Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for June 7th, 2008
Edmund Fitzgerald Launch Video
The Chronicle-Telegram has obtained a film that shows the launching of the famous Edmund Fitzgerald freighter ship that sunk in Lake Superior in 1975. This video includes the launch of the massive ship, which occurred fifty years ago today.
N. Canton Hoover beats Elyria for state title
The Elyria Pioneers have to settle for being Division I state runnersup for the third straight year.
Third baseman Erin Riccardi singled in McKenna Russ from second in the bottom of the 10th to give North Canton Hoover a 1-0 win and the Division I state championship.
The Pioneers finish the season 28-2. Hoover wins it at [...]
Boom! Offense the difference as Pioneers pound ball, Mason in state softball semifinal
AKRON — If you drive over to visit the Sitos, park on the street. The driveway at the Sito house is a batting cage. It has been for years. That minor inconvenience paid major dividends Friday. “I practiced hitting with my dad this morning,” Tess Sito said after Elyria’s 11-2 rout of Mason [...]
High school softball capsules: Elyria, Wellington play for state championships today
TODAY’S STATE SOFTBALL GAMES
Division I
WHO: No. 1 Elyria Pioneers (2-1) vs. No. 3 North Canton Hoover Vikings (31-2) TIME: 5:30 p.m. WHERE: Firestone Stadium, 1575 N. Firestone Blvd., Akron AT STAKE: The Division I state championship TICKETS: $7 per [...]
There was nothing easy about it, but Byrd finally gets 100th win as Indians top Tigers
DETROIT — It took Paul Byrd 13 years to get to 100 wins — and the wait made the milestone feel even better. Byrd pitched seven sharp innings and Casey Blake had a two-run double in Cleveland’s three-run fourth, leading the Indians to a 4-2 victory over the slumping [...]
Indians take the pitch: Tribe opts for pitching help on Day 2 of amateur draft
CLEVELAND — The Indians bucked the first-round trend Friday, taking pitchers with 28 of their 44 selections in rounds seven through 50 during the second day of the amateur draft. The opening round of the draft Thursday saw 15 position players go within the first 20 selections, the Indians following suit by taking third [...]
Belmont Stakes: Big Brown’s hoof shouldn’t stand in way as he bids to become first Triple Crown winner in 30 years
NEW YORK — The Triple Crown trail is littered with colts whose feet failed them along the way. Less than 24 hours before the biggest horse race in three decades, favorite Big Brown and his Japanese challenger, Casino Drive, took steps in opposite directions. The cracked hoof that stood [...]
State track and field: Columbia’s Dorricott vaults higher than last year, but settles for fifth place again
COLUMBUS — It wasn’t her top performance of the year, but Columbia senior Alexa Dorricott had plenty of positives to take away from the state track and field championships Friday at Ohio State. Dorricott vaulted 11 feet to finish fifth in the Division III state pole vault and earn All-Ohio honors (top eight) for [...]
Lorain County All-Star Football Game: East squad building team unity, even with players from rival schools
AVON — The roar echoes over the football field behind Avon Middle School as the players do jumping jacks while warming up before practice.
“E … A … S … T,” they chant in unity.
The helmets they wear are different colors but most have a half dozen school logos on them, making it nearly impossible to [...]
Part of Vic Janowicz Drive closing
ELYRIA — A section of Sixth Street better known around the city as Vic Janowicz Drive will close to foot and vehicle traffic Monday as construction crews take over the thoroughfare to make way for the new Elyria High School.
All the houses between Middle and West avenues have been demolished, and City Council weeks ago [...]