“I think it just proves after everything we went through last year, we knew we had to come back stronger,” said senior IsabellaCicero... “It was my last high school race,” she said. “You have to do what you have to do ... “I knew I was going to do it ... .
Krebs took fourth place with a personal best throw of 41 feet, 3 inches, becoming the first Huskies girl to earn a top four finish at the state level since the 1995 state meet ... “I knew that I could do it, I believed in myself and let it rip.” ... .
“I am so relieved and so excited,” Martini said. “Last year, I ran the 400-meter dash, and I placed ninth, so it means even more to me this year to finally make podium.” ... I really wanted this,” she added ... “It feels great,” said Scott ... .
“This whole season has been a grind,” said senior Ethan Laryea. “We came in thinking that we were going to be good, but we defied the odds. We were running in the 1.30s a couple of weeks ago and each week we kept improving until we got to this stage ... .
“It was a little bit of everything,” noted CoachCraigBarstow. “I think we hit the trifecta in the third inning ... “Michael Sweeney, the Chagrin Falls’ coach, he coached when I was in high school, so I have known him for a long time,” Barstow added ... .
The Garfield G-Men girls’ track and field team qualified three athletes to the Ohio High School Athletic Association state meet ... “All three of them just put in so much time and effort,” Coach Jim Pfleger said ... It is a fun problem to have.” ... .
“It was an amazing day for the kids,” said CoachRobert Kidd. “We had an amazing performance. I am so excited for these kids; we are taking a great group of young people down to Columbus and they are going to be primed and ready to perform.” ... .
White said that the Portage ParkDistrict successfully made the acquisition drawing upon funds from its general fund ... “Our natural areas team went out to look at it, it was a very nice section of Eagle Creek with its associated flood plain ... .
EliteTalentCollectionsSports Memorabilia store owner Mark Hartburg will be the first to admit that calling himself a sports fan is an understatement ... “This is very exciting and unbelievable,” Hartburg told The Weekly Villager ... 27 ... .
“Kudos to the girls for being able to put together a game that way,”. The Rockets (14-13, 8-5) held a 1-0 lead entering the bottom half of the seventh inning but Field loaded the bases with no outs ... .
“To win the district with essentially eight scorers and that was actually almost everybody who participated scored in some fashion or another,” said Co-Coach Jim Schweickert ... “Piper Freedline has been consistent all year,” noted Schweickert ... .