Boys Track and Field
Head Coaches: Rob Motz
Assistant Coaches: Destin Heasley, Mikayla Deiotte, Doug Burwell
Overview of Last Season: Isaiah Barker – LJ State Champ, 4×200 of JR Linn, Will Kostur, Grant Walker and Isaiah Barker placed 5th and broke school record. Joey Smart was a state qualifier in pole vault and the 4×400 of Carson Morris, Isaiah Barker, Grant Linn and Grant Walker qualified for state as well. 4×100 team of JR Linn, Will Kostur, Grant Walker and Isaiah Barker broke the school record.
Start of Regular Season: April 1
End of Regular Season: May 16
Returning Letter Winners: Austin Ash, Isaiah Barker, Gio Bianchi, John Collins, Joe Gniazdowski, Sam Gorman, Michael Grosse, Sam Hassen, Alex Hobe, Aidan Kish, Will Kostur, Grant Linn, JR Linn, Zavier Medina, Benny Milner, Carson Morris, Ryan Pedone, Jacob Plazak, Josh Renner, Joey Smart, Isaac Streb, Owen Streb, Joah Strong, Anderson Zeiger
Top Newcomers: We shall see…
Key Competition: Jackson, Perry
Season Outlook (Quote from the coach): We really feel like if we can get consistent personal improvement over the course of the season, we can get a lot of athletes to Columbus for the State Championships. Running at Jesse Owens Stadium is the expectation – and everything between now and then is in service to getting everyone on the team to improve.
Girls Track and Field
Head Coaches: David Neitzelt
Assistant Coaches: Emily Shaub, Katelyn Bartosic
Overview of Last Season: Record breaking! Records broken in the 100, 200, 400, and 4×2. Four athletes advanced to the state championships where they all earned All-Ohio.
Start of Regular Season: April 1st
End of Regular Season: May 16th
Returning Letter Winners: Riley Dempsey, Maya Griffith, Kay Hayford, Chayse Horning, Leah Johnsen, Claire Jurica, Zoe McCort, Addy Miller, Ashlyn Minor, Chloe Schans, Miah Smith, Mia Sumser, Savannah Tindell, Maria Wadley, Kenley Waldorff, Peyton Waldorff, Ava Walker, Lexi Wims.
Top Newcomers:
Key Competition: Perry/Green
Season Outlook (Quote from the coach):
After graduating a lot of seniors, we are looking to reload and find our niche for the year!
Boys Tennis
Head Coach: Kay McHolm
Assistant Coaches: Rachelle Shaffer, Sue Wise, Elbert Enrique
Overview of Last Season: We finished 16-3 last Spring, ranked 8th in the District, and finished Runner Up in the Federal League.
Start of Regular Season: March 10th
End of Regular Season: May 9th
Returning Letter Winners: Brennan Calhoun, EJ Enrique, Drew Pike, Matt Indorf, Grant Logan, Luke Hillyer
Top Newcomers: Josh Blake
Key Competition: Jackson will be our toughest competition
Season Outlook (Quote from the coach): We graduated half of our top varsity players from last year. Even though we are young in experience, our team will be competitive. The boys have put in countless hours on the court during the off season to prepare themselves for the tough competition they will face. They are eager to play their first match on April 2nd against McKinley.
Baseball
Head Coach: Bryan Ashby
Assistant Coaches: Jeff Sarbaugh, Kolin Stanley, Eric Sarbaugh, Kyle Young, Drew Cooke, Josh Salinas, Cam Wolf, Mike Chack
Overview of Last Season: 23-9, 9-3 League, Federal League Champions, District Champions, Regional Runner-Up
Start of Regular Season: March 28th vs Boardman (Home, 5pm)
End of Regular Season: May 24th vs Mentor (12pm, Home)
Returning Letter Winners: Jack Andes, Matt Brown, Drake Cooper, Jake Donaldson, Evan Fuller, Danny Holihan, John Logsdon, Carter Lukens, Nathan Spangler, Jack Ziarko
Top Newcomers:
Key Competition: Federal League as a whole, Olentangy Liberty, Dublin Coffman, North Royalton, Medina, Mentor, Twinsburg, Avon, Wadsworth
Season Outlook (Quote from the coach): 2024 was one of the best seasons any team has had in our program’s history. With League and District Championships and a Regional Runner-up, we also had the Federal League & Stark County Player of the year. Now that we are onto the 2025 season we have an experienced group back that wants to improve upon last year’s successes! Our Pitching staff and defense will once again be very strong and disciplined with great team chemistry throughout! Should make for an exciting year, can’t wait to see how it unfolds.
