Archive for October, 2008
While LeBron sat: Cavaliers drill Bobcats in home opener thanks to solid play with their star on the bench
CLEVELAND — For one night, anyway, LeBron James was not the difference. His teammates were. With James sitting on the bench for almost eight minutes at the end of the third period and beginning of the fourth, the Cavaliers turned a five-point lead into a 14-point margin and beat the Charlotte Bobcats 96-79 in their [...]
The game changer: Clearview’s Hitchens can dominate an opponent in a variety of ways and on both sides of the ball
TONIGHT WHO: Clearview (10-0) vs. Ottawa-Glandorf (6-4) WHAT: Division IV, Region 14 quarterfinal TIME: 7:30 WHERE: Tom Hoch Memorial Field RADIO: WEOL 930-AM, WOBL 1320-AM Clearview running back Anthony Hitchens breaks through a hole in the line and sprints toward the opposing safety’s coverage zone.The defender has watched film on the Clippers star and knows [...]
Shoremen refuse to stay down: Bennington’s attitude, play helped Avon Lake turn around tough start to season
TONIGHT WHO: Avon Lake (8-2) vs. Highland (9-1) WHAT: Division II, Region 6 quarterfinal TIME: 7:30 WHERE: Medina Highland Stadium RADIO: WDLW 1380-AM If any team needed cheering up this season, it was Avon Lake after Week 4. The record was 2-2. The Shoremen had not been 2-2 since 1996. They had just lost a [...]
Browns’ Lewis wants to run the ball, not his mouth, but speaking up after last Ravens game turned out OK
BEREA — As the game got away in a seven-minute flurry of interceptions, incompletions and Baltimore touchdowns, Jamal Lewis steamed. After averaging 4.4 yards on nine first-half carries as the Browns took a lead against his former team, Lewis had been relegated to bystander in the pivotal third quarter. So when the 28-10 Week 3 [...]
Browns notes: Baltimore Raven and Elyria native Nakamura ready to play in front of the hometown fans
BEREA — Haruki Nakamura will be one of the enemies Sunday at Cleveland Browns Stadium, but he can’t wait to see some friendly faces. “I’m very excited,” Nakamura said Thursday by phone. “The biggest thing for me is having fun and everybody getting a chance to watch me play again. The last time a lot [...]
High school volleyball: Olmsted Falls storms back from 0-2 deficit, beats Toledo Ursula to advance to regional final
NORWALK — The 212 came dangerously close to being the 32. That was before Olmsted Falls discovered its pilot light wasn’t out after all, and the Bulldogs rallied from losing the first two games to defeat St. Ursula Academy, 18-25, 21-25, 25-14, 25-20, 15-11, in a Division I regional semifinal Thursday. Never in the 25 [...]
High school football: The Chronicle-Telegram’s Final Top 10
The Chronicle-Telegram Top 10 is voted on weekly by the five full-time sports staffers. Ten points are awarded to first-place teams, nine for second, eight for third and so forth. 1. Avon Eagles RECORD: 10-0 POLL POINTS: 50 (5*) BREAKDOWN: The Eagles finished with the area’s top offense — 34.9 points per game — and [...]
Football, cross country players of the week
FOOTBALL Marquis Harrell, Avon YEAR: Senior HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 200 POSITION: RB LAST WEEK: Harrell rushed 22 times for 154 yards and two touchdowns during the Eagles’ 45-6 victory over Bay last Friday night. He also caught one pass for 51 yards. OTHER SPORTS: Basketball (shooting guard) and baseball PARENTS: Phillip and Rena Harrell BIO: [...]
Days before election, McCain visits LCCC
ELYRIA — At a quick-and-to-the-point rally at Lorain County Community College, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain made a plea for the presidency in front of thousands. The senator from Arizona, looking to increase his standing in Ohio in an effort to grab the state’s 20 electoral votes, rolled his “Straight Talk Express” bus into [...]
Dispatches from McCain’s ‘Straight Talk Express’
SANDUSKY — All aboard the “Straight Talk Express.” With “Joe the Plumber” to his right and wife Cindy to his left, Sen. John McCain briefly hosted a small group of local reporters for questions aboard his tour bus Thursday. The trip was short — from a rally in downtown Sandusky to a McDonald’s in Huron [...]
Fed money might not help LCT shortfall
ELYRIA — Cuts in Lorain County Transit again could be looming. County Administrator James Cordes told county commissioners Thursday that they might not be able to use a $645,431 infusion of federal money LCT received only last month to operate buses. Instead, the money might have to be used for capital improvements such as park-and-ride [...]
