BRUNSWICK — It was a great day Wednesday to be a Brunswick boys track runner.
Behind the strength of dominating the running events, the Blue Devils cruised past Ashland 108-28 in a non-conference dual.
Leading the way for Brunswick (1-0) was Corey Guastani, who was a part of three victories as he took the 800-meter run [...]

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By BRIAN DULIK
Staff Writer
WADSWORTH — For the second time in three years, Wadsworth is looking for a new boys basketball coach.
Scott Callaghan, who directed the Grizzlies to two sectional titles in two seasons at the helm, has been told that his coaching contract will not be renewed.
The decision was made by school administrators this past [...]

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With eight games left in the regular season, the Cavaliers aren’t exactly peaking — unless it’s to take a quick glance behind them in the Eastern Conference standings.
At 41-33, No. 4 Cleveland leads Washington (38-36) and Toronto (38-36) by just three games. No. 3 Orlando (47-27) is six games ahead, so there’s no chance of [...]

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By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
Baseball is a game of percentages. From the playing field right down to the coaches. The landscape of Medina County baseball is no different as 43 percent of last year’s main men have moved on.
Brunswick, Buckeye and Black River all hired new coaches in the offseason, but that doesn’t mean they’re new [...]

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ORLANDO — Sometimes you’re the mouse sometimes you’re the cheese.
Medina’s baseball team couldn’t find an answer against Skyline (Colo.) Wednesday in a nine-inning 9-6 loss to the Falcons.
Ronnie Stout (0-1) came into the bottom of the ninth with the Bees (1-2) up one but walked four straight batters to tie the game. Craig Rinkes relieved [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — Mark Shapiro is predicting different things for two important parts of his team, but if the general manager’s guesses ring true, it means one big positive for the Indians.
From what he saw this spring from the top two starters in his rotation, Shapiro sees no reason that C.C. Sabathia and [...]

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From staff reports
WESTFIELD TWP. — Cloverleaf opened the season Tuesday by blanking Nordonia 5-0 in non-league boys tennis play.
Ethan Dunbar got the Colts off on the right track posting a double-bagel win over Nazraj Tanau at first singles.
Parker Hewit and Jarred Gable also picked up singles victories.
Earning doubles wins were Matt Horner and Grey Wilde [...]

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From staff reports
ORLANDO, Fla. — Mickey wasn’t so nice to Medina’s baseball team Tuesday as the Bees evened their season record with an 8-5 loss to Niwot (Colo).
The Bees (1-1) let the Cougars jump out to a 7-3 lead by the third inning and never could reel Niwot back in.
Pat O’Boyle (0-1) took the loss, [...]

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From staff reports
GRANGER TWP. — Wadsworth’s boys track team got off to a rip-roaring start Tuesday with a 95½- 41½ beatdown of Highland.
The Grizzlies (1-0) took every event save for five in this Suburban League showdown to cruise back to Grizzly Nation with the ‘W.’
Sophomore Anthony Schrock and senior Kyle Fox had themselves nice days. [...]

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By MARIA KACIK
Staff Writer
In the Medina warehouse of Facultatieve Technologies’ American division (FT-USA), those who build the business’s cremation equipment refer to it as the top of the line.
“The way (my employees) phrase it is, ‘Why would you buy a Ford when you could buy a Cadillac,’ ” said Paul Matthews, vice president of operations [...]

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