Louisville Slugger released its high school pre-season All-American list, and two area players were mentioned.

Crestwood senior third baseman/right-handed pitcher David Brock and Walsh Jesuit left-handed pitcher Michael Marsinek are both on the honorable mention list. Six Ohioans made the national list.

Our Lady of the Elms senior Kaitlin Morse has signed a letter of intent to attend Northern Kentucky University and to play Division I softball.

St. Vincent-St. Mary senior first baseman Tyler Cetnarowski has signed a national letter of intent to continue his academic and baseball careers at Shawnee State.

“On and off the field, Tyler deserves everything that he has earned up to this point,” St. V-M coach Anthony Boarman said. “He is a dedicated student in the classroom and one of my hardest workers in the baseball program. He is unselfish and understands the important of faith, family, and sacrifice. I know he we will successful at the next level academically and athletically because of these unique qualities that he possesses.”

Joe Howard, the Akron Public Schools program manager for interscholastic athletics, announced the following dates for City Series championships:

- The boys and girls bowling meet will take place in Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Midway Lanes, 1070 E. Tallmadge Ave. in Akron.

- Firestone and Kenmore have clinched spots in the girls basketball final, which is Thursday at 7 p.m. at North High School.

- Kenmore will host the wrestling championship meet on Feb. 11. That event starts at 10 a.m.

- The boys basketball final will tip-off at 7 p.m. on Feb. 17 at Firestone High School. East, Firestone and Kenmore remain in contention to play in that game. East is ranked No. 10 in the AP Division II state poll.

Senior Sachem Wilson of Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy has signed a national letter of intent to continue his academic and soccer careers at Liberty University.

Here is a letter I received via email from Wadsworth wrestling coach John Gramuglia:

Dear Grizzly Invitational Merchants, Workers and Sponsors,

The Wadsworth Wrestling team and coaches would like to thank the entire Wadsworth wrestling family and community for a superb job at the 26th annual Grizzly Invitational Tournament.

In order for the tournament to have run so smoothly, a great deal of dedicated people and community members gave their assistance and time over the busy weekend. In addition, the tournament also involved advertisements or donations from our wrestling parents and alumni and local merchants.

We salute and thank these parents, families, tournament workers and merchants for their generosity.

We would like to give special recognition to the following groups of people who were vital in making the GIT a success:

Athletic Director: Rich Berlin
Tournament Director: Sam Brandenburg
Tournament Mgr.: Larry Kaufman, Kip Shipley
Computer Technician: Tom Valenti
Announcer: Bart Randolph
Program & Ads: Gail Buzzelli and Angela Cart
Concessions: Cindy Gramuglia, Karen Synder, and Dunyell and Tim Conrad
Program Copies: Debbie Lake
Set-up Crew: Brandon Cobb, Kip Shipley, Larry Kaufman and Mike Wenger
Trainer: Summa WR Hospital: Ron Burdette
Computer assistants: Matt Hulme, Debbie Lake, and Lorrraine Brandenburg
Statistician/Managers: Julie Zollinger
Scorekeepers/Tableworkers: Alumni, dads and stats
Calligrapher: Becky Randolph
Little Sis Club Kathy Wenger, Lorraine Brandenburg, Cindy Squire, and Denise Warstler
Concession help and donations: Basketball Cheerleaders and parents – Jackie Arvay
Softball Team Coach Michelle DeAngelis
Various teams parents from football, tennis and baseball
Volunteer Hospitality: Deb Tavanello
Hospitality room: Kris Jones
Donations: Gail Buzzelli & Angela Cart
Bullpen/Security: Kip Shipley/Wrestler’s dads
T-Shirts: Primetime Sports – Dan Leemaster
Trophies: Wolf Trophies
Youth wrestlers and Parents
7th/8th grade Wrestlers/ParentsV/JV/Frosh Wrestlers/Parents
WCTV announcers: Matt Shiarla, Todd Baughman and Sam Brandenburg
WHS Administration: Jerry Parsons, Steve Moore, & Jeff Teringo
Wadsworth Board of Education
Wadsworth Superintendent: Dale Fortner

Thank you,

Head Coach John Gramuglia, the wrestling coaches, wrestlers, families and the entire program

Kent Roosevelt junior quarterback Tra Chapman has reportedly added a scholarship offer from Northwestern, according to ScoutingOhio.com.

Chapman, who is 6-foot-1 and 195 pounds, also has an offer from Kent State.

Ohio State has reportedly offered a scholarship to Hudson junior linebacker Ben Gedeon, according to ScoutingOhio.com.

Gedeon, who is 6-foot-3 and 220 pounds, also has offers from Michigan, Penn State, Tennessee, Boston College, Michigan State, Purdue, Stanford, Duke and Virginia, according to the recruiting website.

Alexis Becker will play soccer at Edinboro University. Colleen Rosen will play soccer at Ursuline College. Greg McMullen will play football at Nebraska. LaTroy Lewis will play football at Tennessee. Madison Kaser will play soccer at Akron. Maria Libertin willplay soccer at Xavier. Taylor Bolender will be on the gymnastics team at Central Michigan. Make sure to click on the photo for the full image.

Ravenna senior running back D.J. Jones said Thursday he will attend the University of the Akron and play football.

Jones and Ravens coach Jim Lunardi each confirmed that Zips coach Terry Bowden and running back coach Trent Boykin recruited the 5-foot-9 and 190-pound standout to UA.

“I am going as a preferred walk-on for a year and then I get a guaranteed scholarship after that,” Jones said. “I took my official visit to Akron and I like it a lot. I like the facilities, the coaching staff and the academics. It seemed like the best fit for me and it is close to home.”

Jones, a three-year starter for Ravenna, said he plans to major in sports management.

“They have talked about taking it slow and building a good program,” Jones said. “I feel like that is a good approach.”

Lunardi said Kent State and Buffalo were other Division I schools that showed an interest, and that Walsh University and a lot of other Division II schools expressed an interest.

“I am just happy that he will have an opportunity,” Lunardi said. “The kid is a football player. He is one of the best of the players I have coached in the 16 years I have been here.

“He never had negative yards, he never went backwards. He never had a negative carry as a senior. He never saw the inside of the training room and he never missed a practice. That says something about D.J.”

Other Ravenna football news

Lunardi said that 10 of his seniors will play college football next year. Some have made a decision, while others are still mulling over their offers.

Here is a breakdown of where they are at right now:

- D.J. Jones, RB, is going to Akron.
- Eddie Ramsdell, OT, is going to Hiram.
- Korey Briggs, DT, is going to Muskingum.
- Chris Sanders, TE-DE, is considering Case Western Reserve, Rose Hulman and Dakota State for computer science studies. He got a 31 on his ACT and is among Ravenna’s valedictorians with senior teammates Matt Thomas, who plans to attend Walsh University as a student and study physical therapy, and Dan Coleman, who plans to Kent State and study to be a doctor of pediatrics.
- Dylan Tirpak, FB-MLB, is considering Ohio Northern, Dayton and Marietta to play and also study engineering.
- Auston Reaser, OT-DT, is going to play at Ohio Northern and study either to work in a pharmacy or be an eye doctor.
- Brandon Holt, QB-LB, is considering taking a scholarship for baseball at Lourdes College or going to Baldwin-Wallace to play baseball and football.
- Matt Benson, OG-DT, is considering Muskingum and Thiel.
- Niquoli Harris, DT, is considering Denison and Wilmington.
- Mark VanHoose, PK, is considering Baldwin-Wallace and Hiram.