Archive for August, 2010
Indians 9, Mariners 1: Tribe avoids the sweep
The Indians avoided the three-game sweep from the Mariners on Sunday, winning the series finale, 9-1. Cleveland was powered by a seven-run seventh inning that featured a grand slam from Travis Hafner, who was activated from the disabled list prior to the game. The Indians won for just the second time in eight games.
Preseason opener: Delhomme’s solid debut, Dawson’s clutch kicks carry Browns past Packers
GREEN BAY, Wis. – Jake Delhomme’s Cleveland Browns debut was a smashing success. No one was happier than Josh Cribbs. Delhomme led the Browns to a touchdown in his only drive and Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers threw one of his own in Cleveland’s 27-24 win Saturday night in the exhibition opener decided on Phil Dawson’s [...]
Talbot returns to mound, but control doesn’t as Tribe falls to Mariners
CLEVELAND – Mitch Talbot made his return to the Indians’ rotation Saturday night at Progressive Field. The triumphant part is going to have to wait. Talbot, fresh off the 15-day disabled list where he landed with a midback strain, was understandably rusty. Coupled with another poor performance from Cleveland’s offense and defense, it all added [...]
Chris Assenheimer: Tribe trots out lineup fit for ‘Major League’ not the major leagues
If the lineup the Indians ran out against the Mariners on Friday night wasn’t the worst since who knows when, it’s a close runner-up, like real close, like outleaned at the finish line close. This was shades of the old Municipal Stadium days that led to the making of Major League I and II: • [...]
Family mourns a loving father, husband
LORAIN – The shots came out of nowhere, Brandy Crawford said. Pop, pop, pop – aimed at nothing in particular from the barrel of a gun sticking out of a car window as it sped down East 30th Street in Lorain. Brandy and his brother, Damis, who were just hours away from a big fishing [...]
Tribe notes: Hafner could skip rehab, be activated soon
CLEVELAND – After Travis Hafner (right shoulder inflammation) took his second straight round of positive batting practice Saturday, the designated hitter deemed himself ready for activation from the disabled list. Hafner was expected to be evaluated Saturday before a decision was made on whether he will be activated or begin a minor league rehab assignment. [...]
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL 2010: Oberlin staying positive despite heavy graduation losses
OBERLIN — Every high school team gets hit by graduation, but the Oberlin Phoenix got pummeled, plain and simple. Seven Patriot Athletic Conference first-team honorees and team offensive player of the year Gib Harris are gone. And if that wasn’t enough, head coach Dave McFarland resigned in May after three seasons in which he and [...]
Watney shoots 66, opens three-shot lead at PGA
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. – Whistling Straits was there for the taking. So is this PGA Championship. Nick Watney took over the lead Saturday with two quick birdies and never let up until he had a 6-under 66, giving him a three-shot lead over Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy in a strong showing by golf’s next generation. [...]
Real Heroes honors police, firefighters and ordinary citizens who did extraordinary things
ELYRIA – Alfonseno Donofrio is a small woman. According to her daughter, she likes to tell people she is 5 feet tall. But to stand near the 81-year-old woman, it’s obvious she is barely 4-feet, 10-inches – in shoes. So the story of how Donofrio saved her neighbor last year took everyone by surprise at [...]
Friends, family recall life cut short by crash
ELYRIA – A 20-year-old Elyria man, who was better known as a fun-loving boy, was remembered by family and friends who held a candlelight vigil on Frank Court in his honor. Dustin Bassett was in a car accident on Aug. 1 in Amherst Township and after 10 days at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland died [...]
Milestones for 08/15/2010
68th Anniversary – Cather Engagement – Lasure-Fincham 66th Anniversary – Lindquist 50th Anniversary – Norton 25th Anniversary – Rader 100th Birthday – Sooy
Florence Eva Wentzel
Florence Eva Wentzel (nee Emary) left her temporary home to embrace the eternal life she received when she trusted Christ as her Saviour. Leaving the loving arms of family and friends, she is safe in the arms of Jesus. The first two lines of this obituary were written by Flo herself. She so looked forward [...]
Laura E. Naftzger
Laura E. “Betty” Naftzger (nee Coleman), 78, of Grafton passed away Friday, August 13, 2010 at EMH Regional Medical Center following a short illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by The Laubenthal-Mercado Funeral Home of Elyria (440) 322-4626.
