January 9, 2011
For students with motor-skill disabilities
New school offers alternative learning By LIN RICE ThisWeek Community Newspapers
For nearly a decade, Marysville resident Kelly Morris’family traveled back and forth to Canada, where her daughter Brittany received treatment for cerebral palsy. Last summer, Morris decided to bring the care home to her daughter, and in turn to the surrounding community. “We started last July, with a few summer camps for area children, and those were very successful,” Morris said. As a result, Morris founded the Brighter Beginnings School on Grove Street in Marysville. The nonprofit school uses a program known as conductive ed-
ucation, which was originally developed in Hungary, Morris said. We belong to a group called the Association for Conduc“We belong to a group called the Astive Education in North America, (ACENA), and right now I sociation for Conductive Education in North America, (ACENA), and right know of only three other places like it in Ohio. The program now I know of only three other places works with those who have a motor disability — 90 percent like it in Ohio,” Morris said. “The proof the time they have a diagnosis of cerebral palsy, but it gram works with those who have a motor also includes those with autism, Down syndrome or disability — 90 percent of the time they have a diagnosis of cerebral palsy, but other motor disabilities. it also includes those with autism, Down syndrome or other motor disabilities.” KELLY MORRIS Developed in the late 1940s in Bu—founder of Brighter Beginnings School dapest by Dr. Andras Peto, conductive education is an intensive learning approach for children with a wide range sists the children in specific exercises to find alternative paths to muscle groups of disabilities, according to Morris. A designed for each child; repeating those in the body, allowing intentional movetrained teacher (called a conductor) as- exercises encourages the child’s brain ment, she said.
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“I didn’t expect the rewards we have seen from the kids, watching the conductors teach them to walk, to write, and being able to do some of those things alone as they go along,” Morris said. Morris said her 13-year-old daughter Brittany has seen a vast improvement in the quality of her life from the regimen. “Brittany was diagnosed at six months old with cerebral palsy,” she said. “From the time she was four years old up until now, we’ve been traveling to Canada for her treatment, but we found out that her therapy would start taking up the whole summer. We have two other kids, and we decided it would be unfair to them, See NEW SCHOOL, page A2
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Students practice at the In Step Dance Center Tuesday, Jan. 5. Later this month, Kent Boyd, who was the recent runner-ip on the TV reality show, “So You Think You Can Dance,” will teach classes to local dancers.
TV dancer to teach classes at local studio An Uptown Marysville dance studio will offer lessons this month taught by a household name. The In Step Dance Center on South Main Street plans several master dance classes beginning taught by Kent Boyd, the runnerup and fan favorite on the latest season of TV’s “So You Think You Can Dance.” Dance center owners Cindy Lopresti and Heidi Beerman have secured Boyd’s talents for two private classes at the center, followed by a master class open to the public. “We are so excited that our dancers will have the opportunity to dance and learn choreogra-
phy from Kent,” Lopresti said. “At the same time, we wanted to be able to offer this exciting opportunity to all dancers in Marysville.” Boyd is currently on a 40-city tour with other top-10 dancers and other show performers from past seasons. The 19-year-old Botkins, Ohio, native has also performed in musical productions of “Oklahoma!” and “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” His area of specialization is contemporary jazz dance. In Step Dance Center hosts a variety of classes for students age 4 through grade 12, as well as for adults, covering areas of ballet, hip-hop
and jazz, musical theater, tap, competitive dance and other techniques. The public class taught by Boyd will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 14 at the center, 111 S. Main St. Registration for the class is on a first-comefirst-serve basis, with a $40 fee. Registrations will be accepted until Thursday, Jan. 13 or until the class is sold out. Advance registration is required for the private classes, and can be made online at www.isdcdance.com. — Lin Rice
Union County residents will no longer be allowed to own dangerous wild animals following an emergency executive order passed by Gov. Ted Strickland last week. However, county officials aren’t certain who will be responsible for enforcing the temporary ban. In one of his last acts as governor, Strickland issued an emergency executive order on Thursday that will temporarily ban the private ownership of dangerous wild animals. The order originates from an agreement between Ohio’s agricultural leaders and the Humane Society of the United States last summer, which halted the HSUS from pursuing an animal rights ballot initiative in Ohio. The executive order authorizes the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR)’s Division of Wildlife to adopt a new rule that prevents the new, private ownership of wild animals that are dangerous to human health and safety, requires existing private owners of those animals to register them annually with the state, and details the type of facilities that can own and rehabilitate dangerous wild animals, according to the governor’s office. Union County Humane Society director Steffen Baldwin said the issue of owning wild animals is a complicated one. “Dogs are pets because we’ve spent thousands of years domesticating them, and wild animals are definitely not pets – there’s always that risk of inSee DANGEROUS, WILD, page A2
