Archive for January, 2010
Cavs’ win like a broken record
Rick Noland The Chronicle-Telegram CLEVELAND – It was a night of broken records. The Cavaliers set a handful of team marks and equaled an NBA one Sunday, but also continued a season-long trend of not quickly burying an inferior opponent in their 114-89 win over the Los Angeles Clippers at Quicken Loans Arena. With LeBron [...]
Three-for-all for Cavs
Rick Noland The Chronicle-Telegram CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers tied an NBA record for 3-pointers in a quarter with 11 in the opening period and cruised to a 114-89 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday. LeBron James tied a Quicken Loans Arena record with 23 points in the first period, when he also tied a franchise mark [...]
Elyria deficit down sharply
ELYRIA - The employees of elected officials who last year saw their work weeks and paychecks cut are back to 40 hours, and the patrolmen city officials threatened were going to be laid off this year to help fill a hole in the budget are still on the road. This year was supposed to be [...]
Citywide cuts to longevity pay could be tough to negotiate
ELYRIA – Since the economic bottom has fallen out in the city, the longevity pay full-time employees receive has been the topic of much discussion. In 2009, City Council attempted to take a serious look at doing away with longevity pay. However, the conversation went in circles, with the unions claiming it put their pay [...]
Man shot in groin in Elyria
ELYRIA – A 22-year-old Elyria man was shot in the groin early Saturday morning in a shooting on North Abbe Road. According to Elyria police, Derek Peterson was shot about 4 a.m. in the 600 block of North Abbe Road. Peterson was transported to EMH, then flown to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. He underwent [...]
Obituaries for Jan. 31, 2010
Carolyn Grace Telenko Jack Evans Frank Fetchet Jerry Ray Sherrill Regina Gayle Santos Lorain Stone Michael Loy Lenore M. Haefka Billy E. Cantrell Larry C. Reynolds Janet Byles Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Basketball: Southview’s Ogle commits to Bowling Green
The recruiting process can often be grueling, and making a college choice is sometimes one of the most difficult in a young athlete’s life. That wasn’t the case for Southview’s Shanique Ogle. “It wasn’t a tough decision at all,” Ogle said Saturday. “I wanted to stay close to home, I wanted to continue to do [...]
High School Wrestling: Pioneers, new and old, say goodbye to gym with win
ELYRIA – With Elyria High School celebrating the 50th anniversary of its wrestling program, along with the final wrestling event ever held at the gymnasium, the school decided to commemorate it in style. Former coaches and wrestlers, including seven of the school’s 13 individual state champions and two of the wrestlers on the 1973 state [...]
High School Swimming: DeWitt earns Firelands 1st win at conference meet
FAIRVIEW PARK – Ashley DeWitt had a wow moment Saturday. The Firelands senior won the 50-yard freestyle at the fifth annual West Shore Conference Swimming and Diving Championships to become the first-ever Falcon boys conference swim champion. DeWitt clocked a personal-record 24.46 seconds, as the No. 2 seed defeated top-seeded Zachary Zapcura (24.92), a junior [...]
High School Hockey: Elyria Catholic falls to Strongsville in 3rd period
STRONGSVILLE – Elyria Catholic’s third period was more a case of bad breaks than a meltdown. “Between the second and third periods I said to (the players) that if we can skate 5-against-5 with them that I like our chances,” EC coach Dave Phiel said. The Panthers couldn’t do that. Two EC penalties within 38 [...]
Girls Basketball: Bay sisters stop Sailors
BAY VILLAGE – The Vick sisters, senior Sarah and sophomore Rachel, play a lot of one-on-one basketball in their Bay Village driveway. They bump each other around and sometimes there are disputes. But, said the 5-foot-11 Rachel, they also encourage one another, make each other better players. Their cooperative work on the game is sometimes [...]
Police log for Jan. 31, 2010
Lorain police Thursday, Jan. 28 10:22 a.m. – 2700 block Rita Drive, garage window broken. 11:17 a.m. – 3900 block Reid Ave., Ernest Bakos, 63, of Lorain, charged with aggravated burglary for forcing his way into someone else’s trailer and refusing to leave. 1:49 p.m. – A man reported the theft of a 1930s antique [...]
