{
  "id": 12314274,
  "title": "Portage County high school sports recaps for the week of Oct. 5-11",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/portage-county-high-school-sports-recaps-for-the-week-of-oct-5-11",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-06T05:55:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/portage-county-high-school-sports-055516819.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The week of October 5-11, 2026 saw several high school sports outcomes in Portage County.\n\nIn girls soccer, Rootstown tied with Salem with a 1-1 score. Josie App scored for the Rovers on an assist from Liliana Bevelacqua. Rootstown's goalkeeper, Addison Pownall, made 12 saves out of 13 shots.\n\nThe volleyball match saw Rootstown outperforming Waterloo with a 3-0 set score. Rootstown's Olivia O'Neil contributed 27 assists. Sophi Smith added 11 kills, 11 digs, and eight aces for Rootstown. West Geauga won a nonleague game against Crestwood, sweeping the match with a score of 25-8, 30-28, 25-17. The Wolverines' strong performance, particularly in the second set, helped them sweep the game. Crestwood, however, did manage 16 digs by Jackie Blasiole and 12 by Macy Davis. Haley Podojil contributed with 10 assists for Crestwood.\n\nIn another volleyball match, Champion faced off against Windham, ending with a 3-2 set score. Despite nine kills and three blocks from Makenna Jones, Champion fell short. Windham's Kyleigh Simpson added 9 assists, while Spencer Houghton had 8 digs.",
  "summary": "Check out our Portage County high school cross country, golf, soccer, tennis and volleyball scores and recaps for the week of October 5, 2026.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Vote for Greater Cincinnati high school athlete of the week, Oct. 5",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/vote-for-greater-cincinnati-high-school-athlete-of-the-week-oct-5",
        "published": "2026-10-06T00:01:21.000Z"
      }
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}