Marysville patrolmen awarded OSHP’s highest honor By LIN RICE ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Two officers and a dispatcher were honored last week for their actions during a deadly shootout in Marysville last year. Ohio State Highway Patrol interim superintendent Major Christopher Minter presented OSHP’s highest honor, the Superintendent’s Citation of Merit Award, to Sgt. Michael K. Hasson and Trooper James W. Bryner, along with presenting the Certificate of Recognition to dispatcher Jason Kidder, in a ceremony at the Marysville post on Jan. 4. The officers were honored for their actions on Aug. 10, 2010,
when they were dispatched to assist officers from the Union County Sheriff’s office with an active domestic violence incident, according to Lt. Rick Zwayer. The suspect, Rickie Lee Diamond Jr., fled his residence after a family dispute, and ultimately drew down on officers with a shotgun after a car chase through Marysville and the surrounding county. Diamond was killed as a result of the gunfire exchange. Both Hasson and Bryner were ready when Diamond began shooting, according to a release provided by OHSP. “The suspect exited his vehicle and began firing at officers with the shotgun. Sgt. Hasson and Trooper. Bryner directly responded
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in the midst of the gunfire and engaged the suspect at close range to help stop his Sgt. Michael K. aggresHasson sion,” the OSHP release states. “The suspect was seriously wounded in the exchange. The officers then provided first aid until they were relieved by emergency medical personnel. The suspect later died as a result of his injuries. The local community has expressed gratitude publicly, through numerous new publications, for the officers’
actions to F o u r preserve other local the publaw enlic’s safety forcement while placofficers ing their were inown lives volved in at great the incirisk by dent: offiTrooper James W. confronting Dispatcher Jason cers Robert Bryner the armed Kidder suspect.” Bartholomew and Joseph PetKidder was dispatching during zinger of the Marysville Division the incident. “He remained calm of Police, and Union County Sherallowing him to make the appro- iff’s deputies Matt Henry and Rich priate telephone contacts and di- Crabtree. Henry was injured durrect units to the proper locations,” ing the gunfight, a cut to the face the OSHP release states. “His re- from flying debris. sponse to the incident ultimately A Union County grand jury resulted in the successful coordi- later found that all officers were nation of personnel and resources.” justified in the level of force used
to stop Diamond. Hasson joined the OSHP in 1998. In 2006, he was promoted to the rank of sergeant and served for a short time as assistant post commander of the West Jefferson post, according to Zwayer. Bryner joined the patrol in May 2009 as a member of the 149th academy class. He earned his commission in December of that year and was assigned to his current location in Marysville, according to Zwayer. Kidder joined the patrol in November 2009 as a dispatcher at the Springfield Dispatch Center. In August 2010 he transferred to his current location as a dispatch traveler at the Piqua Dispatch Center.
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New school offers alternative learning Continued from page A1 taking up their entire summers with traveling. We looked at all the therapies we had tried, and our options were to either put Brittany in a wheelchair, or bring this therapy closer to home. We researched conductive education, and then it took us about eight months to get a non-profit status, and now here we are.” Morris said Brighter Beginnings works with children age six months through 18 years, and that she hopes to take on adult students as the school grows. A typical conductive education class is outlined on the school’s website at www.brighterbeginningsce.org, and includes activities like working on motor skills, practicing going from a sitting to a standing position, hand-eye coordinated movement, communication skills while sitting, and
other skills. “Over last summer, Brittany was hospitalized from May to June,” Morris said. “At the end of that, all she could do was lift her head. Now she is able to sit on a bench independently, and she accomplished that in six weeks.” Morris said that the school has room for about 70 students a year, but getting the word out to the community has been slow going. One conductor currently works at the school, with a second scheduled to begin in about four weeks. “The course is a year long, which we do in five-week sessions, four hours per day, Monday through Friday for five weeks,” Morris said. “The students then graduate, and receive a report so they can continue what they’ve learned at home. They can then continue with us.” Cost for the five-week course is $1,500; a two-week after school
class is $300. Morris said that the school has received much help from the Union County Board of Developmental Disabilities, which has funding available for county residents to participate at the school. “In every county, the (DD) board has family resource dollars available to kids who receive local services,” she said. “Union County has been very supportive; I think they’ve paid for all of our students except one, who was from outside the county. It’s been very nice for those who can’t afford it.” Kara Brown, support services director for UCBDD, said the board uses a program called Resource Allocation for Families Today, (RAFT.) “It’s a program we designed about three years ago, that is for people with family members with disabilities who are eligible for
our services at the board,” Brown said. “We chose to make RAFT a locally-funded program, which gave us a lot of flexibility to assist families that we might not have been able to with just state dollars. RAFT helps families pay for those kind of services that are specific to a disability.” Morris said she thinks the school has worked well for her daughter and other students. “It takes people working with them that understand that just because they’re not speaking, that doesn’t mean they’re not there,” she said. “You see these kids catch on, you can literally see the wheels moving in their heads.” The Brighter Beginnings school is at 169 Grove Street in Marysville. It can be contacted at 937-738-7605, or online at www.brighterbeginningsce.org. lrice@thisweeknews.com Brittany Morris, right, works with Agi Sarkadi-Nagy at Brighter www.ThisWeekNews.com Beginnings.
