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Sports Columns

Expanded playoff a mistake

As regular seasons go, this may be the most irregular of any season in the history of high school football in Trumbull County. How so? When the Trumbull County Coaches Association holds its annual Player of the Year banquet in November, it also presents a Trumbull County Coach of the Year ...

College football losing luster

College football is dead. Well, at least what made it special is. I’ll just get this out of the way first. I’m a Michigan fan. Been one my whole life, and have suffered nearly every football season because of it. This is arguably the best time to be a Michigan fan in a long time. It’s ...

Local pros dish out fishing tips

Anglers long for limits of walleyes, dream about tangling with monster muskies, wonder how to hook Erie steelhead and how to catch Mosquito Lake largemouth bass. They could hire a guide and accomplish all of the above. But first, they should check out the tips that follow from four of our ...

Poland angler Cappelli continues to learn despite success

Pro walleye angler Sammy Cappelli credits thorough preparation and understanding of marine electronics for the latest championship trophy he has brought home to Poland. Cappelli, who many know as “The Bull,” recently won the prestigious Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit “Team of the ...

Aquatic plants serve as foundation for food chains

A tiny fish last week provided a big clue about the health of one of our weedy reservoirs. Aquatic plants — some native and some invasive — have become well established in many northeastern Ohio reservoirs and rivers and serve as the foundation of food chains that are vigorous from ...

Important lessons from a longtime angler

By my calculations, I’ve gone fishing more than a thousand times in my adult life, so one might guess I’ve learned a thing or two about the ways of the wily fish I target and how I might tempt them into biting my baits. I was thinking about this topic last week as I prepared the 14 rods ...