Chris Beaven

4 days ago | cantonrep.com | Chris Beaven

With the Stark County OHSAA sports season over for the 2024-25 school year, we're going to spend the next couple months looking back at the best of the school year. Your vote will determine Stark County Best of the School Year for teams, coaches and athletes. This week, we ask who you think was the best boys high school sports team of 2024-25? Each team’s credentials are listed above the poll — which will be live until 5 p.m. June 26. The winners will be announced June 27 on CantonRep.com.

1 week ago | cantonrep.com | Chris Beaven

The Minerva High School cross country team won the voting for the Stark County Girls Team of the Year for the 2024-25 school year. The Lions received 44.58% of the votes cast. A total of 18,247 votes were cast overall. Look for more on the Minerva cross country team below. Stark County Best of the School Year voting continue on CantonRep.com next Tuesday. The Lions were the state's No. 1-ranked team before winning their second straight Division II state championship last November.

1 week ago | cantonrep.com | Chris Beaven

With the Stark County OHSAA sports season over for the 2024-25, we're going to spend the next several weeks looking back at the best of the school year. Your vote will determine Stark County Best of the School Year for teams, coaches and athletes. We will start with who you think was the best girls high school sports team of 2024-25. Each team’s credentials are listed above the poll — which will be live until 5 p.m. Thursday. The winners will be announced Friday morning on CantonRep.com.

2 weeks ago | cantonrep.com | Chris Beaven

It's time to take a look at the standout high school performers from Stark County for the past week. Your vote will determine who will be the Stark County High School Athlete of the Week for June 2-8. We will pick one girl and one boy. Each athlete’s credentials are listed above the poll — which will be live until 5 p.m. Thursday. The winners will be announced Friday morning on CantonRep.com.

2 weeks ago | cantonrep.com | Chris Beaven |Cliff Hickman

AKRON — Two Stark County softball teams take the field today in the Ohio High School Athletic Association state tournament at Firestone Stadium. Perry is first up, with Jackson on deck later in the afternoon. Neither team is a league champ and both can be considered surprises to make it this far. Perry is on a Cinderella run, arriving at the Division II state semifinals with a sub-.500 record after playing a tough regular-season schedule in the Federal League.