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The Hawken School baseball team had its first losing season under eighth-year coach Aaron Brandt, but the Hawks are optimistic another winning run will start next year.

Hawken finished the year at 8-14 and 3-7 in the Chagrin Valley Conference Metro Division.

The Hawks had just four seniors on the team and 14 of the 19 varsity players were in their first year with the varsity club. Included in that were seven sophomores seeing their first varsity action.

The seniors who are graduating are right fielder Kyle Hoffman, center fielder Blake Parker, infielder Zach Hanson and infielder Alex Kowit.

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What a great start to the season.

Just one day into the WCSSAA senior boys soccer schedule and three squads have already identified themselves as legitimate contenders for the Premier League title.

A fourth might also have what it takes.

Eastwood, Grand River and Cameron Heights made statements on Wednesday with victories on the opening day of the season, while Waterloo Collegiate looks to be a threat despite falling 4-2 to Cameron Heights.

Grand River will only get better when Sasa Radosevic and Ljuoba Stojkovic return from suspension, while Eastwood will be much improved if Aaron Schneebli is cleared to play. The gifted defender recently parted ways with the Toronto FC Academy but has yet to receive the go-ahead to play with the Rebels.

Camerons opening-day victory comes less than a week after winning the Trojan Cup tournament, so the Gaels appear to be the real deal.

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The Mayfield girls basketball team opened the season with a 66-58 loss to Massillon Perry on Saturday at Mayfield High School.

The Wildcats fell behind, 21-14, in the first quarter to the Panthers (1-1). They rallied in the second quarter to cut that lead down to 36-33 by halftime. Mayfield still trailed by just three heading into the fourth quarter at 49-46, but couldn’t get over the hump.

Senior Jacquee Herron paced the Wildcats with 16 points, 12 of which came from the foul line. Next for Mayfield was freshman Shannon Zajec with 15 points, including three 3-pointers.

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Benedictine will head into its final season as an independent as a more experienced squad having lost only five to graduation who saw considerable playing time last year.

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Starting in 2011, the Bengals will be part of the North Coast League Blue Division joining the likes of Akron Archbishop Hoban, Lake Catholic, Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin, Padua Franciscan and Walsh Jesuit. Benedictine has been an independent since 1972.

The Bengals are looking to improve on last year’s record of 3-7 as they lost four straight during the middle of the season against a very demanding schedule. Benedictine won two of its last three to close the season. B

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