Archive for December, 2011
2011: A look back at the top local sports stories
It’s that time again. Time to present our picks for the top local stories of the year we just bid goodbye. It’s never an easy and rarely a dull process. The final picks are determined by a vote of The Chronicle-Telegram sports staff … for the most part. Some final decisions and tweaks are made [...]
Hoosiers do it to Ohio State, too: Make Buckeyes their second big upset victim
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana did it again. Three weeks after upsetting No. 1 Kentucky, the Hoosiers took down No. 2 Ohio State. Victor Oladipo scored the go-ahead basket with 36 seconds left Saturday and Jordan Hulls finished with 17 points, giving the No. 13 Hoosiers a 74-70 victory — the school’s first-ever sweep of the [...]
Browns vs. Steelers not likely to be a bland finale
CLEVELAND — When the Browns and Steelers met 24 days ago in Pittsburgh, both starting quarterbacks were knocked from the game but returned to finish the night. Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger on a severely sprained ankle, Cleveland’s Colt McCoy with a bruised brain. Neither has fully recovered, but Roethlisberger practiced all week and will be under [...]
Browns vs. Steelers: Just the facts
Browns vs. Steelers • WHERE: Cleveland Browns Stadium • WHEN: Today, 4:15 p.m. • RECORDS: Browns 4-11; Steelers 11-4 • LAST WEEK: Browns lost 20-14 at Baltimore; Steelers won 27-0 vs. St. Louis • SERIES: Steelers lead 63-56, including 2-0 in the playoffs • SERIES AT CLEVELAND: Browns lead 35-23 • LAST MEETING: Steelers won [...]
Browns vs. Steelers: Marquee matchup
Steelers WRs Mike Wallace and Antonio Brown vs. Browns CBs Joe Haden and Sheldon Brown Speed killed the Browns in the first meeting with the Steelers. Mike Wallace got to the Browns early, beating Sheldon Brown for a 22-yard completion and gaining 21 yards on an end-around to set up Pittsburgh’s first touchdown. Antonio Brown [...]
LaGrange family struggles to save twins born with rare genetic disorder
Sitting inside a room at the Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital one cold day in December, when most people were busy Christmas shopping, Casey Hurst gently rocked her infant son, Bryce. She was there waiting for Bryce’s brother, Baen, to be discharged after being treated for two weeks, and thinking back to the day when she [...]
Browns vs. Steelers: Nickel Package … 5 points of interest in today’s game
1. One tough cookie Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will start today, a little more than three weeks after suffering a high ankle sprain in a win over the Browns. Backup Browns linemen Scott Paxson (low) and Brian Schaefering (high) sandwiched Roethlisberger, contorting the ankle into a position it isn’t meant to see. No one should [...]
Flying camera hardly a smashing success at Insight Bowl
TEMPE, Ariz. — Flying cameras have been providing unique perspectives on everything from golf to college and professional football for more than a decade, becoming so commonplace that fans rarely notice the whizzing remote-controlled devices. At the Insight Bowl on Friday night, no one could miss the overhead camera when it came crashing down to [...]
Elyria Schools Academic Services director dies
A longtime district employee who changed the way Elyria Schools attacked standardized testing by paying close attention to data has died. Mark Sutter, the district’s director of Academic Services, was found dead at his Cuyahoga Falls home by his parents Friday. He is believed to have died of natural causes Thursday. Sutter was 49. Superintendent [...]
Downed line causes brief power outage for thousands
About 13,000 people lost power briefly Saturday morning because of a downed power line at the 900 block of Rosewood Drive in Elyria. FirstEnergy spokesman Joe Faga said the power went out at about 6 a.m. and was restored to 100 percent by 7 a.m. Affected areas included North Ridgeville and parts of Elyria, Lorain [...]
UPDATE: Woman in critical condition after garbage truck hits minivan
ELYRIA — A woman was taken to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland by helicopter after a Republic Services garbage truck collided with her minivan Saturday morning in the intersection of Lake Avenue and Gateway Boulevard. Elyria police Lt. Phil Hammonds said the silver Nissan van was traveling eastbound on Lake Avenue and the truck was [...]
The year’s top Web stories
We’ve given you our staff’s picks for the biggest and most important stories of 2011. On the World Wide Web, however, you did the voting, by virtue of your clicks. As you will see, sometimes our lists align, and sometimes a feel-good animal story or quirky police brief trumps all the “real news” out there. [...]
