Head coach: Phil Annarella, fourth season, 12-18; 30th season overall, 175-118-3 Last year: 6-4, 3-4 Postseason assignment: Division I, Region 1 Returning lettermen: 11
After the next school year, the Federal League will be a seven-school league. Sort of.
League superintendents unanimously voted Wednesday to accept Fitch High School’s request to withdraw after the 2010-11 seasons. Fitch, about 50 miles northeast of Stark County, will join the All-American Conference in all sports except football in 2011-12.
Federal League administrators will meet next week to discuss options in the wake of Fitch High School leaving the conference.
The Austintown Local Schools Board of Education voted Monday to compete in the All-American Conference in all sports except football beginning with the 2011-12 school year.
COLUMBUS More than a week has passed since Jeffrey John made a proposal to the Ohio High School Athletic Association to bring the state football championships to Columbus.
Rob Steinberg is the 32-year-old sports promotion manager for the Canton-Stark County Convention and Visitors’ Bureau. He was responsible for putting together Stark County’s proposal to keep the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s state football championship games here.
A 2,000-yard rusher, a couple of hard-hitting linebackers and playmaking safety highlight the 2009 Associated Press Northeast Inland All-District football team.
The team honors the top high school football players in each of the six divisions. It is chosen by a media panel representing the nine-county district.
