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Long-Lost Shoe Going To Springfield

September 2, 2009

On Friday morning, around 9:30 a.m., longtime Ellet football coach Joe Yost, who is in his 31st season, will be making the short trek from Ellet to Springfield to deliver the ceremonial `Shoe” that annually goes to the winner of this game. Springfield won 23-13 at home and Yost was gracious in defeat. “Let’s not [...]

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Ellet’s Cockerham To Play At Famed Pebble Beach

September 2, 2009

Ellet junior golfer Jeff Cockerham earned the prestigious honor through The First Tee of Akron of playing Pebble Beach this weekend at the Walmart First Tee Open. The Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach is an official Champions Tour tournament that pairs 78 junior golfers with 78 professionals. The tournament is held at Pebble [...]

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Springfield earns “The Shoe” over Ellet, snaps 34-game losing skid

September 1, 2009

It has been three days since the Springfield football team snapped the 34-game losing streak that the Spartans players, coaches and fans had endured for nearly four years. Springfield defeated rival Ellet 23-13 this past Saturday after the game was started on Friday and then delayed later that evening due to lightning. Spartans junior Zack [...]

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ELLET COACH JOE YOST PRAISES RICHARDSON

August 26, 2009

No matter what happens during the Ellet Orangemen’s season this year, head coach Joe Yost knows he has a quality leader in senior Devin Richardson. What Yost likes the most about Richardson is how hard the young man works. “He’s such a great guy, he has a great personality, he’s always smiling and he just [...]

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Archbishop Hoban 27, Garfield 26 OT- The Day After

August 22, 2008

My observations from Archbishop Hoban’s 27-26 overtime win against Garfield in the season-opener for both teams: * MORGAN’S MVP: No question, my pick is 5-foot-9, 175-pound Garfield junior running back Tyson Gulley. He rushed for a game-high 225 yards on 25 carries. Gulley rushed for over 130 yards- just in the first quarter, with touchdown [...]

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North, Firestone win Auten track and field titles

May 3, 2008

The George Auten Invitational was conducted in mostly rain at Ellet High School, yet North won the boys title and Firestone won the girls crown. North won the boys meet with 155 points and Firestone (118) edged Ellet (117) in the girls meet. North senior Troy Burgan was the boys meet high-point scorer with 32 [...]

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No City Playoffs, No Problem

April 13, 2008

The City Series baseball teams will not have a four-team playoff at the end of the regular season. One veteran City coach said there may have been the perception on the outside that the reason the league did away with the playoff system several years ago was because the district was going through financial difficulty, [...]

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Tell your inspirational stories

April 8, 2008

When it comes to track, it’s always about who ran the fastest, jumped the highest or threw the shot or the discus the farthest. But sometimes there are stories, GREAT, INSPRATIONAL STORIES, that don’t have to do with who won. For instance, I remember watching the local news in the fall, I think it was, [...]

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Still in his blood

April 8, 2008

Tom O’Neil is still the track coach at North even though he gave up his position as head football coach after the 2006-07 season. But that football mentality is still in his head. While I was at a City Series track meet at Ellet Tuesday, I found it odd that O’Neil was standing along the [...]

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Proud of her work

April 8, 2008

This is going to be Nefertitia Phair’s year. At least that’s what she’s hoping. Phair is a junior at Ellet and last year she had a solid season by finishing runnerup in the shot put at the Division I district meet in Austintown. In fact, Phair’s toss (38-8) was tied with Twinsburg’s Leah Love but [...]

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Cross Country approaches finish line

October 11, 2007

Here is some cross country analysis as leagues/conferences hold their championship meets and the state championships approach. Louisville senior Kyle Kling and Medina junior Donny Roys have each been impressive runners this season, but there are still several teams that have a good collection of talent and other individuals that are having success. The cross [...]

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City Series Surprise

September 23, 2007

Here are a few quick notes regarding City Series football, which has certainly been surprising this season. The madness began Sept. 15 when Ellet defeated Buchtel. With Buchtel (0-5, 0-3 City Series) struggling, the race for the title is wide open. It appears that (listed alphabetically) Firestone (3-2, 2-0), Garfield (3-2, 1-0) and North (4-1, [...]

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Ellet defeats Buchtel 14-12

September 15, 2007

The visiting Ellet Orangemen football team defeated the Buchtel Griffins 14-12 Saturday afternoon. The victory gives Ellet a 3-1 overall record and a 1-0 City Series mark. The loss for Buchtel (0-4, 0-1) ends a 31-game winning streak against City Series opponents. Buchtel’s last loss to a league foe was to Garfield in 2001 and [...]

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Can Ellet knock off Buchtel?

September 12, 2007

The City Series’ two best football teams from last season meet at noon Saturday when Buchtel hosts Ellet. The Griffins and Orangemen were each 5-0 in City Series games last season and shared the City title because they were not scheduled to play each other. This season, the two teams meet in week four. Buchtel [...]

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Friday night review

September 1, 2007

There are a few scores that stood out in week 2 of high school football. Here is what I noticed: North beat Coventry 32-22. That means North is 2-0. North is undefeated after the first two weeks for the first time since 1976. The Vikings are off to this rare start with first-year head coach [...]

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City Series football notes

August 21, 2007

I went to the City Series football media day to gather information, get answers to some of your questions and most importantly, eat lasagna. Here are some items I have in my notebook: —All the coaches agreed that the 2007 season might be the most wide open the City Series has been in years. “I [...]

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City Series football predictions

August 15, 2007

Here is a preseason look at City Series football for the 2007 season. In this post, you will find players (and any all-star recognition they received in the league last season) to watch from each team and my predictions for the upcoming season. ELLET (8-2 overall, 5-0 in the City Series last season; City Series [...]

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Same teams next season?

May 22, 2007

Posted by Michael Beaven for the Beacon Journal It would not be a shock to see Kenmore and Ellet back in the City Series Baseball Playoff Championship game next season. As both coaches pointed out after Sunday’s game at Canal Park the teams will each return almost every player that started in the game, assuming [...]

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Harris ends Kenmore career a champion

May 22, 2007

Posted by Michael Beaven for the Beacon Journal It was nice to see Kenmore senior Adam Harris conclude his high school athletic career as a champion. Harris was the winning pitcher in Sunday’s City Series Playoff Championship game at Canal Park as Kenmore defeated Ellet 5-4. Harris, a left-hander, tossed a complete-game. He struck out four batters, [...]

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Player of the Game

May 22, 2007

Posted by Michael Beaven for the Beacon Journal BASEBALL Akron Public Schools City Series Playoff Championship game Kenmore 5, Ellet 4 Varsity Letters Player of the Game: Kenmore junior left fielder Aaron Bond Bond hit a key three-run double in the top of the fifth inning to help the Cardinals defeat the Orangemen at Canal Park [...]

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