By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
LORAIN — Highland’s baseball team has a great game plan when playing Revere in the postseason: Let Minutemen pitcher Trey Hoffner go strong for a good five or six innings, look for a hero and advance with a big four-run inning.
A year ago Ben Klafczynski hit a walk-off grand slam in the […]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER

Staff Writer

CLEVELAND — For once, it wasn’t the offense that let the Indians down.

Cleveland hitters scored nine runs — an astoundingly high total for an anemic lineup that has struggled for the majority of the season — but Indians pitchers trumped the output by allowing more.

The end result was another loss — a […]

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By JOHN BENSON
Special to The Gazette

By the people and for the people is the unofficial theme of the 17th annual Great American Rib Cook-Off and Music Festival, which returns to the shores of the Cuyahoga River from May 23 through 26 at the Time Warner Cable Amphitheater at Tower City.

Not only will this year’s sticky-finger […]

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By JOHN BENSON
Special to The Gazette

Not only is Dennis DeYoung on the comeback trail, but he’s also feeling feisty.

The former Styx singer and current solo artist scored an impressive trifecta last year with the release of his latest album “100 Years From Now.”

“I released the album’s title track as a single up in Quebec, […]

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By JOHN BENSON

Special to The Gazette

The first thing you should know about Filter visionary Richard Patrick is that he does a killer impression of “There Will Be Blood” oilman character Daniel Plainview.

“Ladies and gentlemen, when I say I’m an oil man, I think you’ll agree,” said Patrick, calling from his Southern California home. “This is […]

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By JUDY A. TOTTS

Religion Editor

LIVERPOOL TWP. — Mention the name of the Rev. Thomas R. Dunphy to almost anyone, and you’ll usually get a wide smile of recognition in return.

Dunphy, pastor of St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, is a familiar face, whether he’s delivering the homily at Mass or behind the wheel of […]

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By Judy A. Totts
Religion Editor

Monday will be a day of parades. Girl Scouts and Brownies, Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts, Indian Guides and Princesses will march down the street.

As they tucker out, younger siblings who begged to march, too, will be hoisted to their father’s shoulders. Perched there, they will smile and wave at […]

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By BRIAN DULIK
Staff Writer
AMHERST — The weather was near-perfect Friday, but it was raining at the Amherst Steele Division I District.
Raining gold medals for Medina’s girls and boys track teams, that is.
Both Bees squads claimed three individual titles en route to taking home the team championships in impressive fashion.
Medina’s boys edged Strongsville 100.75-97 by finishing […]

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By ADAM FERRISE

Special to The Gazette

NORTH CANTON — Last year Wadsworth’s track team dominated the North Canton Division I District Meet.

This year, they did even better.

For the second consecutive year, Wadsworth’s boys and girls track teams won North Canton District championships.

After two days of competition, with the final day being Friday, the girls team […]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER

Staff Writer

CLEVELAND — The Indians’ offense has been broken for the majority of the season. And general manager Mark Shapiro is still searching for ways to fix it.

“It’s our job in the front office to continue to look for ways to get better, but also with the understanding that big trades usually aren’t […]

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