The Upper Arlington High School girls lacrosse team completed a three-game tear through the Division I South/Central Region tournament, routing visiting Cincinnati Mount Notre Dame 20-3 in a regional final May 22.
Paced by its best offensive performance of the season, the Gahanna Lincoln High School baseball team won its fourth Division I district championship in six seasons May 22 at Ohio Dominican University.
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.
A rough stretch at midseason didn't get in the way of one of the Dublin Jerome High School boys lacrosse team's annual goals this year.
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 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 the Division I North/Central regional final.
MOREThe Northridge High School baseball team will have to wait another day for a chance to win the program’s first district title.
MOREThe remainder of Thomas Worthington's Division I district final baseball game against Grove City has been postponed because of rain.
MOREThe Newark Catholic High School baseball team won its eighth consecutive Division IV district title in dominant fashion May 22 at Don Edwards Field in Newark.
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.
MOREWith his team trailing Dublin Coffman by 3.5 points heading into the final event of the OCC-Central Division meet, Hilliard Davidson High School girls track and field coach Matt Beatty nervously paced near the finish line, figuring out the meet's mathematics in his head.
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