Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for April 22nd, 2008
Three teens in car crash Tuesday night
CARLISLE TWP. – Three teens were in an Oldsmobile Aurora that crashed at 9:03 p.m. Tuesday, rolling side-over-side and slamming into a tree in the front yard of an Elyria police officer.
“They were fighting the curve the whole way,” said Officer Ben Currier, pointing to the upended car, which landed on its [...]
Clinton wins Pennsylvania primary
PHILADELPHIA — Hillary Rodham Clinton ground out a gritty victory in the Pennsylvania primary Tuesday night, defeating Barack Obama and staving off elimination in their historic race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
“Some counted me out and said to drop out,” the former first lady told supporters cheering her triumph in a state where she [...]
NBA playoffs: Cavaliers take control with easy Game 2 win
CLEVELAND — Seldom-used Billy Thomas, Dwayne Jones and Damon Jones played enough to work up quite a lather Monday night at Quicken Loans Arena. The important part of Game 2, however, was no sweat for the Cavaliers, who absolutely dominated the Washington Wizards 116-86 to take total control of their first-round playoff series. [...]
Cavaliers commentary: Wally Szczerbiak finding form, fitting in
Things could not have been going much worse for Wally Szczerbiak in mid-February. He was seeing spotty playing time under an eccentric coach on a dying team in an apathetic city. My, how things have changed. Just two months later, the Miami (Ohio) product is the starting shooting guard for the defending Eastern [...]
Cavaliers: Physical play reaches new level with Haywood’s flagrant foul of LeBron
CLEVELAND — Washington point guard Antonio Daniels insisted four times during his postgame interview that Wizards center Brendan Haywood didn’t intend to cause Cavaliers star LeBron James any harm when he shoved him to the ground during an early third-quarter drive to the basket. James sees it a bit differently. “That was definitely [...]
Cavs notes: LeBron James promises to remain calm despite numerous fouls
CLEVELAND — LeBron James vowed to be ready if the Washington Wizards resort to the strategy many teams use against poor foul shooter Shaquille O’Neal. “Like Hack-a-LeBron or something?” the 6-foot-8, 260-pounder said Monday at Quicken Loans Arena prior to Game 2 of the best-of-seven series. “I guess teams might think I have a [...]
H.S. Softball: Columbia battles, but suffers first loss to Keystone
COLUMBIA TWP. — It took one of the most tradition-rich softball programs in the state to figure out how to beat Columbia. Keystone finally turned the trick, 2-0, on Monday, stopping the Raiders at Cole Reed Field after 10 straight victories. The Wildcats’ streak-ending approach was to conjure up an unearned [...]
Vermilion names new superintendent
VERMILION — You could say Philip Pempin is downsizing. But that’s not to say he’s going to be kicking back.
After spending the entire 21 years of his career in education in Cleveland as a teacher and administrator, the 49-year-old Pempin will become the newest leader of the Vermilion Local [...]
Clearview principal leaving for new job
SHEFFIELD TWP —Clearview High School Principal Dan Parent is leaving the district to take the superintendent job at Danbury Local Schools in Ottawa County.
Parent, who spent the last five years as principal and another four years as athletic director at Clearview, signed a three-year contract last week with [...]
H.S. Baseball: Amherst goes deep, beats Westlake for 7th straight win
WESTLAKE — Pow, pow. Two pitches and the ballgame was virtually over. The first two batters of the game for Amherst hit the first two pitches they saw and scored two runs, all that would be needed in the Comets’ 10-1 rout of Westlake under the lights in a rare high school night game [...]