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Ellet’s Male set to play for Walsh University

February 1, 2012

Ellet senior Aaron Male has signed to play college football with Walsh University, Ellet coach Joe Yost said Wednesday. Yost said Male had other offers from Tiffin, Lake Erie College, Baldwin-Wallace and Mount Union.

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Louisville, Ellet, Norwayne come in high in state softball poll

May 17, 2011

Louisville is ranked No. 2 in this week’s Division I state softball coaches’ poll. Louisville, which earned one first-place vote, has 85 points. Ellet is tied for No. 5 also in the Division I poll. North Canton Hoover is No. 10. In Division III, Norwayne is ranked No. 4. In Division IV, Tuscarawas Central Catholic [...]

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Boys Hoops Tournament Play Today – Division I

March 2, 2011

Two boys basketball games highlight the action at Copley High School in the Northeast District Sectional Tournament tonight beginning at 6 p.m. In the first game: Firestone Falcons (12-7) vs. Ellet Orangmen (4-14) In a nutshell: These are two traditional City Series rivals squaring off in tournament play. If Ellet can’t contain Firestone’s Darius Carter this [...]

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Football Preview: Ellet vs. Garfield at InfoCision Stadium

October 15, 2010

Week 9: Ellet (2-5, 2-2) vs. Garfield (3-4, 2-1) at InfoCision Stadium 7 p.m. Friday STORYLINE: The Orangemen and Golden Rams meet in a City Series matchup on the campus of the University of Akron. Ellet enters this game following a 45-6 loss to visiting Firestone this past Friday, and Garfield comes in following a [...]

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Football Preview: Firestone (3-3, 2-0) @ Ellet (2-4, 2-1)

October 8, 2010

Week 7: Firestone (3-3, 2-0) @ Ellet (2-4, 2-1) 7 p.m. Friday STORYLINE: The Falcons and Orangemen meet in a City Series matchup of schools that love to run the football. Firestone won its first two league games with convincing triumphs over Kenmore (72-0) and East (34-0). A loss at Massillon came between those games. [...]

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Friday Night Football’s Top Performers

September 25, 2010

Junior quarterback, Mark Zimmerman, Green – 323 yards passing and two touchdowns. Senior quarterback Jon Robinson, Woodridge – 165 yards on the ground, including an 88-yard run and 105 yards passing in a loss against Streetsboro. Junior running back, Patrick Boggs, Field – 228 yards and three touchdowns. Senior running back Jay Wilson, Field – [...]

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Football preview: Ellet (0-1) at Tallmadge (1-0)

September 2, 2010

Ellet (0-1) at Tallmadge (1-0) 7 p.m. Friday at Tallmadge Stadium Storyline: Tallmadge sophomore quarterback Anthony Gotto and senior receivers Andrew Bonnette and Kyle Tywon certainly made names for themselves last week. Gotto threw for 351 yards (15 of 23) and four touchdowns. Bonnette caught two of them and had seven catches for 242 yards. [...]

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City Series Previews: Ellet Orangemen (VIDEO)

August 23, 2010

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City Series Scrimmage Report

August 17, 2010

Within the past several days all the City Series football teams have had a chance to hit someone other than their own teammates. Here’s a rundown on some of those I got to see: Buchtel at Warrensville Hts. and Cleveland JFK – Serious hitting going on in this one as Buchtel got the best of [...]

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Camp Visits: Ellet Orangemen

August 3, 2010

Sit down for a few minutes with the Ellet Orangmen’s head coach, Joe Yost, and you feel as if you’re visiting a sage uncle who loves imparting wisdom but, more importantly, loves talking football more and is direct. His starting quarterback this year, senior Rennick Dutton, a three-year starter who was first tiem All-City last [...]

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Perry advances with Division I Regional win over Ellet

May 27, 2010

PERRY 4, ELLET 3 What Happened – The Perry softball team entered the bottom of the sixth inning Wednesday six outs from elimination and facing a three-run deficit against Ellet in a Division I regional softball semifinal. A groundout to start the sixth made it five outs from defeat. Then one bounce of the ball [...]

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Pruner named Big Ten Player of the Week

April 15, 2010

Ohio State University senior softball player Courtney Pruner recently earned a Big Ten Player of the Week honor after she went 6-for-7 at bat with seven RBI and three runs scored in a two-game series split with Illinois in Champaign. Pruner, an Ellet High School graduate, hit two home runs, including a grand slam in [...]

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Mingo Selects Columbia

January 30, 2010

Firestone senior wide receiver and cornerback Jeremy Mingo will continue his football career at Columbia University next season. Mingo was a solid all-around player this past season who led the Falcons with four touchdown receptions and five interceptions. He was a first-team All-City Series selection as well. “Jeremy is a hardworking and talented kid who [...]

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Buchtel Strong Even Without Leader

January 11, 2010

The Buchtel Griffins are 7-0 after a big 80-61 win against Olmsted Falls Sunday during the Scholastic Play-by-Play Classic at the Wolstein Center at Cleveland State University. Senior guard Jason Pitts scored 37 points for the Griffins and was named the Player of the Game. Buchtel is one of the top teams in the area [...]

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FIRESTONE-KENMORE GIRLS TO BATTLE

January 6, 2010

All season long, the Firestone and Kenmore girls basketball teams have been putting up big numbers. Firestone is 9-1 overall and 5-0 in the City and Kenmore (8-2, 5-0) is led by senior guard Shanequa Williams, who is averaging almost 35 points a game. The two teams will matchup 7 p.m. Thursday at Kenmore in [...]

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Top 25 Ohio High School Nicknames

October 22, 2009

Hey everyone! This is my column that’s running in the Akron Beacon Journal Friday, but it’s posted on Ohio.com now, as you can see. Thanks to everyone who submitted votes for their favorite high school nicknames. If there are other crazy nicknames from out of state, post them so we can all get some laughs. [...]

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Firestone and Garfield set for InfoCision Stadium meeting

October 16, 2009

Firestone and Garfield will meet tonight for a key City Series game at InfoCision Stadium on the campus of the University of Akron. Both teams feature impressive rushing attacks. The Golden Rams (4-3, 3-0) boast the Gulley brothers, senior Tyson Gulley and sophomore Toneo Gulley. The Falcons (3-4, 2-1) counter with junior Cody Grice. Garfield [...]

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Great Experience At Pebble Beach

October 13, 2009

Ellet junior golfer Jeff Cockerham enjoyed a great experience last month when he played in the Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach. Cockerham was paired with pro John Cook and the two made the cut and played in the champions round and paired with Tom Watson and his junior partner. Cockerham ended the day [...]

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A Break From The City

October 6, 2009

Maybe a change of scenery will help East (0-6) this week. The Orientals will step outside of City Series play to face St. Thomas Aquinas (1-5) Friday. East is the only City team playing outside the league this week. But two other teams still have non-league games during the remaining four weeks. Ellet will host [...]

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Falcons Still Learning To Fly

September 9, 2009

Despite losing 28-7 last week at Northwest, Firestone coach Tim Flossie said he was encouraged by his team’s effort. “We lost the ball four times inside Northwest’s 30,” Flossie said. “(Northwest) is a solid team, we just missed our opportunities.” The bright spot for Firestone was running back Cody Grice, who rushed for over 100 [...]

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