With twenty games left in Spring Training, it’s looking like the Guardians are going to be pushed to put their money where their mouths have been when it comes to not blocking young players.
Cleveland, OH
Ohio high school boys basketball scores: Friday, Jan. 23, 2026
CLEVELAND, Ohio — OHSAA boys basketball scores from Friday in Ohio, as provided by The Associated Press.
Ada 56, McComb 54
Alliance 65, Carrollton 44
Amherst Steele 79, Avon Lake 71
Andover Pymatuning Valley 93, Middlefield Cardinal 72
Anna 61, Houston 34
Arcadia 63, Leipsic 50
Arcanum 65, W. Alexandria Twin Valley S. 46
Archbold 76, Metamora Evergreen 40
Arlington 58, Pandora-Gilboa 30
Ashland 62, Wooster 43
Ashland Crestview 68, Monroeville 57
Ashtabula Lakeside 63, Conneaut 42
Attica Seneca E. 59, Bucyrus Wynford 50
Aurora 58, Cuyahoga Falls 56
Barnesville 48, Cadiz Harrison Cent. 43
Batavia 59, Clarksville Clinton-Massie 43
Batavia Clermont NE 41, Lees Creek E. Clinton 38
Bellbrook 46, Franklin 39
Beloit W. Branch 45, Alliance Marlington 33
Belpre 65, New Matamoras Frontier 57
Berlin Hiland 71, Sugarcreek Garaway 41
Bethel-Tate 60, Felicity-Franklin 47
Botkins 64, Sidney Fairlawn 32
Bowerston Conotton Valley 49, E. Can. 45
Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 49, Stow-Munroe Falls 21
Bridgeport 73, Cameron, W.Va. 43
Bristol 76, Warren Lordstown 56
Brookville 64, Carlisle 48
Burton Berkshire 63, Wickliffe 24
Caledonia River Valley 98, Shelby 65
Camden Preble Shawnee 74, Ansonia 49
Can. Cent. Cath. 83, Youngs. Mooney 42
Can. McKinley 81, Can. Glenoak 60
Can. South 68, Navarre Fairless 34
Carey 52, Upper Sandusky 44
Casstown Miami E. 37, Sidney Lehman 26
Cedarville 79, Spring. Greenon 55
Celina 52, Kenton 38
Chagrin Falls 75, Rootstown 61
Chagrin Falls Kenston 74, Willoughby S. 49
Chesapeake 67, Dawson-Bryant 34
Chillicothe 54, Hillsboro 50
Chillicothe Unioto 61, Chillicothe Huntington 43
Chillicothe Zane Trace 69, Bainbridge Paint Valley 30
Cin. La Salle 47, Cin. Elder 23
Cin. Moeller 52, St. Xavier (OH) 49
Cin. NW 86, Purcell Marian 51
Cin. Oak Hills 53, Cin. Sycamore 33
Cin. Princeton 45, Fairfield 42
Cin. Winton Woods 49, Loveland 34
Cin. Wyoming 67, N. Bend (Cleves) Taylor 31
Cols. Africentric 55, West 48
Cols. Centennial 89, Cols. Whetstone 28
Cols. Linden-McKinley 40, Cols. Beechcroft 35
Cols. Marion-Franklin 59, Cols. Briggs 57
Cols. Mifflin 80, Columbus International 41
Cols. Northland 57, East 41
Cols. Walnut Ridge 75, Cols. Eastmoor 64
Columbiana 74, E. Palestine 39
Columbus Grove 52, Spencerville 49
Convoy Crestview 69, Delphos Jefferson 52
Copley 53, Kent Roosevelt 52
Cortland Maplewood 60, Windham 28
Cory-Rawson 86, Marion Elgin 68
Creston Norwayne 47, Apple Creek Waynedale 40
