Court Report

Brunswick’s Kyle Wheeler is rare five-tool player

Kyle Wheeler has always been one of those basketball players who does a bit of everything.

Now, with teammate and leading scorer Ryan Badowski expected to miss at least three weeks with a hip flexor injury, the 6-foot-5 Brunswick senior will have to do a lot of everything.

Kyle Wheeler has become Brunswick’s go-to player with …Read More

Grizzlies deadly from downtown vs. Cloverleaf

WESTFIELD TWP. — Haley Hassinger and her teammates on the Wadsworth girls basketball team got their 3-point shooting eye back Wednesday night.

Mired in a 2-for-22 slump from long range over their last two games, the Grizzlies canned eight 3-pointers in 14 attempts while cruising to an 86-30 Suburban League victory over Cloverleaf.

Wadsworth’s Peyton Booth …Read More

Boys basketball: Bucks up to old tricks once again

WESTFIELD TWP. — Once Buckeye’s boys basketball team gets this whole play-a-complete-game thing down, it’s going to very, very hard to beat.

In the meantime, the Bucks continue to win because they’ve figured out the other Rubik’s Cube known as a pressure-packed fourth quarter. Cloverleaf found out Tuesday as Buckeye pulled away 62-50 in non-league action.

Stow’s rebounding gives sluggish Bees plenty of headaches

MEDINA — Home games against anyone not named Wadsworth have been almost automatic for Medina’s girls basketball team during the past two-plus seasons.

The Bees got a wakeup call Saturday.

Medina’s Sarah Kinch goes up for a shot against Stow’s Madison Baer, left, and Christina Vaughn. (GAZETTE PHOTO BY RON SCHWANE)

Stow came out swinging, dominated the …Read More

Defensive adjustment keys Highland’s victory vs. Akron North

GRANGER TWP. — It wasn’t nearly as automatic as everyone wearing green thought it would be.

The Akron North boys basketball team gave Highland all it could handle for 2½ quarters Tuesday. The Vikings were winning every hustle play and the seemingly disinterested Hornets were struggling to gain any momentum.

Highland’s Brogan Scott fights for a …Read More

Boys
(All games start at 7:15 p.m., unless noted)
BLACK RIVER
Dec. 1 RITTMAN
Dec. 4 at Chippewa
Dec. 7 BROOKLYN
Dec. 11 at Clearview
Dec. 14 COLUMBIA
Dec. 18 at Brookside
Dec. 22 MAPLETON
Jan. 4 at Wellington
Jan. 8 KEYSTONE
Jan. 11 at Firelands
Jan. 15 at Northwestern
Jan. 18 BUCKEYE
Jan. 22 at Fairview
Jan. 25 LUTHERAN WEST
Jan. 29 at Oberlin
Feb. 1 BROOKSIDE
Feb. 5 WELLINGTON
Feb. 8 at Keystone
Feb. 9 NEW LONDON
Feb. 15 FIRELANDS
Feb. 16 SOUTH CENTRAL
Feb. 19 at Buckeye

BRUNSWICK
Nov. 30 Columbus Westland at Grove City Tip-Off Classic, 6 p.m.
Dec. 1 at Grove City Tip-Off Classic, TBA
Dec. 4 NORTH OLMSTED
Dec. 8 Niagara Falls at Cataract City Classic (Niagara Falls) , 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 11 PARMA
Dec. 13 SHAKER HEIGHTS
Dec. 15 Pickerington Central at Play-4-Cancer Shootout (Jackson), 4 p.m.
Dec. 18 at Garfield Heights
Dec. 28 HOLIDAY HOOPS CLASSIC
Dec. 29 HOLIDAY HOOPS CLASSIC, TBA
Jan. 4 at Medina
Jan. 6 Richmond Heights at Scholastic Play-by-Play Classic (Baldwin-Wallace), 5:45 p.m.
Jan. 11 STRONGSVILLE
Jan. 18 at Mentor
Jan. 22 at Stow
Jan. 26 Firestone at Dunk 4 Diabetes Shootout (Walsh University), TBA
Feb. 1 TWINSBURG
Feb. 5 at Shaker Heights
Feb. 8 GARFIELD HEIGHTS
Feb. 12 MEDINA
Feb. 15 at Strongsville
Feb. 22 MENTOR

BUCKEYE
Dec. 1 NORWAYNE
Dec. 4 ELYRIA CATHOLIC
Dec. 7 COLUMBIA
Dec. 11 at Fairview
Dec. 14 LUTHERAN WEST
Dec. 18 at Wellington
Dec. 22 at Smithville, Noon
Dec. 28 at Highland
Jan. 4 FIRELANDS
Jan. 8 at Brookside
Jan. 11 at Keystone
Jan. 15 at Cloverleaf
Jan. 18 at Black River
Jan. 22 at Oberlin
Jan. 25 BROOKLYN
Jan. 29 at Clearview
Feb. 1 WELLINGTON
Feb. 5 at Firelands
Feb. 8 BROOKSIDE
Feb. 12 at Amherst
Feb. 15 KEYSTONE
Feb. 19 BLACK RIVER

