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	<updated>2014-12-18T20:15:00Z</updated>
	
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	<title>Nordonia WR/DB Alex Alders verbally commits to play Division I football for Ohio University</title>
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	<published>2014-12-18T20:15:00Z</published>
	<updated>2014-12-18T20:30:08Z</updated>

	<summary>Nordonia senior Alex Alders committed to Ohio University to play Division I football this week.</summary>
	
	
	
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			Nordonia senior Alex Alders committed to Ohio University to play Division I football this week.
		
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	<title>Is a hybrid pitching stance legal in high school baseball? Q and A with OHSAA baseball liaison Jerry Snodgrass</title>
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	<published>2014-04-10T11:00:00Z</published>
	<updated>2014-04-10T15:38:30Z</updated>

	<summary> CLEVELAND, Ohio -- There are two legal pitching positions in baseball: the windup and the set.Sure, the set is most often referred to as the stretch, but it&apos;s only two stances.So what about the hybrid stances being taught to...</summary>
	
	
	
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			<name>Stephanie Kuzydym, Northeast Ohio Media Group</name>
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			 CLEVELAND, Ohio -- There are two legal pitching positions in baseball: the windup and the set.Sure, the set is most often referred to as the stretch, but it&apos;s only two stances.So what about the hybrid stances being taught to...
		
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	<title>St. Ignatius routs Toledo St. Francis DeSales to advance to baseball state semifinal</title>
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	<published>2013-06-03T00:54:09Z</published>
	<updated>2013-06-03T14:10:08Z</updated>

	<summary>St. Ignatius on Sunday routed Toledo St. Francis DeSales, 14-0, in a Division ! regional final baseball game that had been suspended on Friday for bad weather.</summary>
	
	
	
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			<name>cleveland.com high school sports staff</name>
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			St. Ignatius on Sunday routed Toledo St. Francis DeSales, 14-0, in a Division ! regional final baseball game that had been suspended on Friday for bad weather.
		
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	<title>Plain Dealer&apos;s high school sports superlatives for 2012-13 school year </title>
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	<published>2013-05-22T23:00:30Z</published>
	<updated>2013-05-23T01:37:05Z</updated>

	<summary>As the high school sports year comes to a close, it&apos;s time to consider some of the most notable (and not) events of 2012-13. </summary>
	
	
	
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			<name>Plain Dealer Sports</name>
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	<title>High School Players of the Week for April 18, 2013</title>
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	<published>2013-04-18T12:34:02Z</published>
	<updated>2013-04-18T12:39:06Z</updated>

	<summary><![CDATA[Michael King, Central Catholic Sport: Track &nbsp;Class: Junior Age: 17 Ht: 6-4 Wt: 172 What Michael did last week: At the Beachwood Invitational, won the 200-meter dash (24.02 seconds), and was the anchor on the winning 4x100 (10.3 split) and...]]></summary>
	
	
	
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			<![CDATA[Michael King, Central Catholic Sport: Track &nbsp;Class: Junior Age: 17 Ht: 6-4 Wt: 172 What Michael did last week: At the Beachwood Invitational, won the 200-meter dash (24.02 seconds), and was the anchor on the winning 4x100 (10.3 split) and...]]>
		
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	<title>Medina girls beat Magnificat in lacrosse -- High School Roundup</title>
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	<published>2013-04-12T03:37:20Z</published>
	<updated>2013-04-12T12:17:25Z</updated>

	<summary>Medina girls win in lacrosse and Streetsboro&apos;s baseball nine are triumphant.</summary>
	
	
	
		<author>
		    
			<name>cleveland.com high school sports staff</name>
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			Medina girls win in lacrosse and Streetsboro&apos;s baseball nine are triumphant.
		
