Daniel Sherriff

After capturing the Chagrin Valley Conference Valley Division banner and earning a berth in the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division IV final last year, the Crestwood Red Devils’ basketball team will have a different look but. “I would say the expectations are always going to be elevated and high...

After a decade of sustained success, the Garfield G-Men girls’ basketball team has seen its fair share of trials over the last two years with a pair of losing records. The G-Men will feature a more well-rounded approach along with improved depth as they seek a resurgent campaign. “We have...

Despite tearing through the Presidents’ Athletic Conference in the regular season, the Hiram Terriers’ volleyball team learned about the intensity of postseason play in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III postseason. The Terriers were swept by conference rival Grove City 25-20, 25-20, 25-23 in the PAC championship last...

Although the Village of Windham is on its third Zoning Inspector in less than two years, Sheila Moore plans to establish some continuity with the position, when she was formerly announced as the newest Zoning Inspector by Windham’s Village Council on Nov. 7. “It feels right, it feels like this...

The Freedom Township Historical Society rounded out a year of celebrating Freedom Township’s Bicentennial by hosting a Veterans Day Exhibit Open House last Saturday at the FHS Building at 7276 State Route 303. “Hopefully, it is very impactful,” FHS Member Judy Thornton told The Weekly Villager. “We had a Vietnam...

The curtain has closed for the Garfield G-Men football team’s 2025 campaign. Garfield bowed out of the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division V Region 17 playoffs, losing 56-14 against Cardinal Mooney in the regional semifinal last Friday evening at Youngstown State University’s Stambaugh Stadium. “We got banged up really...

Playing in the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division IV Region 13 continues to be a gauntlet for the Streetsboro Rockets’ football team. The Rockets were eliminated from postseason play, losing 16-0 against Lake Catholic in the quarterfinal last Friday evening at Great Lakes Cheese Stadium in Burton. “Obviously you...

The Windham Township Board of Trustees needed to come up with a new idea on how to allocate $3,000 from the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council grant and decided to apply the money to fixing the Town Hall’s garage furnace last Thursday evening at Windham’s Town Hall. “I just don’t...

The Garfield G-Men were not about to let their football season end on their home turf for the second straight season. The G-Men responded in a big way and countered 17 unanswered points from St. Clairsville, beating them 48-31 in the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division V Region...

Anna Hamid’s hockey playing days may have ended earlier than she would have liked, but her love for the game never went away. Hamid has transitioned from player to coach, having been announced on Oct. 8 as the coach of Hiram College’s first women’s ice hockey team.  “It is such...

Middlefield artist Annie Peters has been a frequent participant in the annual Burton Public Library Art Show. She can now say she has experienced the honor of submitting a winning piece, as her three-dimensional creation Basket for Your Thoughts won first place at the Show in October. “It was very...

The Hiram Terriers’ hockey team has made school history, earning its first victory in program history by shutting out Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts 4-0 to cap off their first weekend of home play last Saturday afternoon at The Pond in Auburn Township. “Everybody in the locker room, they all...

Since his freshman season, Aurora Greenmen senior Nathan Eminian has always had lofty aspirations. He realized those big goals when he took 7th place with a personal record of 15:37.12 at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II state cross country championship last Saturday afternoon at Fortress Obetz. “I...

While regular season home field advantage had not worked in the Streetsboro Rockets’ football team’s favor this year, having home field in the playoffs was a different story. The Rockets pulled away late to defeat West Geauga 35-21 in the first round of the Ohio High School Athletic Association...

Gotta get me a clicker/counter gadget so that I can have an accurate reckoning of how many trick-or-treaters that show up at my porch. The guess this time was somewhere around two hundred or so. Other estimates around town were pushing for three hundred–not exactly a surprise, since most...

Appearing at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division III state cross country meet as a freshman may be intimidating to some, but Garfield G-Men freshman Lina Kaufman is well-versed at competing on the big stage. Kaufman wrapped up her freshman cross country season by taking 20th place with...

The Windham Historical Society intends to leave behind another piece of its history by funding a project with money from a state grant to have an 11x24 green street clock built and erected on Windham Town Hall’s lawn near the Gazebo at 9011 North Main Street. “We are into the...

University Hospitals Portage Medical Center has taken the first step in its efforts to provide preventative medical care to the inmates at the Portage County Jail, recently providing a Mobile Mammogram Unit for female inmates.  “It is aligning with the UH mission, which is to heal, to teach and to...

Cardinal senior Sam Gdovichin’s first appearance at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division IV cross country state championship may have been his one and only state berth but he left it all out on the course, surging late to finish in 67th place with a time of 16:56.43...

Garfield G-Men freshman Lina Kaufman is not quite finished with her breakout season in her first year of varsity cross country. The G-Men freshman clinched a state berth at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division III regional meet, finishing in 11th place with a time of 19:44.01 last...

Ravenna graduate Jake Smallfield has always been drawn to a calling where he can help people, much like his family with its decades of service in the Ravenna Fire Department. Smallfield has worked his way up the ranks in the Ravenna Police Department and has reached the top, having...

The Berkshire Badgers’ football team closed out the regular season with an emphatic statement, shutting out Chagrin Valley Conference Valley Division and Geauga County rival Chagrin Falls 34-0 with a dominant second half last Friday evening at C.S. Harris Stadium in Chagrin Falls. “It was a very tight first half,”...

For the first time since 2018, there will be a regional playoff round for the Berkshire Badgers’ volleyball team. The Badgers secured the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division V Northeast 2 district banner, fending off Triway’s comeback in a five-set thriller, winning 25-17, 25-11, 18-25, 16-25, 15-7 last...

The Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Grey Tier banner may not be returning to Garrettsville this year but the Garfield G-Men football team achieved something just as important. The G-Men shook off a slow start to conquer MVAC Grey Tier foe Brookfield 49-14 to clinch a first-round bye in the...

Growscape, an industry leader in garden and décor solutions for growers, retailers and distributors, continues to expand its base of operations by officially opening a new 750,000 square foot distribution center at its already existing 500,000 square foot manufacturing site at 16395 East High Street on Oct. 15 in...

The Berkshire Badgers’ volleyball soccer team ended its regular season with an exclamation point, overcoming a slow start to top Canfield 11-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-19 last Saturday afternoon in Burton. “We were obviously flat in the first set,” noted Coach Joan Prots. “It took us a little while to wake...

The Battle of Lake Rockwell once again went to the Streetsboro Rockets’ football team, extending their winning streak to seven games against Metro Athletic Conference and Portage County rival Ravenna, by defeating the Ravens 49-3 last Friday evening at Portage Community Bank Stadium in Ravenna. “We got our defensive legs...

Once again, the Garfield G-Men football team is at the front of the pack for the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Grey Tier banner. The G-Men remained focused, shutting out league foe Newton Falls 56-0 to remain tied for first place in the conference last Friday evening in Trumbull County. “We...

One of Coach Bryan Wadsworth’s goals for returning the Berkshire Badgers’ cross-country program to relevancy was becoming a force in the Chagrin Valley Conference Valley Division. The Badger boys accomplished that feat when they won the CVC Valley Division title with a 2-4-7-8-9 finish to score 30 points last...