Archive for December 16th, 2007
Michigan hires WVU’s Rodriguez as new football coach
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan hired Rich Rodriguez away from his alma mater after failing to bring back one of its own. A man with ties to both the Wolverines and West Virginia might’ve helped. College football’s winningest program ended its coaching search Sunday, nearly a month after it started, by announcing Rodriguez would succeed [...]
Ohio State men’s soccer team loses to Wake Forest in NCAA final
CARY, N.C. — Zack Schilawski always dreamed of scoring big goals in his hometown. He delivered the biggest one of his career there Sunday, scoring the eventual game-winner to lift Wake Forest to a 2-1 victory over Ohio State in the NCAA College Cup championship. “It’s unbelievable,” said Schilawski, who graduated from Cary High School. [...]
Dolphins finally get first victory of the season
MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins finally won one, thanks to a break and a big play in overtime. After Baltimore’s Matt Stover missed a 44-yard field goal in the extra period, Miami’s Greg Camarillo turned a short completion into a 64-yard touchdown, and the Dolphins beat the Baltimore Ravens 22-16 Sunday. With the 1972 perfect-season [...]
Tiger Woods closes year with Target victory
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Ten weeks later, nothing has changed with Tiger Woods and the rest of golf. Woods won the final golf tournament of the year Sunday, closing with a 4-under 68 to match the tournament record at the Target World Challenge and set a record for the largest margin of victory, by seven [...]
Weather contributes to wrecks; more snow expected today
ELYRIA — It only took about 2 inches of snow to turn roads into skating rinks Saturday as the first part of a major winter storm hit. State troopers in Elyria reported that about 25 cars slid off the highways between 2 and 9 p.m. The trouble spots were along state Routes 2, 82 and [...]
Shovels a hot item before the storm hit
ELYRIA — There was a mad rush to the cash register Saturday as worried residents got ready to face the worst Old Man Winter could throw this way. By the time the first flakes started bombarding the county about 1 p.m., some store owners were knee-deep in green but low on the essentials — shovels, [...]
Police arrest two suspects in break-ins
Two Cleveland men have been kicking down doors and taking jewelry, electronics and guns so they can buy heroin, say Erie County detectives — and local sheriff’s deputies think the same men are behind 10 Lorain County burglaries as well. McKenzie Simmons The suspects could be responsible for two break-ins along Gifford and Gore-Orphanage roads [...]
Pressure time: Browns know what’s at stake though few have been there before
CLEVELAND — Derek Anderson is new to this. So are Braylon Edwards and Kellen Winslow. The starting secondary, too. The Browns stand on the brink of the playoffs, needing a win today over Buffalo and a Tennessee loss at Kansas City to reach the postseason for the first time since 2002. The only holdovers are [...]
Browns vs. Bills: Keys, matchups and game facts
KEYS TO THE GAME Deep thwart The Bills’ best chance to beat the Browns is with a few well-timed big plays. They have the perfect guy for the job in receiver Lee Evans, a Bedford native. In his four years in the league, Evans has five touchdowns of at least 70 yards, the most in [...]
Second victim of Elyria crash dies at hospital
ELYRIA — The crash that killed a Brunswick Drive woman earlier in the week has claimed another life. Spencer Nicholas Spencer, 27, died Friday at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland from injuries he received Wednesday night. That’s when police say he drifted into oncoming traffic and struck another car head-on, killing Toni Fourdyce, 22, and [...]
TOTALLY TUBA: Instrument gets its due at holiday concert
LORAIN — The distinctive sound echoed down Broadway in Lorain on Saturday, and even before stepping into the Palace Theatre, the audience knew what to expect from the 12th annual TubaChristmas. STEVE MANHEIM/CHRONICLE Some players at the TubaChristmas concert in Lorain decked their instruments with holiday decorations. And it was not disappointed. Between handsful of [...]
Cavaliers crumble yet again, suffer eighth loss in last nine games
CLEVELAND — LeBron James sang a different tune Saturday night at Quicken Loans Arena, and it wasn’t a happy one. After repeatedly downplaying regular-season losses for four-plus NBA seasons, the 22-year-old pulled no punches following the Cavaliers’ ugly 92-86 defeat to the Philadelphia 76ers. “We’re not playing good basketball right now,” James said after Cleveland [...]
