second thoughts on the Tribe
In Tuesday’s DR, my preseason outlook at the Indians wasn’t real positive. But, before the first pitch of the 2012 season has been thrown, I think I need to add a little bit of hope to what’s going to happen this season on the corner of Carnegie and Ontario. Why am I backtracking so soon? [...]
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Craft a throwback point guard
It was a great run for the Ohio State basketball team, which had its season ended in a Final Four loss against Kansas late Saturday night. The Buckeyes peaked at just the right time to make their unexpected run. It was a treat to watch their team brand of basketball, led by All-American center Jared [...]
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Super Contest goes to Patriots
In about 24 hours the Super Bowl will kick off and lots of people will either begin losing a bunch of money, food, friends and etc. The commercials will run constantly and I will be tuning in just to see which one is the funniest this year on top of watching Tom Brady win his [...]
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Mission: Lock down Ohio
Like thousands of other people, I was very interested in what was going to happen this past Wednesday. It was National Letter of Intent signing day and I was very interested to see who Urban Meyer would haul in as part of his first recruiting class and where local athletes go. I saw that Stewart [...]
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What about Weeden?
It is the week before the Super Bowl as the calendar marks early February, which means that the Cleveland Browns have now been out of playoff contention for at least three months. While other franchises made the leap from cellar-dweller to playoff participant (i.e. the Houston Texans, Cincinnati Bengals, even the Denver Broncos) this season, [...]
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Grossi a Twitter casualty …
… or, how to lose your beat in 140 characters or less. Longtime Browns beat writer Tony Grossi, in case you missed it, has been reassigned by the Cleveland Plain Dealer after a recent tweet he made on Browns owner Randy Lerner, calling him “pathetic” and “irrelevant.” PD editors chose to pull Grossi from covering [...]
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Doug Haas hired as Wooster High FB coach
Doug Haas was hired as the new Wooster High varsity football coach at the district’s Board meeting Tuesday night. Haas, 40, completed his third year at Cloverleaf this past fall and had a 14-16 overall record leading the Colts. Prior to that he coached Triway (13-18) and Rittman (17-14) for three seasons each, leading both [...]
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The Legacy of Joe Paterno
Just heard the news update of Joe Paterno’s health status and it isn’t good. His status is being characterized as serious and the Paterno Family isn’t commenting on it further. Leaves me to think of the legacy that Joe Paterno could leave behind. I think of the unanswered questions that so many people want to [...]
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Boys H.S. Basketball postponements Friday, Jan. 13
Boys High School Basketball postponments Friday, Jan. 13 (re-schedule date in parentheses) Smithville at Northwestern (1/17/12). CVCA at Triway (1/14/12). Wooster at Lexington (2/4/12) Norwayne at Hillsdale (1/28/12) Waynedale vs Rittman (1/14/12) Other: OCC Diving Championships at Wooster High School (1/14/12 2 pm, after swimming competitions) If you know of any others please post them. [...]
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Wooster High narrows coaching search to eight
The Wooster High School football coaching search has been narrowed to eight candidates from a pool of approximately 50 applicants, athletic director Andy Kellar said. The interview process started Wednesday. The Generals are seeking a replacement for Mike McCreary, who resigned Dec. 12 following a 69-63 record over 13 seasons. That included a 4-6 record [...]
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