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	<title>It&apos;s time for spring sports -- and here&apos;s who you should watch</title>
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	<id>tag:www.cleveland.com,2013:/hssports/blog/index.ssf//4376.10338852</id>

	<published>2013-04-10T23:30:42Z</published>
	<updated>2013-04-11T11:47:58Z</updated>

	<summary>After spending a winter indoors, it&apos;s time to go outside and watch area high school athletes compete in spring sports. Here are some suggestions on who you should watch.</summary>
	
	
	
		<author>
		    
			<name>Joe Maxse, The Plain Dealer</name>
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	<title>The Plain Dealer&apos;s 2012 high school baseball Player of the Year: John Martillotta, Chardon</title>
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	<id>tag:www.cleveland.com,2012:/hssports/blog/index.ssf//4376.8616111</id>

	<published>2012-07-01T09:30:10Z</published>
	<updated>2012-07-01T09:38:01Z</updated>

	<summary>The Hilltoppers put together the best season in school history, finishing 25-4 and reaching the Division I regional finals. Martillotta, a right-handed pitcher, was a huge part of that success.</summary>
	
	
	
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			<name>Tim Rogers, The Plain Dealer</name>
			<uri>http://connect.cleveland.com/user/trogers/index.html</uri>
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			The Hilltoppers put together the best season in school history, finishing 25-4 and reaching the Division I regional finals. Martillotta, a right-handed pitcher, was a huge part of that success.
		
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	<title>The Plain Dealer&apos;s 2012 high school baseball All-Star team</title>
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	<id>tag:www.cleveland.com,2012:/hssports/blog/index.ssf//4376.8616150</id>

	<published>2012-07-01T04:05:42Z</published>
	<updated>2012-07-03T21:25:58Z</updated>

	<summary>The Plain Dealer selects the outstanding baseball players in Northeast Ohio in 2012.</summary>
	
	
	
		<author>
		    
			<name>Tim Rogers, The Plain Dealer</name>
			<uri>http://connect.cleveland.com/user/trogers/index.html</uri>
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			The Plain Dealer selects the outstanding baseball players in Northeast Ohio in 2012.
		
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	<title>Westlake baseball state championship game updates from Columbus</title>
	<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.cleveland.com/hssports/blog/index.ssf/2012/06/westlake_state_championship_ga.html" />
	<id>tag:www.cleveland.com,2012:/hssports/blog/index.ssf//4376.8434247</id>

	<published>2012-06-02T12:45:13Z</published>
	<updated>2012-06-02T12:46:29Z</updated>

	<summary>The Westlake High School baseball team is one victory away from being state champions. Westlake (24-6) will meet Cincinnati Moeller at Huntington Park in Columbus. This will be the school&apos;s first baseball championship game. Follow along with Tim Rogers (@TimRogersPD) of The Plain Dealer.</summary>
	
	
	
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			<name>cleveland.com</name>
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			The Westlake High School baseball team is one victory away from being state champions. Westlake (24-6) will meet Cincinnati Moeller at Huntington Park in Columbus. This will be the school&apos;s first baseball championship game. Follow along with Tim Rogers (@TimRogersPD) of The Plain Dealer.
		
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	<title>Stow beats Nordonia in softball district semifinal: High School Roundup</title>
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	<id>tag:www.cleveland.com,2012:/hssports/blog/index.ssf//4376.8321572</id>

	<published>2012-05-15T04:33:52Z</published>
	<updated>2012-05-15T09:54:13Z</updated>

	<summary>No. 2-seeded Stow earned a Division I district softball championship-game berth on Monday with a 4-0 win over fourth-seeded Nordonia.  </summary>
	
	
	
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			No. 2-seeded Stow earned a Division I district softball championship-game berth on Monday with a 4-0 win over fourth-seeded Nordonia.  
		
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<entry>
	<title>Cleveland Heights boys, Shaker Heights girls win LEL track titles: High School Roundup</title>
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	<id>tag:www.cleveland.com,2012:/hssports/blog/index.ssf//4376.8288285</id>

	<published>2012-05-10T03:24:08Z</published>
	<updated>2012-05-10T03:28:50Z</updated>

	<summary>Cleveland Heights boys, Shaker Heights girls win LEL track championships at Bedford&apos;s Bearcat Stadium.
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		<author>
		    
			<name>cleveland.com high school sports staff</name>
			<uri>http://connect.cleveland.com/user/clevepdhigh/index.html</uri>
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			Cleveland Heights boys, Shaker Heights girls win LEL track championships at Bedford&apos;s Bearcat Stadium.

