By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The game was over, the win finally preserved, and Shaun Rogers was spent.
He dropped to one knee in the middle of the field and stayed there. As his teammates celebrated, those wishing to include him in the party had to come to him.
“I was tired as all get-out,” Rogers [...]

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COLUMBUS - Ohio State’s big-game blues have seeped into the Big Ten.
A winner in pretty much every pivotal conference matchup since Jim Tressel took over as head coach, the Buckeyes were a loser Saturday night in the most unlikely of places. No. 3 Penn State 13, No. 10 Ohio State 6 - at Ohio Stadium.
A [...]

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By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
Today, players from 582 Ohio high schools handed over their football equipment and turned the page on the 2008 season. Cloverleaf, Highland and Brunswick were not among them as the three made the postseason and will play either Friday or Saturday in regional quarterfinal action.
The trio of Medina County teams is the [...]

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By ALBERT GRINDLE
Staff Writer
AKRON — So much for ending a hard-fought postseason boys soccer game on a clean note.
Highland and Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary had to go to overtime Saturday in the Brunswick Division II District championship and thanks to a penalty kick by Antonio D’Abrosco, the Fighting Irish advanced to regionals with a 2-1 [...]

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For the 16th Congressional District:
John Boccieri
We may be tired of hearing the word “change,” but it is clear domestically and internationally, America cannot continue its current path. It’s for this reason we endorse Democrat John Boccieri for U.S. representative in the 16th district, filling the seat of long-serving Republican Ralph Regula, who is retiring. Boccieri’s [...]

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Two radio-control car enthusiasts add fuel to their vehicles Saturday in the pit at Reagan Park Medina RC Raceway. Steve Forrester (not pictured), of Elyria, is one of four new co-owners who recently took control of the park. Forrester and other radio-control car drivers spent most of Saturday running two-hour endurance races during which teams [...]

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By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
WADSWORTH — A World Series Game 4 pitting the Tampa Bay Rays and Philadelphia Phillies would usually be greeted with a collective yawn in Northeast Ohio.
But Sunday’s pivotal matchup wasn’t just any major-league postseason tilt. The World Series has been around since 1903 and no one from Medina County has ever [...]

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Joshua U. Farrenholz, 24, of Medina, passed way Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008, in Medina.
He was born Aug. 28, 1984, in Elyria. He was a manager at the Wendy’s in Medina. Josh loved video games, hard rock music and fast cars. He was a loving husband and son, and was a great cook.
Josh is survived by [...]

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Edna Sadie Henderson, 88, of Medina, passed away Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008, at the home of her daughter, Jeannette Gavlak, in Lodi. She was surrounded by her loving family.
Edna was born Feb. 23, 1920, in London, England. She was an only child who spent her summers bicycling to England’s beaches with her lifelong friend [...]

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Albert Russell Wells, 81, of Medina, went to his heavenly home on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008.
A complete obituary will appear in Tuesday’s Gazette.
Bauer Funeral Home, Valley City, is handling the arrangements.

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