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Mooney boys relays shine at D-IV state meet

COLUMBUS — Cardinal Mooney had quite the quick turnaround early Friday afternoon. With the boys 4x200-meter and 4x100-meter relays only 20 or so minutes apart, the opportunity to lock in and engage was there. The Cardinals brought some hardware back to Youngstown, winning the Division IV ...

Golden Tempo faces a pace challenge in Belmont Stakes

The front-running horses in the Kentucky Derby last month completed the first quarter-mile in under 23 seconds and a half-mile in under 47 seconds. That blistering pace paved the way for Golden Tempo’s last-to-first charge from the back of the pack to win by a neck. Five weeks later, the ...

Maplewood falls in Division VII state championship

AKRON — In front of what was possibly the entire population of Mecca Township, the Maplewood Rockets did what they have done in each of their last 30 trips to the diamond: Battle. Unfortunately for the Rockets, they couldn't get the hits they needed, falling 3-0, to Portsmouth Notre Dame, ...

Poston handles the wind at Memorial

DUBLIN — J.T. Poston stepped onto the putting green Friday at the Memorial just in time to feel the first gust of wind, knowing a tough course was about to get even harder. Part of him was eager to see how a new golf ball to help with the wind was going to perform. It’s safe to say he was ...

Heartland Christian's Liposky takes D-V state discus title

COLUMBUS — Last spring didn’t end the way that Claire Liposky didn’t end the way she would have liked. After not making it out of the district round last year, the Heartland Christian sophomore stood atop the podium at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Friday afternoon. After tossing two ...

The agony of dealing with mayflies while fishing

The words roll off the tongues of Lake Erie walleye anglers with disdain. “The mayflies are hatching.” They are words no walleye angler wants to hear. Every year from late May through June, just as the weather is getting reliably good and anglers are itching to get out on Erie, Mother Nature throws us her mayfly curveball. Mayflies are the flying insects that emerge from their nymph stage from the bottom mud of Lake Erie. They rise to the surface and molt into adults with wings that enable them to fly from the surface. When the hatch is in full bloom, we are confronted ...