Darcy Isaiah and Noah LaVictoire, both 2016 Firestone High School graduates, have committed to compete in cross country and track and field in college.
Falcons coach Tim Carroll said Isaiah is set to attend Ohio Wesleyan University and LaVictoire is headed to Walsh University.
Isaiah earned four letters apiece in cross country and track and field. He was first-team All-City Series three years in a row in cross country with a personal-best time of 17:25. The Falcons won four City Series cross country titles.
In track and field, Isaiah helped Firestone win three City Series championship meet titles in a row, the first three-peat at the meet in school history. He qualified for the Division I regional meet as a senior on the school record-setting 3,200-meter relay (8:10), on the 1,600 relay (3:28) and in the 800 with a personal best-time of 1:57.29.
LaVictoire earned two letters in cross country and one in track and field. He was first team All-City Series in cross country two years in a row, helping Firestone to league titles in both years with a personal-best time of 17:56.
In track and field, LaVictoire was second team All-City Series in the 3,200 as a senior, helping the Falcons win their third consecutive City Series championship meet.
Bucks pick colleges
Buckeye football coach Mark Pinzone announced that four 2016 graduates have pledged to play a sport in college:
• Trevor Thome (football, Mount Union).
• Jalin Brock (football, Mount Union).
• Nathan Polidori (basketball, Baldwin Wallace).
• Bruce Barnby (track and field, Notre Dame College in Ohio).
Thome, Brock, Polidori and Barnby helped lead the 2015 Buckeye football team to a 10-0 regular season, the Patriot Athletic Conference Stars Division title and a berth in the Division III playoffs. Four of the wins ended in a shutout and the Bucks outscored foes 431-69.
Buckeye’s season ended with a loss to West Geauga in the first round of the playoffs.
Victorious Bulldogs
The Green boys golf team won the Hudson Explorer Invitational last week at the Country Club of Hudson.
Green and Ashland each finished with a 307, but the Bulldogs placed first in the 24-team field on the fifth scoreboard tiebreaker.
Johnny Peck of Ashland earned medalist honors with an even-par round of 72. Green coach Brian Tharp’s top five players were Max Moldovan (74), Miles Demuesy (75), Ryan Laipert (78), Cade Breitenstine (80) and Zak Kalenterides (86).
Dublin Jerome (313) placed third as a team, Chardon Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin (314) was fourth and Columbus St. Charles Prep and Medina tied for fifth at 316. Rounding out the top 15 were Upper Arlington (320), Walsh Jesuit (321), Brunswick (323), Hunting Valley University (323), Hudson (326), Highland (327), Cleveland St. Ignatius (329), Stow (332) and Archbishop Hoban (333).
Second-place Warriors
The Walsh Jesuit Tradition boys golf tournament finished last week with the host school in second place with a 301, just four shots behind triumphant Toledo St. John’s Jesuit.
Daniel Berlin of Chagrin Falls earned the medalist honor with a 4-under 67 at Brookledge Golf Course in Cuyahoga Falls. Archbishop Hoban’s Dylan Erks (70), St. John’s’ Dillon Booth (71), Walsh’s Brennan Komos (72) and Parma Padua’s Joe Onorato (72) rounded out the top five individuals.
Green (303), Chagrin Falls (308) and Hoban (311) rounded out the top five teams in a field of 24.
Jackson wins event
Jackson’s girls tennis team won the St. Joseph Academy Invitational in Cleveland last week with 39.5 points.
The Polar Bears topped an eight-team field, which included second-place Hudson (38) and third-place Westlake (36.5).
Hudson’s Molly Sandberg earned the first singles title and Jackson’s Megan Reese won at second singles. Jackson won each doubles crown, with Lindsay Reese and Maya Tawil taking first doubles and Jillian Cardi and McKenzie Ecrement taking second doubles.
Green’s three-peat
The Green girls tennis team won the Medina Doubles Classic Saturday for the third year in a row, winning all 12 matches it played for the third year in a row.
Green topped the eight-team field with 32 points. Medina and Solon tied for second (23) and Our Lady of the Elms was fourth (22).
The winning doubles teams for Green were Anne Zivick and Maria Zivick at first, Emily Capeta and Sophie Kestner at second, Caroline Wallace and Lauren Griffin at third and Mackenzie Cavalier and Abby Kussow at fourth.
Quick shots
• Hannah Finley shot a personal best 1-under 35 last week to lead the Archbishop Hoban girls golf team to a 176-188 victory over Stow at Fox Den Golf Course in Stow.
• The Firestone boys soccer team opened its season Saturday with a 4-1 win over Perry. Jacob Koehler led the Falcons with two goals.
• GlenOak beat Walsh Jesuit 1-0 Saturday in boys soccer on a goal by Harris Knowles.
• Elyse Casalinova scored two goals Saturday to spark Stow to a 3-1 win over rival Kent Roosevelt in girls soccer.
Michael Beaven can be reached at 330-996-3829 or mbeaven@thebeaconjournal.com.