Archive for May, 2009
Regional Softball: Elyria returns to Final Four, gets another shot at title
CLYDE — After three years of defeat and frustration, Tess Sito and Elyria’s other seniors get a fourth and final shot at a state softball championship next week. Sito struck out 14 and stroked a crucial seventh-inning double and the Pioneers finally put Oregon Clay to rest, 4-1, on Saturday to win a fourth straight [...]
Cavaliers Playoffs: Dream season ends with nightmare loss
The Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Magic can no longer be ignored. After 14 frustrating years, a team overlooked and ignored all season sent LeBron James home and is on its way to face Kobe Bryant in the NBA Finals. Dwight Howard dominated inside for 40 points, Rashard Lewis added 18 and the [...]
Cavaliers commentary: Add ‘The Flop’ to list of Cleveland disappointments
Cleveland sports fans have seen “The Drive” and “The Fumble” and “The Shot” … and a ton of other moments that didn’t receive a nickname but ripped out the heart of the city. Now you can add “The Flop.” No, not the defensive maneuver Anderson Varejao — and Ben Wallace and Mo Williams, according to [...]
Indians: CC Sabathia returns to Cleveland, shuts down Tribe
CLEVELAND — It was home sweet second home for CC Sabathia on Saturday night. Back in Cleveland, where he spent the first 10-plus years of his career, Sabathia was in the comfort zone, helping the Yankees to a 10-5 victory in front of 34,396 fans at Progressive Field — many of them wearing the Bronx [...]
Regional Softball: Keystone misses state trip for 2nd straight season
Dan Gilles The Chronicle-Telegram BUCYRUS — Last year, a promising Keystone softball season came to a surprising end at Bucyrus High School in the Division II regional championship. On Saturday, Keystone came back to the scene of the crime in hope of exorcising those demons. Unfortunately for the Wildcats, history repeated itself. A two-run third [...]
Regional Track: LaMar, Coolidge run to titles, head to state
RAVENNA — Firelands junior Cory LaMar, Elyria Catholic sophomore Marty Coolidge and Bay freshman Bridget Doughty brought home regional titles from Saturday’s Division II track and field meet at Ravenna High School. A three-time regional qualifier, LaMar clocked a school-record time of 49.16 in winning the 400 meters. “It’s amazing,” LaMar said. “From district champ [...]
H.S. Baseball: Vermilion’s Clark awarded with Mr. Baseball
The voters didn’t hold his injury against him. Tim Clark, despite playing less than half a season for the Vermilion Sailors, was named Lorain County’s Mr. Baseball for 2009 at the county all-star game Saturday at All Pro Freight Stadium. Clark’s season lasted less than a month. The left-handed pitcher headed for Cleveland State University [...]
Indians notes: A pitcher looks like the pick in first round
CLEVELAND — It sounds as though the Indians are leaning toward taking a pitcher with their first-round choice — 15th overall — in the amateur draft (June 9-11). “It’s pretty pitcher-heavy,” Cleveland’s director of amateur scouting, Brad Grant, said of this year’s draft class, headlined by power pitcher Stephen Strasburg, a right-hander from San Diego [...]
Obituaries for May 31, 2009
James P. McGuinn Irene E. Burns Thomas G. Adams Sr. Thomas Joseph Long Margaret A. Uszak Deborah Ann Crawford Elizabeth M. Garbak Bernice Harris Floyd Leonard Herchler Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://elyriachronicletelegram.oh.newsmemory.com
EHS class of 2009 graduates underneath blue skies
ELYRIA — Elyria High School’s class of 2009, the largest since the early 1990s, must have had an “in” with the weather gods. The class of 452, along with their teachers, family, friends and others, enjoyed a picture-perfect evening Saturday beneath nearly cloudless blue skies and temperatures in the 70s. As the last commencement exercises [...]
St. Mary is saved
LORAIN — The city’s oldest Catholic church will survive the Cleveland Catholic Diocese’s major restructuring of parishes in an eight-county region. The good news came in a letter from Bishop Richard Lennon to church officials informing them that St. Mary’s, which recently celebrated its 150th anniversary, would remain open, though with a new name and new [...]
Play ball! Crushers set to take the field
AVON — Workers wearing heavy brown work boots splashed on the concrete as rain continued to pour last week. The workers — surrounded by 5,000 new green seats — pushed around equipment and tools, putting the finishing touches on a two-year project. In a furnished loge overlooking home plate, a thin man in glasses wearing [...]
