No rest in near future for Cavs
CLEVELAND — Ready or not, the Cavaliers are about to play back-to-back-to-back games for the first time in 13 years. It starts tonight in Indiana against a Pacers team that beat Cleveland 104-98 in...
View ArticlePirates hammer Wildcats in softball action
SMITHVILLE — Black River’s softball team opened the Butch Cook Invitational with an impressive 10-0, five-inning victory over Mogadore on Thursday. Taylor Goff The victory moves the Pirates (7-0) into...
View ArticleCloverleaf teens drive farm tractors to school
WESTFIELD TWP. — Nearly two dozen teenagers hopped on a tractor to get to class today at Cloverleaf High School. Cloverleaf High School freshman Jacob Beadnell cranks up his 1939 Allis-Chalmers tractor...
View ArticleBlack River senior DE John Guilford picks Valpo University
SULLIVAN TWP. — John Guilford isn’t done making tackles behind the line of scrimmage or blocking kicks just yet. The Black River High senior Thursday made an oral commitment to play football at...
View ArticleHigh school softball: The Colts throw a scare into Indians
WESTFIELD TWP. — The growth between last season’s Cloverleaf softball team and the 2012 version is unquestionable. A year ago, the difference between the Colts and eventual Suburban League champion...
View ArticleJohnny Damon says he has signed with the Tribe
CLEVELAND — Johnny Damon to the rescue. Off to a 1-4 start and owning the major league’s lowest team batting average (.176), the Indians appeared to have completed a deal Thursday to bring the veteran...
View ArticleIndians ride first inning to win
Dave Skretta The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Luke Hochevar never thought his left ankle was broken, even if that possibility did occur to Royals manager Ned Yost. “I don’t think much was going...
View ArticleEli Kraus hurls a two-hitter for Buckeye
WELLINGTON — Buckeye’s baseball team moved into a first-place tie in the Patriot Athletic Conference Stars Division on Thursday thanks to a 6-0 win over Wellington. Eli Kraus Winning pitcher Eli Kraus...
View ArticleOhio man accused of abandoning puppies to face judge
TOLEDO — An Ohio man accused of stuffing six bulldog-mix puppies into a suitcase and leaving them next to a trash bin is due to face a judge. Howard Davis is scheduled to appear at a preliminary...
View ArticlePrice increase likely for in-state students at Ohio U.
ATHENS, Ohio — Ohio University students who live on campus could pay $600 more next school year. The Columbus Dispatch reported that university officials are recommending a 3.5 percent increase in...
View ArticleSchool officials: Rumors untrue about violence at Medina High, Claggett
MEDINA — Police and school officials are investigating more writing on a bathroom wall at Medina High School and rumors of violence at Claggett Middle School. Lt. Dave Birckbichler said police were...
View ArticleHornets right at home at Progressive
Albert Grindle The Gazette CLEVELAND — The 43,429 seats, big-league field dimensions and perfectly cut grass didn’t faze the Highland baseball team. In fact, the Hornets played like they were right at...
View ArticleWoman freed in SUV crash
MONTVILLE TWP. — A 62-year-old woman had to be extricated from her sport utility vehicle Friday night after it went off the right side of Chippewa Road and traveled about 200 feet in a ditch before...
View Article71-year-old Ohio woman dies after train strikes her car
CUSTAR, Ohio — A northwest Ohio sheriff says a 71-year-old woman died after a train hit her car at a rural railroad crossing that has signs but no gates or lights. The Wood County sheriff said the...
View ArticleA Black River pioneer
SULLIVAN TWP. — For the better part of the last 40-plus years, the Black River boys basketball program has had few historical moments. That changed Thursday night when a selection committee made the...
View ArticleBlack River’s Guilford has hand in everything
Dan Brown The Gazette After a year away from the track, John Guilford has wasted little time putting his name out there in the sport. The Black River field event specialist does a little bit of...
View ArticleVarejao’s season is officially over
Rick Noland The Gazette CLEVELAND — It’s official: Cavaliers center Anderson Varejao is done for the season due to a fractured right wrist. The Cavs made the announcement Friday prior to a game against...
View ArticleRoofers make it right after wrong roof work
BRUNSWICK — Dennis and Lora Kalita didn’t have plans to replace their roof anytime soon, and now they won’t have to for another 50 years. The Kalitas are getting a new roof after workers from Hinckley...
View ArticleHarris, Samuels make case
Rick Noland The Gazette CLEVELAND — Manny Harris and Samardo Samuels showed Friday why the Cavaliers haven’t given up on them. What they’ll show the next time they take the court is anyone’s guess....
View ArticleWishin’ for Isham school days
WADSWORTH — During the first few days of class at Wadsworth Centralized Township School in 1936, a first-grade teacher posed this question to her class: “Have any of you ever seen an elephant?” Most...
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