Day. Northridge 86, DeGraff Riverside 38
Defiance Ayersville 58, Hicksville 48
Delphos St John’s 73, St. Henry (OH) 50
Delta 47, Swanton 33
Detroit Catholic Central, Mich. 50, Toledo St John’s Jesuit 41
Dover 54, Lexington 31
Doylestown Chippewa 80, Rittman 50
Dublin Coffman 70, Powell Olentangy Liberty 54
Edon 74, Pioneer N. Central 73
Elyria 77, N. Ridgeville 59
Euclid 93, Mentor 76
Findlay 62, Tol. Whitmer 53
Franklin Furnace Green 70, Portsmouth Clay 54
Fredericktown 72, Danville 49
Ft. Recovery 43, Coldwater 36
Galion Northmor 58, Cardington-Lincoln 54
Gallipolis Gallia 64, Proctorville Fairland 50
Gates Mills Hawken 74, Hunting Valley University 67
Genoa 77, Pemberville Eastwood 46
Genoa Christian 88, Northside Christian 38
Goshen 73, New Richmond 23
Greenwich S. Cent. 60, Norwalk St Paul 57
Grove City 47, New Albany 42
Hamilton 62, Middletown 57
Hamilton Badin 69, Cin. McNicholas 31
Hamilton Ross 63, Oxford Talawanda 44
Hamler Patrick Henry 73, Wauseon 58
Harrod Allen E. 62, Lima Cent. Cath. 61, OT
Hartville Lake Center Christian 46, Medina Christian Academy 38
Haviland Wayne Trace 53, Defiance Tinora 38
Heartland Christian 65, Lowellville 60
Hilliard Bradley 43, Cols. Upper Arlington 33
Holgate 42, Gorham Fayette 26
Hubbard 70, Canfield S. Range 61
Huber Hts. Wayne 69, Beavercreek 54
Independence 57, Beachwood 43
Ironton 65, South Point 32
Ironton St. Joseph 60, Portsmouth Sciotoville 35
Jeromesville Hillsdale 62, West Salem Northwestern 32
Kettering Alter 63, Day. Carroll 27
Kirtland 61, Mantua Crestwood 30
LaGrange Keystone 89, Lorain Clearview 39
Leesburg Fairfield 71, Manchester 36
Leetonia 61, Salineville Southern 50
Lewistown Indian Lake 63, St. Paris Graham 31
Liberty Center 72, Bryan 49
Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 56, Cin. Colerain 46
Lima Bath 66, Elida 58
Lima Shawnee 55, Defiance 47
Lima Temple Christian 60, Mt. Victory Ridgemont 51
Lucasville Valley 61, Portsmouth W. 47
Macedonia Nordonia 64, Twinsburg 55
Madison 81, Ashtabula Edgewood 73
Mansfield 74, Millersburg W. Holmes 54
Maria Stein Marion Local 58, New Bremen 23
Marion Harding High School 39, Bellville Clear Fork 33
Marion Pleasant 70, Ontario 64
Massillon Jackson 43, Uniontown Lake 32
Massillon Washington 72, Massillon Perry 52
Maumee 64, Fostoria 55
Mayfield 80, Chardon 69
McDermott Scioto NW 49, Beaver Eastern 39
Medina Highland 47, Barberton 46
Mentor Christian 48, N. Ridgeville Lake Ridge 41
Milford (OH) 47, Cin. Anderson 39
Milford Center Fairbanks 67, Mechanicsburg 35
Minerva 80, Salem 55
Minford 62, S. Webster 54
Minster 51, Rockford Parkway 44
Mogadore Field 57, Akr. Coventry 56
Montpelier 65, Pettisville 44
Mt. Vernon 46, Newark Licking Valley 45
N. Can. Hoover 82, Green 44
