By ALBERT GRINDLE
Staff Writer
AKRON — Going into Saturday’s University of Akron Division I Regional final against North Canton Hoover, Brunswick’s softball team knew very well it had to play near-flawlessly to get by the Vikings.
The Blue Devils didn’t even come close and Hoover did, resulting in a season-ending 3-0 loss for Brunswick.
The Vikings (30-2) [...]

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By KEVIN APRILE
Staff Writer
DUBLIN — The Zen of Ken?
Hardly. Kenny Perry, a 47-year-old Kentucky native, is about as old school and down-to-earth as they come, a guy who eschews fancy swing coaches and expensive sports psychologists for good old-fashioned belief in self and faith in a higher power.
“God’s my psychologist,” he said.
You won’t find him [...]

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By ALBERT GRINDLE
Staff Writer
AKRON — The seniors on Brunswick’s softball team accomplished nearly everything a class could do except win a state championship.
They won 23, 23, 25 and 23 games — the most a class at Brunswick has ever won. They won the Pioneer Conference in 2006 for the first time in 20 seasons and [...]

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LEXINGTON — Buckeye junior Kyle Miller added his name to the long list of local qualifiers to the state track meet on Saturday afternoon.
Miller finished third in the boys 800-meter run at the Lexington Division II Regional, locking up a trip to Columbus this weekend. His time of 1:59.98 was nearly a half-second faster than [...]

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By BRIAN DULIK
The National Hockey League may never have a better chance to build its American fan base.
The 2008 Stanley Cup Finals feature the sport’s most exciting team — the Pittsburgh Penguins — against its most successful franchise — the Detroit Red Wings.
Add in two of the best players in the world in Pittsburgh center [...]

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By ALBERT GRINDLE
There’s been too many national columns for my taste buds to swallow lately, so let’s steal a page from the only 145-time award winner in Medina County history  — Gazette assistant sports editor Rick Noland — and take a spin around the world of local sports. …
Something has to be said for the [...]

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By KEVIN APRILE
Staff Writer
DUBLIN — He said he warmed up fine, but when third-round leader Mathew Goggin hit the first tee Sunday he had to admit he was battling more than just a tougher-than-usual Muirfield Village golf course.
Nerves were definitely a factor in his poor start and eventual tie-for-second finish, said Goggin, who was trying [...]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR

Staff Writer
MEDINA — Vandals armed with spray paint are covering the city.
“It (the spray-paint vandalism) started out in the parks, but now it’s spread to traffic control boxes and the sidewalks,” Lt. Bob Starcher said, “which are very public places and we’d like the public’s assistance in identifying these people.”
Starcher said some of [...]

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James A. Capron, 74, passed away Friday, May 30, 2008.
He was born in Akron and was a member of St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church in Norton. Mr. Capron was a foreman with Austin Printing Co., retiring after 42 years of service. He was a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and Knights of [...]

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George Alan Davis, 54, of Elyria, passed away Friday, May 23, 2008, in his home after a lengthy illness.
He was born April 30, 1954, in Elyria, where he was a lifelong resident. He worked many years for Medina Tool & Die Co. in Medina and was previously employed with Moen Inc., formerly Stanadyne in Elyria. [...]

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