Wooster harriers get early taste of district competition
100311 WHScrossMalone Promo: Wooster cross country teams have solid showings at Malone Invitational Wooster harriers get early taste of district competition By Brian Questel Districts are one the radar screen for both Wooster High cross country programs this fall, and the Generals got an early look at both their district course and competition at Malone College. Jackson won the boys meet...
Birding at the Conneaut harbor
Birding at the Conneaut harbor Bruce Glick writes about the birds, especially those found in Ohio and around our local area. This week he reports on a trip to northeast Ohio and the harbor at Conneaut. For more, see the Gone Birding column. Most of the time when we spend a day birding in northeast Ohio, it is to look for migrating raptors in the spring. However, the fall migration season also...I'm Telling
Column Summary Opportunities present themselves often, but acting on those opportunities are not always good decisions. Childhood lessons are learned by innocent behaviors turned oh so wrong. Now that my secret truth has been revealed through three different newspapers, covering cities, towns, villages and country sides (all thanks to my darling husband), let me just tell you, if you hadnt...
Safety in Our Schools theme for Wayne Countys Open the Door to Equality Rally
Woosters third Open the Door to Equality Rally will be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 9, at the gazebo on the square (Market and Liberty streets) in downtown Wooster. The rally will focus on making schools safe for all students, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth, with speakers and live music. Featured speakers at the rally are Rep. Nickie Antonio, a leading...Wooster harriers get early taste of District competition
Districts are on the radar screen for both Wooster High cross country programs this fall, and the Generals got an early look at both their District course and competition at Malone College. Jackson won the boys meet Sept. 25 by a comfortable margin with 42 points. There was a logjam for second, though, as Green took the runner-up trophy with 86 points, followed by Boardman (86), Perry (89) and...
Snowbarger hoping Generals volleyball picture is coming together
As the 2011 campaign dawned, Wooster High head volleyball coach Jen Snowbarger knew there were questions - many questions - that had to be answered before the full picture would be. Thats nothing new for any program, of course, but its particularly true when freshmen and sophomores figure dramatically into the mix and coaches and teammates wait to see how they will compete on a varsity...
Injuries have taken toll on Hansen, Generals soccer team
Wooster High boys soccer coach Brian Hansen knew his team would have a tough road ahead of it to defend its Ohio Cardinal Conference championship. He just didnt know how hard it would be. The high hopes that Hansen had for his squad at the beginning of the season slowly disappeared with a series of injuries that have been hard to overcome and a prime reason for the Generals 2-6-1 ledger...Logees 82 Woosters top score at OCCs as Arrows dominate
Ashland played the Mohican Hills Golf Course straight as an arrow. Thats a lesson that Wooster golf coach Mark Snowbarger hopes his team can learn as well in the final days of the 2011 season. The Arrows rolled to an easy victory in the Ohio Cardinal Conference Golf Championships Sept. 22, cruising to an easy victory by shooting a 300 to win its fourth consecutive league title. Clear Fork was...
Close calls make for great fall
Sometimes a tennis ball hits so close to the line that the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Women's Tennis Association (WTA) all routinely employ an electronic replay system, like Hawk-Eye or MacCAM, to determine whether a shot was actually in or out.There can be an equally fine line between a very successful or merely average season at the...