By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
Mike Koshar saw it six years ago. The Brunswick wrestling coach saw it, but he didn’t believe it.
In his second season as the lead man, Koshar had seen good athletes in the past but nothing like what Richie Spicel, then a sixth-grader, was about to show him.
Making the trip from Edwards Middle [...]

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By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
Richie Spicel
Year: Senior
Height: 5-6
Highlights: Became Medina County’s first undefeated wrestler since Wadsworth’s Timmy Miller in 2005. … Set school records for wins (44) and finished with Brunswick-best 161 career wins. … Third-place among area in victories behind only Miller (165) and Wadsworth’s Derek Foore (170). … Won state as freshman and senior [...]

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By HANNAH SCHAEFER
Staff Writer
BRUNSWICK — The Medina post of the state highway patrol handled around 30 crashes in less than 24 hours stemming from Wednesday’s icy weather.
The National Weather Service reported the area received rain, freezing rain and sleet throughout the day Wednesday, along with an inch of snow in the evening.
Several crashes, including two [...]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
MEDINA — The Medina City School District is taking green to the extreme.
A $3 million energy efficiency upgrade for the schools, borrowed from the state and paid back through cost savings for the district, will reconfigure how the district uses energy.
“Energy efficiency leads directly to cost savings of the district,” said Jon [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Paul Byrd pitched six innings Thursday in the Indians’ 4-4 exhibition tie against Tampa Bay at Chain of Lakes Park, then deemed himself ready to start the regular season.
The question is will Major League Baseball let him?
Byrd, who has admitted to using HGH for a medical condition and [...]

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By MARIA KACIK
Staff Writer
HARRISVILLE TWP. — You stick your left foot out and tap it twice, then do the same with the right. You jump forward. You jump back. And then you jump three times in place. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.
If all goes right, more than 3,800 people will be doing this dance — also known [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Indians made another round of cuts Thursday, reducing their roster by eight players.
Outfielder Brad Snyder was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo, while pitchers Matt Ginter, Jeff Harris and Rich Rundles, catchers David Wallace and Armando Camacaro, and infielders Aaron Herr and Danny Sandoval were re-assigned to minor league [...]

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COLUMBUS — The man convicted of raping and shaking an 18-month-old Brunswick girl in 1998 will spend another 10 years in prison after his request for parole was denied March 10, spokeswoman Joellen Culp of the Ohio Department of Corrections said.
Thomas J. Gondek, 36, was sentenced to life in prison in October 1998 after being [...]

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Brunswick Hills Township
- Jennifer Stahurski, 35, of 4121 Center Road, No. 1, was issued several traffic citations after reportedly running a red light on Pearl Road at Sleepy Hollow Road, striking another vehicle and leaving the accident scene around 12:40 a.m. March 13.
Officers found Stahurski sitting in a red Chevy Silverado pickup truck south of [...]

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CHEERS: to the young women who participated in the ninth Sister-Sister Summit. It’s a chance for girls ages 11 to 14 to share their ideas, dreams and frustrations, help them make positive changes in their lives, learn to network, and transform their thoughts into a platform for action. Cheers as well to the Medina County [...]

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