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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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Sax: Rams making progress

August 12, 2010

Garfield football coach Bob Sax said he is seeing progress every day with his team and he is encouraged by the preseason workouts. Garfield will scrimmage Barberton on Saturday and Northwest on Aug. 19. “I like the way the kids have been competing so far,” Sax said. “I feel like we have a lot of [...]

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Doran Grant ranked No. 1 Ohio football player in Class of 2011

July 16, 2010

OhioVarsity.com announced its Class of 2011 Preseason Top 150 high school football players in the state of Ohio. Doran Grant is ranked No. 1 and Steve Miller is ranked No. 5 on the list that has several area players on it. The local players on the list are: 1. Doran Grant, DB, St. Vincent-St. Mary [...]

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Report: Chaffman named Garfield coach

July 13, 2010

Dave Chaffman has reportedly been named the new Garfield girls’ basketball coach, according to SportsInk.com. Chaffman was teh coach at Springfield the past three seasons, according to the website.

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Garfield still considering QB options

July 6, 2010

Garfield football coach Bob Sax said he hasn’t made any decisions on his quarterback situation yet, but does return starter Darius Hoisten, who is the frontrunner at this point in the summer. Hoisten, who will be a junior, ran most offensive sets except for the times when Tyson Gulley ran the spread formation. The other candidate [...]

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Gulley to play in Big 33 game

June 7, 2010

Garfield RB Tyson Gulley (Syracuse signee), a 2010 graduate, will play in the Big 33 all-star game on June 19 in Hershey, Pa. The all-star game annually features top players from Ohio vs. Pennsylvania. “He has high expectations going in,” Garfield coach Bob Sax said. “He knows he will have to compete and that is [...]

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Gulley played well in North-South game

April 28, 2010

Garfield senior RB Tyson Gulley had a 20-yard run in the fourth quarter and some tough 5-yard carries in the annual North-South Game on Friday night in Columbus, according to Garfield coach Bob Sax. Gulley has signed with Syracuse. “Tyson played well in the game,” Sax said in an e-mail. Sax also said he expects [...]

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Gulley to play in North-South game

April 15, 2010

Garfield senior RB Tyson Gulley (Syrcause signee) will play in the Ohio North-South Game at Ohio Stadium on April 23, Garfield coach Bob Sax confirmed Wednesday. Gulley was one of the state’s top players in the 2010 class this past season.

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Akron offers Brewton

March 15, 2010

Garfield junior TE-DE Kevin Brewton (6-4, 225) was offered by Akron on Sunday, according to Garfield coach Bob Sax. It is the first scholarship offer for Brewton. Brewton, the City Series defensive player of the year last season, was the Rams’ leading receiver as a tight end. Brewton has also garnered interest from other college programs recently, [...]

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Duke showing interest in Brewton

February 24, 2010

Duke is showing interest in Garfield junior TE-DE Kevin Brewton (6-4, 225), according to Garfield coach Bob Sax. “Duke called Friday and is very interested,” Sax wrote in an e-mail this morning. Sax said he sent transcripts to Duke. Brewton was the City Series defensive player of the year as a junior at defensive end. He was the [...]

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Dixon commits to Urbana

February 24, 2010

Garfield senior CB Davonne Dixon (5-10, 170) has committed to play football at Urbana, according to Garfield coach Bob Sax. Dixon was a first-team all-City Series cornerback this past season for Garfield. He led the team with five interceptions.

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Hudson girls hoop coach did not want a bye in tournament

February 16, 2010

The Hudson girls baskeetball team (13-6) will open play 2:45 Saturday afternoon against a solid Kent Roosevelt team, which is 11-7 after defeating Garfield Saturday, 78-44. This is the third game of a tripleheader that day, with No. 2 seed Wadsworth opening plat 11:30 in the morning against Garfield followed by Kenmore and Copley at [...]

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Garfield at Buchtel basketball

February 10, 2010

The Garfield Rams ignore the snow and travel to Buchtel High School for a boys basketball game.

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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 TOP PLAYER OUT

January 7, 2010

Firestone senior forward and captain James Wimberly will miss the next 6 to 8 weeks after breaking a bone in his foot Tuesday against Walsh Jesuit. The 6-foot-7 Wimberly was Firestone’s leading scorer, averaging 20.5 points and 10.5 rebounds a game. “This is a tremendous blow not only to James but Firestone basketball as well,” [...]

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Garfield seniors receiving college attention

January 7, 2010

Garfield senior CB Davonne Dixon (5-10, 170) and senior OL-DT Sheldon Spaulding (6-1, 225) are receiving a lot of attention from Division II, Division III and NAIA college football programs, according to Garfield coach Bob Sax.

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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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Gulley selected for North-South game

January 5, 2010

Garfield senior RB Tyson Gulley has been selected to participate in the North-South All-Star Game April 23 at Ohio Stadium. The game is scheduled for 5 p.m. Gulley, one of the area’s top players this season, is orally committed to Syrcause.

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Gulley commits to Syracuse

December 3, 2009

Garfield senior RB Tyson Gulley orally committed to Syracuse on Wednesday night, according to Garfield coach Bob Sax. Gulley also had several offers from Mid-American Conference schools. He had scheduled an official visit to Central Michigan Dec. 12, but made the commitment to Syracuse on Wednesday night. Gulley, who is 5-9 and 175 pounds, was [...]

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