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Lakewood’s Richardson finds tennis to his liking
By Dan Gilles Chris Richardson had never in his life picked up a tennis racquet prior to his freshman year at Lakewood. After playing golf in the fall and hockey in the winter, Richardson’s mother encouraged him to give tennis a try, saying it would be fun. Four years later, Richardson’s glad he took his mother’s [...]
Demons doubles, Pirates trio advance to districts
Boys tennis By Dan Gilles By Westlake coach Jeffrey Mannies’ estimation, his Demons boys tennis program had advanced at least one player to the Division I Northeast District Tournament nine consecutive years prior to this season. Make that 10 consecutive years. While Westlake didn’t advance any singles players out of last week’s Division I Sectional [...]
Rockets surprise with WSC tourney title; Lakewood takes second
By Dan Gilles Bay’s boys tennis regular season in the West Shore Conference was not very successful. After the Rockets only won two matches this season, they weren’t expected to do very much at last Saturday’s WSC Boys Tennis Tournament, which was held at both Tri-City Park and Magnificat High School. With head coach Dave [...]
Locals compete at Freestyle and Greco-Roman state qualifier
Wrestling By Dan Gilles The Rocky River-based West Side Wrestling Club and the North Olmsted Wrestling Club had several wrestlers competing in last Saturday’s USA/Ohio State Qualifying Freestyle and Greco-Roman Wrestling Tournament, which was held at Elyria High School. After a long day of wrestling, three West Side wrestlers, one North Olmsted wrestler and one [...]