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Sports Columns

Football needs more Jeff Bayuks

Full disclosure! This was intended to be a feature, a story on the life of a high school football coach who, for the first time in 47 years, is spending his Friday nights in the fall away from the sidelines. Intrigued at how Jeff Bayuk was adapting to his role as a high school football ...

Fishing’s a lifelong learning process

Tick. Tock. Tick. … The clock and the calendar are relentless. Time marches on. Days fly by. The years pile up. Seems like only a few years ago my buddies and I were traipsing the banks of Yellow Creek in the Poland Municipal Forest, a spinning rod in one hand and a can of worms in ...

MillerTech’s unique origin and impact on fishing

Anglers today are benefiting from a product born out of necessity in a Northeast Ohio logging operation and brought to market in an unlikely alignment of interests. In fact, the energy powering more and more fishing boats ironically was sparked in the Amish communities of West Farmington and ...

Knowing where to find crappies in the Valley

Social media chatter is getting louder as anglers throughout our region are asking where and when the autumn crappie bite is kicking in. The home range of white and black crappies includes northeastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Healthy populations of the popular panfish thrive in our ...

Guardians’ late rally one to remember

September is coming to an end, and that means it’s the beginning of the spooky season. Halloween decorations have begun to pop up in neighborhoods, candy has flooded stores nationwide for a little bit now and people will start putting thought into what they want to dress up as for the ...

Frustrations and fishing before a break

The timing couldn’t have been more frustrating. My most recent fishing trip followed a string of disappointing outings. The fishing over the past six weeks had been more puzzling than normal, resulting in days when one fish per hour seemed to be the best I could produce. Then came the ...