Man is wounded at gun show in Medina
MEDINA — A 62-year-old man was seriously injured Saturday afternoon when a pistol accidentally discharged at a gun show at the Medina County Fair Community Center. Medina Police Chief Patrick...
View ArticleCavs finish road trip with loss to Jazz, 1-4 record
SALT LAKE CITY — Randy Foye scored 20 points, Derrick Favors had a season-high 19 and the Utah Jazz beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-98 on Saturday night. Utah (22-19) used a 31-point third quarter to...
View ArticleCollege Basketball: Ohio State falters at end, falls to Spartans
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Deshaun Thomas was so good he made Michigan State’s Tom Izzo want to do something the coach said he has “never” done. If Ohio State’s star got the ball in the closing seconds with...
View ArticleLarge Medina crowd hears Martin Luther King Jr.’s message
MEDINA — The church was packed to capacity and cars overflowed the parking lot and lined the street for Second Baptist Church’s 14th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day service. About 160 people attended...
View ArticleGirls basketball: Buckeye upsets Clippers
SHEFFIELD TWP. — Score the biggest upset of the Patriot Athletic Conference girls basketball season to Buckeye. Led by 18 points from Hannah Hartley and 10 from Sarah Dash, the Bucks stunned Clearview...
View ArticleMini-stretch of turnovers, passive ‘D’ dooms Bees
HUDSON — Roughly 4 minutes separated the Hudson and Medina girls basketball teams Saturday. Unfortunately for the Bees, their stretch of passive defense and turnover-prone offense was the difference in...
View ArticleGymnastics: Kira Palmer wins beam; Medina places 3rd at tourney
MEDINA — Samantha Borrelli and Kira Palmer are only sophomores, but they have become the engine that is driving Medina’s gymnastics team. They did so again Saturday at the Rich Clevidence Invitational,...
View ArticleBrothers to lock horns as Ravens, 49ers reach Super Bowl
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Oh, brother! John Harbaugh and his Baltimore Ravens set up a family reunion at the Super Bowl, shutting down the New England Patriots 28-13 Sunday in the AFC championship game. The...
View ArticleSize difference dooms Grizzlies vs. Fairmont
By Chad Grant BERLIN — Sometimes you really can’t see the forest through the trees. The Wadsworth girls basketball team found out the hard way Sunday night in its tough 67-47 loss to Kettering Fairmont...
View ArticleWrestling: Blue Devils place 3rd at prestigous tourney
AKRON — Don’t look now, but Brunswick’s wrestling team is back. A year ago, the Blue Devils finished in the middle of the pack at the Bill Dies Memorial Tournament, but Saturday night was a different...
View ArticleCavs’ Anderson Varejao hospitalized with blood clot in lung
Cavs center Anderson Varejao was admitted to the Cleveland Clinic Thursday with a blood clot in his lung. Varejao He is being treated with blood thinners and is expected to make a full recovery. He...
View ArticleMan shot at gun show in Medina County Fair center
MEDINA — A 62-year-old man was seriously injured Saturday afternoon when a pistol accidentally discharged at a gun show at the Medina County Fair Community Center. Medina Police Chief Patrick...
View ArticleFire burns separate homes in Hinckley, Lafayette townships
Firefighters in Medina County were busy this morning battling separate blazes in Hinckley and Lafayette townships. The first fire was reported just after 7:30 a.m. today in Hinckley Township, causing...
View ArticleCollege notes: Tyler Houksa makes debut on wrestling mat
After being sidelined all season due to injury, Tyler Houska made his debut for Ashland’s wrestling team this past weekend. The redshirt junior and former Highland standout posted three wins at 285...
View ArticlePrep Athletes of the Week for Jan. 22
Austin White Boys basketball Austin White, Wadsworth: Sophomore small forward scored game-high 20 points in 62-47 Suburban League win against Cloverleaf. … Hit six 3-pointers. … Added nine points,...
View ArticleRipping, gripping and tripping
Though hypocritical media member Jim Nantz apparently thinks media members shouldn’t have opinions — of course, that in itself is an opinion — let’s catch up on some things by Rick-o-cheting around the...
View ArticleJoe Banner: Chip Kelly was too big a gamble
CEO Joe Banner insists the Browns decided against hiring Chip Kelly before he had the chance to turn them down. Banner told Sports Illustrated’s Peter King he and owner Jimmy Haslam felt Kelly was “too...
View ArticleBlack River star is ready for some softball
SULLIVAN TWP. — Brace yourself: Dagmar Smith has a college softball scholarship in hand, her back is healed and she’s ready to enjoy her senior season at Black River. The three-time All-Gazette pick...
View ArticleSeason is over for Cavs’ Anderson Varejao
INDEPENDENCE — The news just keeps getting worse for Anderson Varejao and the Cavaliers. Already in the midst of being out six to eight weeks after Jan. 10 surgery to repair a split in one of his...
View ArticleWinter brings cold, snow to Medina County today
Outside temperatures today in Medina County are expected to be frigid and mostly in the single digits, according to a National Weather Service report. A high of only 11 degrees is predicted for today,...
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