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CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers’ luck with pingpong balls continues to be much better than their play on the court. For the second time in three years, Cleveland won the NBA Draft Lottery on Tuesday night, granting it the No. 1 pick for the June 27 draft at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The Cavaliers (24-58) had [...]
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — It was just a matter of time until Elyria got its offense in gear Tuesday afternoon. When that happened in the fourth inning, the Pioneers put their Division I district semifinal with Westlake out of reach. The final score was 8-1 as senior Caitlyn Minney pitched a 12-strikeout two-hitter for her 18th [...]
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Avon Lake played like a team on a mission Tuesday. Actually, the Shoregals played a lot like the No. 4-ranked Division I team in the state on a mission after a long layoff. Which worked out just fine for the Shoregals. Alexis Thomas and Abby Rogers had key two-out hits and Annie [...]
PARMA — For Elyria Catholic, Tuesday was about as horrible a start to a baseball game as you could imagine. Four errors, three passed balls, two walks, two wild pitches and a hit batter led to five Independence runs in the first two innings. But with their backs against the wall and staring a potential [...]
PARMA — With Elyria Catholic having secured a spot in the Division III district final, it was up to Keystone and Clearview to battle for the other in the nightcap at Ron Mottl Field. And the Wildcats wasted no time in making it theirs for the third straight year. Keystone will be back at Mottl [...]
CLEVELAND — The Indians thought they were facing Detroit’s ace tonight — not Tuesday. Offering up a Justin Verlander-esque performance in the series opener between Central Division rivals, Tigers right-hander Max Scherzer pitched his team to a 5-1 victory. The Indians get Verlander tonight in the series finale, and that might be a better prospect [...]
A year ago at this time, Eric Hagg was installed as the starter at free safety during offseason workouts. On Tuesday, he was waived. The Browns made a series of roster moves, headlined by the release of Hagg. He was a seventh-round pick in 2011 and played 10 games as a rookie, mostly on special [...]
CLEVELAND — Chris Perez and Indians fans are back in the news. Perez, the fiery closer who upset fans with disparaging comments about them last season, deactivated his Twitter account Monday night. It is believed that Perez did so because he received abusive tweets from fans after allowing a go-ahead home run — his third [...]
LORAIN — Holy Name might want to consider sending thank you cards to Firelands after the gifts the Falcons handed the Green Wave on Monday. Firelands committed five errors and uncorked three wild pitches to hand Holy Name six unearned runs in the Green Wave’s 7-4 Division II district semifinal win over the Falcons at [...]
LORAIN — All Vermilion had to do was get through one final inning and it would still be playing baseball today. But the top-seeded Sailors couldn’t do that, losing 7-6 to third-seeded Cleveland Benedictine in a Division II district semifinal game at The Pipe Yard. The Sailors concluded their season with a 13-15 record, while [...]
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