DANGEROUS, WILD ANIMALS BAN Continued from page A1 jury to them and to those responsible for them,” Baldwin said. “But I’ve also heard the argument that this is intruding too much into our personal freedoms.” The emergency rules will be in place for 90 days. During that time, ODNR will submit these rules to the state’s rule-making body, the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review, for inclusion into Ohio Administrative Code, according to the governor’s office. That process is expected to be completed before the executive order expires. “This action fulfills my responsibilities within the agreement that will keep Ohio’s vital agriculture industry profitable while appropriately updating animal care standards,” Strickland said. “This rule will help protect Ohioans from deaths and serious injuries caused by attacks from dangerous wild animals held in private ownership.” According to the order’s language, dangerous wild animals include big cats, bears, wolves, non-human primates, large constricting and venomous snakes, and crocodilians. Continued possession of dangerous wild animals presently in private ownership at the time of the signing may be allowed under specified conditions. Baldwin said it is somewhat unclear who would be tasked with enforcing the mandate. “Our focus is on domestic animals, but when there is an instance of animal cruelty, cruelty extends far beyond just domestic animals,” he said. “We’ve been called before, but I don’t know who would be called for something like this. The Division of Wildlife, maybe, but their resources are limited.” Baldwin said that in the past the UCHS has helped capture a wild donkey in the county, and that in 2009 they were tasked with finding a suitable home for wolf hybrids found in Union County. “Fortunately (a wild donkey) is not vicious, but it wasn’t tame and it was quite an expensive process – OSU vets had to be brought in, they had to tranquilize the animal, and that’s probaCommunity headlines delivered weekly to your inbox. Sign up today at
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bly the tamest example I can think of.” Exempt under the order for the rehabilitation of such animals are accredited zoological institutions, bona fide wildlife sanctuaries, and certain other facilities. “This rule takes a responsible step forward in protecting human life,” said Sean Logan, ODNR director. “While the rule will become effective immediately, under Ohio law it is only effective for 90 days. Therefore, we hope the incoming administration will see
the value of this effort and take the necessary steps to implement a permanent rule that would ban the ownership of these species.” Ohio has not previously banned the ownership of dangerous wild animals. Strickland’s order is listed as Executive Order 2010-17S, signed Jan. 6, 2011, and set to expire March 6. A complete text of the order can be viewed online at http://governor.ohio.gov. lrice@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com
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reer development. McFarland will discuss career plans, how to keep yourself and your skills relevant to your current or potential employer, where to look for career information resources, and the current hot careers, Watson said. “Choosing the right career path is one of the most defining decisions in one’s life,� Watson said. “Today, it is estimated that people will make several major career shifts throughout their working years. By attending this networking event, participants
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Union County engineer Jeff Stauch, left, presents Dave Putney with his 2010 Employee of the Year plaque.
