Injuries to Maple Heights’ quarterbacks and a stiff defense by Avon Lake led the Shoremen to a 38-6 rout of the visiting Mustangs Friday in the opening round of the Division II playoffs.

The gameplan for the Mansfield Tygers was simple: Give the ball to Terrance Flickinger.

The Saint Ignatius boys soccer team defeated Olentangy Liberty 4-0 in Sunday night’s Division I state championship game at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus. They did so in historic fashion.

The Avon Eagles defeated the Wooster Generals 33-13 Friday night at home in the Division II, Region 6 football quarterfinal.

The Rocky River Pirates football season came to an abrupt end at home Friday night. The Pirates fell behind early to Great Lakes Conference foe Elyria Catholic, and could not catch up in a 35-7 loss.

Since the beginning of the season, the Avon boys soccer team, though young with just three returning starters, had been special defensively.

The Rocky River Pirates girls soccer season came to an end Oct. 29 at Brunswick High School.

With its depth and next-man-up mentality, Avon has remained undefeated, pulling out a 24-14 victory Friday at Olmsted Falls

The clock struck 12 for the Westlake girls soccer team.

Bay's Buttari rushes for 205 yards, two scores in victory over rival Rocky River

When Avon senior forward Karissa Kraszewski slipped her 11th-minute shot past North Ridgeville keeper Alexis Klingelheber, the entire Eagles team erupted. When sophomore Abby Koly doubled the lead just three minutes later, that eruption became euphoria.

As his Chaos golf ball dropped into the cup on the 16th hole at Mallard Creek Golf Course on Oct. 7, Joe Shearer was in shock. The 83-year-old Sheffield Lake man had just sunk his third hole-in-one 17 years to the day after his first one.

Thanks to an impressive performance at home and a loss from Bay, the Rocky River girls soccer team clinched the Great Lakes Conference title Oct. 9.

Avon volleyball’s Oct. 8 game against the Olmsted Falls Bulldogs began and ended with Emily Gardner. One of four juniors on a team that has a senior class just as strong as the one it graduated last season, Gardner recorded kills for the first and final points of the Eagles’ Southwestern Con…

Avon shuts out North Olmsted, remains undefeated

The Westlake Demons volleyball team pulled out a gritty four-set win over Southwestern Conference rival Midview in their Oct. 15 Sectional semifinal at Midview High School.

It took just an hour for the Avon Lake volleyball team to dispatch 12-seed Lorain in its Oct. 15 Sectional semifinal at Midview High School.

The Elyria Catholic volleyball team made nothing easy for the Rocky River Pirates last Thursday night.

Within 20 minutes, the lead was cushioned. Within 40, it seemed insurmountable

Anthony Guercio knew Friday night’s matchup against Midview was going to be a dogfight. And for three-and-a-half quarters, it was just that as the junior quarterback and the North Olmsted Eagles were tied with the Middies in the fourth quarter.

As one of the top high school football programs in the state, the Saint Ignatius Wildcats aren’t new to getting national attention.

Coming off a hotly-contested, straight-set loss to Avon on Sept. 19, coach Dan Berkheimer and the Avon Lake volleyball team preached finding and playing with a good pace on the court.

In an already dominant season, the Avon Eagles boys soccer team had been searching for an offense that could match their record.

Rocky River High School on Friday continued its remembrance of former student Patrick Green. Prior to the school’s homecoming football game, a marble bench and an engraved rock were unveiled next to the flag pole in front of the school.

In the words of coach Josh Campbell, the stadium erupted.