Archive for February, 2011
Police log for Feb. 14, 2011
Lorain police Thursday, Feb. 10 12:43 p.m. – 3000 block Jaeger Road, two 14-year-old home-schooled girls given summons on charges of theft and unruly child at Kohl’s. One girl was stopped with $288 of clothing and the other had a $33 pair of jogging pants under her clothing, police said. Friday, Feb. 11 10:42 a.m. [...]
High school hockey: Amherst wins Baron Cup II title
BROOKLYN — A team that wins 90 percent of its games has a right, and plenty of reasons, to ooze confidence. “All I saw was the light go on, and then I saw the puck in the back of the net and I said, ‘Here it is. This is the shot,’” Shelby Neidert said, describing [...]
High school bowling: Amherst girls win sectional title
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Redemption, plus some good Baker bowling carried the Amherst Steele girls to a sectional championship Sunday at Brunswick Zone. The Amherst girls rallied from a 61-pin deficit after three regular games to win Sunday’s Lorain County Division I sectional. A second-year varsity program, the Comets averaged 176 in the Baker round — [...]
Wizards 115, Cavaliers 100: Cavs help Wizards end road woes
CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers helped end another streak Sunday, and they did it as only they can. The Washington Wizards, 0-25 on the road coming in, waltzed into Quicken Loans Arena and looked like they were the defending NBA champions while embarrassing hapless Cleveland 115-100. Actually, the Cavs (9-46), who ended their NBA-record 26-game losing [...]
Cavaliers notes: Williams returns to starting lineup
Rick Noland The Chronicle-Telegram CLEVELAND — It took Mo Williams one game to get his starting point guard spot back. After putting up 17 points and 14 assists off the bench as the Cavaliers defeated the Los Angeles Clippers in overtime Friday, Williams was back in the starting lineup Sunday at Quicken Loans Arena against [...]
Motorsports: Junior cops pole for Daytona 500
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR is back — and so is Juniormania. Dale Earnhardt Jr. reclaimed the spotlight in Daytona speedweeks, winning pole position for the Daytona 500 with a lap of 186.089 mph in qualifying Sunday. It’s a boost for Earnhardt, who is coming off a couple of disappointing seasons and spent part of [...]
Golf: Tiger stumbles in Dubai
The flashes of brilliance at the Dubai Desert Classic didn’t blind Tiger Woods to the signs that his new swing remains a work in progress. Even so, Woods has no doubt about his future after stumbling in the final round Sunday, shooting a 3-over 75 to finish seven shots behind winner Alvaro Quiros in a [...]
Elizabeth “Betty” Yensho
Elizabeth “Betty” Yensho, 84, of Penfield, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 in Naperville, Illinois where her family resides. Betty was born November 24, 1926 in Elyria. She was a longtime member of the Spencer United Methodist Church. Betty is survived by her children and their spouses, Becky (Skip) Hornbeck, Ed (Letitia) [...]
Candis L. Woods
Candis L. (Adams) Woods (MeMa), 98, of Elyria, passed away Thursday, February 10, 2011, following a brief illness. She was born January 9, 1913 in Woodsdell, North Carolina. She later moved to Wheelwright, Kentucky, and in the mid 60′s moved to Elyria, where she was a resident for more than 40 years. She joined Second [...]
Shirley Jean Stump
Shirley Jean Stump, 70, of Oberlin, passed away Thursday, February 10, 2011 at EMH Regional Medical Center. She was born August 22, 1940. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Oberlin Senior Center. She enjoyed doll collecting, reading, crocheting, attending craft shows, flea markets and garage sales, gardening, travel, and spending time [...]
Margaret C. Wear
Margaret C. Wear (nee Reny), of Avon, died Thursday, February 10, 2011, at her home. She was born in North Vassalboro, Maine, and lived in Avon since 1955, moving from Maine. After graduating from Winslow High School, in Winslow, Maine, she attended Thomas Business College, Waterville, Maine. She graduated from Lorain County Community College with [...]
Leonard J. Kaszubinski
Leonard J. Kaszubinski, 75, of Elyria, passed away Saturday, February 12, 2011 at the Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain, following a short illness. He was born May 17, 1935 in Elyria. Mr. Kaszubinski was a 1952 Elyria Catholic High School graduate; he earned Engineering degrees from Case Institute of Technology in 1956; and [...]