Putney named top 2010 employee The Union County Engineer’s Department has selected 13-year employee Dave Putney as its 2010 employee of the year. Putney, a county highway maintenance worker in the operations division, was chosen because of his responsible work ethic, dedication and dependability, according to county engineer Jeff Stauch. “Dave’s great attitude and service throughout his 13 years with this organization is deeply appreciated by co-workers and supervisors alike,� Stauch said. Putney is a part of a team of 24 employees responsible for the maintenance and repair of 465 miles of roadway, 320 bridges, about 2,500 culvert structures and about 8,500 signs, according to Stauch. Putney was selected by his co-workers. — Lin Rice
Women’s health will be at the forefront next month, when Memorial Hospital of Union County offers its second annual “girls-night-outâ€? themed event. Called “Women‌ At the Heart of it All,â€? the event is presented through The Heart Partnership, a venture between the hospital and the Ohio State University Medical Center. The evening will include a catered, sit-down meal from Lucasey’s Italian Bistro of Marysville, along with entertainment, according to hospital public relations and development specialist Stephanie Lantz. Women’s heart health advocate Gail Hogan will act as emcee for the event, and physician speakers will present information on the importance of good heart health in women. The evening will also include standup comedy from Mary Faktor, performing “The Six Ages of Woman,â€? along with a Macy’s fashion show modeled by women from Union County. This year’s event takes place at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, at the Burnside Family Life Center at the First United Methodist Church, 207 S. Court St. Tickets are $25, or $20 for those age 65 and older. Seating for the event is limited, and tickets will be available for purchase starting tomorrow at the Memorial Hospital gift shop or by calling the hospital’s development office at 937-5782320. — Lin Rice
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Christmas and high school: more alike than you think I just realized something important: Christmas is like high school. I don’t mean the birth of Jesus is synonymous with clanging lockers and the smell of steamed hotdogs. I mean … well, look. You know what high school’s like, right? You’re all caught up in that whole world of homework and credits and grade point averages and class rank, not to mention football basketball soccer tennis track golf or maybe band orchestra choir big musical trips to Disney World and then of course you have your student council honor society newspaper yearbook flag corps, not to mention homecoming prom and all the talk talk talk that accompanies all of these things. Then you graduate, and two days later you walk by the arrangement of certificates, plaques, athletic letters and other random awards that your proud mom has created for your open house and you think, “What’s all that stuff still doing here?” Because high school is behind you now. Behind you, and receding into the distance like a train in reverse. Soon it’ll be a tiny speck, and then you won’t see it at all. Not that you want to see it, because you don’t. Whether you’re going to college or starting a job or joining the service or sitting on the front porch texting people, you know that high school is no longer current. Who cares about how hilarious it was when a bunch of you filled the softball team’s car wash buckets with Kool-Aid? Who cares about that thrilling moment when the prom court was announced? Who cares who was
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named valedictorian and who missed it by one onehundredth of a point? You already know what to MARGO say when BARTLETT some doofus – or possibly your mom – brings up that stuff. You say, “That’s so high school.” Meaning so yesterday, so unimportant. So over. Well. This brings me to Christmas, or rather, the two months leading up to Christmas, when Christmas music and Christmas lights and Christmas television programming and Christmas events and Christmas advertising rain down on the world like … Well, I was going to say “like shrapnel,” but that’s because I was remembering an advertisement I saw years ago that showed an unpleasant-looking woman opening an oven door and looking sternly inside. The headline read something like “They’ll be home for Christmas.” The ad was for oven cleaner. But using the word “shrapnel” to describe all this is too harsh. I actually like Christmas music and lights and events and even some of the television, provided I don’t have to watch most of it. I even like hearing Christmas songs piped over store intercoms and have been known to get fairly carried away while singing along to “Santa Baby,” to the point that I have to either press my lips together or go to another part of the store where people don’t know me as the woman who’s singing. Yet. My point, though, is that I like
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Christmas. Not as much as I did when I was a child, but I like it. I don’t like all the time and energy preparing for it requires, of course, and I don’t like the expense, or the pressure people feel to do it the way they see it done on TV or in magazines. I don’t like my own internal voice, the one that tells me to buy more wrapping paper just in case, even though I know we have enough left over from last year to wrap up the entire house, or that nudges me into buying another table cloth when we can use our old ones, which already have candle wax marks in the right places. OK, so I don’t like absolutely everything about Christmas. I do like a lot of it, though, such as concerts and lights and – I just discovered these this year – half moon cookies. But when Christmas is over – you may have noticed this – it’s completely, totally, thoroughly over. By 5 p.m. on Christmas Day, radio stations that have played nothing but Christmas music since Thanksgiving have resumed their regular programming. On Dec.