Off the beat: Local speller enjoys D.C. sights
Despite not being one of the top finishers, Sheffield Middle School eighth-grader Thomas Camp said he had a great time in Washington, D.C., while competing in the 82nd Scripps National Spelling Bee. Tom, 13, winner of The Chronicle-Telegram’s 26th annual Spelling Bee in March, said he liked seeing the sights, especially the Spy Museum. He [...]
Historical house closer to restoration
ELYRIA — The Lorain County Historical Society is on its way to preserving a grand piece of Elyria’s architectural history, as well as granting the public insight into the chronicle of this county. The campaign for a new history center to be housed in the Horace Starr House, an Italianate-style mansion and carriage house on [...]
Elyria and Elyria Township notebook: May 31, 2009
Longtime EHS reunion June 20 The 70th EHS class reunion is noon June 20 at Wesleyan Village. For more information or tickets, call (440) 322-2122. Go to the park with dear old Dad There’s no better way to spend Father’s Day weekend than an afternoon in the park with dear old Dad. Fathers and sons [...]
Division I regional softball semifinal: Tess Sito throws second straight no-hitter, fans 16 as Elyria downs Brecksville
CLYDE — With one of her most dominating performances, Tess Sito hurled a 16-strikeout no-hitter Friday that carried Elyria into its 10th softball regional final and fifth in a row. It was Sito’s second consecutive tournament no-hitter. Her gem led the top-ranked Pioneers to a 2-0 Division I semifinal victory over Brecksville, which managed just [...]
Division II regional softball semifinal: Relaxed Keystone barely tested in win over Toledo Central Catholic
BUCYRUS — The storm that knocked out Thursday’s Division II regional semifinal might have been a blessing in disguise for the Keystone Wildcats. “I think it helped us,” Keystone pitcher-shortstop Kara Dill said Friday after the Wildcats defeated Toledo Central Catholic, 7-2. “We were able to get used to our surroundings. Yesterday we all had [...]
Indians’ offense comes up lacking against Yankees
CLEVELAND — Progressive Field fans broke out the dated wave in the fifth inning of the Indians’ series opener with the New York Yankees on Friday night. They had to do something to stay interested. A crowd of 32,802 got little to cheer about as the Indians offered up a lackluster effort in a 3-1 [...]
Tribe notes: Sabathia still feels at home in Cleveland
CLEVELAND — CC Sabathia received a mixture of boos and cheers from the crowd when he was shown on the Jumbotron at Quicken Loans Arena on Thursday night while attending a Cavaliers playoff victory over the Magic. The big left-hander isn’t sure what kind of reaction he’ll receive from Cleveland’s baseball fans. “I don’t know [...]
LeBron making his own magic: Cavaliers superstar’s offense causing Orlando problems
The ball is now in the Orlando Magic’s court. Actually, it’s in the hands of LeBron James at the top of the key, with the Cavaliers small forward having yet to use his dribble, but for the first time in the Eastern Conference finals, it is Orlando that now faces a major adjustment. If Magic [...]
Cavs notes: ‘Nasty’ bruise won’t keep West from playing tonight
Cavaliers shooting guard Delonte West has what he called “a nasty bruise” on his right hip, but he’ll be in the starting lineup tonight at Amway Arena for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Orlando Magic. West left Cleveland’s Game 5 victory on Thursday — it cut the Cavaliers’ deficit in the [...]
Talk about a high-light: Olmsted Falls’ Nageotte ties state record in pole vault
Dan Gilles The Chronicle-Telegram AMHERST — Two weeks ago at the Southwestern Conference track meet, Olmsted Falls senior Katie Nageotte set a Division I state record with a pole vault of 12 feet, 10 inches. She attempted a vault of 13 feet — which would have equaled the overall state record — but just missed [...]
High school football: Area’s college hopefuls get own combine
Lorain County is entering the proactive world of college football recruiting. The county’s first college combine for local scholastic players will be held June 6 at Oberlin High School. Oberlin head coach Dave McFarland and assistant coach Lester Allen led the effort to create the combine after getting positive feedback at a county coaches meeting. [...]
Prosecutors: Columbia man stopped daughter’s call for help
Authorities say John Biszantz restrained 12-year-old from calling for help for injured mom
Elyria fire site remains a mess
Owner of former General Industries site shooed away; cleanup must go through EPA