Moser leaves Hornets
Albert Grindle The Gazette GRANGER TWP. — Mike Moser saw another opportunity to go home and took it. The 37-year-old Wadsworth native and resident resigned this week as Highland girls basketball coach,...
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High school basketball: Wadsworth girls receive national honor
WADSWORTH — The season ended more than a week ago, but the honors keep coming for the Wadsworth girls basketball team. The Division I state champion Grizzlies (28-1) were informed Tuesday they have...
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Gazette MVPs: Football toughened Wadsworth’s Johnson on the way to stardom
Wadsworth youth quarterback Graham Blind lined up under center against Highland, poised to lead the offense down the Green Leaf Park field in Sharon Township. The Grizzlies were inside the 40-yard line...
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Coaching success has followed, but Wadsworth’s Booth remembers where he came...
A tall country boy from tiny Lucas, Ohio, has accomplished big things in a girls basketball coaching career at one of the most respected Division I programs in the state. He won’t be giving up the...
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Gazette MVP: Medina’s Teske cherished opportunity to be one of the guys
Boys basketball coach Chris Hassinger is minding his own business in a hallway at Medina High, engaging in a conversation or loudly making a quip. Lurking in the background is Jon Teske, who at...
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High school baseball: Pluta has big day on mound, at plate as Black River...
SULLIVAN TWP. — For being relatively new to pitching, Seth Pluta is doing all right. Seth Pluta The ace was unhittable for long stretches, got out of a couple jams and, for good measure, belted a...
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High school baseball: Wadsworth makes statement, manhandled state-ranked...
WADSWORTH — The runaway freight train known as the Wadsworth baseball team continued to rumble down the tracks. Taking most by surprise — except themselves, of course — the Grizzlies demolished...
View ArticleBees waste great effort by Curtis
Albert Grindle The Gazette STRONGSVILLE — The margin of error continues to be slim in the Greater Cleveland Conference. Ian Hennessey was masterful in throwing a 96-pitch two-hitter Friday as the...
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High school baseball: Drubbing by Strongsville shows Brunswick has much to...
BRUNSWICK — The soul-searching is under way. The Brunswick baseball team has played some of Ohio’s best already this season, but the results have shown there is plenty of catching up to do. Brunswick...
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High school baseball: Brunswick beats Medina to spoil Bees’ GCC title hopes
MEDINA — Playing spoiler can be pretty sweet. Brunswick’s Jake Williams looks to the umpire after tagging out Medina’s Collin Winters attempting to steal second base during the fourth inning. AARON...
View ArticleHigh school baseball: Munoz’s mighty swing helps Medina over Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — Dillon Munoz was supposed to ride the pine. Then he was supposed to bunt. Neither happened. Munoz instead unleashed the swing of his life Tuesday, crushing a two-run, opposite-field home...
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High school baseball: Wadsworth protects ‘the Swamp’ with Suburban League win...
WADSWORTH — Protect “The Swamp,” baby. Wadsworth’s Cameron Deemer pitches during the sixth inning. AARON JOSEFCZYK/GAZETTE The timing couldn’t have been better for the Wadsworth baseball team, which...
View ArticleHigh school baseball: Loss eliminates Medina from GCC contention; focus...
EUCLID — District championship or bust is the new focus for the Medina baseball team. After maintaining a mathematical chance to win the overall Greater Cleveland Conference title over the prior five...
View ArticleHigh school basketball: Buckeye assistant Banks named new Cloverleaf boys coach
WESTFIELD TWP. — Cloverleaf athletic director Craig Walkup got his man. Buckeye assistant, Wadsworth resident and Highland graduate Jack Banks has been approved as the new boys basketball coach at...
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High school baseball: Padua shoots gaps in win over Buckeye
PARMA — The Padua baseball team went shopping at The Gap. With five of their eight hits going for extra bases Monday, the Bruins’ investment in power paid off with a comfortable 5-1 victory over...
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High school softball: Cloverleaf beats Holy Name in barnburner to advance to...
LAGRANGE — Coach John Carmigiano was so fidgety during his postgame interview one may have deduced he drank three Red Bulls. Cloverleaf second baseman Maddie Huff makes a sliding grab to take a hit...
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High school baseball: Highland hangs tough, gets win over Wadsworth
BARBERTON — Odds are favorable that no one on the Highland baseball team will be remembered among the school’s all-time greats. These Hornets instead are made up of hard-nosed 16-, 17- and 18-year-olds...
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High school baseball: Loeding’s big season helps Highland reach new heights
Greg Loeding attacks. Period. End of story. The Highland baseball team’s senior catcher is a little bit of a throwback. He is chivalrous around adults. He increases the family laundry bill by blocking...
View ArticleHigh school baseball: Highland unafraid of matchup with St. Ignatius
PARMA — The St. Ignatius baseball team is a defending Division I state semifinalist and features big-time pitching recruits Connor Adams (Louisville) and Murphy O’Brien (St. Bonaventure). Highland’s...
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Gazette MVP: Medina’s Aukerman never backed down
Among Spencer Aukerman’s most cherished baseball memories date to when he played for the 11-and-under Medina Stars. Aukerman was the go-to reliever, often twisting batters into the dirt with a sick...
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