26, Christmas trees begin appearing on the curbs, next to trash cans stuffed with wrapping paper and electronics boxes. The very air, so recently full of peace on earth, goodwill toward men sorts of messages, is silent. Not silent as in all is calm and all is bright. Just silent. I find myself thinking that I’m glad I didn’t buy more wrapping paper. And even to think about buying a new tablecloth! I must have been nuts. In fact, I was nuts – nuts and overworked and, yes, caught up in the wacky but still somehow thrilling spirit of the season. But the season is over now. It’s January, and we’re looking ahead, to Valentine’s Day and tax returns and spring. Christmas? You may as well try to tell about that time somebody poured bubble bath in the drinking fountains, or how great it was to be student director of “Our Town.” It’s all so over.
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Despite his squad losing its first six games, first-year Marysville High School boys basketball coach Ryan Grose never lost confidence in his team. The Monarchs responded with a two-game winning streak heading into their game against Westerville North last Friday, including a 57-55 win against visiting Dublin Jerome last Wednesday in OCC-Cardinal Division play. “It’s hard work in practice,” Grose said. “We’ve been stressing to our guys that our practice translates into our play, and our guys are starting to buy into making a better effort in practice and we’ve got a couple (wins) because of it. “Our schedule has been tough the first half of the season, and
we have to continue to work hard and improve on some of the things that we’ve struggled with early.” Kyle Nelson’s 3-pointer with 24 seconds remaining gave Marysville a 56-53 lead. For Nelson, a senior, he fully expected to be called upon for the important shot. “I knew I was going to take it,” Nelson said. “It was called for me, and I wanted to shoot it. It gives us a lot of momentum, and it gives us more confidence. We needed wins to get confidence, so I think that will help us.” Senior point guard Anthony Aquillo finished with a careerhigh 21 points followed by Nelson with 15 and junior Craig Runyan with 13. Runyan added seven rebounds. Steven Romesburg’s 3-pointer from the top of the key two
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Craig Runyan of Marysville blocks the shot of Dublin Jerome’s Ben Nesdore during the host Monarchs’ 57-55 victory last Wednesday in an OCC-Cardinal game.
minutes into the third quarter gave the hosts their first lead since the first quarter at 42-39. Marysville opened a 48-43 lead with three minutes remaining in the game, but Jerome managed to pull even at 53 on
Robbie Davidson’s 3-pointer with 1:04 left before Nelson turned in his heroics. Marysville’s first win under Grose came against Division III Fairbanks 53-46 on Dec. 30. Kody Davisson led the Mon-
archs with 12 points followed by Aquillo and Runyan with 11 apiece. “It was big to get a win after starting 0-6, especially against Fairbanks, a town rival,” Aquillo said. “That will build confi-
dence for us. We really needed a win.” Through eight games, Nelson led the team in scoring at 13.4 points a game. See ROUNDUP, page A6
2010: The Year In Review
Off-field tragedy, stunning upsets among top stories From staff reports As we begin 2011, we take a look back at the highs and lows of central Ohio high school sports for 2010. There was tragic news off the field, as Rico Butler, who helped the Hilliard Davidson football team win the Division I state championship in 2009, drowned in a quarry. There were stunning upsets, including the Northland boys basketball team, which lost to Gahanna 71-45 in a Division I regional final despite being ranked No. 1 in the country and the defending state champion. And there was triumph on the football field, as two members of the CCL, Hartley and Watterson, captured state championships. Here’s how the year stacked up through the eyes of the sports staff at ThisWeek Community Newspapers. We hope you enjoy the look back at 2010 as much as we did. TWICE AS NICE: The CCL has only five teams in football but produced two state champions in Hartley and Watterson. Hartley, led by running back Noah Key, defeated Chagrin Falls 34-13 in the Division IV state final on Dec. 3 at Massillon’s Paul Brown Tiger Stadium to finish 13-2 and capture its first state championship since 1986. Watterson overcame six turnovers to beat Akron Buchtel 13-12 in the Division III state final on Dec. 4 at Paul
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Brown Tiger Stadium to finish 13-1 and win its first state title since 2002. Key, the Division IV Player of the Year who rushed for 2,755 yards (8.8 yards per carry) and 40 touchdowns, rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries against Chagrin Falls, which finished 13-2. Omar Lane also had a big game, rushing for 117 yards and a touchdown on six carries. The Hawks went 5-for-5 on fourth down, recovered an onside kick and held Chagrin Falls to 159 total yards. “I don’t know if there were a ton of people who picked us to win the game,” Hawks coach Brad Burchfield said. “We taped all the pundits saying that Chagrin Falls is going to win the game and played it for the kids (the night before the state final). We’re happy to take that underdog role.” Watterson, which won its final 10 games, held Buchtel to 204 total yards but was not able to pull away from the Griffins because of turnovers. The Eagles, who had 258 yards, lost three fumbles and threw three interceptions, including one that was returned 80 yards for a touchdown. With Watterson trailing 12-6, Ray Cook scored on a 3-yard run and Tim Carter kicked the extra point to put the Eagles ahead with 10 minutes, 50 seconds left. On their ensuing possession, the Griffins drove from their own 23-yard line to the Watterson 6,
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No. 1: Watterson’s T.J. GIlles (left), Matt Redfield (39), Patrick Rhomberg (4), Brad McCurdy (11), Ray Cook (35) and the rest of the Eagles celebrate after a 13-12 victory over Akron Buchtel in the Division III state championship game Dec. 4 at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium in Massillon. Fellow CCL member Hartley also won a state title, beating Chagrin Falls 34-13 in the Division IV final.
