Mentor

Mentor opens the 2018 season with the goal of knocking off defending state champion Elyria for the league title and making a deep postseason run.

West Geauga’s Jax Shenkel scored a game-high 26 points to lead the Air Force All-Stars to a 128-100 win over the Marines in the 2018 Ohio Varsity Senior Shootout.

Mentor returns four starters from last season’s regional runner-up team and the Cardinals have high expectations once again.

With dwindling participation numbers it’s time to get radical to save wrestling.

An overtime loss at Mentor on Feb. 5 didn’t sit well with the Chardon Hilltoppers, who returned to the same gymnasium on Thursday and defeated the Cardinals, 62-58, in a Division I sectional final.

Rosters for the 2018 Ohio Varsity Senior Shootout and Underclassmen Showcase have been finalized for the event, which will take place at Ursuline College on March 18.

Teagan Ochaya sank a free throw in the closing seconds of overtime to lead Mentor past Chardon on Monday, 63-62.

Mentor and Euclid both placed several athletes on the OPSWA Division I All-Ohio team, which was released on Wednesday.

North’s season came to an end on Tuesday with a 3-0 loss to top-seeded Mentor in a Division I district semifinal.

Two games into the 2017 season and the North soccer team already has left its mark after moving to 2-0 with a 4-2 win over Mentor on Tuesday.

With five returning starters from a team that won 19 games last year, Mentor’s volleyball team has set some lofty goals for the 2017 season.

With six returning letter winners, Mentor’s girls’ golf team has loads of potential entering the 2017 season.