By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
MEDINA — Corey Morse and Richard Sumlin have always been a package deal.
Best friends for seven years, the Medina seniors have been like a mirror to each other. When you saw one, you almost always saw the other.
So when the University of Findlay snatched up All-Ohioan Sumlin, it paved the way for [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Closer Joe Borowski saved an American League-high 45 games in his debut season with the Indians last year — the second-highest total in club history.
And the guy still couldn’t get any respect.
“I guess everybody would like to see me never give up a hit or a walk,” said [...]

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By BRIAN DULIK
Staff Writer
Random thoughts from the stands at Quicken Loans Arena, where the Cavaliers have given way to WWE Smackdown and the Arena Football League over the past few days, then will leave town during the Mid-American Conference Tournament next week:
The loss of two-time All-Star center Zydrunas Ilgauskas to a back injury may not [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Adam Miller is back in business.
The Indians’ prized-pitching prospect who was shut down shortly into camp with a blister on his right middle finger, has played catch the past three days and is on schedule to throw his first bullpen session Friday at Chain of Lakes Park.
“Hopefully the [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
WADSWORTH — The College Basketball Invitational is coming back to Wadsworth in April — and for two more years after that.
The brainchild of Wadsworth High graduate John McCarthy, the event featuring top pro prospects in NCAA Division II and III and the NAIA will be held April 24-26.
Eight teams will play [...]

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If you went to a Lakota West high school football game last fall, and if you crossed paths with the Firebird mascot, then you may have already met the 2008 Associated Press Ms. Basketball. Amber Gray — daughter of an NFL star, part-time mascot and full-time basketball whiz — is Ohio’s top prep girls player, [...]

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By HANNAH SCHAEFER
Staff Writer
BRUNSWICK — Police communication specialist Terry Gluszek handles everything from the mundane to the dangerous when she takes phone calls at the police department, and it’s her tact in tense situations that’s earning her statewide recognition.
Around 2:30 a.m. Nov. 28, 2007, Gluszek fielded a phone call that led to the peaceful surrender [...]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
MEDINA TWP. — Like many registered Republicans voting in Tuesday’s primary, township resident Robert Eckenrode wanted to switch parties so he could vote for Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Turns out, he wasn’t able to do so after a poll worker mistakenly gave him a voting card programmed for a nonpartisan ballot, which [...]

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By HANNAH SCHAEFER
Staff Writer
BRUNSWICK — Water sports may be the last thing on the minds of Ohioans still waiting for the spring thaw, but the Brunswick Community Recreation Center is offering a warm-up of sorts for those longing for better weather.
The recreation center is offering a kayak skills course from 5 to 8 p.m. March [...]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
MEDINA — An array of Easter programs, hosted by the Medina Community Recreation Center, will give area residents a chance to join in several festivities this month.
A Glow Egg Hunt from 8 to 9 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. March 14 at the recreation center, 855 Weymouth Road, is for [...]

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