Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for November 15th, 2008
Most valuable, versatile: Gronowski rarely leaves field, which is a big reason Avon’s football team hasn’t left the playoffs
Garrett Gronowski hasn’t caught many breaks during his Avon football career. Then again, he rarely takes a break. The senior can haul in a touchdown pass from star quarterback Ryan O’Rourke on one play, line up for the extra point on the next, run down the field on the ensuing kickoff and then run to [...]
Avon vs. Big Walnut scouting report: Walnut’s size and power could be tough for Avon to crack
Avon’s had its fill of fast teams through the first two rounds of the playoffs. Tonight, the Eagles put their unbeaten season, a regional championship and a trip to state on the line against a team known for its size and power. “My greatest fear, honestly, is just their sheer size,” Eagles [...]
High school football: Avon vs. Big Walnut in regional final
TONIGHT’S GAME: AVON VS. SUNBURY BIG WALNUT
WHAT: Division III, Region 10 championship TIME: 7:30 WHERE: Ashland Community Stadium RADIO: WEOL 930-AM, WOBL 1320-AM
Avon Eagles
COLORS: Purple and Gold CONFERENCE: West Shore RECORD: 12-0, 7-0 (1st in WSC) PLAYOFF HISTORY: 3rd appearance (last in 2004) PLAYOFF [...]
Browns’ McDonald ready to put mistakes behind him and get back to making plays
BEREA — Brandon McDonald can still see Eddie Royal streaking past him for a 93-yard touchdown. He keeps picturing Brandon Marshall standing over him after catching the winning touchdown after McDonald fell to the ground. The Browns’ second-year cornerback remains haunted by the events of Nov. 6 — he gave up two fourth-quarter touchdowns [...]
Browns notes: Sean Jones just wants to play; Shaun Smith says he’s no quitter
BEREA — Safety Sean Jones had a few things to get off his chest Friday. He isn’t happy he may lose playing time this week, doesn’t think his play has slipped and said his surgically repaired knee isn’t a hindrance. “I want to be on the field for every snap,” Jones said. “I’m [...]
Last season’s setback still stings: Ohio State out to avenge loss to Illini, stay in the hunt for Big Ten title
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Ohio State got a boost last week from a team not even on its schedule. Iowa’s upset of Penn State renewed Ohio State’s hopes for winning the Big Ten and reaching the Rose Bowl. “We were riding the bus home from the airport when the Iowa kicker kicked [...]
And they call this ‘free’ agency: Yankees waste no time, make Sabathia huge offer
NEW YORK — Joe Girardi said this week he’d enjoy showing free agents around the new Yankee Stadium. CC Sabathia is one of the players the New York manager has in mind for a tour of the spacious clubhouse, players lounge, indoor batting cage and underground hot tub. Free-agent season opened Friday with [...]
Crowd has mixed reaction to middleweight title bout at mixed martial arts event
ELYRIA — Half of the fans at Elyria’s Roll Arena roared their approval, the other half booed after hearing the decision. With local fighters Trey Duplessie and Josh Gregorek — both 2-0 going into their middleweight championship bout — battling in one of the two main events of Friday night’s Superior Cage Fighting’s “War [...]
Proposal for auto industry bailout in flux
Plan’s supporters trying to recruit Republicans to come on board
Investor purchases former Elyria YMCA
ELYRIA — Elyria real estate investor Mangus Dotson signed a purchase agreement Friday to buy the former Elyria YMCA building for $120,000, according to a representative of the real estate company that brokered the deal.
Dotson, who also owns a used car lot in Lorain, said he plans to lease space to two day care centers [...]