Redrawn flood plains puzzle property owners
ELYRIA — Residents who have never feared that flooding would damage their homes are now being told to buy flood insurance thanks to revised maps created by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Being told to add the coverage is causing some homeowners to demand city officials do something to get the maps amended. “I don’t [...]
BLOTTER: Oct. 31, 2008
Elyria police Wednesday, Oct. 29 8:29 a.m. – 300 block West Ave., Mary A. Demmy, 53, Elyria, warrant. 1:30 p.m. – 100 block Woodbury St., harassing phone calls. 4:30 p.m. – Spencer Gifts, Midway Mall, Selena R. Bruck, 24, Elyria, charged with theft. 6:43 p.m. – Middle Avenue and Sederis Lane, Lagustus A. Killings, 30, [...]
Grafton/LaGrange/Columbia Notebook: October 31, 2008
Halloween Fair walk at Carlisle This is the last weekend to walk the haunted trails at the Carlisle Visitor Center’s Halloween Fair. Celebrate Halloween with a spooky trail, fun games, live music and magic shows 5 to 10 p.m. today and Saturday. The gates for this free event open at 5 p.m. when the trails [...]
County 911 to dispatch Oberlin fire calls
OBERLIN — Beginning next week, a firefighter no longer will be required to be in the Oberlin Fire Station on dispatch duties. At no extra cost to the city, Lorain County 911 operators will dispatch the department to fire calls, according to City Manager Eric Norenberg. Firefighters carrying radio pagers will be dispatched directly by [...]
Jury convicts trucker in office shooting
BOWLING GREEN — A jury on Thursday convicted a truck driver of gunning down his boss and another man at a trucking company office near Toledo. Jurors deliberated for about six hours Thursday before convicting Calvin Neyland Jr. of two counts of aggravated murder in Wood County Common Pleas Court in northwest Ohio. Neyland, who [...]
Mary Ann McNally
Mary Ann McNally (nee Clark), 86, of Avon Lake, died Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at the Life Care Center in Medina after a brief illness. She was born February 28, 1922 in Utica, New York and has lived in Avon Lake for over 10 years, moving from Avon. She was employed by the Congregation of [...]
Watercolor artist inspired by nature
GRAFTON — Joyce Bolte sees the world through the eyes of an artist. A simple walk through a Lorain County Metro Park on a fall afternoon can inspire Bolte, and what she observes in nature she can quickly turn into a watercolor painting. Bolte, 49, has been painting with watercolors for nearly 30 years. “Most [...]
Elsie Johnson
Elsie Johnson, 79, of Lorain, entered into the presence of the Lord Sunday, October 26, 2008 at home surrounded by family and friends at her bedside. She courageously battled several illnesses for a number of years. A lifelong resident, she was born September 16, 1929 and was educated in the public school system. She enjoyed [...]
Group identifies Lake Erie shipwrecks
VERMILION — When Tom Kowalczk first saw the murky sonar images, he wasn’t sure whether he was looking at anything important or not. The initial image was a dull blur, but it piqued his interest just the same. The veteran diver and shipwreck explorer’s curiosity was satisfied when he and fellow divers concluded they might [...]
Thomas Merle Smith
Thomas Merle Smith, 61, passed away peacefully in his sleep Monday, October 27, 2008. Tom was born in Reidsburg, Pennsylvania October 20, 1947. He began his career as a history teacher and later earned his Master’s degree in psychology. He dedicated his life to helping others as a professional clinical counselor, opening his private practice, [...]
Boaters celebrate end of season in Vermilion
VERMILION — The end of the boating season is closing in, but that doesn’t mean die-hard boaters will sail quietly into the sunset. This weekend, one last hoorah will take place before the boats are put away for the winter. It’s called the Pull-Out Party, and no boating season is complete without it. The tradition [...]
Clyde R. Wolfli
Clyde R. Wolfli, 83, of Elyria, passed away Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at the Wesleyan Village in Elyria following a short illness. Arrangements will be announced by the Liston Funeral Home, North Ridgeville.
Son of judge`s secretary faces drug charges
ELYRIA — The son of a county judge’s secretary was indicted Thursday along with several others in connection with a year-long drug investigation. Angel Bauzo, 34, of Avon, faces racketeering, conspiracy, money laundering and drug trafficking charges. Bauzo’s mother, Olga Velez, whose Sheffield home was among those raided by police last month, had no charges [...]
Local Roundup: October 31, 2008
Youth suspended for having guns SULLIVAN — A second-grader at Black River Primary School has been suspended for bringing a plastic pellet gun and a BB gun to school last Thursday. Black River Schools Superintendent Janice Wyckoff said the 7-year-old didn’t appear to have plans to hurt anyone with the guns. The boy was telling [...]