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Gahanna’s Belli sets sights on state swim success
Gahanna Lincoln swimmer Morgan Belli is going back to the state meet this week. But the sophomore wasn’t exactly beaming after she qualified for another Canton trip at the Division I district meet Saturday, Feb. 18, at Ohio State University’s McCorkle Aquatic Center. She automatically advanced to states by virtue of her second place in [...]
Read More >>‘No Child’ left behind? Ohio seeks waiver from federal law
Ohio schools wouldn’t be judged by whether all students pass state tests if federal officials grant the state’s request for freedom from the No Child Left Behind Act. Instead of inching toward the requirement that 100 percent of students be “proficient” on standardized math and reading exams by 2014, Ohio would require schools to show [...]
Read More >>Gales breeze past the competition en route to sectional championship
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 2–> PATASTAKA — When Lancaster’s qualifying wrestlers lined up for the national anthem prior to the finals at the sectional meet, it almost looked like a team photo shoot. That’s how dominant the Ohio Capital Conference-Ohio Division champions were in dispatching the competition en route to winning their second straight Division I [...]
Read More >>Heath might ban pawn shops from buying, selling gift cards
HEATH — Heath Police Chief Tony Shepherd hopes a new ordinance will reduce the large number of people returning stolen items for store gift cards. An ordinance, which will be put to a vote during Tuesday’s Heath City Council meeting, would prevent secondhand dealers that buy and sell used items from accepting gift cards, Shepherd [...]
Read More >>Wildcats beat Gales’ boys basketball team
NEWARK — Newark set a tone from the tip Friday that left Lancaster shell-shocked, and it was an intensity the Golden Gales never could match. Newark’s suffocating defense held Lancaster to a field goal or fewer in three of the four quarters. The Golden Gales shot 18 percent from the field in a 50-19 loss [...]
Read More >>Heath may ban pawn shops from buying, selling gift cards
HEATH — Heath Police Chief Tony Shepherd hopes a new ordinance will reduce the large number of people returning stolen items for store gift cards. An ordinance, which will be put to a vote at Heath City Council Tuesday, would prevent second-hand dealers that buy and sell used items from accepting gift cards, Shepherd said. [...]
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As reported by Amy Saunders of The Columbus Dispatch, professional bowlers will be joined by at least one hopeful amateur when they enter the Ricart Ford Open in Columbus, Ohio, on February 17, 2012. Chad Roberts, a native of Reynoldsburg who has an impressive record in local tournaments and a 231 average, will pit himself [...]
Read More >>Basement Doctor to Run in Strides for Steph During 2012 Buckeye Cruise
Columbus, OH, February 17, 2012 –(PR.com)– Columbus’ The Basement Doctor, Ron Greenbaum is running in the “Strides for Steph” fundraising run/walk. With many people affect by cancer, we’re hoping to give researchers a major financial boost to discover a cure. He’s inviting people to sponsor him…in raising over $5,000 for The Stephanie Spielman Fund. Ron [...]
Read More >>Hearing set over quarantine of Ohio exotic animals
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Read More >>Wrestlers preparing for sectional meet
Enlarge Image Paul Vernon/ThisWeek Dalton Tullius of Canal Winchester tries to gain control of Apple Creek Waynedale’s Dakota Stanley in a match at 145 pounds during a meet earlier this season. The Indians will compete in a Division I sectional for the first time on Saturday, Feb. 18, at Watkins Memorial after being in Division [...]
Read More >>LH seeks good health just in time for wrestling sectional
PATASKALA — The Licking Heights wrestling team will not quite be at full strength Saturday, but the Hornets will be as healthy as they have been all season. It has been one of those years for the Hornets, who host a Division II sectional tournament at 10 a.m. Only senior standout Tyler Price has made [...]
Read More >>Gahanna girls tested by league play
By JARROD ULREY ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday February 15, 2012 9:13 AM Gahanna Lincoln High School girls basketball coach Rick Hauser is of the belief that each of the top four finishers in the OCC-Ohio Division could have won titles if they’d been in the OCC-Cardinal or OCC-Central this winter. The Division I district tournament [...]
Read More >>Alyssa Rice, Reynoldsburg girls basketball bursting onto national scene
The interest Alyssa Rice has been receiving from colleges over the past few months seemingly has grown by the day. Similar to the plight of the 6-foot-3 sophomore who is sure to remain one of the nation’s top recruits from the Class of 2014 is that of the Reynoldsburg (Ohio) girls basketball team that she [...]
Read More >>Resilient Gahanna boys show their mettle
The green Gahanna Lincoln boys basketball team that started the 2011-12 season isn’t so green anymore. There have been ups and downs, but the Golden Lions showed their growth Friday, Feb. 10, in a home Ohio Capital Conference Ohio Division game with Reynoldsburg — a 39-38 Gahanna victory. The Lions had lost the first-round fight [...]
Read More >>Bradley, Davidson claim league wrestling crowns
The 2011-12 Hilliard Bradley wrestling team guaranteed itself a spot in school history this season by winning the first Ohio Capital Conference championship. The Jaguars went a perfect 7-0 in the Capital Division and also have an unblemished 14-0 overall dual meet record this year. Coach John Riggs knows what kind of work his kids [...]
Read More >>Bulldogs earn top seed in D-III; Aces seeded fourth
POWELL — Before a potential matchup with top seed Bloom-Carroll, Liberty Union coach Gary Lecrone will watch and take notes on two of his former players. Lecrone’s Lions plays the winner of the Bulldogs’ matchup with East Knox at 7:45 p.m. March 2 at Westerville North. The matchup of Bulldogs is at 7:45 p.m. Feb. [...]
Read More >>Boys basketball | Pickerington Central 74, Grove City 63: Central bounces back
By Steve Blackledge The Columbus Dispatch Saturday February 11, 2012 6:04 AM PICKERINGTON — As an undersized power forward at Ohio State, Jerry Francis was admired by fans and teammates for wearing his heart on his sleeve and leaving everything on the floor. As the second-year coach for a young but talented Pickerington Central boys [...]
Read More >>Landmark cakes featured at tonight’s bicentennial party
By Kevin Joy The Columbus Dispatch Friday February 10, 2012 12:30 PM As at any birthday party, cake will be served. Yet these big, festive desserts — 31 of them — have a little something extra. All created for the 200th-birthday party in honor of Columbus, they capture some of the best-known places in the [...]
Read More >>Federal lunch program eligibility up by 20 percent
By David S. Owen ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday February 8, 2012 5:05 PM More than half the students in the Reynoldsburg City School District are eligible for the federal free and reduced-price lunch program, according to district food service director Connie Fatseas. Fatseas said in 2007, 32 percent of the district’s students were eligible for [...]
Read More >>Dackin: District doing well, but much work lies ahead
By David S. Owen ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday February 8, 2012 5:10 PM Reynoldsburg City Schools Superintendent Steve Dackin is proud of the district’s accomplishments, but says much remains to be done. “We have a good message, a good narrative in Reynoldsburg City Schools, and we are doing a good job, but good is not [...]
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