There’s a laidback game of one-on-one taking place in the Keystone gym. The big guy is on defense. He moves in from behind his driving opponent, stuffs an attempted layup and the ball goes out of bounds.
He and the offensive player laugh about it, because the big guy has a slight advantage.
He’s Colin Irish, a [...]

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The seats were excellent.
“We got right in the middle of the field, it was in Row 5 … it was nice,” Elyria Catholic’s Josh Russ said.
Russ and Panthers teammate Jared Schuster took in a Big Ten battle a couple weeks ago between Illinois and visiting Iowa. It wasn’t because the EC players are big Illini [...]

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Players from Southwestern Conference playoff qualifiers Avon Lake and Amherst were well represented on the first team all-conference list.
Five Comets — Ryan Bartizal (senior tight end), Brandon Morgan (senior, running back), Matt Elbert (senior, kicker), T.J. Harrah (senior, defensive line) and Cody Wenrich (senior, linebacker) — were first teamers. 
Five members of Avon Lake’s co-championship team [...]

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 A successful team needs solid players and no area team was more successful that the Avon Eagles this season.
Just nine days after their regional championship appearance, the Eagles placed seven players on the All-Ohio Division II list — including three first-team selections, the most by a Lorain County team since Elyria Catholic had four in [...]

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Firelands’ Rachael Melendez, Ohio’s leading goal scorer — boys or girls — and Avon’s Megan Repas, who led Avon to a second straight regional semifinal, are Division II first-team All-Ohio soccer players.
They are among 10 area players to receive all-state recognition from the Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association. Their selections are posted on the OSSCA [...]

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Vermilion resident Dick Scott will be enshrined into the Ohio Association for Track and Cross Country Coaches (OATCCC) Hall of Fame. The former Bay High head cross country coach and assistant track coach enjoyed a stellar coaching career from 1969-81.
Scott led Bay to an incredible run of 10 straight state meet appearances from 1971-80.
That stretch [...]

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SOUTHWESTERN CONFERENCE
FALL 2008 ALL-SWC TEAMS
VOLLEYBALL
FINAL SWC STANDINGS
Olmsted Falls 14-0; Amherst and Brecksville 11-3; North Olmsted and Westlake 6-8; Avon Lake 5-9; Berea 2-12; Midpark 1-13
FIRST TEAM
Olmsted Falls: Lauren Whyte (sr.), Dayna Roberts (soph.); Amherst: Deme Morales (soph.), Ashley Aponte (sr.); Brecksville: Meredith Paskert (sr.); North Olmsted: Amanda Balasko (sr.); Avon Lake: Kalli Wakefield (sr.); Westlake: [...]

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Avon Lake snagged the most special honors in the Lorain County Soccer Coaches Association awards for the past season.
In Division I,  Trisha Wladecki was girls player of the year and Kiko Lopez the top girls coach, while Nick Siko was the boys player of the year.
Avon, Firelands and Lake Ridge were all double winners.
For Avon, [...]

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LORAIN — Amanda Medvetz carried on an Elyria tradition when she was named Miss Volleyball 2008 on Wednesday night at Southview High School.
The award, sponsored by Burger King, goes to the best senior volleyball player in Lorain County as chosen by a special committee.
Medvetz is the 12th Elyria High winner in the 24 years of [...]

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LORAIN — It was an odd night.
That is, the teams with odd numbers were the winners Wednesday in the 2008 Lorain County Volleyball Coaches Association’s Senior All-Star matches at Southview High.
In the first match, Team 1 prevailed 25-16, 25-15 and 25-21 over Team 2. Team 3 defeated Team 4 25-23, 27-25 and 25-10 in the [...]

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