		
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<entry>
	<title>This spring, Ohio&apos;s high school baseball players taking their swings with safer aluminum bats</title>
	<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.cleveland.com/hssports/blog/index.ssf/2012/03/this_spring_ohios_high_school.html" />
	<id>tag:www.cleveland.com,2012:/hssports/blog/index.ssf//4376.7987133</id>

	<published>2012-03-27T02:00:06Z</published>
	<updated>2012-03-26T23:40:20Z</updated>

	<summary>Prep baseball players across the country will use a new type of aluminum bat designed to slow the ball&apos;s speed when hit, giving fielders -- and especially pitchers -- more time to react. </summary>
	
	
	
		<author>
		    
			<name>Bill Lubinger, The Plain Dealer</name>
			<uri>http://connect.cleveland.com/user/blubinge/index.html</uri>
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			Prep baseball players across the country will use a new type of aluminum bat designed to slow the ball&apos;s speed when hit, giving fielders -- and especially pitchers -- more time to react. 
		
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<entry>
	<title>Answering the questions about high-school baseball&apos;s new bats</title>
	<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.cleveland.com/hssports/blog/index.ssf/2012/03/answering_the_questions_about.html" />
	<id>tag:www.cleveland.com,2012:/hssports/blog/index.ssf//4376.7987230</id>

	<published>2012-03-26T23:32:50Z</published>
	<updated>2012-03-26T23:33:53Z</updated>

	<summary>Answering some of the key questions about high school baseball&apos;s new bats.</summary>
	
	
	
		<author>
		    
			<name>Bill Lubinger, The Plain Dealer</name>
			<uri>http://connect.cleveland.com/user/blubinge/index.html</uri>
			<link type="image/png" href="http://media.cleveland.com/avatars/3833.png" rel="image" />
		    
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			Answering some of the key questions about high school baseball&apos;s new bats.
		
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	<title>St. Ignatius&apos; baseball team believes it has the mettle to use wooden bats this season</title>
	<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.cleveland.com/hssports/blog/index.ssf/2012/03/st_ignatius_baseball_team_beli.html" />
	<id>tag:www.cleveland.com,2012:/hssports/blog/index.ssf//4376.7987180</id>

	<published>2012-03-26T23:25:26Z</published>
	<updated>2012-03-27T16:04:37Z</updated>

	<summary>Coach Brad Ganor believes the move away from aluminum bats will help his players improve at the plate.</summary>
	
	
	
		<author>
		    
			<name>Bill Lubinger, The Plain Dealer</name>
			<uri>http://connect.cleveland.com/user/blubinge/index.html</uri>
			<link type="image/png" href="http://media.cleveland.com/avatars/3833.png" rel="image" />
		    
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	<category term="tag:brad ganor" label="brad ganor" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /><category term="tag:high school baseball" label="high school baseball" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" /><category term="tag:st. ignatius" label="st. ignatius" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" />
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			Coach Brad Ganor believes the move away from aluminum bats will help his players improve at the plate.
		
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<entry>
	<title>Kenston&apos;s Porter is Plain Dealer baseball Player of Year</title>
	<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.cleveland.com/hssports/blog/index.ssf/2011/07/kenstons_porter_is_plain_deale.html" />
	<id>tag:www.cleveland.com,2011:/hssports/blog/index.ssf//4376.6606393</id>

	<published>2011-07-05T01:30:19Z</published>
	<updated>2011-07-05T12:06:21Z</updated>

	<summary>H e flirted with another for a while, fearing his first love would abandon him. 

Things all worked out in the end, however, and Kenston outfielder Patrick Porter, The Plain Dealer&apos;s Baseball Player of the Year, is about to begin another chapter in his athletic career. 

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		<author>
		    
			<name>Tim Rogers, The Plain Dealer</name>
			<uri>http://connect.cleveland.com/user/trogers/index.html</uri>
			<link type="image/png" href="http://media.cleveland.com/avatars/5864.png" rel="image" />
		    
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			H e flirted with another for a while, fearing his first love would abandon him. 

Things all worked out in the end, however, and Kenston outfielder Patrick Porter, The Plain Dealer&apos;s Baseball Player of the Year, is about to begin another chapter in his athletic career. 


