OBITUARY | 2011-09-14
Robert Bob August, 89, of Wooster, died Sept. 9, 2011, at Wooster Community Hospital. Bob was born Oct. 6, 1921, in Ashtabula, and grew up in Cleveland. He graduated in 1939 from Collinwood High School and in 1943 from The College of Wooster. He went from college to the U.S. Naval Midshipmens School at Notre Dame, where he was commissioned an ensign on Sept. 22, 1943. The next day, he...
White helps Generals take major stride forward in Wooster Invite
Hudson was rewarded when its journey to Wooster was rewarded with a first-place showing, while the hometown Generals finished third in the Wooster Invitational. In the end, though, both schools may have gotten what they wanted out of the Generals invite Sept. 10. Hudson, a state qualifier last year, gave ample evidence it will be challenging for one of the top 16 berths in the state again this...
Generals show tons of improvement in Wooster Invite
There are benefits to staying home. The Wooster cross country teams hosted its annual invitational Sept. 10, with the girls finishing third in the competition. The race turned into a two-team race, with Dublin Scioto edging Amherst Steele, 32-40, for the first-place trophy. Wooster was third by a comfortable margin in the 11-team field with 111 points, with Willoughby South (149) and Orange...
Smith, Conley, Wisecarver and Patterson winners at WCS
Mother nature was a race fan Friday night as WCS officials squeezed in a night of exciting racing under threatening skies. Danny Smith and Mitch Harble started on the front row of the feature for the 410 Winged Sprints. When the green flag dropped Smith jumped out ahead of Harble, Bryce Dickson, Chris Myers, Sam Hafertepe Jr. and Andrew Palker to take the lead. As Smith stretched his lead the...
Coffman on top of its game, shoots 286 to win Wooster Invitational
Make no mistake: Wooster saw a taste of state during the Wooster Golf Invitational. My goodness, they threw out a 76! said Wooster High assistant golf coach Ron Culbertson after Dublin Coffman won the 15th annual Wooster Golf Invitational Sept. 12 with a record 286 at the Wooster Country Club. That was two strokes better than the 288 posted by Dublin Jerome in 2006 and a dozen strokes in...
