Leslie Charles Polen
Leslie Charles Polen, 78, of Mineral City, passed away Tuesday evening, Nov. 27, 2012 in Union Hospital at Dover following heart complications. Born August 21, 1934 on the family farm in Sandy Township, Tuscarawas County, Leslie was a son of the late Floyd and Nora (Rice) Polen. He graduated from the former East Sparta High School and began a career as an independent truck driver. He later...Barbara Patricia Hilderbrand
Barbara Patricia Hilderbrand of Toronto and Dover, died peacefully early Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 in Union Hospital at Dover following a brief illness. Born June 27, 1943, at New Cumberland, W.Va., she was a daughter of the late Michael and Elaine (Evans) Comer. Her friends and family knew her by a number of different names, including Barb, Pat, and even Patty. But no matter what name she...Arline L. Easterday
Arline L. Easterday, 85, of Uhrichsville, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012 at Community Hospice House in New Philadelphia after a brief illness. Born Jan. 21, 1927 in Uhrichsville, she was a daughter of the late Fred C. and Lena P. (Greenwood) Fairall. A lifelong resident of Uhrichsville, Arline was a graduate of Uhrichsville High School in the class of 1944. In addition to being a loving...
Lady Hawks put a hurt on previously unchallenged Hornets
Your opponent is 2-0 in the early regular season. They have clobbered one team by 30 points. They have destroyed another foe by 50 points.It sounds like a challenge for any team to face such a juggernaut, does it not?That was not the case for the Hiland Lady Hawks (3-1) on Saturday, Dec. 1 at the Perry Reese Community Center, where Hiland laid waste to previously unbeaten and unchallenged...
Formula for wrestling success an easy one for Max Rohskopf
Wrestler Max Rohskopf may not be the greatest wrestler to ever graduate from West Holmes High School. But the rangy 145-pounder may well be the best wrestler not named Colt Sponseller to take to the mats of West Holmes. Rohskopf will be trying to up the ante on a sensational junior year which saw him finish third in the 138-pound weight class in Div. II. Rohskopf heads into his final year at...
High hopes start at the bottom for Lady Knights
Sometimes when you nearly reach the mountaintop but come up short, you have to start all over again at the bottom. That is the mind-set West Holmes head coach Lisa Patterson is trying to drive home to her Lady Knights. Last season, the Lady Knights basketball team ended up playing in the game which every team in Ohio aspires to compete in, the State finals. While West Holmes fell to five-time...
No more Mr. Nice Guy? The self-proclaimed mean guy talks about changes in wrestling over his 23 year career
Nearly a quarter century of coaching wrestling, all but one of those years at West Holmes, has taught Jeff Woods many things. He has witnessed miraculous pins out of nowhere, had State champions, earned accolades and seen countless wrestlers come through his program, only to return to the family years later to help the program. While Woods is still Woods, he has changed over the years, much as...
Spranging into action, the art of scouting 101 helps Hawks give their team the best chance to win
It is a cold, blustery winter night. Winds whip by at 20 miles per hour, slicing through your jacket and beating your cheeks like they want to pierce through one side and leave through the other cheek.You hop in your car, it's pitch black outside, some horrible Janis Joplin song screeches through the radio. With gas at somewhere around the cost of a five dollar footlong per gallon, you make your...