Archive for November, 2008
LeBron seals deal: Cavaliers star’s big fourth quarter against Bucks keeps Cleveland on roll with 13 wins in 14 games
MILWAUKEE — LeBron James expects his team to look to him late in close games. The Cleveland Cavaliers certainly did Saturday night. James scored 11 straight points for Cleveland late in the fourth quarter and finished with 32 in the Cavaliers’ 97-85 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. “They should,” James said. “I have done it [...]
Hey, Browns, crazy QB drama is not a necessity: Consistency at the position works just fine for Colts, other teams
CLEVELAND — This may come as a shock to Northeast Ohioans, but the backup quarterback isn’t always the most beloved member of a team. In some cities, the starter is the hero, and the adoration lasts for more than a month. John Elway in Denver, Dan Marino in Miami, Brett Favre in Green Bay in [...]
Browns vs. Colts: Breaking down today’s game
BROWNS VS. COLTS WHEN: Today, 1 p.m. WHERE: Cleveland Browns Stadium RECORDS: Browns 4-7; Colts 7-4 LAST WEEK: Browns lost 16-6 to Texans; Colts beat Chargers 23-20 SERIES: Browns lead 14-11; 2-2 in playoffs SERIES AT CLEVELAND: Colts lead 6-5 LAST MEETING: Colts won 13-6 on Sept. 25, 2005, in Indianapolis COACHES: Romeo Crennel is [...]
Girls basketball: Elyria downs Admiral King to stay perfect in Lorain County Holiday Classic with 10 titles in 10 tries
ELYRIA — Same story, different year, different score. But basically the same headline: Elyria defeats Admiral King and wins its own invitational basketball tournament for the 10th year in a row. Last year the score was 61-53. On Saturday night, the Pioneers pulled away from the Admirals in the second half to win the 10th [...]
Girls basketball: Second half key as Keystone downs Vermilion in Lorain County Holiday Classic consolation game
ELYRIA — Intensity can be a friend or an enemy. One minute you have it, the next you don’t. That pretty much summed up Saturday’s consolation game at the Lorain County Holiday Tournament at Elyria High. Keystone picked up its intensity just when the Vermilion Sailors lost theirs to come away with a 39-35 victory. [...]
Girls basketball: Two quarters enough for Elyria Catholic to strike it rich against Midview
EATON TWP. — If Midview could have just figured out the first and third quarters it might have had a chance in its girls basketball season opener Saturday night under new coach Mike Pearl. Instead, Elyria Catholic, also under a new coach in Eric Rothgery, dominated those two periods and went on to post a [...]
Girls basketball: North Ridgeville coach has successful debut as Rangers hold off Black River
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Black River tried to take a win away from North Ridgeville on Saturday night, but the Rangers held on and pulled out a 50-38 non-conference girls basketball win. The win was the first for new Rangers coach Amy Esser, who comes to North Ridgeville after three years as Bay’s varsity assistant. Trailing [...]
High school football state finals: St. Ignatius downs Elder for 10th title, first since 2001
Andrew Holland passed for 208 yards and three touchdowns to lead Cleveland St. Ignatius to an Ohio record 10th state championship, 28-20 over Cincinnati Elder in Division I on Saturday night in Canton. Holland found Connor Ryan for two TDs and started the scoring with a 21-yarder to Brendan Carozzoni at Fawcett Stadium. That helped [...]
Firefighters work up sweat battling blazes
In the space of a few hours Friday night and Saturday morning, firefighters raced from one burning structure to another in Lorain, Amherst Township and Elyria Township. Teamwork — and cooperation among fire departments in Lorain, Elyria, Amherst, Sheffield, Elyria Township, Sheffield Township and Carlisle Township left fire officials proud of a job well done. [...]
Food bank stretched thin from increased need
Lorain County’s Second Harvest Food Bank is looking for help this holiday season to make sure that it can keep up the giving spirit throughout the year. By the end of this year, Second Harvest expects to have distributed close to 4 million pounds of food to agencies in Lorain, Erie, Huron, and Crawford counties, [...]
City rings in season with Light up Lorain
LORAIN — Happy holiday revelers joined together Saturday night for Light up Lorain, which is quickly becoming a holiday tradition. Beaming choral students from Lorain Southview and Lorain Admiral King high schools sang holiday classics such as “Silent Night” and “Oh Come All Ye Faithful,” followed by music from the Admiral King Brass Ensemble. Youngsters [...]
Family turns tragedy into an opportunity for charity
ELYRIA — Barb Glass will never get over not being able to spend another Christmas with her son. The holiday marked with gifts and family get-togethers was Brandon Glass’ favorite — the one he looked forward to from the first moment a Christmas carol was heard on the radio. And this held true up until [...]