Joseph D. Stockstill
Joseph D. Stockstill, 85, passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2011. He proudly served his community as Safety Director of Avon, Civil Defense Director for Lorain County and in the Sheriff’s Department of Cuyahoga County, as well as numerous other organizations. He was the beloved husband of Gisela; loving father of Jane Wagner, and the late [...]
Mildred “Millie” T. Elliott
Mildred “Millie” T. Elliott (nee Miksanek), 89, of North Ridgeville, passed away Thursday, February 10, 2011 at EMH Regional Medical Center in Elyria, following a short illness. She was born in Avon on February 28, 1921 and was a life-long resident of Lorain County. She had resided in North Ridgeville since 1973. She was a [...]
Craig Andrew Spotts
Craig Andrew Spotts, 55, of Oberlin, passed away Thursday, February 10, 2011. Further arrangements will be announced by Cowling Funeral Home, Oberlin.
William Stanton “Bill” McLoda
William Stanton “Bill” McLoda, was born in Amherst on May 2, 1936 and went to be with the Lord Sunday, January 23, 2011. Bill graduated from Ohio State University with a Bachelor’s in Education (1960) and Indiana University with a Master’s in Earth Science (1969). He taught science at South Amherst High School from 1960 [...]
Taylor-made upset: Wisconsin star’s spectacular second half sends top-ranked Ohio State to first loss
MADISON, Wis. – Nobody’s perfect. Jordan Taylor and Wisconsin found themselves in a huge hole against previously unbeaten Ohio State, but the Badgers only needed about 13 minutes to shatter the Buckeyes’ chase at an undefeated season. “We knew we had a run in us,” Taylor said. Taylor scored 21 of his 27 points in [...]
Girls basketball: Elyria Catholic falls in OT as Lake Catholic comes up with the big shots
ELYRIA – It was Seniors Day for the Elyria Catholic girls on Saturday. The event will be memorable for years because of the overtime thriller they lost to Lake Catholic. The Panthers fought back from an early 9-2 shortfall to carry a lead into the final eight minutes. But the Cougars tied it with a [...]
Boys basketball: Elyria holds off North Ridgeville for 12th win
NORTH RIDGEVILLE – It’s the time of the season when the February funk gets a hold of a lot of basketball teams. It’s not quite tournament time and the season has pretty much run its course. That may be the reason Elyria managed to win back-to-back weekend games against teams calling themselves the Rangers without [...]
High school wrestling: Brookside’s Tackett captures battle of PAC powerhouses; Black River earns team title
LAGRANGE – Brookside senior Austin Tackett impatiently waited for the last three championship matches to finish at the Patriot Athletic Conference wrestling tournament Saturday night. “I’m going to go home as soon as this is over and do some running,” he said after winning the 171-pound title. “I have to get ready for sectionals, and [...]
High school wrestling: Midview rides huge lead to second outright WSC title in three years
VERMILION – Midview wasted no time in exerting its dominance in the West Shore Conference tournament Saturday. Fresh off of an undefeated WSC dual-meet season, the Middies took a 60.5-point lead into the championship round to ensure their second undisputed WSC championship in the last three years with a 205.5-point performance at Vermilion High School. [...]
Boys basketball: Davila hits clutch shot again as Lorain clips Clearview
LORAIN – Lorain had been in this position before, so the Titans simply relied on memory: Tie game. Ten seconds remaining, Lorain ball. Breathe. Don’t panic. Oh, and finding Michael Davila wouldn’t hurt, either. For the second time this season, Davila, a junior, knocked down a buzzer-beater, this one a corner 3-pointer that broke a [...]
As parents cross district lines, schools enforce the rules
It was a few weeks before Christmas when Elizabeth Metgzer said she received a letter in the mail informing her she had to prove she was telling the truth about where she lived. Her daughter is a first-grade student at Firelands Elementary, and Metgzer lives in Oberlin with her children and her father in the [...]
The Dash Between: Pat Ziroli had way with words
Pat Ziroli couldn’t speak a word of English when he emigrated with his family from Italy to Lorain at age 12. He and his then-14-year-old sister, Bice Ortenzi, were sent to Irving Elementary School where they were integrated into a classroom full of English-speaking kids and forced to learn the language to survive. “For me, [...]
Roundup for Feb. 13, 2011
Boy injured in Route 57 crash ELYRIA TWP. - A Lorain boy was released Saturday from MetroHealth Medical Center following treatment for injuries he suffered in a two-car crash Friday night on state Route 57 near the entrance ramp to Interstate 90. Antonio Serrano, 10, was flown to the hospital after he was removed from [...]