From staff reports
MEDINA — Warm weather can make a track athlete sweat. Freshman nerves can sometimes cause a case of the yips.
Medina’s Taylor Burke looked at both on Wednesday and went “pshhh.”
The ninth-grader on the girls team not only laughed off the pressure she broke a Medina County record that’s lasted since 1981.
Burke went up […]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND – C.C. Sabathia and the Indians saw their fortunes remain the same Wednesday night at Progressive Field.
That was bad news where both parties were concerned.
With Sabathia continuing to sputter and his teammates following suit, Cleveland was drubbed in the first of its head-to-head matchups with Detroit, 13-2, losing for the sixth […]

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By BRIAN DULIK

Staff Writer

CLEVELAND — The NBA record book will show that the Detroit Pistons beat the Cavaliers 84-74 in their regular season finale Wednesday.

Each team, however, was claiming victory after the game because none of their players were hurt in the meaningless matchup at Quicken Loans Arena.

“Both teams accomplished what they set out to […]

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By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
BEREA — Browns fans don’t have a reason to miss their afternoon tee time April 26.
They also don’t have an excuse to get out of cutting the grass or painting the garage.
General manager Phil Savage said Wednesday in his predraft news conference that the Browns won’t make a trade to obtain a […]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — The Indians and Tigers, the two teams expected to challenge for Central Division supremacy, were in the same boat as they opened their first head-to-head series Wednesday at Progressive Field — a sinking one.
“I’m not going to speak about Detroit, but (our players are) not pleased with how they’re playing […]

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By BRIAN DULIK
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — Cavaliers superstar LeBron James got the night off Wednesday, but still managed to make history.
“The Chosen One” officially won the NBA scoring championship with an average of exactly 30.0 points per game. James is the first Cleveland player to lead the league in the category and just the fourth to […]

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PARMA — Lesson learned, crisis averted, baseball team crushed.
Medina used some serious lumber and past experience when it bounced Valley Forge 23-3 in a Northeast Ohio Conference tilt.
Just days after squandering a 6-2 lead against Hudson only to lose by four, the Bees (4-7) humiliated the Patriots (0-7) with 13 runs in the first two […]

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From staff reports
MAYFIELD — Medina’s softball team is officially off the schnide.
With some all-around efforts from multiple players Wednesday, the Bees (1-5) held off a late charge to defeat Mayfield 4-3 in non-conference action.
Balanced hitting was the theme throughout the contest. Stephanie Cunningham, Cortney Wisniewski and Chelsea Obrzut each had two hits apiece, with […]

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From staff reports
WESTFIELD TWP. — These Colts are good. Real good.
Cloverleaf’s boys tennis team continued its torrid pace on Wednesday with a 5-0 whitewashing of Barberton in Suburban League action.
Cloverleaf (9-0) lost just six games — one in singles action — en route to its latest wins.
Ethan Dunbar, Parker Hewit and the doubles team of […]

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MEDINA — The 59-year-old suspect in a shooting in which one man was injured was arrested just before 11 Wednesday night at his home on Muntz Road in Liverpool Township.

Angelo Pirovolos, of 2596 Muntz Road, is charged with felonious assault, Medina police reported.

Two witnesses to the shooting, who wanted to remain anonymous, said they were […]

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