By BETTY SZUDLO
Staff Writer
GREENCASTLE, Ind. — Evan Hunter made history while playing tennis at Medina, winning four consecutive Gazette MVP awards.
Now a sophomore at DePauw University, Hunter has continued to play the game at a high level and is undefeated on the season.
The sophomore economics major — and DePauw Management Fellow — has an 8-0 [...]

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MEDINA – Lucas Walters and Zach Peters both won singles matches Tuesday, leading Medina’s boys tennis team to a 3-2 Northeast Ohio Conference victory over North Royalton.
Walters took down Bismark Newman 6-2, 6-0 at second singles, while Peters beat Zach Santiago 6-1, 6-2 at third singles for the Bees (2-1, 2-0).
Medina’s third triumph came at [...]

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WADSWORTH — Matt Fritz left them guessing all afternoon and as a result Wadsworth’s baseball team split its Suburban League season with Highland Tuesday afternoon.
Fritz went the distance in a 3-1 conference win, keeping the Hornets at bay most of the day.
While registering just one strikeout, Fritz let Highland (1-1, 1-1) scratch just five hits [...]

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WESTFIELD TWP. – Committing five errors proved costly for Cloverleaf’s softball team Tuesday in an 8-2 Suburban League loss to Revere.
Colts pitchers Jessica Browne and Jessica Gross only allowed one earned run and struck out nine, but were hurt by fielding miscues in the first and fifth innings.
The Minutemen (3-1, 1-0) scored four runs in [...]

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WESTFIELD TWP. — Ricky Morrison and Greg Hill put on a show Tuesday afternoon and it led to a narrow 75-62 win by Cloverleaf’s boys track team over Tallmadge in a Suburban League showdown.
Morrison and Hill were part of the 4×400-meter relay team with a time of 3:36.7 and Morrison added a 4×100 (46.9) squad [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
INDEPENDENCE — Daniel “Boobie” Gibson and Wally Szczerbiak are paid to make shots, but lately they haven’t been on the money — or earning it.
Gibson is 5-of-24 from the field, including 2-of-13 from behind the arc, in five games since returning from a sprained ankle that caused him to miss five [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
INDEPENDENCE —There’s a chance LeBron James may not play when the Cavaliers host the New Jersey Nets tonight at Quicken Loans Arena, but a final decision probably won’t be made until shortly before the 7 p.m. tipoff.
James did not practice Monday or Tuesday, instead using the time to get treatment for [...]

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By DAN COUGHLIN
Although he was the controversial sports anchor at WEWS-TV 5 for two decades, everyone identified Gib Shanley with the Browns.
The sound of his voice calling a game is indelibly imprinted on our memories. Many felt that he was the best NFL play-by-play man of his era, which lasted from 1961 to 1984.
Oddly, in [...]

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Editor’s note: Gazette Photo Editor Shirley Ware and Staff Writer Maria Kacik recount a year in the life of 10-year-old Olivia Ward, who has battled brain cancer twice. This is the first installment in a three-part series.
To learn more about Akron Children's hospital and extra info on Olivia and her cancer, visit the www.akronchildrens.org/cancercenter web [...]

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By MARIA KACIK
Staff Writer
Sully’s Irish Pub at 117 W. Liberty St. in Medina has been under construction for nearly a year. But construction workers tore down the brown paper covering the new restaurant’s windows last week in anticipation of the pub’s grand opening Friday.
Owners John Sullivan, Mike Perrotti and Scott Reid Sr. said since then [...]

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