Archive for January, 2010
Obituaries for Jan. 24, 2010
Dana G. Trivett Loy G. Anderson Charles Albert Persons John J. Beckwith Evelyn Steingass Riggs Olivia A. Krebs Robert M. Hershey Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
H.S. Wrestling: Solid Admirals take 2nd at Firelands tourney
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Girls Basketball: Elyria Catholic overcomes injuries for victory
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Girls basketball: Streaking Shoregals down Demons
WESTLAKE — Avon Lake, the surprise team of the season, won its ninth straight game Saturday afternoon. The Shoregals, who won just six total games the past two years and were routed by Westlake on Dec. 9, held on to topple the Demons 54-52 in a Southwestern Conference nail-biter. The old rivals from contiguous school [...]
Girls Basketball: Keystone wins with fantastic finish
LAGRANGE – Casidy Gregory’s hands were still shaking. Even 10 minutes after Saturday night’s Keystone-Oberlin game she couldn’t hold them steady. Gregory’s reaction was quite understandable. The Wildcats scored two baskets in the final second to rally for the victory, including Gregory’s winner. The Wildcat junior guard stole a Phoenix inbounds pass with one second [...]
James’ block lifts Cavs past Thunder
Rick Noland The Chronicle-Telegram CLEVELAND – The rebound, the pass and the free throws don’t need to be capitalized. “The Block” does. LeBron James made a sensational deflection of a shot by 6-foot-9 Kevin Durant in the closing seconds, paving the way for a 100-99 Cavaliers win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday at [...]
James blocks Thunder
Rick Noland The Chronicle-Telegram CLEVELAND — LeBron James made a sensational block of a Kevin Durant drive Saturday night to preserve the Cavaliers’ 100-99 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Cavaliers, who played without injured point guards Mo Williams and Delonte West, trailed 96-95, but Daniel Gibson hit a 3-pointer with 8.7 seconds left. [...]
Boys basketball: Olmsted Falls fights back in second half to defeat Westlake
OLMSTED FALLS – Both coaches said Friday night’s Southwestern Conference showdown came down to execution. Olmsted Falls’ Pat Donahue said his Bulldogs finally figured out how to get it done, while Westlake’s Bob Patton said his Demons simply fell apart. The Bulldogs found ways to get to the basket, stop the Demons from doing the [...]
Obama vows to replenish jobs, push ahead on health care reform in LCCC speech
ELYRIA — President Barack Obama swept into Lorain County on Friday and delivered a fiery speech promising to continue his fight to reform health care and to work to deliver jobs to help restore the area’s devastated economy. Fresh off the bruising defeat Tuesday in which Republican Scott Brown claimed the seat of late U.S. [...]
Boys basketball: Reid lives the dream, hits late shot to lift Keystone past Columbia
COLUMBIA TWP. – Jimmy Reid nailed the kind of shot every kid dreams about from the time he’s old enough to shoot a basketball. Clock ticking down from four seconds, you shoot from the left side of the lane and the ball drops through with 2.5 seconds to play. Basically, game over. Reid, Keystone’s senior [...]
Boys basketball: North Ridgeville overcomes technical difficulty, downs Midview
NORTH RIDGEVILLE – Giving your rival a head start is never a good idea, but North Ridgeville managed to do just that and still come out with a 54-42 win over Midview on Friday. Given a technical for trying to dunk during warmups, the Rangers trailed 1-0 after Midview’s Riley Moore split a pair of [...]
IN THE MOTORCADE: Obama gets whirlwind tour of Elyria area
ELYRIA — President Barack Obama took a whirlwind tour of the Elyria area on Friday, zipping between factories, Lorain County Community College and a local watering hole in a heavily armored motorcade. Air Force One arrived just before 11 a.m. on a small airfield next to the IX Center in Cleveland and Obama, dressed in [...]
West breaks finger, leaving Cavaliers thin at guard
INDEPENDENCE – The guards are still changing for the Cavaliers. In their first game after losing All-Star point guard Mo Williams for four to six weeks due to a sprained left shoulder, the Cavaliers had his replacement, Delonte West, suffer a broken ring finger on his left (shooting) hand Thursday against the Los Angeles Lakers. [...]
