREThe Worthington Kilbourne High School girls lacrosse team won its second consecutive Division II South/Central regional title, defeating Columbus Academy 14-10 on May 23 at Thomas Worthington.
MOREThe Olentangy Liberty High School girls lacrosse team lost to top-ranked and defending state champion Medina 11-6 on May 23 in a Division I North/Central regional final.
MOREWith about three seconds remaining in regulation May 16, the Pickerington High School Central boys lacrosse team celebrated its pending victory over Pickerington North by dumping a cooler of ice water on coach Pete Campbell.
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