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Baseball sectionals: Perfect Wadsworth moves on after 5-1 win over Copley
WADSWORTH — Cue the 2010 DJ Khaled song “All I do is win.” The Wadsworth baseball team is still undefeated. Craig Palidar Wil Rock Nick Bebout No. 9 hitter Wil Rock provided the icebreaking hit, Nick...
View ArticleMagics turn tables on Bees
Albert Grindle The Gazette MEDINA — Sometimes role reversals aren’t fun. The Medina softball team had eliminated Barberton from the tournament in each of the last three seasons by a combined 22-6...
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Baseball districts: Wadsworth won’t look past Brecksville
The Wadsworth baseball team believes it has sacrificed too much to allow its season to end tonight in the loaded Hudson Division I District semifinals. Nick Bebout Fourth-seeded Brecksville (21-5) will...
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District baseball championship: Close call stops Wadsworth cold in title game
HUDSON — The stuff fairytales are made of ended in the nightmare of a lifetime. Wadsworth designated hitter Alex Laikos was at the plate Wednesday in the Hudson Division I District championship with...
View ArticleClady jumps at chance to coach again
Albert Grindle The Gazette YORK TWP. — A seven-minute car drive from Buckeye High to home was enough for Ron Clady to end his self-imposed coaching hiatus. The LiverpoolTownship resident stepped down...
View ArticleAll-Ohio baseball: Wadsworth’s senior duo Riley Campbell, Nick Bebout honored
The postseason awards continued to roll in for Riley Campbell and Nick Bebout. The Wadsworth senior stars picked up the biggest accolades of their careers when the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches...
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Baseball All-Gazette: Riley Campbell, Nick Bebout put themselves among Medina...
Wadsworth seniors Riley Campbell and Nick Bebout are the 2015 Gazette co-MVPs for baseball. (RON SCHWANE / PHOTO ILLUSTRATION) One was an easygoing, unbeatable strike-throwing machine who painted...
View ArticleWalter smashed records, won championships with Bucks in 1970s
Albert Grindle The Gazette Jim Walter donned his Buckeye uniform for the final time 39 years and two days ago. The 5-foot-9, 175-pound bona fide star pitched three shutout innings of relief and drove...
View ArticleGolf: Spencer Koch breaks Fox Meadow course record held by his father
MONTVILLE TWP. — Spencer Koch was wound so tightly as dusk approached Wednesday, he walked off the Fox Meadow Country Club course late in the round, went home and grabbed his oldest brother, Josh,...
View ArticleBoys basketball: Highland selects Adam Cestaro as new coach
GRANGER TWP. — A familiar face within the Highland community has been named the 19th boys basketball coach in school history. Already in the loop as a high school history teacher and freshman coach,...
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Ohio Open: Parker Hewit frustrated with one of those days
WESTFIELD CENTER — Only a talented 25-year-old playing on his home course could find fault after shooting 67. Parker Hewit That was how Westfield Center native Parker Hewit summarized the first round...
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Ohio Open: Thunderstorms suspend play
WESTFIELD CENTER — Northeast Ohio weather forecasters were the stars of the Ohio Open on Tuesday, as scattered thunderstorms were right on cue and suspended second-round action at 2:50 p.m. Parker...
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Golf: Record day for Hewit, county golfer makes history at Westfield
WESTFIELD CENTER — Parker Hewit had a heart-to-heart with himself, cleared his head and made history. Parker Hewit of Westfield Center tees off on the 13th hole on the Westfield Group Country Club’s...
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Boys basketball: Matt Saunders out, Tom Harrington in at Buckeye
YORK TWP. — The opportunities were too enticing to ignore. At 31 years old, Buckeye boys basketball coach Matt Saunders realized an offer to become assistant principal at Barberton Elementary West was...
View ArticleNew-look Suburban League promises to be interesting
Behind-the-scenes work two years in the making culminates Friday when the new-look Suburban League gets completely under way with the opening kickoffs of the football season. “Intriguing” is the first...
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Basketball: Ashland basketball lands Jodi Johnson
WADSWORTH — The Ashland women’s basketball program snared another big fish. Jodi Johnson Wadsworth first-team All-Ohioan Jodi Johnson is going to give up volleyball, as the senior accepted the Division...
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Football Week 1: All for one, Brunswick switches to flexbone
Brunswick’s new offense will center around quarterback Nick Horton (3) running the flexbone to Zach Snyder (34), Marc Davis (11) and Jordan Sadler. (RON SCHWANE / GAZETTE) The 1978 Van Halen song...
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Zelinski throws two TDs as Highland christens new...
GRANGER TWP. — For one night, Tyler Zelinski, Sam Jenkins and Taran Treb felt like royalty. Highland quarterback Tyler Zelinski throws under heavy pressure from Brunswick’s Sam Sottosanti during the...
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Football Week 2: Jimmy Daw’s drawing attention, but he’s taking it in stride
Jimmy Daw’s going to be Jimmy Daw whether he’s Jimmy Daw the standout running back or Jimmy Daw the regular ol’ high school student. Medina football coach Dan Sutherland wouldn’t want his junior...
View ArticlePolidori powers Bucks
Albert Grindle The Gazette ROCKY RIVER — Nathan Polidori flashed a million-dollar smile and, other than sweaty, jet black hair, appeared no worse for wear. Buckeye offensive coordinator Bill Turner’s...
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