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 coach Mike Elder [...]
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 RECORD: 4-2 STATE TITLES: 0 COACH: Mike Elder, [...]
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 in [...]
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 one of [...]
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 it through and you [...]
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 the Yankees [...]
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 in [...]
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 [...]
Silos property in Carlisle Township is sold
CARLISLE TWP. — A group affiliated with the Lorain County Mission has signed a deal to purchase The Silos banquet facility from Mangus Dotson and operate it as a day care center and youth gathering place. The Rev. Brian S. Wade, executive director of the mission, said a nonprofit corporation likely will be set up [...]
Coroner: Woman was smothered for three minutes
AVON LAKE — Robert Shaw probably held a pillow or blanket over his ill wife’s face for about three minutes Wednesday morning before she slipped past the point of no return, county Coroner Paul Matus said. Even if paramedics had been able to revive 84-year-old Virginia Shaw, it’s impossible to say whether her brain would [...]
City and nonprofits get their liens crossed
LORAIN — A paperwork error has led to nearly $100,000 in unpaid property taxes for the buildings housing the Black River Historical Society and the Lorain City Health Department. Together, the Moore House Museum, on West Fifth Street, and the Health Department, on West Erie Avenue, have a total of $94,000 in unpaid property taxes. [...]
Special prosecutor chosen for Rosenbaum shooting
ELYRIA — A special prosecutor has been appointed to look into the shooting of Jonathan Rosenbaum, the former chief assistant Lorain County prosecutor, by his son at a gun range. County Common Pleas Court Judge Christopher Rothgery on Friday appointed Erie County Prosecuting Attorney Kevin Baxter to take over the legal inquiry into the Aug. [...]
Bridge testing likely to go on into next week
LORAIN — If you’ve been hoping the Charles Berry Bascule Bridge will be open soon, you have at least a few more days to wait. Vital parts have been installed, but testing is not complete, said Ohio Department of Transportation spokesman Brian Stacy. ODOT directed the contractor to work overtime this weekend to get the [...]
Special prosecutor chosen for Avon case
ELYRIA — Erie County Prosecuting Attorney Kevin Baxter has been appointed as the special prosecutor to handle the probe of whether an Avon city prosecutor acted illegally when he OK’d a misdemeanor plea deal for a former FBI computer technician after the man already had been indicted on felony charges by a county grand jury. [...]
ROUNDUP: Nov. 15, 2008
Sewer work to affect Middle Avenue ELYRIA — A sewer project will limit traffic on Middle Avenue at Fuller Road beginning 7 a.m. Monday. Fabrizi Construction Co. has been hired to install the new sewer from Fuller Road south to the city limits over the next 10 weeks. Portable traffic signals outside the work zone [...]
Elyria woman injured in car accident
NEW RUSSIA TWP. — A 20-year-old Elyria woman was in critical condition Friday at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland after a one-car crash on Butternut Ridge Road late Thursday night. Carrie A. Pettry was westbound on Butternut Ridge just east of Oberlin Road when she lost control and went off the road, striking a ditch, [...]
CORRECTION: Nov. 15, 2008
North Ridgeville High School senior Keene Cockburn will attend West Liberty State College in West Virginia next season to play basketball. Due to a reporter’s error, the wrong college was listed in a story in Thursday’s sports section.
All signs point toward steady business for Krazy Mac’s
ELYRIA — Ron Heinbaugh hasn’t resolved the issues he has with the city over the design of his business sign, but that’s not stopping the city’s newest restaurateur from serving up creative macaroni and cheese dishes at his 202 E. Broad St. restaurant. It’s been three weeks since Krazy Mac’s opened, and although a lot [...]
County maintenance worker suspended for hanging noose
ELYRIA — A county worker who strung up a noose at work was suspended for 30 days, county Administrator Jim Cordes said. Richard Reiman, a maintenance worker for more than 20 years, was the subject of a four-week investigation starting in October. He was placed on administrative leave with pay almost immediately after the incident [...]
Lorain apartment fire forces evacuation
LORAIN — A cigarette left on a mattress may have caused a fire that destroyed a 57-year-old Vietnam veteran’s apartment Friday night and forced about a dozen other residents to evacuate. Danny Hicks of Lorain was taken to Community Regional Hospital and the Nord Center will see to his care after he is released, according [...]
Black River school district prepared for unions` strike
Caterina Guinta The Medina Gazette SULLIVAN TWP. — The countdown is on after the Black River Teachers Association and the Black River Support Staff Association filed a 10-day strike notice Friday. The unions issued a statement that the strike date is set for Nov. 26 if a pact with the school district is not reached. [...]
Motorists asked to avoid Interstate 90 early Sunday
ELYRIA — Drivers should avoid Interstate 90 between 8 and 9 a.m. Sunday. The interstate will be briefly closed during that hour so Ohio Edison can string a new power line across the road, Ohio Department of Transportation spokesman Brian Stacy said. The closure will take place between mile markers 145 and 146, just west [...]
Lorain/Sheffield Notebook: November 15, 2008
Fundraiser for multiple sclerosis The Southview High School JROTC program will host a bowl-a-thon called “Strike for MS” to help spread awareness and raise funds to fight multiple sclerosis. The event will take place at 1 p.m. on Jan. 31 at the Brunswick Zone in North Olmsted. Everyone is invited to attend and anyone who [...]