By ADAM FERRISE
Special to The Gazette
BATH TWP. — While Wadsworth’s boys and girls track teams came away with Suburban League titles for the second consecutive year Saturday, they managed to accomplish the feat in very different ways.
The girls dominated the eight-team field on the final day of the SL Meet, while the boys squeaked [...]

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By ADAM FERRISE
Special to The Gazette
TWINSBURG — In what amounted to a miniature district meet, both Medina and Brunswick had fair days against the deeply talented Northeast Ohio Conference Valley Division.
Both the Bees boys and girls teams finished second at the NOC Meet and second overall in the league Saturday.
Medina lost to NOC champs [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
BOSTON — Cavaliers small forward LeBron James has seen tapes of the famous 1988 Game 7 shootout between Atlanta’s Dominique Wilkins and Boston Celtics great Larry Bird.
The personal battle he staged with current Boston small forward Paul Pierce wasn’t nearly as dramatic, especially down the stretch, but there was one similarity [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
BOSTON — Earning home-court advantage is important. If the Cavaliers don’t know it now, they never will.
Boston improved to 8-0 in the playoffs at TD Banknorth Garden by beating Cleveland 97-92 Sunday in Game 7, meaning the Celtics have reached the Eastern Conference finals despite the fact they are 0-6 on [...]

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SOLON — Cloverleaf’s Ethan Dunbar finished third at the Solon Division I Sectional boys tennis tournament on Saturday afternoon.
The sophomore standout knocked off Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit junior Christopher Mazak 6-4, 6-2 in the consolation final to claim the third seed at next week’s district tourney.
Dunbar — the two-time reigning Suburban League MVP and first [...]

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By BRIAN DULIK
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — Think of it as an updated version of the adage, “The family that prays together stays together.”
In the Cavaliers’ universe, it’s more like, “The family that stays together plays well together.”
From owner Dan Gilbert to every part-time employee who works at Quicken Loans Arena, a culture of building teamwork encompasses [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Some people are going to be in an uproar when the Indians option pitcher Aaron Laffey back to Triple-A Buffalo once Jake Westbrook is ready to return from the disabled list at the end of the month.
After all, Laffey has been almost Cliff Lee-like while filling in, posting a 2-2 record that should [...]

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By RICK NOLAND

Assistant Sports Editor
BOSTON — Maybe there’s something to this Celtic Mystique theory after all.
Red Auerbach wasn’t puffing a victory cigar. Bob Cousy and Bill Russell weren’t on the floor. Neither were John Havlicek or Larry Bird or Kevin McHale.
This time, it was P.J. Brown, Rajon Rondo, James Posey and even All-Star Paul Pierce [...]

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Mark Kline, a veteran and member of Rolling Thunder Ohio Chapter 8, lights candles Saturday evening at an Armed Forces Day candlelight vigil on Public Square in Medina for service members and their families. The event benefited local National Guard unit Company G 237th Brigade Support Battalion and their family support group, according to Rolling [...]

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J. Roger Feess, 71, of Granger Township, passed away Saturday, May 17, 2008, in Medina.
He was born Feb. 14, 1937, in Granger. Mr. Feess was a farmer, a truck driver and a research technician for Michelin and BFGoodrich. He belonged to the Church at Stony Hill, where he was a board member, and worked [...]

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