Archive for November 26th, 2008
Holiday travelers thankful for lower gas prices
CINCINNATI — Here’s something to be thankful for — less pain at the pumps. Motorists on their way to Thanksgiving Day feasts Wednesday savored sharply lower gas prices. However, the economic crisis still kept some people at home. Highway traffic was light in many places across Ohio, and airports reported less-hectic conditions than usual for [...]
Grafton Township family has a more hopeful Thanksgiving
GRAFTON TWP. — All 8-year-old Madison Hamilton wants this year is a bedroom to call her own, and in that bedroom, just a bed and dresser will do. For more than three years, the Hamilton family of Grafton has been living out of cardboard boxes. The family of eight has been shuffled between hotels and [...]
Browns: Quinn’s hard-luck ride continues with season-ending injury
BEREA — A training camp holdout and eight passes thrown as a rookie. Three starts, a benching, a broken finger and possible surgery in Year 2. Life as a Brown hasn’t been easy for quarterback Brady Quinn, who grew up dreaming of wearing the brown and orange. “It’s frustrating. I can’t begin to tell you,” [...]
Browns notes: Revenge won’t be a factor against Colts
BEREA — The Indianapolis Colts prevented the Browns from making the playoffs by losing the final NFL game of 2007, but both teams downplayed the revenge factor for their game on Sunday afternoon. “In this league, you can’t depend on another team to help you out, so we don’t blame them for what happened last [...]
High school football: Playoff teams well represented on All-Lorain County list
There’s a simple rule when it comes to the All-Lorain County football teams: Practice makes perfect, but the postseason clears room for your players. The four county football programs that earned playoff appearances this season were well-represented on the 2008 All-Lorain County lists, and the four coaches of those teams earned Coach of the Year [...]
Cavaliers: LeBron not focusing on future yet
Wednesday’s Cavaliers-Thunder game was not completed in time to make the early holiday deadline. A complete story with box score will appear in Friday’s sports section. NEW YORK — July 1, 2010, could be quite a showdown between the Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks. For now, there’s no contest. LeBron James can become a [...]
Jim Litke: QB, coach at odds in Philadelphia
Things are never the same after a breakup. Donovan McNabb and Andy Reid may have patched things up in time for the Thanksgiving Day game, and they’ll be together for another month or so in Philadelphia after that. But then it’s off to Splitsville — and even money which one of them gets back on [...]
Baseball: Avon expansion team expected to be called Lake Erie Crushers
The new Avon professional baseball team has a name, and it appears the team will be known as the Lake Erie Crushers. Team spokeswoman Nicolle Meyer said Avon Professional Baseball had a winner in the “Name Your Team” contest that has ran for the last six weeks on their Web site, but she said the [...]
Local sports briefs
Lake Erie lacrosse locates league Lake Erie College’s lacrosse teams have been accepted by the East Coast Conference for the Storm’s first year of varsity competition during the 2009-10 academic year. The East Coast Conference is an NCAA Division II conference which sponsors 14 sports. Membership is comprised of 10 schools with additional associate members [...]
NFL Week 12 capsules
TENNESSEE (10-1) at DETROIT (0-11) 12:30 p.m., CBS OPENING LINE: Titans by 11. RECORD VS. SPREAD: Tennessee 9-1-1; Detroit 4-7. SERIES RECORD: Titans lead 6-3. LAST MEETING: Titans 24, Lions 19, Jan. 2, 2005. LAST WEEK: Titans lost to Jets 34-13; Lions lost to Buccaneers 38-20. TITANS OFFENSE: OVERALL (23), RUSH (9), PASS (24) TITANS [...]
Cavs 119, Knicks 101: LeBron leads romp over Knicks
NEW YORK — The Knicks have two years to convince LeBron James they can be a title contender. His Cleveland Cavaliers showed New York they might be one right now. James scored 26 points before sitting out the fourth quarter, and the Cavaliers quickly took a charged-up New York crowd out of the game in [...]
LeBron keeping focus on Cleveland and the Cavaliers
NEW YORK — Even Spike Lee, that noted Knicks superfan, was a LeBron James guy Tuesday night. And when New York guard Nate Robinson saw the producer had turned traitor and was wearing a pair of the special red “Big Apple” sneakers James was debuting for this game, he immediately began stepping on Lee’s foot. [...]
