1957: Dick Price sweeps the 120 low and 180 high hurdles and also wins the high jump and pole vault for Riverside as the Beavers defeat Chardon, 66-52.

1946: Thompson edges Perry, 12-11, in extra innings after the Pirates substituted their entire varsity lineup for their JV in the final four innings due to two upcoming Western Reserve League games.

1935: The first annual Burton Relays is contested, featuring high school track athletes from Parkman, Burton, Chester and Chardon, with the Chardon boys and Burton girls sweeping all events.

2011: Browns running back Peyton Hillis wins the “Madden NFL 12” cover contest, and the Captains withstand a late rally bid in a 10-9 win at Fort Wayne.

2000: Phil Bojc tosses a complete game and belts two home runs in Euclid’s 11-6 win over Valley Forge, and Holly Dennison singles in Katie Adams in the 18th as Perry edges Wickliffe, 4-3.

1989: Ron Skok and Shawn Sabin combine on a no-hitter, with Skok striking out nine before leaving in the sixth with a tight shoulder as Lakeland defeats Penn State-Shenango, 8-1.

It's the sweetest time of year in Chardon -- time for the Geauga County Maple Festival!

I took a look through the newsroom archives and found some clippings from the festival from the mid-1990s (when Chardon was still a village).

I was surprised to see that in 1994, "CBS This Morning" filmed a segment from Geauga County. Champion ax tosser Rudy Dettmer made quick work of a log in front of 4.5 million viewers:

(Check out that snow on the ground -- part of the reason the festival now takes place at the end of April.)

Published the same day as the above article: Heavy snow caused a tent to collapse:

I liked this photo, also from the 1994 Maple Festival, of two girls on the paratrooper ride. (I hope the ride was a bit more fun once it started, because these girls look a little bored.)

Also from 1994: This story starts out with a cute anecdote of a man who proposed to woman with the help of a plane's banner, which had her name spelled wrong. Sure hope he got his money back. (But at least she said yes.)

Also in 1994, Staff Writer John Horton participated in the famous bathtub races. His News-Herald team didn't win, but sounds like they had fun trying.

The clipping below is a nice feature on the grand marshal of the 1997 Geauga County Maple Festival parade. Ture Johnson of Burton Township has quite the resume. Johnson died in 2001, and his obituary lists his accomplishments: Burton High basketball coach; volunteer fireman with the Burton Volunteer Fire Department; officer and founding member of Berkshire Athletic Booster Club (where he was instrumental in establishing a lighted football field with stadium seating and a concession stand); director/coach of man youth league teams; several responsibilities with Burton Congregational Church; member of the Burton Chamber of Commerce for 50 years; member of Geauga Maple Festival Board for more than 40 years; organizer of the Ohio Christmas Tree Growers Association and the Maple Syrup Council; and planter of more than 1 million trees in Northeast Ohio. Johnson was clearly an incredible asset to the region and a great choice for the parade's grand marshal.

Read more about Johnson's life and accomplishments in his obituary.

Another clipping from 1997: 7-year-old Alex Armstrong and 8-year-old Andy Weybrect in a pizza-eating contest.

Staff Writer John Horton returned to the bathtub races again in 1997. The News-Herald team -- which also included Horton's wife, Debbie, and Joe Milicia -- cruised to a first-place finish.

What are your favorite memories of the Geauga County Maple Festival?

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

1978: Gerry Schmetzer and Bill Farbus earn wins in singles play as Perry edges Conneaut, 3-2, in area tennis, and Bob Fisher’s two-run single propels Berkshire past Richmond Heights, 4-2, in baseball.

1967: Debbi Sprecher places 11th in the 400-yard individual medley while representing the Central Branch YMCA swim team during the first YMCA national meet in Indianapolis.

1956: Bob Lemon works his first complete game in nearly a year as the 35-year-old right-hander paces the Indians in a 5-2 victory to salvage a twinbill split with the visiting Tigers.

1945: The Indians are unable to solve Tigers starter Dizzy Trout and don’t help their cause with four errors and Allie Reynolds’ eight walks in a 6-3 loss.

1934: Lost Nation Country Club opens for the season, with course director Carl Aves saying the course has been mowed and rolled and presents a “marvelous playing surface.”

2010: Colt McCoy tells an Atlanta radio station if he could hand pick a team in the upcoming draft, it would be the Browns, and Stefanie Podlogar’s four-hitter paces West Geauga in a 5-3 win over Perry.

1999: The Browns conclude the draft by selecting six players – including Virginia linebacker Wali Ranier in the fourth round and Colorado wide receiver Darrin Chiaverini in the fifth round.

1988: John Farrell tosses 8 1/3 innings, striking out four, and Dan Schatzeder records the final two outs in the Indians’ 4-1 victory at Baltimore.

1977: Wickliffe’s Dave Fisher crosses the line first in the 120 high hurdles and takes part on two winning relays as the Blue Devils score 99 points to edge North for the South Spring Invitational team title.

1966: Dennis Boyd wins the broad jump and sweeps the 100, 220 and 440 and Tom Davis captures both hurling events to lead Newbury past Cardinal, 88-38, in boys track and field action.

1955: Herald Horn takes first in the 100- and 220-yard dashes, two of 10 event wins as Mentor opens its boys track and field season with an 83-34 win over Willoughby.

1944: Ohio State coach Paul Brown assures his interim successor will take his annual high school coaching clinic as he heads into the Navy to serve as a recruit training officer.

1933: The Indians open with a 4-1 marathon win at Detroit in 13 innings, as Willie Kamm’s two-out single to right plates Bill Cissel with the go-ahead run.

2009: Tim Erjavec sweeps the 100- and 200-meter dashes and runs a leg on Lake Catholic’s winning 4x200 relay as the Cougars take the boys team title at Chardon’s Hilltopper Invitational.

1998: Jim Thome’s three-run home run in the bottom of the 10th, after a stretch in which he struck out 12 times in 23 at-bats, gives the Indians an 8-5 win over the Angels on opening day.

1987: Renee Guillory’s two-run single in the seventh propels Euclid to a 4-3 softball win over Brush, and Bill Timko’s three-hitter paces the Arcs in a 3-1 baseball victory over the Panthers.

1976: Bob Bertram wins the 880-yard run and is on the first-place mile relay as Wickliffe edges Madison and West Geauga in a boys track and field dual.

1965: Bill Conley’s steal of home in the bottom of the sixth is the difference as Kirtland edges Mentor, 8-7, in a high school baseball season opener.

1954: The Barons tie their Calder Cup playoff series with a 4-2 win over the Hershey Bears, getting an insurance goal in the third period and staving off the Bears from there.

1943: Ohio State coach Paul Brown talks about football’s role during the war, saying it’ll serve as entertainment for members of the armed forces but “it won’t be the same game fans knew last year.”

1932: The Lake County YMCA handball tournament draws 24 entries including returning champions C.E. Bowden and S.M. Smith and many first-time players.

2008: Chris Nash goes 2-for-4 with a run and two RBI as the Captains open their South Atlantic League season with a 4-0 over the BlueClaws in Lakewood, N.J.

1997: Cavaliers forward Danny Ferry and Celtics guard David Wesley get into a skirmish during the Cavs’ 96-87 win, with Chris Mills getting a forearm for his troubles from Celtics coach M.L. Carr.

1986: The Indians are unable to find a trade partner for starting catcher Jerry Willard and instead release him, in part because of the “steamrolling development” of Andy Allanson behind the plate.