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H.S. Football: Avon’s defense dominates North Ridgeville

AVON – Avon didn’t let a little thing like an early interception return for a touchdown keep it from clearing a big hurdle on its quest to win the West Shore Conference and make the playoffs. The Eagles came back from that mistake to manhandled North Ridgeville 35-7 Friday night. Avon wouldn’t let the Rangers [...]

H.S. Football: Midview welcomes EC into WSC with rout

EATON TWP. – Midview passed well in the first half, ran well in the second half and played defense superbly throughout the evening. All that good stuff added up to the Middies giving new West Shore Conference member Elyria Catholic a rude welcome to the league Friday. Midview pounded the Panthers 34-7. “What we coaches [...]

H.S. Football: Clay Wright, defense’s big plays lead Wellington

COLUMBIA STATION – In a game that for a while looked as though neither offense would be stopped, Wellington’s defense made two plays that helped the Dukes turn a nail-biter into a runaway. After Columbia scored 28 first-quarter points Friday, the Dukes held the Raiders without another point until a final-minute touchdown. While Wellington’s defense [...]

H.S. Football: Brookside gets Homecoming victory

SHEFFIELD VILLAGE – With a large crowd on hand to celebrate the school’s Homecoming festivities Friday night, Brookside wanted to get the fans into the game right away. The Cardinals’ Giovanni Taw recovered the opening kickoff, then recovered a fumble on Oberlin’s first play from scrimmage. Both turnovers set up quick touchdowns, and the Cardinals [...]

H.S. Football: Elyria gets revenge in rematch with EC

ELYRIA – Revenge came swift for Elyria High on Friday night at Knights of Columbus Field in front of an estimated crowd of nearly 4,000. Had it not been for an inadvertent whistle and a late first-half flurry, who knows what turns the game may have taken. But in the end, the bottom line was [...]


Boys basketball: Elyria Catholic 68, Fairview 42

ELYRIA — Twenty points to nothing for its opponent. That’s how Elyria Catholic began Saturday night in its home opener against Fairview on the way to an easy 68-42 non-conference victory. It evened the weekend for the Panthers at 1-1, having lost at Lakewood on Friday. Fairview was playing its first game. “We have not... 
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Dream gets run down: Avon can’t stop Trotwood’s running attack, falls in state final

MASSILLON — It wasn’t for a lack of heart. It wasn’t a lack of desire or a lack of chances or a lack of luck. It wasn’t the lack of anything, but rather a whole lot of Trotwood-Madison’s Isreal Green that led to Avon’s 42-28 loss Friday night in the Division II state football finals... 
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Shaun Bennett: Don’t expect Avon to go away as long as Mike Elder sticks around

The people in Cleveland were more than content when the Indians lost the 1995 World Series to the Atlanta Braves, because it had been 41 years since their baseball team had last been to the Fall Classic. Fans also had no issue with the Cavaliers being swept in the 2007 finals, because their basketball team... 
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Avon feeling blue thanks to Trotwood’s Green

MASSILLON — Trotwood-Madison gave Paul Brown Tiger Stadium enough Green energy to make Al Gore smile. Isreal Green, the Rams’ tenatious little running back, set a Division II championship game record with 326 yards rushing and six touchdowns on 35 carries in Trotwood-Madison’s 42-28 victory over Avon on Friday night. That’s 9.3 yards per attempt.... 
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One more to go: Avon rolls over Aurora and into state championship game

PARMA — Avon’s high-flying and versatile Eagles have secured a date in the Division II state championship game in Massillon. The Eagles, ever improving and seemingly peaking at the just the right time, rolled over Aurora 43-20 Friday at Byers Field to advance to next Friday’s title game against Trotwood Madison at 7 p.m. at... 
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