Referees recall laughs and missteps from local games
Longtime officials share stories from foggy kickoffs to mistaken signals. A firelands conference game in heavy fog produced a referee’s signal despite no field judge input, sparking a joking crowd. Other tales include a missed touchdown call, a flubbed pass relay, and a cornfield field shift before a game.
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Roger Negin
Lou Kolopus
Doc Schotz
Kolopus
Tom Diedrick
St. Paul-Edison
Lynn Rader
Bob Slager
Hank Janowicz
Diedrick
Lynn
Rader
Tom
Hank
All Southwestern Conference names four all star leaders
The league releases four all star teams led by Bob May Sara Munro Melissa Straub and Nancy Boggs Rocky River and Bay players earn MVP honors in cross country tennis and volleyball Jim Grealis and Rae Alexander named coaches of the year for boys and girls Medina Bay and Rocky River dominate with multiple first teams and MVPs.
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Bob May
Sara Munro
Melissa Straub
Nancy Boggs
Rocky River
Man
Bay
Munro
Boggs
Straub
Jim Grealis
Fairview
Rae Alexander
Olmsted Falls
Medina
John Kelly
Gwen Hampel
Bays
Bob Mau
Rick Bechtel
Rich Eucker
Faiview
Pellegrino Ciccaretto
North Olmsted
Vince Nagy
Rocky Raver
Jim Grelis
Steve Parsons
Avon Lake
Paul Millradt
Roger Johnson
Hhlse
Ave Wentling
North
Ray Covch
Ellen Hohan
Gretchen Chubb
Amiy Lauderback
Ray
Laura Bonnell
Sally Rhue
Westlake
Jean Badar
Michelle Henley
Shelley Miller
Ann Mudler
Cathy Clark
Diane Harrington
Karen Thies
Laurie Reynolds
Linda Schorr
Laura Rekstis
Wendy Grey
Pam Rice Westlake
Sur Homes
Alson Taylor
Jana Vawter
Hetde Hogrefe
Mary Cragar
Chris Niese
Jackie Smooz Medina
Nane
Oath
Ene Fe Kealy
Sansheeta Jhaver
Kelly Rossborough
Ahsan Dear
J ‘Adron
Lisa Antel
Kane Firabo
Kathy Hyland
Pitt tailback Bryan Thomas nets second 100yard game
Former Elyria Catholic star Bryan Thomas ran for 149 yards and a touchdown in Pitt s win at Boston College. He leads Pitt with 606 rushing yards on 122 attempts and 5.0 yards per carry, with a 64yard long run. He also has 212 receiving yards on 19 catches. Pitt faces Rutgers at Giants Stadium this Saturday.
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Elyria Catholic
Bryan Thomas
Pitt
Boston College
Thomas
Bryan
Rutgers
Giants’ Stadium
Meadowlands
Furphy scores twice as Force roll past Buffalo Stal lions 6 4
Keith Furphy scored twice for the Cleveland Force in a 6 4 exhibition win over the Buffalo Stal lions before 400 at Four Seasons Racquet Club. Cohen assisted Furphy and scored, Lock added a goal, Houska made 21 saves as Cleveland eyes regular season starts November 13 at Phoenix and November 15 at Denver with first home game November 28 against the New York Arrows.
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C-T
Keith Furphy
Cleveland Force
Force
Cleveland
Buffalo Stallions
Furphy
Prosper Cohen
Mike Barry
Cohen
Simon Lock
John Victor
Jimmy Husband
Ruben Astigarraga
John Houska
Phoenix
Denver
Memphis
New York Arrows
NHL results and tonight's games list
National Hockey League scores show Boston 2 Vancouver 1 and New York Rangers 6 Philadelphia 2 with Detroit 10 Los Angeles 2 and Montreal 4 St Louis 3. Today's late games include Chicago at Winnipeg at 9 05 EST.
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National Hockey League
Boston
Vancouver
New York Rangers
Philadelphia
Detroit
Los Angeles
Montreal
St. Louis
Chicago
Winnipeg
Elyria Frontline Eyes Westside Championship Now
The Elyria Frontline youth soccer team can claim the Ohio Amateur League westside title with a win over Rocky River at Lake Hidge Academy on Saturday at 12 30. A victory would advance them to the title game against the eastside winner in Chagrin Falls following a 6 1 win over Berea led by Jon Felton Marc Maxey and Andy Bainbridge with three assists from Billy Marshall.
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Elyria
Rocky River
Lake Hidge Academy
Chagrin Falls
Berea
Jon Felton
Marc Maxey
Andy Bainbridge
Billy Marshall
The
Force
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