West Falls Short in Medina Regional Final
Elyria West loses 46 40 to Bellville Clear Fork in the Medina regional final. Welch scores 21 for Clear Fork while Vinson is held to three for Elyria West as zone defense and foul trouble limit the Wolverines’ offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria West
Wolverines
Bellville Clear Fork
Medina
Tom Kubuski
Clear Fork
Kubuski
Tonya Mahone
Mary Taylor
Amy Welch
Amanda Vinson
Les Hauenstein
Welch
Vinson
Lisa Gebrisch
Lady Colts
Amy Featheringham
Lisa
Hauenstein
Amy
Featheringham
Mahone
Taylor
Lisa Butler
Annette Baker
Kim Byrne
Saxton and Others Reach Class AAA Finals at State Wrestling
Elyria's Greg Saxton, Midview's Carlos Martin, North Olmsted's Mark Sanfilippo and Bill Walker advanced to the Class AAA finals at the 48th State Wrestling Championships in Columbus. Saxton defeated Diglia and Picolo to reach the finals. Martin beat Malcui and Gardner. Sanfilippo edged Kinter, to face Biggs. Walker topped Mayse and eyes Buddie in the final. Lakewood St. Edward secured its eighth straight AAA team title with four finalists. Finals set for 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JUDIE
ASP
Columbus
Elyria
Greg Saxton
Midview
Carlos Martin
North Olmsted
Mark Sanfilippo
Bill Walker
St. John Arena
Saxton
Tony Diglia
Elida
Springfield North
Dan Picolo
Jim Lightner
Alliance
John) McNulty
McNulty
Martin
Louisville
Mike Malcui
Jim Gardner
California
Sanfilippo
Galion
Scott Kinter
Eagle
St. Edward
Kevin Biggs
Biggs
Tim Tusick
Collinwood
Benny Bright
Tusick
Bill Smith
Robert Kopp
Southview
Dave Carlin
St. Edward’s
Kopp
Medina
Ernie
Paul Haeuptle
Olmsted
Mike DeFraine
Greg Goad
Elyria Catholic
Bill Martin
Oregon Cardinal
Pressure, King D sealed Elyria's fate in finals
In the Class AAA district finals Admiral King defeated Elyria 53 to 25. Mitch Gillam praised defense and rebounding while Milton Cook limited Elyria star Jared Wilbanks to four points. Elyria lamented poor execution and rebounding as King prepared to meet Cleveland Glenville in the Kent State Regional.
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Roger Negin
C-T
Lorain
Admiral King
Mitch Gillam
Elyria
Cook
Milton Cook
Jared Wilbanks
Admirals
Michael Martin
Excel
Sooy
Gillam
Cleveland Glenville
Kent State
Elyria Basketball Shuts Sub-30 in 1969 and 1955 Lows
Elyria scored 25 points in a Friday loss to Admiral King, the school’s lowest since 1955 when Findlay defeated Elyria 61-25. Chronicle-Telegram records show Elyria never dropped below 25 points since 1948-49, with rare flat efforts like 32 points in 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Negin
C-T
Lorain
Elyria
Findlay
Pioneers
Marion
Admiral King
Ashland Tate
Darlak and Tappel Reach State Finals in Columbus
Sullivan Black River junior Dave Darlak and New London senior Shawn Tappel advance to finals at the state wrestling tournament. Darlak faces Norwalk St Paul’s Mike Smith after a 14.9 quarterfinal and 12-4 semifinal, while Tappel, 31-1, won 10-4 and 20-3 to reach the crown against Scott Fenton. New London coach lauds both athletes as team race tightens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JUDIE
ASP
Columbus
Dave Darlak
Sullivan Black River
New London
Shawn Tappel
Darlak
Licking Heights
Curt Haywood
Haywood
Norwalk St. Paul
Mike Smith
Smith
Western Reserve
Scott Giresis
Black River
Four AA wrestlers reach finals in Columbus
Oberlin's Erik Barnett 31 0 at 105 pounds and Fairview's Pat Hoy 33 1 at 145 join Milan Edison's Ernie Slone and Medi na Buckeye's Brian Bartos in Friday semifinals advancing to state finals at St John Arena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JUDIE
ASP
Columbus
Oberlin
Erik Barnett
Fairview
Pat Hoy
Medina Buckeye
Brian Bartos
Ernie Slone
Milan Edison
Burnett
Hoy
St. John Arena
Mark Marinelli
Columbus St. Francis DeSales
Erik
Ken Zeman
Jim Clark
Buckhannon Leads Area Bowler Scores With 657 Series
Buckhannon tops area men with a 657 series after a 190 223 244 to pace Friday Nite 900 League at Bowling Center. Reynolds posts 630 in Graf ton Friday Nite C loop finishing second. Snyder 623 in Center Ridge Mixed Classic.
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Glen Buckhannon
Rick Reynolds
Grafton
Bob Snyder
Center Ridge
John Viskup
Parker
Sam’s Lanes
Ivan Schreur
Elks
Bob Groth
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Awam Ehyria, O
Sar
Ken Gottlies
Admiral King Boys
Dave Bansek
Adrian Harris
Gus Chan
Bob Sorino
Walker
Kyle Mayse
Marion Harding
Mark Buddie
St. Ignatius
Buddie
PH Py Aires
Keith Sooy
Jared
Toronto
Cuyahoga Falls
Upper Sandusky
Brian Petrik
Petrik
Matt Peters
Uldrichsville Claymont
Mod Reddip
Bartos
Buckeye
Jack Nutter
Slone
Ed Liones
Twins Chamberlain
Buckhannon Rolls High
Julius Toth
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