Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for November 1st, 2008
High school football: Clearview’s regular-season perfection fades fast in lopsided loss to Ottawa-Glandorf
SHEFFIELD TWP. — The joyful feelings surrounding Clearview’s perfect regular season turned sour Friday night as the Clippers couldn’t get going on offense, couldn’t stop Ottawa-Glandorf on defense and fell apart on special teams. Mistakes mounted and the frustration flowed as the Clippers were handed a 56-12 loss by the Titans in [...]
Special teams another edge for Ottawa-Glandorf in playoff win over Clearview
SHEFFIELD TWP. — Kicking off thrice from Clearview’s 45-yard line — after identical roughing-the-kicker penalties on extra points — Ottawa-Glandorf kicker Nolan Croy each time failed to split the uprights. That, however, was about the only thing the Titans’ special teams units did wrong Friday night in their 56-12 runaway victory over the Clippers. [...]
High school football: Avon Lake’s struggling start helps bring loss to Highland, bad ending to season
GRANGER TWP. — Dave Dlugosz was right. “We probably had more total yards than they had,” Dlugosz said. “But the numbers on the scoreboard are what matter.” And the figures on the board weren’t pretty for Dlugosz and his Avon Lake team. The Shoremen were on the slender side of a 35-23 score [...]
Stopped cold, then frozen out: Fourth-down failure helps derail Avon Lake in playoff loss
Ken Coleman GRANGER TWP. — If there was a defining play in Friday’s Region 6 quarterfinal, it might have come with 7:07 to play in the third quarter. That was when Avon Lake, which had driven from its 20-yard line to the Highland 37 in [...]
Ravens finding options: Former Buckeye QB Troy Smith adds new wrinkle, gives Browns defense something to think about
BEREA — The Ravens spoiled the surprise. If they would’ve waited another week, they could’ve sprung Troy Smith on an unsuspecting Browns defense in his Cleveland homecoming. Instead, Smith made his debut as a “slash” option Sunday in a 29-10 win over the Raiders. He joined starting quarterback Joe Flacco on the field [...]
Browns notes: Red-zone failures giving offense the blues
BEREA — Offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski had an extra item on his to-do list this week, and it was an important one. Fix the goal-line offense. “We’ve talked quite a bit about it. Obviously it was something that was disappointing,” he said Friday. The Browns have reached the opponent’s 1-yard line three times [...]
Special delivery: O’Rourke’s ability as a passer and leader has put Avon on top
WHO: Avon (10-0) vs. Defiance (8-2) WHAT: Division III, Region 10 quarterfinal WHEN: Tonight, 7 o’clock WHERE: Avon Stadium RADIO: WEOL 930-AM, WDLW 1380-AM
They call them Playstation numbers. They’re the kind of stats you normally rack up playing video games with the setting on “Easy” and using cheat [...]
Amherst’s Morgan is one feisty, fighter
WHO: Amherst (8-2) vs. Twinsburg (8-2) WHAT: Division I, Region 2 quarterfinal WHEN: Tonight, 7 o’clock WHERE: Twinsburg Tiger Stadium RADIO: WOBL 1320-AM
When Kevin Fell was new to his job at Amherst, he saw something he couldn’t remember ever having seen before in his more than 20 years of [...]
Early voters wait to do their civic duty
SHEFFIELD TWP. — Still haven’t voted? If you plan to, carrying a lawn chair to the polls might not be such a bad idea.
That’s the tough lesson Roy Spaw of Carlisle Township learned Friday afternoon when he went to cast his vote early at the county Board of Elections on North Ridge Road.
“I [...]
Move over plumber, area’s ‘Joe the Teacher’ gets national press
“Joe the Plumber,” meet “Joe the Teacher.”
While it’s doubtful that he’ll attain the status of epitomizing America’s struggling everyman as Ohio’s Joe the Plumber has for John McCain’s presidential campaign, veteran North Ridgeville Middle School language arts teacher Joe Post is enjoying his 15 minutes of fame thanks to a national Associated Press story in [...]