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 | West Geauga icers have brotherly love
12/23/2008
In the "Slap Shot" film, a lot of popularity of Paul Newman's hockey team is due to the players on the team known as the Hanson brothers.
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 | Preppers seek to pin down more history
12/17/2008
Last season the University School wrestling team set a school record when it became the first Preppers' grappling squad to finish in the top four of the team standings at the state tournament.
Seven months later, coach Sean Grosz and his wrestlers are in
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| | Solon grad breaks college receiving mark
12/10/2008
Solon High School graduate David Ravida became the all-time leading receiver for the football team at Washington & Jefferson College, of Washington, Pa., Nov. 29 with four catches in a 35-20 victory
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 | CVC boys' basketball hopes high for season
12/03/2008
The Chagrin Valley Conference boys' basketball season is right around the corner. Here's a look at the area teams:
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| | Soccer pen pals get kicks on field and off
11/26/2008
Irenna Taylor leads a double life, but both of those lives are filled with soccer balls.
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| | Local runner named UAA athlete of week
11/26/2008
Kenston High School graduate Taryn Surtees, of Bainbridge, was named University Athletic Association athlete of the week Nov. 18 after placing fifth overall in the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional cross-country championships in Rock Island, Ill.
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 | Chagrin grad shares in Mount Union spotlight
11/19/2008
When athletes move from high school to college, they most often enter a new world. The playing field is the same, but the level of competition increases by leaps and bounds.
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| | Solon grad receives NCAC soccer honor
11/19/2008
Solon High School graduate Jordan Bamberger was named North Coast Athletic Conference women's soccer player of the week Nov. 9 following her goalkeeper performances in Wittenberg University's conference tournament championship run.
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 | Tigers dominate everything, except score
11/12/2008
Statistics don't win games. But when the Chagrin Falls football team puts some time and distance between itself and last Saturday's Division III playoff loss to Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit, the Tigers will remember that they largely dominated the game t
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 | Gilmour spikers fall short in state title match
11/12/2008
For the 2008 Gilmour Academy volleyball team, this season was one step closer than last year to the state championship.
In only its second setback of the season, the Lancers lost the Division III state championship to Albany Alexander last Saturday in st
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| | Victorious Lancers to tangle with Ursuline
11/05/2008
The playoff road isn't always an easy route. Gilmour Academy won its Division V quarterfinal playoff game last Saturday against visiting Crestwood Norwayne, 48-21, and immediately the Lancers' next rung on the ladder became one that's much more precario
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| | Tigers fall short but gain playoffs
10/29/2008
The Chagrin Falls Tigers have lived to see a week 11 in the 2008 high school football season. By virtue of their 7-3 record, despite a loss to Perry last Friday night, the Tigers will be playing in the opening round of Division III playoffs.
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| | Gilmour girls capture cross-country regional
10/29/2008
For the fourth year in a row, the Gilmour girls' cross-country team is headed for the state championships after winning the Division III regional meet last Saturday.
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 | Prepper golfers take third straight state crown
10/22/2008
University School's golf team is etching its name in history.
The Prepper garnered their third consecutive state championship and fifth in school history, tying them for third place in total state titles.
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 | Chagrin booters make moves in second season
10/22/2008
For those high schools both lucky and good enough, there is a second season of soccer just beginning.
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| | Age is relative for touch football league
10/15/2008
Those who remember the old American Football League might also remember than it only lasted for 10 years as a separate entity. AFL historians might also remember George Blanda, who played in the AFL, moved to the NFL, and played until he was 48 years old.
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| | Solon, Gilmour make run into districts
10/15/2008
There is no off-track wagering in the State of Ohio for cross-country. But it there were, it would be likely that two area schools would have a few bets posted on them for the postseason meets.
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| | Comet girls net respect on tennis courts
10/09/2008
During the off-season last year, Solon girls' tennis coach Linda Fox had all the reason in the world to feel confident. Her team had just finished the 2007 season with a 19-2 record, and her two top singles players were due to be back for another varsity
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| | Chagrin, Aurora CVC football showdown set
10/09/2008
The showdown is set in the Chagrin Valley Conference Friday night at 7 at C.S. Harris Stadium in Chagrin Falls. That's when Chagrin Falls and Aurora -- leaders of the Chagrin Division with 4-0 records -- meet with the winner taking the upper hand with two
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 | Unbeaten Bombers volley way up state rankings
10/01/2008
How does a team improve on a 20-plus game season in 2007 in which they only had four losses?
