Archive for February 19th, 2013
40th Birthday – Phillips
Jason Dean Phillips
Happy 40th Birthday
All Our Love,
Mom & Dad
50th Anniversary – Greene
Bonnie & John Greene
John and Bonnie Greene will celebrate 50 years of
True Love on Cloud “9″ this week! They were married
February 23, 1963 at St. Ambrose Church in Brunswick.
They have four children and three grandchildren.
Thousands pack Medina’ Public Square for Ice Festival
MEDINA — A record 25,000 to 30,000 people attended the 19th annual Ice Festival this weekend, according to Matt Wiederhold, Main Street Medina’s executive director.
Wiederhold credited the record turnout to the perfect weather — cold, but not too cold — the larger number of ice sculptures and the added attraction of the Visit Orlando tent.
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Black River coach hopes to score levy win
SULLIVAN — Black River coach Al Young is a winner on the gridiron. Now he’s trying to score a victory with voters.
Young, the most successful football coach in Medina and Ashland county histories, is co-chairing Friends of Black River Schools, a levy committee promoting an 8.7-mill, five-year levy on the May 7 primary ballot.
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Highland equestrian, his horse heading to Otterbein
HINCKLEY TWP. — Matthew Willham is going to Otterbein University this fall.
But he’s not going alone. He’s taking his horse with him — with the help of a major sponsor backing his equestrian career.
Michael Willham and his horse Elmgaarden Affair stand at the entrance to the trails outside the Hinckley Equestrian Center on Monday …Read More
Sectional basketball: Hornets dominate Ellet on the glass
MEDINA — The Highland girls basketball team looked like the Boston Bruins on Monday night.
The fourth-seeded Hornets utilized three completely different lineups in the first quarter and continued using 15 players the rest of the game en route to a 70-35 victory over No. 9 Ellet in first-round play at the Medina Division I Sectional.
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Medina’s Alexis Smith selects Ashland University
MEDINA — It was worth the wait for Medina’s Alexis Smith when it came to selecting a college.
Out of all the schools that expressed interest in the standout distance runner, it was the last one she visited that ended up catching her eye.
Alexis Smith
Smith liked what Ashland University had to offer on the track …Read More
NFL Draft: Mike Mayock sees linebacker as good fit for Browns
NFL Network’s Mike Mayock agrees with the other draft analysts who believe the Browns should take a pass rusher with the No. 6 pick in April.
But Mayock has a different name at the top of his list for Cleveland: Georgia outside linebacker Jarvis Jones.
Georgia’s Jarvis Jones, left, tackles Georgia Tech’s David Sims in a …Read More
Prep Athletes of the Week for Feb. 19
Brennan Scott
Boys Basketball
Brennan Scott, Highland: Senior power forward had 11 points and 10 rebounds in 40-32 win over rival Wadsworth in Suburban League action. … Made four straight free throws in final minute to seal victory. … Second varsity season. … Younger brother Brogan is team’s leading scorer.
Sarah Kinch
Girls Basketball
Sarah Kinch, Medina: …Read More
Scoring dry spells sink Pirates in sectional action
BARBERTON — Either the St. Thomas Aquinas girls basketball team played great defense or Black River was horrible on offense. Or both.
The Knights beat the Pirates 32-22 Monday night in the Barberton Division III Sectional, holding Black River to four points in the first half and none in the second quarter.
Morgan Leach
The Pirates (5-18) …Read More