June W. Majesky
June W. Majesky (nee Parkinson), 88, of Elyria, died Thursday, December 29, 2011, at Keystone Pointe in LaGrange. She was born April 15, 1923 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and was a longtime Elyria resident. She was formerly employed as a manager at several Lawson stores in Lorain County and then worked for 20 years in the [...]
Gail R. LaMar
Gail R. LaMar (nee Hawley), 55, of Elyria, passed away Thursday, December 29, 2011, at her home, following a long illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Laubenthal-Mercado Funeral Home, 440-322-4626.
Marian C. Hammonds
Marian C. Hammonds, 85, of Columbia Station, went to her heavenly home Wednesday, December 28, 2011. Marian was born in Spencer, on February 7, 1926 to the late Walter and Emma Thompson. She had been a Lorain County resident for many years and resided at the Villa Camillus of Columbia Station for the past seven [...]
Andrew John Majkut
Andrew John Majkut, 94, of Amherst Township, passed away Thursday, December 29, 2011, at Lifecare Nursing Center in Elyria, following a brief illness. He was born June 20, 1917, in Century, Pennsylvania. Andrew was raised in Pennsylvania before moving to Lorain and was an honorary military graduate of Admiral King High School. He had made [...]
Carol Ann Youngless
Carol Ann Youngless, 70, of Wellington, passed away Friday, December 30, 2011, at Elms Convalescent Home in Wellington. She was born February 21, 1941, in Oberlin. Carol lived in the Oberlin / Wellington areas all her life. She graduated from Oberlin High School in 1959. She worked as a telephone operator for GTE in Oberlin, [...]
Brooklyn Janae “Lil Cricket” Charley
Brooklyn Janae “Lil Cricket” Charley, 2 and a half month old daughter to Kala R. Edmunds and Marlon J. Charley born October 12, 2011, passed away peacefully in the Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital of Cleveland, into the Playground in Heaven that was made to comfort Little Angels, following a short illness. Brooklyn was a [...]
Sharon Weston Daggett
,Sharon Weston Daggett, 66, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2011 in Pikeville, Tennessee, after an extended illness. Born in Elyria, November 11, 1945 to the late William E. (1983) and Ivy Weston (1962). She lived in Eaton Twp. in her early years, attending Midview Schools, class of 1965. She has lived the last 30 years [...]
Vaughn Eugene Taylor
Vaughn Eugene Taylor passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2011. He was born February 16, 1964, to William Taylor and Pauline (Taylor) Hewitt, in Spokane Washington. When Vaughn was 9 years old, his family moved from Puerto Rico to Travis AFB, California, where Vaughn grew up and lived most of his adult life. Vaughn worked as [...]
Boys basketball: Midview wins DiFranco title
Tim Gebhardt The Chronicle Telegram EATON TWP. — Friday night’s game was the one Midview’s eight seniors all circled on the schedule — the finals of the Bob DiFranco Memorial Tournament, named after the beloved father of Middie coach Troy DiFranco. The team hadn’t won the tournament since 2006. And they came through, with senior [...]
Boys basketball: Comets fall in consolation game
Hans Schneider The Chronicle-Telegram EATON TWP. — Amherst and North Royalton played a standard full court game Friday night in the consolation of the 11th Annual Bob DiFranco Memorial Tournament. However, this game was won and lost at the free throw line as North Royalton prevailed 60-59. North Royalton went to the line 29 times [...]
Pacers 98, Cavs 91: Irving misses game-winner in OT loss
INDIANAPOLIS — Danny Granger scored nine of his 22 points in overtime to help the Indiana Pacers beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 98-91 on Friday night. Granger shot just 5 of 17 in regulation, but was 3 of 5 in the extra period. Roy Hibbert had 17 points and 13 rebounds, David West had 14 points [...]
Browns: DE Sheard shining in first year
Brian Dulik The Chronicle-Telegram BEREA — Browns defensive end Jabaal Sheard didn’t hit the rookie wall this season, he ran right through it. The 6-foot-2, 255-pounder leads the team with 71⁄2 sacks and is one of nine Cleveland players to start all 15 games. He hopes to add to both numbers Sunday when the Browns [...]
College football: Oberlin’s Thornton bowl-bound again
Like the rest of his Illinois teammates, Oberlin graduate Hugh Thornton’s visions of a Rose Bowl berth after a 6-0 start were dashed when the Fighting Illini lost six straight to end the season. So instead of Pasadena on New Year’s Day, Thornton and the Illini will be in San Francisco on New Year’s Eve, [...]