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Davidson girls ring up state berths
Enlarge Image Chris Parker/ThisWeek Davidson’s Felicia Fantin competes in the breaststroke portion of the 200 medley relay during the Division I district meet Feb. 18 at Ohio State. Davidson finished seventh in 1:51.84 and qualified for the state meet. Buy This Photo By PAUL BATTERSON ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday February 22, 2012 9:37 AM Senior [...]
Read More >>Three Pickerington North wrestlers, Pickerington Central’s Chowoe win titles
At a glance Below are the sectional results for the Central and North wrestling teams: CENTRAL Feb. 18 — Finished third (194.5) in 10-team Division I sectional at home behind champion Olentangy (249.5) District qualifiers: A.J. Bondurant (152, 2-1, second), J.J. Chowoe (195, 3-0, first), Garrett Foster (182, 2-1, second), Tyler Hogue (113, 2-1, second), [...]
Read More >>Neeley, Evanichko lead Grove City
At a glance Below are the sectional results for the Central Crossing and Grove City wrestling teams: CENTRAL CROSSING Feb. 18 — Finished seventh (109) in 10-team Division I sectional at home behind champion Dublin Coffman (196.5) District qualifiers: Josh Wimer (106, 4-0, first), Dez Hauber (145, 4-0, first) and Vince Pickett (170, 4-0, first) [...]
Read More >>Relays lead swimming contingent to state
By SCOTT HENNEN ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday February 22, 2012 8:52 AM Relays have been the strength of the St. Charles Preparatory School swimming team for several years, and that dominance continued in the Division I district meet that concluded Feb. 18 at Ohio State. The Cardinals advanced all three relays to the state meet, [...]
Read More >>Ohio State men’s tennis falls short against USC for first loss – OSU
As much as the Ohio State men’s tennis team would like to, they just can’t win them all. The No. 3-ranked squad in the country fell to No. 1-ranked University of Southern California, 4-3, in the championship match of the 2012 Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Team Indoor Championship on Monday in Charlottesville, Va. The match [...]
Read More >>Golden Gales’ girls basketball team falls behind early, loses to Hilliard Bradley
LEWIS CENTER — Lancaster never could recover from a poor start. The Golden Gales fell behind early and lost 54-31 to Hilliard Bradley in a Division I second-round game Tuesday at Olentangy Orange. “Bradley shot lights out to start, and we didn’t,” Lancaster coach Sarah Chevalier said. “We missed our first four or five shots, [...]
Read More >>Hilliard fourth-grader chosen for state art exhibition
Hilliard Elementary School fourth-grader Sophia Gorski was chosen as an exhibitor for the 32nd annual Young People’s Art Exhibition, sponsored by the Ohio Art Education Association. Sophia will be recognized at a ceremony on March 10 at the Rhodes State Office Tower in Columbus. Her work is one of 140 pieces of student artwork from [...]
Read More >>Amateur announcements
It’s T-minus seven days for the NHL trade deadline, which arrives at 3 p.m. next Monday. Between 8 and 12 Blue Jackets gathered today for an optional skate in Nationwide Arena. Even in an almost-empty rink there’s an air of nervousness and anticipation. GM Scott Howson told The Dispatch today that no trade is immiment. [...]
Read More >>Class of 2013 college football scholarship offers begin
The 2013 class of area football standouts already has 11 players – 10 of whom are uncommitted – with verbal scholarship offers this winter, according to area high school coaches. Middletown junior quarterback Jalin Marshall became the area’s first verbal commitment of the 2013 class on Jan. 30 when he chose Ohio State. Marshall was [...]
Read More >>Permit fees vary widely; some are rising
Reynoldsburg businesses that want to install signs might be paying more — up to five times as much — just to get permission. The increase, and others like it, would bring in an additional $18,000 a year for the city, based on permits issued in 2010. Still, administrators say the various permit fees are meant [...]
