HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP Thursday’s results

CROSS COUNTRY

OHSAA moves moves state meet to Nov. 10

COLUMBUS

The Ohio High School Athletic Association postponed Saturday’s state cross country tournament and moved the championships to Nov. 10 due to flooding conditions on the course at National Trail Raceway in Hebron.

“While I wholeheartedly understand the impact this move has for all those involved in the event, this is the best solution for the safety and well-being of our participating student-athletes,” said Jerry Snodgrass, OHSAA executive director.

“National Trail Raceway has closed the course due to flooding with the on-going rain we have had in central Ohio, so the conditions will hopefully be much better by next weekend.”

The schedule for the championships will be as follows: Boys Division III (11 a.m.), Boys Division II (11:45 a.m.), Boys Division I (12:30 p.m.), Girls Division III (1:30 p.m.), Girls Division II (2:15 p.m.) and Girls Division I (3 p.m.).

FOOTBALL

McDonald-Rootstown game moved to KSU’s Dix Stadium

Tonight’s Division VI regional quarterfinal football game between McDonald (10-0) and Rootstown (9-1) has been moved to Kent State University’s Dix Stadium.

The kickoff time remains 7 p.m.

Sherry named state finalist for Heisman Scholarship

East Palestine quarterback Parker Sherry was named a state finalist for the 2018 Wendy’s High School Heisman Scholarship.

The state winner will be announced Wednesday with the national finalist list being released on Thursday.

From a total applicant pool of nearly 42,000 high school scholar-athletes graduating with the class of 2019, more than 7,500 have been named School Winners in Wendy’s annual scholarship competition.

State Winners receive a $500 college scholarship, National Finalists receive a $1,000 college scholarship and the male and female National Winners receive a $5,000 college scholarship and trip to New York City to attend the Heisman Trophy Trust’s annual college Heisman award broadcast on Dec. 8.

Hubbard QB Daniels receives offer from Bowling Green

Hubbard quarterback Davion Daniels received an scholarship offer from Bowling Green. He announced the offer on his Twitter account on Thursday. Daniels led the Eagles to the postseason with 961 passing yards, 16 touchdowns and six interceptions. He also ran for 1,186 yards and 15 scores.

VOLLEYBALL

DIVISION III

Regional Semifinal

At Barberton High School

Independence 25-25-25, Salem 12-19-13

BARBERTON

Details of the game were not reported.

DIVISION IV

Regional Semifinal

At Lake High School

UNIONTOWN

Wellsville 25-25-25, Newbury 12-20-19

Details of the game were not reported. Wellsville will play Monroeville Saturday at Uniontown Lake High School in a regional final. The match is scheduled for 2 p.m.

BOYS SOCCER

Campbell, Hubard teams set for regional finals

The sites and times for regional finals involving boys soccer teams from Hubbard and Campbell were announced Thursday.

Hubbard (19-0-1) will face Richfield Revere (15-2-3) at noon on Saturday at Bo Rein Stadium in Niles.

Campbell (17-3) will meet Kirtland (16-1-3) at 3 p.m. Saturday at Streetsboro High School.

The Eagles and Red Devils are both seeking the first state tournament berths in their respective programs’ histories.

PENNSYLVANIA

New Castle to celebrate refurbishing of ‘The Rack’

New Castle High’s refurbished athletic facility, known as The Rack, will host a grand opening Saturday at 11 a.m. featuring members of the Pittsburgh Pirates organization and the Jerome Bettis “Bus Stops Here” foundation.

The Pirates donated $25,000 to the school’s bid to refurbish the facility and the former Steelers running back’s foundation added $15,000.

Pirates owner Bob Nutting, president Frank Coonelly and players Josh Bell and Nick Kingham are expected to attend the festivities and Bettis is expected to deliver a video address.

The Rack features 20,000 square feet of space for New Castle teams and athletes to train, including 16,000 square feet of turf, batting cages, a cardio room and long jump pit.

Staff reports