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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, March 31, 2012

This date in area sports history: March 31

1975: The Browns sign a pair of their rookies – running backs Larry Poole and Henry Hynoski – to contracts for the upcoming season, but No. 1 selection Mack Mitchell continues to hold out.

Friday, March 30, 2012

This date in area sports history: March 30

1964: After being on the business end of a 10-2 loss to the Giants in Mesa, Ariz., in spring training action, Indians general manager Gabe Paul announces lefty Sam McDowell is being optioned to Portland.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

This date in area sports history: March 29

1953: Former Indians owner Alva Bradley, who owned the team for 19 years before selling to a syndicate led by Bill Veeck, passes away of a heart attack at the age of 69 at his vacation home in Del Ray Beach, Fla.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

This date in area sports history: March 28

1942: The Ohio Rubber Company Gun Club set a four-man team world record when it collects 1,596 marks out of a possible 1,600 during an event at Public Hall in Cleveland.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

This date in area sports history: March 27

1931: Charlie Fox sweeps straight falls from Julius Wozluck during a Greco-Roman wrestling card at the Moose AC show in Ashtabula, and 169-pounder Bob Sowers wins two falls from Pittsburgh’s Wild Bill Jacobson.

Monday, March 26, 2012

This date in area sports history: March 26

2007: Patrick Nicely drives in two runs and gets the win in relief as South edges Solon, 9-7, in baseball, and Sarah Baker belts a two-run home run in the third for Lake Catholic in a 6-5 win over the Rebels.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

This date in area sports history: March 25

1996: Cleveland State men’s basketball coach Mike Boyd resigns after six seasons, and Vikings athletic director John Konstantinos denies he has made contact with former Villanova and UNLV coach Rollie Massimino.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

This date in area sports history: March 24

1985: Craig Allen scores a pair of goals as the Force stave off a late rally bid by the Minnesota Strikers for a 5-4 win before 12,482 at Richfield Coliseum.

Friday, March 23, 2012

This date in area sports history: March 23

1974: Grant Erickson nets a power-play goal in the second period, Doug Brindley also lights the lamp in the second and Bob Whidden records 15 saves as the Crusaders defeat visiting Edmonton, 3-1.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

This date in area sports history: March 22

1963: The Painesville Telegraph reveals its final boys basketball leaders with three area players averaging 18 points per game: Wickliffe’s Frank Fitz (23.4), Mentor’s Jeff Kalin (18.9) and West Geauga’s Mark LaMoreaux (18.0).

Sunday, March 18, 2012

This date in area sports history: March 18

2006: The Lake Catholic girls basketball team falls in the Division II state final to Warsaw River View, 48-29, as River View sisters Kristin and Kari Daugherty combine for 35 points.

Saturday, March 17, 2012

This date in area sports history: March 17

1995: University’s Drew Carleton (37 goals) and Mentor’s Rob MacKinlay (49 goals, 36 assists) share player of the year honors on The News-Herald ‘s hockey all-star team.

Friday, March 16, 2012

This date in area sports history: March 16

1984: Cliff Robinson’s 24 points and John Bagley’s 16 – all in the second half – aren’t enough for the Cavaliers in a 118-102 loss to the visiting Nuggets at Richfield Coliseum.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

This date in area sports history: March 15

1973: Connie Hada’s 14 points paces Harvey in a 39-19 girls basketball win at Ledgemont, and Charlie Spikes, part of the Graig Nettles trade with the Yankees, belts two home runs in the Indians’ 5-4 spring training victory over the Cubs.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

This date in area sports history: March 14

1962: Orland Kurtenbach nets a hat trick as the Barons take out Buffalo, 7-5, and wrestle first place in the American Hockey League’s Eastern Division at 35-24-3, good for 73 points to the Bisons’ 72.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

This date in area sports history: March 13

1951: It is revealed Ohio Northern athletic director Clyde Lamb will be the keynote speaker for Mentor’s upcoming basketball and track banquet, and catcher Jim Hegan is profiled by the Painesville Telegraph for its Indians’ year in review.

Monday, March 12, 2012

This date in area sports history: March 12

1940: Indians starter Johnny Allen, coming off a season in which he won just nine games because of an arm operation, signs an incentive-laced one-year deal with the team, leaving catcher Frankie Pylak and pitcher Willis Hudlin as the only unsigned players.

Sunday, March 11, 2012

This date in area sports history: March 11

1929: Cleveland lightweight boxer Billy Wallace records an eighth-round TKO over Richie King at Philadelphia Arena, landing a left hook to open a cut on King’s eye.

Saturday, March 10, 2012

This date in area sports history March 10

2005: Jimmy McLeod scores 11 of his team-high 19 points in the second half, and Darryl Rushton contributes a double-double with 15 points and 15 rebounds as Villa Angela-St. Joseph, playing without standout David Lighty (torn ACL), defeats Rootstown, 61-45, in a Division III regional semifinal.

Friday, March 9, 2012

This date in area sports history: March 9

1994: Lyndsay Frank has a team-high 14 points and Kim Fuller follows with 13 points and nine rebounds as Cardinal books its place in a Division III Mount Union Regional final with a 49-45 victory over St. Thomas Aquinas.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

This date in area sports history: March 8

1983: The area’s regional representation are both defeated, with Ray Singleton scoring 36 points as the Harvey boys basketball team falls to Girard, 76-63, and Claudia Euse netting 24 points as North bows out with a 77-63 loss to Valley Forge.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

This date in area sports history: March 7

1972: Kirtland, with no substitutions for all but 43 seconds of the game, gets 21 points from Ron Parker in a 58-49 victory over Windham before a crowd of 2,100 in a Class A district boys basketball game in Canton.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

This day in area sports history: March 6

1961: Jack Adams scores 31 points as the visiting Cleveland Pipers improve to 24-9 and clinch the National Basketball League title with a 114-106 victory over the Denver D-C Truckers.

Monday, March 5, 2012

This day in area sports history: March 5

1950: Forward Jack Temple’s free throw with 10 seconds remaining propels Willoughby Union to a 45-44 in a boys basketball tournament contest at Euclid, earning the right to take on Shaw.