only to be stopped on fourth-and-1. Buchtel, which finished 11-4, got the ball back three plays later on the Watterson 21 as the result of an Eagles fumble. However, on second-and-15 from the Eagles’ 26, Jared Simpson sacked Griffins quarterback Stephen Parker for a loss of 12 yards and Brad McCurdy intercepted Parker on the next play to help seal the victory.
“These guys know as well as I do how great of an accomplishment this season was,” Eagles coach Dan Bjelac said. “There were a number of behind-the-scenes things that happened. This team found ways to get it done all year.” Linebacker Matt Redfield was the state’s co-Defensive Player of the Year and district Defensive Player of the
STUNNING UPSETS: The Northland boys basketball team and Gahanna boys soccer team both were ranked No. 1 in the country for much of their respective seasons, but neither was able to defend their respective state championships, or even return to the state tournament. Northland lost to Gahanna 71-45 in a regional final on March 20 at the Fairgrounds Coliseum. The loss snapped a 37-game winning streak for the Vikings, who finished 23-1. Gahanna’s four-guard offense helped it shoot 23-for-38 from the floor, with Stevie Taylor and Rob Brandenberg (19 points apiece) leading the way. The Lions advanced to state for the first time, where they lost to eventual champion Massillon Jackson 6250 in a semifinal on March 26 to finish 26-1. “As time goes on, people will remember our Northland game more than playing in front of 15,000 people at the Schott,” said Lions coach Tony Staib, whose team was ranked second in the final state poll behind Northland. “It was a team everybody said that couldn’t be beat. The way we beat them, it was one of those magical games that puts an exclamation point on the season for these guys.” See 2010, page A6
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2010 Continued from page A5 Jared Sullinger, now playing for Ohio State, had 24 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Vikings, who lost despite outrebounding Gahanna 36-18. Northland, which had beaten Cincinnati Princeton 60-58 in the 2009 state final, spent several weeks as the No. 1-ranked team in the country, according to most national polls. Among the Vikings’ victories were a 53-52 win over Henderson (Nev.) Findlay Prep on Dec. 17, 2009, and a 47-46 win over Mouth of Wilson (Va.) Oak Hill Academy on Jan. 16. Both of those games were televised on ESPN. Ranked first for most of the season in the ESPN/Rise poll, the Gahanna boys soccer team lost to Olentangy Orange 2-1 in double overtime in a Division I regional final on Nov. 6, marking its only loss in its last 44 games. The Lions had beaten Orange 3-0 on Sept. 9 and had outscored their opponents 96-9. The Pioneers lost to Centerville 2-1 in a state semifinal on Nov. 9. Gahanna finished 19-1-1, with its only other blemish being a 1-all tie against Massillon Jackson on Oct. 2. Orange’s Colton Bloecher scored the winning goal against the Lions with 4:24 left in the second overtime. “It’s shocking,” said Gahanna senior forward Chris Davis, who scored with 3 seconds left in the first half to give the Lions a 1-0 halftime lead. “We were so determined to win. It’s devastating. I didn’t expect this at all. I thought we were going to win and go to the state semis.” OV E R C O M I N G TRAGEDY: The Hilliard Davidson football team fell short in its quest to repeat as Division I state champion, finishing 13-1 after losing to Huber Heights Wayne 28-14 in a state semifinal on Nov. 27. Still, it was another successful season for the Wildcats, especially when taking into consideration that the Davidson football family was dealt a major blow when running back Rico Butler drowned May 25 while swimming with friends in a quarry. Butler would have been a senior this year. “I think everyone would have taken a 13-1 season,” said coach Brian White, whose team won its 11th OCC championship by finishing 7-0 in the OCC-Central Division. “Coming into this year, we weren’t exactly sure how everything was going to pan out and what the kids’ reaction to