N. Robinson Col. Crawford 66, Sycamore Mohawk 26
Nelsonville-York 61, McArthur Vinton County 47
New Concord John Glenn 74, Crooksville 33
New Franklin Manchester 73, Orrville 67
New Hope Christian 63, Stewart Federal Hocking 54
New London 65, Collins Western Reserve 57
New Paris National Trail 57, New Lebanon Dixie 52
New Washington Buckeye Cent. 55, Bucyrus 32
Newark 67, Logan 39
Newark Cath. 63, Hebron Lakewood 44
Niles McKinley 69, Struthers 62
Norton 63, Lodi Cloverleaf 40
Oak Harbor 48, Tontogany Otsego 46
Oak Hill 49, Crown City S. Gallia 44
Olmsted Falls 59, Avon 50
Orange 80, Christian Community School 24
Ottawa-Glandorf 57, St Marys 31
Ottoville 70, Ft. Jennings 59
Painesville Riverside 79, Eastlake North 34
Paulding 62, Edgerton 51
Philo 57, Byesville Meadowbrook 43
Pickerington Central 81, Canal Winchester 61
Plymouth 75, Ashland Mapleton 52
Poland Seminary 63, Girard 49
Portsmouth Notre Dame 64, New Boston Glenwood 19
Racine Southern 52, Waterford 47
Richwood N. Union 65, Bellefontaine Benjamin Logan 54
Riverside Stebbins 68, Greenville 65, OT
Russia 46, Jackson Center 39
Sheffield Brookside 59, Oberlin 51
Shekinah Christian 67, Granville Christian 38
Sidney 63, Fairborn 48
Smithville 57, Dalton 42
Solon 79, N. Royalton 69
Spring. Shawnee 61, Spring. NW 36
St. Edward (OH) 72, Louisville 51
Steubenville Cath. Cent. 55, Zanesville Rosecrans 53
Streetsboro 54, Peninsula Woodridge 44
Strongsville 72, Medina 54
Stryker 57, W. Unity Hilltop 39
Sullivan Black River 41, Wellington 32
Sylvania Northview 60, Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 53
Tol. Christian 57, Tol. Emmanuel Baptist 49
Trenton Edgewood 53, Monroe 45
Troy 58, Xenia 55
Uhrichsville Claymont 63, Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley 52
Urbana 61, Bellefontaine 46
Utica 60, Johnstown Northridge 57, OT
Van Buren 33, Mt. Blanchard Riverdale 20
Van Wert 47, Wapakoneta 42
Van Wert Lincolnview 80, Bluffton 66
Vermilion 51, Port Clinton 31
Versailles 69, New Knoxville 31
Vincent Warren 75, Ross County Christian 61
W. Chester Lakota W. 38, Mason 26
W. Jefferson 61, N. Lewisburg Triad 33
W. Lafayette Ridgewood 58, Magnolia Sandy Valley 48
Warrensville Hts. 62, Bedford 52
Washington C.H. 53, Greenfield McClain 40
Waverly 60, Wheelersburg 48
Waynesfield-Goshen 53, N. Baltimore 51
Wellston 68, Athens 60
Westerville Cent. 64, Pickerington North 62
Westerville N. 75, Hayes 33
Westerville S. 78, Sunbury Big Walnut 55
Westlake 45, Lawrence School 0
Willard 68, Milan Edison 44
Willow Wood Symmes Valley 54, Latham Western 53
Zanesville Maysville 71, Dresden Tri-Valley 63
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS=
Mansfield Christian vs. Mansfield St. Peter’s, ppd.
Tol. Scott vs. Lima, ppd.
