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Following the happenings of The News-Herald Community Media Lab, as well as the library and archive, where we're digging to find historic people, places, events and things to see how much the times have changed or how much they have stayed the same.

Saturday, December 31, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 31

1986: Mike Baab practices despite stretched knee ligaments as the Browns get ready for their AFC playoff game against the Jets with training in Vero Beach, Fla.

Friday, December 30, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 30

1975: Scott Rose’s 29 points and 15 rebounds pace Brush in a 74-65 Greater Cleveland Conference boys basketball victory at South.

Thursday, December 29, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 29

1964: The North wrestling team shares the team lead after the first day of the Brecksville Holiday tournament with 17 points and five wrestlers remaining in the competition.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 28

1953: Dave Love scores 17 points, and Dick Arkenburg contributes nine of his 10 points in the fourth quarter of Geneva’s 45-40 win over Willoughby Union at the Riverside Invitational.

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 27

1942: Fairport and Harvey prepare for the rest of their respective boys basketball seasons with practices for their annual alumni games before the remainder of the regular season commences.

Monday, December 26, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 26

1931: Joe Lapchick, playing with an injured knee, gives the Cleveland Rosenbloom-Celtics the cushion they need with a late basket in a 28-24 win over the Chicago Bruins.

Sunday, December 25, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 25

2007: The frontcourt of Drew Gooden, Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Anderson Varejao combines for 46 points and 24 rebounds in the Cavaliers’ 96-82 win over the Heat.

Saturday, December 24, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 24

1996: Cavaliers players reveal what they want for Christmas, including forward Antonio Lang hoping for a Tickle Me Elmo doll for his 1-year-old son.

Friday, December 23, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 23

1985: Lisa Kilstrom has 26 points to lead Chagrin Falls past Wickliffe, 56-46, and George Mixon’s offensive rebound and putback with 1:27 to play gives University a 55-54 win over visiting Euclid.

Thursday, December 22, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 22

1974: Crusaders coach John Hanna keeps his team in the locker room for 40 minutes after a 3-0 loss to Houston, Cleveland’s seventh defeat in eight games.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 21

1963: Bob Heinrich (133 pounds), Bob Koritansky (145), Phil Johnson (154) Marv Hostetler (165) and Keith Mishne (175) won their weight classes as Chardon takes a wrestling tournament at Harvey.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 20

1952: Frank Nimmo’s 16 points are high honors in Euclid’s 60-38 boys basketball win at Harvey, a game delayed for 50 minutes because officials did not show up on time.

Monday, December 19, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 19

1941: Sterling Miner has 10 points to lead all scorers as Bainbridge edges Geauga County League foe Chardon, 23-21, in boys basketball action.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 18

1930: Cleveland native Erwin Rudolph takes the world pocket billiards championship, defeating Ralph Greenleaf, 125-120, in a match that lasted 37 innings.

Saturday, December 17, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 17

2006: Derek Anderson throws for 223 yards and a pair of TDs, but the Browns fall at Baltimore, 27-17, pushing the team to 0-6 against the AFC North for the season.

Friday, December 16, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 16

1995: T.J. Kwasniak’s two free throws with four seconds to go are the difference in Villa Angela-St. Joseph’s 65-63 boys basketball victory over St. Ignatius.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 15

1984: Nancy Janaszek’s putback off her own miss at the buzzer gives Gilmour a 31-30 girls basketball victory over Chagrin Falls.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Front page from Dec. 15, 2003

Do you remember what happened on Dec. 13, 2003?

If not, this front page from two days later should jog your memory:


Nearly nine months after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces near Tikrit, Iraq.

Do you remember where you were when either of those events happened?

A freshman at Ohio University, I watched footage of the invasion with my dorm neighbors, one of whom was dating someone in the armed forces. On Dec. 14, at home for winter break, I woke to a phone call from my then-boyfriend (who was on his way out of the Army): "Merry Christmas: They got Saddam!"

Did you think then that the U.S. would still be in Iraq eight years later?

On Oct. 21, President Barack Obama announced all U.S. troops would be leaving Iraq by the end of the year, declaring an end to the Iraq war, according to The Associated Press. Watch his announcement below:


On Monday, Obama heralded the end of the Iraq war, according to The AP. Follow along with the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq with The AP.


-- Cheryl Sadler | CSadler@News-Herald.com | @nhcheryl

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This day in area sports history: Dec. 14

1973: Ernie Arnett (132 pounds), Earl Reid (167) and Taylor Pniewski (heavyweight) each win by pin in Ledgemont’s 33-21 dual wrestling victory over Fairport.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 13

1962: Bad weather wipes out all but four of the area’s 17 high school boys basketball games a day in advance, with Berea at North the last game on tap in Lake County.

Monday, December 12, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 12

1951: Barons rookie Ike Hildebrand scores the go-ahead goal with two minutes remaining to propel his team to a 4-3 win over visiting Pittsburgh, 4-3, their first victory over the Hornets in five tries.

Sunday, December 11, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 11

1940: Concerns are raised for the Harvey boys basketball team as three players come down with colds, and as a result according to the Painesville Telegraph, practices were listless.

Saturday, December 10, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 10

1929: The Indians, despite losing top defenseman Irwin Frew to a five-minute fighting major, get sturdy goaltending from Gordon McFarlane and pull out a 3-2 IHL win over Detroit.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 6

2007: University junior Mac McLaughlin earns News-Herald boys golfer of the year honors after leading the Preppers to the Division II state championship.

Monday, December 5, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 5

2004: Drew Gooden has 27 points and 15 rebounds as the Cavaliers defeat the Raptors, 105-97, to move into first place in the Central Division for the first time since 2000.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 4

1998: Four area football standouts earn Divisions V-VI All-Ohio honors — Berkshire wide receiver Adam Gonczy, Hawken defensive lineman Jim Dempsey, Newbury running back Justin Yates and Richmond Heights punter Joe Catanese.

Friday, December 2, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 2

2005: Joe O’Donnell scores 20 points and Mark Warmeling records a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds as Ledgemont rides a 26-point fourth quarter to a 59-45 boys basketball win over Conneaut.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

This day in area sports history: Dec. 1

1994: The combined score of the girls basketball games contested in The News-Herald coverage area is 309-98, with Fairport, VASJ, Euclid, Hawken and Orange Christian all recording victories.