From staff reports
WADSWORTH — Britt Busson wasn’t used to losing during her prep days as a Wadsworth girls basketball player.
So when it came time to pick a college to continue her hardwood career, Lake Erie College fit the bill quite nicely. Busson will sign a letter of intent today to become a Laker.
Busson, a second-team […]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
INDEPENDENCE — Up 13 at halftime of Game 2, the Cavaliers shook a season-long trend of quickly letting an opponent back in the game and instead stomped the Washington Wizards into submission.
Now up 2-0 in the best-of-seven series heading into Game 3 in Washington on Thursday, the Cavaliers have an opportunity […]

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YORK TWP. — Sophomore Jake Boettner recorded four firsts in vaulting Buckeye’s boys track team to a 115-21 Patriot Athletic Conference win over Brookside on Tuesday.
Boettner won the pole vault, high jump, and 110- and 300-meter hurdles.
“He’s having a great year,” Bucks coach Billy Burke said. “He’s consistently gaining us points.”
Also earning victories in multiple […]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
INDEPENDENCE —Washington center Brendan Haywood, who was ejected from Game 2 after pushing an airborne LeBron James to the floor, will not be suspended for Game 3 of a best-of-seven playoff series against the Cavaliers.
The league Tuesday upheld the officials’ call of a Flagrant Foul-Penalty 2, but opted not to suspend […]

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By BRIAN DULIK
Staff Writer
YORK TWP. — Steve King won three league championships and two Medina County Coach of the Year awards in four seasons as Buckeye’s boys basketball coach.
The Medina native also built a reputation as a rising star in the profession, leading the Bucks to their most successful run in three decades.
On Tuesday, however, […]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — For the second time in two seasons, Jake Westbrook wasn’t able to get out of the first month intact.
Westbrook was placed on the disabled list Tuesday with a strained left intercostal (rib cage) muscle, a similar injury to the one he suffered in his first start last April — a […]

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By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
BRUNSWICK — Gardner-Webb University might want to think about upping the ante on Cloverleaf graduate Kurt Wentink’s scholarship just a bit.
The 133-pounder did land one of the hottest recruits for the Bulldogs this year just by simply being on the roster.
Brunswick senior Richie Spicel, one of only five two-time state champions from […]

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By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
WESTFIELD TWP. — Billy Parker didn’t have trouble spotting his pitches. Problem was, neither did Wadsworth’s baseball team.
The Cloverleaf senior didn’t have control problems Tuesday in a 14-1 five-inning Suburban League loss to the Grizzlies. He just got rocked by a Wadsworth team very much in tune with the way the […]

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From staff reports
WESTFIELD TWP. — Medina County’s biggest boys tennis match of the season took place Tuesday at Cloverleaf High.
Geneva claimed the battle of unbeatens, beating the Colts 3-2 — and ending their school-record 12-match winning streak — in a third-round match in the Ohio Tennis Coaches Association Tournament.
Geneva (14-0) won both doubles matches, as […]

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From staff reports
GREEN — Jessica Browne did not allow an earned run Tuesday, but Cloverleaf’s softball team dropped a 2-1 Suburban League decision to Green.
Both Bulldogs runs scored in the bottom of the third inning thanks to an infield throwing error, making Browne and the Colts (7-8, 1-5) very hard-luck losers.
Joy Grills accounted for Cloverleaf’s […]

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