Archive for March 19th, 2013
Kicker Phil Dawson headed to San Francisco after 14 years with Browns
Phil Dawson is 78 points shy of Lou Groza’s record for most points in Browns history. Dawson is 17 games behind Clay Matthews for most played in team history.
Dawson
Dawson is no longer a member of the Browns.
After 14 years with Cleveland, Dawson signed a one-year contract Tuesday with the 49ers. He is taking his …Read More
Waiters out at least a week; surgery possible
INDEPENDENCE — The news was not good regarding the injured left knee of Cavaliers shooting guard Dion Waiters.
The team announced late Tuesday afternoon that the rookie will miss at least a week and probably longer due to a small, loose cartilage fragment that might require arthroscopic surgery.
Waiters, who is averaging 14.7 points and 3.0 …Read More
Chardon shooter gets three life sentences, mocks families
CHARDON — Wearing a T-shirt with “killer” scrawled across it, a teenager cursed and gestured obscenely as he was given three life sentences Tuesday for shooting to death three students in an Ohio high school cafeteria.
T.J. Lane, 18, had pleaded guilty last month to shooting at students in February 2012 at Chardon High School. Investigators …Read More
Indians: Daisuke Matsuzaka, Matt Capps won’t make roster, but Cleveland hopes they stick around
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Parting is such sweet sorrow that the Cleveland Indians often refuse to do it.
Matsuzaka
Capps
Manager Terry Francona and general manager Chris Antonetti bear little resemblance to William Shakespeare. Moreover, Matt Capps and Daisuke Matsuzaka will never be mistaken for Romeo and Juliet, but all four are about to take part in …Read More
High school basketball: All-star games begin tonight
GRANGER TWP. — One of the most universally liked experiences in area high school basketball will take place when the Medina County Senior All-Star Games — better known as “Hoopla” — tip off tonight at Highland High School.
The 24th annual doubleheader presented by the Brunswick Rotary begins with the girls game at 6. The boys …Read More
Boys basketball: Geschke, Wheeler top players in county
COLUMBUS — The top two players in Medina County earned accolades when the Division I and II All-Ohio boys basketball teams were released Monday by the Associated Press.
Medina senior Billy Geschke and Brunswick senior Kyle Wheeler were special mention in Division I after compiling high-scoring seasons in the deep Northeast Ohio Conference.
Billy Geschke
Kyle …Read More
Cavs show little effort against Pacers
CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers put forth a total team effort Monday night at Quicken Loans Arena. They all stunk.
Already without Kyrie Irving and Anderson Varejao, Cleveland lost rookie shooting guard Dion Waiters to a sore left knee after one quarter, then displayed no heart the rest of the night while falling 111-90 to the ailing …Read More
Medina School Board could face legal action
Read the documents:
• Agenda for Jan. 7 work session
• Minutes for Jan. 7 work session
• Revised minutes for Jan. 7 work session
• New superintendent contract approved Jan. 7
Loren Genson and David Knox
MEDINA — The first hint that Medina Schools Superintendent Randy Stepp had won a new contract didn’t come until more than two weeks after the school board approved …Read More
County engineer against raising maximum truck weight
MEDINA — Medina County Engineer Mike Salay is against a proposal to increase the maximum weight of tractor-trailers on state highways by more than 21 percent.
The problem is that trucks don’t always stay on state highways.
A truck passes through the intersection of State Road and West Liberty Street in Medina on Monday. (GAZETTE PHOTO …Read More
One arrest made at drunken driving checkpoint
WADSWORTH — Police and Ohio Highway Patrol troopers went looking for drunken drivers Saturday.
The good news is they didn’t find many.
Only one driver was arrested at an OVI checkpoint Saturday conducted 9 p.m. to midnight at 151 Main St.
The driver took a breath test and was found to have a 0.157 blood-alcohol level — almost …Read More