Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for May 31st, 2008
Great day for Grady: Sizemore hits two homers, makes game-saving catch as Indians send KC to 12th straight loss
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Consecutive loss No. 12 in what Kansas City manager Trey Hillman calls “this miserable streak” could hardly have been more entertaining for fans or more maddening for the Royals. A baserunning mistake cost the Royals one chance to score the tying run and [...]
Next stop for Indians’ Travis Hafner? The disabled list
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Cleveland designated hitter Travis Hafner, after taking a few practice swings, was sent home Friday and will be placed on the 15-day disabled list with a sore right shoulder. Hafner, who is hitting only .217 [...]
Muirfield bites back: Goggin, Perry stay on top as wind blows, scores soar at Memorial Tournament
DUBLIN — Most of the PGA Tour players who’ve played in the Memorial the past few years must have been wondering if they were dreaming during an opening day that included warm sunshine, no winds and nearly three dozen rounds under par. Time to wake up. “It’s turned into the Muirfield that we [...]
Memorial notes: Bad weather could soften up Muirfield Village’s defenses
DUBLIN — Weather seemed to be the main topic of conversation after Friday’s second round of the Memorial at Muirfield Village. Sure the golfers were going on about the windy conditions that put a halt to the cavalcade of low scores seen during the first round, but equally dominating the discussion was the [...]
Jurcak clears final hurdle: Olmsted Falls senior makes most of regional debut, qualifying to state in two events
AMHERST — Matt Jurcak had never qualified for the Amherst regional in his first three years at Olmsted Falls High School. Now Jurcak is preparing for a trip to Columbus for the Division I state track championships after scoring 14 points for his team Friday, finishing second in the boys 110-meter hurdles and third [...]
High school softball: Regional final capsules
DIVISION I
WHO: No. 1 Elyria Pioneers (25-1) vs. Holland Springfield Blue Devils (21-6) WHEN: Today, noon WHERE: Clyde High School, 1015 Race St., Clyde AT STAKE: The winner will be the home team in a state semifinal at 5:30 p.m. Friday at Firestone Stadium in Akron. The opponent will be [...]
High school softball notebook: With three teams a win away from making state, Lorain County fans might as well dream
It’s a big day for Lorain County softball fans. For the first time, we have three schools playing in regional finals in three divisions, all scheduled for noon today. It’s pie in the sky, of course, but it would be outstanding to see Elyria, Keystone and Wellington move on to the Final [...]
Steve Byrne on horse racing: Smooth air should fly to Ohio Derby win
Call him the Air apparent. Smooth Air looks like the winner in today’s 74th running of the Ohio Derby at Thistledown. He didn’t look like a Hutcheson Stakes winner back on Jan. 8, but he won that race anyway by defeating seven rivals over a muddy track at Gulfstream Park. In today’s [...]
Off death row, killer seeks less jail time
ELYRIA — A convicted killer whose death sentence was overturned by a county judge who found him mentally retarded has appealed the judge’s decision to resentence him to life in prison without parole.
By filing the appeal, Raymond Smith, convicted in the 1994 murder of police informant Ronald Lally, isn’t [...]
Turnpike billboard doesn`t compute
ELYRIA — The city’s chief building official is suing the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals because it gave a company the OK to erect a billboard on North Abbe Road.
The zoning board granted a variance that would allow William Holland, president of Holland Computers, to build [...]