Archive for December 1st, 2007
Boys basketball: Big lead leads to big win as Firelands downs Elyria Catholic
HENRIETTA TWP. — Elyria Catholic made it interesting in the fourth quarter Friday night, but Firelands’ huge first-half lead proved too difficult to overcome as the Falcons downed the Panthers 74-63 in a non-conference boys basketball game.
Firelands led the Panthers 42-18 with 1:35 remaining in the second quarter before EC’s spirited second-half rally closed the […]
Boys basketball: Elyria runs itself ragged in loss to Twinsburg
ELYRIA — Elyria High’s opener Friday resembled something more suited for one of the many playgrounds around town than it did an organized, officiated high school game.
Neither team played particularly well in a loosely officiated, physical game that the Pioneers lost in racehorse fashion to Twinsburg,
63-52. The Tigers are now 2-0, having beaten Revere to […]
Browns’ secondary expecting tough test against Cardinals
BEREA — Blitzing safety Sean Jones hits Ravens quarterback Kyle Boller, safety Brodney Pool intercepts the wounded duck and returns it 100 yards for a touchdown.
Pool breaks on a pass at the 5-yard line, lowers his shoulder, drills the receiver and separates the ball. No first down and the Texans settle for a field goal.
Rookie […]
Browns notes: Fullback Vickers excels without fanfare
BEREA — Lawrence Vickers is the forgotten man when it comes to the running game.
Everyone cheers the guy gaining the yards — Jamal Lewis — and most people acknowledge the offensive line when a running back has success. But the fullback goes unnoticed.
Vickers is the man in front of Lewis and led the way for […]
Boys basketball: Vermilion’s fast start slows down Wellington
VERMILION — If Kurt Habermehl has some magic in his pregame pep talks, he might find a lucrative market among his fellow coaches.
For sure Tom Eibel would be among them.
Both Vermilion’s Habermehl and Wellington’s Eibel felt that a quick start would be a key to Friday night’s non-conference basketball game.
It was.
Vermilion (2-0) hit its first […]
Raptors survive without Bosh, but Cavaliers lost without LeBron
TORONTO — With LeBron James and Chris Bosh out nursing injuries, Andrea Bargnani and Carlos Delfino did their best to fill the stars’ void.
Bargnani and Delfino set career highs with 26 and 24 points each, and the Toronto Raptors won their third straight with a 91-82 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
James, the league’s leading scorer, […]