Akron Marathon 2012

Participated in the Relay Race portion of the Akron Marathon. The team consisted of Maureen Vastagh, Douglas Morgan, Ken Slater, myself and Kevin Kowel.

My portion of the race (Leg 4) started at Sand Run Parkway and Portage Path and finished at Firestone High School – covered approximately 4.5 miles from the 16.2 mark of the race to the 20.7 mark.

The team officially finished at 4:22:38.


Members of the "Knights of the Buffet Table" team:
Douglas Morgan, Ken Slater, myself (back) and Kevin Kowel (front).

Beginning of the race at National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Runners relax at the Canal Park outfield after the race.

This is one of the relay marathon participants who was
dressed in a Cleveland Browns Trent Richardson jersey, long hair extensions
and a #92 Browns helmet (assuming Michael Dean Perry).
He hadn't started his portion of the race yet.
The sun was out and I bet he was warm.

Firestone High School was Relay Point 5 of the race

Firelands 32, Wellington 29

Firelands gets their first victory of the year as the Falcons built a big 3rd quarter lead and hung on to win. You can listen to the replay online.

Senior quarterback Joe Hyster had 148 passing and two touchdowns in addition 57 yards rushing. Hyster made his impact defensively as well with two turnovers. First he tipped a Dylan Weidrick pass that was intercepted by Stephen Peterson. Then he intercepted a Weidrick pass and 61 return led to a touchdown pass from Hyster to Dakota Dodge to put Firelands up 32-15. Hyster earlier hooked up earlier with Nick Bauer for a 2nd quarter score.

Senior running back Zach Hofecker had nine carries for 26 yards but three of those rushes went for touchdowns.

Firelands vs. Wellington tonight

I will be covering high school football tonight in Wellington, Ohio as the Dukes host the Firelands Falcons. You can tune in to 1320 AM or listen online (replay will be available online as well). I'll be working with play-by-play announcer Bob Karlovec and sideline reporter Dave Andrews.

What a difference a year makes. Both these teams were in the play-offs a year. Firelands qualified as the 8th and final seed in Division 3, Region 9 while Wellington earned the 8th spot in Division 4, Region 14. Fast forward to 2012 and neither team is going to the post-season. Firelands is still looking for their win of the year while Wellington earned their first victory defeating Clearview 43-13 last week.

Lorain County High School Football Week 6 Predictions

We have reached the halfway point of the season and at 73% success rate. I'm on pace for my best season ever picking games. Didn't have a strong week last Friday with a 10-6 record to bring my season total to 74-27.

I'm somewhat concerned this week that I'm picking 13 road teams to win. I thought long and hard before pulling the trigger on Bay, Brecksville, Clearview, Columbia, Lorain and Rocky River. All are games that could go either way.

Jeremy for the first time this year had a better weekly record than yours truly. After earning an 11-5 record, his season total is 56% and he can hold off the trash can image for another week. A lot of toss up games in week 6 - prime opportunity to catch up in the season standings.

Get your updated school schedules and standings and results.

The picks

Firelands at Wellington - I will covering this game for WOBL radio - tune in to 1320 AM or listen online

Lutheran West 40, Brookside 0

A record-setting night for Chris Ranc and it's a 40-0 victory for Lutheran West over Brookside. You can listen to the replay online.

Ranc, the 6-2, 190 senior captain, ran the ball 34 times for 356 yards and four touchdowns.

After a blocked field goal on their first possession, the Longhorns scored three straight times including 1-yard run by quarterback Greg Kunze, a 1-yard run for Ranc and a 3-yard run for Ranc on 4th and 2 with eight seconds to go in the the half. Ranc had 27 carries and 214 yards at the intermission.

The 3rd quarter was more of the same. Ranc ran 53 yards for a touchdown that was called due to a penalty. Then on the next play, Ranc ran 57 yards for a touchdown that counted. After a Brookside three-and-out Ranc hit paydirt again from 54 yards.

Lutheran West vs. Brookside tonight

I will be covering high school football tonight in Sheffield, Ohio as the Brookside Cardinals host the Lutheran West Longhorns. You can tune in to 1320 AM or listen online (replay will be available online as well). I'll be working with play-by-play announcer Bob Karlovec and sideline reporter Dave Andrews.

Both teams dropped their opener in Patriot Athletic Conference play and are looking to bounce back prior to Division play starting next week.

Lutheran West is 1-3. After defeating Firelands 29-7 in week 1, the Longhorns have dropped their next games at home to Hawken (21-13), Independence (35-9) and Black River (31-30, OT) on their newly renovated field.

Brookside is looking for their first win of the season losing their first four games against Oak Harbor, Rhodes, Margaretta and Oberlin.

Lorain County High School Football Week 5 Predictions

Wahoo, what a week it was. Move over Aaron Rodgers you have company.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, yours truly is coming off his best week since I started making predictions three years ago. Last Friday I went 15-1 with my picks to go to 64-21 on the year. Upon further research, my previous best week was a 13-1 record in week 8 last year. Only a two-point conversion in overtime prevented me from my first ever perfect week.

In addition to the 2011 Green Bay Packers, other 15-1 NFL teams include 1984 San Francisco 49'ers, 1985 Chicago Bears, 1998 Minnesota Vikings and 2004 Pittsburgh Steelers.

