COLUMBUS -- Walsh Jesuit completed a stellar season in dominating fashion, shutting out Canal Winchester, 6-0, to win the Div. II state championship Saturday morning. Senior lefty David Starn went the distance, striking out nine, and six different players drove in the Warriors' runs. Walsh was steady and efficient -- hallmarks of a program that's now won three state titles... Full story »
THE GAMES: Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit (25-3) vs. Springfield Kenton Ridge (23-6), Thursday, 10 a.m. Canal Winchester (21-12) vs. Chardon Notre Dame Cathedral Latin (22-4), Thursday, 1 p.m. The winners play Saturday at 10 a.m. THE SKINNY: If there's a clear-cut favorite in any of the four divisions this weekend, it's Walsh Jesuit. The Warriors are balanced offensively, stocked... Full story »
THE GAMES: Cleveland St. Ignatius (27-4) vs. Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller (24-6), Thursday, 4 p.m. Lakewood St. Edward (22-6) vs. West Chester Lakota West (26-1), Thursday, 7 p.m. The winners play Saturday at 1 p.m. THE SKINNY: Neighborhood rivals from Cleveland join two perennial Southwest Ohio powers for what seems to be a wide-open Final Four. Though three parochial schools... Full story »