EATON TWP. — Advancing to regionals is always nice, but to do it with a teammate makes the feat that much sweeter. Vermilion’s Hannah Bartlome and Mallory Morris qualified to next week’s regional meet after earning two of the four berths up for grabs in the high jump Thursday on the first day of the [...]
District baseball: Defensive woes cost Firelands lead, game against Holy Name
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 [...]
District baseball: Seventh definitely not heaven for Vermilion in loss to Benedictine
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 [...]
Division II sectional tennis: Vermilion’s Chaz Hansen wins title despite slow start
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 [...]
High school softball: Six-run fourth carries Falcons
VERMILION — Firelands used a six-run fourth inning Thursday to knock off backyard rival Vermilion 8-2 and win its second straight Division II sectional softball title. The Falcons got 14 strikeouts from senior Sam Dostall, and her batterymate, junior catcher Nicole Rainey, had three hits for the second straight game as Firelands improved to 13-11 [...]
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 [...]
Documentary to go on despite falling short on Kickstarter
VERMILION — A campaign to raise money to fund a documentary about a local autistic man’s journey to breweries across the U.S. fell short of its goal of $130,000, but the man’s nephew said the project will continue regardless. Aaron Rice, the filmmaker and nephew of Lance Rice, said filming will begin June 15 at [...]
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