Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for June 14th, 2008
Indians Coast to victory: Rain delay forces extra-late restart, but Tribe rolls past Padres for fourth win in last five games
CLEVELAND — Other than the rain, which according to the song by Albert Hammond, never falls in Southern California, the San Diego Padres must have felt right at home Friday night. The majority of games on the West Coast begin at 10:05 EST, which is about the time [...]
Tribe notes: Martinez has surgery, starts long road back
CLEVELAND — Victor Martinez underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow Friday at Cleveland Clinic. Now, he begins the road to recovery, while the Indians start hoping their all-star catcher will return to the lineup before the season is complete. Martinez is expected to be sidelined for six to eight weeks, vowing [...]
U.S. Open: Tiger takes a stand, fires 68 to move within a stroke of lead despite sore knee, long layoff
SAN DIEGO — Tiger Woods looked like any other player trying to survive a U.S. Open, head bowed in frustration with each shot that found trouble and kept him farther from the lead. One hole changed everything. With his metal spikes on a [...]
U.S. Open: Can Tiger be caged? Those in contention know keeping him at bay won’t be easy
SAN DIEGO — Just give him the trophy? Hard to imagine that thought didn’t creep into millions of minds Friday, to say nothing of how Stuart Appleby, Rocco Mediate and Robert Karlsson might have felt after they moved into contention in the U.S. Open. Forgive them if [...]
U.S. Open: Hicks, Streelman follow up first-round success with second-day struggles
SAN DIEGO — Justin Hicks scurried around Torrey Pines Golf Course on Friday, his 15 minutes of fame slipping away as he tried so desperately to stay off the clock. The surprising co-first round leader at the U.S. Open melted down with a second-round 9-over-par 80 after [...]
Softball notebook: West Park has new fields, is ready to branch out with first fastpitch tournament
The resurfaced diamonds at Elyria’s West Park are a huge hit. “We’ve had nothing but compliments,” said parks and recreation director Frank Gustoff. “Everybody loves it. The new dirt infields look sharp. We also bought new temporary fences, like wind screen. We’ll set them up 200 feet from the plate for the fastpitch tournaments.” [...]
Junior bowlers honored for banner years: Eight named best in their divisions, two named to hall of fame
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Patrick Connor doled out the thanks for his latest bowling awards Friday. “It means a lot to me,” he said, “and my bowling career.” Career? He’s still in high school, for Pete’s sake. Still, the North Ridgeville High School junior-to-be has assembled a pretty impressive resume, as shown [...]
NBA Finals: Lakers trying to come to grips with the game that got away
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — A day after the Lakers’ colossal collapse in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, coach Phil Jackson canceled practice. For psychological reasons. “You know, just in the checking out of how the guys were and how they felt, I just felt it was [...]
Off the beat: Incredible shrinking waistlines
The Chronicle may be getting bigger, but the people inside the building are getting smaller — well, some of them, anyway.
Mike Nowak before contest:
Mike Nowak after contest:
In a 12-week “Biggest Loser” contest that ended last week, 20 employees lost combined 415 pounds.
Mike Nowak, an assistant in the IT Department, lost 55 pounds to win the [...]
Lorain/Sheffield Notebook: June 14, 2008
St. Peter student receives award Hannah Ernst, an eighth-grade student at St. Peter School in Lorain, received the 2008 Distinguished Graduate award from the Sisters of Notre Dame.
The award is presented to an eighth-grader who is “the most authentic witness to the spirit of the sisters of Notre Dame.”
In addition to being an altar [...]