Archive for September, 2010
The Dash Between: Marie Stang Burrer served as 4-H adviser to help kids
Marie Stang Burrer got one group of girls started on a cooking project in her kitchen, then checked on other 4-H club members who were learning to stitch seams on sewing machines in another room. “We always had kids at our house,” said her daughter, DeAnn Wernert. Marie, who became a 4-H adviser in the [...]
QB Jake Delhomme inactive for Browns
BALTIMORE — Browns starting quarterback Jake Delhomme (ankle) will be inactive for the second straight week and won’t dress for today’s game vs. Baltimore. Seneca Wallace will make his second straight start, and first against the Ravens. The Browns have plenty of other big names on the inactive list: running back Jerome Harrison (thigh), receivers [...]
Browns pregame thoughts from Baltimore
BEREA — It’s stopped raining in Baltimore. Not exactly a Counting Crows song, but close. Here are some thoughts as the Browns and Ravens are less than two hours away from kickoff. ** Nothing official yet, but doesn’t look like running back Jerome Harrison will play. That means more time for Peyton Hillis and James [...]
Ohio State piles up the points and the records in romp over Eastern Michigan
COLUMBUS – The way Jim Tressel explained it, No. 2 Ohio State wasn’t trying to score more points than any Buckeyes team in 60 years. It just sort of happened. “We didn’t come in saying, ‘Well, you know, we’re going to go after X amount of points,’” the notoriously conservative coach said Saturday. Dane Sanzenbacher [...]
Ohio State’s Sanzenbacher stays humble even after 4-TD day
COLUMBUS – The nation will be talking about the amazing play of Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor for the next seven days, but Pryor’s success in the Buckeyes’ 73-20 victory over Eastern Michigan on Saturday had a lot to do with the connection he established with senior wide receiver Dane Sanzenbacher. Sanzenbacher caught all four [...]
Browns not ready to panic despite 0-2 start
The gray hair on David Bowens’ head matches that in his goatee. Sheldon Brown has appeared in 130 straight regular-season games. Jake Delhomme and Phil Dawson started their NFL careers in the 1990s. These 30-somethings aren’t alone in the Browns locker room. They have 18 players 30 and older on their roster, more than any [...]
Browns put Jackson on IR, ending his season
On Thursday, Browns linebacker D’Qwell Jackson stopped practicing when he felt tightness and fatigue in his partially torn right pectoral muscle. On Friday, he said he planned to resume practice Wednesday and hoped to play next Sunday. On Saturday, he was placed on season-ending injured reserve. Jackson can’t be happy with the decision. He missed [...]
Indians finally get to Greinke, blast Royals
CLEVELAND – Manny Acta is fond of telling people that baseball is the greatest game in the world because, according to the Indians manager, anything can happen on any given night. Anything such as the offensively challenged Indians beating up on reigning American League Cy Young award winner Zack Greinke. That was the surprising scenario [...]
Boys soccer: Short-handed Westlake loses battle for first with Brecksville
WESTLAKE – When it comes to soccer, Brecksville coach Mike Battista knows of what he speaks. The Bees, after all, entered Saturday night’s showdown against fellow unbeaten Westlake having outscored 10 opponents 50-2, trailing just once and poised for another Southwestern Conference title and perhaps a deep tournament run. So Battista’s message after the matchup [...]
Avon flexes its muscles, rolls over North Ridgeville
NORTH RIDGEVILLE – Avon showed why it’s ranked fifth in Division II and why its defense is one of the better – if not the best – ones in the area. The Eagles (5-0) manhandled North Ridgeville 34-8 Friday night in a West Shore Conference showdown to stake their claim to the league lead. “We [...]
Amherst tops Westlake in battle of unbeatens
AMHERST – Something had to give. The Amherst Comets were scoring more than five touchdowns per game. The Westlake Demons surrendered just 15 points through the first four games. The teams decided to meet somewhere in the middle as the Comets came away with a 28-14 victory in a battle of unbeaten Southwestern Conference teams [...]
Elyria Catholic overcomes slow start, downs St. Thomas Aquinas
ELYRIA - The state’s No. 1-ranked Division IV team got a jolt but bounced back to win going away Friday in a non-conference game at a windy Knights of Columbus Field. Elyria Catholic found itself down by seven points in the first quarter before scoring the next 29 points in a 29-10 win over Louisville [...]