Janice A. Phillips
Janice A. Phillips (nee Hendrickson) 82, of Grafton, passed away Thursday, August 12, 2010 at Community Regional Medical Center in Lorain following a brief illness. She was born August 1, 1928 in Grafton, West Virginia. Mrs. Phillips had been a resident of Grafton since 1955 and she was a homemaker. She graduated from Grafton High [...]
Bring on the hitting: Delhomme ready for first test run as Browns starting QB
When the Browns run onto the not-so-frozen tundra of Lambeau Field tonight in Green Bay, Jake Delhomme will experience a series of firsts. First game as a Cleveland Brown. First time playing outside a Carolina Panthers uniform in eight years. First time running Brian Daboll’s offense against another team’s defense. Delhomme, in his 12th year [...]
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL 2010: Lorain has high hopes for Titans
LORAIN — For the first time in almost 70 years, Lorain will have one high school football team to root for now that Admiral King and Southview have consolidated and become Lorain High. The newly christened Titans — who have a new color scheme of silver and navy blue — might not have played a [...]
Worst get best of Indians: Seattle, another last-place team, downs punchless Tribe
CLEVELAND – The Indians’ tour of last-place teams has gotten off to a rocky start. First it was American League East cellar dweller Baltimore, which took two of three games from the Indians. Friday night it was the AL West basement brigade from Seattle opening a three-game series at Progressive Field by edging the Indians [...]
Tribe notes: Choo bounces back fast from beaning
CLEVELAND – Shin-Soo Choo has a bruised right hand but he was in the lineup Friday – a day after being hit by a pitch from Baltimore’s Kevin Millwood. “I’m fine,” said Choo, who told reporters Thursday night that he thought he had broken his hand after Millwood hit him in the fifth inning of [...]
Father of two killed in Lorain
LORAIN – A married Lorain man and father of two was gunned down outside an East 30th Street townhome early Friday and police are still searching for the shooters. Damis Crawford, 30, was shot outside 1637 E. 30th St. about 2:50 a.m., but few details about who pulled the trigger are available. Police are trying [...]
Muddled major: Kuchar grabs lead, but much of field hasn’t finished second round yet
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. – Tiger Woods ate breakfast three times before he teed off in the first round of the PGA Championship. It was time for dinner when his second round began Friday. Bubba Watson walked off Whistling Straits as the leader after opening with a 68. He waited 30 hours for his next shot. And [...]
Dragged there to learn, kids have a blast at camp
ELYRIA – Budding entrepreneurs got a chance to use their hands – and their brains – all week at a summer camp thanks to a foundation founded by actor John Ratzenberger. Don’t recognize the name? Well, how about Cliff, the know-it-all mailman on “Cheers”? Yeah, that’s John Ratzenberger. The 22 boys and four girls attending [...]
Juror’s Internet use could imperil verdict
ELYRIA – Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge is weighing whether to grant a request for a mistrial from a Grafton man convicted of rape and gross sexual imposition because a juror looked up the man’s criminal record online during deliberations. Richard Boone, 44, was found guilty Thursday by the jury, which had begun [...]
Softball notes: Elyria East a hit as tournament host
Elyria Little League East has earned a ton of compliments for the way it hosted the eight-state Central Region Junior softball tournament, which ended Wednesday. Well deserved. The games went off like clockwork, the diamonds at Vic Janowicz Memorial Park were in great shape and the hosts generally made everyone feel at home. They staged [...]
Roundup: Aug. 14, 2010
Elyria man arrested after report of guns ELYRIA – An Elyria man was arrested for obstructing official business and possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, according to an Elyria police report. Michael Crawford, 34, was being held Monday in the Lorain County Jail. According to the report, officers were called to 835 Broad St. after [...]
Police log: Aug. 14, 2010
Elyria police Thursday, Aug. 12 8:55 a.m. – 200 block Hawthorne St., thieves smashed the right rear passenger window of a vehicle and stole a Remington bolt action rifle. 10:10 a.m. – 100 block Eady Court, thieves stole a purse from a vehicle. 1:27 p.m. – Gerbers Garden Center, 620 S. Abbe Road, weed whacker, [...]