By BRIAN DULIK
Staff Writer
The premier event in Medina County boys tennis takes place on Saturday.
The annual Medina Battling Bees Doubles Tournament features eight respected programs competing in four championship brackets, starting at 9 a.m.
Cleveland St. Ignatius, Lakewood St. Edward, Strongsville, Revere, Copley, Ashland and Highland will join host Medina on the high school courts in [...]

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AKRON — Medina’s softball team dropped another tough decision Thursday, 5-2 to Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary in non-conference play.
The Bees (2-9) committed seven errors that plagued them dearly.
Kacey Rose (2-7) took the loss. The senior went the distance, allowing just one earned run and three hits to go along with zero walks and four punchouts.
Senior [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
WASHINTON — Midway through the third period, the Cavaliers’ second-leading scorer was, drum roll please, Ben Wallace. He had exactly five more points than Soulja Boy, who was in attendance. Not surprisingly, Cleveland trailed by 26.
Yes, it was that kind of night Thursday at the Verizon Center, where the Washington Wizards [...]

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TWINSBURG — Andy Orens and Chris McNamara won at the top two singles spots for Brunswick’s boys tennis team, but Twinsburg rallied for a 3-2 Northeast Ohio Conference victory on Wednesday.
The Blue Devils (6-5, 3-3) nearly pulled out the victory as Vinny Sheehan battled hard before dropping a 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 decision to Steve Kiesel [...]

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BRUNSWICK — Two elite baseball programs played a classic game Thursday at Brunswick before visiting Cleveland St. Ignatius emerged with a 13-9 win in nine innings.
The Wildcats (13-1) scored four runs in the top of the ninth off reliever Rick Manco to send the Blue Devils to the non-league defeat.
Anthony Manco scored four runs and [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
WASHINGTON — There hasn’t been a lot of talk about it, but LeBron James has started to become much more vocal with his Cavaliers teammates.
“I’ve been really vocal,” James said Thursday at the Verizon Center before Game 3 of a best-of-seven playoff series with the Washington Wizards. “There’s a time and [...]

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By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
Michigan offensive lineman Jake Long will be the No. 1 pick of the NFL Draft on Saturday. There’s no arguing the point after the Miami Dolphins agreed Tuesday to pay him $57.75 million over five years, with $30 million guaranteed.
Whether Long deserves to be the signature selection of 2008 is an [...]

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WADSWORTH — Freshman Hannah Gospodinsky cruised to victories in the shot put and discus Thursday, helping Wadsworth’s girls track team to a 125-12 Suburban League rout of Barberton.
Gospodinsky’s throws of 36-feet-2 and 108-0, respectively, bettered the runner-up efforts of her Grizzlies teammates Lindsey Thomas (32-1) and Ara Post (93½).
Among the other winners for Wadsworth were [...]

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By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
Wadsworth baseball coach Brian Madigan has himself quite a nice conundrum.
Too much pitching.
At the high school level, teams can be decent on the strength of just one good pitcher. The Grizzlies have three of them and it has led to a 9-3 record heading into Thursday’s game with Kent Roosevelt.
Jordan Cutting, Matt [...]

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MEDINA — Two overtimes could not decide a winner Thursday when Medina and Chagrin Falls played girls lacrosse. The Bees and Tigers tied 14-14.
Among the scorers for Medina (4-1-1) were Claire Beadle and Ariel Knox, who had four goals apiece. Kelsey Potere and Nikki Boltja each tallied two times.
Chagrin Falls (10-0-1) had 15 of its [...]

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