Obituaries for Jan. 30, 2010
Warren E. Stanley Billy E. Cantrell Elmer Lapp Josephine M. Ternes Regina Gayle Santos Lorain Stone Clarice A. Benesh Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
All-around excellence: LeBron just misses triple-double as Cavaliers rout Pacers
INDIANAPOLIS - The only question left in the final minutes was whether or not LeBron James would get his 27th career triple-double. He finished one rebound short, but the Cavaliers still beat the Indiana Pacers 94-73 on Friday night to win their seventh straight game. James finished with 22 points, a season-high 13 assists and [...]
Boys basketball: Midpark downs Olmsted Falls in four-overtime classic
OLMSTED FALLS – Memo to pep bands, cheerleaders, clock operators and parents: If Olmsted Falls and Midpark are on the schedule, making plans after the game probably isn’t a very good idea. The Bulldogs and Meteors on Friday night followed up an Olmsted Falls overtime win Dec. 11 with a classic: Midpark erased a 13-point [...]
Boys basketball: Keystone edges Oberlin as Reid comes through in clutch
LAGRANGE – Jimmy Reid has a habit of making a difference in close games. They say old habits die hard, and that’s just fine with Keystone fans. He did it again Friday night, which is good because Oberlin, fresh off a 30-point thumping by Wellington, came to play. And while Oberlin was in a position [...]
Boys basketball: Shoremen thrive at line in win over Westlake
WESTLAKE – If Westlake thought it had a chance to get back into Friday night’s game by fouling Avon Lake, the Shoremen proved how futile that strategy was. Avon Lake hit 20 of 22 free throws to put away the Demons 55-38 in a Southwestern Conference game. The Shoremen went 16-of-18 from the foul line [...]
Boys basketball: Long scoreless spell spells doom for Elyria Catholic
MENTOR – It was another long bus ride to a North Coast League opponent Friday night for Elyria Catholic, and Panthers coach Alan Januzzi was worried about how his team would respond at the start of the game. There was no need for concern though, as the Panthers looked energized and went toe to toe [...]
Warner’s impressive, improbable career comes to an end
TEMPE, Ariz. – Kurt Warner thanked God, hugged his children and wife and said goodbye to an NFL career that seems the stuff of sports fiction. The 38-year-old quarterback announced his retirement Friday after a dozen years in a league that at first rejected him, then revered him as he came from nowhere to lead [...]
Townships sue county over NOACA choice
ELYRIA — The Lorain County Township Association sued the county commissioners Friday over the commissioners’ decision not to appoint LaGrange Township trustee Rita Canfield as a representative in the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency. The commissioners instead appointed Wellington Township trustee Virginia Haynes, who is also a county employee working on economic development. “It’s just [...]
In Eaton Township, anger over LORCO sewer runneth over
Residents blame new LORCO project for basement flooding and century-old tree being cut
NTSB: Plane was on second approach try when it crashed
NEW RUSSIA TWP. — A preliminary report on the Jan. 18 plane crash that killed four people, including Vermilion Township inventor Don Brown and his wife, shows the plane was on instrument landing and missed its initial approach at Lorain County Regional Airport. The pilot executed a missed approach at 1:39 p.m. and got clearance [...]
Mayor’s backers outspent anti-Grace group
ELYRIA — The bipartisan committee formed to keep Elyria Mayor Bill Grace in office in the face of a possible recall outraised its foes nearly 10 to one. A campaign finance report submitted Friday to the Lorain County Board of Elections shows Yes Elyria raised more than $25,000 in the month between learning Grace’s fate [...]
Deal comes to light between drive-in, sports park
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Ohio Sports Park and the Aut-O-Rama drive-in have reached an agreement in a lawsuit over the sports facility’s lights impacting the showing of movies. The agreement, filed Friday in Lorain County Common Pleas Court, states that both parties agree that Ohio Sports Park resolved the light trespass issue and that Ohio Sports [...]
Piskura considers commissioner’s race
SHEFFIELD LAKE – Sheffield Lake Mayor John Piskura said Friday he is considering throwing his hat in the ring for county commissioner. “I’ve not committed just yet,” Piskura said. “I think the county needs help, and I think I have enough experience that I can contribute and actually do some good.” Piskura, also a Bay [...]