How News-Herald coverage area student-athletes fared on Day 1 of the state track and field meet in Dayton. Competitors are listed in alphabetical order by division.
What: State track and field meetWhen: May 31 and June 1Where: Welcome Stadium, 1601 South Edwin C. Moses Boulevard, DaytonSchedule: May 31 — 2 p.m. (girls 4×800-meter relay), 2:15 p.m. (boys 4×800), 2:30 to 5:40 p.m. (running preliminaries for all events except distance); June 1 — 10 a.m. (girls shot put, boys discus, girls pole […]
YOUNGSTOWN — Upon conclusion of the boys 4×400-meter relay May 24 during Day 2 of the Division I Austintown-Fitch Regional, Matthew Sopchak turned to Karl Dietz.Both ever the perfectionists of their craft, Sopchak reminded Dietz it might be an ample opportunity to go cool down.Dietz needed just a moment, though — and for good reason.The […]
Ty Jackson is fond of displaying a “big dog” mentality when the lights shine the brightest.The Mayfield senior’s ferocity in his signature 110-meter hurdles May 17 during Day 2 of the Division I Mentor District not only showed how evident that bark was, is and can be — it showed it for the ages.Jackson broke […]