HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

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• SVSM's Trecaso signs up with Akron
St. Vincent-St. Mary infielder Samuel Trecaso has signed a national letter of intent with Akron's baseball team.

• Football skills courtesy of hockey carry-over
Adam Bellamy heard the sto ries about Ohio long before he moved here.

• Spurned Pike seeks scholarship
Mentor senior defensive end Ben Pike thought the recruiting process ended last month when he made an oral commitment to Eastern Michigan. Instead, he is tucking away his frustration and heading to Kent State today in the hopes of getting another offer.

• Your Space will return next month
The weekly Your Space high school sports feature is on hiatus until Dec. 9, when winter sports will be featured. Go to cleveland.com/hssports to send your pictures of varsity teams at your school. The best picture will be published in the Your Space feature. See the entire photo gallery online.

• Bad weather, late turnovers ground the Eagles
Ashland -- Avon quarterback Ryan O'Rourke only threw two interceptions this season.

• High School Scoreboard
Boys cross country

• How They Fared
REGIONAL FINALS

• Kirtland fails to close it out
Warren -- Pride and disappointment form a bittersweet cocktail, and Kirtland's football team swallowed hard following an 18-17 loss to Youngstown Ursuline in a heart- pounding Division V regional final Saturday night.

• Magnificat takes second in Nike event
The Magnificat cross-country team finished second at the Midwest regional meet of the Nike National Cross Country Championships on Saturday. Leading the way for Magnificat was Madeline Chambers, who finished eighth in 18:45 in Terre Haute, Ind. The second-place finish puts the Blue Streaks into the national finals, to be held Dec. 6 in Portland, Ore.

• Wildcats' defense starts fast, furious
Yes, the domination was stunning. Yet, it's the way St. Ignatius has played football most of the last 12 weeks.

• Yung leads Aurora with 4 TDs
It was great to be Yung again Saturday night. Steven Yung, that is.

• Four fumbles halt Hornets' postseason run
Huron -- Highland tried, but couldn't overcome four turnovers, including three by senior running back Chris Snook, as Sylvania Southview prevailed in a nail-biter, 28-21, Friday in a Division II regional final at Huron Memorial Stadium.

• Game of catch
"Three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust" worked for legendary coach Woody Hayes and his Ohio State football teams.

• High school scoreboard
REGION 21

• Look downfield
St. Ignatius and Strongsville boast superb groups of receivers. Here are the teams' top receivers/tight ends, their 2008 statistics and comments from St. Ignatius coach Chuck Kyle and Strongsville coach Russ Jacques.

• Perry's bag of tricks can't bag win
Warren -- There is no faking it against Steubenville's football team. Perry had more than a few tricks up its sleeve for Friday night's Divi sion IV regional final.

• Turnovers flip fate to Hoban
Turnovers are poison for the unfortunate, and an elixir for the fortunate.