A story in Saturday’s Gazette on Sen. George Voinovich’s visit to Medina incorrectly quoted Bill Hanigan of the Medina County Workforce Development Center as saying Workforce Investment Act (WIA) funds could not be applied to unemployed workers in Medina County.

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — Cliff Lee said his poor performance last year was a fluke.
Through his first two starts of the season, it appears that the left-hander may be on to something.
With Lee looking like he did during his days as an effective member of the rotation from 2004-06, the Indians avoided a dubious […]

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By ADAM FERRISE

Special to The Gazette

MEDINA — Although Medina boys track coach Bob Jenkins consistently reiterates it’s a rebuilding year for his team, it has hardly showed, thus far.

The Bees kept their two-plus year undefeated streak alive at the Medina Relays Saturday in the meet that wasn’t decided until the final event.

Entering the sprint medley, […]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
CLEVELAND — There are some games the Cavaliers can’t help but win.
Sunday was one of them, as Cleveland registered a less-than-impressive 84-76 victory over the woeful Miami Heat at Quicken Loans Arena.
The game was so blasé Cavaliers coach Mike Brown’s postgame press conference lasted 41 seconds and didn’t include a single […]

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By RICK NOLAND

Assistant Sports Editor

CLEVELAND — Always colorful Gilbert Arenas will get his wish: His Washington Wizards will play the Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs for the third straight season.

Home-court advantage is still up in the air, but the Cavaliers and Wizards locked up the fourth and fifth spots in the Eastern […]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER

Staff Writer

CLEVELAND — Bizarre was the best way to describe the events that took place prior to the start of the series finale with Oakland on Sunday.

With reports that inclement weather was on its way, the Indians announced to the media that the 1:05 p.m. game would not start on time.

But on the […]

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For the Indians, Fausto Carmona is a dream come true.

It was Fausto’s idea to approach the Indians about a long-term contract a full year before he had any leverage, said his agent Jorge Brito.

Good business sense suggested that he wait a year, until he was eligible for arbitration. With another season like 2007 on his […]

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WADSWORTH — The Medina and Wadsworth softball teams staged their annual doubleheader dual on Saturday and the Grizzlies were mighty pleased with the outcome.

Behind strong pitching from Stacey Ladd in the first game and red-hot hitting in the second, Wadsworth won 4-2 and 14-8, respectively.

“It’s always rewarding to win against Medina,” Grizzlies coach Mike […]

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WADSWORTH — Medina baseball player Paul Sansonette was bombing moon shots all over Wadsworth Saturday, but it wasn’t enough to turn Grizzly Country into Sweepsville.
The Bees and the Grizzlies split their non-league double-dip with Medina taking the first game 10-8 and Wadsworth the second 5-4.
For the day, Sansonette, a senior catcher and All-Gazette pick, tagged […]

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State Route 83 (Avon Lake Road) at the intersection of Greenwich Road in Lodi, is closed through Friday, May 23, for a bridge replacement and profile alignment improvement project.

State Route 3 (Wooster Pike), between Park Avenue West and Blake Road in Guilford Township, is closed through Friday, April 24, for four culvert replacements.

South […]

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