David Henry
OBITUARY
David G. Henry, 70, of Vermilion, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2026, at his home following a lengthy illness.He was born December 14, 1955, in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and had made Vermilion his home for the past 42 years, moving from Irwin, Pennsylvania.Dave began his career with Westinghouse in Pennsylvania before relocating to Ohio in 1983. He was employed at Elyria Foundry for 20 years and later worked as a machinist for 14 years at Betcher Industries, where he retired. He was known throughout his career for his strong work ethic and skilled craftsmanship.In his free time, Dave enjoyed woodworking, taking pride in the projects he created with his hands. Above all, he cherished the time he spent with his family, especially his children and grandchildren.He is survived by his daughter, Alicia Parsons of Vermilion; his sons, David (Fiona) Henry of Bloomington, Indiana and Jonathan (Joanna) Henry of Vermilion and Anthony (Ashley) Cico of Amherst; and 13 beloved grandchildren.He was preceded in death by his wife, Darlene (nee Eckenrode) Henry in 2017; his parents, Charles and Gloria (nee Krider) Henry; his brother, Howard Henry; and his son-in-law, Cliff Parsons.The family will receive friends on Friday, March 20, 2026 from 3:00 p.m. until the time of the memorial service at 5:00 p.m. at the Riddle Funeral Home, 5345 South Street, Vermilion, Ohio.Memorial contributions may be made to Friendship Animal Protective League of Lorain County, Inc. 8303 Murray Ridge Road, Elyria, OH 44035 or Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 95000 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195Online condolences may be made at www.riddlefuneralhome.com
All offseason, President of Baseball Operations, Chris Antonetti, and General Manager, Mike Chernoff, have been clear about the plan to fix the Guardians’ hitting woes of 2025 without spending a dime in major league free agency in the attempt to do so:
“As we looked at a lot of the external the possibility of external additions, one of the questions we continually have to ask ourselves is, ‘whose opportunity does this impede’”? – Chris Antonetti, 1/23/2026.
“We need to get better offensively. …we believe that growth and development can come from the guys we have in the organization.“ – Antonetti, 1/30/2026
“One of our key goals was not to impede players with the most upside (from playing in Cleveland). We saw a glimpse of what Chase DeLauter could do in the playoffs. George Valera and C.J. Kayfus also showed up pretty well at the end of the season.” – Chernoff, 1/30/2026
Right now, projected to be on the Opening Day Guardians’ roster, there are two players who have over 1,000 plate appearances who are blocking younger players with less experience, eager to prove themselves as more valuable major leaguers: Nolan Jones and Gabriel Arias.
I am not writing this post to criticize the Cleveland front office for believing in Jones and Arias and for giving them their fair shot. Two years ago, I believed Arias had shown enough to get his fair chance, and last spring, I agreed with the idea of bringing Jones on board in a weak outfield group to see if he could regain his 2023 form at the plate. However, over the past two seasons Jones has now put up a 71 wRC+ in 700 plate appearances and Arias has put up a 75 wRC+ in 634 plate appearances. Jones will turn 28 years old this season and Arias just turned 26 years old; neither is likely to experience a breakout at this point in their major league careers.
In Arias’s case, replacing him involves putting Brayan Rocchio at shortstop. Rocchio is 10 and half months younger than Arias, has 100+ fewer plate appearances. He also finished 2024 with a league average 100 wRC+, while Arias finished with a 65 wRC+. There is still some slim hope remaining that Rocchio can be a league average bat – hope that no longer exists for Arias. So, the team needs to give Rocchio the reigns at shortstop and let him sink or swim, while also letting star prospect Angel Genao develop at short in Akron and, soon, Columbus. Most importantly, however, moving on from Arias with a designating for assignment, will allow the team to let Juan Brito try his hand as a full-time second baseman while the team allows Travis Bazzana to heat up at Columbus. Both Brito and Bazzana offer FAR more potential as hitters than either Arias or Rocchio and need to be featured in the Guardians’ lineup in 2026 as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, Daniel Schneemann offers a perfect utility bat, capable of playing any position except catcher, and not someone who needs to be given regular plate appearances (ahem, PLEASE catch that last part, Manager Stephen Vogt). Additionally, should an injury take place with Rocchio, Milan Tolentino is having an excellent Spring Training, has an exceptional glove at shortstop, and should be capable of providing something similar to Arias’s career 76 wRC+ at the plate if called upon in a pinch. Arias is not needed on this team; while right-handed, he has a career 50 wRC+ against left-handed pitching. He also looked horrendous when asked to play outfield in the past, so he isn’t as good of an option as Schneemann in the super utility role.
