In their second meeting of the young season, the Rocky River and Avon hockey teams faced off at the North Olmsted Recreation Center on Dec. 4. After striking first in the second period, the Pirates (4-2-1) came away with a 3-1 victory over the Eagles (4-2-2). Alex Parnell opened the scoring …

St. Edward senior running back Danny Enovitch’s first words after winning the Division I state championship were used to thank his quarterback, Christian Ramos, and his offensive line.

Game film made things very clear to Cory Rojeck.

A full week off between games made a world of difference for the Avon girls basketball team.

A Westlake girls basketball team that was low on varsity experience one year ago has much more of that now, and is looking to build off of a 12-6 finish to the 2020-21 season.

The overall makeup of the varsity roster might change year to year, but the Rocky River girls basketball team is going to play on its terms.

Evelyn Albers will serve as a captain for the Lutheran West girls basketball team this season and is excited for the task at hand.

The surest sign that the North Ridgeville girls basketball team has turned a corner came right before Thanksgiving.

Akron Archbishop Hoban will remain the Avon football team’s biggest hurdle in its pursuit of the playoff promised land in Division II.

For 15 seniors on this season’s Rocky River football team, there’s plenty to be thankful for as the holiday season arrives.

A team that could score goals in bunches put together an undefeated fall season.

Each year, roughly 48,000 high school student-athletes sign a National Letter of Intent to make their college choices official. Locally, a number of athletes took part in ceremonies at their schools to mark the occasion on Nov. 10.

As Avon football coach Mike Elder looked around at his gathered roster on Nov. 5, he spoke matter-of-factly about what was to come.

While the St. Edward Eagles football team’s offense – led by players such as senior quarterback Christian Ramos and senior running back Danny Enovitch – is always a dangerous one, Friday’s regional quarterfinal game against No. 9 Berea-Midpark proved that the No. 1-ranked Eagles defense and …

Division I , Region 1

Alone on a playoff highwire and no safety net beneath them, the Avon boys soccer team has maintained balance. Sweet balance.

As the Avon girls soccer team entered halftime of its Nov. 2 regional semifinal game against Strongsville, the Eagles were riding high after picking up a one-goal advantage on a score from freshman Skylar Kruszka in the 21st minute.

No two seasons are alike, but memories remain for those Rocky River girls soccer players who were a part of the team’s 2020 run to a Division II state semifinal.

Magnificat is rolling into the Division I state volleyball final four for the first time since 2009.

Stifling defense has become a hallmark of Avon’s boys soccer program.

A semifinal scare awoke the Bay boys soccer team, and now it’s headed back to a Division II regional.

Avon quarterback Sam DeTillio has an accurate right arm and deceptive speed when he takes off. But his biggest asset is between his ears.

Division I , Region 1

On a record-setting run, the Avon Lake girls soccer team was already full of believers.

Eighty minutes wasn’t enough to decide Thursday’s girls soccer district championship game between the four-seed Avon Eagles and the six-seed Magnificat Blue Streaks. 

At a number of cross country races this season, Westlake’s Sarah Peer and Olmsted Falls’ Katie Clute have been the first to cross the finish line. 

Coming off big playoff wins against Brunswick and Avon – against whom Avon Lake was a combined 0-3 during the regular season – the Shoregals volleyball team was riding a hot hand entering its district final match against St. Joseph Academy on Saturday. 

Missing an extra point late in a close football game on the road could rattle some kickers. Rocky River’s Mack Massad isn’t one of them.

With victories in their respective regular season finales, the Avon and Olmsted Falls football teams posted identical 6-1 records in Southwestern Conference play and will share the 2021 championship.

Despite all of Magnificat’s yearly trips to the Division I state tennis tournament, the doubles pair of Kayra Koprulu and Caroline Moritz found a way to make their own unique history on Oct. 23.

The past four years have been a steady climb for St. Ignatius senior and Fairview Park native Topher Reed at the Division I state golf tournament. 

There’s no mistaking it. The Bay boys soccer team has a target on its back when it takes the field.

At the end of a chilly, windy Oct. 21 evening on its home turf, the Westlake girls soccer team met its chief objective: survive and advance.