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Check back each and every weekday for the top prep headlines from across the state. Here are a list of summaries from some of the major stories around Ohio for Tuesday, May 13th:

Football: International Tournament comes to Canton

Canton McKinley's home field of Fawcett Stadium, also the host of the NFL's Hall of Fame Game and the OHSAA state football championships, will be the host of another high profile event. An international high school football tournament is coming to Stark County in the summer of 2009 as announced by Scott Hallenback, executive director of USA Football. The two-week, eight-team tournament, to be played at Fawcett Stadium, is sanctioned by the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) and is called the International Federation of American Football Junior World Championships. Each team will play at least three games. The Plain Dealer

Baseball/Softball: Lakota West heads list of poll champs

Lakota West has lost only one baseball game the past calendar year, and the Firebirds were a unanimous No. 1 in the final 2008 Enquirer Division I baseball coaches' poll Monday. The 2007 Division I baseball state champoins are joined by Badin (DII-DIV baseball poll champs), Colerain (DI softball poll champs), and McNicholas (DII-DIV softball poll champs). West (21-1), lost only to Colerain this season as they have gone 31-1 since May 2, 2007. The Enquirer

Toledo-area conferences are shaken up

Two of the major public school conferences in Northwest Ohio will see some new faces very soon as the Subruban Lakes League and Northern Lakes League are changing. Rossford is likely to leave the NLL to join the SLL. Some potential NLL members that could replace Rossford are Clay, Fremont Ross, and Napoleon. Ross and Napoleon are currently members of the Greater Buckeye Conference. The Blade

Track and Field: Centerville's Pole Vault Trio

Having the deepest pole vault team in the state has its advantages and disadvantages. Centerville's trio of pole vaulters (senior Dave Sweeterman and juniors Nick Arnold/Bryan Miller) can all clear 14 feet. One disadvantage is that the Elks can only send two of their pole vaulters to the postseason, leaving one very talented athelte having to watch as his teammates compete at next week's district tournament. Second-year vault coach Scott Marquardt is mostly responsible for this leaping lunacy. It'll be his call on who jumps. Dayton Daily News

Basketball: Canton Timken's Johnie Davis headed to Vincennes

Timken's Johnie Davis, a furst-tean All-Ohio guard and Stark County boys basketball player of the year, has decided to become a Vincennes University Trailblazer. Vincennes is one of the nation's top junior colleges and Davis will attempt to carry that over into playing for a Division I program. Davis, led the Trojans to a 24-1 record and their first district title since 1978 this winter, The Repository

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