As for Jones, bringing him back as an option in centerfield made sense this offseason, but spring training is making clear that keeping him as that depth is not a priority. Both Kahlil Watson and Petey Halpin have looked very good at the plate and in the field in center. It’s one week of Spring Training, so, please, don’t think I am saying either will be good major league players. However, neither has to be good to surpass average (at best!) defense in center and a 71 wRC+ at the plate provided by Jones these past two seasons. With Steven Kwan gamely taking on the challenge of center field, DFA’ing Jones allows the team to get good, solid looks at George Valera and Chase DeLauter, as well as allowing CJ Kayfus to work on his corner outfield skills in Columbus should either of the above players get hurt. If Jones were capable of hitting left-handed pitching, he’d be a roster shoo-in, but give me Stuart Fairchild and his potential for above-average centerfield play and career 106 wRC+ vs. LHP over Jones’s fielding and career 76 wRC+ against southpaws in the fourth outfielder role. Alternatively, Angel Martinez is a fine choice in this role as well, as he has a 121 wRC+ against LHP in his brief time in the bigs – whichever the Guardians prefer is cool with me.
Finally, with the Guardians’ committed to Jones for $2 million for 2026, designating him for assignment makes it likely no team will claim him. Since Jones is short of five years of major league service time, Cleveland can option him to Columbus when he likely clears waivers and mix him into all three outfield positions there, hanging on to him for needed outfield depth. In effect, they will gain an option on a player who has potential to be a league average bat against RHP and a playable fielder in center. That’s worth retaining… but not at the expense of a roster and lineup spot needed to give exciting, young players like Valera and DeLauter a real chance at establishing themselves.
If the Guardians start the season – as I expect they will – with Jones and Arias on the roster, I will be disappointed. I know, I know… it’ll probably just be for the month of April, but April games count just as much as September games. The reps that players like Brito, Bazzana, Valera and DeLauter could get in April can help them work out early struggles to be prepared for summer success. Nothing against Jones and Arias, personally, as both seem like good dudes, but we need to be clear-eyed about what is best for this team. Giving further opportunities to two players who are extremely unlikely to be above-average major league contributors would be a mistake, given the strategy that Cleveland has espoused publicly all offseason.
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The Cleveland Liberation Center and nearly 100 other organizations rallied in Cleveland Sunday to protest the U.S. strikes on Iran, demonstrating significant grassroots opposition to the military action.
The recent U.S. military strikes on Iran and the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have ignited passionate discussions across the nation, and Northeast Ohio is no exception.
While state political leaders express support for President Donald Trump’s actions, local activists are raising urgent questions about the impact on American communities.
Dallas Eckman, a public school teacher and volunteer coordinator with the Cleveland Liberation Center, is taking a clear stance against the recent attacks.
“We need to step up as Americans and say violence is not going to be the way we solve out world’s problems,” Eckman said.
The frustration runs deeper for Eckman, who sees a disconnect between military spending and domestic priorities.
“It’s absurd that for me as a public-school teacher I am struggling to get funding for chrome books and books. I can wake up one morning and see we have spent millions and millions of dollars to bomb another country,” he explained.
Eckman questions whether these military actions actually benefit working people in Cleveland.
“Which does nothing for the working people here in Cleveland. It does nothing to make my schools safer. It does nothing to improve the road right outside the liberation center,” Eckman said.
Eckman’s concerns are shared by many in the region.
Despite local opposition, several Ohio’s political leaders are backing the Trump administration’s decision.
Senator Bernie Moreno released a statement expressing his support, stating, “President Trump sought for months to avoid conflict and negotiate with Iran to prevent them from rebuilding their nuclear program. I fully support his decision.”
Secretary of State John Husted also voiced his approval.
“For 47 years, the Iranian regime had ample opportunity to be a productive member of the global community — instead, it chose to export death, terrorism, extremism, and instability against America and our allies,” Husted said.
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