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AVON LAKE — Legend has it that the bodies of two sailors who died during the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie washed ashore and were buried in unmarked graves at the site of the city’s Lake Shore Cemetery. Now efforts are under way to generate money to purchase a memorial marker in their honor that [...]
Four area high school baseball players received All-Ohio first-team honors this week from the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association. Midview’s Eric Lauer made it in Division I, Joe San Felippo of Firelands in Division II, and Keystone’s Tyler Gullett and Elyria Catholic’s Joey Begany in Division III. The All-Ohio award caps a terrific career [...]
MONTVILLE TWP. — A man was injured when a 16-year-old driver from Avon Lake hit his motorcycle after going through a red light Wednesday night, according to the State Highway Patrol. Lt. Bill Haymaker said a 2006 tan Jeep Liberty driven by Matthew Sarko, 16, of Avon Lake, was turning left from the exit off [...]
Avon Lake City Council President Marty O’Donnell accepted Cleveland State University’s Leadership Academy’s 2013 David C. Sweet Award for outstanding elected official at a dinner May 23. A graduate of the CSU Leadership Academy, O’Donnell is also a graduate of Ohio State University. He is in his third term on Council as an at-large representative, [...]
LORAIN — The hottest team in Division I baseball might just be from Avon Lake. After Brett Kiser’s complete-game shutout beat Amherst on Friday, Matt Morissette repeated the feat Saturday, scattering six hits in a 6-0 district final win over Midview at The Pipe Yard. The district title is Avon Lake’s first since 2005 and [...]
It had to happen, right? There couldn’t be a spring sports postseason in Northeast Ohio without some weather worries, could there? Apparently not, because Thursday, for the first time this postseason, rain messed up the best-laid plans of tournament officials and baseball and softball coaches. The result was a pair of Division I district baseball [...]
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Gas up the bus, the Elyria Pioneers are going back to Clyde. Seniors Caitlyn Minney and Alexis Roseboro led the way for the Pioneers, who captured their ninth straight Division I district title Wednesday with a 3-0 win over Avon Lake in a battle of state-ranked teams. Minney threw a three-hit shutout [...]
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 [...]
AVON LAKE — As Bill Zurkey took a few minutes to talk about his long musical career with Avon Lake City Schools, he pointed to a simple philosophy that guided him all those years. “I always wanted to make students feel comfortable performing and to create a love of music they could take with them,” [...]
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