There's an easy answer. During the next season, you try to only lose three games. Or, maybe only two. If you're lucky, perhaps even just one.
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 | Tough schedule puts Comets in spotlight
10/01/2008
Solon jumped from 12th place to sixth place in Division I, Region I, of the Ohio High School Athletic Association computer rankings following a 42-7 triumph over host Lakewood last Friday night in a Northeast Ohio Conference clash.
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| | Tigers, Wolves, Hawks post wins in CVC
09/24/2008
In the second week of Chagrin Valley Conference action, the winning teams from the area included Chagrin Falls, West Geauga and Hawken.
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| | Comets get back on winning track against Hudson
09/24/2008
After suffering losses in its previous two games, Solon's football team got itself back into the win column last Friday as the Comets hosted Hudson and came out with a 38-13 nonconference victory.
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 | Chagrin, Kenston post CVC opening victories
09/18/2008
After three weeks of nonconference contests, regular season play got under way in the Chagrin Valley Conference last week. Two of the big winners were Chagrin Falls and Kenston.
In a neighborhood rivalry, Chagrin Falls defeated West Geauga last Friday, 2
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 | Comets get shut out in defensive struggle
09/18/2008
Last year, Mayfield's football team went four games deep into the playoffs before finally being eliminated, one game short of making it to the title game.
Despite the losses that all teams face each year to senior graduation, Mayfield proved it was still
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 | Chagrin, West G ready for opening CVC showdown
09/11/2008
After three weeks of nonconeferncefootball games, Chagrin Valley Conference action begins this weekend. West Geauga visits Chagrin Falls, Orange travels to Wickliffe, Kenston heads to Beachwood and Hawken hosts Berkshire. In a nonconference contest, Unive
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| | Mentor continues mastery over Comets
09/11/2008
Fans who went to Jerome T. Osborne Stadium in Mentor to see a good high school football game last Friday night weren't disappointed. The already well-established rivalry between Solon and Mentor was scheduled for its annual appearance. The fact that the
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 | Comets seek answer to Mentor nemesis
09/03/2008
There's a history between Solon and Mentor. It's not quite of Hatfield and McCoy proportions, but any fan of Solon football knows that the Mentor Cardinals ended Solon's playoff seasons in 2006 and 2007. In post-season play, Mentor defeated Solon, 45-0, i
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| | Comets upend Canton McKinley in opener
08/27/2008
Solon made it past the first hurdle of the obstacle course better known as its 2008 schedule. Last Saturday, the Comets played one of the most storied football programs in the state, Canton McKinley, and they came away with a 24-10 victory at Fawcett Stad
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 | Comets, Canton McKinley tangle in opener
08/20/2008
The 2008 Solon football schedule is a journey, and head coach Jim McQuaide is a navigator who doesn't think much at all about short cuts.
The Comets open up their season Saturday when they travel to Canton for a non-conference matchup against one of the
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 | Gates Mills tennis ace qualifies for U.S. Open
08/20/2008
Move over Chris Evert. You too, Mary Joe Fernandez, Zina Garrison and Betsy Nagelson. Make room for Lauren Davis, a 14-year-old tennis sensation from Gates Mills.
All five of those tennis players won the United States Tennis Association Championships, bu
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 | Area riders win in state and out
08/13/2008
Less than a week before her 17th birthday, Chagrin Falls' equestrienne Jennifer Waxman was crowned with Overall Grand Championship at the 2008 East Coast United States Equestrian Federation Junior Hunter Championship Finals last week Horse Shows In The Su
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 | Backup quarterback turning some heads
08/07/2008
St. Ignatius junior quarterback Mark Myers won't be the starter heading into the season, but he's already being touted as a player to watch in the State of Ohio by some college recruiting services.
A Pepper Pike resident, Myers received a brief glimpse o
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 | Chagrin riders
07/30/2008
It's been a long road for 16-year-old Jennifer Waxman, of Chagrin Falls, as she travels around the country competing at horse shows, but it was at the Chagrin Valley Hunter Jumper Classic earlier this month where an equestrian epiphany manifested in her o
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 | Swim relays overcome new challenges
07/23/2008
The 39th annual swimming of the Chagrin Valley Invitational Relays last Saturday took some new directions. But when the gold medals were added up at the end of the meet, it was just like old times for the host Chagrin Valley Recreation Center team, w
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