Longtime football Coach Mark Iammarino thought his head coaching days were behind him.
2022 Chagrin Falls grad Peyton Gellin doesn’t know what to do with herself these days.
Incoming West Geauga High senior Frankee Flesher was at a crossroads at the end of her freshman year of high school.
Micah Young knew it was now or never.
For the past two seasons, the Chagrin Hunter Jumper Classic had been in a state of flux because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
If Solon graduate Olivia Howell has learned anything after three years at the University of Illinois, it’s to expect the unexpected.
Recent Chagrin Falls Tigers’ graduate Leo Fornara won’t be forgetting his last two years on the baseball team any time soon.
Sometimes you just have to make the best out of a bad situation.
There’s no better learning experience than the real deal.
Sometime all winning streaks have to end.
The University School Preppers hockey team’s reservation in the district finals is no longer valid.
It was the usual suspects who dominated the Division II district swimming meet.
For the first time in over a month, the University School Preppers’ basketball team finally heard the word “congratulations.”
The University School Preppers’ swim team is once again kings of the Northeast.
Things are finally clicking for the University School Preppers’ hockey team.
The Battle of SOM Center had been trending in the favor of University School’s basketball team lately. The Gilmour Lancers reignited the rivalry by beating the Preppers 88-60 last Friday evening at Hunting Valley.
PEPPER PIKE — Many students did not attend classes at Orange High School on Thursday following an alleged threat. District officials did not specify the type of threat, but Communications Director Lou DeVincentis said the threat was found to be “not legitimate.”
The University School Preppers’ swim team is already off to a fast start this season. The Preppers captured their second dual meet victory of the season by drubbing SOM Center rival Gilmour 127-40 last Friday evening at Lancers Natatorium.
When the University School Preppers boys basketball team walked off the court after suffering a four-point loss to Shaker Heights in the 2019 Solon sectional finals head coach Sean McDonnell had a lot of things to feel proud about. For one thing it was University School’s debut in Division I…
Throughout a season riddled with stoppages in play due to the pandemic the University School hockey team was finding its rhythm at the perfect time. The Preppers were playing some of their best hockey by compiling 6-0-1 record heading into the Cleveland Cup semifinals match against crosstown…
Kenston at Madison
If Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin was going to keep dropping 3-pointers, the host University School cagers were going to have a difficult time pulling away on Friday night at Weatherhead Gymnasium in Hunting Valley.
Without a goal through two league games, the University School puck-handlers were left scratching their heads after a 0-0 overtime tie against Shaker Heights and then a 3-0 loss against rival Gilmour Academy on Dec. 4.
University School had its pocket picked, and Maple Heights cashed in on a transition bucket to start the fourth quarter of a boys hoops season opener on Sunday evening at Cleveland Heights High School.
University School graduated five of seven state podium finishers from last year’s Division II championship swim team, but there was blood in the water for the 2019-20 Prepper torpedoes on Tuesday evening in Pepper Pike.
Shutouts are few and far between with a multitude of talented goal scorers in the Great Lakes Hockey League, which features the best high school teams in Northeast Ohio. There were only nine shutouts in 40 GLHL games last season.
The top four returners from a year ago were all in it to win it during the Division I boys cross-country state championship on Saturday at the National Trail Raceway in Hebron.
The University School gridders (5-4) surrendered just 148 yards, but a lack of complementary football resulted in a 30-14 road loss against fellow Division III foe Youngstown East (4-5) on Friday night at Rayen Stadium in Mahoning County.
University School senior Justin Iler took back his gold and led his Prepper harriers to a repeat state berth during the Division I region cross-country meet on Saturday at Boardman High School.
Game of the week: Mayfield at Kenston
The Kenston boys cross-country team won its program’s first Division I district championship going away during the 17-team meet on Saturday at Madison High School’s 5-kilometer course in Lake County.
The Hawken School gridders (3-4) were clicking on all cylinders to score more points than they have in more than 20 seasons during a 63-26 home victory against Richmond Heights (0-7) on Friday night at Walton Stadium.
Game of the week: Orange at Chagrin Falls
There was just too much smoke out on the links during the Division I Northeast Ohio boys district golf tournament on Monday at the Pine Hills par-72 course in Hinckley Township.
Gilmour Academy (3-3) owned a 7-0 lead at the quarter mark as the host Lancers were fixing to defend their home gridiron against southern neighbor University School (4-2) on Saturday afternoon in Gates Mills.
Game of the week: Willoughby South at Kenston
After seven seasons without a shutout victory, the University School gridders (3-2) posted their second such triumph during a 35-0 road romping against Division IV Cleveland Central Catholic (0-5) on Saturday afternoon at Stefanski Stadium.
The University School boys golf team didn’t graduate any linkers from last year’s postseason team, but the Preppers had a new ringer leading them back to districts during the Division I sectional tournament on Tuesday in Concord Township.
Winless through its first five matches, the University School soccer team is again flying under the radar despite the Preppers’ strength of schedule this season.
Hawken School moved the pigskin plenty, but it was the Gilmour Academy gridders (2-1) who were punching it in the end zone during a battle for the helmet on Saturday afternoon at Weber Stadium in Gates Mills.
Game of the Week: Brunswick at Solon
(Editor’s note: Tony Lange went 7-0 last week and is 12-3 overall.)
The Gilmour Academy gridders liked their chances if they had a lead entering the fourth quarter of their home battle against Division IV Warrensville Heights on Saturday afternoon at Weber Stadium in Gates Mills.
University School posted its first shutout victory in eight years, 34-0, and it was no fluke when the Preppers hosted Division IV Warrensville Heights on Friday afternoon at Scovil Field in Hunting Valley.
If football was like riding a bicycle, then surely experienced gridders wouldn’t need to be busting their donkeys during two-a-days and scrimmages amidst the August heat leading up to the first week of the season.
In case the University School varsity tennis program wasn’t already strong enough, the Prepper aces will be adding one of the best rising freshmen in the country to their lineup.
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