Read More >>Gahanna’s Belli sets sights on state swim success
Gahanna Lincoln swimmer Morgan Belli is going back to the state meet this week. But the sophomore wasn’t exactly beaming after she qualified for another Canton trip at the Division I district meet Saturday, Feb. 18, at Ohio State University’s McCorkle Aquatic Center. She automatically advanced to states by virtue of her second place in [...]
Read More >>‘Gaffe-proof’ Santorum sticks to conservative message
Even after a weekend filled with controversy, Rick Santorum has continued to talk tough on conservative and religious principles. On Saturday, Santorum’s comments about Barack Obama dominated the headlines, when he seemed to suggest that Obama was not a true Christian. Whereas such a move may have proven devastating for other presidential campaigns, Santorum was [...]
Read More >>It’s on to Canton for New Albany swimmers
After winning the Division I sectionals last week, the New Albany boys swimming and diving team scored 134 points to take fifth place at the district meet Friday and Saturday, Feb. 17-18, at Ohio State’s McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. The girls finished in 10th (92). “It went great,” Eagles coach Dave Wharton said. “The kids swam [...]
Read More >>Sheffer, Boylan Pilot UM to Victory at Indiana
Courtney Boylan Feb. 19, 2012 • Box Score | Notes • Postgame Video: Highlights | Coach Borseth Site: Bloomington, Ind. (Assembly Hall)Score: Michigan 61, Indiana 48Records: U-M (19-8, 8-6 Big Ten), IU (5-22, 0-14 Big Ten)Next U-M Event: Thursday, Feb. 23 — vs. Purdue (Crisler Center), 6 p.m. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Rachel Sheffer (Watervliet, Mich./Watervliet) recorded a [...]
Read More >>Gales breeze past the competition en route to sectional championship
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 2–> PATASTAKA — When Lancaster’s qualifying wrestlers lined up for the national anthem prior to the finals at the sectional meet, it almost looked like a team photo shoot. That’s how dominant the Ohio Capital Conference-Ohio Division champions were in dispatching the competition en route to winning their second straight Division I [...]
Read More >>Senator Urges FDA To Monitor Importation Of Pet Food
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio calls on the Food and Drug Administration to investigate imported pet food. He appeared Sunday in Hilliard with Holly McCutcheon whose four-year-old dog, Jack, developed a rash and became sick after eating chicken jerky pet treats imported from China. Brown said that pets are like family members to [...]
Read More >>Local Women Say Houston’s Death Hits Close to Home – Cleveland News
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A magnificent voice that went silent way too soon: that’s how some Clevelanders are remembering Whitney Houston. It was not the usual chatty Saturday at the Bangs Salon and at the Transformers Hair Studio in South Euclid. Customers and stylists were fixed on the television, watching the funeral of Whitney Houston. Fans [...]
Read More >>Westlake Fourth-Grader’s Work Goes on State Exhibition
Hilliard Elementary School fourth-grader Sophia Gorski will have her painting displayed in the 32nd Young People’s Art Exhibition in Columbus. The show is put on every year by the Ohio Arts Education Association to spotlight the importance of arts education. Sophia will be recognized at a ceremony March 10 in Columbus, and her piece will appear with [...]
Read More >>Boys basketball roundup: Westerville South wins on three
Saturday February 18, 2012 6:04 AM Stephen O’Daniel hit a three-pointer as time expired, capping Westerville South’s rally from a 13-point deficit in a 58-57 victory over visiting Olentangy Liberty last night in an Ohio Capital Conference Cardinal Division game. Trailing by three with four seconds left, O’Daniel made a free throw and then missed [...]
Read More >>LaManna crushes Crabtree
By Kurt Wolfheimer at ringside Unbeaten Millville, New Jersey junior middleweight sensation Tommy “Cornflake” LaManna (7-0, 5KO’s) continued his winning ways before a near sellout crowd of about eight hundred strong on Friday night with a well deserved third round stoppage of Hilliard, Ohio’s Daniel Crabtree (3-4, 3KO’s) at Nutley High School in Nutley, New [...]
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