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Highly-ranked wide receiver Chris Henry Jr. from Ohio transfers to Mater Dei
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The No. 1-ranked sophomore wide receiver in the nation has transferred to Mater Dei, the school confirmed Monday.
Chris Henry Jr. of Withrow High in Cincinnati, Ohio has enrolled at Mater Dei, a spokesperson for the Trinity League school stated.
Henry (6-5, 185) is rated as the No. 1 wide receiver in the class of 2026 by 247Sports. In July, he committed to Ohio State.
His brother DeMarcus Henry, known for his basketball skills, also has enrolled at Mater Dei, the school confirmed.
The boys are sons of former NFL wide receiver Chris Henry of the Cincinnati Bengals. Henry died in 2009 at age 26 after reportedly falling from the back of a pickup truck in what authorities called a domestic dispute.
Last season at Withrow, Chris Henry Jr. had 71 catches for 1,127 yards and 10 touchdowns to help the school finish 12-2 and advance to the Division II regional finals, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mater Dei claimed CIF-SS Division 1 and CIF State Open Division championships last season in finishing 13-1.
The Monarchs’ offense was led by four-year stating quarterback Elijah Brown, who graduated early to attend Stanford.
The team’s backup quarterbacks were freshmen Reagan Toki and Furian Infererra following the in-season transfer of Cole Leinart to Newport Harbor.
Henry joins a receiving group that is expected to return junior Marcus Harris and sophomore Kayden Dixon-Wyatt. Harris led Mater Dei with 43 receptions last season while Dixon-Wyatt finished third with 33.
Harris has been offered recently by Alabama and Washington among others.
Mater Dei’s departures at the wide receiver include senior Marcus Brown, another Stanford commit, and Jonah Smith, a sophomore who transferred to Santa Margarita.
Please send football news to Dan Albano at dalbano@scng.com or @ocvarsityguy on X and Instagram
The Ohio State Highway Patrol arrested online political writer D.J. Byrnes, also known as The Rooster, at the statehouse on June 1 on a misdemeanor warrant.
A patrol spokesman said Byrnes, who posts his stories to his Substack subscribers, was arrested on an outstanding warrant. He was booked into the Franklin County Jail, records show. The patrol did not provide further details.
Byrnes’ colleague, Max Littman, said he believes the arrest is related to Byrnes texting photos of cartoon character Shrek’s penis to a state senator. “If that is in fact true, that he was arrested over that, then it’s blatant targeting a political opponent and journalist,” Littman said.
The arrest warrant for telecommunications harassment came from the city of Kirtland in Lake County. The warrant alleges that Byrnes sent two photos on May 6 to “J.C.” with the intent to harass.
State Sen. Jerry Cirino, R-Kirtland, did not return messages seeking comment.
Byrnes routinely works the halls power at Columbus City Hall, Ohio State University and the Ohio Statehouse, looking for tips and ambushing officeholders for his Substack reports. He can be both charming and confrontational.
Recently, he posted a story based on one anonymous source who told him that Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy tried to get into the New York Knicks locker room after the Knicks beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA playoffs.
The story, and its spread, so bothered Ramaswamy that he posted a lengthy refute on X, calling it 100% fake.
State government reporter Laura Bischoff can be reached at lbischoff@usatodayco.com and @lbischoff on X.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — A bird rarely seen in North America was apparently spotted in Northeast Ohio of all places recently.
A lesser frigatebird was seen flying over Sippo Lake near Canton, according to several bird enthusiasts and photographers.
A photographer named Alex Eberts was kind enough to share his photos with ABC 6. You can see them at the top of this page.
Another photographer named Austin Rice posted this photo on Instagram and shared the details of what he saw on the night of May 23 in Stark County.
If you don’t know much about the lesser frigatebird, a site called eBird.com offers this description:
The smallest of the frigatebirds, but note that the female is larger than the male. Adults are easier to identify than younger birds. Adult males are almost entirely black with a red throat and white spurs emanating outwards from the body onto the wing. Adult females have a black belly and throat, a white breast and hind collar, with similar white spurs on their sides. Juvenile and immature plumages are variable and are best separated from other frigatebirds by size when comparison is possible. Mostly silent except while breeding in oceanic islands. Strongly pelagic during non-breeding season but wind-blown or fatigued birds can be found from continental coasts.
Eberts said in his own Facebook post that the May 23 sighting in Stark County was only the seventh reported sighting of the lesser frigatebird in the contiguous United States. The bird is more likely to be seen near the Indian Ocean, the Southeast Asian seas, Northern Australia to Western and Central Pacific Ocean, according to birdsoftheworld.org.
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