Browns: Quinn likely done for season
BEREA — Quarterback Brady Quinn’s season could be over after three games. Jay Glazer of Foxsports.com reported late Tuesday night that Quinn is done for the year after doctors said the fracture in his right index finger got worse after he tried to play through the injury last week. The report, citing team sources, said [...]
Votes matter for school issues
Lorain Schools gets recount; Wellington levy defeated
Tie means loss for liquor issue
ELYRIA — Don’t tell anyone at T & A Bar & Grill — that’s “T” for Tony Carter and “A” for Angela Carter — that a single vote doesn’t count. The Sunday sales liquor issue for the bar tied, 235 to 235 when it went before voters Nov. 4. In the case of a tie [...]
City closes Elywood Park to cars because of erosion concerns
ELYRIA — Drivers who like to take the scenic route through the parks via the Black River ford are going to have to settle for the mundane route for now. Elywood Park, a prime park for dog walkers and winter hikers that hosts one end of the river ford, was closed to vehicle traffic earlier [...]
Elyria’s ‘Krazy’ sign saga nearer an end
ELYRIA — The white illuminated sign advertising Krazy Mac’s restaurant is one step closer to remaining a permanent part of Elyria’s landscape. The City Council’s Community Development Committee voted Monday to override the decision of the city Planning Commission/Design Review Committee that calls for the sign to be changed to conform to Design Review guidelines [...]
Browns: Lerner meets with media, says he will decide fate of Crennel, Savage at end of season
BEREA — Randy Lerner sat in his suite at Cleveland Browns Stadium on Sunday as the Browns lost 16-6 to Houston to fall to 4-7 on the season. He saw the rapidly departing crowd. He heard the boos from the die-hards who stayed. He felt like the fan he remains even in his sixth season [...]
High school football: Six local players land All-Ohio, first-team honors
The seats were excellent. “We got right in the middle of the field, it was in Row 5 … it was nice,” Elyria Catholic’s Josh Russ said. Russ and Panthers teammate Jared Schuster took in a Big Ten battle a couple weeks ago between Illinois and visiting Iowa. It wasn’t because the EC players are [...]
FUGITIVE OF THE WEEK: Joseph Wells
Authorities are searching this week for sex offender Joseph Wells. Wells is wanted by the Adult Parole Authority and the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office for escape and parole violation. He was originally convicted of attempted sexual battery, gross sexual imposition, drug trafficking, possession of drugs and tampering with evidence in June 2004. Wells’ criminal history [...]
High school football: Shoremen, Comets well represented on All-SWC first team
Players from Southwestern Conference playoff qualifiers Avon Lake and Amherst were well represented on the first team all-conference list. Five Comets — Ryan Bartizal (senior tight end), Brandon Morgan (senior, running back), Matt Elbert (senior, kicker), T.J. Harrah (senior, defensive line) and Cody Wenrich (senior, linebacker) — were first teamers. Five members of Avon Lake’s [...]
Women’s college basketball: Lavender leads victory over Hartford
Jantel Lavender scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to help No. 20 Ohio State rebound from its first loss of the season and beat Hartford 63-45 on Tuesday night in Columbus. Lavender also had five assists and two blocked shots for the Buckeyes (4-1), who lost 87-80 in overtime at Auburn on Sunday. Samantha [...]
Police seeks suspect in motel robbery
ELYRIA — Police were searching Tuesday for a man who walked into a local motel with a handgun Monday night and made off with approximately $500. “The case is still under investigation, and we have not made an arrest yet,” Elyria police Capt. Daniel Jaykel said. The Red Roof Inn near Midway Mall was robbed [...]
Men’s college basketball: Cleveland State rocks Toledo
Chris Moore matched his career high with 17 points and Cleveland State defeated Toledo 77-56 in the second round of the O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic on Tuesday in Miami. The Vikings (3-2), who had struggled offensively the first four games, shot a season-high .545 from the field (30 of 55) Moore didn’t miss all [...]
Highway Patrol investigating crash involving responding officers
ELYRIA — A three-car crash that involved an Elyria police cruiser heading to a robbery in progress at a local motel remains under investigation by the Elyria post of the Ohio Highway Patrol. The patrol was asked by Elyria police to take over the investigation of the three-car crash, according to Elyria police Capt. Daniel [...]