Softball
Head Coach: Scott Snyder
Assistant Coaches: Ashton McKelley, Lauren Harris, Alex Sanders, Kaylee Miller
Overview of Last Season: Federal League Champions with 10-2 record, and 19-8 overall record. District Runner-up.
Start of Regular Season: March 24th vs Boardman at home
End of Regular Season: May 7th at Perry
Returning Letter Winners: Karsyn Davidson, Emi Fankhauser, Lucia Granito, Alexis Greenhauer, Sienna Koosh, Ella Letosky, Summer McCaw, Aydan Ricketts, Mallory Stutzman, Caedynce Szaniszlo,
Josie Westfall
Top Newcomers:
Key Competition: The Federal League as a whole is very competitive
Season Outlook (Quote from the coach): We have outstanding senior leadership and we are excited about the upcoming season.
Girls LAX
Head Coach: John Streb
Assistant Coaches: Maurice Kitchens, Morgan Murphy, Chad Vogelsang, Morgan Miller
Overview of Last Season: It was the most successful season in team history; 14-4; lost 10-8 to Magnificat in the Regional Semifinals
Start of Regular Season: March 21 at home versus Cleveland Heights
End of Regular Season: May 14 at home versus Avon
Returning Letter Winners: Ali Evans, Emmerson Johnson, Nandi Kitchens, Holly Merritt, Kim Otte, Lila Streb, Mahlina McFadden, Isabella Ohler, Nia Kitchens, Jillian Lakota, Avery Miller, Brenna Miller, Stella Somers, Stella Tschantz, BItty VanNatta, Blake LaChance, Madison Slonaker
Top Newcomers:
Key Competition: Bay Village, Western Reserve, Strongsville, Hudson, Hathaway Brown, Stow, Rocky River, Jackson
Season Outlook (Quote from the coach): We lost our two top scorers, our top two defenders and our starting goalie to graduation. This year’s seniors are ready to step up and fill some of those roles, and we have some younger players capable of filling bigger roles for us this season.
Boys LAX
Head Coach: Matt Greogry
Assistant Coaches: PJ Kavanagh, Tim Simms, Sully Dowling, Brian Morrison, Bill SAmelson
Overview of Last Season: The 2024 season was most successful season the Boys lacrosse team has had since we won the 2006 State Championship. The ’24 Vikings finished 19-3 and defeated Cleveland St. Ignatius in the OHSAA Div.1, Region 2 finals and advanced to the State Final Four. Unfortunately, we lost to the eventual state champions, Olentangy Liberty, in a close game.
Start of Regular Season: First Game, March 22nd
End of Regular Season: Last regular season game May 13th
Returning Letter Winners: Jake Elliot, Matt Camilletti, Cooper Kienzle, Cole Rembielak, Jake Rembielak, Bryce Roach, Luke Stuzman, TJ Walker, Brycen Byer, Carter Brant, Aidan Kavanagh, Ryan Kavanagh
Top Newcomers:
Key Competition: Worthington Kilbounre, Hudson, Cleveland St. Ignatius
Season Outlook (Quote from the coach): After the success of last year, the 2025 senior class has big shoes to fill. We do return the core nucleus of last year’s Final Four team, but we lost 9 starters or contributors to graduation. Despite that, we have high expectations and expect to make another deep run in the state tournament.