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ROUNDUP losing Rico was going to be. There were a multitude of questions about things coming into this year.” The Wildcats dedicated their season to Butler by wearing a sticker with the No. 5 — Butler’s jersey number — on their helmets. “They certainly didn’t forget about Rico all year long,” White said. “They kept him in the back of their minds all year long, but fortunately it was kind of in the back of their minds. They used it as just enough motivation to get themselves prepared to play, but at the same time, Mr. Butler (Rico’s dad, Rico Sr.) even said back last spring when Rico’s accident happened that he didn’t want the kids going out and playing this year for Rico. He wanted them to play for themselves and they did a little bit of a combination of both, and it worked out well for them.” The Wildcats also experienced tragedy during the 2009 season when 16-year-old Arthur Lane was struck by a train and killed on the eve of the team’s 16-15 win over Cleveland Glenville in the state final. NATIONAL RECOGNITION ON HARDWOOD: Not only was Jared Sullinger of the Northland boys basketball team named Ohio’s Mr. Basketball for the second consecutive season after averaging 23.1 points, 11.7 rebounds and 1.6 blocks, he was named Naismith Player of the Year, an honor bestowed on the top player in the nation. Sullinger, a 6-foot-9 forward now starting for Ohio State as a freshman, also was named McDonald’s All-American, Jordan Brand All-American and Parade magazine Player of the Year. He finished as Northland’s all-time leading scorer with 1,972 career points. Sullinger was named MVP of the McDonald’s All-American game on March 31 at Ohio State, despite having to go to a hospital the morning of the game for what was thought to be food poisoning. He scored 22 points and had seven rebounds in the East all-star team’s 107-104 loss to the West. Sullinger also participated in the Jordan Brand Classic on April 17 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Satch Sullinger, Jared’s father and Northland’s coach, was named Naismith Coach of the Year. SPECIAL DELIVERY: St. Charles golf coach Anthony Mampieri almost missed the crown-
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No. 6: Destinee Gause (right) and the Reynoldsburg girls track and field team won their second consecutive Division I state title June 5 at Ohio State.
2010: More top stories Below are the rest of the top 25 stories from ThisWeek Sports in 2010. For more details on each story, please visit ThisWeekSPORTS.com. No. 6: Reynoldsburg girls track and field team defies odds by winning second consecutive Division I state title. No. 7: Upper Arlington girls swimming and diving team earn sixth consecutive Division I state title. No. 8: Lakewood softball team captures third consecutive state title. No. 9: Central Ohio players sweep the Division I and II state titles in boys tennis. No. 10: Twin brothers Chris Uhle and Joey Uhle of Olentangy Liberty top one another for state pole vault record. No. 11: Westerville North boys cross country team only can wonder what might have been at Division I state meet. No. 12: Harvest Prep girls basketball team produces Division IV state championship. No. 13: Two area wrestlers capture state titles. No. 14: Columbus Academy junior Morgan Ransom earns Division II state girls golf title.
ing moment of his team’s season. On the morning of the second day of the Cardinals’ dominating performance at the Division I state tournament, his wife, Leeanne, went into labor with the couple’s third child. Cristiano Matthew Mampieri was born about four hours before the Cardinals teed off on Oct. 23, allowing Mampieri an opportunity to meet his team at Ohio State’s Scarlet Course before the start of the second round. “He got there and gave them a pep talk before they were to tee off and then went back to the hospital for a while,” assistant coach Eric Horvath said. “He told me he had a favor to ask of me, and then takes off early.” “Eric said that he felt like he was the Dennis Hopper character from the movie ‘Hoosiers.’
No. 15: Cousins Ashley Thai and Lauren Thai of Hilliard Bradley win doubles title in Division II state girls tennis. No. 16: Upper Arlington and Dublin Jerome capture state titles in boys lacrosse. No. 17: A year after area boys soccer teams swept all three state championships, no central Ohio team wins a title. No. 18: Westerville Central’s Mary Wells rolls to girls bowling title as Warhawks place second. No. 19: Area coaches reach career milestones. No. 20: Two longtime area coaches step down. No. 21: Hilliard Davidson baseball team upsets top-seeded Grove City in Division I district tournament. No. 22: Four area Division I boys basketball teams finish the regular season undefeated. No. 23: The Dublin Coffman and Big Walnut girls volleyball teams lose in their state finals matches. No. 24: Thomas Worthington field hockey team falls short in state championship. No. 25: Childhood friends vie for NCAA men’s soccer title.