CLOVERLEAF
Nov. 30 WOOSTER
Dec. 4 at Holy Name
Dec. 7 WADSWORTH
Dec. 11 at Nordonia
Dec. 14 at Revere
Dec. 18 HIGHLAND
Dec. 21 GREEN
Dec. 28 DiFranco Tournament at Midview, TBA
Dec. 29 DiFranco Tournament at Midview, TBA
Jan. 2 at Keystone
Jan. 4 COPLEY
Jan. 11 TALLMADGE
Jan. 15 BUCKEYE
Jan. 18 at Wadsworth
Jan. 25 NORDONIA
Feb. 1 REVERE
Feb. 5 at Highland
Feb. 8 at Green
Feb. 9 MADISON
Feb. 12 BROOKLYN
Feb. 15 at Copley Feb. 22 at Tallmadge

HIGHLAND
Dec. 1 at Brecksville
Dec. 4 PARMA
Dec. 7 at Green
Dec. 11 REVERE
Dec. 14 at Tallmadge
Dec. 18 at Cloverleaf
Dec. 21 NORDONIA
Dec. 22 at Valley Forge
Dec. 28 BUCKEYE
Jan. 4 at Wadsworth
Jan. 8 AKRON NORTH
Jan. 11 COPLEY
Jan. 18 GREEN
Jan. 22 NORTH ROYALTON
Jan. 25 at Revere
Jan. 29 HUDSON
Feb. 1 TALLMADGE
Feb. 5 CLOVERLEAF
Feb. 8 at Nordonia
Feb. 15 WADSWORTH
Feb. 19 at Ellet
Feb. 22 at Copley

MEDINA
Dec. 7 at Brush
Dec. 11 MAYFIELD
Dec. 14 GARFIELD HEIGHTS
Dec. 15 Elyria at Play-4-Cancer Shootout (Jackson), TBA
Dec. 18 at Mentor
Dec. 21 at Avon Lake
Dec. 27 at Hudson Holiday Tournament, 6 p.m.
Dec. 29 at Hudson Holiday Tournament, TBA
Jan. 4 BRUNSWICK
Jan. 5 NORDONIA
Jan. 11 SHAKER HEIGHTS
Jan. 18 at Strongsville
Jan. 22 WADSWORTH
Jan. 25 at Solon
Feb. 5 at Garfield Heights
Feb. 8 MENTOR
Feb. 12 at Brunswick
Feb. 15 at Shaker Heights
Feb. 19 EAST
Feb. 22 STRONGSVILLE

WADSWORTH
Nov. 30 FIRESTONE
Dec. 7 at Cloverleaf
Dec. 8 North Canton Hoover at Hoops 4 Healing (Lake), 6:45 p.m.
Dec. 11 GREEN
Dec. 14 NORDONIA
Dec. 18 at Copley
Dec. 21 at Tallmadge
Jan. 4 HIGHLAND
Jan. 8 HUDSON
Jan. 11 at Revere
Jan. 15 at Barberton
Jan. 18 CLOVERLEAF
Jan. 22 at Medina
Jan. 25 at Green
Jan. 29 AVON
Feb. 1 at Nordonia
Feb. 2 at Wooster
Feb. 5 COPLEY
Feb. 8 TALLMADGE
Feb. 15 at Highland
Feb. 16 ORRVILLE
Feb. 22 REVERE

Grizzlies win easy vs. Akron Garfield, 88-16

By Chad Grant MEDINA — Wadsworth girls basketball coach Andrew Booth joked with his daughter, forward Peyton Booth, after the game that she led the team in a negative stat. She did. She committed the Grizzlies’ only foul of the game. That statistic alone perfectly sums up top-seeded Wadsworth’s nearly flawless 88-16 Medina Division I...
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Boys basketball: Twin towers help Grizzlies post win

WADSWORTH — Having two quality post players is a luxury in boys basketball. Wadsworth possesses that luxury — and its 6-foot-5 twin towers were dominant on Friday night. Kyle Prunty and Nathan Pound combined for 27 points, 25 rebounds and six assists, powering the Grizzlies to a 63-46 Suburban League win over Revere in the...
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Boys basketball: Blue Devils stun No. 8 Cardinals

BRUNSWICK — Kyle Wheeler wasn’t starting the mosh pit Friday without Tom Harrington. With his Brunswick jersey peeled off, Wheeler ran outside the locker room, bear-hugged the assistant coach and dragged him inside while laughing along the way. Once there, one of the wildest celebrations under longtime head coach Joe Mackey could probably be heard...
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Bees celebrate senior night with win over Strongsville

MEDINA — The Medina boys basketball team used Friday to reminisce, but didn’t lose sight of the present. Now the Bees will turn their full attention to the postseason. With a large and raucous crowd on hand, Medina celebrated senior night with a 72-54 Northeast Ohio Conference Stars Division victory over Strongsville. One of four...
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Colts’ basketball team gets glimpse of future

WESTFIELD TWP. — The Cloverleaf boys basketball team got a great look at its future. Even better, it came in a blowout win. The Colts received strong performances Friday from sophomores Cliff Collyer and Connor Ploucha, who helped lead a 61-48 triumph over Tallmadge in Suburban League play. “We played intense for almost the entire...
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