Independence

After starting last season 0-8, Independence kicked off the 2023-2024 campaign with a 69-23 win at Temple Christian on Saturday.

Independence hopes experience pays off as last year’s young squad returns all five starters and eight others with varsity experience.

Independence opens the 2023-2024 season with four returning starters and three other players with varsity experience.

The Air Force All-Stars will play the Marines All-Stars in the 2023 Ohio Varsity Underclassmen Showcase at North High School on Sunday, Nov. 19 at 4:00 p.m.

Two Independence and one Kirtland soccer player closed out their high school careers as All-Ohioans.

The Army All-Stars will play the Navy All-Stars in the 2023 Ohio Varsity Senior Slam at North High School on Sunday, Nov. 19 at 6:00 p.m.

Independence junior Haley Wilson added another line item to her impressive resume this week when she landed on the all-state volleyball team.

Six All-Ohioans will compete in the 2023 Ohio Varsity Senior Slam & Underclassmen Showcase at Eastlake North on Nov. 19.

Grant Keilin scored a game-winning overtime goal for the second time in as many seasons in Beachwood's 2-1 win over Independence.

Mark Pillar won a state golf title on Oct. 22 and on Saturday, he scored an overtime goal to secure Independence’s first district title since 2018.

Independence cruised to a four-set win over Navarre Fairless on Saturday on the way to clinching a seventh straight district championship.

Independence cruised to a three-set win over Norwayne in a Division III district semifinal on Tuesday and now will play for a seventh straight district title.

Khalil McDonald’s hat trick led Independence to a 3-2 come-from-behind win at Fairview in a Division III district semifinal on Tuesday.

Independence closed out the 2023 season with a 31-0 win over host Trinty at Cuyahoga Heights High School on Saturday.

Independence bounced back from a disappointing loss to beat VASJ to clinch its 13th straight sectional championship.

Khalil McDonald and Mark Pillar each scored two goals in Independence’s 7-0 win over visiting Columbia in a Division III sectional championship game on Thursday.

Independence used a second-half Casey Adams header to secure a 1-0 upset win over host Orrville in a Division III sectional championship game on Wednesday.

Senior Joseph Walchanowicz recorded the first hat trick of his career in leading Independence to a 7-0 win over visiting Tuslaw in a Division III sectional semifinal on Monday.

Independence’s boys’ cross country team outran the field in winning the 2023 Chagrin Valley Conference Valley Division title on Saturday.

Independence took an early lead and then needed a shootout to hold off Canton Central Catholic in a Division III sectional semifinal on Saturday, 5-4.