ROCKY RIVER — After a rocky start, Vermilion senior Chaz Hansen settled down and lived up to his No. 1 seeding with a 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 win over Lake Ridge junior Caleb Mayer in the Division II sectional singles final Saturday at Tri-City Park. “He was playing very well at the beginning,” Hansen said of [...]
Division I sectional tennis: Avon freshman Nico Mostardi rolls into final, then struggles
OBERLIN — It’s the one thing most freshmen need to become a championship tennis player: the mental aspect of the game. It was definitely a factor in why Avon’s Nico Mostardi fell 6-1, 6-0 to top-seeded Nathan Griffin of St. Ignatius in Saturday morning’s Division I sectional final at the Don Hunsinger Courts at Oberlin [...]
It takes 12 innings, but Crushers beat Grizzlies to give new manager his first win
AVON — It was a great start two years in the making by Crushers pitcher Matt Rein on Saturday night. However, the finish may have been even better. After Matt Smith suffered a blown save by giving up a run in the ninth, Lake Erie and the Gateway Grizzlies battled through two scoreless extra innings [...]
Sectional baseball: Black River ousts Columbia for the second straight season
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 [...]
Warming up to ‘Ice’: New Crushers manager Jeff Isom has same goal … making playoffs
AVON — Jeff Isom has been waiting for this week for five months. “Ever since I got hired back in December, I’ve been looking forward to Opening Day,” said Isom, who will make his debut as Lake Erie Crushers manager Friday in the season opener against the Gateway Grizzlies at All Pro Freight Stadium. “Friday [...]
Wrestling: Three from area earn berths in Greco Roman nationals in Fargo, N.D.
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., [...]
High school softball: Clearview finds some positives in losses to tough teams
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 [...]
High school track: AuBree LaForce leads way as Vermilion girls defend title at own invite
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 [...]
High school softball notes: Avon Lake reaching some lofty heights … goals, too
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 [...]
High school baseball: Avon scores 15 runs in first two innings, thumps Avon Lake in rain
AVON — Friday’s Avon-Avon Lake baseball game was one only a Mother Nature could love. After waiting out a one-hour rain delay and playing through a consistent drizzle, the Eagles scorched the Shoremen for 15 runs in the first two innings en route to a 17-7 non-conference win at All Pro Freight Stadium. Things looked [...]
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