By HANNAH SCHAEFER
Staff Writer
BRECKSVILLE — Though most valentines say “I love you,” Crestview Elementary School students delivered a different message to veterans Wednesday morning: “Thank you.”
Seven students from Brunswick’s Crestview Elementary spread smiles throughout the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center Brecksville campus Wednesday morning by delivering valentines handmade by elementary students in the Brunswick […]

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By BRIAN DULIK
Staff Writer
GRANGER TWP. — Highland’s boys basketball team is nicknamed the Hornets.
Every time they play Buckeye, though, they turn into the Wizards — and cast a spell over their county rival that transcends win-loss records and pregame momentum.
Highland played magicians again on Wednesday night, when it trailed for three-plus quarters before rallying for […]

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By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
AKRON — The glass can’t be half full or half empty when a girls basketball team comes to play only 75 percent of the time.
While some good can come out of giving it your all for 24 minutes, missing the final eight can be troublesome as unseeded Medina found out Wednesday against […]

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WADSWORTH — In what is easily its biggest win of the season, Wadsworth’s boys basketball team upended Akron Firestone in a 81-75 overtime thriller on Wednesday.
Down seven points heading into the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies (8-11) came to life and tied things up at 68-68 to head to the extra session. They then outpaced the […]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
CLEVELAND — The Los Angeles Lakers added Pau Gasol, the Phoenix Suns added Shaquille O’Neal and the Dallas Mavericks have a deal in place to add Jason Kidd.
With the NBA trade deadline a week from today, the Cavaliers and general manager Danny Ferry have yet to do anything.
“I think they’ve tried […]

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By ALBERT GRINDLE
Staff Writer
It’s time to clear space for another cheap, homemade trophy to place atop my computer. The River Styx Buccaneers are once again the Gazette Prep Fantasy Basketball champions.
As opposed to last season when my senior-laden squad completely dominated, this year was an about-face as only one senior, Brunswick’s Joe Puch, was consistently […]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
MEDINA — Stephen D. Hambley’s support of tax increases throughout his three terms as a county commissioner is the main reason Brunswick City Councilman Anthony Capretta said he’s challenging him in the March 4 Republican primary.
“Steve Hambley is nothing but taxes, taxes, taxes,” Capretta said. “The county commissioners’ responsibility is to protect […]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
WADSWORTH — A 13-year-boy was taken to Akron General Medical Center Wednesday afternoon after he reportedly set off a firecracker in his hand in the basement of his home at 1228 Ledgestone Drive.
The boy then ran to his next-door neighbor, who called an ambulance, Police Chief Dave Singleton said. He declined to […]

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By HANNAH SCHAEFER
Staff Writer
HINCKLEY TWP. — Hinckley police reported a second person died as a result of a crash between a Highland Local Schools bus and a car on River Road Tuesday afternoon.
Kathleen Stupecki, 76, of Parma, the driver of the car that collided with the bus around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, died at Cleveland MetroHealth […]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
CLEVELAND — Manu Ginobili and the San Antonio Spurs weren’t perfect Wednesday night at Quicken Loans Arena, but they were pretty darn close when it mattered most.
Ginobili made his last nine shots and the Spurs scored on 17 of their 19 possessions in the final period to beat the Cavaliers 112-105 […]

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