The Cleveland Jewish News has been recognizing a Jewish high school player of the week since 2012.

When Twinsburg track and cross-country athlete Jessica Abrams injured her foot at the end of her cross-country season in late October, she knew she had a long recovery ahead.

For Chloe Katz, getting to the Ohio High School Athletic Association swimming and diving state tournament in 2021 was nothing new. The senior at Hawken School in Chester Township had already reached the tournament twice before.

Abigail Wilkov started her senior diving season in quarantine with the rest of her Solon High School teammates. By the end of the year, she had broken records and made it farther than she had in her high school career.

The 2019-20 season did not end the way Waterloo High School senior Jack Sandel wanted it to. After winning a district tournament for the first time in more than 20 years, the Vikings were set to play in the second round of their regional tournament when all high school athletic events in the…

Solon High School senior Eliana Chelnick could not have ended her season much better. The Solon High School tennis player and her partner qualified for the district last October.

Coming into a state tournament as an underclassman can cause a great deal of anxiety and nerves. The grind of a postseason comes with a multitude of responsibilities that everyone on the team must be responsible for. For Gilmour Academy hockey player Brennan Friedman, his role on the team co…

For a high school senior, there are few better ways to end your career than making a trip to the state tournament. For Solon High School senior Emma Krantz, not only is it how her career ended, it’s also how it started.

Joshua Hertz’s senior season on the Copley High School swim team did not start off the way he envisioned it would. The COVID-19 pandemic, along with a midseason coaching change, caused a domino effect of adversity and difficulties.

Solon High School golfer Eli Rosner’s love for the game began before he even started grade school. Rosner’s father and grandfather would take trips to Florida and tackle the courses. Even at a young age, Rosner thought it looked fun, and he was eager to share in the experience and follow in …