Early info indicates strong Black Friday
CHICAGO — The holiday shopping season got off to a surprisingly solid start, according to data released Saturday by a research firm. But the sales boost during the post-Thanksgiving shopathon came at the expense of profits as the nation’s retailers had to slash prices to attract the crowds in a season that is expected to [...]
Parents to toy sellers: Stop pressuring our kids
NEW YORK — In a season that inspires earnest letters about toys, one notable batch is being sent not by kids to Santa’s workshop but by parents to the executive suites of real-world toy makers. The message: Please, in these days of economic angst, cut back on marketing your products directly to our children. The [...]
Shut-in services are losing helpers
AKRON — Agencies that provide meals for shut-ins say they’re struggling to cope with rising food and fuel costs. One big problem: Volunteers, many of them retired and on fixed incomes, are dropping out because they can’t afford the cost of gas. Meals on Wheels for Stark and Wayne counties in Northeast Ohio lost 60 [...]
‘A Christmas Story` fans celebrate 25th anniversary
CLEVELAND — Fans of the holiday movie “A Christmas Story” are celebrating the film’s 25th anniversary with a convention and trips to the house where the movie was made. About 4,000 fans are attending a convention in Cleveland honoring the movie this weekend, which includes tours of the house in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood. The 1983 [...]
Ohio lawmaker to discuss National City sale with Treasury
CLEVELAND — A congressman is set to ask the Treasury Department more about the sale of National City Corp. and why it wasn’t eligible for federal bailout dollars. U.S. Rep. Steve LaTourette requested the meeting this week in a call to the White House. He is among many lawmakers and civic leaders who have criticized [...]
State Roundup: November 30, 2008
Station takes call letters of TV show CINCINNATI — WKRP-TV is finally on the air in Cincinnati, for real. A low-power TV station has changed its call letters to those used by a fictional radio station in the 1970s hit show, “WKRP in Cincinnati.” The station changed its call letters to promote its new digital [...]
Elyria gears up for holiday celebrations
ELYRIA — Fifty-thousand lights are strung around Ely Square. The shop windows are decorated. All that’s left to do before the countdown to Christmas can begin in Elyria is wait for Santa’s arrival. And Jolly Ol’ St. Nick is coming to town Dec. 7 to officially light the tree and begin the holiday season. This [...]
Elyria/Elyria Township Notebook: November 30, 2008
Santa’s House to call Elyria children Someone from Santa’s House is available to call your pre-schooler through second-grader just in time for the holidays. Pick up an application at the Elyria Parks and Recreation Department’s main office; East, West and South recreation centers; North Park Ice Arena; Elyria City Health Department; Fifth Third Bank on [...]
William Victor Sugg
William Victor Sugg, 47, of Salisbury, North Carolina, (formerly from Lorain) passed away Thursday, November 27, 2008 at Wake Forest University Medical Center. Mr. Sugg was born August 16, 1961 in Cleveland, son of the late Cleopatra Wallace Sugg and the late William Joseph Sugg. He was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in [...]
Theodore Haydn
Theodore Haydn, 81, of Collins, died Saturday. November 29, 2008 at New Life Hospice, after a long illness. He was born October 7, 1927, in Elyria, to John and Elizabeth (Tarrak) Haydn. Mr. Haydn graduated from LaGrange Keystone high school. He retired from banking after 25 years. After he was retired, he worked at Gerber [...]
Roanne Y. Montgomery
Roanne Y. Montgomery, 70, of Elyria, passed away on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at EMH Regional Medical Center in Elyria following a brief illness. She was born August 29, 1938 in Denmark, Tennessee and had resided in Elyria since 1964.She earned a degree from Lorain County Community College in Elyria and worked for BF Goodrich [...]
Norma Jean Chester
Norma Jean Chester, 81, of Wellington died November 29, 2008 at Rae Ann Suburban Nursing Home in Westlake. She was born in Cambridge March 3, 1927 to the late Othel "Jack" and Gladys (nee Henderson) Heskett. Norma was graduate of Byesville High School. She worked at the RCA and NCR factories in Cambridge before moving [...]
Maxine L. Himes
Maxine L. Himes (nee Logan), 88, of Grafton, died unexpectedly Tuesday, November 25, 2008. She was born September 16, 1921 in Petrolia, Pennsylvania. She was a member of the Brighton United Methodist Church. She enjoyed crafts, sewing, reading, time with her family and traveling to Arizona. Survivors include daughters, Connie Burgess (husband Wayne) of Grafton, [...]