PARMA — The battle between Brunswick quarterback Sean Bedevelsky and Mentor signalcaller Bart Tanski aside, tonight’s Division I state semifinal between the two football squads will be well received.
Bedevelsky and Tanski will undoubtedly pick up first-team All-Ohio selections next week, but the two need to have a key to open the locks on their respective [...]

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The T.C. Williams Titans in the movie “Remember the Titans” prided themselves on being mobile, agile and hostile.
Brunswick football player Jared Martin can relate. The only difference is he’s versatile, too.
Martin’s a cornerback by trade. After Rick Manco went down with a thumb injury two weeks ago against Toledo Whitmer, he turned into a strong [...]

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Fifteen months might seem like a long way off, but come Feb. 17, 2009, all television stations will switch from an analog format to a digital broadcast.
So why do we care now? Because the holiday shopping season has arrived, and the days are packed with door busters, enticing sales and — well, buying frivolous [...]

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GRANGER TWP. — Since last winter, Highland girls basketball coach Kevin Glenn has been preaching an in-your-face defensive style.
From the day he took the job in the summer of 2006, the Hornets have done nothing but work on Glenn’s up-tempo system.
On Friday afternoon, Highland displayed that tenacious defense en route to crushing Cleveland Heights Beaumont [...]

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CRESTON — Buckeye’s boys basketball team couldn’t quite rebound Friday night in its non-league game with Creston Norwayne.
The Bucks couldn’t bounce back from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter — and were in that position because they couldn’t rebound on the Bobcats’ missed free throws — in a 68-63 season-opening loss.
The Bucks cut their [...]

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As the owner/director of Medina Centre for Dance Art, Kelly Parks believes in providing her students with every opportunity possible.
For the last five years, this has included traveling downtown in the fall to audition for a Playhouse Square Center production of “The Nutcracker.”
“It’s an open audition, open call, and I give these opportunities [...]

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BEREA — Defensive end Robaire Smith will line up next to his third starting nose tackle in 11 games Sunday — and that’s if the Browns are lucky.
The defensive line, the team’s biggest concern entering the season, remains an issue three months later as injuries continue to force the lineup to be juggled. Shaun Smith, [...]

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A holiday performance run of “The Nutcracker” is neither new to Northeast Ohio nor the Playhouse Square Center. However, this year is extra special with Ballet San Jose (formerly known as the Cleveland Ballet) bringing their production of Dennis Nahat’s “The Nutcracker” back to Cleveland through Dec. 2 at the State Theatre.
 “We were invited [...]

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PARMA — Brunswick’s football team can take that last step toward history with a win over returning state runner-up Mentor tonight at Parma’s Byers Field.
A victory puts the Blue Devils in the state finals for the first time since 1995. Forgetting about that and concentrating on the Cardinals has been a step-by-step process this week.
“We can’t [...]

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After spending the previous five years pushing a punk-over-pop image, Avril Lavigne now appears to be playing up a popish side on her latest effort “Best Damn Thing.” In fact, her No. 1 hit single “Girlfriend” sounds like an updated take of Toni Basil’s ’80s cheerleader anthem “Mickey.” Ms. Lavigne returns to the road this [...]

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