By Tom Nader

Publisher and Editor

Portage Sports hosted its high school basketball and high school wrestling photoshoot on Tuesday.

Both photoshoots were held to create the cover photo of the upcoming Portage Sports preview magazines for each sport.

The basketball preview magazine was introduced for the 2022-23 season and has continued annually since.

The wrestling preview magazine is a new introduction for Portage Sports for the 2024-25 season.

Preorders for both magazines are open now and reserved copies can be secured by emailing Tom Nader at tomnader@portagesports.com

The wrestling photoshoot was hosted at Kent Roosevelt High School, with appreciated coordination help from Roosevelt athletic director Ben Dunlap and Roosevelt wrestling head coach Chris Dunfee.

The basketball photoshoot, which also included a basketball cheerleader photoshoot, was hosted at Kent State University.

Team representatives for the basketball photoshoot included:

• Aurora’s Joe Janzig and Julia Miller
• Crestwood’s Dekota Johnson and Hannah Ward
• Field’s Grady Eader and Delilah Rahe
• Garfield’s Preston Gedeon and Mandy Cardinal
• Kent Roosevelt’s Ryan Slocum and Julia Nash
• Mogadore’s Nick Stephenson and Amelia Morris
• Ravenna’s Dinigil Williams and Jalysia Thompson
• Rootstown’s Zach Hays and Nadia Lough
• Southeast’s Zach Keto and Kristen Campbell
• Streetsboro’s Charles Ivory and Naomi Benson
• Waterloo’s Trevor Simons
• Windham’s Brielle Jones

Team representatives for the cheerleading photoshoot included:

• Aurora’s Karina Mahoney
• Crestwood’s Sarah Lame
• Field’s Gianna Barbetta 
• Garfield’s Kaelyn Brewster
• Kent Roosevelt’s Maddy Booher
• Mogadore’s Haylie Stuart 
• Ravenna’s Kaitlynne Arus
• Rootstown’s Ella Ward
• Southeast’s Gabby Perez
• Streetsboro’s Mia Perez
• Waterloo’s Olivia Neikirk
• Windham’s Na’Zya Henderson

Team representatives for the wrestling photoshoot included:

• Crestwood’s Brenton Mason
• Field’s Joe D’Amico
• Kent Roosevelt’s Gavin Edwards
• Mogadore’s Owen Roberts
• Ravenna’s Jayden Pudder
• Rootstown’s Nathan Lee
• Southeast’s Dominic Kemble
• Streetsboro’s Anthony Sindelar
• Waterloo’s Brayden Robinson