Blotter: Dec. 16
Elyria police Friday, Dec. 14 10:41 p.m. – Police station, West Avenue, Billy J. Johnson Jr., 36, LaGrange, charged with criminal simulation and menacing. 8:30 p.m. – 800 block East Ave., Todd J. Kuhar, 29, Lorain, contempt of court. 1:15 p.m. – 1100 block West Ave., a 15-year-old girl from Elyria and a 16-year-old girl [...]
Satanic priest turns in teen who allegedly sent threatening e-mail
CORTLAND — A Northeast Ohio high school senior who sent an e-mail to the Church of Satan threatening to kill his grandparents was taken out of school this week and remains in police custody, police said. Andrew Culver, 18, told police the e-mail, detailing his intention to kill his grandparents and steal their money and [...]
Girls basketball: Poor first half dooms Elyria in battle of undefeateds with Solon
ELYRIA — The weather outside was frightful. So was the way Elyria’s girls played the first half against Solon inside their own gym Saturday night. In a battle of unbeatens, the Pioneers fell behind Solon by 25 points at halftime of their big Northeast Ohio Conference game. Then, in a gutsy display of character, Elyria [...]
Wrestlers battle hunger with heart-pounding action
SOUTH AMHERST — You wouldn’t want to cross paths with the likes of Aftermath, Shawn Blaze or the Meat Market Mauler. And you definitely wouldn’t want to get in the wrestling ring with them. But about 70 loyal fans braved Saturday’s snow to watch more than 20 Mega Championship Wrestling stars beat the tar out [...]
Prep wrestling: Lutjeran West’s Malave, Elyria Catholic duo perfectly suited for McNulty titles
ELYRIA — Josh Malave deserves a nice long rest. The Lutheran West senior battled through five more matches Saturday — making it 12 matches in three days — and left the third annual John McNulty Sr. Memorial tournament with the 135-pound championship, the tournament’s Most Valuable Wrestler award and down a significant amount of blood. [...]
Boys basketball: Vermilion downs Midview, stays undefeated
VERMILION — The chaos unleashed by the Vermilion Sailors is not by accident. Bodies are supposed to slam to the floor, turnovers are meant to be plentiful. But the true intent of the Sailors’ approach doesn’t come clear until the late stages of the game, when their opponents are moving just a half-step slow. Vermilion’s [...]
Boys basketball: Jones’ big plays spark Phoenix past Saints
LORAIN — Fifteen seconds might not seem like all that much in a basketball game consisting of four eight-minute quarters. But get three quick baskets in that time to slice an 11-point deficit to five and give yourself a boost of confidence and momentum entering the fourth quarter and it can make all the difference. [...]
Dan Coughlin: Steroid use in baseball? Just butt out
Years ago we knew when a pitcher had elbow or shoulder problems. A tiny bandage marked the spot where he had just received a cortisone shot, a standard remedy at the time. There was no place to hide in the old Stadium locker room and players were always walking around half-naked, so it was impossible [...]
After lawsuit, prisons start serving healthier foods
COLUMBUS — State prisons have begun serving inmates healthier foods since a lawsuit was filed alleging inadequate medical care in the corrections system. The new menu was introduced last month to the 50,000 inmates in Ohio’s 32 prisons. Two percent milk was replaced by 1 percent milk. Margarine and salt are now scarce, and inmates [...]
Deal with Virginia school keeps Myers University from closing
CLEVELAND — Cash-strapped Myers University, the city’s oldest four-year college, will remain open with the help of a $500,000 contribution from a for-profit school in Virginia, a judge said. Myers will also operate with a new 10-member board of trustees, seven of whom will come from the University of Northern Virginia, according to a plan [...]
Gift card program aids families in need
ELYRIA — The holiday season can be hard on families, but it isn’t the only time of year that some families struggle to make ends meet. The county’s Department of Job and Family Services tries to ease that burden throughout the year with an innovative program that has been catching on around the state. The [...]
Mom, daughter charged in shoplifting
ELYRIA — There’s a right way to do holiday shopping but taking your teenager on a mother-daughter shoplifting trip is not it. That’s what police say happened about 6:15 p.m. Wednesday at JCPenney at Midway Mall. Amanda Arocho, 33, of Lorain, was charged with theft and contributing to the delinquency of a child after she [...]
Mom gets nine years for putting child in trash
LANCASTER — A mother has been sentenced to nine years in prison for leaving her 2-year-old son in a metal trash bin on a hot summer day last year. A Fairfield County judge yesterday sentenced Tonja Janelle Morin, a 28-year-old mother of three from Lancaster, to nine years for child endangering and assault. A surveillance [...]