CUYAHOGA FALLS: The big postseason track and field meets are just around the corner.

The No. 11 in the East baseball program will forever belong to Marine Cpl. Derek A. Wyatt.

Andrew Hurd singled, doubled and had an RBI and Troy Johnson struck out nine for his third win of the season to lead the Bulldogs (14-6, 5-4 NOC Valley) over the Black Tigers (11-7, 3-5).

MACEDONIA: The inaugural Fleet Feet Summit County Invitational turned into a grand success for host Nordonia.

Mike Urban went 3-for-4 to lead host Stow's (13-6) 11-hit attack against Massillon (9-11) on Saturday in a non-league game.

The host Explorers (14-3, 6-1) secured a season split with the Bulldogs (12-5, 4-4) in a Northeast Oho Conference Valley Division baseball game Wednesday.

Andrew Hurd singled twice and drove in two runs, including the game-winning RBI in the fifth inning, and Troy Johnson pitched a complete game for the host Bulldogs (12-4, 4-3) in a NOC-Valley win over the Explorers (13-3, 5-1).

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

Alex Damschroder hit a walk-off two-run homer with one out in the bottom of the seventh for the host Bulldogs (11-4).

Alex Damschroder hit a walk-off two-run homer with one out in the bottom of the seventh for the host Bulldogs (11-4).

Parker Henderson went 2-for-3 with two singles and two RBI and the host Bulldogs (10-4, 3-3 NOC) defeated the Tigers (6-6, 2-4).

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.

Freshman Landry Slider singled three times and drove in three runs and junior Jenni Heid singled twice and had two RBI for the Bulldogs (5-4) in a win over the previously undefeated Wildcats at the Gahanna Lincoln Showcase.

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

Grace Ryan scored on a throwing error in the top of the eighth inning, and the visiting Tigers (3-4, 2-0 NOC) defeated the Bulldogs (4-4, 0-2).

Sophomore Chrissy Vaughn singled twice and drove in three runs and sophomore Sadie Jones singled home a run and struck out four in a complete-game win to lead the Bulldogs (4-3).

A trio of Cuyahoga Falls Riverfront YMCA Tigersharks placed among the top swimmers in their age groups during a recent national competition.

The Northeast Ohio Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association awarded Stow-Munroe Falls High School Athletic Director Cyle Feldman with the Meritorious Award Service Award for the 2012-2013 school year.

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

It took the Stow baseball team two innings to take control of its game Friday at Ellet.

STOW: The frigid air didn’t cool down Perry’s bats, and the Panthers cruised to an 11-0 softball win over host Stow in five innings on Wednesday.

Stow baseball coach Bryan Celik opened the 2013 season a happy man.

Freshman catcher Landry Slider hit a home run in her first high school game to help propel the host Bulldogs to an opening-day victory.

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- Firestone at Stow, 10 a.m.

April 3- Perry at Stow, 4:30 p.m.

Kristi Zeller went a long way to reach her first NCAA Tournament game.

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.

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.

STOW: The Peters family reveled in Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy’s 24th victory of the season Saturday as Queen’s We Are The Champions blared over the loudspeaker.