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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.

Sunday, February 26, 2012

This day in area sports history: Feb. 26

2004: Hawken’s Kendall Sweet takes fifth in Division II and Euclid’s Katie Carter is eighth in Division I during the state diving competition in Canton.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

This day in area sports history: Feb. 25

1993: Ken Priestley nets a hat trick in the Lumberjacks’ 6-4 win at Salt Lake, and Nikole Pilkington records a double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds in Brush’s 56-35 Division I sectional final win over Collinwood in girls basketball.

Friday, February 24, 2012

This day in area sports history

1982: Bryan Huff connects on a 22-footer with 1:53 left, two of his 25 points for the game, as South staves off Wickliffe, 49-47, in a Class AAA sectional.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

This day in area sports history

1971: University gets 20 points from Dave Chollet and 13 from Ken Bolek en route to a 66-55 boys basketball victory over Chardon.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

This day in area sports history: Feb. 22

1960: Browns running back Bobby Mitchell is unveiled a sa guest speaker for the Willoughby Jaycees, and Painesville Telegraph sports editor Bob Thompson laments losing a guest picker in boys basketball predrctions, jokingly offering to buy the picker coffee on Feb. 30.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

This day in area sports history: Feb. 21

1949: Harvey defeats Kirtland, 66-49, led by Tom Pietila’s 16 points in a balanced attack, then get the good news that it will play Ashtabula in the upcoming Euclid Shore tournament, to whom it lost twice during the regular season.

Monday, February 20, 2012

This day in area sports history: Feb. 20

1938: The entire area contingent — three female singles players and a male doubles team — fall in “severe whitewashings” during the first round of the Ohio State Open Badminton tournament.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

This day in area sports history: Feb. 19

1927: The Indians hold a workout in Hot Springs, Ark., under the watchful eye of noted comedian Will Rodgers then take up local celebrity Jack Vilas’ offer of a ride on his motor boat on Lake Catherine.

Saturday, February 18, 2012

This day in area sports history: Feb. 18

2003: Luke Fitzgerald has 23 points to lead five players in double figures as Cornerstone Christian rolls to a 95-60 boys basketball victory over Ledgemont, and Jena Centa’s 13 points pace NDCL in a 55-38 Division II sectional semifinal victory over Chardon.

Friday, February 17, 2012

This day in area sports history: Feb. 17

1992: Karyn Pomfrey’s 18 points earn high honors and Jessica Lundblad has 11 points and seven rebounds as Riverside holds host St. John to 19 points through three quarters of a 49-26 Northeastern Conference girls basketball win.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

This day in area sports history: Feb. 16

1981: Jody McMillan has 36 points as the Lake Erie women’s basketball team defeats Notre Dame College, 63-42, and Mayfield, Benedictine and Hawken gets votes but don’t crack the top 10 in the state boys basketball poll.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

This day in area sports history: Feb. 15

1970: The Mentor boys swimming team shares Port Clinton Relays team title honors with Warren Western Reserve, getting first-place finishes from its 300-yard medley and the quartet of Steve Galbos, Rick Pluth, Charles Armstrong and Curt Harvey in the 400 free relay.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

This day in area sports history: Feb. 14

1959: Den and Don Boyner combine for 18 points as Geneva nips host Ashtabula, 35-33, in Northeastern Conference action, eliciting “We Beat Bula” chants from Eagles fans after their team avenged an earlier loss to the Panthers.

Monday, February 13, 2012

This day in area sports history: Feb. 13

1948: In the opening round of the Geauga County Class B boys basketball tournament, district scoring champion Don Blair nets 26 points in Parkman’s 53-35 win over Troy, and Auburn edges Thompson, 25-23.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

This day in area sports history: Feb. 12

1937: Ray Toivonen sends a “sizzling shot through the meshes” to give Fairport the lead for good in a 36-34 double-overtime victory over Conneaut to keep its hopes alive for a third straight Lake Shore League boys basketball championship.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

This day in area sports history: Feb. 11

1926: Indians pitchers Walter Miller, Norman Lehr and Joe Shaute, along with pitching coach Jack McCallister, depart for a camp in Hot Springs, Ark., the precursor to spring training in Lakeland, Fla., under Manager Tris Speaker.

Friday, February 10, 2012

This day in area sports history: Feb. 10

2002: Patrick Neundorfer scores a pair of goals and assists on another as University  doubles up Gilmour, 4-2, in the opening round of the Brooklyn District hockey tournament, and Pat Homans’ power-play tally in the third period gives Chagrin Falls a 3-2 win over Avon Lake.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

this day in area sports history: Feb. 9

1991: Amy Llewellyn scores 20 points as Chagrin Falls defeats visiting Gilmour, 49-45, in nonconference girls basketball, and Matt Davis and Greg Cherne light the lamp for Euclid in a 2-0 hockey victory over Rocky River.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

This day in area sports history: Feb. 8

1980: Vince Ruggieri’s 15 points nets high honors for Mayfield in a 75-50 Greater Cleveland Conference win over visiting Mentor, and Lori Korver has 20 points for Lakeland as it turns back Penn State-Beaver Branch, 61-50.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

This day in area sports history: Feb. 7

1969: Tom Mental’s 22 points pace Newbury in a 62-58 East Suburban Conference win over visiting Richmond Heights, and Bill Huff had 27 points as Kenston turned away a fourth-quarter West Geauga comeback bid, 58-54.

Monday, February 6, 2012

This day in area sports history: Feb. 6

1958: Indians outfielder Minnie Minoso turns down a $40,000 one-year deal,  telling General Manager Frank Lane “not enough money” in a note attached to the unsigned returned contract, and the Barons fall, 3-1, at Springfield.

Sunday, February 5, 2012

This day in area sports history: Feb. 5

1947: The Grand River Gun Club nets its third win in the Tri-County National Rifle Association League, defeating Chagrin Falls, and Ohio State football coach Paul Bixler steps down to take the same post at Colgate.

Saturday, February 4, 2012

This day in area sports history: Feb. 4

1936: Kirtland’s Eric Davidson and Wickliffe’s Vic June share the lead in high scoring honors for Lake County Class B schools, each netting 45 points for the season, with Wickliffe’s John Lichniak sitting at 44.

Friday, February 3, 2012

Front pages: Remembering Columbia



Nine years ago this week, Columbia became the first shuttle lost on landing. Above, the front page of The News-Herald from Feb. 2, 2003.


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

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This day in area sports history: Feb. 3

1925: The Painesville YMCA hosts a gymnastics exhibition before a large crowd, including wand and dumbbell drills and piano accompaniment by Miss Olive Rust – “one of the finest programs” of the winter season according to the Painesville Telegraph.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

This day in area sports history: Feb. 2

2001: Johnny Rivers has 19 points and nine rebounds in Harvey’s 79-70 boys basketball win over Pymatuning Valley, and Rachael MacLean has 12 points and 11 rebounds in Mentor Christian’s 36-33 victory over Massillon Christian.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

This day in area sports history: Feb. 1

1990: Beth Koch’s 12 points and 15 rebounds are team highs for Perry in a 48-39 girls basketball win over Ledgemont, and Lissa Latina has 27 points, 13 steals, 11 rebounds and six assists in Richmond Heights’ 71-34 win over Independence.