		
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<entry>
	<title>Your Space: Your High School Snapshots for April</title>
	<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.cleveland.com/hssports/blog/index.ssf/2011/04/your_space_your_high_school_sn.html" />
	<id>tag:www.cleveland.com,2011:/hssports/blog/index.ssf//4376.6041191.20110404104137</id>

	<published>2011-04-05T08:00:37Z</published>
	<updated>2011-04-04T14:41:37Z</updated>

	<summary>What&apos;s going on at your high school? Go to cleveland.com/yourspace to send your pictures of varsity teams from your school. We&apos;ll publish the best picture each Tuesday in The Plain Dealer, and the entire photo gallery is featured on cleveland.com....</summary>
	
	
	
		<author>
		    
			<name>cleveland.com</name>
			<uri>http://connect.cleveland.com/user/clevestaff/index.html</uri>
			<link type="image/png" href="http://media.cleveland.com/avatars/1826839.png" rel="image" />
		    
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	<category term="tag:gates mills" label="gates mills" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" />
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			What&apos;s going on at your high school? Go to cleveland.com/yourspace to send your pictures of varsity teams from your school. We&apos;ll publish the best picture each Tuesday in The Plain Dealer, and the entire photo gallery is featured on cleveland.com....
		
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	<title>Video: Dan Coughlin&apos;s eulogy at services for longtime Plain Dealer high school writer Dick Zunt</title>
	<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.cleveland.com/hssports/blog/index.ssf/2010/01/video_dan_coughlins_eulogy_at.html" />
	<id>tag:www.cleveland.com,2010:/hssports/blog.ssf//4376.4083816</id>

	<published>2010-01-06T18:35:08Z</published>
	<updated>2010-01-06T18:42:27Z</updated>

	<summary>VIDEO: Funeral services were held today for&#160;Dick Zunt, the longtime Plain Dealer high school sports writer who died Saturday morning at age 78. The eulogy at St. Patrick Church on Cleveland&apos;s West Side was delivered by former Plain Dealer sports...</summary>
	
	
	
		<author>
		    
			<name>Lonnie Timmons III, The Plain Dealer</name>
			<uri>http://connect.cleveland.com/user/ltimmons/index.html</uri>
			<link type="image/png" href="http://media.cleveland.com/avatars/3574.png" rel="image" />
		    
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			VIDEO: Funeral services were held today for&#160;Dick Zunt, the longtime Plain Dealer high school sports writer who died Saturday morning at age 78. The eulogy at St. Patrick Church on Cleveland&apos;s West Side was delivered by former Plain Dealer sports...
		
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<entry>
	<title>Firestone grad Kountis becomes school&apos;s first player to be drafted by Major League Baseball team</title>
	<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.cleveland.com/hssports/blog/index.ssf/2009/06/firestone_grad_kountis_becomes.html" />
	<id>tag:www.cleveland.com,2009:/hssports/blog.ssf//4376.2990559</id>

	<published>2009-06-11T21:59:29Z</published>
	<updated>2009-06-11T22:01:15Z</updated>

	<summary>AKRON - Right-handed pitcher Jonathan Kountis became the first Firestone baseball player ever drafted when the Indians made him the 1,265th player chosen in the first-year player draft today. Kountis, who compiled a 15-8 record and a 1.49 earned run...</summary>
	
	
	
		<author>
		    
			<name>Kristen Davis, cleveland.com</name>
			<uri>http://connect.cleveland.com/user/kldavis/index.html</uri>
			<link type="image/png" href="http://media.cleveland.com/avatars/898.png" rel="image" />
		    
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			AKRON - Right-handed pitcher Jonathan Kountis became the first Firestone baseball player ever drafted when the Indians made him the 1,265th player chosen in the first-year player draft today. Kountis, who compiled a 15-8 record and a 1.49 earned run...
		
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<entry>
	<title>Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin wins Division II state baseball crown by edging Walsh Jesuit, 2-1</title>
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	<id>tag:www.cleveland.com,2009:/hssports/blog.ssf//4376.2948868</id>

	<published>2009-06-06T23:23:57Z</published>
	<updated>2009-06-17T12:34:40Z</updated>

	<summary>Columbus -- Erik Okleson remembered the bus ride home. And that was enough.  </summary>
	
	
	
		<author>
		    
			<name>Tim Rogers, The Plain Dealer</name>
			<uri>http://connect.cleveland.com/user/trogers/index.html</uri>
			<link type="image/png" href="http://media.cleveland.com/avatars/5864.png" rel="image" />
		    
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			Columbus -- Erik Okleson remembered the bus ride home. And that was enough.  
		
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