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Terriers lacrosse overwhelmed by Yeomen in conference opener

According to Hiram Terriers men’s lacrosse Coach Jason Griffith, his squad wanted to make an impression in its first North Coast Athletic Conference game of the season. But things did not go as planned as Hiram was dominated by conference foe Oberlin 19-2 at Hiram College’s Charles A. Henry Field at Malsimur Stadium last Wednesday evening. “They were able to...

Cardinal baseball not shy of experience for new season

Cardinal Huskies’ baseball coach Dan Wolf is keeping an open mind on what to expect for this season. One thing for sure is that the Huskies will not be lacking experience as they prepare for the 2024 season. “The kids are working hard,” said the first-year coach. “It is a new adventure. We have some strong pitching and have a...

Aurora softball returns with more experience amid high expectations

Reaching the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II district final last year was one of the Aurora Greenmen softball team’s goals. They achieved that feat, but their postseason run ended there and Aurora returns this year wanting more. “The expectations are there because we bring everybody back except for one player,” said Coach Sam Petrash. “That made last year...

Major improvements underway in Mantua

Last week, Village officials and Portage County community leaders celebrated a win on Main Street in Mantua. Thanks to months of hard work on the part of local organizations and individuals, a project is now underway to repair the 100-year-old crumbling steps in front of the stores on the West side of Main Street. A project is now underway...

Aurora High School adopts lacrosse as newest athletic program

Aurora Greenmen athletes have never shied away from the challenges of learning a new sport. Aurora’s list of athletic programs continues to grow by having a lacrosse season for the first time in school history. “It’s a day I did not think would ever come but I am so thrilled that this is happening,” Aurora High School speech pathologist Megan...

Lady G-Men softball returns with wealth of experience

Recording winning seasons has never been a problem for the Garfield G-Men softball team but making deep runs has. The G-Men will try and change their fortune this season by bringing back a vast amount of experience with seven returning lettermen. “I am really looking for that cohesion and consistency,” said Coach Tina Faulhaber. “Our pitchers are back so I...

Letter to the Editor

Middlefield’s March Forward: A Message from Mayor Ben Garlich Welcome to spring. If this continues, we will be mowing lawns in March. I’m not especially fond of cold weather, personally, and from a Village operational cost as well. Our salt usage this year as well as snowplow maintenance and labor hours has been the most cost-effective winter in many years....

Letters to Tomorrow: Preserving Garrettsville’s Legacy

All of us rush through our daily lives with little thought of how we’ll be remembered decades in the future.  However, when asked, most of us will say our families and the people in our families are the most cherished parts of our lives.   This is a special year for the James A. Garfield Historical Society and the Village...

Logan Griffin presents salamander research at Vernal Poolooza

Logan Griffin of Ravenna, a student worker at the Hiram College James H. Barrow Biological Field Station, was recently the youngest presenter at the three day Vernal Poolooza conference hosted in Hocking Hills, Ohio. Griffin presented his ongoing research of unisexual salamanders, also known as unisexual Ambystoma. The main objective for this research was developing a more efficient and cost-effective...

Moore jumps over from Crestwood to ignite Rockets softball

Through two coaching tenures, Coach LeRoy Moore has bled red and white for the Crestwood Red Devils girls’ softball team. After spending 11 years at the helm with his alma matter, Moore is starting a new chapter by becoming the head coach of the Streetsboro Rockets’ softball team. “It is kind of refreshing going into a new program with the...

Visit Hiram For The Solar Eclipse

Is your high school closed on April 8 to enjoy the eclipse festivities? Take advantage of your free time and join us at Hiram for a personalized tour of campus and a visit with an admission counselor before ending your afternoon at our total eclipse viewing party! Registration Information: High school students can register at engagecms-100952.campusnexus.cloud Community members, alumni, faculty, staff, and...

Ravenna School District Transportation Department suffers from staff shortages

The last few years have seen the Ravenna School District’s Transportation Department experience staffing issues to their bus driver work force. Just this last year, Ravenna’s staff of bus drivers was significantly trimmed, losing about a third of its employees. “We have lost several drivers and aides for various reasons,” Ravenna School District’s Director of Business Operations Stephen York told...

Badger boys volleyball falls in five sets to Wildcats

TheBerkshire Badgers boys’ volleyball team continues to get off to a slow start this season. The Badgers remained winless when they dropped a five-setter, losing 25-19, 23-25, 17-25, 25-12, and 15-5 against Mayfield last Wednesday evening in Burton. “Some people might say it is a maturity thing where you have to get used to that pressure and we are definitely...

Friends of the Hiram College Library announce annual book sale March 21 – 25

The 2024 Friends of the Hiram College Library Book Sale will be held Thursday, March 21 through Monday, March 25 in the Pritchard Room of the Library, 11694 Hayden Street in Hiram, Ohio.   Book sale hours are: Thursday, March 21: 9 am – 7 pm; Friday, March 22: 9 am – 5 pm; Saturday, March 23: 12 – 4...

Garfield G-Men baseball ready to encore after historic season

Garfield G-Men baseball coach Michael Paes acknowledged that even after a historic 2023 season, nothing would be a given for his squad this year. The G-Men will try and prove that last season’s success was no fluke when they compete this year. Garfield compiled a 21-7 record and reached the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division III district championship game...

