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Hoover (22-4) will play Olentangy Orange in Friday’s regional final at 7:15 p.m. They advanced on a 51-48 win over Reynoldsburg in a Division I regional semifinal at Otterbein University.

The fourth-seeded Trojans beat top-seeded Jackson 54-49 in a Division I district semifinal at the Civic Center. Timken advances to Saturday night’s 7:30 district title game against the winner of Thursday’s Perry-Barberton semifinal.

Parrish Martin and J.J. Kukura lead Alliance past Marlington in a Division II boys basketball district semifinal.

The Cavs trailed 100-92 with less than three minutes left before Irving took over. He scored eight points, made a steal and assisted on Wayne Ellington’s dunk as Cleveland stormed back to stun the Jazz.

Everything about the BCS championship between No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 2 Alabama seems larger than life. Not only do these schools stand among the best ever in college football, they also lead the pack in celebrating that success and in investing for the future. If ever college football presented a heavyweight event it's the Fighting Irish against the Crimson Tide.

Plain Local Schools are celebrating a number of achievements revealed with last week’s official report card ratings from the Ohio Department of Education.

For this year’s recycling competition, Dylan Curtis dressed up in a paper costume to catch people “green-handed.”

More witnesses were called on the final day of testimony in the trial of Richard Beasley, who is accused of killing down-on-their-luck men, including two who were lured to Southern Ohio with a fake job listing on the Internet. The trial will conclude with closing arguments Monday in Summit County Common Pleas Court.

The sap is running. North America is the only place in the world that manufactures maple syrup, thanks to the abundance of maple trees. In 2012, Ohio was ranked No. 3 in maple production. The industry contributes $5 million to the state’s economy every year.