Ruling on girls joining boys teams draws mixed hopes
In a community poll, residents from Elyria to Avon Lake dispute coed play. Some favor separate teams for safety and fairness, others endorse equal access, with opinions on contact sports varying from cautious to supportive.
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Bill Mast
Warwick Drive
Sheffield Lake
Peg Burns
West Capel Road
Grafton
Tom Tomson
Timberlane
Avon Lake
Ray Kennedy
Jaycox Road
North Ridgeville
Elyria Boxers Dominate Night With Four Wins
Gentile Athletic Club fighters led Elyria in a strong showing winning four of five bouts yesterday. Local competitors impressed patrons with decisive performances, showcasing skill and teamwork across weight classes.
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Elyria
Gentile Athletic Club
Bantams fall 4 2 amid penalties in Elyria defeat
Elyria Bantams hockey team lost 4-2 to Garfield Heights on Sunday after outshooting 38-35 and receiving seven penalties in 20 minutes. Scott Roth and Alvin Tabor scored for Elyria, with Dave Eischen assisting. Dennis Fisher started in goal, team now 8-10-3. Next game vs Rocky River at North Park, 6:15 p.m. Also amateur AAU boxing in Montpelier featured Shannon, Mays, Wilkerson, Smith, and Akers posting wins.
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Elyria Bantam
Garfield Heights
Scott Roth
Alvin Tabor
Elyria
Dave Eischen
Dennis Fisher
Bantams
North Park
Rocky River
Area rivals clash as Elyria Catholic faces Elyria West
Elyria High hosts the Shootout II as Elyria Catholic and Elyria West duel for first in the Erie Coast Conference while Avon fights to rejoin Inland Conference action. North Ridgeville aims to end a nine year drought by beating Clearview as Lakeland races continue and Buckeye, Lake Erie leagues set key matchups.
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Elyria Catholic
Elyria West
Avon
North Ridgeville
Clearview
Lakeland
Rangers
Elyria Girls Aiming For 9th Straight in Inter-city Clash
Elyria High visits Elyria Catholic in an Inter-city league game with the undefeated 8-0 Panthers led by Debbie Bryant averaging 12 points. In Lakeland action Vermilion at Wellington tops the card as Dukes and Sailors lead the standings. Firelands visits Avon as Debbie Mason’s Eagles seek another league win. In Southwestern Conference Bay hosts Westlake in a key midweek showdown led by Judy Liberatoire and Mary Spence.
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Elyria High
Elyria Catholic
Debbie Bryant
Elyria
Wellington
Dukes
Inland
Firelands
Avon
Eagles
Debbie Mason
Falcons
Bay
Westlake
Rockets
Judy Liberatoire
Rocky River
Mary Spence
Elyria Pee Wee Hockey Tops Garfield Heights 3-1
Elyria Pee Wee defeated Garfield Heights 3-1 with goals by Jeff Eischen Don Lavell and Chris Aumiller. Rod Fair assisted for Elyria, which faces Parma next Sunday at North Rec Rink at 10 30 a m.
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Jeff Eischen
Don Lavell
Chris Aumiller
Elyria Pee Wee
Garfield Heights
Rod Fair
Elyria
Parma
North Rec
South Amherst Tops Firelands In Inland Conference
South Amherst girls basketball ended a four year drought, beating Firelands 38 34. Carol Vilagi scored 13 and Terry Carstensen 11 for South Amherst as they claimed their first Inland Conference win in three league games. Firelands won the jayvee 15 4.
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Henrietta
South Amherst
Firelands
Falcons
Carol Vilagi
Terry Carstensen
Area prep sports menu for Monday January 23
Readable list of intercity and non conference boys and girls basketball games across area schools. Includes Elyria Catholic Elyria West Lorain Southview Vermilion Wellington Midview Clearview North Ridgeville Brookside Oberlin and more with some entries garbled.
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Lakeland Vermilion
Wellington
Midview
Clearview
Amherst
North Ridgeville
Brookside
Oberlin
Lakeland Midview
Wells
Vermilion
Oberin
Lakeland
Obertin
Central Michigan tops Western Michigan in MAC clash
Center Jeff Tropf scored 17 points and grabbed 20 rebounds as Central Michigan beat Western Michigan 64 to 55 in a Mid American Conference basketball game. Tropf powered CMU with a double double to lift the win on Saturday in Kalamazoo.
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Mich
Jeff Tropf
Central Michigan
Western Michigan
Bowlers Shine In Weekend Action At Center Ridge and Grafton Lanes
Bob Hobar rolled a 659 series in Center Ridge Sunday Night Men's League with games of 244 246 and 169. Art Dawson and Jack Ives led Grafton Lanes Elyria Moose 778 League with 637 256 162 219 and 621 214 169 238 respectively. Other top series included Ron Graham 614 177 256 181 in Family Affair and Pat Hartley 614 211 201 202 in Grafton Pot Lucks. 600 CLUB listings include Yves 621 Hartley 614 Graham 414 Howdiesbell 606 Hamedstine 603 and several others.
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Bob Hobar
Center Ridge
Art Dawson
Jack Ives
Grafton Lanes
Elyria Moose
Ron Graham
Pat Hartley
Grafton
Jack Yves
Ken Howdiesbell
Bud Hamedstine
John Smith
Jim Schneider
Rick Buhts
Gdf
Dave Edwards
Dan Dull
Top-seeded Norton wins WPBA Cleveland Classic title
Virginia Norton of South Gate California captured the $3,000 first prize at the WPBA Greater Cleveland Bowling Classic, defeating Judy Soutar of Kansas City 225-193 in the final. Soutar, Renner, and Adamek earned $2,000 and $1,400 respectively, as Norton claimed her fourth WPBA title in five years. The field totaled $30,000, with the next stop in Detroit.
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UPI
Virginia Nortn
Judy Soutar
Norton
South Gate
Calif
Soutar
Kansas City
Patty
Miami
Fla
Velma Grinfelds
San Francisco
Cal
Sean Lorene Woods
N. Chicago
Renner
Detroit
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