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Just received the following news from reporter Jay Morrison.
Hamilton High School senior Donovan Jarrett will play college football at Ball State.
Jarrett, a 6-foot-3, 302-pound defensive lineman, recently gave a verbal commitment to the Ball State Cardinals, according to HHS coach Jim Place.
Place said most of the MAC schools were interested in Jarrett.
The first day of high school football practice is Thursday, July 31.
Most teams will be on the field early for the start of two-a-day practice sessions.
Check back for coverage and photos from the first day of practice at Hamilton, Middletown and many other schools.
Middletown High School senior Deejay Hunter had a list of schools he was going to visit throughout the month of July.
He’ll have to cancel several trips.
On Tuesday, July 9, Hunter gave a verbal committment to continue his football career for the University of Tennessee Volunteers.
Hunter is a standout cornerback/safety/kick returner for the Middies.
For more on the story, check out my story on our Web site:
http://www.middletownjournal.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/high-schools/2008/07/09/mj071008sphunter.html
Received an e-mail this morning from the folks at the Kirk Herbstreit Varsity Football Series IV.
After several changes, the schedule for the prep football showcase is finally set.
Lakota West and Middletown are both partcipating in the two-day event.
The Middies will face Warren Central (Ind.) at 2 p.m., Aug. 30, at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati. The Firebirds play in the event’s final game — at 6 p.m. Aug. 31 vs. St. Rita (Ill.) at PBS.
The Challenge features games in Canton and Cincinnati and at Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas over Labor Day Weekend.
Check out the complete schedule here:
http://www.middletownjournal.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/high-schools/2008/07/01/mj070208herbstreit.html
From Skip Weaver
The 101st boys and 34th girls annual state track and field meet has just completed.
The girls team champion was Cleveland Heights Beaumont with 62 points. The boys champion was Cleveland Heights with 44 points, just nipping LaSalle which had 41.
The Middletown girls finished 11th with 14 points.
Senior Dierra Riley placed fifth in the 100-meter dash in 12.32 seconds, as did the 400 relay team of Latia McKellar, Ayeshia Kimbrough, Chaniqua Corinealdi and Riley (48.33 seconds). The girls 800 relay team was sixth in 1:41.58.
The biggest news from our general area is that Mason freshman Zach Wills became the first boy in school history to win a state track championship. He won the 3,200 run in 9:15.34.
Word aroud Jesse owens Memorial Stadium was that he was the first freshman ever to win the two-mile race at state, but that is unconfirmed.
We mentioned Middie sophomore Fabia McDonald’s sixth-place finish in the high jump and Mason senior Lindsey Ossim’s fourth-place finish in the discus earlier.
Other area placers in Division I were:
Lebanon’s Bekah Bonny, fifth in the 100 hurdles (14.74)
Lakota West’s 800 relay team of Rashod McClendon, Bakari Bussey, D.J. Brown and Dwight Phillips in fourth place (1:27.51)
Springboro’s Carly Hamilton, second in the 1,600 run (4:57.2)
Lakota West’s 400 relay team (same foursome as 800) in fifth place (42.32)
Lebanon’s 400 relay team of Joe MacCutcheon, Trey Bonny, Logan Norris and Chase Cochran in eighth place (42.48)
Mason’s Rachel Harley, sixth in the 300 hurdles (44.73)
Mason’s girls 1,600 relay team of Chelsea Vanhook, Molly Culbertson, Harley and Rachel Weber in seventh place with the school’s second-fastest time ever (3:55.28)
Well, it’s time to get busy writing stories for the Sunday editions, so have a great summer everybody! See you in football season!
It’s over. Badin falls to Canton Central Catholic 8-0 in the Division III state championship game.
A Badin fan wearing a “Seger” shirt was hit in the back of the head while looking down on a high foul pop. After some attention by medical staff, it appears she’ll be OK.
What looked like a one-out single by Mike Roman ended up being a double play. Roman was caught in a rundown between first and second as pinch-runner Marc Davide was scoring. After Zach Toerner slapped the tag on Roman, the Rams appealed to third that Davide missed the base, and the umpire calls him out.
It’s 8-0 heading to the bottom of the seventh.
Badin has Zach Toerner, Eric Gerbus and Garrett Seger due up.
Central Catholic 8 10 0
Badin 0 1 1
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