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LAGRANGE — With a big fifth inning, Columbia turned a close game into a big win over Keystone on Tuesday for the first time in seven years. The Raiders’ bat-around fifth produced four runs and a 6-2 victory in what was expected to be the Patriot Athletic Conference game of the season. Both teams are [...]
COLUMBIA TWP. — If his team wins a third straight Patriot Athletic Conference Stripes Division title next year, Columbia baseball coach Justin Ramsey would be wise to avoid playing Black River in the first round of the tournament for the third straight time. Hitless through five innings and still down a run after six, the [...]
WELLINGTON — Sometimes a big hit doesn’t have to be well-struck. Daryn Broadwater’s one-out infield single went about 20 feet, but it was enough to drive home JuJuan Howard and give Wellington a 5-4 win in eight innings over Oberlin in a sectional opener of the Division III Parma District. Brock Waltz had a pair [...]
NORTH OLMSTED — Avon Lake rolled to a 13-0 mercy-rule victory over North Olmsted on Monday to earn a share of the Southwestern Conference softball title. It was another high in a season of highs for the Shoregals, who improved to 23-1 and remained third in the state in Division I in the latest Ohio [...]
ELYRIA — It didn’t take long for North Ridgeville to turn Elyria’s Senior Night into a nightmare. The first four Rangers reached base and scored while the Pioneers failed to take advantage of five walks in the first three innings as North Ridgevile rolled to a 15-5 non-conference win in six innings. Nathan Colbert went [...]
Division I WHEN: Tuesday, 9 a.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. (semifinals and finals) WHERE: Don Hunsinger Tennis Courts, Oberlin College INDOOR ALTERNATIVE: In case of rain, singles and doubles will be held at Oberlin College’s indoor tennis courts, located in the John Heisman Athletic Facility. WHO’S THERE? Amherst, Avon, Avon Lake, Berea, Elyria, John Marshall, Lakewood, [...]
ELYRIA — Three Lorain County wrestlers are headed to the nationals in Fargo, N.D., while seven others are hoping to join them today. Oberlin’s Kevin Vough (runner-up at 285), Grafton’s Alec Forrer (third at 160) and Elyria’s Mike Dolan (fourth at 138) all earned spots Saturday on the Ohio Cadet team heading to Fargo, N.D., [...]
LORAIN — With the postseason right around the corner, Denny Myers wanted to challenge his Clearview Clippers, so he brought in two highly competitive teams for a tri-tournament Saturday. And even though his team lost both games, the Clippers coach was far from unhappy with the experience. “We battled them,” Myers said after the Clippers [...]
VERMILION — Last year was great. This year was better. A year ago, the Vermilion girls won their annual track and field invitational for the first time. Friday, even without the services of their graduated star Emily Cunningham, the Sailors made it two in a row. Dominating the event from the get-go and buoyed by [...]
With nine seniors on the roster, there’s no question Avon Lake was expecting big things this season. But even Shoregals coach Buzz Mullen admits that a No. 3 ranking in the Division I Ohio High School Fastpitch Association Coaches poll is “like a dream come true.” With the start of sectional tournament just a few [...]
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