Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for June 6th, 2008
Elyria wins 11-2; plays Saturday for state title
UPDATE:
The Elyria Pioneers softball team advanced to the third straight state title championship game after it defeated Mason 11-2 at Firestone Stadium in Akron on Friday afternoon. Now, the girls will face their nemesis, North Canton Hoover, at 5:30 p.m. Saturday in a rematch of the 2006 title game, which Hoover won.
Elyria pitcher Tess Sito [...]
Teens hurt in crash improving
CLEVELAND – All three teens hospitalized Thursday after a crash with a tractor-trailer on state Route 301 have been upgraded from critical condition.
Phyllis Harman, spokeswoman for MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, said Katie O’Brien of Columbia Township is now in fair condition. A [...]
Woman convicted of shooting estranged husband gets 13 years
ELYRIA —An Avon woman convicted of trying to murder her estranged husband while he slept was sentenced to 13 years in prison Friday in county Common Pleas Court.
Pamela Carrasquillo, 53, was convicted in March on charges stemming from the January 2007 shooting of her Herminio Carrasquillo.
County Common Pleas Judge James Burge sentenced her [...]
H.S. Softball: Wellington refuses to lose, reaches state final
AKRON — For the second game in a row it appeared as if a home run was going to decide the outcome. As it turned out, errors were the reason the Division III state tournament semifinal Thursday ended the way it ended. West Liberty-Salem made them. Wellington took advantage of them. Wellington scored [...]
H.S. Softball: Melanie Conklin does it all for Dukes
AKRON — It was another one of those days when Melanie Conklin played nearly flawless softball. Another top pitching job, big day at the plate. In fact, the Wellington senior ran into just one little glitch in the heat and humidity of Thursday afternoon. It happened in the top of the seventh inning [...]
Crash injures 5 teens
Two of the victims in hospital; one is ‘extremely critical`
Indians: Millwood shuts down Tribe when it matters most
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Kevin Millwood rarely shows any emotion on the mound. After a key strikeout in the sixth inning, the Texas right-hander couldn’t contain himself. Millwood shook off a bad first inning to pitch into the seventh and the Rangers cooled off the hot-hitting Cleveland Indians 9-4 Thursday night. [...]
Sheffield Lake leading county in foreclosures
ELYRIA — The foreclosure crisis is only getting worse in Lorain County.Through the end of May, a record 1,009 foreclosures have been filed, county Clerk of Courts Ron Nabakowski said Thursday. In the first five months of 2007, 933 foreclosures were filed.
In 2004, the figure was 584 in the same period.
Nabakowski doesn’t see the trend [...]
Indians draft college player with checkered past
CLEVELAND — In what was at the very least an interesting selection Thursday, the Indians chose third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall with the 29th overall pick in the amateur draft. Chisenhall was not among the top 50 players in the draft, according to Baseball America, which tabbed him 74th after he hit .401 with eight [...]
Swing set’s future is up to boy’s neighbors
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — An 8-year-old autistic boy will likely get to keep the jungle gym he almost lost because of homeowner’s association bylaws — as long as his mother gets the OK from their neighbors.
Nicholas Chapek’s eyes grew wide Thursday when he learned the board of trustees for the Meadow Lakes subdivision will likely let [...]