Early mistakes cost Elyria as Parma rallies for win
ELYRIA – Elyria High had every opportunity to put Parma away Friday night at Ely Stadium but just couldn’t cash the check. Parma rallied for two scores and allowed the Pioneers to run just three plays in the fourth quarter in posting a 20-17 Northeast Ohio Conference crossover win. Parma improved to 4-1, while Elyria [...]
Photo gallery: Wounded Marine gets surprise welcome-home party
GRAFTON TWP. — Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Steigerwald, who was shot in the hand in Afghanistan, was in the kitchen of his parents’ Grafton Township home when the telephone rang Saturday morning. On the other end was his next door neighbor, Sara Chavalia. “Matthew, I need you to come over and get that present I [...]
High school football: Columbia downs Keystone, sets sights on Clearview
COLUMBIA STATION – With a Patriot Athletic Conference Stripes Division showdown with Clearview on the immediate horizon, Columbia showed it was ready Friday night. In front of a large Homecoming crowd, the Raiders scored on their first two possessions, then used their two-headed backfield monster of Brandon Heidinger and Zack Bican to salt away a [...]
Women look to boost charity by a factor of 100
Susan Bowers, Libby Thuning, Marcia Miller and Nancy Sullivan got together last Christmas and exchanged some nice gifts, but they felt something was lacking. The four, who received advanced business degrees together at Tiffin University in 2001, decided this holiday season to do something different. Powerhouses in their career fields, they hope to convince at [...]
Police log for Sept. 26, 2010
Elyria police Friday, Sept. 24 10:54 a.m. – 300 block Broad Street, Chelsie Hayward, 20, Elyria, obstructing official business. 1:06 p.m. – 1100 block East Avenue, Johnnyray E. Burkhalter, 24, Elyria, outstanding warrant. 1:49 p.m. – 1800 block Middle Ave., computer, monitor, DVD, movies and plastic blue suitcase stolen from residence. 4:31 p.m. – 1000 [...]
Cavaliers: Mo to miss start of camp with injury
INDEPENDENCE – He begged not to be traded. He has said he considered retiring when LeBron James left the Cavaliers for Miami. Now he’s hurt. The Cavaliers, who will hold their annual media day Monday and start practicing Tuesday, announced Friday that point guard Mo Williams suffered pain in his right groin while working out [...]
Ruth E. Floyd
Ruth E. Floyd, 87, of Elyria, died Sunday, September 19, 2010 at Keystone Pointe in LaGrange. Dicken Funeral and Cremation Service, Elyria, was in charge of arrangements.
Bernice D. Johns
Bernice D. Johns (nee Clinesmith), 89, of Carlisle Twp., passed away Saturday, September 25, 2010 in her home after a lengthy illness. Dicken Funeral and Cremation Service, Elyria, will announce further arrangements.
Sara ‘Sally’ Pendergrass Altheide
Sara “Sally” Pendergrass Altheide (nee Brown), 78, of Elyria, died Friday, September 24, at Oakridge Nursing Home in Westlake. She was born February 8, 1933 in Elyria. She was a 1951 graduate of Brookside High School and had lived in Sheffield Village and Elyria most of her life. She was formerly employed at Dairy Mart [...]
Debra K. Cornman
Debra K. Cornman (nee Ritter), 52, of Lorain, passed away Friday, September 24, 2010 at St. John West Shore Hospital in Westlake. She was born in Parma on September 23, 1958. She was a resident of Lorain County for many years and was a graduate of Oberlin High School. Debra loved animals. She is survived [...]
Edward A. Tomko
Edward A. Tomko, D.D.S., 83, passed away peacefully in his sleep at home Thursday, September 23, 2010. Dr. Tomko attended parochial school at Nativity BVM in Cleveland, graduated from Benedictine High School and attended St. Joseph’s College in Indiana where he received his undergraduate degree. He received his D.D.S. from Case Western Reserve in 1955. [...]
William Edward Schoren
William Edward Schoren, 87, of Pittsfield Twp., died Friday, September 24, 2010 at the Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain. He was born May 11, 1923 in Cleveland. Bill was the son of the late William E. and Helen (nee Schlott) Schoren. For 24 years, William worked as an engineer for NASA Lewis Center [...]
Browns put LB D’Qwell Jackson on IR; Joshua Cribbs questionable for Ravens
Scott Petrak The Chronicle-Telegram On Thursday, Browns linebacker D’Qwell Jackson stopped practicing when he felt tightness and fatigue in his partially torn right pectoral muscle. On Friday, he said he planned to resume practice Wednesday and hoped to play next Sunday. On Saturday, he was placed on season-ending injured reserve. Jackson can’t be happy with [...]