Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for May 17th, 2008
Cavaliers force Game 7, head back to Beantown
CLEVELAND — LeBron James likes to say a playoff series doesn’t start until the visiting team wins a game. The Cavaliers gave themselves one last chance to do so by defeating the Boston Celtics 74-69 in Game 6 Friday night at Quicken Loans Arena, setting up a seventh and deciding game Sunday at 3:30 [...]
Governor talks of rebuilding
ELYRIA — A Democrat in the White House, a majority in the Ohio House, economic relief and no political blowback at election time from the Mark Dann scandal.
Those were the assurances Gov. Ted Strickland made to more than 300 local Democrats when he spoke Friday night at Lorain County Community College.
“There [...]
Cavaliers commentary: Cleveland wasn’t going out on this night
The Cavaliers’ reign as the Eastern Conference champions isn’t over just yet. It may happen this weekend — history says it almost certainly will — but it was not going to occur Friday night. Not on their home floor and not in front of a rabid sellout crowd that wasn’t ready for the party to [...]
New chief wants focus back on fighting fire
ELYRIA — Interim Fire Chief Joe Pronesti said he can sum up his first day as leader of the Fire Department with one word: Trepidation.
Early Friday morning, less than 24 hours after Mayor Bill Grace promoted him, Pronesti walked into the fire chief’s office and surveyed the scene. Paperwork, folders and books — [...]
Cavaliers: West’s buzzer-beater helps turn tide
CLEVELAND — It was a turn for the best as far as the Cavaliers were concerned Friday night in their huge 74-69 series-tying and season-saving win over the Celtics at The Q. When the Cavs forced Boston’s Paul Pierce into a turnover at midcourt as the final seconds of the first half ticked away, [...]
H.S. Baseball: Amherst’s Bartizal hits 2 homers in win over Elyria
AMHERST — The long ball proved the key for Amherst and the undoing for Elyria on Friday night in a Division I sectional championship game. Amherst’s Ryan Bartizal hit two homers — a solo shot and a two-run blast — that gave Amherst a 4-3 win. The Comets (17-7) move into the district semifinal [...]
H.S. Baseball: Beach pitches Vermilion past Elyria Catholic
ELYRIA — Revenge was sweet for Vermilion, thanks to a great pitching effort by Adam Beach. Vermilion won a Division II sectional championship Friday, beating Elyria Catholic 4-2 just a month after losing to the Panthers 5-3 on the Sailors’ diamond. Beach struck out 10 and gave up six hits while not [...]
H.S. Track: Robertson leads Avon to WSC crown
EATON TWP. — Bryant Robertson was not the only reason the Avon boys jumped from sixth in 2007 to a West Shore Conference championship this year, but his presence on the team has been huge all season. Robertson, who was content to show off his speed only on the football field for the first [...]
H.S. Track: North Olmsted’s Hoppel takes 4 golds at SWC meet
NORTH OLMSTED — Jordan Hoppel’s name was added to a short list of special athletes in the annals of the Southwestern Conference Track and Field Championships. The North Olmsted junior won four events at Friday night’s league meet. It was only the eighth time in its 73-year history that a male athlete earned such [...]
Amputee gets his shot at Olympic glory
MILAN, Italy — His Olympic dream suddenly revived, Oscar Pistorius can get back to what he loves most — running.
The double-amputee sprinter from South Africa was cleared Friday to compete in his bid to qualify for the Beijing Games.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned a ruling by the International Association [...]