Jeremy, had his best week of the season with a 10-6 for 62.5% correct. This after two straight weeks of 13-9 (59.1% correct). This Sunday night will be Jeremy's first chance to pay his bet - we'll see if he concedes this contest. Trailing by 17 games in the loss column with six weeks to play, that's three more correct picks needed per week to catch up. Good luck Jeremy, the trash can image is coming.

Get your updated school schedules and standings and results.

The picks

Lutheran West at Brookside - I will covering this game for WOBL radio - tune in to 1320 AM or listen online

Columbia 20, Wellington 6

Junior QB/FS Jay Banyasz did a little of everything in leading Columbia to a 20-6 victory over Wellington. You can listen to the replay online.

In the 2nd half, Banyasz ran for a touchdown, passed for a touchdown, intercepted a pass and recovered a fumble.

After trailing 6-3 at halftime, Banyasz went to work leading a 9-play 68-yard drive culminating with a touchdown run from 8-yards out. After intercepting a Dylan Weidrick pass, Banyasz found Ben Verbus for 26-yard gain deep in Wellington territory leading to a Matt Zelinsky 31-yard field goal. Banyasz recovered a Weidrick fumble and later iced the game with a 20-yard touchdown pass to Verbus with 6:13 remaining.

Columbia at Wellington tonight

I will be covering high school football tonight in Wellington, Ohio as the Dukes host the Columbia Raiders. You can tune in to 1320 AM or listen online (replay will be available online as well). I'll be working with play-by-play announcer Bob Karlovec and sideline reporter Dave Andrews.

Both teams begin Patriot Athletic Conference play this evening and neither team is sure how good they are.

Columbia is 2-1 for the 4th straight season. From 2009 to 2011, the non-conference portion of their schedule is identical:

• loss in week 1 to Cleveland Central Catholic (20-14 this year), 
• win in week 2 vs. South Central (40-0)
• win in week 3 vs. Chippewa (28-7).

Wellington is 0-3 in their non-conference schedule dropping games against Norwayne (47-7), Avon (33-0) and Edison (35-20). Norwayne won the Division IV state championship last season while Avon finished as runners-up in Division II.

Cleveland Indians 2013 Schedule

Make your plans now for next season. The Yankees come to town in April.

APRIL
April 2 @TOR
April 3 @TOR
April 4 @TOR
April 5 @TB
April 6 @TB
April 7 @TB
April 8 vNYY
April 9 vNYY
April 10 vNYY
April 11 vNYY

Lorain County High School Football Results: 2012

Amherst

Week 1: Lost 63-28 at Elyria
Game story | 2nd story | 3rd story

Lorain County Football Team Rankings

Three weeks of high school football are complete. Six schools are looking for their first win while only two are still undefeated.

Get your updated school schedules and standings. Here are my team rankings with their overall and conference records:

1. Midview 3-0, 0-0 – The Middies have came up huge against Elyria last week. Cody Callaway-to-Eric Lauer is the most lethal passing combination in the county.
   
   
2. Avon Lake 2-1, 0-0 – When was the last time a Dave Dlugosz team blew a 24-point halftime lead in losing in double overtime against Massillon Jackson. North Olmsted is next. Be very afraid Eagles.
   
   
3. Elyria 2-1, 0-0 – Loss to Midview will bring the Pioneers back to earth. Still a lot of talent at the skills positions and defense to not have a successful season.

Lorain County High School Football Week 4 Predictions

Conference play begins this week in high school football. It's time for teams to play their familiar rivals. Week 3 of picks was stellar for me with a 19-4 record to bring my season total to 49-20.

Congratulations to Jeremy, who has crawled over the .500 mark with a 2nd straight 13-9 week. I was told the Jeremy image I'm using in these posts are from a wild party he attended. I offered to instead replace the image with a picture of a trash can due to his garbage picks.

Get your updated school schedules and standings.

The picks

Columbia at Wellington - I will covering this game for WOBL radio - tune in to 1320 AM or listen online

Amherst 49, Clearview 16

Host Amherst used a balanced offensive attack and a stingy defense to defeat Clearview 49-16. You can listen to the replay online.

With the victory, Amherst snaps a nine-game losing streak (and 13 losses in 14 games). The last time Amherst won a game was also against Clearview by a score 35-14 on Sept, 9, 2011. The last time the Comets won at home was October 15, 2010 by a score of 28-14 against Brecksville.

Clearview vs. Amherst tonight

I will be covering high school football tonight at Amherst High School as the Comets host the Clearview Clippers. You can tune in to 1320 AM or listen online (replay will be available online as well). I'll be working with play-by-play announcer Bob Karlovec and sideline reporter Dave Andrews.

Clearview Thetreak.

Lorain County High School Football Week 3 Predictions

After a dreadful first week of the 2012 season, I rebounded with an 18-5 record in week 2 to get my season record to a respectable 30-16.Unfortunately for Jeremy, he is still looking to crack the .500 mark at 21-23. Get your updated school schedules and standings.

Week 3 of the season begins tomorrow. Here are the predicted winners this week in bold.

Clearview at Amherst - I will covering this game for WOBL radio - tune in to 1320 AM or listen online

Monica & Chuck

That title sounds like the name of a TV sitcom. Instead it's my very good friend Monica Newell who had her picture taken with Cleveland Sports personality Chuck Galleti last Saturday at Cleveland's Progressive Field.

Due to the image and email restrictions. None of my friends can view the picture. Here is yet another attempt to share the photo.