Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for February 16th, 2008
Boys basketball: Olmsted Falls is SWC’s top Dog again with win over North Olmsted
OLMSTED TWP. — It couldn’t have worked out better for the Southwestern Conference — two backyard rivals playing for the outright league title on the final night of the regular season. The end result wasn’t too shabby, either. In front of a packed gymnasium at [...]
Boys basketball: Second-half defense gets job done for Elyria in win over Brunswick
ELYRIA — You can almost still hear the chant from the Elyria fans. “De-fense. De-fense.” And the Pioneers responded Friday night, limiting Brunswick to just 11 points in the second half to grab a 54-39 win and a huge momentum burst heading into next week’s Division I tournament at Midview. “They really [...]
NBA All-Star Weekend: Cavaliers’ Daniel Gibson hits 11 3-pointers, scores 33 points as sophomores whip rookies
NEW ORLEANS — Daniel Gibson walked away with an MVP award, and had the look of someone who has another trophy coming during All-Star weekend. Gibson made a record 11 3-pointers, many coming right in [...]
Doug Clarke: ‘A Few Good Lies’ and a lot of ugly scenes
There was the syringe, the bloody gauze, the soda pop can, the DNA, the Nanny Diaries, The Taped Phone Conversation Between BFF, the secrets and lies, the betrayals, the sworn testimony about orders for steroids and HGH (Human Growth Hormone), the mental images of exposed buttocks … The “he said, he said …” [...]
Division I sectional wrestling: Southview hanging tough with St. Edward juggernaut after Day 1
LORAIN — While a good performance on the opening night of the sectional wrestling tournament can help build confidence, it was a surprisingly human outing by St. Edward that seemed to have 11 other teams at Southview High walking with some spring in their steps. The Eagles have won 31 straight Division I sectional [...]
Division II sectional wrestling: Vermilion starts strong, sends five to semifinals
MEDINA — It’s a sectional tournament with some local flavor to it. The opening day of the Division II sectional wrestling tournament at Highland High ended with 15 area wrestlers still having a sectional title within their grasp. And while the general consensus was that things have gone according to plan, the [...]
Boys basketball: Midview rises up, rocks West Shore champion North Ridgeville
EATON TWP. — Midview ended its West Shore Conference basketball schedule the same way it ended its conference football season — beating neighborhood rival North Ridgeville. The Middies used a 19-9 fourth quarter to break a 39-all tie and come away with a 58-48 win over the conference-champion Rangers on Friday night. [...]
Prep bowling notes: Expect things to be tight at Sunday’s sectionals at Brunswick Zone
One very good bowling team will be staying home from districts after Sunday’s Division I Lorain County sectional tournament at North Ridgeville’s Brunswick Zone. Only three girls teams from the field of 10 advance to the district tournament on Feb. 24 at Willoughby’s Freeway Lanes. One pin was the difference between Keystone [...]
Building inspector had sought state probe of subordinate
LORAIN — In September, suspended Chief Building Official Bill Desvari asked the state to consider revoking the license of one of his employees.
This week, the state concluded the employee had done nothing wrong. Meanwhile, Desvari himself is being investigated by Lorain police and is suspended.
Matt Mullins, a spokesman for the Ohio Board of Building Standards, [...]
Cutts Jr. convicted
CANTON — The jury which convicted a former police officer in the murder of his pregnant lover must decide whether to recommend that he be executed for the death of their unborn child.
Bobby Cutts Jr., 30, convicted Friday in a hushed courtroom, had testified that he accidentally killed Jessie Davis with an elbow blow [...]