Seeing a sitting president a once-in-lifetime event for county residents
ELYRIA — The atmosphere inside the Ewing Field House at Lorain County Community College was reminiscent of a rock concert hours before President Barack Obama’s arrival Friday afternoon, and the excitement continued until his motorcade pulled away shortly after 3 p.m. Even before the president took to the stage for his town hall meeting, those [...]
Browns’ Rob Ryan believes brother Rex, Jets have real shot to make Super Bowl
Browns defensive coordinator Rob Ryan doesn’t like watching from the stands. He’d rather be on the sideline with a chance to affect the outcome. He will make an exception Sunday in Indianapolis as he and his famous dad, Buddy, will watch twin brother Rex coach the Jets in the AFC championship game. “It’s all about [...]
Boys basketball: Brunswick celebrates milestone win at Elyria’s expense
BRUNSWICK – It was a memorable night for Brunswick coach Joe Mackey and anything but that for Elyria. The Blue Devils limited the Pioneers to 20 points over the first three quarters Friday night, building a 34-point lead en route to a 60-36 Northeast Ohio Conference Valley Division victory. Mackey joined Wadsworth’s Dave Sladky as [...]
Boys basketball: Ailing Panthers still give Ironmen a test
ELYRIA — With three starters sidelined, Elyria Catholic entered Friday night’s game against Cleveland Central Catholic at a decided disadvantage. But the Panthers still managed to stay in the game nearly to the end before the Ironmen walked away with a 41-31 North Coast League win. Three players who saw a lot of action were [...]
The president snags a burger at Smitty’s in Elyria
ELYRIA — You couldn’t buy the kind of publicity that fell into Steve Frank’s lap Friday. After all, it isn’t every day that the owner of Smitty’s restaurant on East Bridge Street gets to serve lunch to the president of the United States. During his whirlwind visit, Barack Obama chatted up the crowd, shook hands, [...]
Mayor Grace talks Elyria face to face with president
ELYRIA — Mayor Bill Grace sat alongside President Barack Obama in the back of the president’s vehicle and said he used the one-on-one time to share the problems faced by Elyria with the president as they traveled to Smitty’s restaurant on East Bridge Street. Grace, who had never before gotten face time with the president, [...]
Invacare CEO disappointed he couldn’t talk health care with President Obama
ELYRIA — Invacare Corporation CEO A. Malachi Mixon III was disappointed that President Obama did not tour the headquarters of the Fortune 500 company, which manufactures wheelchairs and other medical devices. Several weeks ago, Mixon had written a letter to the White House asking Obama to visit the company during his visit to Lorain County [...]
Politicos get President Obama’s ear
ELYRIA — Local, county, state and federal politicos who heard President Barack Obama pledge to continue to his fight to reform health care and stimulate job creation for this area said they were thrilled with what they heard during his appearance at Lorain County Community College on Friday. Obama gave opening and closing remarks that [...]
Lorain mayor finds President Obama receptive to his ideas
ELYRIA —Lorain Mayor Tony Krasienko got to spend a few minutes with President Barack Obama on Friday during the president’s “White House to Main Street” tour, which came to Lorain County Community College’s field house. Krasienko used his time with Obama to lobby for a lessening of restrictions on federally funded projects and programs. “I [...]
Protesters grade the president
ELYRIA — Several hundred protesters made their feelings known on issues such as taxes and health care reform when President Barack Obama visited Lorain County Community College on Friday. Some even held campaign posters for Republican Scott Brown, who won the special election in Massachusetts for the seat held by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. [...]
LCCC’s paper feels deadline pressure to cover Obama visit
ELYRIA — As Scott Mahoney planned the first issue of Lorain County Community College’s student newspaper, The Collegian, he thought there were some good stories. One was on the entire Student Senate quitting. The other was on how deep cuts to Lorain County Transit were going to affect LCCC students, many of whom depend on [...]
Lorain forum talks about national issues’ local impact
LORAIN —While the big crowds were at Lorain County Community College to hear President Barack Obama earlier Friday, a smaller group was in Lorain working to make sure Obama and others in power heard them. The forum, organized by a new group called Citizens for Jobs and a Better Economy, showed that all politics are [...]