Just for Kids holding eclipse party for children 

Come and join us at Just For Kids for an eclipse party! Even if your kids aren’t enrolled with us, they’re welcome to attend at no cost. We’ll be providing eclipse glasses for safe viewing. Plus, there’s a pizza party at 1:30 pm! High school students will also be on hand to share some fascinating information about the eclipse....

Crestwood to host Wall of Fame dinner and social

Having successfully added over 100 names to their new Athletic Wall of Fame, the Crestwood Red Devils are inviting alumni to return to their alma matter to celebrate the achievement. Crestwood will host a banquet dinner and social honoring the new members of the Wall of Fame in its gymnasium in Mantua on March 24 at 5 p.m. “It is...

Teeing up for success: Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary’s golf outing a focus of this week’s meeting

On to the Golf Outing! That was the principal focus of the March 18, 2024 meeting of the Garrettsville-Hiram Rotary Club. Catering confirmation and other arrangements and finishing details will move on to another meeting. The recent Scotch Doubles Bowling event at SkyLanes was deemed a success–good baskets, good crowd, good time. Design options for new pins will be...

We’re All Invited

JAG Kindergarten Registration Register today! It’s time to register for a Screening appointment if your child will be 5 years of age by August 1, 2024.  To complete online documents, visit our website, www.jagschools.org, click on Menu, scroll down to the FinalForms link.  Please call Kristine @ the Elementary office, 330-527-2184, for a screening appointment on Thursday, April 11, 2024. DMRC 2024...

It’s All About the Seniors – Girls Basketball 

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#5 Kali Tasker  Tasker has been in and around the game of basketball since a very young age, as her father was a coach and has consistently encouraged Kali to play basketball growing up, and always pushed her to be the best player she could be. Tasker has always been a big factor on the teams she’s played on. She...

Anthony Sindelar earns All-Ohioan honors at state wrestling meet

Streetsboro Rockets’ 120-pound sophomore Anthony Sindelar had a lot to prove this season after he missed his freshman year with a shoulder injury. The Rockets’ sophomore achieved that goal when he recorded a 3-2 record to take seventh place at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II state wrestling tournament last weekend at The Ohio State University’s Jerome...

Auditions for Steel Magnolias

Curtains up Theatre is holding auditions for Steel Magnolias on April 30 and May 2, 2024 at 7pm in the James A. Garfield Iva Walker auditorium. No monologue required. All female cast. For more information contact Director- Justin Steck- 216-310-1913 Show runs July 12, 13, 14, 19 and 20th.

J.P. Wrobel snags fifth place at state wrestling meet

For the last three years, Crestwood Red Devils’ 126-pound senior J.P. Wrobel’s time at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division III state wrestling meet has been a short one. Wrobel made the most of his final appearance by going 4-2 to take fifth place last weekend at The Ohio State University’s Jerome Schottenstein Center in Columbus. “It means a...

Streetsboro girls basketball Final Four bid ended by Laurel

The Streetsboro Rockets girls’ basketball team will have to wait at least one more year before they pack their bags for the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II Final Four. The Rockets’ historic season ended when they lost 53-32 against Laurel in the Division II regional championship last Friday evening at Barberton High School. “We definitely did not execute...

Garrettsville Cinema presses pause on private rentals

To all our patrons: Private rentals cannot be booked until we know when and if a new lease agreement is in place. Our new landlord wants a substantial increase which is not sustainable even if we  increase admission/concession prices. Sadly, this seems to be a one-sided negotiation. Sadly, he lives out of town and does not know the history...

Main Street Ravenna unveils Ravenna-Opoly

As the City of Ravenna celebrates its 225th birthday, Main Street Ravenna, a non-profit organization committed to preserving and revitalizing downtown Ravenna, wanted to do something special. The organization has partnered with Opoly Games, a business that custom designs Monopoly-styled board games, to make Ravenna-Opoly, a new board game that is patterned after Ravenna. “It is a very exciting opportunity...

Garfield Theatre invites you to be their guest at Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast”

A tale as old as time will be arriving at Iva Walker Auditorium this month, complete with timeless numbers including “Be Our Guest,” “Home,” and “Belle.” Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” has become a classic in the musical theater songbook, telling the story of an intelligent, elegant young woman who finds herself imprisoned by a hideous Beast in an...

Keegan Sell defends Division III state championship

Garfield G-Men senior Keegan Sell has wrestled in a lot of matches in his varsity career. Very few could compare to the match where he edged Liberty Center senior Xander Myers 11-6 to become a two-time state wrestling champion at the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division III state tournament last weekend at The Ohio State University’s Jerome Schottenstein...

Johnny Green repeats as fifth place finisher, two other Greenmen place

Aurora Greenmen 113-pound junior wrestler Johnny Green said he wanted to improve on his fifth place finish in the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division Il from last year. Although he fell shy of that goal, he became a three-time state placer when he once again took fifth with a 3-2 record last weekend at The Ohio State University’s...

20th Century Club explores the Hiram College Field Station

Continuing the year’s focus on local places and people of note, members of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville gathered on March 7, 2024 at Hiram College’s James H. Barrow Biological Field Station on Wheeler Road. There they were met by Michael Benedict, Ph.D., director of the station and professor of Environmental Studies at the college. He presented a brief...

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