You know when Gene Hackman gets kicked out of the (basketball) game and hands (Hopper’s character) the scorebook and tells him he’s the coach now,” Mampieri said with a wide grin. “It wasn’t anything like that, but (Eric) did a great job.” When Mampieri returned to the course a few hours later, St. Charles was well on its way to its second consecutive state title. The Cardinals shot a record 610, breaking the previous mark of 611 set by Cleveland St. Ignatius in 2002 and Upper Arlington in 1993, and finished well ahead of runner-up St. Ignatius (621). Senior Michael Ricaurte was tournament medalist with a 144 over 36 holes. Mampieri resigned as coach after the state tournament, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family.
Marysville will visit Dublin Scioto on Friday in OCC-Cardinal play and Westland on Saturday in non-league action. Last season, Marysville and Scioto split the season series, with the Monarchs winning 6560 and the Irish prevailing in the rematch 48-35. Grose and his team are hoping to use their recent success as motivation heading into the second half of the season. “I’m having a lot of fun coaching the guys,” Grose said. “The wins and losses are going to come. My thing is I want the guys to improve daily. That’s my goal as a coach and to help these kids be successful, not only on the basketball floor, but then whenever they’re finished. Those are my goals as a coach.” •The wrestling team will continue its pursuit of an OCC-Cardinal title on Thursday when it takes on Jerome and Westerville North at Olentangy. Last season, Marysville won the OCC-Cardinal at 7-0, finishing ahead of Olentangy (61). The teams will meet on Jan. 27 at Olentangy. “Our goal every week is to get better,” coach Shawn Andrews said. “It’s to build on the previous week. We have the opportunity to wrestle in the league and we want to be able to do well. We want to try to win each week and get better on an individual basis.” The Monarchs will compete in the Top Gun Tournament at Alliance High School next weekend. Last season, Marysville finished 13th (87.5 points) behind first-place St. Paris Graham (260.5) in the 41-team field. Graham went on to win the Division II state title for the 10th consecutive season. Marysville was 29th (50.5) at the Brecksville Invitational on Dec. 29 and 30, finishing behind first-place Bedford Chanel (191). Noah Forrider was the Monarchs’ lone place finisher, as he was seventh at 130 pounds. “We had 10 guys out of 14 weight classes, so we weren’t expecting be up at the top,” Andrews said. “We had almost
At a glance Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Marysville boys basketball, girls basketball, swimming & diving and wrestling teams: BOYS BASKETBALL Dec. 30 — Defeated Fairbanks 53-46 *Last Wednesday — Def. Dublin Jerome 57-55 *Last Friday — Played Westerville North *Friday — At Dublin Scioto Saturday — At Westland Of note: The Monarchs were 2-6 overall and 1-4 in the OCC-Cardinal before last Friday. GIRLS BASKETBALL Dec. 28 — Lost to Delaware 6456. Jeni Jordan led the Monarchs with 26 points and Lindy Howard scored 10. *Last Wednesday — Lost to Dublin Jerome 46-37. Jordan scored 13 points followed by Katy Turner with 12. *Last Friday — Played Westerville North Last Saturday — Played Jonathan Alder *Friday — Home vs. Dublin Scioto Of note: The Monarchs were 3-6 overall and 2-4 in the OCC-Cardinal before last Friday. SWIMMING & DIVING Last Wednesday — Boys: Def. Bellefontaine 97-61. Quinn Mickelson won the 200 (2:05) and 500 (5:29.91) freestyles, and Alex Rodenhausen was first in the 200 IM (2:20.66) and 100 free (54.99); Girls: Def. Bellefontaine 122-41. Miranda Hampton won the 200 (2:10.26) and 500 (5:27.73) free, Maggie Helfrich was first in the 50 (27.04) and 100 (1:00.37) free, and Lindsay Rossi won the 200 individual medley (2:33.34) and 100 backstroke (1:09.03). Last Thursday — Meet against Dublin Scioto and Mount Vernon canceled because of weather Saturday — At Worthington Invitational WRESTLING Dec. 28-29 — Finished 29th (50.5) at Brecksville Invitational *Last Thursday — Def. Westerville South 60-15; Def. Westerville Central 53-11 *Thursday — Home vs. Dublin Jerome and Westerville North at Olentangy Saturday — Top Gun Tournament at Alliance Of note: The Monarchs are 9-2 overall. *OCC-Cardinal contest
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